Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-29

those who have been cleaning up lawns
! and gardens.
From Canterbury, Thad Wilson has left
for northern New York where he is look
ing after his musllrat farm
The, Wilsonville school was closed the
past week on account OF the illness of the
teacher, Mrs, Charles Whiting.
The gayest of Easter eggs are offered
by dealers and there are many other can
| dy novelties for the PaschaI season.
Masons began work this week at Old
Lyme piastering in the new quarters for
the post office in the Masonic building.
The pavilion at Ocean Beach is board
ed in and a good start has been made on
the new bath houses to be erected there.
| At the Central Baptist church, Tuesday,
at 800 p. M, the Woman's prayer meet
ing was led by Mrs. William W. Beck
with.
Steamer Empress of Scotland, with
Neptune Park passengers aboard. was re-
rorted March 25th at Villafranche, on the
French coast.
The hospitality committee now serving
ut Trinity Methodist church includes
Mrs. w. w. Ives, Mrs. A. D. Lewis, Mrs.
L. n. Geer, Miss jamie Leach.
Consignments of Incubator chicks in
crates especially constructed to convey
them are being handled daily by the par
eel post clerks in the post office.
Considerable submarine repair work is
going one in Groton at the Ship & En-
CINE Co, plant where eighteen submarines
are to have new shafts installed
Henry W. BEanehe and John H, Gil
man of Hartford are assisting Capt. Har-
old w. .Branche, formerly of Norwich, on
the Clark bungalow at Lords Point
State Attorney and Mrs. C. E. Searles,
who have been spending the winter at Ben
Grosvenor Inn, Pomfret. plan TO reopen
their home on Thompson Hill, April LIST.
Norwich friends learn that a former
Greeneville boy, DR.. James Murphy. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. c. o. Murphy, now of
Palmer, Mass, is very successful as a
specialist in that city.
The cup which Woodstock Academy
boys basketball team won in the series OF
games with Tourtelotte Memorial High
school, has been received and is displayed
in the main room at the Academy.
Secretary Charles c. Wright of Mys-
tic Community Club, in his annual report
shows a remarkable development in, com
munity work The total attendance for
the ten months in 1921 was 2S.S75.
A former Mantle resident Mrs. Abb
gail C. Rice, who is spending several
months with her daughter, Mrs. ]. W.
Knai5penberger in North Stonington, eel
ebrated her s1st birthday Monday.
Mrs. L. K Fuller, of Scotland, editor of
the White Ribbon Banner, has been con-
fined to her bed since March 1st with a
| severe attack Of neuritis She is not able
to sit lrp except for two or three minutes
at time.
Noted among paintings at the spring
exhibition Of the National Academy of
Design, New York is a picture by one of
the Lyme artists. 1.-The Winter River by
Childe Hassam, beautifully soft and del
icate thing
The April term Of the Holland county
Superior court is to be held in Rock
vile, Tuesday, April 4, in the superior
court chambers at the first session, a
short calendar session, Judge Haines is
to preside
The evening services that have been
| conducted weekly at the Cohanzie chap
| cl have been discontinued until fall. Ser
| vices were conducted during the greater
part Of the winter, with speakers princi-
paily from New London churches.
Pauline Frederick. daughter of R. O.
Libby, of 121 Broadway, Norwich. has
come from Hollywood to Chicago and has
| signed a five years contract to return tc
| the stage. She will be seen in London il
May as the star of Lawful Larceny
Lowell M Salisbury who has been in the
en1rloy Of the Narragansett Milling Co
| for several years as auditor and recently
as manager of the Fall River branch, has
resigned and is now in company with hi!
father and brother in business at Moo
sup.
Director of Finance William T. Whit
made the rather astounding declaration
to the New London djty council Ids
week that there is fully $5S9,000 in un
collected taxes. Some OF these taxes h
claimed extend back for a period O
twelve years.
At Plainfield the other night, William
Adams awoke with a toothaehe q Id hi
wife went into a back room for l.4edicin
and discovered the barn on FIRE An ex
tpensiYe remedy but it cured him for tn
time. The barn and his saving machin
were destroyed.
Chinese dispatches indicating that tn
important city Of Changsha may be tn
site Of the long delayed battle between
the setfhern and northern forces, are o
Norwich interest, since Mr.. and Mrs
Dickson H. Leayens recently returne
from YaA, in Changsha.
A fire that threatened several homes an,
burned over a good part of the plains a
AstAway was the result OF setting
bonfire on a windy day. Help was sum
moned from the AshaWay wooden mil
and after a hard Fight the fire was con
Quered without serious damage
A Noank young man, Leslie Porter, ha
been a patient at, the hospital in Mes
London following an accident at the Sei
Sled conn iany's plant IN West Mystic. A
the hospital it was found necessar.
to Rmputate the four fingers and thumb 0
his left hand, all at the second joint
Eggs having reached rock bottom
prices for this season, housewives are be
ing advised by the Farm Bureau hom
economics department to make the mos
of the opportunity to use as many egg
as possible while the price is low. F'resl
eggs may be had for thirty cents or under
A Paris dispatch states that the coming
June, Charles Hitchcock Sheriff. of New
York is the most notable American can
didate to succeed the late Justice .Bartoy
s. Weeks on the International Olym5i
COMMITTEE Col. Sherrirs wife was tn
daughter of the late e. n. Gibbs, o
Norwich and New York.
OF the materials from which women
hats are made the latest, nilliners find il
Noy York, is tinae0 crinol This is
coarse hair weave kaving the a.pearane
of woven jute, excepting for the srralie
size Of the strands. 1t comes in peri
Wrinkle, hyacinth, peacock blue, rose