Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-05-05
Norwich. Friday. May 5, 1922.
VARIOUS MATTERS

/ Backus hospital
Regular meeting K. of c.. tonight, s
O'Clock. Important.-adv.
The cherry blossom storm" scattered |
! the petals IKE snowhakes during Thurs |
day.
Sterling residents. Charles Richardson /
! and Miss Della Newton, arrived home re-
| Gently after trip south
! Committees at Plain1eld High school |
| have been appointed from the teachers to
| arrange TO a general field day in June.
| New London papers mention that Mrs.
| Edmund Barker has returned home after
spending the winter in St. Petersburg.
Fla.
D. of " rummage sale, 9. a. m. today
| at Buckingham MemoriaL-adv.
Miss Katherine Noyes of New York is
at Fox Hill farm, Pomfret. She will open
her house, Topsfield, the second week in
May.
Miss olive Clark has resumed her du-
ties on the rural mail route at Saybroook
Point after several months absence from
| illness.
The Connecticut State Federation of
Music clubs is to hold its meeting at the
Hotel Stratfeld, Bridgeport, Thursday,
May Is.
The papers announced Thursday that
Mrs. William A. Slater returned to New
York Wednesday from the Curtis hotel
at Lenox.
| Saturday afternoon the mite box open
| ing of Kings Herald and Little Light
Bearers societies takes place at Trinity
Methodist church.
Thursdays steady rain brought relief
from anxiety to many property owners,
F! who have lived in fear of grass or wood
| land fires for weeks.
Mr. and Mrs Carleton Jewett and fam
| lily of North Lyme are now occupying the
Mather house at Old Lyme, which Mr.,
Jewett purchased some time ago.
| Connecticut cities are planning to send
representatives to the convention of the
| International Association of Chiefs of
| Police at San Francisco next month.
i The few boats that are fatfshing from
/ Noank are catching quite number OF
fish on the grounds off Watch Hill and
New London, but the price on this va
riety of fish remains low.
The work of physical education in Con-
necticut public schools is now compulsory
and every teacher and every pupil is re-
quired to spend at least two and one-half
hours per week in this work.
At Hebron, Ben Dingnell has bought
the W o. Seymes place, recently owned
| Dy AuOlSOu TIIk Ol OOuln A1dnCu6SleT
The family will move from Willimantic
soon to their new home in Hebron.
The job of painting the railroad bridge
at Old Saybrook. which was to start
Monday, has been held up by unknown
cause. A large number from Saybrook
) was engaged to work on the structure.
The travelling public is slow in getting
acquainted with the new schedule of
trains People will not heed the notice
that trains are running on standard time
but one hour earlier than the usual
schedule.
! At Ashford, Herbert E. Merrill is visit
: ing his mother, Mrs. Dora B. Merrill Mr..
Merrill is a wireless operator and for Inc
past two years has been on a Steamer
plying between Germany and South
American ports.
The oath state convention of the
Knights of Columbus is to be held il
| Danbury next Monday and Tuesday and
Inc convention committee of McGivne5
| council is making arr angements to enter
in at least $50 delegates.
Word comes from Boston Of a move
nent in that city to get the New Hayel
road to link UP with either the New Yorl
ren-ral or the Pennsylvania railroad
The proposition does not appeal to Con
necticut business men.
Eye conservation is being carried int
schools and industries as a part of tn
national movement by the Eyesight Con
= servation council of America, to protec
the health of Americas millions of schoc
children and industrial workers.
S Among those who suffered loss fror
tn the forest fire in the Jobs Hill section c
nc Ellington are H. H. Mcknight, 10 acre
s. of wood; C. ]. Eastwood, 10 acres of ii
timber and a large quantity of logs; y
B. Charter, several cords of stove Woo
A former pastor of ST. Mary's churcl
l., Norwich, Rev. James J. Smith who r.
CHI Gently had cataracts removed at Ne,
he Haven hospital, has returned to St. Frar
on els rectory there and has recovered h
sight SO that he was able to read mas
Sunday.
Thursday evening at Park church
2 the midweek service in the chapel pr,
le- paratory to communion, Rev. Dr. How
led the meeting. Topic Our Lords La
Evening. Luke %. Mr.. Learned led Il
singing, the pianist being Miss Annie !
:. Vaughn.
Is Local buyers in New York find that IL
ot demand for novelty capes has proved
large that ordinary fringed blankets al
now being used to produce them tt
-. manufacturers bought steamer rugs f
~ this purpose at first but they have no
invaded the blanket field.
At the marriage of Miss Theresa M
earthly and James Dowd, soIemnized
49, the Church of the Immaculate Conce
~ ton in Waterbury Monday morning at
GU o'clock, Rev. Charles F. Kelly of Will
mantle, a cousin of the bride, perform,
the ceremony and sang the nuptiaI his
ny mass.
ed The other evening about a hundr,
men and fire engine from New Londt
,Id went out to East Lyme to protect Il
al, property of the late Morton F. PIar
re They succeeded in getting the blaze und
he control about 10 o'clock, but the ne
morning it broke out and the fire warde
were notified.
. The United States civil service comm
sion announces an examination for ass
ciate marketing specialist (warehousins
men over 80 years of age, for vacanci
in the bureau of markets and. crop es
mates, department of agriculture, Was
ington, D. c., or in the field, at S2,4O0
$500 a year.
@ Cary T. Hutchinson. of New York, W
is TO marry Mrs. Helen H. McCom;
twice a widow, married in 1901 NJ
Susan Dimock only child of the Ia
Henry P. Dimock and their honeymo
was spent in South Coventry. she
vorced him in 1912 and is now the W
of Giuseppe Catalina, Italian minister
Venezuela
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