Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 17, 1914, Page 10

Birthday Surprise Party—Louisa Car- @enter Injured When' Acid. Bottle Breaks—Episcopal Rector to. Issue Paper—Only Twelve - Fires During ‘Year—Senior Play. . 5 % " At the home of Dr. and Mrs, W. H. Judson Wednesday evening a number of friends gave Mrs. W.. W. Woodward street a surprise birthday A scene representing a South Car- ‘olind_home ‘used "in the senior play at ‘the Orpheur theater Wednesday eve- ning was painted by E. A. Warner of Dmmm;-? Bergh ho has beéen a Mrs, Henry n, who tient in a ‘Worcester “hospital, has turned to her home here, 28 in~ Danlelson een in Worcester - J. Herbert Smith is much improved t bis home on the West Side after a recent illness. " Leave for Montreal. Mr. and Mrs, ,Joseph. Cyr have re- turned to .their Montreal home for the winter. ’ Joshua Hill Has been appointed ad- minjstrator of the estate of his wife, Mercyett Hill Miss Nellie Y. Scofield is visiting her sister, Mrs. Hattie. R. Bailey of School street, this week, A L. Reed was in Willimantic on business Wednesday. - George Lyon of the West Side will spend the holiday season with Mr. and Mrs. Gleyn Lyon, in Worcester. » AR Y G ERSE S8 ARV RIS Andrew Gervin's Duties with Search- light "in" English Town, Andrew Gervin, formerly !n_n’:.wrlb--tmm S Y. . wich, England, w‘?-‘umw ed to an anti-ai force on the lookout for German Zeppelins. e?\:de the operation flm% Frank A. Morris of Middletown was 1. states that he has lost a brother in the war. y The horrors of war as realized by those that stay at home 1is further set forth in another letter from Eng- land, from a relative of Ira D, Mar- tin, the writer saying that in the street where he lives there are forty war widows. = THE QUINEBAUG CHURCHMAN to Be lssued by Epis. copal’ Rector. 5 The Quinebaug Churchman js the title selected by Rev. James. Hardin George, Jr, pastor of St. Alban's complexion. 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Mr. George, is the.only pastor of his denomination in this sec- tion of the Quinebaug valley, so the field of his paper will Include all the territory south of Putnam, not includ- ing Brooklyn, which has an Episcopal Pastor, to Jewett City and vicinity: The publication will discuss various matters of church interest generally and will include several pages on sub- - ‘Christmas Concert. The Christmas.concert at the Meth- odist church is to be held Sunday eve- ‘ ning. Bight Degrees Above Zero. In Danielson Wednesday morning the _ lowest temperature reported was 8 de- * grees above zero. From Brooklyn came reports of 4 and 6 degrees and from Foster 2 above. Only four building permits have been issued by the warden and court 4 of burgesses during the present vear, Reduce the Cost of Living Without Reducing the Quality of What You Eat You won’t have to skimp on quality to buy Serv-us, because Serv-qs Foods are handled by all grocers, pri ybecausetheywx&htoplo;asethm customers. 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James Kent still adding to the number of coons he has killed this sea- son and the mark now rests at 42, the las tone secured on Monday night of this week. The cold then drove the hunting party in about midnight. Christmas exercises are arranged for a rumber of the schools in Killingly for tomorrow (Friday) in conneection with the close of the schools for the holiday vacation. GIRL STUDENT INJURED. Louisa Carpenter, of Oneco, Burned When Acid Bottle Broke. Louisa Carpenter. Oneco, a student in Plainfield High school, was injured while at work in the school laboratory | Wednesday morning by the bursting of a bottle of sulphuric acid during . an experiment. Her right eye and arm were burned and her clothing was burned by the acid. First aid treat- “Gure Your Rupture Like I Cured Mine” 0ld Bea Captain Cured His Own Rupture After Doctors Said “Operate or Death.” | His Remedy and Book Sent Free. 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BACK, Attorney-at<Law “iudham County Savings Bank Bldg | “of his dauzhters and his gold ;‘l,ecl:lu of particular local interest in its eld. ONLY $2,000 FIRE LOSS. Borough Had Just a Dozen Alarm: During the Year. Danielson’s fire losses to date .this year have not been important relative to the amount of property here, as is shown by ‘the record of Chief A. P. Woodward of the fire department. The total losses, exclusive of insurance amount to about $2,000. The list of alarms is as follow: Jan. 1—4.47 p. m. Box No. 15, street. Chimney fire at Mrs. lias' house, No loss. Jan. 30—8.40 p. m. Box No. 23. E H. Jacobs' house. Potter street. Chim- ney. No loss. Feb, 8—1210 p. Dyer " Bou- m. Box_ No. 23 Amos Mori~ house, corner Mechanic land Oak streets. Chimney. No loss. April 14—7.25 p. m. Box 2. W. S. Brown tenement, Water street. Fire caused by 2 lamp. No loss. April 19—1.15 p. m. Box 52. C. P Wheatley_stable, off Broad street. Ori gin unknown, but probably from burn- ing brush and leaves. Loss $800. April 19—1.35 p, m. Still. Mrs. Wil liam Tufts' bullding, off Reynolde strect. Caused by sparks carried from Wheatley stable fire. Loss $25. Dam- age to roof. May §—1025 a. m., false alarm. May 23—9.30 'a. m. Still. Frank Gilbert house, Frankiin street. Be lieved to have been caused by rats anc matches. Loss $25. . May 24—1.45 a. m. Box 25. Hutch ins block, Main street. Beieved t have been caused by someone smok bed In an apartment on upper floo Loss ‘$10. Jone 16—145 a. m. ‘Box 23. J. F S. Phillips’ house, Academy street. Be lieved to have becn caused by rate and matche: Loss $1,000, July 13—7.48 p. m. Box No. 4. Con- necticut Milis. Doiler room. No loss 29—10.10 . m. Box 23. W. A °8’ cottage, head of Water street Caused by overheated stove. Loss $50 ANNUAL SENIOR PLAY Attracts Big Audience to the Orpheum Esmeralda Well Presented. pacity audience was at the Or heum theatre Wednesday evening te © the prese-tation of the annual se jor play by Killingly High school stu- lents. As in other years the studen® actors and actresses surprised many f the audiente by the excellence of eir histrionie abilities and the play smeralda, was entirely pleasing. The story of the play is an inter- *:ting one that includes a romance "he first scene is laid in South Caro na, where an aged couple, the Rogers with their daughter, the heroine, live n extreme poverty on a farm consid ‘red by those famillar with it as lic- tle better than worthless. Mrs. Roger something of & shrew and make fe none' too pleasant for members of her household, : A speculator who happens along dis covers'the ol farm is-rich in ore and makes! the - scandalously low offer of $500 for:the property. : Mrs. Rogers is for selling, but David Hardy. a neigh- bor landowner and a suitor for Es. meralda’s hand, also learns of the rich ore deposits and is successful in havin- the speculator pay a legitimate price for the Rogers place, The wealth' that then comes to thr Rogers family takes them away fron- the southland and they go to Paris where another scene is set in the stv lio of Jack Desmond, artist. In the Tamor of gay Paris is set the work- ‘ng- out of Esmeralda’s romance, in » -uccesstul way, of course, with .al' nding happily for Esmeralda and ‘avid and Esterbrook and Nora. Various difficult scenes were finel* nacted by the young players and thes ~re accorded much well merited ap ause. The coaching of the cast wa: - Will H. Barron, the management o* ~ play under the direction of Ernes >oss_Warren of the high school facul- The cast follows: Clarence Petersor Henry G. Gilbert Ray P. Bailey TS . ¥ . Wirifred smeralda Rogers caon Marion B .Flage ve Hardy . . Herbert H. Pepler ‘ss Nora Desmond .. M. Alice Caror ‘ss Kate Desmond .. Lillian G. Tatrc Lulu A, Wells “k Desmond. .. Benjamin W. Brown irquis de Montessin . ceves The mn al ions included: Peg My Heart, Isle D’Amour, Sweet 11- sions, Loin der Bal. Selebration of .Treaty of Ghent. ‘ashington, ' Dec. 16.—The Church we Union, embracing all denomina- a8, has asked all American church- to celebrate on Sunday, Feb. 14, the entenary of the ratification of the treaty of Ghent. Glastonbury.—By the will of Dr Daniel Kingsbury $100 is left to each watch is left to his son. St. James' Episco pal narish receives $1,000 for the es- :lbldlflune‘m ‘of ‘the Daniel Kingsbury und.” & " i ~orge Drew . ‘r. Esterbrook . Ibert Rogers rs. Lydia. An daughter, who is a patient in a hospi- tal 1 Miss Sarah Jackson of Willimantic hi becn spending a few days here this wepk. George M. Woodward was in Nor- wich Wednesday. James Carroll of Hartford called on friends in Putnam Wednesday. Bosworth-Sumner Engagement. Mr. 1 Mrs. Lorin Bosworth _ of West . ‘codstock have announced the engagement of their daughter, Ruth Olive, to James Lennen Sumner of West Woodstock. Four Degrees Above Wednesday. Temperatures down to four @bove zero were reported in Putnam and vi- cinity Wednesday morning. Papers scld like hot cakes in Put- :am Wednesday afternoon when the ombardment of English coast towns was announced. F. of A, Ele Following are the newly elected of- icers of Court Ci of Putnam, F. of 4 Crief ranger, Edward Girard; sub- hief ranger, Raffle Cotton: record- ng secretary, Eugene Alvord; finan- cial secretary, Thomas £ asyan; reasurer, John F. Ferns; S. W, Will- am Gibbons; J. Charles Gagne; -ecturer, Joseph Larro senior beadle, srank Levecque; junior beadle, John Jalgle ;trustee for three years, Theo- lore Boulay. The officers are to be nstalled Januvary 5 by Bugene Ber- 5 thiaume. Grange Officers. “he newly elected officers of Putnam Master, Vol- overseer, Mrs, Beatrice lecturer, Elsie Kin, steward, Young; assistant steward, Ralph chaplain, Merwin Cutler Louise Weatherhead; seec- ary, Margaret Brady; gatekeeper, seward Lowe; Ceres, M. Page; Pomo- aa, Daisy Jacques; Flora, Ruth Cut. -er; lady assistant, Mrs. Mary Young Jlanist, Nellie Jacques; chorister, Liz- zie C. Elliott. THEFT OF CLOTH AND YARN, Sharges Against Adam Sarpi at Me- chanicsville and Boston. Adam Sarpi, arrested in Mechanics- viite by Deputy Sheriff George F. Hol- brook, was taken to Brooklyn jail on ednesday to await the trial' of his ase on Saturday next, to which time it was adjourned after it was expect- ed a hearing would take plage in the town of Thompson Wednesday. Sarpi is to be charged with the theft of cloth and yarn from the mill of the French Textile company at Me- hanicsville and it is understood that <he value of the property he is al- eged to have stolen is $268, Sarpi is 1iso ‘to-face trial in Boston on-a sim- iar charge. He was released on bonds fter his appearance in court in that ity and returned. to Mechanicsville, where his family lives, Sarp) was arrested by Sheriff Hol- brook in the office of the mill com- sany, where the man was in confer- P>nce with mill men. He is to be rep- resented by counsel when the case ‘omes up and it is understood that he laims he is not guilty of the charges igainst him. His bonds were fixed at $500, and as :e could not furnish the amount ‘he ~as taken to jail by Sheriff Hol- brook. AUNT TAKES NIECE AWAY, Virs. Annie’ Garvin of Cambridge Goss Off With Foster-Child of Mr, and Mrs, Frank Smith. A happening that will have de- velopments of interest,”it is promised was reported here Wednesday from the Putnam Heights section of the town. 't has to do with the taking away from the home where she had been taying of Florence MccLaughlin, who ~ill be 9 years of age on March 17 ext, by her affnt, Mrs. Aunie Gavin of Greene street, Cambridge, Mass. The girl is the daughter of Mrs. Russell Shippee, who died at the hos- oital here this fall. She was little more than a baby when about three ears ago her mother married Mr. Shippee, for whom she had been housekeeper. On the death of her mother, and it is understood the motipr was agreeable to the arrange- ment in her last hours, she was taken ato the family of Mr. and Mrs. Frapk Smith of Putnam Heights, who had no little girl of their own, to have all .the comforts of a well-ordered home fand to'be educated to take her place in the world. This agreeable adoption ‘ame to pass, but Mr. Smith, nor Mrs. Smith, was not legal appointed guad- lian of the child, nor was the little one formally adopted, though this was to be planned soon. A few days ago, Mrs. Garvin, who is about 23 years of age, came for a visit to Putnam Heights. Tuesday afternoon. about 2 o'clock, Flogenee Gil mith was afa to go from the home for a visit with her. Some time later ‘in the afternoon it was discov- red that the aunt had taken the lit- le one and started for a Y with her to local will get beautiful instruments—tops and a Valuable Serv-us Coupons Which are Worth Money to You to get new furnishixgs and new comforts for yourself and your home. 3 Start to collect right away. Buy Serv-us Brand goods—all kinds. You get coupons with every Serv-us product. ?l‘m.'!ewitktl'aeloenl.defl!m'wlmszlll‘se e thu::andot;.;n:s:?\nnandbea\mful things, all shown in the Serv-us Gift Catalog. Serv-us Coupons tedonthehbelsormcndosedinghepachges?nd'mmge}m. 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An'alarm from Box 31 at 4.40 o'clock Wednesday afternoon called out the firemen for a blaze ia the tenement at 133 Elm street. A member. of the fam- ily residing there was lighting 2 lamp when it blazed up, setting a paper drapery bordering a ma «, Ipiece afire. A boy ran and rung in tu- alarm. The fire was quickly extinguished without doing greater damage than the des- truction of the ornamental paper, the scorching of whic mantal and the burning of a hole in the oilcloth on the table. HEALTH RULES. Adopted For Public Schools of the Town, The following health rules have been adopted for the public schools in the town of Putnam: Any child whose symptoms seem to be such that they fay indicate the beginning of some contageous or ine fectious disease shall be promptly ex- cluded from school by the teacher. I shall be the teacher’s duty to imme- diately advise the superintendent of schools o fsuch action. No person who is suffering from! whooping cough,-mumps, chicken pox, or any tontasious diseases shall -be permitted to attend any -public school of this town. No person living in a family where there is s case of measies shall be permitted to attend any public school of this town for two weeks from the beginning of the last case. No person living in a house where there is a person sick with small pox, scarlet fever, infantile paralysjs, diph- theria or membranous croup shalf be permitted to attend any public school of this town until the quaran- tine has been removed from the house by the health officer. No teacher in any school of this town, who has knowledge of such case, shall admit a person from the house in which there is or has been a case of small pox, scarlet fever, infantile paralysis, diphtheria, or membraneus croup or she is or who has been liv- ing in a family where there is or has been a.case of measles, without a. per- mit from the superintendent ot schools. SHORT CALENDAR SESSION. To Be Held Friday at” Willimantic, Judge Reed Presiding. A session of the superior court for short calendar business -and assign- ment of cases is to be held at Willi- mantic, Friday, at 30.15 a. m.,, Judge Joel H. Reed presiding. The local Town of Plain- Frank Kudela; Willlam W, A. Nichels, et al Ex. vs. Pierce, Billings & Co. George - A. . Duvall; * The - Jewish Agricuitural and. Industrial Amd So- ciety ys. Fannie Blum, et al; George M. Brown vs. Frank: gndsh. Susan J. owe; Ed: S B . Mowry: Frank S. N.H, & H. R R. Co. Ida May Tripp o Tripp Lewis White vs. P. K. Pederson, To court—Wm. N. Pot- . Mary L. Turner; Dora Ex. vs. Frank C. Tilling- A. Bradford vs. John A. Hart (at Putnam): Hillhouse & Tay- lor v A. F. Howard; Geo. O. Gad- John Graham. r meeting is to be held at 10 K a. m. COLCHESTER Sufferers Nets Good Amount. An entertainment was given In old town hall under the Congregational church Tuesday evening for the bene- Entertainment for Benefit of Belgian | vs.” James. L. Natalie May Stone v 'qd G. Stone; Minnie A. Allen vs. ert F. Allen; Wil'liam S. Congdon v. Dorothy Josephine Congdon; Alonzé D, Ireson vs. Jose- phine AL’ Ireson. Assigument, firSt Friday, December|; fit of the Belgian sufferers. The pro- gramme consisted of readings by Miss Fenn of Higganum, which were ekcel- lent, also selections by the Christian Endeavor chorus. A good sum was realized which will be forwarded at once. The board of assessors held a meet. ing in the selectmen’s room Tuesday. Mrs. Hattie Wickwire was a recent visitor in Willimantie. % Harry Groobert was calling on friends in Hadlyme and Hamburg Wednesday. Charles DeWolf of Gardner Lake was a Colchester visitor Tuesday. C. Eugene Saunders of Norwich was calling on friends in town Tuesday. Men from Willimantic are at work painting the Cragin Memorial library building. L. H. Bartlett of New Haven was a Colchester caller Wednesday. James R. Dutton, who has been con- fined to his home for several weeks on account of illness, is able to be out on thé street. : . A. Storrs was In Lebanon Wed~ nesday. BALTIC Principal Carleton E. Pike to Deliver Public Lecture. Friday eveninz Principal Carleton E. Pike of the public school is to dcliver | a public state lecture in Sprague hall on The Latest Perlod in United States ' | History. Miss Eva Defoe of Pawtucket, R. L. is visiting: Mr. and Mrs. Charles F.| Charon. PR ginning to show signs of the ‘time. | Frank Boucher has ‘gone to work-in the Versailles Sanitary Fibre mill. the guest ‘of his parents receutly. OBITUARY. - Dr. Thomas W. Flood. Haverhill, Mas: Dee: 16.—Dr. [ Thomas: W. ¥lood. an. unsueccessful candidate for mgvh or ai the municipal lon T el fever today, aged 31 The store windows In Baltic are be- -« ‘William Reeves of Windsorville was i 1, died of typhoid |. entertaining Mrs. children of East Bridge NO CHRISTMAS PRESENTS ¥ FOR SWiss CHILDREN t | Male Providers to the Number of 250, 000 Are Guarding Frontier. Geneva, Switzerland, “Dec. 2 (Corre- spondence of The Associated Press)— The Swiss papers ask why the United States has forgotten Swiss children in the distribution of Christmas gifts In Europe. Switzerland is not fighting but its fatners, husbands and brothe to the number of 250,000, are guarding -the fromtier until the end of the war. n home before children will not v Tuesday afternoon. farston ted, Stonington cemetery. » Stonington Men’s clud will meet iay) evening. 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