Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 4, 1917, Page 6

‘Woodhouse Lodge-In- ‘Whist—Death of Thomas Conway—Mrs. Joseph ted 91st Birthday. of Oliver Woodhouse E’m lodges: Chancel- B H. Eelogs: vice ‘work, T. L. Spencer: outer guard, J. A. ; trustee for 18 months, 8. H. representative for two years, . Bigelow; alternate for two 3 AA. Thomas. Evening of Whist. whist party Monday evening h the Dublin school house, given Lillle McDermott and Mrs. m was largely attended. It the benefit of St. Andrew's The prizes: First prize was Miss Anna Johnson and Consolation awards to W. B. Strong_ and Miss Belle were in East Hampton Mon- the funeral of Robert H. Hileen Sullivan returned to tic Monday evening where she ding the Normal school. Jda Kerrigwin returned Monday to Middletown after spending i with her sister, Mrs. W. N'n-ty-firlt Birthday. _Mrs Joseph Glllette celebrated her Birthday at the home of her on Isaac Gillette on Norwich nue. A large number of relatives friends were present to congratu- her. Jones of Hebron was = o -nnx on friends here Tuesday. % Death of Mrs. Conway. ' Mrs. Thomas Conway, 68, dled at her 1o on Windham *avenue Tuesday after a short {llness with on She is survived by her Local Branch of British-American War Relief Has Collected Total of $57.40—Rifile Club’s Meeting. The weekly report of the Plainfleld branch of the British-American War Relief fund is as follows: Amount pre- viously acknowledged, $839.90; collec- tion, December 30, $17.50; total amount 857.40. e assurer Zeck Tetlow has sent a check of $35 40 New York headquarters haking the total sent from Plainfleld, 3$855. Samuel Bromley, Barrett Jud- son and Zeck Tetlow, will collect Sat- urday. Rifie Club Meets. ’ The Plainfield Rifle club held its weekly meeting and shoot in Strauss’ hall, Tuesday evening. Session of Grange. Phainfield grange, P. of H., No. 140, held a regular meeting in Grange hall Tuesday evening. W. R. Burleigh of Providence, R. L, was'a business caller here yesterday. "BALTIC Bay State Car Stalled Near Bliss Bridge—Local Guests Attend Scot- land Dance. Miss Edythe M. Grant of Quaker Bl was the uest of her aint, Mrs. Delwin S. Martin Wednesdax Touis Nolan was a Boston visitor Tuesday. Wednesday afternoon a large tour- ing car carrying Massachusetts regis- tration, became stalled at a point north of Bliss bridge. The car con- tained four young ladies and the chauffeur. After considerable adjust- ing of different perts of the engine the driver of the car was able to continue on his way. One of the young ladies assisted in’ repairing the car. Miss Nellie Day, R. N., who has been the guest of her sister, Miss B. Day, has returned to New York. C. K. Arnold, a Providence sales- man, was a Baltic caller Wednesday. husband, two daughters and three sons. John F. O'Connell and Michael Shea returned Wednesday morning to their studies at the University of Vermont. William Cone of Wiliington was a visitor here Wednesday. Harry Elgart and daughter Miss Rosie returned Tuesday evening from & few days visit in New York. meeting of the Westerly Board of Trade are carried out by the Shore Line BElectric rallway system, former- 1y the Norwich and Westerly Traction company, Westerly and Bradford will mwmfiwmmmnn proposed line will mmoflmmmu.o{m company on Railroad ai anlxnnmmmd Nnmnm by the company’s engineers has been made. The proposed route will shorten the distance from Westerly to Bradford by a mile and will avoid all grades. If the railway is put through, a new highway, which the residents of Brad- fora have been wanting so lons, pred. ably will be built along the trolley line. The road if constructed over the proposed route, will pass through the newly developed land on tae Narra- gansett avenue extension. The matter of the proposed trolley road to’: ford was first brought up in the meeting of the executive com- mittee by a joint report of the traffic and municipal improvement commit- tees. Charles J. Butler, chairman of the municipal improvemeént committee, presented the outlines of the plans at the meeting. Dr. John Champlin, chaisman of the trades and manufacturers’ committee, reported that he had received two or three letters from concerns looking for special favors from the town, but none of them he thought worthy of notice. John Clabby was in Worcester on business ‘Wednesday. Alphonse Arsenauit is the guest of friends in Albany. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Johnson and daughters, Bvelyn and Marion, who have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Swanson, have returned to Provi- dence. Eugene Raymond, Jr., was a Plain- fleld visitor Wednesday. Owen McShean, who has been ill, is convalescing. At Scotland Dance. Local young people attended a dance In_Scotiand_Wednesday night. Thomas Miley, who has been the guest of friends in Detroit, has re- turned home. Business Trip to Providence. Town Clerk Arthur P. Cote was in Providence on official business Wed- ne . Daniel Holmes was in New London ‘Wednesday. Bugene Gaucher was the guest of Webster friends Tuesday. Miss Florence Brown spent Wed- nesday with Providence friends. Ray Love was in New London on ‘Wednesday. Clayton Hope, who hsa been the guest of friends in town, has returned to_Providence. Existe Lucler is working at the Hopkins and Allen plant at Norwich. John C. Stevens has returned from a business trip in Providence and i Worcester. R ™ lodge Roger . Dunham, of land on Bast avenue. Frank Marino and Nona Marino to E. Itchkowitch, ot of land with build- ing and improvements on Canal street. Angelo_Algero to Guiseppe and Do- menica Rizzo, lot of land at Central park. Abby J. Weeden to Mary §. Dam- erel, iot of land with building and Improvements north side of the Shore ro: New Bngland Land company to Phillip Gallagher, Jr. one-half inter- est in tract of 17 iots at Fairview James A. Quinlan to Phillip Galla- | gher, Jr., one-half interest in tract of 17 lots at Fairview park. Alexander C. Thompson, et al, to Frank and Angelina Chimento, lot of land on Thompson avenue. ‘Winnapaug company to Michael McCarty, lot of land on Atlantic ave- nue, Pleasant View. The annual meeting of the Pawca- tuck Congregational church was held Tuesday evening. Reports of the va- rious societies were read and all show- ed the organization to be in a healthy condition to start the new year. The following officers were eclected: Dr. Alexander Ferguson, clerk; W1 liam Bell, treasurer: John Rowe, col- lector; James McKenzie, Jr., auditor; David L. McLaren, trustee to serve for three years: Maxwell Thom, Thomas Hope, ‘deacons_to serve three yea Mrs. Hugh A. Dunning, Mrs. Harry R. Mitchell, Mrs. Thomas Hope, lady members of the church committes to serve one year; James McKenzie, Jr., chairman of missionary committee. After an informal talk by the pas- tor, in which he appealed for support of the members in matters of spiritual interest, the meeting adjourned. The members expressed themselves as well pleased with the progress of the church during the past year. Mrs. Orville G. Barber of this town has been awarded the prize offered for the best name submitted for the new bungalow built by Miss BEdith Storey, the motion picture acrtess, on _the West coast. Thousands of names were suggested to the committee in charge or the contest and out of that number one of the two submitted by Mrs. Barber won the prize, The Rubbles being the name chosen. The winner v:as notified of her success in the contest by Fred Schafer of the film company. The engagement of Miss Huldah C. Carlson_of Springfield, Mass., to Dr. Frank Kingsley Dutton, son of Rev. 1y, who survive their father. Mr. Do: nelly is also survived by a widow, Mrs. Mariette Smith Donnelly. Local Laconics. Miss Elizabeth Spicer of Ashaway left Wednesday for Boston, where she will visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. George A. Champlin of Elm street left town Wednesday for | Daytona, Fla., to spend the remainder of the winter. YANTIC Sertain Departments of Woolen Mill Running All Night — New Teacher Succeeds Miss Anna Park. Louis Vanderwaart has returned to Binghamton, N. Y, after a stay of ten days in town with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Vanderwaart. ‘Miss Julia Stevens has returned from a ten days’ stay in Bozrah with ter grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fal- vey. 5y Home from Guilford. Paul Chivers has returned from a stay of several days with relatives in Guilford. "Miss Lillian Calkins has returned af- te: ten days stay in Glenolden, Pa., with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wes- ley J. Calkins. Peter Vanderwaart has left for his kome in Palmerton, Pa., after a stay of several days with his parents here. Mrs Mary Stevens was a recent guest of Bozrah relatives. ‘Mr. and Mrs. George Roch of Wo: cester, Mass.,, have been epending se: eral days in town with Mr, and Mrs. John Brissette. Andrew Warner of New London epent New Year's at The Towers. Mr. ‘and Mrs. . M. Leland, Miss Freida Leland and Ellison Leland of Holliston were guests over the New Year holidays of Mr. and Mrs. John Brissette- Skating on Cove. Skating has been good on the cove for the past few days. although Tues- day’s thaw made it quite soft. Popular Teacher Resigns. The village school opened Tuesday after ten days’ vacation. Mrs. Ernest Rose succeeds Miss Anna Park as teacher in the primary department, as Miss Park resigned in December on account of poor health, a fact which 15 regretted by parents and pupils, as she has taught here for several years. Running All Night. Several of the departments of the Admore Woolen company are running all night. Mr. Goffe of Uxbridge has Eteen engaged as night foreman in the Hartford—Postal receipts for the year 1016 show an increase of over $100,000 over the receipts for 1915. Middletown.—Work is being pushed right along by the water department mumw the water meters throughout New Haven—Sergt. George P. Holt, who has been making his New Years calls since 1900, made 165 calls Mon- day, a new record for him. He began the day’s round at 9 o'cloci. New_ Britain.—Figures prepared by Cierk P. J. Egan of the water depart- ment show that during the past year 32.26 inches of rain fell, of this 5.66 inches having fallen during September. Torrington—Beginning Jan. 1 the wholesale price of milk is six cents per quart. This vote was passed at a meeting of milk producers held at the ‘Weigold creamery at West Torrington last week. Hartford.—Dr. Richard B, Burton of the University of Minnesota, formerly of this city, will give a lecture on The New Manner in Poetry at Center church house at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon, Jan. 18. Hartford—The subjects for the next two meetings of the banking class of the Hartford chapter of the American Irstitute of Banking are as follows: Jan. 11, Bank Administration and-Ac- counting; Jan. 18, Collections and Transits. Woodbury.—The marriage of Miss Louise Weiton of Waterbury and Leon Usher of Woodmont is announced. The wedding_took place Saturday, Dec. 30, at the home of the bride's parents, and was attended only by friends of the family. Meriden.—Attorney Franklin Coeller has brought suit for Jennie Maher, £dministratrix of the estate of the late Petrick Kelly, of West Main street, egainst the Connecticut company for $10,000. Kelly was killed by a_trolley car near Hubbard Park, Meriden, Christmas, 1915. Saybrook Point. — Miss Margaret Eailey leaves Jan, 5th for San Fran- cisco, where she will sail for China to take up her work in a mission school after a vacation of six months. Miss Pailey will be accompanied by her sis- ter. Miss Elizabeth Bailey, who will remain In China until September. During the summer the Misses Bailey will take a trip to Japan. New Haven.—Clement Ripley, for- merly stable sergeant in Battery C, Tenth Militia Field artillery, Yale bottalion, was in Washington recently to be commissioned a second lieuten- ant in the United States army. He passed the required examination and Fas been commissioned and assigned to the field artillery. Mr. Ripley was graduated from Yale in June. Hartford.—Mrs. William Walker of Glenwood, Amber, Pa., has announced the engagement of her daughter, Miss Ga., for which invitations were issued Monday. Miss Chase is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Irving H. Chase of this city and 15 prominent in society here and at Narragansett Pler, where her parents have had a summer home for Will be Zollowed By & recepiion et Hosa 'Hill, the home of the bride’s parents. Middletown.—Possibly the most ro- Fust man of his vears in Middletown s W. H. Prior of Wall street, South Farms, whose 80th birthday came on Tuesday, Nov. 28. Mr, Prior was born is Maromas and in early life worked In the granite quarries in that part of the town. Later he learned the car- penter trade and for many years was a resident of Bow Lane, working at the Russell Manufacturing company. He ia still active and works at his trade, doing 0dd jobs in the Farms. He owns a woodlot in Maromas and walks from his home, a distance of four miles, cuts his wood and returns bome ‘and’ does the chores about his place. NO COMPROMISE WITH NAVY AND O!L LANDS Effort Will Be Made to Pass Bill Over Objection of the Department. ‘Washington, Jan. 3—While a sub- committee of the senate military com- mittee continued today the accummu- lation of date and opinlons of army of- ficers on universal military training, house committees worked on detalls of the $800,000,000 military budget for 1918 and the senate public Jands com- mittee was {nformed that all efforts to veach a compromise with the navy de- partment on legislation affecting navy ofl lands had again failed. Senator Pittman of Nevada, chair- man of the sub-committee appointed to confer with navy officiais aid efforts would now be made to pass ofl land measures considered proper by con- mress over the objection of the de- partment Western senators express ed indignation at the attituZe of the navy. The controversy is over proposed re- lief for claimants on lands included in naval petroleum reserve Number 3 in California. The department has held that passage of the pending bill would threaten the navy’s oil reserve supply and ~ake it dangerous to build ofl- burning battle craft in future. The senate military sub-committee heard Colonel Stephen M. Foote of the coast artillery school and Colonel Charles D. Rhodes of hte Mounted Ser- vice school. Both strongly favored universal service legislation and agreed that the present volunteer system, par- ticularly the national guard feature, was a failure. Colonel Foote presented a plan of his own, providing months summer training fo reach of four days for all available youths aged says it darkens the Balr that nobody ean teil it has You simply dampen a #t and draw plication or two, b-um’fily dark and glossy. ‘Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com- el ooy delightful toflet requisite for those who desire a more youthful appearance. It is not intended for the cure, mitigation or prevention of dis- ease. 17 years. A million boys could be given training annually. he sald, at & cost of about $100,000,000. Brigadier General Crozier, chief of army ordnance, . told_the house mili- tary committee that Buropean war were crowding American contracts out of private munith plants. There was littlo eagerne among manufacturers, he said, to got the government’s business. A vast sum would be required to fit govern ment arsenals to turn out war-ti needs of the army, General Crozler, o timated, adding that he favored con- tinuance of the practice of fostering private plants for this reason. Most of the $2,000000 provided_for, armored motor cars iast season, Gen- eral Crozier said, would go into the acquisition of a fleet of 58 of thess land oraft, 230 motoreycles armed wit machine guns and 690 cycles with sid cars to carry rifiemen. A portion the fund will also go, he haid, towesd he manufacture of an armored attle craft:” similar to the Brit “tanks” as soon as a design could be worked out. A total of nearly $50,000,000 w expended on machine guns for army before 1920 under present department plans, General Crozfer More tran 17,000 guns will be pu chased in addition to those now o hand. Ten Billion Tons of Coal, The Nenana coal fleld, 'Alaska, Will be tributary to the governme: road now under construction from Seward to Fairbanks. Though t coal of this fleld is lignite and he of low grade, et it has great va as a source of fuel and power for Fairbanks and other Yukon camps The fleld is about south of Fairbanks. It is esimated by the United States Geological S vey, Department of the Interior the Nenana field contains som tillion tons of lignite. The XN¢ coal field les in what is know the Bonnifield region, which also taing some gold placers that been mined in a small way for t 10 years. This district s des in a report entitled “The B Reglon, Alaska,” (Bulletin 501 can Dbe obtained on application t Director of the Geological & Washingtoi, D. C. 60 mile A rich, hot cup of InsTanT Postum with sugar and cream is a most delicious beverage. Try it!—particularly if you are one of those with whom coffee disagrees. A dozen years ago Postum drinkers were comparatrvely few. Today, this table drink is served on railway trains, on ocean steamers, at leading hotels and restaurants, and millions use Postum instead of coffee at home. Postum has become popular bec.atli's‘.e it VISV be healthy. popular to