Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 25, 1917, Page 12

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NORWICH spending a few days at Alton Bay,|days at his summer home on Broad- | NEW HAVEN ROAD'S a proportionate increase in the bur- S way. den thrown upon these local yards Probably No Other Call This Year.| & I Harrington of Willimantic was R A, el = Iieioe: (il Incroase G It is believed now that mo more | Colchester visitor Friday New Classification Yard at New Ha-|In business developed, ;::g;::'rv:l‘:;- e e . = ven Will Overcome Overcrowding at | »' . 5% i y age of its freight car and locomotive = e L . Prossnt Torminate, S G e st ooty time after January 1, and perhaps as|Meeting of Wi 2 ild—Canni b S = thorough repair. At that time ha DANIELSON : PUTNAM jime aticr January 1. spd pernaps 8 |Mesting of Womawe GuildCanming| Tne New York, New Hoven and|OCUSTISPEL Aot o ‘ i gd the physical examinations in this| (on o re. Sdward Flynn | Hartford Railroad company has start- | increase 'in business, both business Boa Hoar Sxompti district and who are certified for ser- nErgede urgical peration. w PP fon yi men and railroad officials would have e (On) jouClima) Naxt S JMr. and Mrs. John H. Williams have | 5 Mork on 2 new classificadlon vard | J07 “extremely doubtful But the Ansthes Electrical Storm Fricay— Willeem Grimehaw Ordered tn Fort Terry—Petition to Stats Highway | Departrment to lmwrove Main Strest: —Harse Killed in a Peouliar Man- | nem—Probabis Besall Price of Coal| sas0. H E. M Sasnwen oo, tabric expart of the Joodysar 234 Rub- bar g'pul,\', has been at Goodyear e Mys Frasx 3 o betng en - WL Bnerd 3. Meacion af Sprin ited Dantelsan y%e: ay. 3 W. B sf Mavdbam, Moass, A 3soots was in Providece on| riday I & aeaes D, sorge W ISy ard of Uosten bhas en & visitor w™a relatives here. Worcester, in cousin, Mrs. | vis- i Fiagmoa ot (Geossing. ts sow on duty at the white Birest vrossing, 1n Dayvills, which is sventually to be adolished. Hour Salse Kaystone Store, !odky,———l ity The Shumway Clotning Co. Daniel- | will sell & spraying outfit, 2 1-2 power gasoline engine. with tub hose, '3 gocdl comdition, cheap.— Simmons of Hartford vis- n friends Friday. . trerly and a | nam, to succeed Harold W e S 5 ; = e it S | My Macdomaide suacy =l R Allcor Eatnncy Min Jais Ty othe - = - e e Bertha E. Parkhurst. Rev. ki gre as soon as he can make rby and “his mother, Mrs. = it ada e e and Miss Gertrude Darby are at - e ontrac E the Mocswy Methodist parsonage on e g fs married and has|ihe camp! ground. Rev. and Mre. A a sraduate of the|°wWithie ‘and infant daughter 1da of A | h_school and of | Nfystic, who have becn visiting at the Not to Sto rooks. 5 Xi|home of Mr. ana Mrs. Franklin Shel- GHWAY DEPARTMENT. mprove Main Pavement. ® R ing Skull. | = | For $9.50. 1 in Dan-| e A. Y aeneport A F. WOOO Uncertalar SON, CONN Macman'c Strest — DOLLAR RESERVES Build up your own regiments of Gold ard Silver men. noed them. yeur dofarce or comfcrt when y: account, be it large or small Ascets, $£2,765.376.87 Surplus and Profit YOU CAN DEPOSIT BY MAIL BROOKLYN SAVINGS J. ARTHUR ATWOOD, Prosident CLARENCE A. POTTER, Treasurer Bank open Saturday evenings, 6-8 |{nations Friday and Saturday of last e e e . 1s0 have request. |after the baseball season is over. ed forms on which to clalm exemp- Car Leaves ighway. |tion through the district board—on | A big tourlng car, bearing a Massa- ioiahms will be @ecided by the district vice and not needed to fill up the first Thursday—-Wiiliam Macdonald is 5 t £ d Sohool s v dont— g::‘}:. of 119 men will be held in re: Red Cards to be Mailed Drafted gy yyuntin Pitching for Canadian Men—8iil Martin Pltching for Ca- redlan Leagus Team This Season. Nest Thursday has been selected by the exemption board for this dis- trict as the date for holding hearings on the claims for exemption' by men who underwent their physical exami- Team. Willlam (Big Bil) Martin, whose home is in Dayville, is pitching sreat baseball for a team that is playing in a Canadian government league. Martin is a worker in a Dominion am- munition factory and plays as a member of the plant team. He has not lost a game he has pitched since Jjoining the league. It is probable that Martin will re- main in Canada and stick to his job weeic and Monday of this week. Prac- tically all of the more than 70 men > nave oclaimed exemption have of occupation. These |chusetts number, plunged off the state highway, between this city and the Killingly town line, and ploughed its way into the brush for a distance of about 20 feet. The car was consid- erably escaped without serious car was No, 9050. MOOSUP the ground boare. As yet the local board has not re- cei any reports from the district board on any of the cases of appeals made in this district. The number of such appeals has been materially in- creased during the past few days and bave been filed, for the most part, by married men with children. damaged, bub the occupants The injury. SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS |Party of Local Methodists at mantic Camp Ground—Band Gives William Macdonald of New Hamp-| |awn Concert—Young Man Joins shire Elected—Salary $2,200. Hospital U; Announcement was made Friday of | 1,041 he o = al people at the Moosup house the election of Willlam Macdonald, 34, | ¢ Willimantic camp ground are Mrs. Goffsboro, near Manchester, H., Forg g o g <uperintendent of schools in Put- T HI Mis: John Midg- Files, re- school teacher and| g, jn Moosup, are now at the camp a superintendent the past four yemw. - [Eround. o Lo re are to open Septem- et b T 25 Unclaimed mail at the loal postoffice is addressed to the following: Mary Information Cards for Drafted Men. Within a few dars red cards bear- ollowing information and James Calfa and Frank Stajda. Band Concert. band gave a concert | Setber! Moosup P 1‘“'f_h ':’ at the Cranska mill plant second ishable by cou Faith ttey of Providence is to report with spending a fe wdays wsth her parents ool evade mil in_ Almyville. rtion, whic A Richmond of New Lon- co in time of war. Present|gon 'y ng at the home of Mr. and + ects pecified | 3re William Heywood 3 may John J. Burns was a Providence : ey & e e | caller Thursday. y inder the orders| David Brouillard has gone for a il board until the hour of | enort trip to Niagara Falls, s I e ik No Services—Pastor Away. food ana lodzing. 1 As the pastor of the Methodist ¥ travel of church takes his vacation this m ces at the church ext two Sundays. Ruchford and Miss _Florida town tor Pennsyl- expect to see Adelo Wwho joired a hospital unft at York a_couple of months ago. W. F. Sheldon and motored to Williman- nd expect to spend the at the camp ground. “1\Me= Sandersem and daugh- wno have been spending most ere will be no se; the at only 1 e > printed where they rain take mmer here, have returned to ne in Springfield, Mass. - COLCHESTER | o unks Heme Guard Members Maka Fine Ap- % peara.ce in Drill—Inspection Next Thursday Evening, arly the full company There was r of the Home guard at the drill in rtion o Grange hall Thursday evening. Ser- geant Kiein put the company through o the setting up exer which better t the company Avas drilled for an hour by Captain M=loney. There will be an inspection at the ¢ day niglLt. e 1 next Thure- Reasonable. Keep Coal Sunday Services. of hard cussing the n Services will be held in the st | ifes, it was ' * one dealer | church Sunday at 1045 a. in- ang 3 30 = day that the rates fixed by |p™'m The pastor, Rev. B Rera- government will mean that the|ington, will preach at both serviaes, : Il get coal this|Young People's union at 6.3 p. o, ow be resarded | © Morsjoas the Congregatiowsl Ithough "these | church Sunday morning st 1 somewhat hisher than |gclock. Rev. Charles F. Weeden cfore the war but mot | Tymn. Mass. will preach. Christian s the top moteh Endeavor meeting at 6.30 o'clock in the mong coal men here rvices will be held in the Episco- | be that it 1s Eoing to be dif-| al chapel Sunday morning at 9.30 owing to transportation prob- | guiock PRev. | Sherwand Hamsecit oo to get an ample supply of coal | fO2GT er, althousn the ‘situa- | “GidE Ray, who has beer clerk in < ithin the next|jonn Condren’s store on Main street has left for Southington, where he is Crystal Lake Camp. gmploved in the office of one of the ractorie at Crystal lake is hin a few davs. there has been a year. camp fed v season cess this Iph_Jarvais, member of _the __Charles Clark of Marlboro was call- ing on friends here Friday. _Ronald K. Brown returned from New York Thursday evening for a few King Alfonso finds ceaseless jumping sideways is the price of the retention of his throne.—Anaconda Standard, at Montowese, or Cedar Hill as it is generally called, near New Haven. The construction of this yeard is consid- ered by railroad officials as one of the most important undertakings of the New Haven in its programme to en- large the capacity of the road. When completed, which will be along in the spring of 1918, the Mon- towese yard will ‘e the largest and most complete in New England, and in comparison with the character and volums of business handled. 1t will rank with the great railroad yards of the country. The plans for the new yard have been drawn with the idea of increas- returned from Watch Hill Entertained Guild. Mzs. John Kilroy entertained 00 members of the Woman's Guild at her home, Wednesday afternoon at a most ' enjovable social. Sandwiches, cakes and fruit punch were, served. Canning Demonstration. A canning demonstration was given in the Yantic S. F. E. hall Tuesday afternoon by Miss Campbell and was largely attended and the village house. keepers spent a profitable afternoon. Miss Campbell preserved peaches, blackberries, tomatoes and corn, using ordinary uténsils and those who have al - a ki o b New Haven would have been aiready increase. iness and the demand for railway inals became overcro held up at the gateways, turn became congested, and embargoes Haven officials nd could have handled easily such an But the expansion. when it in ma: ame, was_extraordinary. Terminals and ards had to be enlarged in quick or- er. But even such measurcs did not eep pace with the growth in bus- fa- rds and term- ed, trains were which in ilities. As a result v ad to be resorted to. regular goods. It soon became apparent to the New that _revolutionary This roofing was made to order for exportation but owing lack of shipping facilities could not be delivered. of an extra good roofing at a low price call and examine thi lot. You will see the best roofing you ever saw at price o 1 ply, 108 square feet, per roll $1.75 folowed her directions have had ex- |ing and improving the service of the 3 - cellent results. New Haven Raflroad so that it will [ methods of handiing frelght in New 2 ply, 108 square feet, per roll $2.25 fully meet all the demands of the|England had to be evolve e Laurel Poster. traveling. public and the commercial| Montowese Yard is the result. ~ In- 3 ply, 108 square feet, per roll $2.75 stead of crowding local terminals a interests. The road will be able to handle the peak load at all times with- out delay or congestion, for present terminal and main line tracks will be materially relieved of much of their present burden. The new classification vard is to be|a located near New Haven because of | 1 the relative jmportance of that city to The Fairfield Garden club has is- sued an attractive framed water col- ored. poster with laurel designs and the words—Save the Laurel It is the State Flower of Connecticut. It gathered at all it should be cut with a sharp knife and a small quan- tity only taken from one place. Discourage the use of it for winter decoration. Spare the laure] or this|the whole New Haven system. It is|Pnsland points. beautiful native shrub wil be unknown | similar o the hub of a wheel. Im-| The Montowese Yard will be the pfuture generations. portant lines radiate from New Ha-|hump type. There will be two dis- picture has been hung in the| ven to New York; to the west over| tinct sections, one for eastbound and ce. post office in a conspicuous the Poughkeepsie Bridge rout to Attended Summer School. Miss Nellie Driscoll has returned from a week’s stay in Danbury where she has been attending the summer school. Miss Marzaret Lyons of Worcester hes been spending the week with her sister, Mrs. F. H. Tracy. Mrs. Waite of New Britain is the guest of Mrs. William Kempton. Harold Bentley has returned to inties on one of the American m ant marines after a short furlough at_his home here Mrs as Stockett recently enter- tained and Mrs. Albert Eldridze and son William, of Hartford. Mr. and Mrs. Elias Stockett have from a_few days' stay in with Mr. and Mrs. Rol- witt Anna Driscoll is spendine the New Haven with friends. Urndergocs Opera Mrs. Edward Flynn was taken to the W. W. Backus hospital in the am- bulance Sund was operated on Tuesday nizht. condition is so- rious but hopes are entertalned for her recovery. hildless Young Wives.” Carrie Chapman Catt says that dless vounz wives” should be made to work, and that no men should be permitted their account some folks, b houid have into_it. if_ the r continues ~The Washington Herald New Duty of Spanish Over and ahove eternal vigilance mpany, stationed at Fort been spending a leave of is home in town. to Meet Parents. B, Handy will be is_afternoon to hildren who are to Mr. Handy will the parents courses thinzs pertaining to the school. Mr. Handy also ce on September 1. Principal 1 Anson school of er with Dr. L. O. Morasse _are ouring ir country about Lake jeorze and write of very pleasant ex- en Ames and family have been blems. Every eYort will be made, wever, to met all the coal that will fixing the retail price of coal in 1on there is a charge for frelght a rom the mines to this . This must be added to _the price ¢ the mine in addition to brokerage screening and other charges that sovernment will allow, and in ad- ion there must be a reasonable prof- Itke men in all , is facing a of doing busi- Have them ready for Start now. We invite vour Deposits, $2,630,114.73 s, $135,262.14 In a few weeks there will begin to appear on the seven seas a new flag, symbolizing the return of the United States to all its fellowship with the leading maritime nations of the earth. The new standard is the recently adopted official flag of the United States Shipping Board. which is creat- ing a national merchant fleet. On a white ground is shown the national shield in full colors of red, white and blue, supported by a blue anchor, and flanked on the left by the letters “ S and on the right “S. B" The pro- BANK, Danielson W. A. BUENHAM, Vice-President portions of the flag, in the size to be flown by & ship of 8,000 tons, are six feet hoist to nine feet length. Collens, a signer. M sketches. showing _different and with them enlisted the interest of Henry The was designed by Charles Boston architect and de- Collens made several designs, the shipping board’s di- ‘recruiting, whose headquar- _the Boston custom house. the designs to Wash- ced them before the ovted the one shown yards and instead of delaving cars a the and northbound traffic, and the other for gateways and enforcing embar- . trains will be sent into Mon- se Yard from all directions where cars will be classified and sorted sent out in trains to the gateways, vards if consigned to New nd f westbound, and to the local terminals BULLETIN BUILDING, We have a good Roofing, Nails and Cement in roll at for 1 ply, $1.50 for 2 ply, and $1.75 for 3 ply. The Household 74 FRANKLIN STREI Pure Foods save you money VERY housewife in this town will jump at this chance to reduce the cost of living without reducing the quality of what you eat. All kinds of purefoodsare packed under the Serv-us Brand. Highest Quality Popular Prices Use Serv-us Brand Foods and see for yourself the actual saving in prices and besides, get the Valuable S@JV-11§ Coupons which appear on and can be cut from every package of erv-us Brand Foods. Serv-us Brand Foods are packed in sanitary packages and in accordance with the U. S. Pure Food Laws. Order Serv-us Brand —the kind with the orange and purple label. You can get every- thing you need and also have the benefit of popular prices and the coupons. The Serv-us Coupons Are a Profit to You Get new furnishings and new comforts for yourself and your home with them. Start to collect right away. Buy Serv-us Brand goods —all kinds. You gzt coupons with every Serv-us product. Trade with the local dealer who sells Serv-us, and it will not take long before your coupons will get beautiful silverware, a handsome comb, a fine chain and locket, dainty china, furni- ture, musical instruments, toys, and a thousand other useful and beautiful things, all shown in the Serv-us Gift Catalog. Serv-us Coupons are printed on the labels or are enclosed in the packages and you can get the catalog by writing to department C, Universal Advertiser’s Sharing Syndicate, 332 S. Michigan Ave.. Chicago. Your grocer has Serv-us Brand products or can get them from WO “YITMION 00 dn[[efl .v .1 Gl[j, s20j0qis1 J[TPOM WWWWWMWWMWWMMMMWMMWWWWMWWWW I News in General. Waterbary and Winsted: via the Can- | south and westbound traffic. " Fach Mrs. Oliver Wentw. al Line to Holyoke, Northampton and [ section will have thres clusters of e ver ot New Lovaovorth and son OLi- | oiner pointa: to Hartford and Spring- | tracks. | The frst cluster will be the B e it Week in fown with Mre cooromr% he| fel: via the Air Line to Middletown, | receviing yard info which _arriving | various points where the facilities are | men working on frels e E Willimantic and, points in_the north:| trains pull in. The tracks tn inadequate and the amount of freight| Eiye_(he man ovic TR =y < | cast: ana over the low grades of celving cluster will practica s bty elsht | Gt of the ma v Y. was'a recent suest of Biocuse: N:|Shore Tine to New Haven, Providence | inate the standing of freight trains in | Consideraléy less, resulting in delay | trains on yard tracks Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Conolly of | and Boston, and other noints in Rhode | the cuts and on the main line, both|as well as two or three handlings.| homes, thereby a vk, N. J. were recent guests of |15)And and Fastern Massachusetts. |east and west of the New Haven sta- | Under the new arrangement prompt- | rious delays. At the . F.'N. Tracy The essential purpose of this huse|tion. It will also prevent delay to|ness and one handling will be possi-|are often req s Margaret McGarry has return. | Classification vard will be to receive|freight trains at other points in the|ble. Mjstor trucks and trailers will| trains ¢ t ed to her home In Norwich after a | trains from all routes made up of cars|vicinity of New Haven. The next|be used on the platforms to facilitate| the vicinity of New ¥ 2 week's stay in town, the suest of Miss | for all destinations. In the vard the| cluster is known as the classification | the transfer of freight from one car|passenger trains to f Ellen O'Hearn, 4 | cars will be sorted out and made up|yvard. There will be mbout 25 tracks|to another. or the Iof w Mrs. John Rainsford and son La |!Nto trains for their proper dest in the east and northbound cluster| A distinctive feature of the plans|Culty misht be 4 Verne, of Rockland, Mass., were re-|All tralns will leave the vard in s and 15 in west and_southbound | for the new yard is the separation of [ This improver beins cent guests of Mr. Rainsfords sister,| tion order for all the important des-|cluster. They will be short tracks|grades at Air Line Junction, a point|by the v Have v Mrs. Marion F. L. Eddy. ’ | tinations, many of them being straight | into which cars will be delivered by |that has heretofore been a bad one® vital effect up . Mannie of St. Alexander, Quebec, | Made up trains for each of the more| cutting them off at the hump at the|for delaving trains. The westbound | the service.-c is spending some fimc in town with | Important commercial centers. Such|apex of this vard and letting them | Shore Line passenger trains will be | Consequentl I d H. J. Gibbs, classification in a single yard equip-|drop into the various tracks by grav- | carried overhead all the tracks, The possible. k At the Beach, ped to handle such a huge task wil|jtv.' Each track in these two classi-| freight will ‘pass underneath in the [ suant to t g Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smit overcome the over-crowding of term-|fication clusters will represent a|middle. The northbound passenger |the comme T | | passing two weeks ai Onset Beach | Inals and vards at the sateways and | single classification. line will pass underneath and around |fic In New Englar I Mrs. L. Meserve and daughter Ruth | OtNer_points, which is the main cause| 1he third cluster Is what fs known [ the east side of the yard. Under this| enlargemens of ¢ have left for Dalton, Mass., where they | Of TeStriction and delay i{, the move-| ;5" the departure vard. After being|arrangement through passenger and |793d and il - will_reside. ment of freizht on the New Haven |classified the cars are switched into|through freight trains will not cross | ¥ice of the Company oo Rev. Welcome E. Bates of Gfoton| Lhg Sow Haven originally was a road| tnig yvard from the classificatlon clus- | each other at any point at or in the| fully mect alf of Long Point has been spending some | With tio main arteries. one extending| . “are made up into trains, cabooses | vicinity of New Haven. 3 time' here with friends at Pleasant | oM. Now York fo Poston and the| fiached, inspection made, outbound | In a stmilar manner, the freight | View. e O i ot B et S PiInEeld. | record of car numbers ang seals taken. | tracks leaving the Shora Line east of e Mrs. T. H. Tracy and her sister, : g by An engine is attached to the train and | the Junction will be separated from R M % e on the cast end of the system. power =hagunetion wilil ¥ ) liss Margaret Lyons of Worcester, [ On fhe %ast end of fhe system nower|ine train and engine crew can then|the grade of the westbound passenger :\‘CE: ‘rrvé\exrn}e;d from a short stay at|{gf, “pus Tere d‘cvgmpmeni“o'r the | take the train away promptly. track. Shore Line trains will also an Beach. system and of other lines, notably the| The recefving and departure yards|cross over the grade of the Air Line|000,000 Occupying Cottage. Contral New England route wia the| Will be a big step for the New Haven|and northbound passenger line to|overrunni nd Mrs. William Kilroy, Alton | Pouchikeepsie Bridge, the handling of | in complying with thc intentions_of | Springfleld and Hartford, and also over | Only a ¢ 3 Stella Kitroy ang Mics Cnatinon | treight beeame more complex and dif- | the Adamson Eight Hour Law. De- | the freight track on which the freight|and still be s are spending the: meriiCte | feutt. | Yards and terminals were|1ays Wil be practically eliminated at|trains from New York ~and the|Sprir c Beach, where they have ‘x| built or enlarged as the demands of|terminals, either arriving or depart- | Poughkeepsie Bridge route enter the e cottdze. 3 individual sections or centers grew.|ing. In connectlon with the train yard, |vard " & Mm and Mrs. James Morton are en- | The purposs of such vards and term- | increases will be made in the tracks| The New Haven road, in anticipa- Hadn't Thought OFf It tertaining Mrs. Morton's parents, Mr. | inals, however, is to handle primarily |8t the engine terminal. A 18-stall|tion of the needed improvement at| As showing that t and Mrs. Payon of St. Hyacinthe, | the business local to their location, | roundhouse will be built. New Haven, purchased nearly all the . Canada. *| that is, traffic which 15 destined to or| Included in the plans for the new | property required some time ago. At o Miss Hildred Hamilton of Norwich | Which originates at the polnt where| vard is a large merchandise transfer|the present time flve steam shovels(that m ¢ Town is spending the weei in Yantic | the yard is located. that will_hold three or four hundred|are in operation and it is hoped to|terances from with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, | With the enormous and urbrecedent. | cars. Here will be centralized the|have a few of the tracks of the first|Lioyd-Geors Henry Hamilton. ed increase in business that develop- | tramaferring of less than carload | cluster completed within three months. |King Geo Lioyd Colbert of Hope Valley has|ed in the latter part of 1915, there was! fre'sht. At present this is done at|This will immedlately largely aid the|na been ' spending several davs as the 0 suest of Mr, and Mrs. George Sher- man. il T T Misses Helen and Mary Woods have (i "I;" | eturned to Norwich after a visit with i Fiee Anme Drmeon | AN iUl 1 il ML | LHHBITR I coupons and get many beautiful yourself and your home If in need things for| ONE LOT OF ROOFING (ALMOST CLEAR ASPHALT g AT PRICE OF REGULAR GOGODS. places in New England business was mote than doubled. Large List e g |

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