Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-13
VARIOUS MATTERS


 Edward W. Menzel, 25, of Rockville and Marion Melanese, q, Ellington, have applied for . marriage license at Hart ford.
 The Waterford Red Cross Nursing ser vice will continue weighing babies at Jordan school during the second Wednes- day of every month.
 The Woman's Aid society of the Paw catuck Seventh Day Baptist church met Tuesday afternoon for a regular busi- nes meeting in the church parlors. .' The U. s. civil service commission an- nounces an open competitive examina- tion for classified laborers at Providence on January 6. Entrance salary is S1,- $50.
 MT. and Mrs Richard Smith have moved from their cottage at Pleasure Beach into the Nevins cottage formerly occupied by Roswell Manwarmg at Wa terford.
 5; Announcements have been received of the marriage in Fresno, Cal, on Dec 8 of Miss Josephine E. Simons a form CT resident of New London, to Cyrus K Hays of Fresno.
 President Benjamin F. Marshall of Connecticut college will preside at the Community meeting Friday evening at Slater hall, according to an announce ment made Tuesday.
 The fact that householders will be un- able to get ample supplies of anthracite coal this winter means that they will have to learn to burn some of the va rious grades of bituminous
 In spite of the fact that Dec. q is the shortest day of the year the afternoons begin to grow longer today (Wednes- day). Tuesday the sun set at AIS. This afternoon it will set at 4.19 o'clock. Call and examine special line ot Christmas greeting cards at the Bulle- | tin job room.-adv.
 One quarter of all the new cases of diphtheria reported to the state depart ment of health for the past week were in Hartford, according to the depart ment's summary of health conditions. Kenneth P. Morgan of Waterford and Miss Bessie M. Turner of Willimantic were married Monday afternoon at the parsonage of the Methodist church in New London. Rev. Myron E. Center off ciated
 In accordance with the usual custom Christmas tree entertainment will be given at the Submarine Base on Dec | 22. The children of every enlisted man and petty officer will receive appropri- ate and useful gifts.
 Work on the old Woodworth paper mill at Quaker Hill, now known as the Pulp and Paper Products Co.,, is fast progressing and Supt. Thomas B. Wood worth states that within two weeks he 1 hopes to be running.
 Connecticut college will close for the Christmas recess Friday, Dec 15, al noon and reopen Jan. 4. Very few o the girls will remain on campus over thu holidays and the faculty will either gt to their homes or visit friends.
 Payne, .Griswold & Keefe, Inc, of New London has completed it's dissolution, ac cording to a certificate filed with thu state secretary which shows that $9, 900 was collected and distributed equall, among Mossis Harry R. Griswold
 Office space in one of the remodellet state office buildings at Hartford ha been assigned by Comptroller Harvey F BisSell to the state park and forest com mission. It will be located at No. 16 Capitol avenue on the second floor.
 During the past week communicabl diseases showed an increase. Scarlet fev Ter cases totalled eighty-seven, as com Ipared to seventy-seven, and measle gained from 1S9 cases to PIP. Ther were fifty-nine cases of whooping cougf
 woman's Guild, St. James churcl POquetanuck. Xmas sale, Paris House, Friday evening, Dec. 15. Sun OCT, 5.3O to s.-adv.
 State Highway Commissioner Charie J. Bennett announced that he had de cided to recommend to the session of tn legislature which convenes January the construction of a special highwa for the exclusive use of motor truck
 The petition of the Connecticut Mote Transportation Co.,, of New London fc permission to operate jitney line frol Hartford to the Massachusetts, stat line, en route to Springfield, has bee denied by the public utilities commis sion.
 Several automobilists encountere : trouble Monday evening in attempting | negotiate the Norwich road at Quake Hill As a result of the rainfall treacherous icy surface was develope on the steep grade when the rain froz as quickly as it fell.
 Irving H. Potte was named to sut ceed Miss Gertrude E. Hogdon as pre-, ident of the Baptist Young People Union of the Groton Heights Bspti. church when Is members of the unio met at the church for the annual mee ing and election of officers.
 Mrs John Laidlaw Buel, vice pres a dent general of the National Societ D. A. R.. was a guest of honor at u . meeting of Mary Clap Wooster chapte D. A. R., in New Haven, Monday. Re 2 Charles c. Carver of Christ church, Ne . Haven, spoke on Better Films The installation of switch on u [ trolley road at Midway, which is no going on under the management of u ' Shore Line Electric Co, receivers of u Groton & Stonington road is primari for the purpose of eliminating a 1O-mi
 ute layoyer in Westerly of all throue 6 cars.
 r An attractive addition to the war co lection at the State library at Hartfol Q is collection of chevrons and insign of the United States Marine corps r ceived through Colonel Charles E. Shit
 quartermaster, Connecticut Nation
 Guard. The insignia are mounted
 navy blue cloth. ;s
 An appeal to the people of Connectic
 not to forget, at Christmas time, t
 115,000 orphan children in the Bit
 Lands who depend on American chal
 ty for their lives during the coming yes was issued Monday by Ex-Govern
 Marcus H. Holcnmb, honorary sta
 chairman of the Near East Delief.
 Invitations to the governors ina II gural ball to be held at Foot Qua
 hall will be sent to all members of t
 new general assembly some time t
 week. Samuel C. Doty, chairman of t
 invitations committee, said over 200
 plies have already been received to 1
 invitations sent out last week.
 Relatives and friends in Norwich ha
 received cards announcing the birth
 Sunday, Dec. 3, of a baby boy, Kenne
 Palmer, to Mir. and Mrs Everett Pier
 Oucile Miner9 of New Haven. former
 of; Norwich. Mrs. Pierce's mother, M | Ni1ar 6f