Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 14, 1915, Page 8

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H.”” STAMPS 100 “S. & H.” STAMPS At $3.95 Even better quality than the first lot and nicely lined—colors, rose, white, - DECISIONS IN COMMON PLEAS By Judge Waller—For Plaintiff in Frank Mack vs Frank To- paz of Lyme—For Defendant in Divorce Suit of Florence E. Long vs. Oscar O. Long of New London— Automobile Damage Suit Settled. Judge Charles B. Waller handed down two decisions in the court of common pleas in Nvg‘IAnd&n on S..t. urday in cases tried before him recent- ly in the case of Frank Mack against e ohen, Judzment Tor 375, for. an tiff is given judgment for assault by the defendant. Judge Wal- ler decided that while the plaintiff may have used langusge and assumed an attitude toward the defendant which might provoke a breach of the peace, the defendant was not justified in hit- ting the plaintiff on the bead with.a For Defendant. Judgement is rendered for the de- piece of wood. fendant in the case of Florence E. Long, against Oscgr O. Long, both of New London, to recover alimony pendente lite. Some time ago Oscar Long applied to the superior court for a divorce and he was ordered to pay his wife alimony pendente lite. Long paid some of the money but re- fused to pay a balance of $65. In a justice suit Mrs. Long was given judg- ment for the amount from which an appeal was taken to the court of common pleas which has reversed the decision of the justice court and given a decision for the defendant. Judge ‘Waller finds that a judgment of non- suit,was given the divorce case and that the alimoney pendente lite ceases. Hears Claim For Wages. The case of M, J. Whittier against Ricardo R, Morgan of New London was tried in the court Saturday. The suit is_to recover $758.70 for wages. Judge Waller took the papers. Attor- ney Warren E. Burrows represented the plaintiff and Attorney George C. Morgan appeared for the defendant. Suit For $300. Judge Waller heard the case of Rob- ert B. Gordon against E. Mortimer Cobb, guardian, for $800 in in the court of common pleas. Attorney C. Hadlal Hull was counsel for the plain- tiff and Attorney W. T. Connor ap- Ppeared for the defendant. The plaintiff alleges that on May 20, 1805, the defendant was appointed guardian of the estate of Stanley M. Cobb, a minor. Between Sept. 1, 1907, and March 1, 1908, Gorton paid at the request of the defendant 360 to employes of the estate. During the same period the plaintiff rented to the defendent a saw mill to cut sev- eral thousand of feet of lumber for which he was to receive $3.50 per thousand feet. He claims $101 on this court asks that $300 from the estate on both claims. 4 Auto Damage Case Settled. Settlement has been reached in the case of Robert C. Gibson against John J. Ganey, the Bank Street grocer of New London for damages as the result of an automobile accident. The case ‘was on the common pleas court docket: The suit was for $100. Civil Service Tests. There was g civil service examma- tion at the New London post office on Saturday to fill a vacancy in the ru- ral free delivery carrier service out of the Norwich post office. Four took the examination. The New London clvil service _board, Robert J. Kelley, Joseph F. Kennedy and Christopher & Collons canducted the examination. Preparing For Criminal Term, Prosecuting Attorney Charles B ‘Whittlesey was at the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas here Friday and arranged for th. bus- iness of the June criminal sesson of the court which opens in ew Lon- don Tuesday, June 15. Sixteen cases were assigned for the first day, most| for the winners in a competitive ex- of them being Norwich cases. Ci Settled. The case of Jacob Kirman against John Grenel and others has been with- drawn from the superior court docket without costs. The suit was over a note for $578. DOCKET WAS CALLED. About 75 Old Cases Were Cleared Off Superior Court List. Judge Gardiner Greene called the docket of the superior court here on Friday. About 756 _cases were stricken off and the others will re- main pending some action being tak- en. Later several attorneys who were late in getting to court consulted with the judge and a few of the cases which were eliminated were restored to_the docket. Judge Greene said he will not be able to hold court after Friday, the eighteenth, when there will be a short calendar session. He has been unable to get a judge to continue through the month, though he personally saw Chief Justice Prentice. Ths latter is not well and a judge has to De taken from the superior court to sit with the supreme court as Judge Prentice can- not act. At the request of S. S. Thresher and Judge Brown, Judge Gheene said he will arrange for a day to hear the re- ports of the committee in regard to the deaths of former Mayor Thayer and General Harland. SALEM GRADUATION. Exercises at Grange Hall—Clarence Hatt Took Highest Mark Prize. The graduation exercises of the five district schools of Salem were held on Friday afternoon at Grange hall. Prof. Ernest Brown of Yale addressed the graduating class. The following programme was given: Graduation song, school; recitation, Florence Hatt; recitation, What Is So Rare as a Day in June? Ruth Tew; essay, Rosalie Hanney; song, Old Folks at Home, Vivian Czonnam- ski and class; recitation, The Mael- strom, Lillian Cohen; recitation, Courtship of Miles Standish; Lucy Czonnanski, Annie Schmuckler and Susan Miner; song, March On, grad- uating class, Books on geographical subjects, the gift of Prof. Hiram Bingham of Yal nation in geography were present- ed by Professor Brown in the absence of Mr. Bingham, who is in Peru. Clarence Hatt was awarded the prize Jfor highest mark in the district, and the prizes for the various district schools were awarded as follows: First, Alice Purcell; second Etta Schmuckler; third, Cleon Gardiner; sixth, Wesley Hanney; seventh, Clar- ence Hatt. Supervisor John A. Young of Col- chester awarded the prizes for the prize speaking contest held several weeks ago to Vivian Czonnanski, ‘Wesley Hanney and Minnie Kingsley. He spoke briefly to the graduating class, expressing the hope that they would appreciate the value of edu- cation and grasp every opportunity offered for further study. The graduates are Susan Miner, Wesley Hanney, Ruth Tew, Lillian Cohen, Annie Schmuckler and Lucy Czonnanski. The teachers of the five districis are Miss Anna Standcowltz, Miss Nel- e Gray, Miss Catherlpe Ray, Miss Elizabeth Cronin and Florens O’Con- nor, ARMY AND NAVY CLUB’S ANNUAL MEETING. Programme Annourced For June 23rd at Eastern Point. Secretary J. W. Knowlton of th Army and Navy club of Connecticut has sent out notice of the annual meeting which will be held at the Griswold, Eastern Point, on Wednes- day evening, June 23. The business meeting will be called to order at 6.30 po'clock and the dinner will be served an hour later. Major E. V., P ston of Hartford will preside as vice president of the club, on account of the death of the president, Thomas L. Norton. The speakers will be Rev. John Calvon Goddard, of Salisbury. John Rode- meyer of Canaan, who is the son of a veteran ,and Department Command- er Charles Griswould of Guilford. The boats, Griswold and Beilevue, will be at the dock near the railway station at New London and will take the members of the club to and from Eastern Point without charge. Germany’'s total steel production in 1914 amounted to 18,579,643 metric tons, sand, green and Belgian blue. paid on accounts. Were Up to $35.00 Your unrestricted choice of any Suit in the store at this price now. Extra Votes Extra Stamps “Where Shopping is a Pleasure” In the great Library Contest Variety of good tailored models in pure French linens, repp and pique. Jubilee Week at this price of $1.95. ALL THIS WEEK — RED LET TER DAYS for 100 Votes for Every 10 cent purchase 1000 Votes for every $1.00 purchase 10,000 Votes for every $10.00 purchase These are the votes that will count for th e most so do your buying Now and cast your vote for your favorite organization. -Same number of votes when money is Extra Values All This Week The Manhattarm I2i-125 Main Street Children’s Day at Congregational Church—Arthur Pickering Elected Superintendent of Sunday School— Notes. Children’s day was very fittingly ob- served, Synday morning at the Taft- ville Congregational chyrch when a speclal programme carried out by the Bi school, was given. he church as decorated with cut flowers and s, adding much to the day’s ob- The order of the service Song, by school; welcome, Dorothy Vi prayer, Rev. Arthur Varley; song, by school; recitation, Little Be- ginners, Lydia Adams, Clara Russ, Helen Aberg, Eleanor H, and Hilda roger; recitation, Bless the Little Children, Nancy Brown; baptism; rec- itation, Little Jesus, Thomas Sharples; song, by the kindergarten; recitation, ‘What They Said, Arthur Heap, Au- gusta Thoma, Lawrence Kriss, Elsie Heberding; song, school; recitation, Loyalty, Caroline Varley; song, pri- mary; recitation, Will You Help? by 11 dren; song, school; recitation, The Voice by the Sea, Rdna Baldwin; song by choir; offering taken by the following: .Dorothy Varley, Nellie Greenhalgh, Harold Heap, Raymend Pingree: recitation, The Messages of the Roses, Dorothy Woods, Nira Yer- rington, Margaret Hibel; song, school; recitation, Suppose, Mildred Hloss, Caroline Varley; recttation, Work for All, raura Murdock; song, school; benediction by pastor, Following the service the teachers and older scholars held a meeting and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Superintendent, Arthur Pickering; secretary and treasurer, Miss Annie Pollard; superintendent of primary, Miss Matilda Staffa; superintendent of kindergarten, Miss Elsle Seddon. Miss Susan ‘Whittlesey handed in her res- ignation as assistant superintendent and so did the librarians and the va- cancies will be filled by the executive committee, which consists of the offi- cers and Rev. Mr, Varley. The an- nual picnic will be held July 17 at Ocean Beach. Those baptized at the children’s service were: Dorothy Lil- lian Aberg, Marjorie Isabelle McNal- ly and Norman Hodgkinson. Benefit Whist a Success. The entertainment and whist held at Parish hal] Saturday evening for the benefit of the recent fire victims, given under the auspices of the St. Anne’s soclety was a fine success and the committee in charge realized a sum of $304.75. Pupils of Sacred Heart school entertained the large au- dience remarkably with their small playlet and the chorus from the Chil- dren of Mary society was an added feature. The rest of the programme consist- ed of: Solos by William Delaney, O. Tellier, Jr., Mr, Rousseau of New Bed- ford, and a drill zlvexéhzy the English i})euklns‘ pupils of Children of ary. Following the programme of emter- tainment whist was played with prizes going to the following: Ladies’ first, Miss E. Cournoyer; second, Miss Mar- garet Hasler; third, Sybil Rosslimit- tee; consolation, Miss Emma Moelleur. Gentlemen's first, Buclide Larose; sec- ond Pierre Husseau; third, Fred Has- ler, and consolationfi Francis Mativier. During the whist an excellent con- cert was rendered by the Sacred Heart orchestra, Miss Bertha Benoit won a prize of- fered during the evening. Among many contributors who do- nated money and articles were: F. B. Ricketson $26, George Young $10, H. E_ Prentice $10, Z. Gaucher $5, beau- tiful hand painted picture, donated by the Academy of the Holy Family of Baltic and gifts from Dr. R. J. Con- ture and E. Bellisle. Birthday Party. A large number of friends gathered at the home of Fred Stone, South A street, Saturday evening to help ob- serve Mr. Stone's twenty-fourth birth- day. Included among the guests were people from out of town. During the evening various games were played and musical selections were rendered by Dennis Murphy, James Emerson, Daniel McSheffrey and Fred Stone. The enjoyable evening broke up at a late hour after the serv- ing of dainty refreshments. Throlvn from Bicyole, While riding his bicycle from Oc- cum to Taftville, Saturday evening, Harry Jervis met witmh an accident. Mr. Jervis was going at a good rate of speed when he struck a rock, throw- ing him. In falling he landed on his face and was badly bruised over the right eye. Bear Cats Won. Occum proved easy for the Bear Cats, Saturday, and they piled up 12 runs while Occum was unable to do better than 8. June Devotions. June devotions for the Sacred Heart are held on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at Sacred Heart church. Notes, Chris Hedler of Baltic was in town Sunday. Clyde Getchell of New London was a caller here, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hampson, of Baltic, were in town Sunday. Mrs. Burgess of New Bedford is the guest of her son, Willlam Burgess. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bolduc have returned from their wedding tour, Prentice Alexander of Quaker HIIl called here on Sunday afternoon. Frank Lafleur of Bridgeport has re- gxmod home after passing a few days ere. Mr, and@ Mrs. James Flotcher of Plainfield were the guests of Mr. and Mrh. Herbert Hoyle over Sunday. Lisbon Giants won two games the week end. Saturday they cle up & team from Baltic by the.score of 12 to 7 and Sunday on the Maen~ xlzm diamond defeated a mill team Miss Grace White of Lisbon enter- tained a number of her friends Satur- day evening in honor of her birth- day, H. C. Tetlow of Ohio is the guest of Eela es on Norwich avenue for a few ays. Rev. P. L. Massicot leaves _this morning for the retreat for Catholic clergymen of the Hartford diocese at Keyser Island, off Norwalk. William Miller, United States navy, aboard the battleship New Hampshire stationed at Norfolk is visiting with his parents for a short furlough, LEBANON GRANGE WILL ENTERTAIN POMONA Talks on Practical Subjects Are on the Program. Lebanon grange, No. 21, is to be the entertaining grange for the next meet- ing of New London county Pomona, No. 6, Patrons of Husbandry, whose next meeting takes place on Thurs- y. ‘The forenoon session will be devoted to the transaction of regular business. The full Degree «of Pomona will be conferred if there is a class large enough, if not the obligation will be given. 'Free dinner is to be served at noon by Lebanon grange. The afternoon session at 1.30 will be in the Lecturer's charge, with pro- gram as follows: Musié, Lebanon grange; practical talk upon Alfalfa by C. D. Whitman, New London; Co-op- erative Buying, F. C. Warner, Nor- wich; Home Canning, R. A. Stores, Cdichester; solos, duets, recitations, etc., by members of Bozrah, Colches- tr and Franklin granges. Lebanon is reached by “Good Roads” or Centra] Vermont train, leaving New London at 8.55, Norwich, 9.23, arriving at Lebanon station at 9.45, where peo- ple will be met if Otto L. Pultz is no- tified. Return by trolley. 1 E, Crouch is master a Maud E. e Bliss, lecturer of the Pomona. e e e TRUTH ONE THING WITH PERMANENT VALUE Rev. G. H. Strouse Tells Audience at Y. M. C. A. Open Air Meeting. Rev. George H. Strous astor the First Baptist church?’ g&'&s 0?: speaker at the second of the series of open air services held on the lawn at Buckingham Memorial Sunday after- noon at 4 o'clock under Y. M. C. A. equs- pices. General Secretary Edwin Hill led the service which opened with the singing of byvmns after which he of- fered prayer. Rev. Mr. Strcuse spoke on Truth. He sald we are ever buying things of com- mercial value which have no lasting qualities. Truth is something that will last permanently, and we should buy it._The Proverbs say, “Buy truth ang seil it not.” The speaker told of a number who have sold truth. He sald that the true Christian does not sell truth. Sharp-witted men get a mo- nopoly on worldly goods but no one has a monopoly on truth. God alone has the monopoly on truth and He sells to_sheever is willing to pay the price. Rev. Mr. Strcuse offered the closing prayer and rronounced the benedic: tion. Rev. A L. Tedford will be the speaker at rhe meeting next Sunday. 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