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The Henry Allen& Son Co. § FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS LADY ASSISTANT 1 Cails Answered Promptly Day and Night 88 Main Street WE CAN SELL Team Harness AT THE RIGHT PRIGE. A good line of AUTO ROBES and emall lot broken sizes of FUR COATS. THE L. L. CHAPMAN €O, 14 Bath Street. JOSEPH BRADFORD BOOKBINDER Blank Books Made and: Ruled to Order 108 lROADWAV TEAMING AND TRUCKING |, DONE VERY PROMPTLY AND AT REASONABLE PRICES A. D, LATHROP Phone 175 THE WlA‘!Hil- > ¥ #fi:&w"&?\‘"" wh -mhuu were lml .n’?n:rs ey S outh “northern South Omllnu but durln;p; the day unre was q dec!im! i mgpem m night t-“s‘i‘c‘. upper lake reglon, fair weather will | b eltlnqi east o: :ha Mississippi.river what cooler Fri n“a'uy nat%ofi " dlong the I o lakes. 2 Winds For Friday and Saturday. ntig — mede\'ile wxnau" with ‘filr ’w o o Miagle Atizaii f;rm Southern New - Fngland: cloudy Friday: Saturday fair. Observations in Norwich. Fhe fellowing records, reported fram Sevin's pharmacy, show the changes in temperature and the barometric changes Thursday: lfl‘t b mm;—. althe 3 v ariabla ~ Py Partly 7a m ia m. lghaut 72, lowest 43. Comparisens, P'e!lcuonn for Thuraday: Thu.rld.lys ‘weather: Fair, As predicted. Sun, Moon Tides. . “PROTECT YOUR FEET" A.G. Thompson, F. 8. FOOT SPECIALIST LICENSED CHIROPODIST Mér. Cummings’ Spring Arch Support Suite 7-8, Alice Building, Norwich rmerly cf Wul-rhury Phone 1366-4 OVERHAULING AND REPAIR WORK OF ALL KINDS ON AUTOMOBILES, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, TRUCKS and CARTS Mechanical Repairs, Painting, Trim- ming, Upholstering and Wood Work. Blacksmithing in all its brances, Scott & Clark Corp. 507 to 515 North Main St. 3 Can You imagine sh and healin- wn DUNN'S TOOTH POWDER. t preserves the teeth, lie germs and sweetens the Sold at s PHARMACY 50 MAIN STREET Wi LUAM C YOUNG Successor to STETSON & YOUNG CARPENTER and BUILDER | and materials at right d labor. 0 West Main St A d. SINAY Dentist flcoms 18-19 Alice Building, Norwich Phone 1177-3 John & Geo. H. Bliss Largest Assortment of DIAMOND JEWELRY BROCCHES SCARF PINS RINGS PENDANTS BRACELET WATCHES RADIOLITE STRAP WATCHES, ETC. John & Geo. H. Bliss | Six hours after mrh water 1t 1s low tide. which Is followed by flood tide. GREr.NEVlLLE Community Qewlng Meeting at Con- gregational Church—Personal Men- tion. Thursday afternoon the first of the community sewing eetings was held in the Sunday school room of , the Greeneville Congregational church. there were fifty ladies present and a large number of garments were com- pleted for' the Red Cross. Five ma- chines were kept busy Thursday and more are cxpected next week. It is planned to hold these meetings at the church every Wednesday afternoon. Federated Ladiss’ Aid Meets. Thursday afternoon the Ladies' Aid society of the Federated church met at the home of Mrs. George A. How- ard. Mps. William A. Lund, the pres- ident of the gociety, was in the chair. Worle on Red Cross’ garments was ac- compiished during the dfternoon. Fin- ished work was turned in and new work was given out. Several com- fort bags have been filled by the mem- bers and have been turned in to the Red Cross The next meeting of the society will be held at the home of Mrs. Herbert Baldwin. Ladies’ Charitable Society Meets. The Ladies’ Charitable Society held their regular meeting’ Thursday after- noon at the home of Mrs. E. Riley, at 229 Central avenue. During the afternoon the ladies did knitting for the soldiers and sailers and worked on pajamas and hospital shirts for the Red Cross. It was decided to fill sev- eral comfort bags for the Red Cross The next meeting will be held next Thursday at the home «f Miss Annie Curran at 56 Eleventh street. ——— Personal Mention. Joseph Goodreau; has completed his enlistrient in the U. S. Coast Guard and is at his home in the village. Mrs. Alfred Barrett spent Thursday with friends in Jewett City. Leo Hanlon has returned home in Providence, R. L ing a visit to T. D. Daniels, street. T. D. Daniels and M Sr., were on the dramatic gether in several companies. TAFTVILLE Sales of Thrift Stamps at Local Post Office Amounts to Over Notes. to his T pay- 3 Fifth Hanlon, stage to- Duzing the month of April the local| post office received 411 war savings stamps and 2306 thrift stamps from the central office. Of these 332 war savings stamps were sold for $1,4§8.80 and 5187 thrift stamps for 5, making a total sale of $2,007.55. During the first two days of the present month the sales amounted to almost $400. Since the beginning of the year the saleg at he local post office have amounted to $ The campaign at the the Sacred Heart school during the past two weeks has netted $508.08. Liberty Loan Rally Nets §850. Thursday evening a very successful Liberty loan rally was held in Parish hall under the auspices of the Boy Scout Liberty Loan campaign. Be- fore the rally there was a parade of the two local scout troops through the village with their drum corps. Th= To Relieve Catarrhal Deafness and Head Noises THE PALACE 78 Franklin Street P. SHEA - Del-Hoff Hotel i EUROPEAN PLAN HAYES BROS, Props. Telashone 1227 26-28 Broadway OENTIST DR.E. J. JONES Suite 46 Shannon Building ‘Take elevator Shetucket Streey extrance, Phone WIEN YOU WANT fo put veur bus- | § Promptaceviceday or night iness befors the public, there is mo “edium better than through the ad- N If you have catarrhal deafns 0 head nojses, go lo your d!’“':’“l'u 5 get ounce of 'Parmint (double nlren.th) and fidxl to it 15 Dlnl of hot water and a little granulated sugar. #e 1 tablemoouful four times a day. his il often Bring, ouick relief regsipg head noiscs. ge Mositils P open, hreath- Mg become easy and the mucous stop dropping into the throat. It is eas prepare costs little and is pleasan ke, Anyone who has catarrhal dears Pe“ nolgas should ive this '!E:cfl ll a . ; GAGER $5,000— | i E@n«- of City Plant—Canpot- Mond to DoBunmuutRm'lhtMm Deficit, ————— Inereased eost of aperating expenses, | one ton. Gas oil, of whleh large quan- cqvering many items ef supplies and | fities are used, formerly was bought materials and some items- of labor, tqr 4 oents per gallan. Now it costs § have been responsible for the an- | cents, M\mam Taise in the price of gas to| One of the items of lahor cost that mers here, said D. T. Shea. act- | be mentioned was the wages paid ite int pres’dem of the gas and elegtrie nrdluur‘; laborers. These men employ- mmmli!lnp, when questioned Thurs- | ed {Ignt were on the point ef te the reasens for the advance. !firflqn ren the lecal management thout giving definite figures as to|met flr demands by raising their what these advances would mean in|pay to §3 fer an eight heur day from the operating expenses of the plant, | the fim of Bl They Wers, farmesty Mr, Shea indieated pretty plainly shat to coptinue at the old rate wpuld be S|4 omerate the plant at @ ipss and to deficit. In .fact, he am} th,at eyen at the rate of §1.50, whi the cice announced fo ge into e Qct en Fiine 1 Tor the ordinary consumar, he did not believe the city would he sell- ing gas at a profit until the new gas sets at the werks are in operation, which will not be until abeat July 1st. Tsvo items which Mr. Shea mention- ed particularly as adding largely to the cost of preducing gas were coal and oil, both of which have advanced greatly in price. Goal that used to cost the eity ahout $4 per ton new has to be hought at about §9. The quali- ty, too, is so poor that it takes ahout two tons of coal to produce the resylts that could formerly be obtained from RETURNS STILL COME FROM MEN’S WORK. House to House Canvass Reports Not Al In Yet: P‘v% 0 $2. hat the lncregqed cest of gas doal and g3s oil will mean for a year in additien to eperating costs can be partly emmted fram the apnual report made to the eommon council by the 2as ‘and electric commission for the year ending in June, 1917. In a year ahout 5,700 tons of gas coal were used and g,hout 160,000 gallons of gas il At the old price of §4 per ton tiie cpal would have cost $22,800; at the new price of $9 the cost would he §31,- 300, an increase of $28,500, Gas ail, at the old prige of 4 cents per gaglon, would have cost $4,000; at the new price of 9 cents the eost for the com- ing vear would be $3,000,an increase of $5.000 in this jtem. So # goes along the line of supplies and material wh the plant must use to keep runaing. PRESTON CITY GRANGE HAD BUSY MONTH April Was Time of Activity in ngu‘- lar and Special Work, Scattering returns continue to ecome in from some of the teams in the house to house canvass conducted b% the men under the direction_ of Gen- eral Chaiman T. F. Beckley in the Liberty loan drive. The women at During the past month the Preston City Grange held two regular meet- ings and entertained the ' Pomona on April 18. At the first meeting, on April 9, 2 vote of thanks was ten- dered Brother Shedd for his gift of.a their silic service flag which at present has committee headquarters at the Central building [four stars. The commitices werc ap- are receiving the cards and turning |Dpointed as follows: Music and entep- them over to the banks through which |tainment, Mrs. C. H. Parker, the subscriptions are made. By the|Christian Dawley, Miss, Hattie Ben- end of the week the prospeet is that{nett apd Sidney and Nathan Hall; there will be quite an increase in the |visiting and sick, A. E. Shedd, A. B, final total to e credited to the house | Burdick and Mrs. Nellie Main; recep- to house eanvass. tion, Miss Helen Hall, Miss Hollo- — jwell, John O. Peckham: press, Mss, SANATORIUM NURSE * |John O. Peckham; resolutions, E. F. Barnes, A. B. Burdick, Nathan Hall During’ the lecturer’s hour a spirited | debate was held on the question, Re- IS GIVEN FAREWELL,| Miss Agnes A. Wilson is to Enter!solved: That Connecticut Should Rat- Govst et Sarulice’ s |ify the Constitutional. Prohibition Amendment. The affirmative side A farewell parly was held at the|comprised Brothers Hall and Burdick, state tuberculosis sanatorium __on | While Brothers Hollowell and Daywley Thursday evening in honor of Miss|Were on ‘the negative. The judges Asnes A. Wilson, one of the npurses at|were John Fisk and Slsters Burdick the instifution, who is going into the |& government service. Miss Wilson was presented a wrist watch by the nurses and ether members of the staff. Among the guests present were sev- eral hoys from one of the submarine chasers stationed at an Atlantic port. d Crary and they gave their ver. dict in faver of the affirmative. While the judges were dcliberating the members were eptertained with a duet by Miss Helen Hall and Mr hn O, Peckham. There was also a spelling match between the ladies and gentle- Music and-dancing made up the even- [men. 3 ific's entertainment: The Pomona meeting was. very suc- i Seh cessful in spite of the unpleasant ‘| weather, there being a good attend- TROLLEY EXPRESS TRAILERS |spce. Trc business meeting was ad- e journed early after which therladies To Be Operated All the Way from|(f the Presion grange served . fre: Waorcester te New London. dinner to those present. The afternoon lectursrs hour proved both entertaining and instructive. the second regular meeting on voted to buy more The question of hold- The Shore Line Trolley company, in conjunction with the Worcester Street Railway company, are to construct six trailers to be operated between Wor thrift stathps. cester, Putnam, Norwich and New |ing only one meetinz per month dur- London, according to a Worcester pa- |ing the next four months was dis- per. cussed but it was decided ta held two meetings in sramme The trailer consists of two cays to- | gether with hut one ,car producinz May. The following pro- given during the lec- powen and a_single crew manning turers hour Jolhn O. Peck- them. The Worcester paper says that!ham; readi Wives and a route established befween that city | Cooking Husbands, Mrs. Nathan Hall; and the wharves at New London would | chorus, Over srange: Worthy find a t express business from the er Hollowell gav a talk on Lib- start and would be a great aid in transportation. There will be a rehcarsal of the Since the government I s curtailed | pidy. The Spinsters’ Convention, which express service on the raiiroads. there|is to be given at the next meefing on has been a sreat demand upon -the The play is to be fepeated trolley express. later in North Stoningto The plan of making one car do the' work of two has been found to be wholly profitable in many places, and in addition has been of indispensable value to the government in transport- ing wool and other ne war stu When the routes are laid out they will run over the suburban irons jand to the important ports of shipping. BOY oCOUTS KEEP UP THEIR GOOD PACE Report $61,300 in Liberty Bonds by Work Done Thursday. ar. Indications are that the Boy Scouts are geing to reach their goal of $100, 000 in whe Third Liberty Loan drive and on Thursday reports showed that they were well on the way to the three quarter post. The es on Thurs- day eventng showed that thev had se- cured 393 subscriptions for an amount REGISTERED 1210 DOGS Town Clerk Will Put Delinquent List Into. Hands of Dog Warden. | Town Clerk Ce ¢ S. Toibrook had rege tered 1,210 dogs when the registra- {tion geason closed on Wednesday eve- | ining. This about 200 short of the {number last, year. Of course it may | be expected that some of the dogs vegistered last time may have died in_the meantime, The town clerk will at once make out a list of the names of awners who had dogs last year but have not reg- |istered this time.. This list will be placed in the hapds of Dog Warden Frank L, Tuttle to look up all who still ouglit to resister their dog: After May 1 the fees for registra- tlon will be Increased $1 making the fees, after that date, §: for males and $11,25 for females of $61,300. The reports of the trofps Rt 315,200 7730 follow: Subs, to Date Troop 1 Troop Troop Troop Troop Troop Troop Troop Troop 1, Troop 2, Taft Taft LEBANON CAN FLY ITS HONOR FLAG Bunting Received on Thursday—Near- ly Doubled Liberty Loan Quota. Food contrel in North Ameriea to- day means chiefly getting the food aeross the Atlantic at all costs. The town of Lebanon recyived its Dboys were under the direction of |honor flag Thursday evening for ex. Scoutmasters Davis and Ducharme, | ¢eeding its Libertv Joan or $22,000, The hall was decorated with flags and night Chajyman _Carl M. posters loaned by the Woman's Liber- | Bishop of the Men's commiftee and ty loan committee of Norwich. The 3 B Abel fenaizmaniiate o feature of the ovening was the sing- | committee reported —subscrip- ing of the double quartettes from the}t lotalling Bass Clef and Woman’s Chorus under the direetion of J. J, Moore and Mrs. | William H. Allen, respectively. The programme opened with _the singing of the Marseillaise in English by the men and this was followed by the singing of marchipg songs for the ajMes by the ladies. - Judge J. H. Barnes of Norwich then gave a short talkk on the Liberty Loan, The ladies sang There’s 2 Long, Long Trail, and Mrs. Clifferd Dion sang The Margel- laise in French, The Bass Clef quar- tette sang Where Do We Go From Here and the ladies sang Joan of Arc. Edward Morin then addressed the au- dience in French after whieh the sub- 5ffl£Aonu were taken. The amount d was $850. The meeting closed with the singing of The Star Span- gled Barner. During the singing of the Marsellaise Master Plante in Khaki uriform waved a French flag, but when The Star Spangled Bannen, was sung he _appeared in the navy uniform and waved Old Glory on high, Village Briefs. ‘Wora has been received from Har- old DeCelies, stating that he has ar- rived safely at an Atlantic port aft- er doing convoy duty across the At- lantic, The members ttees are confident that' the town will double its quota The womer's committee has secyred sub- seriptions amounting to $18,000. TRAFFIC POLICEMAN GOES ON DUT’Y Officer Michal Carroil Statiohed at the Bank Corner. 343,000. Policeman Michael Carroll on traffjo duty on Wednesday and Thursday at the corner of Main and Shetucket streets for the first time this season found frequent occasion to remihd and instruct dvivers of autds and other vehicles as to the traffic rules. He will be on duty each day from now on. Baptist Mission Class Met. The mission class of the First Bap- tist church held its monthly business meeting on Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. M. A. Welch of 76 West Town street, Norwich Town. During the sewing, the large number attend- ing were entertained by the reading of the Baptist book, Our Work on the Congo. The rule with reference to dispensing with refreshments was laid aside for the evening as one”of the visitors had donated sandwiches and cake. A ris- ing vote of thanks was passed to the donor. M ' There were a number of local peo- vle at. dance in Pulaski ball Thurs- day evemng, n Colvin has resigned. his po-| ‘“There is no Half-way, House be- sition_on the night shift in the Pone- |tween Victory and Defeat.”—! -Lloyd i} . o mah Mill and moverl to Sterfinz George. 'l'on Bulletin That Takes Place of Cata pward Busbnell, 4 1-4 francs |o||ua ‘fl!~ Vnr. T bulietin wbimml by the Acad- | emy this year instead-of a catalogue | cnnmm 4 list, complete as far as it is possible to make it, of 163 students on the N, 1. A. honer roll who'are either in the army or navy or are in some og&u war work. The Academy would I¢ame gladly any other in- formatien ‘in_regard to this honor roll Three names have been added since publishing the bulletin. ‘The .honor roll up to date follaws: Christopher @larde Allen, Andrew Meech Avery, Jahn Pean Avery, Ber- tram Henezett Hailey, Lewis Bailey, Uarles Barry, Jr., Walter Lyen Ben- Jamin, William €. Birge, John Stenton Blaekmar, Denald - Ciaghern Bliss, Henry William Booe Trving B. Bogue, John R, Bowman, Jit. Richard Brad- ford, Harold John Brickley, Robert Eimer. Briggs, Traver Briscoe, Joseph C. Broadhurst, Harry Clement Bro- gan, Danjel Lugius Brown, Benjamin Montgomery Bruce, William Burgess, William Jerome Hirns, r‘hquea Bd- 9od B nes, John W, Callahan, Willi P, (Caliahan, William Harrison Caruthers, - Charles Walter Cassidy, Riehard Edward Cas- sidy, Albert .Chandler, Amos Prentice Chase, Otho Chase, Willis A. Christie, Tsrael ‘Aaron Cohen, James -Thomas Collins, Walter I, Congdon, James J. Cook. Samuel Moges Cramer, William Cra- mer, Wesley Randall Cranska, Charles J. Croker, George A. Crowe, Samuel Tawe, Iredenick Spicer €} Cunpingham, William ningham, Robert H. Dodds, James Datiel Duggan, - dmund ~ Latham Douglas, Francis Bolteh Elwell, Jjohn “Thomas ang, Otls Sanborn Iair- banks, Imbert I, Fellows, Herbert John Fergusan, Robert Ogden Fletcher, Le: lie Fletcher, Payl Trancis Gadle, Clay ten Mahlon Gager, Leslie Pracy Gager, Harold George Gildersleeve, William Fogarty Gleason, Richard P. Gregson, Frank Watrous Hamilton, Theodore Z. Haviland, Barle Chapman. Herrick, Harold Sterrs Hetrick, Edmund Wal ton Hill, Rowland Douglas Hill, Eves Hawkins Hiscox, Jr., Farle Holmes, Frank Woodward Leonarg Almy Hough, James Lanman Hubbard, John Idward Hughes, Jo- seph Osmond Hull. Channing: P. Huntington, Thomson Ishister, Myron Jackson, Harold T. Jensen, Edwa Whitehead Jewett, Charles Paddo Johnson, Rohert Iuntington Johnson, Robert Livingstone Johnson, Philip Adams Johnson, Irederick A. Johnson, A.Kane, Ronald MacDonald Kim- E. Kinpey, Paul Latham, hrop, T. Parker Lathrop, neis‘ Leonard, John Parl Leavenworth, William enworth, \mem X, atcher Lord, Hgmer D. Loudon, Carl .u\\ rd. Lyons, Clarence Luthe m Leonard limont, \laclm,\ro, Sedgewicl Mz i r Marquardt. John Lawrence B. 3 seph_ McKa ward ‘Gabriel McKay, Sheldon P, Mc Nickle, Sidney Harnett Melfin, Philip Morgan, Walter Howard Morgan, Arthur John Mullen, George Mulien, Desmond Murphy, n Desmond Murray rowell, John Francis Cun- t Chester Holms, James Robinson Waido Geo Peckham M. Pingree, John Palmer erett W. Howard Nelson Post, Harry Powers, Harold Reed Preston, Robert rl Preston, Benedict Carpenter Pullen, E. Leonard Purvis, Georze Leon Ran- man John Righ: Pierce, y Porter, Stephen Thoma. Sears, Geo Segol, mund Sezol, Clarence Whitney Eugene Levening Schellens Herman Scheilens, John Henry s Shea Will tt Sherman. John Joseph Siatter sell Smith, George Q. Robert Lowe! Tred Stearns Ri Harold Rumncmh George Schellens, as Kran- Raymond “Thon Shea, on L. Sw hard Ulmer, heldon &t !'1 \mwn Ward Vars y V. I'mn an nk Whipple, White, Aifred Wilcox, c 2 Julian Lapier; Clristopher Worth Younz, James M Yor Righard Wilfred -Young, Winifred Charles SOLDIERS AND SAILORS What Eastern Connecticut Boys Are Doing In Various Branches of the Service. ' I Qverland With Mule Train. Sergeant Winton A. Robinson of the ll)-fln S, Infantry Writes of life in ce, under date of April 4th. 1t's been a long time t, but really it is not I commenced a letter a but cannot find it now. We fault. week ago, have been on flie go during the past my weeks overland four days, Wi‘lh company and mule carts, then at a2 camp, and out goes/the com- auto trucks, The wagon train was nearly three miles long, the last twe days of our hike. You ean see that the government have a few mules here in France. The mules and carts came overland and it was some trip. It rained for the four days that we’ were out, Everything in great shape at that. Had it been good weathar it would have heen some fine trip. I saw land that I have ie scenery was we could have h sup shining it would haye seen it heen grande 1 am hoping to get more to see the but the more I see of it the Just_ now I am and of these road trips. I like eountry more 1 like the U. at a Frepeh house cooking eg 8. the lady is r. Eggs cost en (90 cents) not k for my dxlner, bad. T had beef st apd am living the lif but wiil ke broke hack to the soup boys are in the trenches again; third time and I hope the last time. T wish T could send you a map of where we have trajeled during the last twe months. - ] see from clippings you send that - the fellow from Stafford there was fish stories about the 104th. T wish 1 could find him and, tell him a few things, You will see and sg will the people of America that the 105th is a regiment to he proud of. I have a buneh of mail somewhere, we moye so much I guess it can't find ud. I have just found myself for that matter. You can send me a wrist \wateh if you care to. Mine is no good. Well, supper is ready so will close » now. If we over stop moving I wilt write oftener and get my mail more quickly—no_ letters ‘now for a long time. Hope this finds ycem fine With love for all WA, lmnmsox, Somewliere in Franée French Trains Small. Somewhere in Fr:mcex prit 6th, 1918, Dear Folks at Home: I thought I KEPT HER Looks YOUTHFUL,| + DARK AND GLOSSY WITH COMMON GARDEN. SAGE AND SULPHUR '/ When you -darken your Sage Tea and iulplmr no ene tell, because. [. px M“H‘W evenly, Pre rmg theugh, at home is mi some. At little eost any drug store the aration, improved by ion of other ingredients ca]led) Wyethl Sage and Sulphur Compound.” »You just dampen a_sponge or soft hrush with it and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at a time. By morning all gray hair disappears, and, after another applieation er twe, your " hair “becomes¥beautifully dark- ened, glossy and luxuriant. ‘Gray, faded hair, though, ne dis- grace, sign-of old age, and as we all desi a youthful and attractive appearance, get busy onge with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compeund and look vears younger, This ready- to-use preparation is a delightful toi- let requisite and not a medicine. Tt not- jntended for the cure, mitiga- ion or prevention of disease. would drep a few lines to let yeu know how I am getting -alopg. I am feeling good and hepe that you are all the same. We had a fine trip acress and not VEry Tmany were s We wore life belts ail the time. We had a band ahoard and they played every night. I was giad when we got off on this ide. They have got tralns over here, but they are pret(y-ymall beside those over there. “Did you get the rard that T sent to vou ' This is a pretty good place over heré, so far as I have seen. The grass is all green. Give' my love to my friends over there and tell them T will write to them later. There is no need of both of us writing, so T will talk for botl, Maurice and ‘myself. Maurice is feel- ing aell and I do mot want You to worry over us, for it will only be all the worse for you and do us no good, Will ciose with love and kisses to you afll e Your son, PRI CHARLES PATRIDGE, Battery B, 56th Regt, G A CAC S WILL OFFER THRIFT STAMPS, STAMPS FOR CHANGE Retail Stores All Over State To Participate in Plan. Invited Beginning next Monday merning an intensive drive for the sale of $1,300, 000 in war savings and thrift stamps in the retail stores of Connecticut will started under the direction of'Jo- 7., McWeeney, state director of merchants division of the War Savinge Committee, tail store in the' state will, it nnounced on Thursday by the] e Council of Defense, will be as- signed its quota according to the num- ber of its employes, and when any es- tzhlishment “goes over the top” prop-{ er credit will be given through the press and in other ways, One of the features paign w customer of the cam- I consist in' clerks asking & to accept at least a part of his or her change in thrift stamps, Where 1tk purchaser's —change is less than 25 cents,\the salesman is to ask the customer to make up the dif- ference If o .md buy 2 stamp. a store and pur- 2 ticle and hands the a half wWojlar, the clerk will ask| her if she will accept a 2§-cent<stamp as part of her change. If she assents the clerk will hand her the article pur- £ “AND! -20c half pint can at 12¢ years. voRm® THE PORTEOUS & MITCHELL CO. KEEP IT. ; Rudy mixed Household Paints at reduced pnm House Pamts, Floor Paints, Varnish Stains at these special pnces. 38c pint can at.24c 73¢ quart can at' 4&: Also Faint Brushes at reduced prices } O’Cedar Mopsand O’Cedar Oil Polishes, Brushes, Clothes, Dryers and many Home-cleaning Necessities at reduced prices SEEDS Uncle Sam wants you to plant a Garden—get it ready at once, if you have not dene so. us furpish you with good reliable Seeds. We have them—a line that we have been selling for Qur customers tell us they are far superior to those others sell at twice the price. QUALITY GARDEN SEEDS Let mammm‘ Vegetable at 2c.a packet Flower at lc a packet HAS 84 HOME GARDEN GARDEN PLOTS STAKED Supervisor Hagberg is Driving Ahcad With the Garden Work. Home garden plots to the number of $4 have been staked out in the past week by C. A. Hagherg, home garden supéryisor. Most of these have.already been assigned to those who will cult chased, a thrift stamp, and five cents in_change. : £ she makes a 2. 5-cent purchase and hand the clerk -\ quarter, the elerk sk her if she will include a 25- thrift stamp with her purehase. If she acquiesces, she must of course and the clerk an extra, quarter for he thrift stamp. If a man enters a store and buys a 2 artjitl2 and hands the clerk a $5 bill, he salesman is espected to ask him how many thrift stamps e will ac- cept @s part of his_change. If he re- ‘a_dollar's ‘worth,” the clerk will n the $2 article, four thrift 5 1 i MARLIN-RCCKWELL MEN RESPOND TO APPEAL.| i . Over 500° Subscriptions After Liberty Loan Talk by A. F. Libby., Over 500 more subscriptions to Lib- erty bonds were made among the em- ployes of the Marlin-Rockwell com- pany on Wednesday and, Thursday fol- lowing brief Liberty by Attorney A. . Libby in Willow street during the noon hour. When .the men returned to work, the office/force made a tour of the shop_ and{ collectedg the subseriptions. Although many of- the -departments have already made a shewing of 100 per cent. in subscriptions, there was g Teady response and several of the sub- seriptions were for bonds of $300 er $100, while the number of $30 sub- seriptions was very large. CORPORAL VAN VYNCK DIES' AT OGLETHORPE. Formerly of This City—Enlisted Michigan Guard, -~ & J. G. Van Vynck of the Michi- rly of Nerwich, died Ga., April 29, of in at Fort pneumon Corporal with military honor cemetery. Oglethorp: in the mnational many acquaint- ances at the state sanatoriym and in Norwich, He enlisted in Detroit when trouble began on the Mexican herder 18 months.ago. % S e e ‘We must conquer the whims of our own appetites before we can hope to cenquer the German menace. NO WASTE IN A PACKAGE OF |» POST TMS’HES CornFoodGongal'he ™ Joan talks given | 5 _ will be buried|” vate them. Trolley Garden Plots. ¢ Early next week Mr. Hagberg is to have an acre ploughed on the westerly side of the road near De Wolf's Switch along London trolley. This plot has been contributed to the heme garden movement by the man- agement of the Shore Line Electr Railway company and will all be par- celled out into garden plots for trol ley employes who want to have gar- dens, There awill be 20 plots in the lot, each 50 by 50. The land is the plot where the Sli;\r; s Line had snow fences erected winter. Elbow Broken in Fall. Elijah Williams, coal yard of John A 3 had his left elbow broken and h bruised when he fell from a rn his wheelbarrow at tife yard on T day morning. He s taken Backus_hospital by Dr. Lou idy. Paul Papa, who was str Williams and the wheelbarrow was only slightiy injured. fell, BORR HOXIE—In Providence onington (Pawcatuck) to Mr. and Mrs 1 April 30, 1918, Samuel J. H. BLIVEN—In Weste S Etter. Ean Mrs. " Gilbert LUCAS—In WOLKA—ARVIZY! 29, 1918, by Ke Justyn ~ Wolka both of . May 1918, home May m Sprifg. street S . TInterment in-Ma LEQNARD—In Norwich Town, May 1918, Mrs. Annie B. Leonard. Notles of l'\lnfil'-ll hereafter. ABNER—Entered into rest. in this city i !_EH\ ‘Joseph Randall Abner. Nalba of Funsal Boreation. VAN V¥NCK—At Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., A‘prfl 39, 1918, Corporal J. G. Van Vynck, formerly of ! 8—In Westerly, ’gl' !llpm W isme. 5 rml Snmrda: afternoon at 2 Narragansett ~avenue. ml ;n exterly. Relatives and lmd! ‘are Invited to attend. ==In Jewett City, ydia A, Barber, wid enn Samuel :Barber, aged §7 Notieg of :unual herenfter. ——— CARD OF THANKS, undersigned. wish to express fl”eel.flnn To the many friends dr izations who so thoughtrully nrmx 55 Raw b the occasion of ou desp_ bereavement 4 gt ?r the many by nexvhhou ant MRS. F J. !RD\\\ F.10. BRO' MRS. E. H. MC\.LL cow the line of the Norwich-New 57 Lafayette Street Lias leen decifred at the rate of, 4 per cent. pust six months, and SOUND with our WE teed—try it. paired. dness mertormea | Phons Cave Welding and Mg. Go. Church & Allen 15 Maip Strest FUNERAL DIRECTORS EMBALMERS Lady Assistant Telephori 323:3 HENRY E. CHURCH WM, SMITH ALLEN : FLOWERS Siooming Plants, Cutflowers, Sweef Peas of exceptional quality. Flora Designs for_ Funerals, Wedding Dec- orations, rs welcome. P. VER STEEG, Floi Telephons 760 , Shea & Burke 41 Main Strest Funeral Directors THE B. B. AND C. The most' ancient and -honorable triumvirate that ever ruled the earth is the YButcher, the Baker, and.the Candlestick Maker.” you meats and candles, but we do . claim to make just as good BREAD as ahybody in the worldw. and see. We don't offer ANDREWS' BAKERY THE DIME SAVINGS PANKE OF NORWICH, The regular Semi-Annual Dlvldend @ vear [rom the mfmn of the': and will be' paygble after Vl.A) 15, 1913, 2 K L 'WOODA xBD, Treasurer. WELDlNG WILL FIX IT Cyliriders, Castings of all kinds, Agri- cultural Implements, . Transmissions | and Crankcases, . Housings,. Steel * Fra mes, Axles and other metal parts . UL KINDS can be made WHOLE G. ed, expert work that is guaran-, Auto Radiators alse n- of ES 31 Clualnut sw b w.m&% k Efimmmu. Tesul