Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-30
VARIOUS MATTERS

All the cottages at Groton Long Golht have been leased for the summer.
 The poppy was the buttonhole flower in high favor, Saturday and. Sunday. Sales of special holiday candy ranked with those of flowers during Saturday. Powers Bros. open today. Memorial day, 7-9 a. m.-adv.
 During Sunday afternoon the Otis Lii brary reading room was in charge Of Miss Sadie J. Dawson.
 As a general thing the townspeople have given their property a good clean up in advance of the holiday.
 The flowers in the pulpit of the United Congregational church Sunday were n memory of Mrs. Mary E. Miner.
 Memorial Day marks the formal open ing of most of the shore resorts, country tea-rooms and automobile inns.
 Dealers who laid in a stock of flags and patriotic favors lost heavily be- cause of Sundays unwelcorne rain.
 The Crescent Beach railroad station has opened for the season, with Station Agent Charles A. Beckwith in charge.
 Travel was brisk all day Saturday and started in well Sunday, until the severe 1 thunder showers began about F o'clock. At Kitemaug Orchards, Frank w Browning finds apples and peaches well set and apparently uninjured by storms gales and frost.
 Mrs Alexander Murray and Miss Maud Allen of Little Falls, N, J., have arrived at their summer homes on Ma sons Island for the season.
 The Boy Scouts of St. Patrick's parish Will mark Memorial Day by a meeting this CMonday) evening, at which Rev Daniel F. Sullivan is to preside.
 Spraying time. Arsenate of Lead. Paris Green. Bordeau Mixture, at Lee & Os- goods-adv.
 Laurel is well budded, but not much will be available for decorating purposes today (Monday) SnoFgballs are in | bloom and in some instances syringas are 'blossomed.
 The thrty-sixth annual convention o i the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Holland county is to be helt Friday, June 3, at Memorial church, a South Wilmington
 i The eighteenth department encamp ment of the Department of Connecticut United Spanish War Veterans is to b. held in Knights of Pythias hall in Wa terbury Friday and Saturday.
 A surgical operation was performet on Former Governor Simeon E. Baldwin at the New Haven hospital Saturday The report later given out was that tn patient was fairly comfortable"
 Mrs. Dakin, state dietitian from Storr Agricultural college; will speak to union meeting of the Flanders and Man tic Parent Teacher associations at tn Mantle school, Monday evening, Jun : Col. William Hayward of New Tor City nominated by President Harding . be United States attorney for the soutt ern district of New York. married tn widow of Morton F. Plant, of Easter Point.
 At the closing session of the 23d ar nual convention of the Grand Lodge ( 2 Connecticut, the Sons of Hermann, l New Britain, Saturday afternoon, u . delegates decided to hold the next coi vention in Bridgeport in 1923. , At Bulkeley High school, New. Londo . practically the entire teaching force wi be new when school opens in the fal Three of the male teachers are to leaN next month, leaving aside from M j Towne but two male teachers. ;, 4 car of tar arrived in Groton bo g ough last week for the highway depar f ment of the borough The streets of u borough will receive their annual t . and sand coating as soon as the higl . way department gets its equipment f ' distributing it.
 e The United States civil service cor e. mission announces for June 8 an exam nation for laboratory aid in agricultur = technology, either sex, regardless of az in the bureau of plant industry, depal ment of agriculture, Washington, D. at $S40 a year.
 William J. Loftus, owner of Sunnysi Farm, Groton. has sold his flock sheep, consAstng of 25 sheep and
 lambs, to James Stanton of Mystic. N devote more of his time to dairy catt and his dairy business.
 During the two all day millinery SC sions conducted at Coventry recently Mrs D. M. Phelon. Holland county ho1 demonstration agent, there have be ten hats made at a cost of $S.73. T value of these hats is $62.46, showing saving of s53,73 through the farm b reau.
 At Old Lyme, Mrs. H. M Caulkh with the assistance of Miss Marth Purdin of New York, who has been the Inn for several summers, is at { house for the season. The inn has be carried on for the past Is years by \ Caulkins, whose death occurred last I eernber.
 The pulpit supply committee of { Central Baptist church announced Su day that Rev. Dr. J. E. Slocum will
 unable to preach in this church dnri August on account of attending Prin, ton commencement. He is taking
 early vssction and will be in his O pulpit in August
 Comptroller Bisse1l awarded contr
 Saturday for alterations in the boil
 at Ehe capitol which. 1t is estimated, V effect a saving of S400O year in
 states coal bill. The work will be e
 fined to three or four boilers in the ba
 ment of the capitol, the fourth being
 older model and not of much use.
 William H. Burns g, and Jos,
 Towne, 25 of Webster, Mass were
 fore Justice Faulkner of Andover, s
 urday charged with failure to a
 howledge the signal of an officer to ha
 q modification of charge of reckl
 drviing. The case against Burns
 nolled. Towne was fined s5 and cc
 Exhibits Horned Owl Family.
 nest of horned owls has been ad