Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-01
VARIOUS MATTERS

The length of the day has shortened to fourteen and half hours
 The best moonlight nights during | August will be from the 9th to the 10th. |
 Men have been painting the tenant | house and big barn at Mohegan owned | by c. A. Gager, Jr.
 Plans are being made at Bolton for | community picnic to be held at Riv- erside park this week.
 James Bugbee of West Wilmington, fa ther of Judge George P. Bugbee, reached his ssth birthday Sunday.
 Especially tempting relishes and deli cacies for picnic outings are being of- fered by Norwich stores and markets.
 The office of pr. Emma Durham will open Aus. 7.-adv.
 August 1st is Lamnas Day, celebrat- ing the Anglo-Saxon loaf-mas, Or wheat harvest day also quarter day in Scot land.
 Out of 1907 registered physicians in Connecticut, only sos have applied for the privilege of prescribing intoxicating liquors.
 Mondays weather was as fine as was that of Sunday, with maximum temp4ra- l ture of S4 degrees and scarcely sus- picion of humidity.
 At Noank, Capt Chris. Christianson of l the Alice brought in 1s large swordfsh 1 Friday. This is the largest catch of the season so far.
 The Boys Airplane Book and Wonders | of Natural History are two books by A. F. Collins which interest juvenile read CTS at the Otis Library. August 2d, the third day of Farmers week at Storrs college, Governor Loudon of Illinois will address an agricultural group for the first time in this state. Dealers here say that the mems end 1 of the shoe business, especially in the finer grades. Is in a materially better l position now than 1t was even a few weeks ago.
 1 Some Norwich families continue the | schedule of the recent Bread-and-Milk week, planning to have at least one 1 meal generally supper, of bread and milk weekly.
 Crabs are numerous in Mystic river 1 and along the shores of the adjacent coves. In the river there are not So many as in years past unless one goes below the railroad bridge.
 At Park church sa4Iuay, hobert A. Gray supplied as tenor for Chorister Eben Learned, who IS on vacation. The
  l vice was by Mrs. Arthur E. Story. | Potentate Kingsbury has anndunced that Sphinx Temples full ceremonial | will be a big event in Middletown, when 1t is expected that between $500 and 1000 Shriners will be in attendance. i Dr. O'NeiIs office will be closed un- til Aug. 14th.-adv.
 Although many places are suffering from y1ln eY,a ne rooz0uf$nes fhAra few in Norwich and druggists are hay ing less call than usual for oitronella and similar means of keeping off the pests.
 The tents for the South Windham Boy Scouts camp have arrived and the boys are very busy building a raft which is to be placed on barrels given them by The Smith Winchester Manufacturing Company.
 :. A yacht club ball was held at the Griswold Eastern Point. Monday even ing, in honor of the fleets of the Larch- mont and Indian Harbor yacht clubs which were in the Eastern Point harboi over night.
 . Saybrook correspondent notes that Mrs. Charles Adams Miss Addie Thon. : as. Mrs. Ernest Wadhams and grand son, Of Groton, and Mrs Sanford Meech of Eastern Point, were recent visitori at Justin B. Holmes. Lyme tourists, Mir and Mrs. Rober Vonnoh of Pleasant Valley sailed fo : France recently. They were accompan jed by Mrs. Helen Dumond and daugh 5 ter Elizabeth. Of Grassy hill. They vii ! remain abroad during the summer.
 Robert B. Clark. 12-year-old son 0 Capt. Robert B. Clark, Friday rescued
 HI f Boston, at Block Island. Dimes, wait | CT at the Surf hotel, became helpless V while bathing about 200 yards from shore.
 t Mrs Herbert Hoover who visited tn
 Hartford girl scouts camp at Gales Fer ry recently, will return to Washington today (Tuesday) from Rome, Ga, wher
 she went last week in the interest of tn Girl Scouts, of which she is nationa Y president.
 s The artist, Dewitt M. Lockman 0 2 New York who Is spending severa \ weeks at his summer home at Windhar
 Center, Is looking up interesting fact about the various old houses in tha : town, the original builders and the va r rious owners.
 A New London florist has been fea . turing the rare and fine specimens e
 gladion grown at Villa des Fleurs, tn | beautiful home of Mademoiselle Rene Vericle, on Ocean avenue, New Londor
 which a few Norwich visitors have bee privileged to see.
 Plans are complete for the annus
 outing of the Rockville Chamber c
 Commerce which will be held Thursday
 The merchants of the city will clos
 their stores for the day so as to er
 joy the outing which will be held thi
 year at Ocean beach.
 News has been received at wiliinar
 tic camp ground that Mr. and Mrs. Da
 wis of Norwich, who own a cottage 0
 Haven avenue were taken to Norwic
 hospital recently where Mir. Davis die,
 Mrs. Davis is still in the hospital suffer
 ing with a broken hip.
 The Connecticut Temperance Unio
 and the Connecticut Anti-Saloon leagl
 have signed an agreement to run ft a year, creating joint fund, one-thir
 of all contributions to go to the Cor
 nceticut Temperance Union, and two
 thirds to the Connecticut Anti-Saloo
 League.
 As the cuImlnation of a romance r
 sulting from a trip abroad, Haro
 Crowell of California. whose engage
 ment to Miss Elinor Hillhouse has bee
 announced. has arrived from Europe ar
 is guest of James w. Hillhouse ar
 family of Willimantic at Pleasure Beac Waterford.
 Excursionists complain that the nor
 ing cars for Ocean Beach have tri, A of gliding around the Bank street co U ner just as the Norwich car draws in