Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 7, 1914, Page 9

" BUT WHAT ABOUT MEX1Co,MR. BRYANP Ny pZaIn A STUMCFIELD LNIR WHAT THE SHIPPING TRUST WOULD LIKE, PLEASE AT BIN shlpP NSRS CITY lovendL s PING TRUST “YOU CAN'T HATCH THAT!” NENARK NENS ot 7 y ~s ¥<sr iy MY 4 “WE’LL BUY IT FOR THE CHILDREN, DEAR, THEY NEED THE AIR” NEWS FROM ONE HUNDRED LIVE CORRESPONDENTS EASTERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN RHODE ISLAND. Who is Going and Coming—Incidents, Accidents and Building in New London County GRISWOLD Twe Trustees Elected to Fill Library Board Vacancies. vs, Bianche Montgemery returned t Saturday from a visit in New 3 York. . ¥red Edamend of this piaee, Mrs, Pannie Loring of Central Village and iss Ida Edmond of Montville were in ashingion, R, L. Wednesday, calling en their uncle, S, O. Edmond, in honor of his 93d birthday, The trustees of the libu id their annual meeting last Mon y. Two new trustess were elected w fill the vacancies caused by the death of L, H, Lord and J. D. Becle- sione. Rev., Prancis Child and Victer Campbell were the new _members elected. The officers are: President, H. R. Buck: vice president, E. O. Geer; secretary, G. R. Lathrop; treasurer, Willis Morgan; librarian, C. F. Mor- gan; book committee, B. O. Geer. G. R. Lathrop, W. A. Edmond, Joha Pot- ter and Miss Lucy Lathrop! MOHEGAN Many friends and neighbors attended the funeral of Nathan Church, Sun- day. The storm Sunday blew in several windows here and some buildings were blown down. Mrs, Skeesuek who fell and sprained her wrist last week is improving. Mrs, ldizzie Langinbank has turned after visiting her sister, Davis of Mystie, Mr, Benuett is ill, N Charlie Newman of New York was the guest of Mr, and Mrs. William G. Hunter over Sunday, NORTH FRANKLIN . Mrs. Charles Clark spent Wednea~ day with Mrs. Emma Cox. Royce Loomis of Lebanon spent re~ - urday with his grandmether, Mrs. Emma Warner. Myron Manning of TFyringham, Mass., has eome to spepd some time with his brother, Reuben Mannina. Reuben Manning has returped home after spending a week in Woeodstock. Mr. and Airs. Jehn C. Gzeéne were Wilimantic visiters Sunday. Mrs. Fraak Rockweed and Florence, Mrs. Fred H. 5. A, R. Race and daughter Rena were vis- Mting friends in Norwich Wednesday. Miss Miidred Manning has returned home after a week's visit with her aunt_ Mrs, ‘Jirmest Manning, eof ughter Mre. | Three Counties. NORTH LYME Local Clergyman at Funeral of George Martin—Meetings at Parsonage. Rev, Franeis Purvis attended the burial services of George Martin of Hadley, Ma. held at Hamburg last Saturda; noon { Several buildings were blown over and windews and window panes blown out, during the gale of Sunday night. The covenant meeting and Ladies’ | Missionary meeling were held at the | parsonage last Saturday afternoon and were largely attended. Mrs, A. P, Gates of Millington vi ited Mrs. Edwin Rogers over Sunday. Mrs, W, M. Sisson Jr. and Mr: S. Streng and childrim visited at M. J. Stark’s Wednesday. Oliver Raymond of Wethersfield visited friends in town the first of the week. ! CHESTERFIELD Mrs. Wil Chappell and Mr Ethel Bastland «f Fitchville sg Sumrday with Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Higgins of Walnut Hill. John Kaplan lost a valuable horse last week. Thaddeus Raymond of East Lyme has moved his saw mill from George Holmes' piace to Niantic. Miss Jennie May Cor who ! been spending a week here has return- !ed to New York. { _Miss Ellen Powers is visiting Mrs. !Wil)is Chappell of Fitchville. { Mrs. Mason Manning of Mystic is {home caring for her mother, Mrs. | Ellen Powers, who is very Il The childrer who attend school in New London di. not return until Mon- heavy jday on account . the rain, Mason Manning caller in this place over LISBON There were no services at Newent chureh Sunday because of the storm. Sunday, March Sth, the sacrament of the Lord’s supper will be observed, and in the evening Miss Pullen of Nerwich will give the talk en Missions which was to have been Sunday evening, ‘Fhere was ne school district Menday, Tuesday and until neoon Wedresday, the teacher, Theo- dore Perry having been detained at his home in Belton by the death of an_uncle. During Sunday’s gale many eld tress were broken over or had large branches torn from them. Several sheds were meved frem their feunda- tions, and bricks were blewn frem chimpeys. In some places the road mewe hadly, washed, in the Hyde has | given last | | gates laid low. i SOUTH LYME The Late Almon Champion Long Fol- lowed the Sea—Death of Mrs, | Cornelia Roberts. E. P. Welch nf"\\'eslel'ly, was a caller in this place ‘Thursday. It is rumored that Tower Operator | Sasserman has hired the upper tene- ment in David Champion's house and will move n rly date, place ay, Merritt Comsteck of New Haven is the guest of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. ¥. E. Payne. "2 —_— { OBITUARY. 1 b | Almon Champion. | Almon Champion whe died at his home here last Friday was bern and lived here a greater part of his life. In his early years he was mate on the famous Black Ball lin ships and c :d the ocean many times with several captains who went frem Lyme. He was highly respected by is survived by one brother sters. 7. Chapman is able te be dewn- stairs after a long illn Mrs. Cornelia Roberts’ Mrs. Cornelia Robert: denly was a sister of Mrs. R. W. Chad~ wick of this place. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Daniel Fraser of New London, two sisters and a broth- er. Death, | who died sud- GLASGO | Long List of Losses Caused by Storm | —Funeral of Miss Rosanna Selway. | There is hardly an end to the list of minor damage done by the tefri- ble wind and rain storm Sunday. Cel- lars were submerged, bricks blown from chimneys, barn doors lald low, _Quite a bit of damage was done to Henry Benjamin's ,house. The chimney was blown of, the clap- boards torn away, an end of the barn blown off, also the barn on the Butten A windew was blown in at onage, breaking the four large | panes of glass and driving bits of | glass to the opposite side of the room, | Trees were blown down, fenees and | Taking it altogetiner, it was the worst storm in years. | Miss Selway’s Funeral. | The funeral services of Miss Resan- 1 H naSelway were held Saturday mern- ing. Burial in St, Thomas’ cemetery, Mrs. D. A. Johnson pneumenia. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Young were Nez- wich visitors Wednesday, Miss Triggs returned to her seheol duties Monday, having been ill at her is il with | | trude . Olson, soprano_ Mrs. Jefters, | bard of New London were guests re- | were | 5 | er, has been teaching in Miss Nelile MONTVILLE Church Interests — Sheriff George Wood Gaining Slowly—Recent itors Noted. Sunday evening in the Uniop Baptist church General Secretary Edwin Hill | of the Y. M. C. A., Norwich, will be the | speaker, and two selections will be | sung by a mixed quartette, Miss Ger- alto, Rxev. G. C. Chappell, tenor, and Ray Woodmansee, basso. The pastor will present 40 Bible stndy diplomas to the graduates of the three bible classes. { Mrs. Wildlam Grinnell and Miss Hib- | cently of Mr. and Mrs. N. C, Auen, Senator Johnson to Speak. Senator Frederick A. Johnson -)I{ Montville will be the speaker ai the | Friday evening meeting of the Union | Baptist chureh April 10. Senator John- | son’s pubject will be Citizenship, Gen.i eral Secretary C. A. Greens of the Y. M, C. A, New London, will be the; speaker at the church Synday evening, April i9, Subjeet, Pull With the Song, Miss Jothel ], Wood was the guest ' of friends in Neorwich over Sunday, Herbert and Miss Gertrude Regers were at their home here over sunaay, James L. Case, president of the Y, | M. C. A, of Norwich, will make an ad- dress at the Union Baptist church Thursaay evening, Marcn 13, Sub- ject, Seme Things Worth Knowing, | Infant’s Burial. i The funeral services eof seven | months’ old child of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hart of New Jersey were con- | ducted at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Moses Hart Saturday afternoon by the | | Rev. G. C. Chappell. Rev. and Mrs. G. C. Chappell were ! in Chester this week caring for Mr. ! Chappell's aged parents. The Ladies’ Missionary society of the Baptist church met with thelr: president, Mrs. Arabella Latimer, kri- | day afternoon. | Mrs. Harriet Tooker, who has been ! ill_at George Wood's, has imrroved sufficlently to return home. i Mrs. Mary Jane Wright will make her home with Mrs. Mary Woodman- i ce. Mr, Guild of Harrison's Landing, | Waterford, visited his daughter, Mrs, | James Everett, Sunday. Mrs. Charles Kingsley, who was threatened with pneumonis, s conva- lescent. | Miss Bertha Lyon, substitute teach- Chapman's roem in Palmer Memorial owing to the illness of Miss Chapman, | Sheriff George Wood 1s slowly. gain- ing his strength. Miss Susie M, Wood is not yet able to bo mbout the house mych, Dr, A, B, Coats of Hartford was the | guest of Mrs, Arabella Latimer at the Palmer homestead Thumsday night. HEBRON ! Lenten Services At Episcopal Rectory | During:Lent. | ed from was no service at the Congregational church last Sunday. Miss Josephine Hart was called home to Montville to attend the fun- eral of her little nephew. She return- Montville Sunday afternoon reached Amston, where she stayed until Monday morning. The roads were aimost impassable. Elmer Lord of Hartford was at his father's over Sunds Mrs. J. N. Hewitt Several from this but only place ternoon in Gilead. Services At Rectory. During Lent services wili be held at the rectory every Wednesday af- ternoon. Singing school is held every Thurs- day evening. There was a dance given by the baseball team Friday evening, town hall. ROAD SOCIETY Estimating the Damage Done by Storm —Invitations to Poquetanuck Golden Wedding. at the The storm of last Sunday did con- siderable damage about hera: the chimney of A. G. Wheeler's house was blown down, several large trees were demolished at Maple Lawn, and the high barn situated near the late Jona- than Wheeler's homestead was blown over, and so another old landmark has gone. This barn was a schoolhouse in the early part of 1700 and quiltings | were heid in it at other times. Miss Grace D. Wheelar has been ths guest of relatives in Mystic and Old Mystic this past week. Deacon B, F. Willilams, Miss Abby . Williams and Miss Grace D. Whesler attended the funeral services of Mrs, | Adelia Randall Noyes at her home in Mystic Monday afterneen, Mzs. Charles S. Neyes is recevering from a recent illmess. Dr. I. H. Noyes of Providemee has been to see nis mother reecently. Invited to Golden Wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Frink have re- ceived invitations to the golden wed-' ding of Mr. and Mrs. John Main of Rosa Hill, Poquetanuck, the 1Zth of March. Badly Burne Mrs. Erastus Main met with a severe accident when she got accidentally burned last week; her face and hands were badly injured. Her niece, Mrs. Starkweather, from Preston, came and | carried her home with her in order to | care for her. The stone house on Quaquataug Hill was badly demolished by the and frames were blown in on the east side of the house. Mr. and Mrs. George Middleton of East Orange own | the place, and many of their valuable pictures and glassware were broken. ASHWILLETT Big Wind Did Damage To Local Property. The storm of Sunday was the worst in the memory of the oldest resi- Barnes was blown off and a stack of hay and bee hives were blown over. The barn of Daniel Pierce near Bil- beme fer a wesk with a severs cold, Owing __to the sovere storm there'lings pond was blown down as was attended | Mrs. Hodge's funeral Wednesday af- | wind ! storm last Sunday, as all the windows the eep barn of Mrs. M. Stewart at Stewart hill. Noyes Eccleston of Rixtown spent Arthur Morgan and G. C. Main were | In Ashaway Mond FITCHVILLE Storm Damage at Quilt Mill—Tax of i Sorap. Thursday morning carpenters start- ed the work of replacing the roof of the large brick storehouse of the Palmer Bros Co. which was removed by the wind Sunday. Thousands of quilts were damazed by water. Several large trees were blown over, {also the curbing about the mill n | the store. The water in the river {not as high as it was expacted to be, as a part of the flashboards were off | the dam. which kept the water from rising more, © Ten Mill Tax Laid. A tax of ten mills was levied at a recent meeting in the town hall for the ensuing year. The grand list has been raised several thousands of dol- lars for the coming year. Merrymakers to Appear in Court. There was a lively time at a Polish family home on the Driscoll farm Sat- urday evening. All went well until the guests began to depart for thetr homes early Sunday morning, when | someone started something. As a re- sult Dr. J. J. Donohue of Norwich was called to the viliage Sunday to sew jup the head of Tom Kum who was suffering frem a cut head, two { blackened eves and a bruised nose. | Complaints were made to the local officers and the merrymakers will tell their troubles te Judge J. J. Sweeney | this (Baturday) aftermoen. Miss Rose Brown of | spending a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. V elley. Mrs. Mary Mona was a recent visitor in Mentville. Teachers’ A teachers’ mee; local school Thu Norwich is Meeting. sday afternoon. t Mrs, W. Chappell and daughter | Mrs, Fthel Eastland were redént call- fers in Chesterflield, LAUREL GLEN Wind Blows Barn Door Down on Thomas Main, Cracking Two Ribs. J. P. Von Carlesberg was a business caller 'in Westerly, last Thursday. Thomas Main who is staying with his sister in Wyassup met with an accident during the wind storm Sun- | day, a barn door falling upon him, | cracking two ribs and injuring him very badly. Dr. Harrington was calied to attend him. Horace Palmer and John Geer spent the day Monday fishing on Wyassup Lake. William of Kenyon Tomaquag | dents here. The reofs on the barns of | Heights called at George HIII's Tues- Clinton Eccleston and the Nathan (|=\3 Stewart farm were blown off, the onn Main of Point Judith visited cupola on the barn of Mrs. Sarahhig parenis Tuesday night. George Hill was at his home Monday night. Mrs. Frank Palmer was in Westerly Wednezsday | Sunday with his sisters at Stewart | il | _Arthur and John Morgan were in | Clark’s Falls Sunday. They returned | {hiome in the afterncon and had to walk through water w deep in places across the rvad. Ten Mills Laid—Cut Head Follows | ng was held in the | GOSHEN Rowboat Sailed Through Air During Gale—Telephone Made Useful to Head Off Runaway Team. Mr., and Mrs. Frank Raymond of Hebron were recent guests of friends in Goshen Miss Josephine Maxon of the Willi- mantic Normal school was a week cnd visitor with her clessmate, Miss Bes- sle H. Randall. Mr, and Mrs. W. B. Hinckley of Willimantic recently spent the day at the home of the former’s brother, C. L. Hinckley John Allen is {ll at ihe Backus hos= pital, W. T. Curry has the grip. Boat Sailed Through the Air. The wind storm and rain of Sun- day was the worst ever wn and | @id considerable damage. Mr. Paley’s tall silo w aught up and hurled a _distance twenty feet, where it fell like a sled egg shell. Another x bor had his hen honse blown over, building turned = complete sommersault and landed | square in the road Another farmer looked ment to see his large row winter quarter away water, but in t A large pine tree at George Chap- pel's that stood In the dooryard, was laid low, but fortunately fell away from the house. Yards and roads were filled with 1imbs and branches of trees. Used Telephono to Head Off Runaway | Thers was & runaway excitement here Tuesday afternoon ,when one of he teams returning from the Man- waring auction took French leave of its driver and ran away. One man who was in the cellar thought it an earthquakoe at f when the team went by. The telephone was brought into use end the runaway was Stop- in wonder- boat inm not on the ped by a man over a mile down the road. Little damage was done. The | grateful owner was profuse in his thanks as he came along a short time later. Rev. John H. Knott and Mrs. Knott of Riverton are expected to be in | Goshen next Sunday (tomorrow). Rev. | Mr. Knott will conduct the commu- | nion service. MAKE YOUR OWN ' PAINT o YOU will SAVE F 58 cis. PER GAL. 4 £ THIS IS HOW Buy-4 gals. L.&M. Semi- Mixed Real Paint $8.00 " And3gals.LinseedOil to mix with it 1.95 Makes7gals. Paint for $9.95 It's only $1.42 per gal. The L. & M. SEMI-MIXED REAL PAINT is PURE WHITE LEAD, ZINC and LINSEED OIL—the best knows paint materials for 100 years. Use a gal. out of any you buy and if mot the best paint made, thenreturn the paint and get all your money back. L. W. Carroll & Som Walter Kingsley & Son, Plainfield |