Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 27, 1909, Page 10

SOUTH COVENTRY IN THE TROLLEY ZONE limantic try Troffey The 1 }cinésvbgry Bow and Printing So. Coventry Lonn. - - R » . —_— — — - SN g S AP RRCI. 2 r E N iin ’ N o lines in . the of “the panic A known chiefly as the birthpla ) e general assembly the township was ENING OF THE NEW TROLLEY LINE S e, it e g Koonichet o 3 ihpincs ot | S SHRTIES R ot v L 3 H y ) the dis the recent session of | ling on hills and Nathaniel Rust and some others set- A ‘! 2 - | the gener mbly vales ¢ roms Wangt 7 lake d in.the town about the year 1700 s - e Ao AN PO S | ¥rom 5 to 6 p. m. there was anot is 1 well endowed In the spring of°1709 there came a - | band conce ous amu most d natural ac RE r [ g9 Iv househo! "( \;n;m Tignificantly Celebrated by the Peopl:—A Zird’s [ye View of tae Flace ‘and Other | 1iin S in s h e VY I sty O rurtford Réading and Lancas { band throughout the le adtlh Alass nington, Killingworth 1 : e . | ; N g Timbered h e Windhar and some other Iliustrations of Fublic Interest. p. m. display of EheHland. S pimpered b d £ Vipahatp, < RS Ghanr & pastine 9 p. m. on dancin t eys ara ibund AN r 1 1 8 r . ’ day k., that is fed from t md for. tl horses of Hartford - g 2 wat of W nbau ke » W se horses ¢ nded and turned Best of Order Preserved. sttt et i inibsabasicl s to the east South Coventry Rad, without deubt, , impossible to get a seat on any of the | furnished by C. D. Holt of New Haven | Excelient ordc was d industries ¢ i e to w off six miles square the biggest day in its history Thurs-|care that plied to and from the beau- | and set off in ke of ‘gme -of his'{ throbghout. the : ev of its wonderful fal . et. i1, 1 The first survey of land h\ when practically ‘thewwvhele popu- | tiful 1irb near historic 1 ympetent experts on the or 14 to 40 feet was 1de Apr 1708, by \l ( b ktion turned out and.unitedjwith the | baug lake, upon whose shor: Wangumbaug Lake Lund associa Prior to.1675 the Indians used Stanley, colonys surveyor. , The town Jitizens of Willimanticzand¥oeuntless | celebration was held. 1t is impossible | across the cove, were also in keej Iy assigned to duty 12 | land of what is now the town of Co v 1 ff into 98 allotments by the dther visiters to thereughly.emjoy the |to accurately estimate the hundreds | with the high quality; of the en f ities by Capt, h- | gntry as a hunting g 1 r ab mentioned , Maborate pregrammefarranged for'the | upon hundreds of people who were at | day's proceedings. Best of all, eve mond of Willimantic ar burned over to g h 1 8 proprietors, fifteen in jrolley celebration by~the cemmittee | the lake and in South Coventry Thurs- | body enjoyed themselvés .in the | X " for d tk wum wch received five -vH"u\i"m! ‘rom the Willimantic Board of Trade | day, but some idea may be gained when | treme and report one grand big time. providing 1 for the Mohegar I and th allolments were reserved for i BLusiness Men’s ~a@ssociation, of | the returns have been made to the | L ‘HlSTOR'C TOWN OF and was in th e h= support religlon and schools George E, Stiles “was chairman. | Connecticut company and checked up | The Programme. ' SOUTH COVENTRY. | ber, so that it is said ' 9 was incorporated at the ses- thing was successfully carried | today. Cars were run as often as they | The programme as rendered follows: dia - S W wad first se of the general asse mbly in May, ith all the attendant®festivities cpul}d maé(; the trip, without any par- | 2 to 3 p. m., band concert; :4“@. P M., | Known Chiefly as Birthplace of Nathan | driven over I'he ‘“;::I\_l' f \\(;:.An“‘.\:l‘bcm e: e y J | liters ercises. § tor ” g~ | 2 g hich had d fre 1 en, - wholeseme e.ruoymem. ticular adherence t? schedule. '121““; u“\l 'bouz;\ll‘;w\:my:‘l:yrm.‘j.(lu;i ILA‘,I,"‘: Hale—Yet Has Splendid Natural Ad- ;\\::‘\ |'|"1 L Steartivat quith’ & TS In Holiday Garb. At Lakeside Park. | ivered a most cerdial address of | vantages Which Will Be Enhanced | ..., »f families from the towns men- Coventry did he If proud. Most of Lakeside park was where the most | welcome. He then introduced the| by New Trolley Lire—Brief Sketch | ¢ ) mm:..r‘-;-n, g the public buildings, business places | of the pleasures of the day and e | other speakers “and numbers on the | oy Tive Indians | g2 m v will e -there were but two end nearly all of the residences along | ing were enjoyed. A bandstand | programme in this order: Response tg( o Its Groweh from Time o Indlans | 8 0%, T Capt i is now Tollang county the main street of the village were | been erected and here Whe { Mayor Daniel P. Dunn of | to the Present. | Windsor to fifteen othe eld, settled in 1703, and gelly attired in heliday garb of flags, | American band of this city, Chari | imantic; tenor solo, E. J. Downe I 3 v TIR | tracg of which inelude 1, settled In 1704, and Japanese lanterns that|C, Wheeler director, rendered three fine | accompanied by L render- While not as old as some towhs iR ! ent tow 1th Windsor first house in the town seems to tically arranged by dec- | conterts during the afternoon and|i “If T Had a Thousand Lives;" ad+ ’ the thirteen original golonies Vernor Hehron been built by one Samuel Birch- Providence and Williman- | evening. From the stahd the singing | C. Rufus Harte, in behalf of the | which't gle ,,(:» s United States had | Mansfield, Hamptor on thesgoutherly side of Wangums ented a lively spec- | and speechmaking was also given. | Connecticut company; brief remarks, | 1 SIOFII0N UNIOGI 1a¢ | Jonat : approved by the general | baug lake, which means dew water, 1d animation all day| The adjoining grove afforded a nat- | Governor-elect Walter E. Clark of the | their origin, South Coventry is one of mbly cording to the bistory of Tolland € at night oniy served to | ural amphitheater and was liberally | territory of Alaska; song, “Under the | the three oidest towns in what is now The legatees conveved rights unty, ar th housé now owned by enhal :auty of ti asing as- | supplied with seats for pleasure seek- | Star Spangled Banner" Mr. Downey, | Tolland countly and has eontributed her | so far as the town of was | Henry Dimock, which. was at one pect. In the city the Murray building | ers. Amusements at the park com- | accompanied by Mr. Josselyn, written | guota toward the present renown of | conce d, to William P eph | time o upied by his father, the late was decorated with flags, as were a | prise a merry-go-round, shooting gal- | by the latt especially for the ecca | this incomparable nation and number Talcott, William Wh ird | Dr. Timothy Dimock, who was a well number af the other business blecks { lery, picture galleriesy dance pavilion, | sion; addre of the day _Hon. | among her hcnored défad some of the | Lord, to be a committee to lay out the | known p ticing' physician up-to the along the street, for Coventry was by | pewer boats and many other devices | George B. Chandler of Rocky Hill most illustrious names in the nation's | township and settle on the lands \is | early '70's, N no means alone in the joy of celebrat- | that go with the ideal pleasure resort.| He outlinedsthe history of the agita- | history, and now that she has been | committee was appointed by the gen- in the valley of the Hop river, near ing an event that means so much to A d | tion which resuited in the construction{ more firmly placed upon the map by il assembly_on May 9, 1706. On Oct hoyse known as the Cyril Parker her and te.the city of Willimantic. Grand Success. | of the lines between Hartford and|the advent of the trolley she is des- 1711, this eommittee was reappoint- | place, there was @ tegular village of - T G Everything was very successfully | Middletown, Hartford and Bioomfield | tined ,to a still more thrifty growth | and Nathaniel Rust, who had al- | savages. =, 5 3 Trolleys Taxed to Capacity. carried out. The speechmaking and|and Willimantic and Ceventry by the | and wiil forge to the front rank of the | ready settled on the lands, was addec For approximately thirty years the During .the forenoon hours the cars | singing was particularly geod, the con- | Connecticut company' and compliment- | thriving towns of the state with re-|to the committee, to carry into execu- | religiows comunupity Avas embraced in filled and after the stores in the were closed at noon it was almost we the railroad on its enterprise in ed undertaking the constiuction of these certs were excellent, the fireworks that | l markable strides. were arranged for hy Fred D, Jordan, The picturesque little town, hereto- . i8 known as “the First church Page Eleven.) tion the primary designs of the original | what appointment. At the same session of' (Gontinued on