Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-02-14
VARIOUS MATTERS

Local florists have received many val
entine day orders to Say 1t With
Flowers"
Valentine day always brings demand
upon local dealers for red and white
candy hearts.
The city Of New London has nearly
reached it's bond nnrit, there being $3,-
143, 900 outstanding.
Warm sun during Monday helped to
carry off much of the snow and hail
which fell Sunday night.
The members of Canton Aram. P. NJ,
I. o. o. F. of Mystic. are planning
valentine masquerade dance.
The Norwich stores have sold an I'M
usual number of boxes of material for
making valentines this year.
The pupils of st. Patrick's parish
school were given half holiday Monday
in observance Of Lincoln's birthday.
Lincoln's birthday is celebrated as
legal holiday in % of the states and ter
ritories, including Connecticut, but not In
Rhode Island.
Steamer George Washington. on which
Mr. and Mrs. w Tyler Olcott will be
passengers sails from New York at noon
today (Tuesday).
During Monday Norwich friends
learned InaL tSutHST1OTu Y. G1duI ldu
reached Albuquerque, New Mexico, on
his way to California.
Regular meeting of Sachem chapter, No
81, Order Eastern Star, at las tonight.
Followed by an entertainment and dane
ing. efres1lments-adv.
Lewis B. Price of Tolland has reported
to the Rockville police that a Chevrolet
touring car owned by him was stolen
from his garage some time during Friday
night.
The Connecticut Association Of Post
masters and Rural Carriers of the state
will hold a joint convention at the Hotel
Stratfleld, Bridgeport, Washington's
birthday.
For an extra session of the Connect
cut Baptist State convention called in
New Haven for Feb. 21st the Central
Baptist church is entitled to send seven
delegates
Connecticut members have been noti-
| fed of the meeting of the Retail Mill
merry association of America at Is West
| 18th street, New York, Wednesday after
| noon next.
A pool match will soon take place at
| the Noank firehouse between the fipemen
| and the Mechanics and a pool tourna-
ment with out Of town f1remen is being
| considered.
The funeral of Mrs David w. Ring viii
| take place at the parlors of Cummings
& Ring at $40 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing instead of $50 as previously stated
adv.
Philip NJ. Plant of Eastern Point was
host at a dinner party at the Country
club recently at Bellair. Fla, where he
is spending the winter with his mother
and stepfather.
Fifteen new cottages are finished, OF
nearly so, on Groton Long Pont. A num-
Der of families who have had theil
houses heated have spent the entire win.
ter at the Point.
Il Game Warden R. B. Tiff and Sheriff
Eldridge of Wellington have been guard
ing the fishing interests at Breakneck
lake in Ashford Sundays but have not
found any lawbreakers
At the home time for the young people
Of Park church and Sunday school held
in the parish house parlors Sunday
evening at $40 a program of patriotic
songs and stories of Lincoln was greatly
enjoyed.
/ Mrs. George Maynard Minor of Water.
ford, president general of the D. A. R
was in the receiving line at the 29th an
nual ball of the Southern Relief society
held last week at the New Willard hotel
Washington.
Sea food from Powers Bros means
satisfied families. Try fresh bollet
shrimp, fresh opened dry scalIops, Mum
ford Cove oysters Noank cod and fiat
sea trout, jumbo Finan haddies and sal
salmon, at Powers Bros.'-adv.
The New London fire department i
almost wholly volunteer organization
so that the cost of operation is small a
compared with a full paid department
The cost of the department is abou
$50 600 a year.
Acting Superintendent Roy c. Leak o
the state hospital for the insane at Mid
dletown said at the week end that tn
institution is now 80 per cent. overcrowd
ed and conditions allow only emergenc
cases to be admitted
A months mind high mass of reouier
for Capt. Charles ]. ConneI of the MOI
y witch fire department, requested by Whit
Cross council. K of c.. was sung in s.
PatriclAs church Monday at O'Clock b
Rev. Philip ]. Mooney.
Warren E. Wright, known, the polio
claim, to bankers in an parts of tn
country as Warren E. CawIey, a ba
check man, has been arrested in Ne
Haven and is held under $4,000 bono
on the technical charge of idlenees
At beekeepers' institute at Hartfor
Saturday under the auspices of the Hair
ford county farm bureau L. B. Grand al
y state specialist in bee culture of II
Connecticut Agricultural college, ar
Allan Latham Of Norwich were Il
speakers
The ThompsonviHe Methodist churt
has unanimously voted for the return
1 Rev. John E. Duxbury. the pastor, fl
1 another term. Rev. William H. Bath. Il
superintendent of the Norwich distrie
presided at the meeting of the congreg;
ton Friday night
State Highway Commissioner c.
Bennett left Monday for Ann Arbc
Mich. where he is to give a lectu
4 wednesday on the subject of snow r
movad as part of mid-winter cour
1 IN highway engineering. He will retu,
/ to Hartford Thursday.
With view of increasing Rockville
fire protection and bringing the denar
ment to its highest standard, a surv,
/ Of the situation is being made bv an o
GINGER of the New England Insurance g
change. This may lead to a. reduction
insurance rates in that city.
/ At the meeting of the Junior Brotbe
hood OF st. Andrew at Trinity Episcon
! church last week the boys were start
on course in physical education, a ella
IN basNetTy was formed, and talk
a +. Williams, president Of the Mel
club, afforded much interest.
John johnson, who narrowly escan
death when mysteriGusly shot at t
Hewitt shack I'm Vernon two weeks as