Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 19, 1912, Page 2

Pr 3. B, Shannen Improving In Health | =Town Had Low Death Rate—L. J. | Coburn Deposed—Prize Essays for 'l High School Pupils. D. Bay. There is gratification among his many friends here over the reported improvement in health and the pros- ct of the ultimate return of Dr. omes B. Shannon to Danielson. Tizear Blanchette has a broken Tight arm as the result of a back- fring of the engine while he was at- texnpting to crack a stalled automo- bile. Fifty-five Prisoners in Jail, There are 55 prisoners bt the county Jail in Brooklyn at present, not a high number for the cold weather season, and far below what was formerly the &verage for the winter months. Wednesday's rainstorm knocked the Christmas business flat in the stores of Danielson, although the merchants bave been having a satisfactory holi- day trade. 0 stoffice Holiday Hours. " *The postoffice will be open from B m to 12 m. and from 6.30 to P. m. Christmas day. The rural car- gier will serve the patrons on his route, but the money order and pos- tal savings department will be closed for the day. Banguet in Norwich the Reward. Employes of the §. N. E. T. company In the Danielson division are working hard to get three new subscribers each Guring the present month, that they may ?fll’l)‘s guests at a banquet to be given or_them in Norwich in January, The selectmen of Killingly are en- ed in making the enrollment of Heble to pay a personal tax. A e number of those who come under this head are not voters. Among improvements being made at ¥he Brooklyn jall is the installation of pew tubes in the boller used for heat- gng the Institution, which is always kept in first class condition Yale Specials Christmas Day. The Danielson basketball team has arranged for what looks like a real game to be ~laved here on-Christmas day. The vi ng team will be the Nale Speclals, three var: y men be- fng included in the lineup, with two players from a crackerjack Bridgeport team. E. Jette was in Boston Wednes- Low Death Rate. Killingly had one of the lowest @eath rates of any town in the state during the month of November. Only five died, this representing an annual mortality rate per thousand of 9.2 per cent. One of the deaths here was geused by pneumonia, the other four being listed under the head of all other @iseases. Taere were eleven births and eight riages i Killingly during Octol Depositors Not Uneasy. Of the persons who have the bulk of thelr savings tied up in the Windham County Savings bank, very few are be- ing more than incidentally embarrass- ed at Christmas time on account of the gaet. The deposits ars safe and will be available some time, this circumstance easy for those who desire ey to get it from many who #re glad to accept curity or notes smounts advanced COBURN DEPOSED. Former Head of Industrial Company Deposed as President of Connecticut Crushed Stone Company. Coburn, well known in again in the limelight in a Hartford paper of Wednesday there appeared an account ©of his being deposed as president of the Connecticut Crushed Stone com- peny at a meeting of the stockholders held Mon. “Two-thirds of the stockholders were represented in the according to a report given out by Treasurer H. E. Hall. The new board of directors elected L. H. Russell president of the company, “When asked as to why Mr. Coburn Wvas deposed, the officers were unwill- ing to give any reason other than that matters had arrived at such a pass that the action was necessary, and they took it. They would not confirm the report that it was because Mr. Coburn had been selling his own stock 1o the injury of V‘r- treasury stock, the money working c y ‘was intimated, ver g a i suit would b brought :Lgfl.‘n!l Mr. Coburn, should not be com- lends on the remafn- - bonus of the stock in his | possession " | _The Connectient Crushed Stone com- pany has an office in Hartford and its plant between Berlin and Middletown at Beckley station on the Middletown branch. It is to get out stone for use 4n road buflding work. Coburn has had rather a spectacular career in Connecticut during the past ten vears. He was the head of the {Industrial and Manufacturing. compa- .ny that built the factories at Indus- trial place, which factories by a ismiling tarn of fate have come to be ! of surprisingly great value to Daniel- mom, thoagh for several vears after {they were built they wero generally | regarded as monuments to the most colossal plece of foolishness ever in- { duiged in en masse by supposedly sane | ®nd solid people of this and surround- {4ng towns. Though many original in- ~estors lost more or less heavily in the ilocal promotion scheme, in which | scores of thousands of dollars were | sunken, the factories bullt as the re- { sult of it have been the means of at.- jtracting a fine Industry here, which now has a fat payroll and a fine list of employes who have already re- celved In wages more than the amount {lou in the development scheme—but the industry came long after the pro- { moters had shifted to new fields of | endeavor, and without assistance from i them. [ In the Hartford case it does not ap- ear that Mr. Coburn, who is a very ikable man, has done anything illegal, but certain acts were regarded by ¢ other members of the company as not | for the best interests of the organiza- | tlon. Baptist Church Interests. i At the Thursday prayer meeting the tor will read the Christmas story L v _Ralph Connor entitled The Angel and the Star. On Friday the Women's Missionary gocieties will meet at the home of Mrs. | Daniel Spaiding. Mrs, Hammett is the leader. The Crusaders will meet at the par- ponage Friday evening. After the study hour they will gather around the { Crusaders’ Christmas tree. | Sunday at the morning service the H ¥ will speak on The Messages of | %"ym. The choir will render spe- | ¢fal music as follows; Anthem, Awake, Put on Thy Strength, by Dudley Buck; enthem, We Have Seen His Star, by Caled Bimper; solo, by Mrs. Frost, The Birthday of the King, by Niedlinger; anthem, O Little Town of Bethlehem, by H. J. Storer. At the session of the Bible scheol thero will also be special attention gven to the day. The pastor will speaic on The Mistletoe of Bethlehem, At 7 o'clock a chorus of 25 volces will render the cantata The Manger Throne, by Charies ¥. Manney. The order of service will be as follows ory prelude, by Miss Miilicent mna geriptire and prayer, by eld; baritone recita- m Aml Gabriel, sung by Ralph Brown muvonlty soprano l chonu e n R D T be rewarded by being the com- |, Announce Th NORWICH BULLETIN; THURSD eir hursday, DECEMBER 19, 1912 Gf amflkefflga Norwich, Conn. FOR 10 DAYS ONLY Will Open with a Giga Ist Anniversary Special Sui Ist Aoniversary Special Coa Ist Anniversary Special Pony Coat Was Sold up to $75.00 Ist Anmiversary Special Was Sold up to $10.00 Dresses, Waists and Furs Christmas Suggestions Was Sold up to $28 Was Sold up to $26 $11 $10 $32 $3 ildren’s Coats Ist Anniversary Special Dresses Selling at Half the Value A Merry Xmas to All 45 45 50 95 Petticoats Waists, Special Coney Fur Sets $9.95 up to §24.50 First Anniversary, Commencing ecember 19th ntic Sale of Coats, duits $1.79 80c¢ Anniversary Souvenir To All Customers Cram; chorus, There Were Shepherds; baritone recitative, And Lo, the Angel of the Lord, Mr. Cram; soprano solo and chorus, Mrs. Frost and chorus; chorus, Glory to God in the Highest; chorus, Christians, _Awake! tune, Yorkshire; solo, The Virgin's Lullaby, Dudley Buck, sung by Mrs. Frost; baritone recitative, Now When Jesus Was Born, Mr. Cram; chorus of men, Where is He? soprano recitative, And Lo, the Sfar, Miss Harrington; quar- tette, Mrs. Frost, Miss Harrington, Mr. Starkweather, Mr. Cram; choral, As With Gladness Men of Old: baritone solo, And Thou, Bethlehem, Mr. Cram; solo, Beside Thy Cradle Here I Stand, Miss Harrington; chorus, No Pomp of Earthly Kingdom; chorus, Adeste Fi- deles, melody by John Reading:: bene- diction with Stainer's Sevenfold Amen, The Christmas tree of the Sunday school will be held at 6 o'clock on Wednesday evening. The programme will be as follows: A Wish, Frances Tillinghast; Slighted, Beatrice Lind- Six Stockings, Mildred Tilling- Harry Young, Frances Tilling- , Maurice Boswell, Dorothy Bur- ton;’ solo, Margaret Burton; What I'd Do, Arthur Willlams; That's Santy, Arieen Anderson; solo, Alice Jordan; A Christmas Dream, Marjorie Gaffney; Changing the Subject, Edwin Davis. PRIZE ESSAYS. High School Pupils Have Opportunity Manifest Ability and Receive ing Rewards. The Ladies’ Art club of Danielson offers a prize of $5 to the pupils of Killingly High school for the best es- say on The History of Civil Service Reform. Each essay must contain at least 1,000 and not more than 1,200 words. The essays are to be sent be- fore March 1st, 1913, to Mrs. R, K. Bennett, chairman of essay committee, Danielson, Conn. The Woman's Christian Temperance union of Danielson offers a prize of 35 to the pupils of Killingly High school for the best essay on any one of the following subjects: 1—The Value of ‘Total Abstinence to a Life, 2—Alcohol and the Laborer, 3—Alcohol and Crime, 4—Alcohol and Tobacco, 5—The Na- tional Government and the Trade in Intoxicants, 6—The Decisions of the Courts With Reference to Intoxicants. Each essay must contain at least 1,000 | and not more than 1,500 words. The essays are to be sent before March 15, 1913, te Mrs. John A. Paine, Dan- felson, Conn. The essay which wins this prize will be entared in the competition for the state prize of 350, The Connecticut society of the Colo- nial Dames of America offers to the high school pupils of this state a first prize of $20, a second prize of $10 and a third prize of $5 for the best essays on any one of the following subjects: 1—Colonial Music and Musical Instru- ments, 2—The Church as a Center of the Town Life of the Colonies, 3— Colonfal Inns, 4—Medical Remedies Used by the Colonists, 5—Pirates of Colontal Days. Each essay must con- tain not less than 1,200 and not more than 1,500 words. The essays are to be sent before March 1st, 1913, to Mrs. Charles Foster Kent, 415 Humphrey St.. New Haven, Conn. The following conditions apply to each contest: Essays shall be graded. three-fourths on subject matfer and one-fourth on style and grammatical excellence. No typewritten essays can be accepted, as spelling and hand- writing are taken into consideration. A st of the authorities consulted should be given on the last page, and all direct quotations properly marked. PUTNAM Firemen Do Not Want Chief Wilson to Resign—Death of Mrs. John W, Ashforth—Elections in the Lodges— Wheaton Company ~ Permanently Lecated. ‘T. W..Caperton, who has been spend- ing a month in Putnam, has gone to Manchester; Conn,, forihe holidays. Leroy B. Gilchrist of Worcester was & visltor ' with friends in Putnem Wednesday. Thomas G. Barles has sold his bus- iness to J, Leroy Parks, who has been doing business in_Danielson. The First Christmas will be Rey. Thomas Feltman's sermon at the Advent church at the Sunday morn- ing services, George B. Champlin, who has beem with the firm of B. D, Bugbee for a number of years, is to leave here to enter the employ of a Hartford firm, Plums Come Hard, Some democrats who are looking for government appointments in towns in this senatorial district are finding out that some promises made before election are not anywhere near as val- uable as expected. ~The promisers have received what they wanted, how- ever, M Marion Mimes has gone to Or- mond beach to spend the winter sea- son. Putnam people are wondering whether Souvenir W. H. Taylor will endeavor to secure an appropriation from the coming legislature for the publication of the usual biennial edi- tion of his Legislative History and Souvenir, which was so strongly op- posed in some sections of the state two years ago. Mr, Taylor is now making his home in Hartford, Sale of Spaulding Farm. Martha C. Pierson, Louisa Robbins, Erwin E. Robbins, Harrfet M. Ross and John Ross, heirs of Willlam H. Pierson, formerly of this city, have #old their farm, known as the Spauld- ing place, in Woodstock, to Willlam Henry Young of that town. Charles K. S8haw and Philip Benoit of this city, who recently purchased a box manufacturing business in Paw- tucket and took possession of the same the first of this month, are to leave this town about January 1. to take charge of their new interests. 7 Funeral of Horace Randall. Funeral services for Horace Randall were held Wednesday in Woodstock, Rev, Mr. Pierce of the Woodstock Baptist church officiating. Burlal was in Woodstock. Athletic Club Pleased. Members discussing the star bout put on by the Putnam Social and Ath- letic club at Tuesday night's show ) commented with favor on the fine eplritand fi:d l:.‘mr:mmh Shea an nnigan ‘against each other for twelve rounds, smiling as if they were doing a practice work- out, but boxing at top speed neverthe- less, The bout was as as could be geen enywhere (n'the eauntry. ge- cording to men who should know. Court Putffam’s Officers. Following are the newly elected of- ficers of Court City of Putnam, F. of A.: Chief ranger, A. A. Brodeur; sub. chief ranger, Delor Viens; treasurer, Dona Jolle; recording secretary, Wil- liam Boissoneau; financial secretary, Thomas P. Ryan; senior woodward, A, Cotton; junior woodward, Eugene Alvord; senlor beadle, Joseph Dus- seault; junior beadle, John Dalgl trustee for three years, John F. Ferns; lecturer, Theodore Boulay. Wheaton Company to Remain in Fish- or Shop. At the old Fisher shoe shop, now occupled by the Wheaton Bullding and Lumber company, which it is said the concern may retaln permanently as a location for its wood Working bus- iness, machines have been put in run- ning order and the company is slowly geiting started along ‘its usual lnes again after having suffered heavy loss in the big fire. A lumber yard will be_ established as soon as is practi- cal, it is understood. OBITUARY. Mrs. John W. Ashworth. Announcement has been made here of the death at the home of her daugh- ter, Mrs. F. P. Child, in Detroit, of Mrs. Ashworth, widow of Rev, John ‘W. Ashworth, formerly stor of the First Baptist church In Putnam. Mrs. | Ashworth had been {ll about two weeks. The body will be taken to Malos, N. Y. for burial. The Ash- worth family resided in Putnam from 1891 to 1896. R. A. Officers. The following are the new officers of the Royal Arcanum: Representative to the grand council, Willlam E. Da- vison; alternate, George W. Baker; regent, Willlam Davison; vice regent, H. L. Converse; orator, L. H. Fuller; past regent, George W. Baker; sec: retary, E. M. Barney; collector, F. W. Seward; treasurer, F. D, Thayer; chiaplain, . Richard Carpenter; guide, W. Nefl; warden, H. J. Thayer; trultee for three years, G. W. Gil- patric. The officers will be Installed January 6. TRIBUTE TO CHIEF WILSON. Every Fireman in the Department In- dicates Confidence in and Respect for Him. The following, presented to Mark H. Wilson, chief of the Putnam fire department, by members of the de- partment at a conference Wednesday evening is self explanatory and tends to show how high Chief Wilson stands with his men, every one of whom with- out a single exception in any com- pany signed the statement: Mark H. Wilson, Chief Engineer of Putnam Fire Department, Putnam, Conn. , the undersigned, members of the fire department of the Uity ot | partment wants Chiet on to Putnam, having learned that you are | tain his position. Defective Chimney Blamed. thinking of resigning as chief engi- | neer of the Putnam fire department, 'and thinking that perhiops there may e sowc misunderstanding between | | some of the members of the depart- | ment and_yourself, take this opportu- | nity of furnishing a_testimonial of | the respect which we have for you as | our chief and of the confidence which | we have in you for the proper per- | formance of the duties of your office. We understand that the past six | weeks or two months has been an es- peclally hard and trying time for ui man In your position; and there have been various rumors afloat and, per- hay some unjust criticism concern- ing the fire department, and for this | reagon we desire to assure you that every member of the department fs | right behind you, backing you up in | the performance of your duties, that [ we have the utmost confidence in your | ability and judgment in your posi- | tion, and earnestly request ihat if you have seriously determined upon ~ or taken any steps toward resigning from your position that you immediately reconsider such determination or ac- tion, and that you will remain as our chiet throughout the present term, and we_hope, for_many succeeding terms. 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