Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-15
IN NORWICH FIFTY YEARS AGO

Fifty years ago this week the Hen 1 ry Bill Publishing Company was or Eanized here with capital of $lo,OOV. During the same week the Free Acad- l smy graduated a class of ID sehol- Rrs at the attendance hall.
 The week was filled with activities of a varied nature. some of which in the files of The Bulletin for 72 were recorded as follows:
 Monday, July s, 1s72-The Ministe- aal conference of New London Coun- y will meet with the Baptist church. 5roton Bank on Thursday the llth instant, at 10 o'clock. The new church sdifice of Zion church will be dedi- sated at 3 o'clock p. m on the day. Sermon by Rev. J. Davies of Central Baptist church of this city.
 Charles Young an employe of Sur ievant's mills at Norwich Town suf- cred a painful injury Saturday night while bathing in Yantic, when he step ped on a broken glass bottle and cut one of his feet nearly off,
 An effort will be made today by so- tcitation to raise the balance nf the amount necessary to purchase the en- xravings of Selon's pictures of ancient and modern Jerusalem fer the read ing room
 A large number of members of the universalist Sunday school took in the picnic at osbrook Grove. Thursday, roing down on the Ella Millers band rent with them and a clambake and ash chowder was on the program.
 Tuesday, July g, 1s72-At the an- nial meeting of the Norwich Water aower company. Monday, David Smith 4. F. Smith, Leonard Ballon, Hum phrey Almy, Charles Osgood, James Q. Mowry, and Henry L. Parker were Rlected directors. At subsequent meeting of the directors Alba F. Smith was elected president and Henry L. Parker, secretary and treasurer.
 The old established printing house R Henry Bill in this city has re- gently been merged into a joint stock clmpany with a capital of $75s000 under the title of the Henry Bill Pub fishing Company. The officers of the new company are as follows: president Henry Bill; vice president, c. c. Has kell; secretary and treasurer, John L. Dennison; directors, Henry Bill, c Crowell and Jeremiah Halsey.
 They call the village lookup in Will t1nantic, the Atwood aquarium" Queer fish they have upstream.
 All fireworks held over from the 9th have now been used up. the las being seen Monday night.
 Wednesday, July 10, 1S72-Vogel Hughes. the organ builders of thi: city. have leased the extensive es- tabhshment formerly belonging tt the Pequot company, and have com menced moving into it, the rapid in. crease of their orders making thii step necessary. They are also to re tain their shop in the Myers & Bai ley buildings. The public learned witt pleasure that the disastrous fire il their furnishing rooms did not to an! sxtent retard the development of thei growing business.
 A man purporting to be the mas ter of the schooner Redwing, lying of he local coal yards made several ac suaintances about town Tuesday, eacl of whom he invited to visit his yes yei and receive a pure bhooded hound A company numbering dozen O more were on hand later in the day and burned up the atmosphere upol Gnding that they had been extensive ly sold.
 E T. Brown Is one of the high ora honists of the Yale class of '72.
 William Meehan for the past min years baggage master of the Norwic q Worcester road at Webster wa run over by a Boston, Hartford { Erie engine Monday and so badly in lufeu tnat ne oleo on. 1ueSuay.
 Thursday, July II, 1S72-At the an nual meeting of the trustees of tn Dime Swings bank, held yesterday the old board of officers was elect ed. The hours for keeping open wer made to correspond with the usue banking hours. from 10 to II ocloc and from to o'clock daily, ex cept Saturdays when the bank close at d2 noon. The dividend days Wer also changed from January and Jul, to the first of May and November
 The graduating exercises of the clas Of '72 at the Free Academy took plaC last evening with 8 large audienC filling the attendance hall. Gilmore Band which was to play during tf exercises failed to put in appearan< and the exercises were finally starte after some delay. The graduates nun