Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-16
JEWETT CITY

Faust, presided. A report was read Of the 18th annual meeting of the Con- necticut w. B. M. A chart arranged by Dr. Burton was used, and a paper was read stating present facts concerning the work Miss Lucy Baldwin entertain ed the meeting with very interesting paper on India. Miss S. K Adams and Miss Helen Hull were the program com nittee. Tea was served. Friends of Daniel F. Finn, Jr., were in Moosttp Wednesday morning to be present at his wedding with Miss Eliza beth Eliot of that town. The young man is the only son of Postmaster Dan- iel F. Finn.
 Owing to the fact that the graduating exercises. of the Riverside Grammar school take place on the evening fegu- , larly aTrpointed for the meeting of the Community club and that Chatauqua be- gins the following week there will tR no June meeting of the Community club. The next meeting will be July 2S.
 The annual meeting of the Twelfth school district was held Tuesday even ing. Dr. G. H. Jennings was reelected member of the board for three years. The committee now stands G. A. Has, kelI, James H. Shea and G. H. Jennings. W. R. Burdick and Alpherie LeClaire
 
 and clerk and treasurer. A five milf tax was laid and S5,00O was paid on the principal of the districts debt. Postma ster D. F. Finn and E. H. His cox of the railway mail service have re- ceived the following letter:
 i To the Public:
 It is the wish of the president that visitors to the seat of government shall have every opper unity to get full infor- nation concerning all governmental de- partments. It is especially his desire l that all those who come to Washington | to transact business with any depart ment or bureau of the government may i quickly be advised as to the exact loca- tion and means of reaching the particu- lar department or bureau in which may be centered the business which they de- sire to transact.
 For this purpose there has been estab- lished a bureau of information on the ground floor of the post office department l building, located on Pennsylvania ave- hue at Twelfth street, which is in charge of competent people who will definitely answer queries of this character. | The public Is advised of this arrange 1 ment and invited to make use of the fa- cility.
 | WILL H. HAYS, | PostmaSter General 1 4 Jewett City woman who visited | Norwich the other day saw in the win- dow of the Mohican a great pile of poke week greens known by the other names of scoke, garget and pigeon berry. She purchased peck; they were cooked with bacon. No spring or early simmer | greens can touch poke weed. It is sell dom, if ever, offered for sale in Jew cit City, yet any burnt-over hillside Is green with it, pretty well advanced now, so that only the tips are tender enough for greens. In July one will notice its white flowers and large leaves, but when in September the tall purple stems rear themselves above their neighbors in the roadside thi{let, the leaves look as though stained with wine, and the long clusters of rich dark berries hang heav- 1 fly from the branches.
 l Most all the native birds feast on the berries. A tincture of them is used as cure for rheumatism. Their dark juice is used to manufacture sort of purple Ink.
 All the old time telescopes owned In | town have been gotten out and the 1 lenses carefully adjusted and polished, ready to look the "Air Man" over today -"Thursday'' when he flies over the town with his Norwich Suburban Day
 
 craft guns on the park may be used to shoot him up couple of Griswold home made biscuits
 The meeting of the Baptist woman's 1 Mission Circle was held Tuesday after l noon at the parsonage, Mrs. A. M. Brown had arranged the programme, which was based on the last two chap ters of the study book. Bible and Mis- sions, on How the Bible Has Influenced Art, Architecture and Music. Art was 1 illustrated by famous paintings, archi- | tecure by Italian pictures, and music by a selection from the oratifio of St. sung by Mrs. G. H. Prior. Articles were read showing the influence of the Bible l through ordinances and church festivals on non-Christian natives. Leaves from the Tree were read, the items being written on imitation leaves of tree Truths showing how Christianity had developed a book-reading public-how it had permeated all literature, and show
 ing how impossible it would be to blot out the Bible from the world were read
 Mrs. E. J. Davan has returned to hef home in Brooklyn, N. T., after two weeks visit with her daughter, Mrs. Edmond Jodoin.
 State Agent A. ". Buchanan will bs at the Riverside Grammar school Tues. day afternoon next to issue certificate. to the children who desire to work dur. ing the vacation.
 Daniel F. Finn and his bride wer, overtaken by the confetti and rice sec tion of the wedding party, by the mer, turn of a trick of fate. They made . slick and carefully planned getaway
 after the wedding breakfast at tn,
 brides home in Moosup. The Jewet
 City automobile parties finally scented
 the trail and beat it after them dowr
 the state road. They only hit a few
 of the high spots coming down. witt
 Danny in the lead and going strong. A
 the Jewett City railroad crossing
 heartless and altogether unholy enginee ! backed a long freight into the state roat , crossing just as pursue dand pursuer
 approached in a cloud of dust. Ther, was nothing to do but hold up. Dal couldn't jump the freight. Like bees hi
 hailers were upon him. They climbe,
 onto the top of the automobile ant
 crawled under it, opened both doors an, stood on the hood. The MT. and Mrs
 Finn were buried in rice and covere, : with confetti. After the longest spel
 the freight slowly crawled away. Dal
 muttered something not just audible, bu surely not complimentary to crossin,
 blocking The best laid schemes of mic
 and men don't always work out as in , tended.
 At a meeting of the board of educa } ton Friday it was voted in accordanc with the state requirennen. that hereafte : all district committees be required t
 employ anly such inexperienced teacher as shall have been graduated from hig school and have the equivalent of 8 least one term of normal school. Tshi