Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 28, 1915, Page 5

SPECIALS ative Dandelions, pk. . 22¢ resh Spinach, pk. .... 23c anefruit eeve [wes 25C B Celery .........vov. 25¢|aeal 3 Lettuce .... Endive - B e New Beets.-..... 9-12¢ tra Fine Roast Beef . 24c Indiana Roast Beef has no equal in Norwich ~ Emest E. Bullard VIOLIN TEACHER All String Instruments repaired Violins sold on easy terms For appointments address E. E. BULLARD, Bliss Place, Nor- wich, Conn. Flower and Garden Seeds THE KIND THAT GROW at RALLION’S Bear In Mind that we have the largest and best line of "Auto Goggles and Eye Pro- tectors in town. Prices lowest. THE PLAUT-CADDEN C0. Opticians and Lens Grinders PLAUT-CADDEN BUILDING Merchants’ Week The merchants are trying to make Norwich a live town. We are trying to make this live store—merchandising at popular prices. Don’t forget that we are lheadquarters for Electric Devices, Seeds, Japalac, Garden, Tools, Putty, . 'Lawn Mowers, Tacks, Cutlery, Thermos Bottles, h Lights, Dry Batteries, . Sherwin-Williams Paints, Fishing Tackle, Bolts, Builders’ Hardware, Razors, . Kitchen Ware, Tools, Poultry Netting, Rope, Screens, Dog Collars, Wire Fencing, Nails. 29 Main St., Norwich, Ct. Established 1764 NEW SPRING MILLINERY ‘MRS. G. P. STANTON'S No. 82 Shetuoket Strest jki8s BROKEN IN FALL AT FREIGHT 8HED, J. C. Kennedy Taken Cars eof by Brother Eagles, C,_Kennedy of Bonni m{ig Fall from the Dlatform New Haven t shed Tuesday e they Hittton Snd & Seolent MID several ribs and ngton, Ver= |, < at the|g, NORWICH BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1916 - e Bulletin. ———— Norwich, Wednesday, April 28, 1915, —_——— VARIOUS MATTERS Native asparagus reached the local ers Tuesday. The stores are featuring some un- usually pretty May baskets, The flag on the city barn is flying at half mast because of the death of Ex-Mayor Thayer. The almanacs predict white frost to- day—although it was 02 degrees in several localities Tuesday, - Rev. Frank D, Luddington preached his farewell sermon at the Second Waterford Baptist church at Quaker Hill Sunday. ‘Spring flowers which grow near the walks are a temptation to school children and many beautiful flowers are being stolen. A Bristol paper states that Chief of Police B, T. Belden has gone to Bl- on for & visit of several days to recover from recent illness. The schools of the town will be closed Friday because of the annual convention in Norwich of the Fast- ern Connecticut Teechers’ assoclation. Big circles about the moon Mon- day night led farmers to hope for rain, ‘Wells are again running dry and it is imgofllfls to plant in soil that is like ashes. Last week to license your dogs at regular prices. One dollar extra after May first. Town clerk’s office open on Friday and Saturday evenings this week.—adv. People having grave lots In St Mary's cemetery have been caution- ed not to start fires to burn off grass or to burn up rubbish, because of danger during the dry weather. At Coventry an open lecture is to be given at Grange hall, Thursday ev- ening, on the subject, Corn, by Pro- fessor Slate of Storrs college. The lectures are for the benefit of boys. People in Eastern Connecticut who have relatives on the warships learn that the Atlantic fleet 18 to spend the ten days following May 8 at New York and then be reviewed by Presldent ‘Wilson. The new armory at Storrs college is slowly nearing completion, and the surrounding grounds are being graded and put into shape. The roof is being placed on the new farm machinery building. There was a good attendance Tues- day afternoon at the Women's Pray- er meeting at_Bushnell Chapel, led by Mrs. J. M. Young. Subject “Spe- cial Prayer for the Young People of Our City.” Frank George Baier and Miss Flor- ense May Holt, both of New London, were married Monday at the parson- age of the Second Congregational church in that city by the pastor, Rev. Wilson Bixler, D, D. The Episcopal = Diocesan Sunday School commission has voted to hold a Diocesan Sunday School convention in Christ church, Hartford, Tuesday, May 11th. Each school will be urged to send at least two delegates. The change in the partnership rela- tions of Frank E. Parker of the Crocker house, New London, and Hen- ry B. Davenport of the Wauregan, at. Norwich, announced in the Telegraph several weeks ago, will go into effect May 1. General and Mrs. William L. Has- kin, of New London, celebrated the 50th anniversary of their marriage at their home in Williams street Monday. Because of Mrs. Haskin's illness no formal observance of the anniversary was held. Professor Raymond C. Osborne, as- sistant professor of zoology, at Barn- ard college, New York, has accepted the professorship of zoology at the Connecticut College for Women, and his resignation at Barnard has been accepted. Both branches of the legislature have passed the measure giving selectmen of towns and police officers of cities power to close pool rooms at midnight. It also fixed the license fees to be paid by proprietors of pool and billiare es- tablishments. Frederic W. Wright and Miss Eliz- abeth Beebe were united in marriage at the Jordan parsonage Sunday after- noon by Rev. P. F. Wolfenden. Mr. ‘Wright is a resident at Waterford. His bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Charles Beebe of East Lyme. L. H. Healey of North Woodstock, secretary of'the state board of “agri- culture, has warned the citizens of ‘Woodstock that browntail moths have appeared in the mnortheastern section of .the town and have been found as far south as South Woodstock. Clifford Costine has resigned as su- perintendent of the American Woolen Yard Mill at Moosup and is going to Sabattus, Maine, to take charge of the woolen mills at ¢hat piace. James Reynolds succeeds him as superintend- ent of the yarn mill in Moosup. At St. James’ Episcopal church, Poquetanuck, the officers of the Young People’s Aid society are: President, Miss Ida Thurston; vice president, Miss Lucy Willett; secretary, Miss. Bvelyn ‘Sauer; treasurer, Mr. Louis Conrad; auditor, Mr, Robert Thomp- son, The State C. T, Al U, day to be held at Sou n, June 19 should prove one of the biggest days that Southing- ton has ever seen. Only the best men obtainable will be secured by the so- clety to compete 1n the field day events. John McHugh of New York will be starter. To "Inquirer: The word “jitney” comes from the slang of the street who calls & cent a “meg” a nickel a “Jit” or “itney,” etc. Bo Jitney means five cents. In Texas, motor cars began running in January carry- ing passengers for five cents and at once won the popular name of jit- neys. 3 | Incidents in Society | Invitations have pent out for ; ke y Qumum‘;ran t the a ms, en- y ] n r e mg.mm*mmmfi? Leonard 'Wood, who :“f'g:.u ucu;ufi:%t;. %, ayvenus, for several hours aff , banquet T PERSONALS J. A. Quinn has been in New York on a business trip, Frank Skinner of Norwich was in Stonington early in the week, Leonard Hiscox of Waesterly has been at his home in Norwich, Mr, and Mrs, Clinton Simpson have returned to Norwich, after a visit in Mystic, Mrs, Fannie Chapman of Norwich i= the guest of Mra, George W, Wood of Westerly, After spending the winter fn Wer. cester, Mass.,, James Gibbs has return- ed to this city, Ex-Sherift Willlam B, Sprague and wite of Andover are at Atlantic City for & two weeks' wich are passing a few days at tkeir cottage at Pleasant View, George Partelow I reported serious. Iy {ll at his home on West stre North Stonington district, Ashaway, Mr, and Mrs, M, C, MaoArthur ef Bastern Point visited Mr, and Mrs, John Duff of Rockwell street this last week, Mr. end Mrs, John Duff and sen, Edward, and James Gibbs were recent guests of Mr, and Mre., Albert Reye nolds of Preston, 876 ANIMALS HAD FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE ——— In Connecticut—8hown in Government Repert Up to April 20th, Federal Officer Dr, C, I, Becker, who has been here ‘In charge of the in- spectlon for the foot and mouth dis- eage among cattle, sald on Tuesday evening that the wecond inapoction ls Just about completed and that the gov= ernment report sent out under date of the 20th says that there are no eattle awalting slaughter and no premises awalting inspection, In Connecticut the report states that in the three counties of the state in which the foot und mouth disense has been found there have bsen 84 herds and premises, 783 cattle, no sheep, 143 swine, and no goats infected, a total of 876 animals, In the entire country there have been 259 countles 2,895 herds and 146,131 animals in all infected, As all infected animals are killed this num- ber represents the loss through the foot and mouth disease, Up to the week ending April 20th there were infected herds in four states as follows: 1 in Iilinols, 2 in New York, 8 in Pennsylvania and 1 in ‘Massachusetts, WEDDINGS Eastlaugh—Morgan. Miss Catherine Morgan and George E. Eastlaugh were married at the Im- maculate Conception residence Sun- day afternoon, says the Marlboro, Mass,, Daily Enterprise. Rev. T. B. Lowney performed the ceremony. James Finlayson was best man and Miss Margaret Geary was bridesmaid. The bride wore a gown of blue silk poplin with a hat trimmed with a sim- ilar hue. The bridesmaid wore blue serge and a hat to match.. Both car- ried Killarney roses. The couple were tendered a recep- tion at the home of the bridesmaid, Miss Margaret Geary, No. 14 Mountain avenue. The rooms were adorned with roses, carnations and other flowers, and there was a large array of wed- ding gifts. Refreshments were served and the newly married couple was as- sisted in receiving by the best man and the bridesmaid. The bride has been employed at the Marlboro hos- pital and comes from Norwich, Conn. They will pass their honeymoon in New York city. Polyc—Napierknoska. Peter Polyc and Miss Stephania Na- pierknoska, both residents of this city, were united in marriage by Rev. I. Maciejewski in St Joseph’s church Monday morning at 8 o'clock. Mr. Polyc is 22 years of age and is a na- tive of Russian Poland, the son of Mr. and Mrs, Ladislaus Polyc. His bride is 18 yvears of age, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Naplerknoska and is a native of Poland. Mr. Polyc re- sides at No. 1 Seventh street, being employed as a mill hand and his bride has lived at No. 219 West Main street. OBITUARY. Frede Frederick L. Sibley, an old resident of Pawtucket and for 40 years an em- ploye of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs, Wil- liam McGuire, 122 Woodbine street, Pawtucket, Monday night, following an illness of a month’s duration. Mr, Sibley was born in Danielson, Conn., and went to.Pawtucket 25 years ago, settling in the Pleasant View section. He ‘'was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd and a member of the Railroad Trainmen Beneficial as- sociation., He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Alice 'W. Brown, of Attleboro, Mass.; Mrs. William Mc- Guire, Mrs, John McKnight and Mrs. Joseph A. Manning, all of Pawtucket, and a son, John R, Sibley, of Warren. Dennis H, Smith. ‘Word -has been received in Middle- town by George W. Smith of the death of his brother, Dennis H. Bmith, at the ‘home of his son in Platte City, Mo, April 4. The following is from a Bea- trice, Neb., paper, where he lived for many year: ‘Word was received here of the death of Dennis H, (“Jersey”) Smith Sunday night at the home of his son at Platte City, Mo, He would haye been 85 had he lived until the 282d of this month, Mr. Smith was familiarly known as Jersey Smith, as he brought the first Jersey cattle ‘west of the Mississippi river, and devoted himself to intro- ducing that dairy breed in this part of the country, Mr, Smith was born jn Cromwell, Conn., April 22, 1830, Hig father was of English descent and his mother of French origin, h randfather coming to America from ce with Lafay- ette, Mr, Smith was the seventh child in s family of twelve, e Jearned the trade of mason and followed that trade for a pumber of years, cery itura for g year, th or g couple’ of years. Civil war he was & sutier regimen{ and engaged in fu sg;t[sutu es for the Y. sl LR s NEED OF OFFICERS FOR ARMY Point Emphasized by Major General Leonard Wood in Ad- dress at Yale Alumni Association Banquet—His Topic Our Policy in Raising and Maintaining an Army— Donald Chappell of New London Elected Alumni Presi- dent—Professor Bacon of Yale and Amos P, Wilder of Yale in China Gave Interesting Addresses, Major General Leonard Wood ef the United States army a8 & guest here oa Tuesday ovening at the ennual ben« qust of the ¥ala Alumnl asseelation of New Londen county mads the gath= erlng n netable ene for the 0 ¥ale men whe were seated for the panguet in the big dining yreem at the Wau= regan house and the informing falk that Cleneral Woed save was listensd to with elese attentien and warmly commended by his hearers, Business Mesting, The banquet was preseded hy fhe annunl business meeting whieh Viee frfinmant Denald Camphbeil of New ondon presided, in the absenes 6f President Edson F, Gallaudet, whe was upaveldably eut ef the siiy, Thesg officers were elested; Douald Chappell of New Tenden, president; Charles H, Ilaskell of this oity, vico president; J. Ralph Hewe of this eity president; Frank Q. Cresnin, of New London, treasurer; Guy Armg of New Londen, seeretary, Banauet After Business, Shertly after the banquet was Serv= ed, the head iable facing dewn the room, where smaller tables with places for elght at each were arranged. Baskets of spring flowers were upon each table with a bank of pansies in the Yals blue before the toasimaster's placs, and boutonniers at each plase, The floral decorations were by the Geduldig greenhouses, The attractive and well gorved menu was a8 folows: Little Neck Cocktall Cream of New Asparagus, Crouton Souffle Flake Wafers Celery Radishes Olives Baked Roe Shad, Claremont Potato Croquettes Toasted Stuffed Jersey Capon Cranberry Jelly Bermuda potatoes, Rissole New Asperagus Tips Finger Rolis Lettuce and Water Cress Salad French Ice Cream, Assorted Flavors Fancy Cake Cafe Noir Song sheets were provided and the Yale songs were given at intervals by a group of singers led by Grosvenor Ely. At the end of the room a big blue banner reached from floor to ceil- ing, flanked on either side by a Yale banner and the American flag. On the large banner were the words, For God- For Country_and For Yale, Francig J. Leavens, '65 S, was the toastmaster, and seated with him at the head table were the three speak- ers—General Wood, Professor Benja- min W, Bacon, '81 of the University, Amos P. Wilder, '84, secretary and treasurer of Yale in China, Chief Jus- tice Prentice and Associate Justices Roraback and Beach of the supreme court, Stenographer J. P. Andrews, Assistant €ashier Nathan A, Gibbs, of the Thames National bank, a school- boy friend of General Wood, Secretary Charles H, Haskell of the Alumni as- sociation, Graham Hislop, its first president and Lee Roy Robbins. The supreme court judges present were all Yale men except Judge Roraback, who has two sons at Yale. Postpradial. Toastmaster Leavens presided with his characteristic ability, referring to his time in the University which” went back to the days when there was no football, and Laseball was but a neg- ligible quantity, while much of the thought and attention of the Yale boys was taKen up with the military af- fairs that were absorbing the nation. Toastrnaster Leavens made an amus- ing reference to a recruiting officer who stood on a New Haven street in dandified attire, ogling the girls, and whom the wit of the sophomore class drove out of town by dubbing him the “horrors of war.” Major General Wood. This served to introduce Major General Wood who was greeted with a Yale brek-a-kex-kex cheer before he was allowed to speak. Major General Wood said that his subject would be Our Policy in Raising and Maintaining an Army, which he characterized as having been most ex- pensive in the past, both in money and men, and had never been adequate to meet a well prepared foe. In our suc- cesses in war we have been singularly fortunate in the enemies we have met. Referring to the armies of the con- tinentals, General Wood said that the defect of the volunteer system has been that it kept the army too full of men unskilled in things military. The year 1776 marked our maximum strength in the continental armies, which steadily decreased in the fol- lowing years. It was an illustration of the truth of Washington’s statement that no country could ever depend safely upon volunteers. Again in the war of 1812 to 1814 were the words of ‘Washington shown true, for although we put over 520,000 different men into the war, the putting in of all of these new men meant constant demoraliza- tion of the military organization. Even the Civil war, he said, proved this also, whether looked at from the side of the north or the south, for both sides soon had to resort to the draft, and there was a resultant heavy per- centage of desertions and big bounties. But today we don’t wan bl army in the United States, do want is the largest possible number of trained men available, but the few- est possible number in the army. This js the kind of system we need to work out, and we need to get into the spirit of our people the willingness to accept a reasonable amount of military train- ing, n‘%‘or 20 vears after the Civil war we had a reserve force of from ope and half 0 mmillion trained men, but these have passed away, and coming down to today we really have no ex- periem_::;ix ngl e force. Gene Ot fl?okst‘ éwm‘-g‘ ’w ;;2 loyer: ng them to '3 gm- tb.' “‘;@‘éumry'n &ood gy not dis~ t their b but we want as men gamdtenflg 5ol e:aob t foll ing" their ‘regular occupation. the attitude of the government and palicy to which no reasonable person < | can objec & gnd two B, Lyons Bast h‘):-mdon-—u?w. Mare °“E'figu‘§ s aeo:-'"u’m-';?&'fiia;n" “town: ouur t. Switzerland’s military method mentioned as an admirable type 0 serve as a model for us. Jt is the least military gountry of Europe, 3.“‘ the uietest and the best nfid& In gauntry 1fke ours, where don't mz big army, we ought to have ;umzel' of t!xlnad of et s | B g of no eall to the eolora exespi in cASe of gotual war, we could thus gain 1,000 effieers per year. Ag_gnother meurce of effieers Gen- eral Wfib$ gboke of the sellege summer eampE, where the eellege hoys whe go ta them get five weeks of geed hard werk under the besi officers we have, Yale has dene partieularly well in these summer eampe. In twe such eourses for the summer the average college man ean be turned eut & preity #a6d velunteer offieer, In such & wa: we eould turn eut from 8,000 to 4,001 effieers per 3 b Anether eheer ag the bangueters ress te their fest was given for CGeneral ‘Weed as he eenciuded. Professer Bacen, Professor Pasen was intreduced by Teastmaater Leavens as one of a fams= ily well knewn and highly respected in Nerwieh and hardly needing an in= treduetion gines NorwiehR lays elaim ta_him anyway. 5 Professer Bacen expressed appreeias ‘|tien of what General Weed had teld the ¥aie men along military lines and referred to nis ewn knowiledge of the Bwiss military training, whieh he knew of ihrough being in Pwitserland from 1878 te 1874, It is & sehering and eons serving syeiem whien we need in our own lawiess land. If earried out in the right epirit, it can be A great blessing 16 our_eeuntry, the speaker said, Vet with Billy Sunday, Prefessor Bacon sald he helieved that we ghould pre- grwo for peace and, with Billy Bunday, o also belleved that we should be roity ilkely te get what we prepare or, “Yet we should not remain abso- lutely defenseless and inviting attack as_China is among the nations, Teking as his text the motto on the banner at the end of the room, For God, for Country and for Yale, Pro- fessor Bacon spoke upon the possi- bllities that make for peace among the members of a ropublle of men of letters. These are tho men who lead the thought of the country. He asked the question as to what the great dangers of the natlon are, and sald we had the reputation as a nation most ready to provoke a quar- rel and lacking in courtesy in our dip- lomatic relations. He indicated that this is an outcome of “shirtsleeve di- plomacy,” and called upon men of let- ters and men of college training to combat this spirit. Let us be pre- pared for war, but let the thinking men combat this provocative, comba- tative and domincering spirit which we have seen to be the ruin of one of the most progressive countries of modern times. Professor Bacon was also given the college cheer, in appreciation of his speech. Yale in China. When Mr. Wilder was introduced by Toastmaster Leavens, he was likewise greeted with the long Yale cheer. He had his hearers laughing heartily as he spoke in a witty way of renewing associations at New Haven and in his visits upon Yale men in different parts of the country, and then he went on to speak of what was being done in China at Chang Sha, the capital of the province of Hunan, where he said Yale in China was furnishing the higher education for that province. Sixteen Yale graduates have gone out to this Chinese work, two at their own expense, and there are now four young men in this country who have had thelr preliminary work in China and when they go back there will be no educational institution with such a staff in China. We are plantin~ a new Yale in China. We are doing large things, for we have gone out to open up the whole interior of China. These pecple give us a warm welcome, anc® the homes we set up are models for their instruction and they are intense- ly interested. More cheers for Mr, Wilbur with cheers for the toastmaster and the of- ficers_and the singing of Bright Col- lege Years concluded the banquet at shortly after 11 o'clock. Secretary Haskell was in general charge of the arrangements for the evening, with J. Ralph Howe, Gros- venor Hly, Philip Johnson and Lee Roy Robbins assisting. After the banquet General Wood was entertained at Mr. Haskell's home un- til it was time for him to leave by automoblle to take the 3.30 morning train at New Iondon for Boston. He was taken to New London by Philip Johnson. Wilson; deputy master—Right Tllus- trious Herbert M. Lerou: principal conductor c{ work — J, Ollver Arm- strong; captaln of the guard, Archi- bald Mitchell, Jr,; treasurer, Albert S, Comstock; recorder, Walter M, Bucks- ingham; conductor, Jullan L, Willlams; steward, Herbert R, Kind; sentine], P, T. M, James C., Fitzpatrick; chaplain, P, T, M, E, Allen Bidwell; herald, P, T. M, Danjel F, McNell; _ standing committes, Peter B, Wilson, Walter M, Buckingham and B, D, Kinsman, trustees, Charles B, Chapman, Joseph W, Gilbert and Charles W, Gals, Following the installation Past Most Puissant Albert S, Comstock present- ed the retiring master, Elmer D, Kinsman, & past thrice illustrious master's jowel, TWO TOWNS WANT RELIEF FROM MAINTAINING BRIDGE Over 8almon River—Other Towns Ob- Jest to Making It a County Charge, Hariford, April 27,—The committes en roads, rivers and hridges gave n seeend hearing Tuesday afternoon on the proposed aet to relleve the towns of Colshester and Chatham from main- talning the bridge across the Balmon river and pleacing the charge upen New Lendon and Middlesex countles, At the first hearing there wes but &light objection te ihe scheme and the committee made favorable repert ie the houge, Hubsequently eppegitien developed and upon request Mr, Mac- donald, heuse chairman of the eom- mities, had the measure recommitted, At {ha hearing, Tuesday, Atterney Ingles explained the location of the bridge, stating that it was & eavered structure 110 feet in length and was loeated in sections of the towns of Colehester and Chatham far remoyed from the populous eentre and was but very litle used by the people of thess tewns in adjoining eountles, The hridge was about four miles from the Chat- ham centre and seven milss from the village of Colchester, He mald the bridge was montly used in eonnectien with trafle from Middletown to Nor- wich and Willimantle nz it was the moat dircet route, and inasmuch as the twe towna did not uxe the bridgo the towns should not ba compelled to hear the burden of maintenance, which he sald wag about $30 a year to each town, & large sum for the small towns, but of no consequence countywise, He sald the bridge was authorized by act passed in the general court of Con- necticut in 1791 and that the first bridge was bullt therp in 1792, the con- ditlons belng that tHe towns of Chat- ham and Colchester should build and maintain the bridges and that has been the rule ever since, The conditions in both towns have changed materially since that time. Then the bridge was in the populous sections of both towns, but now there is no habitation in that vicinity, He said the bridge was now in good repalr, over $800 having been recently expended on the bridge, and that it was in a condition that would be_serviceable for the next ten years. Representative 'Williams, of Col- chester, also spoke in favor of the proposition, stating that the cost of maintaining the bridge by the counties would entail an expense of only one- fifth of a mill in taxation, and that the bill provided that each of the two counties bear an equal share of the burden. Although the bridge was not on a trunk line it was considerably used and a convenience for publis traffic. In response to a query as to the cost of a new bridge in the event of one beine necessary he,said the cost would not exceed $8,000. Representative Quigg, of Chatham, said it would be merely an act of jus- tice for New London and Middlesex counties to relieve the towns of. Chat- ham and Colchester from the burden of maintaining this bridge, as it serves the general public more than it does the residents of the two towns. Former Sherift Thomas Brown spoke in like strain. Representative Charles A. Pelton, of Clinton, was opposed, stating that it was an entering wedge that would re- sult in compelling counties to take over all bridges in the state that join- ed counties as did this bridge. So far as he could learn this bridge was lo- cated on a back country road and could be abandoned without any pub- lic_inconvenience. Representative Morton of Saybrook said that be had never heard of this bridge until the matter was brought to the legislature. Since then he had learned that the structure was called Comstock bridge. He sald that people in some sections of Middlesex county had never heard of Comstock bridge, and that it was not generally known to drivers of vehicles, even if it had been in existence for 123 years, as it is among the things forgotten even by the oldest inhabitants, all of which in- dicates its real usefulness.. He could not see reason for saddling this bridge on the counties when 90 per cent, of the residents never use the bridge. The cost of maintenance is so small that it is mystifying what the desire to shirk the expenditure even on the small towns interested and ursing this legislation. Should the committee de- cide to insist on favorable report, it would not be fair to make the burden on the Jwo counties equal, as the grand list of New London county was FOUR TOPICS FOR DEVELOPMENT- MEETING. Civic Organizations of Two Counties Invited Here Friday. Four topics are to come up before a meeting of the Eastern Connecticut Development committee which is to be held on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Foresters’ hall, to which invitations have been sent out to all the civic or- ganizations in_this territory in New London and Windham counties. ] The four points to be discussed are a proposed change of name to the Eastern Connecticut Chamber of Com- mewg, the quarterly publication of the magazine "gulh." e establishment of considerably more than that of Mid- dlesex county. This Comstock bridge is not on a state trunk line, or even a traveled highway, but rather in the woods, and far removed from eciviliza- tion at that. Representati Mitchell of Preston, clerk of the 'w London county or- ganization of the general assembly, stated that at a county meeting when this matter was given consideration every member present voted against the proposition except Representative Williams of Colchester. Mr. Williams made reply stating that since that meeting he had seen some of the members and they told him they were now favorably inclined towards the ‘propositio: Representative Pendleton of Preston a credit clearing house for eastern Connecticut, and thauannunl summer outing of the association. e T been or e 0_years an - filiated 1n it two Canban of Com- improvement tioga and Boards of Trade which have been doing the work for their own lo- calities, At 1' o'clock on the same day there is to be a business men’s lunch at the Wau house in which any inter- & lested citizen will be welcome to par- ticipate. 1|l1) the evening there is to be a meet- i e iber of Commerce at v: «3:’ Atll}rfl? P, Perkins of Boston will be ent, and he will also be present at &’:‘lun‘éh. H.'i- the fleld secretary for the National Chamber of Com-~ merce. The New Bl Chamber of merce has jssu nyitations to all the permanent secretgries to attend a F«t\&tfl eri mg:‘ g‘tfl!&y. :;r‘xe:ru is Ilzllwt&n o!‘g.h. locr:h.flal. E Com- OFFICERS INSTALLED, in Franklin Council, R, and 8, M~ Jowell to Past Master Kinsman, At essembly of in ot 3 8 B e Ve Wera installed acting as aslested by as! Charles said that he, too, had seen some of the members, perhaps the same that had talked with Mr. Willlams, and that they told him a different story. Mr/ Pendleton said that according to the state map this <Comstock - covered bridge was down in the woods and about four miles from the trunk line. He sald his little town had bridges of its own to care for and the towns of Chatham and Colchester should do likewise, and not ask little Preston to ome to their assistance in bearing its are of the county expense. Representative Daniel Smith of Chester protested against this bridge being saddled upon Middlesex county, or any part of it. Should this act be adopted, it would only open the way for more bridges to be maintained by the counttes that are now maintained by the towns in which they are locat- ed. ‘Severa] other members of the gen- eral assembly from Middlesex county expressed desire to be necorded as against the measure, and the hearing was closed, RELIEF CORPS WHIST, Matinee at the Buckingham Memorial ~Prizes of Cut Glass. A matinea whist was given Tuesday afternoon at the Buckingham Memo- rial by Se fck Woman's Relief corps under the auspices of the exeou- tive committes, of which Mrs, Susan Kamp? ia chajrman. Twenty-two ta- bles were played and those taking gfllel on the white counters were Mrs. john Brady and Mrs. James Hankins, and on the green counters Mrs, Harry Hill and Mrs, Nan Hussey. The four prizes glven were all cut glass. The gcorers were Mra. Tootill, Mrs, Grace H. 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