Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 13, 1917, Page 8

. LOCALSERVICE "LEAGUE ACTIVE Comniittee Reports Heard at Semi-Annual Meeting in Thaynr : Bmldmg—Me:nbenhlp Clooe to 400 M&rk«—Normd: Branch Awake to Need of Knitted Articles. ' The semi-annual meeting of the ex- ecutive board of the Norwigh braneh of the Lepgue for Women's was heid Monday morning in | league room in the Thayer building. Mrs. John D. Hall, chairman, presid- ed. and the chairmen of. the various . committees presented their reports. The Treasurer’s Report. The treasurer. Mrs. John . Rogers, reported receipts from -sale of s volunteer m.b;(‘fln\lons 2 of wool needles 1S, a totai of $911 The dis- ménts have been. soldiers’ dinner smokes for soldiers $15.60, com- Red tion only Cr $262.69. incidentals income the league has is from voluniteer subscriptions and the sale of eld paper, and when it is realized that two tons of old magazines and papers every two weeks means $30 for Jeasue it can readily be seen how anxious they are that everyone possi- + papers for this purpose, “of usefulness of it to carry on its work more suc- the league and helps jous branches of cessfully The Canteen Mies Phaebe ion. chairman. of . réported the sup- per enlisted men Sept. 11 at Buckingham Memorial. She also spoke of the provision of lunch and cigars or cigarettes for each of the §4 men called. 52 to Camp Devens and 12 to josn the Polish army at Bridzeport. ~This committee is ready to serve upon call. ~ Honor Roll Erected. Miss Mary E. Richards, chairman of the homor roll, reported the erection at the city hall of the roll of honor with about 200 names’ aiready placed on it. Every day sees some new name added. Although some =eoney has been col- lected with which to pay for this honor roll. there is still needed nearly $150 to finish the payment. The Housewives. Mrs. Harry Higgins reported for the housewives’ ‘army as follows: On June 24, 1917, the wofnen. of Norwich were invited to meet at the parish house of Park Qh bch for the Purpose of or; 1 branch of the National wM wue. under the name of the housewives' arm Mrs. J. D. Hall appointed Mrs. E Graham temporary chairman. ) Gnhnm presided at. the meeting. E. W. W. Hayward of Hart- | HIS HEART BADLY AFFECTED - “Frult-a-ties” Soon Relleved | This Dangerous Gondition 632 Geamagp Sr. Ea#F, TomoxTo. *For two years, I was a victim of Acate Indigestion-and Gas In The 2 Heart and I had painsail over m: dv. 8o that T could hardly move aroand. I triéd all kinds of Medicine but none good. At last, T decided fo try “‘Fruit.astives® I bought the first hex iast Juhe, and now I am well, giier using only three Soxeg— T -aménd *Fruit-a-tives” tn anyou~ sufering from Inilmon" FRED J. CAVEEN. : 50c. :hox,sfor;‘lfl),trhlfln;m,. Atall dealers or sent postpaid: mrm COLDGONE! HEAD = AND NOSE CLEAR 5 FIRST DOSE OF “PAPE’'S COLD COMPOUND” RELIEVES ALL GRIPPE MISERY b 4 * Gk tlowing v amfhing! owing and snuffiing! A du »f “Pape’s Cold. Compound” uge ivery two hours until three doses are aken will end grippe TY . ang Jreak up a severe cold either in the igad. chest, body or limbs. Tt promptly opens ciogged-up nos- ‘rils and air passages; stops nasty dis- or nose running; relieves sick ieadache, dullness, feverishness, sore hroat, sneezing, soreness and stiffness. “Pape’s Cold Compound” is -the quickest, surest relief known and costs «'mly a few cents at drug stores. It ‘cts without assistance, tastes nice, md causes no inconvenience. Don't ccept a substitute. !estitated, , i The ford was speaker., Mrs. J. J. Desmond was appointed chairman of the Com- munity Canning club. Between 40 and 50 women enrolled us members of tie h@usewives' army, paying 10 cents membership fee. . a special meeting On Oct. 10, 19 of the housewives. army aws called and was held at the service rooms. At this meeting it was decided to con- tinue as the housewives' army, meet- ing the third. Wednesday~ ‘of _each month at the- service rooms, with an- nual dues 10 cents. Tt was also decided to carry out in a general way Mrs. Hayward's sugges- tions for a course of study along the food conservation and home economic lines. Miss Nellie J. Campbell and Miss Bertha Hallock of the farm -bu- reau are ready to co-operate with us in this work. Owing to the efforts of Miss Loufse Howe. who was acting chairman dur- ing the absence of Mrs. Graham. we have to date a paid memBearship of 128, making the amount received for dues $12.80. We have expended for dues to the sttac association $2. paid munity Canning club $8, express cents, making total expended $10. | lea¥ing a balance on hand of $2.43. The Membership Committee. For the membership committee, Mrs, Howard L. Stanton. chairman. report- ed a total of between titee and four hundred members. The Home chapt® of the King's Daughters and Woman’s Relief corps joined in a body. as did also the College club, Faith Trumbull chapter of the D. A. R. and the Norwich Equal Franchise league. The members do Red Cross work and the majority are ready to do_anvthing that they are called upon fo do in case of necessity. Mrs. Stanton indexed the list of those who registered for service, which list has proved of great value, The relief committee, which has investigated and . given assistance when necessary to a few soldiers’ fam- ilies, was formed from consultation of this index. Travelers’ Aid Cdmmittee. Mrs. William A. Norton, .chairman of the travelers’ aid committee, report- ed as follows: Co-operating with the Women’s Health and Recreation committee of icut State Council of ‘hgve sent to the families of mien at Ayer notice of the readiness ‘of the Travelers’ Aid so- Com- - I ciety to meet women and girls in Bos- ton and in Ayer and assist them in finding their relatives at camp and se- curing lodgings for the night. After ascertaining that the society would also meet trains in_Worcester this information was also incorporat- ed in a notice sent to all the church- €8, Our committee stands.ready to com- ,| municate with the Travelers' Aid so- " ciety and arrange for this service.’ It ‘{is ‘hoped that no one to whom we could be of use will fail to call upon _Wasts Paper Project Successful, Mrs. Frank Frrrell chairman of the ecdptains collectinz waste paper, reported the vast amoupt iee work done. Tho & houss -was kept: up mmgn-mou of the mer and as the trseasurer’s ‘it was ‘financially very The: fmportance of this nch of the ‘work cannot be over- captains are asfollows: Nor- wich Town, Miss Ruth Fotter and Mrs. 2w wuu;m treet, Mra Fae mund | Beridns, and Avpry: ‘3rs. Zebulon ?q'fign:pr;mt{ Breadway , a Mrs. ‘Farrell 'was appointed to take the ‘Place: of . Misss M‘n'l’.ucu re- ed :Holen Bro ,imlm’d “was: grea {was usn that’ qi}?gm £ : {American’ Strawboard. company, whom the waste paper is’sold. dtook: a vital- inte Muhr Squad Activities. For the miotor squad Mrs. Luei Bflm N, spoke of the sum- mer’s work.. .She spoke of the neces- sity of“co-operation and a’_clear un- dérstariding ‘on part:of committee and d | public. and the need- for a great en- ehusiasm. - - Tt would ‘zreatly aid the committee . to _have ‘the papers - of one Sort ued by themlzev , that is, newspapers by .themsclves, - magazines plled ;together and waste paper tled in' some way. A larger member- shlp is desired for this committee pnlr‘ those who ‘are willing to enlist the, sevices of themselves-and their cars are earnestly . redu, sead theis | hames’ to Mrs. Briadway= At m’mldi 'mployed by .'.h-m an That jtching which keq:q you awake at night, and forces you to scratch at the mogt embarrass- ing times, is almost sare to yield to Resinol Oint- - ment: Usually the dllnpdfmmuandhuung -Cistressing I:q;usndnh fint,-pphm&n,nndthe Ointment cmpuen qt disappedrs. - Rezinel _.K-ev:n ..S:ffimg if,auedby Resinol Soap: - from -iouse to|. TH - The price, 275 markably now. week, at 295 to 297 dollars «toisell. pendable’piano.* mediately see that they are To do this, they must increase the1r “home”’ Bros. by 5,000 instruments. And this sale, which is to be held by 50 of the largest piano houses in the United States, is the means decided upon tc produce this big volume of increasedebusiness. ‘And the price of 275 dollars for pianos such as these, is, in itself, enough to carry this plan to instant success. All you need to do is to look at the instruments. dollars, is low. It each. Now they are here, notwithstanding their additional cost, at 275 dollars each, as long as the 100 instruments last whlch we have agresd This is truly an exceptional opportumtv to procure a good de- The Behr Bros. & Co. are deteymined to makekup their loss of export busingss by creating a larger sale. in the United States. exceptional values. ~ features of this sale These Behr Bros. pianes are offered with this understanding: First: _ Fhat your ‘initial payment, at the time you make your selection, may be as little as 5 dollars. Second: * That you may divide the balance into week!y pa_,-" ments, as low as $1.75 per week. Third: That they are guaranteed, without reserve, for 5 years This prin- . of absolute satisfaction dominates this sale that purchasers will be permltted to write their own guarantee in case they are dissatis- fied with the wording of -the printed dmrge,mthevaypnnoor player-pianc sold during this sale, is “Grove’s Music Simplifier”, (Price $6) an invaluable aid to the study of the piano, and of which Josef Hofmann, the worid renowed - punnt says: “1 consider Gtoves Musi d S‘, Kfice et ¥ ug from date of purchase. ciple guarantee. Fourth: That . you change the instrument you new piano, player-piano vear. 5 reason, get your money y your home for 30 days. NOTE The.ehben.lpnvfleges aye made a part of a written agree- ment with each and every purchaser. business for Behr any reason whafsoever, for any other piano we sell, at any time within one Fifth: That you may, for any after havmg tried the instrument in ESE. are the facts about the price of the 100 pianos- we are selling 1n conjunction with the manufacturers, Behr Bros. & Co. is re- It is even lower-than usual “before the war” prices. In hundreds of instances, before the war, when the bare ma- terials that enter into piario construction COST AN AVERAGE OF ONLY ONE-THIRD WHAT THEY DO TODAY, pianos similar to these sold for from 300 to 350 dollars each. In those days, when piancs sold for less than they ever sold in the history of the piano industry, pianos similar to these were excep- tionally priced, in special sales, lasting for one day or sometimes one You will im- Special terms, conditions and l'OObifanOS ataverylow price so may ex- select, for or grand refunded, You may start to cwn one of these beautiful player-pianos by makin initial payment of only 5 dollars. low weekly payments, paying as little as $2 *All other features of the sale, such as, privileges to exchange within one year and a 5 year unreserved iee, are exactly the 'same as those given with the piano. Included, also with the player-piano, are 10 rolls of music of your own <elec110n, and a beautiful player-piano bench’'to match the piano. THE PLAUT-CADDEN (0. STORE OPEN DURING SALE *UNTIL: 9 P. M. Also 60 player-pianos at $445 each THERE ar€ 60 Behr Bros. player-pianos in this sale, beside the 100 Behr Bros. pia.nos. The price of the player-piano is $443 each. $500 to.$550 each. - The terms and conditions are prec purchasing the piano. Such players usually sell for isely the same-as though you were 12 an The .balance ‘you may divide into .75 per week. £ in 30 days: laran- your money Esiablished 1872 135 137 139, 141, 143 Main Street, * Norwich,: Conn. THE STORE OF SERVICE SUPREME * STORE OPE UNTIE 9P DURING, SAL® this work_as e service at their command. The squad holds sitself in readiness to assist the wm has dene some work n‘?: He call for uerv?::-"’h.m for, the led su!der ‘who'“may return to “l. .‘ny Km!(.d Artiele- Pravidod fix'a, Edwin Higgins, s Teport on the which the women y. iterested in. as Toliows: ( of the very important services Shap et paniswdiE o Gur mgucat- arms ,is that of knitting the various its necessary ‘to their -comfort. lence that the: Nm branch is awake to this part is shown by' over 1,800 finished articles and this number ‘Would be we. could have enougn coni for free wool to furnish .the -willing workers who.apply. for wool at head- quarters, but' who are,not so urh- stanced as to be able to finance their willingness to labor. The local branch startéd as a branch the New York.Comforts committee, uying -with- $60. advanced by one &f its members, wool which was sold to women to knit ,and ‘turn “back to fthe ittee for. one Bug:ubu. Cross them al serious may .| oven’ all through tne ‘| Portsmouth, N. H., to the U. S. s Linta, -to haval Reserve, Newport, to state pier, Co. A, New London Coast Patrol. ' On Friday of this wéek 80 sweaters are t obe sent to the Norwich boys at Fort Terry if they can be se- cured by that time. Many letters of appreciation havé been received by the chairman for these garments. Later the League joined the Wo- man’s Section of the Navwyy Lea: of U.-S. with headquarters in P adelphia to whom wefe sent nonsxgn- ments numbering 575 pieces in all, re- celving in return many appreciative letters. . Distributing the Sets. Au 29th the local branch of ‘he Woman's Service League assumed the task of distributing among the wo- men of Norwich the 2100 sets of § pieces each allotted to our local Red Cross ‘as its apportionment of tke knitfing to be done for the army. To date 800 pieces have been finished and handed in to headguarters. I 'voice the wishes of the chairman, Mrs. Hall, in _urging all the women of Norwic to join 'in this branch of the service. Those who heard - Bishop - Acheson d others tell of the suffering from d in Camp Devels must realize that the conditions there are true of many other of the camps scattered over the United States. A New York paper states that all of the societies togeth- er are ‘not turning out more than one-tenth ofsthe garments ngeded. Faithful Service at the Rooms. Mre. Hall alluded to, the efficient and extremely faithful service rendered daily by those of the branch who serve” at the rooms, which were kept season. I closing the committee wishes td hg undoubtedly befs. of workers by. making of access. - increased the num- it easy The committee feels this !’ [Jo-veph Miller, Mrs. Charles 1. Mecech iind Mfs. Lec 'Noria: ik to be the case and appreciates it to the Tullest extent. NOVEMBER MEETING OF No More R.frc:hn'nu to Be Serv:d;" Until After the War. The November meeting chapter of the King's Daughters tagether nearly 90 members Johnson 'home Monday afterncon. Louis O. Potter, eader, presided spoke about the . ¥. M. C. A. v among the soldier boys and molh- present testified to the good that i Y. M. C. A. is doing for their 50 who are in camp. It was voted to s $30 for the fund nuw being raised A nominating committee for 1 electiop of officers of Home cha for the coming year was chose rtha’ Carter. Miss ° Maria Ernest Disque. tion pledges were ‘dlstributed to th who ‘had had no previous opportun to sign them. It was’ voted to se no more refreshments at mGQ(lnga Home chapter until the war is o\ ‘Three new members were admitted - the circle and six names were pi. poled for_ admission at the Decembc meeting. Bri; Interesting reports-of the state cor- Vention . hela in Danbury were give by Mrs. Bugene Saunders and Mi Andrew. Prentice, to -whom a -risi: vote of n ‘was given. During t- affernoon those present worked for t Red Cross lnd“ for Backus hospital. A s acknowledgement of the debt of | Mrs. gratitnde owed .io Judge Thayer, through whose generosity and public spirited service, the League bas DM“ " wor e room in so central 2 - Jocation Mtud the hbar'gt dfim aflmfi. A check,for 835 has.veen |tie fireman’s tudd, bri amount up THE HOME CHAPTER. ‘r““ Bt Hn ko corporation 00 QQQQQQooooioboobcoocoo : thoir g g $ 4 ¢ :“&“0“““'6““»“03; Mahoney stable . which recently. burned.’ dowr Walter Moran in France. A’ cablegram has .been ‘received in this city by John A. Mo from s gon Walter ‘'who was one.of the first six of the Norwich boys. to leave for Camp Devens. The cabiegram, W is,datéd Nov. 12, states.that Walter has arrived safely, fn-France. Chack for Fireman’s Fund. added to zing. tha total to-about $4500. The chegk } from the’' Max Gordon in appréciation of -th oné b; zhe firemen irf say- property c 126t to- the d worl By mducmg the _practice of *pay as you go,” the famous oA Green Stamps are opponents of extrava- gance and exponeqtp, -of . economy and - thrift, 1"' 'l’he Sperry & Hutclunson Co. ol 2 o