Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 8, 1914, Page 2

iy Board of Relief Not luhd.d The first -u* of the board of re- et of the city of hinantic, was held in the town building Thursday, None to ask abatements, although ‘were up to look over the lists, next meeting will be Saturday of 2: week, and the final one on Satur- day the 16th. The board is by chart- er of the mayor, the pres- 3dent of the board of aldermen, and the city clerk. Selectman Mitchell's Explanation. First Selectman Mitchell, when seen in regard to the statement made in the city meeting Wednesday that one- half mill of the town tax at a previous meeting was set aside for a sinking fund by vote, and that it was not used said that the one-half mill in question was to be applied to the reduction of the floating indebtedness of the town, and that year $45,000 was paid on the floating indebtedness. One-half mill on the town list produces in the neigh- borhood of seven thousand dollars. This statement was corroborated by | Town Clerk Frank P. Fenton. Leaves Hospital in Improved Condition. Mrs . William Piche, of Valley street who has been in St. Joseph's hospital for the past three weeks, recovering from a surgical operation, has return- ed to her home in a much improv- ed condition. Red Hussar Uniforms for Band. The new uniforms of the Willimantic American band have arrived, and are very satisfactory to the members of the organization. They afe of the Red Hussar type and will be worn for the first timé in public on Memorial Day. Big Catch of Pickersl and Perch. Jere Seward of this city and Eman- wel Gardiner of South Coventry took in 51 pickerel and perch, weighing al- together over 35 pounds. while fishing Thursday forenoon in Lake Waugum- baug. The catch was taken in about four hours of sport. FUNERALS. Mrs. Adelaide M. Talbet. The funeral of Mrs. Adelaide M. Talbott was held Thursday efternoon at one thirty from the home of her grandson, Ward B. Talbot of Andover. CASTORIA For Iafants and Childrea InUse For Over 30 Years bears Signature of DR F. C. JACKSON, Dentist | Painless Extracting 152 Main Willimantic C ‘Telephone " HIRAM N. FENN UNDERTAKER and EMBALMER 62 Church St, Willimantio, Ct, Telepbone Lacy Assistant - JAY M. SHEPARD Inmedl:u Elmore & Shepard Foneral Directorand Embalmer 60-62 North St, Willimantic Lady Assistant Tel connection Auto Truck Moving LONG DISTANCE WCAK A SPECIALTY Address P. A. WEEKS, or ‘phone 850-2, 838-12 or 254-5, Willimantic, Gt Murray's Boston Store and Th held at two o'clock Th neon. Burial the Mr. Mrs. street. died sles was the cause of Plerre, Jr, the day old child of Mr. Mrs. Pierre Laramee of Valley s after- was in St. J Louis Demarco. } seven months old son of Peter Demarco of Temple Thursday morning. Mea- death. # Lebanon Man Injured. ‘Willikm F. Gates, of Lebanon, met with a aocident Wednesday afternoon while working on his pro perty on Jackson street, in this city. Mr. Gates was holding an axe, which slipped from his grasp and struck his leg, the sharp edge inflicting a severe cut. Mr. Gates himself le a tour- niquet, and stoped the flow of blood, and then drove to his home in Lebarnon. Dr. Owen O'Neil was sent for, and it was found necessary to take several stitches to close the wound. Consul Daniels at Southbridge. Charles N. Daniels, consul at Sher- brooke, P. visiting his . this city, left Thursday for bridge, Mass., where he will spend a few days with his daughter, Mrs. Har- ry Harford, before returning to Sher- | Wi various contests for which brooke. ‘were given. ette Main of North Stonington won rst prize in the Brief Mention. ‘W. P. Allen is in Boston for a short stay. James Johnson spent Thursday {¢n Norwich. J. A. Dady of Putnam spent Thurs- day in this city. Elmer Carpenter has gone to New Haven for a few days. J. A. Riordon has returned from a short visit in New York. Miss Hazel Flint is in Worcester for the remainder of the week. Mrs. Albert Gurley is visiting her daughter in South Manchester. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Norri$ have gone to Maine froa stay of several weeks. Mrs. Mary Hurley and daughter Dfiltlns Mildred spent Thursday in this Y. Dr. G. P. Cheney of New London is entertaining his sister, Miss Mae Che- ney. Mrs. J Cary has returned from Florida where she has spent the past two months. Mrs. 8. C. Smith who has been in Hartford for the past two months re- | turned to this city Thursday. Mrs. Mable Reynolds has_returned from a month’s stay in New York with her daughter, Mrs. Jack Adams. Mrs.’ M. McGorty of Abington who has been visiting her brother, A. N. | Vaughn has returned to her home. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Knight have re- turned to BEast Hartford after a visit with Mrs. Knights parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Grant. In Hartford Thursday were M. Hickey, Miss M. R. Blanchetts, Mrs. C. W. Noyce, Mrs. H. R. Chappell, Mr. and Mrs. A. Barrows, Mrs. D. A. Ly- man, Miss Rose Morin. Harold Wig- @ins, Miss Julia Fenton, Miss Mary Galligan, Mrs. B. T. Savory, Mrs. An- drew Carey, Miss Theresa Rowan, Mrs. W. A. Dawson, Mrs. James Ba- e et iy Try This Treatment { | (Helps to Beauty) A single application of a paste made ' by mixing together a little powdered delatone and water and ied objectionable hairs for about 2 or 3 | mMinutes, then rubbed off, takes with | it every trace of hair or fuzs. The | #kin should then be washed to free ! it from the remaining paste and it will be firm and spotless. This is: & quick, painless treatment, but its' Buccess depends greatly on using fresh delatone, which can be pur- | chased only in original packages. H | | WILLIMANTIC, CONN. Articles You Need For Housecleaning m Brooms, our best, made from lly selected stock, 50c and bbc. Hardwood Floor Mops, 42c each. Absorbing Dry Mops, 50c. Dustless Dusters, small large size 19c. Liquid Veneer. medium size 26c; large size, 50c a bottle. Floor Polisher and one quart Liquid special 3150 for both. size, 10c; 10‘:Fl\‘e dozen Clothes Pins in cartoon, Hand Vacuum Washer, 59c. Glass Wash Board, 40c. Double Zinc Wash Board, 35c. Medium size Wash Board, 25c. Red E Cleanser, 5¢ a can. Old Dutch Cleanser, three for 25c. Trojan Mop Handles, 10c each. Rattan Carpet Beaters, 10c, 17¢ and visiting Mrs. Wilcox’s mother in Am- ston. 3 | atives in Providence. Mrs. E. H. Youns is in New York for th _friends _ a fow days visit with Mrs. Charles Brown has gone to| ‘Worcester to visit her brother. Miss Nellle is the guest of Dunlevy friends fn New York for the week. Mrs. G. . Wilcox and son Lloyd are H-nryc-:weliiawmdmuum‘ ,uutothnmt-,nr.wdunl’. Mrs. F. B. Read left Thursday for a stay of several days at. her former home in New York. 1 Mrs. Augustus Congdon of Provi- dence visited friends ‘in this city Thursday on her way to Hartford. . — JEWETT CITY Interesting Events in Sheep Breeders’ Contest—Prize for Lafayette Main— Obituary Notes — Park Theatrs Leased by Norwich Man. The Connecticut Sheep Breeders’ as- sociation met for their annual fleld day and sheep shearing contest Wed- nesday at Samuel Geer's farm. There Tripp of New Britain the third. Ir the machine shearing contest Walter Yale of Meriden stood first, his time being six minutes. Benjamin Davis stood second. @ i3 Mr, Yale gave an exhibition in hand shearing, cllpplnghtwo sheep in for teen minutes. e secretary of the New ire Sheep Breeders' as- soclation was present and gave an ex- cellent talk on the care and handling sheep. Dinner was served, and Mr. and Mrs. Geer received a vote of thanks for their hospitality. OBITUARY. Mrs. Dwight D, Tracy. ‘The death of Ella J. Hall, wife of Dwight D. Tracy, occurred Wednesday afternoon after a long {llness. Mrs. Tracy was the daughter of Mary West- cott and Stiphen Hall and was born in Moosup in July, 1858. In 1900 she was united in marriage with Dwight D. Tracy. She was a member of the Baptist church in Moosup. She is sur- vived by her husband and three broth- ers, Charles and Frank Hail of Moosup and George Hall of New York. Miss Ellen Gustafson. Miss Ellen Gustafson died at her home in Griswold Thursday afternoon after an illness of a year. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gustafson and was 22 years of age. Besides her parents, she is survived by four sisters, Miss Sigried Gustafson, a graduate nurse, in New York, and Misses Ida, Mabel and Hilma Gustaf- son, of Griswold. Warriors Woa. The Young Warriors beat the Hill street team 12 to 11 on Thursday. They are some team, for they defeated the Anthony street nine en Saturday by & score of 29 to 20. Borough Briefs. A telephone has been installed in the Methodist parsonage. Miss ‘Alice McBrooms is visiting rel- Leased by Norwich Man. George N. Videl of Norwich has leased the New Park theatre for one year. A large crowd attended the moving pictures Wednesday night. Mrs. T. B. Duggan is slowly recov- ering from an iliness of two weeks with rheumatism. Mrs. T. B, Keen, Mrs. A. D. Chap- man, Mrs. John Stewart, Miss Ade- laide Burdick and Deacon and Mrs. J.| C. Hawkins attended the conference at Hanover Wednesday. Mrs. Annie Davis Haskell of Deland, Fla., is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Davis. i Robert S. Tyler of Portland, Me, a former resident in Jewett City, was in | town Thursday. Has Horse Sense. i Genersl Villa s not an educated | man, but he possesses something pre- senting close resemblance to horse | sense—New York World. There are now 26 days in a year recognized as legitimate occasions for holidays in most cities in England. NURSE SAYS THIS POWDER 1S “A HEALING WONDER" Hattie L. Bourne, Trained Nurse of| New Haven, Conn., says: “Comfort Powder is just as all other nurses say, ‘a healing’ wonder’ I always| recommend it for chafing, rashes and all skin soreness of infants, children and adults” Get the genuine with signature of H. S. Sykes on box. It's a Safe Guess that in all the homes SHEA & BURK - . 0. MURPHY, K- NORWICH REENVILLE COLCHESTER, Annual Meeting of Fire Company— Prof. Drake Lectures on Passion Play. At the annual meeting of Coichester Fire Co. No. 1 the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Foreman, Charles H. Strong; first as- sistant foreman, Loule Chapman; sec- ond assistant foreman, Samuel Fried- man; secretary, James O'Brien; treas- urer, William ~H. Blacker; steward, urice M. Cutter. The report of the treasurer showed that the com- pany’s financial standing was excel- lent. Judge W P Buell was a Hartford vigitor Tuesday. . Harry Jennings of Norwich was in town Wednesday in his touring car. llustrated Lecture. Prof. Timothy Drake of Boston gave his illustrated lecture on the Passion | Play in Grange hall Wednesday eve- ning to a large audience. Over one hundred views were shown with the ald of a powerful stereopticon. The lecture was for the benefit of St. An- drew’s church. May Basket Sal A May basket sale was held at the Congregational chapel Wednesday af- ternoon by the Junior C. B. soclety. Homemade candy, cake, etc., were also also on sale. There was a large at- tendance, ‘The trustees of the Cragin Memo- rial Ifbrary met Wednesday evening in_the library butlding. Harry Blgart was the guest of friends In New Haven Wednesday. Mrs Ida Wagner left Wednesday for two weeks' visit with her daughter in Rocky Hill. " NOANK Liberty Council Colebrates Fifteenth | Birthday—Funeral of Hiram In- gram, E The fifteenth anniversary of Liberty council, Daughters ‘of -America, was, celebrated Wednesday evening in Mechanics’ hall with a large attend- ance, many guests being present from out of town. An entertainment com- ! posed of vocal and instrumental mu- sic, readings and an original poem Dy Mrs. Hattie Ashby, was given. Ice cream and cake were served The Na tional councilor, Miss Effie Lamb of Groton was present and was presented a big bouquet of carnations. A birth- | day cake with 15 lighted candles was | cut by her and each cne present had | a slice. Silk flags were given from each member containing pennies, g0 towards the sick fund. Death of Hiram Ingram. Hiram Ingram of Providence, form- erly of this village dled Tuesday in a ! hospital in that city after only a' few days illness. He is survived by his wife and four.daughters in Wal. tham, Mass., and by his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Wilbur of Noank. The fu- neral was held yesterday afternoon in the Waltham home. The members of the Study class and their friends will have a moving pic- | ture entertainment in the vestry of the Baptist church this evenming. | Many of the members of Home lodge | of Rebekahs here will join the Re-| :}eklh lodge to be instituted in Mys- c. o Loyal Princes Meet. An interesting meeting of the Loyal Princes, Knights of Methodism was held Thursday afternoon in the Meth- odist church parlor. - Drill work was done and the usual hour devoted to Bible study. Mr. Anderson of Niantic has taken charge of the Munger market. Warren Murphy, the former manager, has en- tered the painting business for the | summer. The lobster boat of Captain O. W. Beebe has been put overboard and will soon be ready for the work of the sea- son. ‘Willlam Wilson has returned to New London after a visit to relatives here. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Manning. Stone and Murphy of ‘Woolen company attended the textile show in Boston last week. been spending several days this week with her sister, Mrs. Ellas Stockett. been received in town by people who have New Hampshire. a recent guest at his home here. | s survived by a sone, Henry Engells ing Attended Textile Show. Messrs. Smith, Taylor, Pendergast, the Admore are Mrs. R. S. Hewitt of Stonington has Beautiful bunches of arbutus have Charles Tingley of Norwich was here ‘Wednesda: s one of the oldest in the borough. Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Williams in New York for a few days. . Miss Delia F. Cahill is visiting rel- atives in Naugatuck. Ernest Cuhmsan in the interest of the Atwood-Morrison Machine company. is in Easton, .Pa, methods sives urging the Recall of Payments? —New York Sun. southward. T. Columbia (S, C.) State. Thought. forsees new Are Progres- George - W. Perkins in business. No Escape There. Huerta needn’t think he can escape R. has him cut offt.— friends in Massachusetts and Thonias Hart of Maepleville, R. 1,was Harry Wickwire returned Monday from a brief visit with relatives in Coichester. Guests from Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Woods of Taft- vilie_and Mrs. Albert Ferris and daughter Natalle of Minnesota spent Sunday in town, guests of Mrs. Martin Weeks. Mrs. Charles Barber and daughter, Mrs. J. W. Frink, spent a day recently in Lebanon, guésts of Reuben Bur- gess. George Rich of Groton was a recent guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Mackenzle. STONINGTON Travel Club Closes Successful Season —Obituary Notes—Razing Ancient Building. In spite of the rain Tuesday seven- teen were at the library for the last meeting of the Travel club for this season. Miss Loulse Trumbull read the paper which Miss Ruth Babcock of Worcester had prepared entitled “In Old Connecticut, Our Village.” ‘The plans for next season’s study is a trip around the world. starting from New York and going across the con- tinent. During the past season there have been 24 meetings. 30 taking part In them. The receipts from the lecture course amounted to $158.44, expenses $141,25, leaving a balance of $17.19. Game With Westerly H. S. Stonington and Vesterly High schools have their first game of the season today ((Friday) on the Stanton lot. The Stonington High school band will escort the visiting team to the ball grounds. Died in Utah. Michael L. Garity of Salt Lake City. Utah, whose death occurred lately at that place was a former resident here and was a brother of Edward and Charles Garity of the borough. Death of Mrs. Engells. Mrs., Joseph Engells died suddenly at her home in the Bay View district Tuesday night. She was a native ot Germany but had been a resident of Stonington for twenty years. She who resides here. The work of tearing down the old building used as a store and belong- ing to Mrs. Hegdecker has begun. This Photo by American Press Assoclation. Wyoming, Badger' s Great Flagship. HE Wyoming has thirty-three guns. She is of 26.000 tons, 28,000 horsepower and has four scre She is the official flagship of Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger, commander in chief of the At lantic fleet sent to Mexico. WS, fore retiring at night. good health. Every member of the family should eat Sunkist Oranges just be- at meals and between meals. no other fruit ever better insured —a Sunkist Orange eat them wh any juice. Eat them For right from th fresh and full Sunkist are tree-ripened, glove- picked, tissuewrapped,and shipped ole without losing e tree, so are always flavored. David Anderson has returned to Jer- Floor Shine Mop Poli sher and one sey City after visiting Noank relatives. Will you buy merely ‘“‘oranges,” pint Floor Bhine for $1.10. . Heavy with luscious juice, sweet 25¢. Wire Carpet Beaters, 10¢ and 170 A . « AT . Mrs. Frederick Martin has returned | ici 5y -peelin or will you get ‘““Sunkist? 50 feet water proof Clothes Line, |each. 10 her home in New York after spend- anddelicious. Theyare free-p = Pri A 1 tad W 25c. Window Brushes, 25c and 45c each. Ing a few days here. and so tender-meated you can rices arelow. Getadozen now. 1 Summer Studio Opened. The summer home of H. W. Ranger on Fairview avenue has been opened for the summer. Mrs. William Johnson entertainer the Woman's guild of the Episcopal church Thursday afternoon. YANTIC Overcoat Charley Becomes Threaten- ing—Pupits Hang May Basket to Teacher. _THE H. C. MURRAY GO, Sunkist Lemons, madam, sre the equal of Sunkist Oranges in qaality—practically seed- less, juicy and richly flavored. Serve them withfinhudmeals—thqmthghu; looking lemons. Try usiog their juice wherever you now use vine- gar. See what you're miss- ing by going without the Sunkist Brand. Everybody needs it, of course Everybody is geing to need it more in_the future, tes, when the earning capacity ls less than during yeuth or middie-age. Charles Murphy, known as Overcoat Charley, is becoming very ugly and treacherous to pedestrians while going through the village and has threatened several with his staff. Closed for Convention. The local schools are closed today (Friday) to permit the teachers to at- tend the conventions at Willlmantic and New London. May Basket for Teacher. The puplls of the primary depart- ment of the village school hung a Ma basket to the teacher, Miss Anna Park, Tuesday evening. Miss Park, with help, managed to capture the i youthful merrymakers and invited ‘§] them in and g very enjoyable evening was spent by’ all. Smith of Holliston is in town, a guest “Wherewithall” Mail us this coupon and we will o send yon our compiimentary 40-page , recipe book, shdiwing over 110 ways of using Sunkist Oranges and Lemons. You will alse receive our illustrated premium book, which tells u how to trade Sunkist wrappers for beautiful Just send . this coupon. or call at the The best way to be sure to have some THEN is to save a little 1HOW —a littls at a time, but that litt's often. §;ingj_q[nishing LINCOLN'S FURNITURE STORE UNION STREE! Willimantio The Willimantic: Savings Institute | 4. C. MURRAY, President. N. D. WEBSTER, Treasurer.