Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-04-04
VARIOUS MATTERS


Monday was St. Richards day. Today
st. Aniorose is cofnfnealiorated
During April, the planet Venus can he
seen low in the west in the twilight.
Regular meeting Mercier Assembly. c.
l.. of G., tonight, 8 eeloek.-adv.
Charles Hopkins of Plainfield, is busy
clearing away the lumber for the new
Providence reservoir in Scituate.
Local Jewish residents are making
preparation for the Passover, the first day
Of which falls on Tuesday the 18th.
William Maine & Son have bought an
other large tract of timber at Ashford
from Morgan Reed and moved their mill
to the lot last week.
Mooseheart Legion Whist at Moose
Home tonight. at o'cloek.-adv
The new time table on the New Haven
railroad will GO into effect Sunday, April
Seth, SO the Trans will run an hour
earlier the same date.
Among patients discharged from the
hospital in New London at the week end
were Mrs Edward B4bois Of White Rock
and Mrs. Elisha Gardner of Mystic.
G. R. Wilson manual training teacher
in the Center school at Old Lyme. has
returned after spending the spring vaca-
ton with friends il Springfield, Mass.
Fire Warden Angelo Fllosi of Flanders
has appointed the following deputies for
the north end Of the town !; George May
nard, George Holmes and Walter Scott.
Miss Florence Tour1ee, a harpist of
New London is in Providence, where she
played in a harp festival of 80 musicians
| in the Mayiower- theatre Monday evening
The next meeting of Lyme grange
Thursday will be the 26th anniversary Of
the organization of the Grange, and will
! be celebrated with special exercises and
a supper.
After a busy winter, the era,aoyment
| bureau of the United Workers, Is to close
its season Thursday Of this week. Over
| forty women have been provided with
sewing weekly.
Four men from the New Haven head
! quarters OF the Western Electric company
are in Norwich installing new multfples
on the switchboard at the Norwich Tele-
phone exchange.
Woman's Auxiliary, Y. NJ. C. A, meets
to-day, D. M. with Mrs L. o. Smith
| 1S7 Washington street. Mr.. Jensen will
speak on the new eharter.-adv.
National Religious Book Week, design
cd to promote awider interest In religious
books and religious education in the home
l
Books Are Life Teachers
A recent amendment to the conpensa-
tien act gives the commissioner authority
to extend the time of making the claim
for compensation to period not exceed
ing two years after the injury.
During the home-tine for the young
people Of Park church and Sunday school
held In the Parish House parlors at s. 80
Sunday evening, Mrs. Edward ]. Graham
gave a very interesting talk on birds
st. James lodge, No. %, F. & A. NJ.
works the third degree at Masonic Tenn
pie tonight at 7.30. Lecture illustrated
BY stereepticon.-adv.
This week. at st. Marks Episeopa
church, Mystic in the Lenten services Fri.
day evening, there will be even-song and
sermon, Rev. David Coombs of St. Paul.
chuleh, Plainfe1d being the st;eoia
preacher.
At Lords Hill crocuses are in full bloom
and pussy willows are exceptionally fine
| this season A bush at Lords Hill mar
branches 6 feet long, the entire length
covered with big plump pussies which are
very snowy.
An open competitive examination fol
the Office of postmaster at West Willing
ton is to be held at Stafford Springs OF
April 18th, to fill contemplated vacan
cy The compensation was $3.50 for tn
last fiscal year.
President Harding is urging governor
Of the various states to designate and Sc
apart the week of April 1929 as flores
protection week" and designated the las
day Of that week-the 22nd-as the gold
en- anniversary of Arbor Day.
The new railroad official ruling at
feet the baggagemaster at SaybroOl
Junction, who starts in working what i
called the split trick. three hours of
in the middle of the day, returning t.
conL;lete his eight hours in the afternoon
The final session of the March term u
the superior court was held by Judge AL
Ign L. Brown of Norwich, at Danbur,
Friday. There were four short calenda
matters on tn eljst but two CT them wer
taken off to be taken up later in Bridge
port.
The new director of the Central Baptis
church choir, Charles D. Geer, is recruit
ing a large volunteer chorus in addition
TO the duartette for Sunday evening ser
vice. Members of the chorus which san!
last year will be reassembled and nev
singers added.
The United States civil service com
| HllSSIOu duHOuHCeS al SAdmlIldllOn 10
cotton specialist with textile training
men or women, age rs to 55, in the bu
reau of plant industry, department c
agriculture, Washington, D. c., at s2,04
4. to $3.50 a year.
The funers. of Albert w Chaplin,
carpenter and former resident Of Rock
J VILE, who died at his home in Providers
Thursday was held Saturday morning a
! his home in Providence. The body wa
brought to Rockville for burial in the fam
(ilY lot in Grove Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Alice Holman Hall. widow Of Col
w. II. Hall; Of South Wellington h9
made known to First Selectman Bracket
her Intention of assuming the So, 900 deb
for grading the town common project i
which Colonel Hall was interested and in
tended to DO at his own expense.
Occasionally a visitor TO town forget
the Norwich law: Any person who sha
hitch any horse or other animal to an
hydrant or stand-ptpe attached to the cit
water mains or who shall park or stop a
automobile within ten feet Of any hydrar
: or stand+3tpe. shall be liable to a fine {
! five dollars for each offense.
p. ]. NJ. Billings of West Stafford, recent
" received word from st. John, Me-
> | Brunswick, Of the death by accident Of
younger DTOIneT. re WAS FeluIHluS Il Ui
| the wods with his last loanw hen larg
stick of wood became caught in such
way as to throw it against the back {
his neck with such force as to kill him II
SANITY.
FUNERALS.
] John e. Barry.
. The funeral of John E. Barry was he
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