Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 14, 1917, Page 5

Military Watches Finest assortment in this city FERGUSON'S Franklin Square WHERE ALL CARS STOP Ernest E. Bullard VIOLIN TEACHER ARl String !metruments repairgd Vieline soid on essy terme For appointments sddress B E. BULLARD, Bliss Place, Ner- wch, Conm IF IT 1S, A TIMEPIECE, WE HAVE IT. : line of Gents’ thin model, 12 size and 15 and 17 See our Jewel Waltham and Rockford -Watches, guaranteed 20 years. Pay one dollar ($1.00) per week. Price $19.90. THE STORE OF QUALITY THEPLAUT-CADDEN CO. Established 1872 - Main Street, Norwich, Cenn. “PROTECT YOUR FEET” n, F. S. FOOT SPECIALIST LICENSED CHIROPODIST Mfr. Cummings’ Spring Arch Support Suite 7-8, Alice Building, Norwich Formerly of Waterbury Phone 1366-4 A GREAT VARIETY OF 25-27 FRA-IIKLIN l‘rli’? Piano Tuner Phone 838-2 ‘&2 Clairmount Ave. 1647 One of ‘the historte pigees-in Norwich for over two cemturies has beén the The trolley will gét you there from the city la about fifteen minutea or you can run there’in an automdbile in léss time. R _A.A. ADAMS Phone 519", . /Norwich Town TRAVELER® DIRECTORY | iepon TheBalbetin. ——————————— Norwich, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 1917. ———ee——————y VARIOUS MATTERS Tides will be high today. Light vehicle lamps at B o'clock this evening. Connecticut candy manufacturers and wholesalers expect that less Christmas candy will be manufactured this year. Tuesday was the coldest day of the season so far. At Trading Cove the mercury stood at 19 degrees early in the morning. / It is announced that Mrs. W. T. El- more, formerly of India, is to speak at the 'Central Baptist church next Sunday morning. X Word has been received¥of the safe arrival of Rev. M. McLean Goldie in Petrograd, Russia. He was formerly rector of Graece church, Yantic. With sugar scarce, and the humble molasses advanced in price, Norwich women who have to think out the daily family menu are not having an easy time. Some persons forget that under the new war-time mailing rnles ordinary postal cards and post cards require 2 cents postage each, regardless of place of delivery. At Niantic at the organization of ‘he town scbool board for the coming year, Dr. F. H. Dart was el as ch and Charles A. Beckwith secretary of the board. Among those who attended the fu- neral of Mrs. Sidney L. Chappell, of Norwich was Miss Emma Jerold, of Branford, at whose home Mrs. Chap- pell had frequently been a guest. A numbsr from Trinity Methodist church were in New London Tuesday to attend the district convention of the ‘Woman’s Foreign Mission society held at ‘the ‘ederal = Street Methodist church. The annual meeting of the directors of the Rockville Fair Association was held Monday morning. The reports of the secrftary and treasurer showed that this year’s fair was a finanoial success. At a recent meeting of a woman’s organization of Mentville, the hostess made a point of serving a lunch which well demonstrated the possibilities of wheatless-meatless medls, if only a little ingenuity is exercised. Urtil November 15th the Backus hospital visiting committee of the Second Congregational church is re- ving contributions for the work in t institutio: games, pictures, magazines,. fresh fruits, etc. At the United States penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, where Rev. Michael 1. Byrnes, formerly of Norwich, is chaplain, Good Words, the prison pa- per for November, shows the present nomber of convicts to be 1145, — The exhibition of water colors and pastels of the Connecticut Academy at the Antheneum Annex gallery at Hartford, is now on its second week, and many people from abdut the state are attracted by the display of work. There is a project: to start early the coming season to seék to save the mountain laurel shrub, the blossom of which is' the state flower of Connec- ticut, that so much of it will not be needlessly “broken off for decorating purposes. Orders have been received at the Hartford, navy recruiting station in the Sgrand Theatre building to enlist all avatiable radio and general elec- tricians. Since April 1, 1917, 1,733 vol- unteers have been enrolled in the navy from this state. Mrs. T. Belknap Beach of Hartford, state deputy for the Food for France Fund, has reported that since early in August funds have been raised in this state, amounting to $5,506.99. in aadi- tion 'to_contributions of quantities of preserves, jams and jellies. A reception was given at Hartford Tuesday evening in honor of Rey. Dr. Peter 'C. Wright, the new pastor, of the Asylum Avenue Baptist church, and Mrs. Wright, formerly of Norwich. The reception was held in the church pariors at 8 o’clock. The Goodyear Co., which has es- tablished a manufacturing village in Windham county, now owns a_con- cession of 20,000 acres near Medan, umatra, where the nroblems of grow- ing rubber for Goodyear's multitudi- nous \needs are belng worked out. Many of the large manufactiring copcerns in the state used nickels in paying their employes Saturday on account of the penny shortage. Em- ploves who should have received a number of dollars and an odd number of cents, received even nickels in- stead. Miss Arline Franeis Burt, daugh- ter of Luther W. Burt. and Lieuten- ant Howard Chappel Cole of Platts- N. Y., were married Saturday afternoon at Yhe home of the bride in Andover. Rev. ‘Williath DeLoss Love of Hartfora performed the cere- ‘While there is an effort to make this a season of denial and sacrifice be- cause of the country’s meeds, a num- ber of schools and Sunday schools are sensibly right on . with_ their preparation for Christmas “trees and entertaizments. recognizing how much this’ means to trad 4 5 rade. George Tbauer of Roekville, an enemy alien, ‘arrested a few days ago for being inside a restricted zone with- out a permit, was sent to jail Saturday after his case had been investigated. Kocke n’:‘f m a’;ruud l1'cn- repeat- adly al restricte erri- tory without a permit. %S0 AR engineer of the Central Vi ailroad told the o is all right, but that over on the pier last v or Friday he saw a pile of bread- burned, which might have been dry or somewhat stale, but would have-made good toast. ted at’Camp Meade, to ds that .‘r::n;;ucogep o ne lite and dutles of an army cn:';fi'nf.h’ Oct. 1-a provision became a law in Connecticut wheréb: ”"'d.‘ R wheréby any person in men, y _the w: worthy by s T mot exceeding - NORWICH BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1917 . PERSONALS Mrs. Walter G. Barker and Miss Grace Patterson of Niantic have been guests of relatives at Quaker Hill. Dr. John Lyston of this city has re- turned after spending a few weeks’ va- cation with relatives in Rutland, Vt. Miss Helen MacGregor of Williman- tic was a recent guest of Mrs. F. H. MacGregor of Bethel, Fairfield coun- ty. Dr. John B. Cunningham of London, England, is registered at the Waure- gan_ house. While in town Dr. Cun- ningham will visit many of his rela- tives here. John Kelly, of Summit street, for years a ‘well kpnown watchman, is seriously ill at his home. A short time ago, Mr. Kelly underwent a_ sur- gical operation for the removal of cat- aracts from both eyes. WHAT ONE SOLDIER THINKS OF Y. M. C. A. James Mileski Says Association Is Do- ing a Great Deal for the Boys. . I think the Y. M. C. A. work is the best work that has been carried on in this'war, says James Mileski of this city in a letter written to The Bulle- tin. Mr. Mileski, who enlisted at New Londan last July is now stationed at Camp Dix, Trenton, N. J. He writes as_follows: - Just a few words to tell you how much the Y. M. C. A. doing for us. They <ertainly are doing a great deal in keeping us from getting lone- some. We have movies three times a week—aAfonday, Thursday and Satur- day. We have entertainments gotng on every spare time we get. Every one of us can do a little song or dance. ‘We also have plenty of reading. But I think we could have more, if peo- ple would send their old books to us to read. I wish the people would get together and help the Y. M. C. A. in their work. I think the Y. M. C. A. work is the best work that has been carried on in this war. We have a few K. of C. buildings. They have plenty of reading and mov- ies. They have pool tables given them by the people in Trenton. I.hope we will get a pool table in our Y. M. C. A. I enlisted last July in New London and was sent to Fort Slocum. 1 was there about seven weeks and then was transferred to Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. T certainly was slad when we were notified to get ready to pack up and leave for Camp Dix. WEDDING McCarthy-Carroll. - The wedding of Miss Margaret Car- roll and John McCarthy of Providence took place in St. Patricks church Mon- day morning. Rev. Myles P. Galvin per- formed the ceremony and Prof, Farrell rendered the musical part of the pro- gramme. " The bride was attired in tailor-made suit of blue broadcloth with hat to cor- respond and she carried yellow chry- santhemums. The bridesmaid’ a sister of the bride, Miss Delia Carroll, was dressed in a tailormade suit of gray taupe cloth with hat to match and she carried pink chrysanthemums. The best man was Thomas McCarthy, a brother -of the groom. There was a reception and break- fast in the home of the bride at 44West Thames, street and many people were feasted. There was a nice display of tokens of esteem, Jackson's orchestra played. The bride’s gift to her maid was a diamond broach and the groom gave the best man a diamond stickpin..- ‘Thé happy couple left for a tour and ‘will reside in Providence where the groom is manager of the Senator cafe. He is the son of Dennis and Mary Shea McCarthy and was born in Norwich. The bride was also born in this city, the daughter of Michael and Mary Cummings Carroll. She is a favorite with all who know her. The wedding proved a very pleasing event. Ayrshire Bull Calf. One day this week Georse Kahn of Franklin, who keeps a large herd of Ayrshires and has won many prizes at the fairs, received at the local sta- tion an Ayrshire bull calf that he pur- chased at an auction sale in New York state. It is a finely bréd animal from imported sire and dam. The dam has three advance register records and four of the grandparents have long records. In Interests of Y. M. C. A. Work. There will be a meeting at St James’ parish house, Poguetanuck, in the interests of the Y. M. C. A. war work this evening at 8 o'clock. At this meeting there will be an address on the work. Cotton from Georgi Mr. and Mrs. George Brown received a box of cotton this week fdom their sons Clayton A. Brown, who is now stationed at Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Georgia. INCIDENTS_IN SOCIETY" Miss Louise B. Meech has been passing several days in New York. ‘Miss Alice L. Bennett is the guest of the Misses Oliver in Roxbury, Mass. Miss Caroling B. Stone of New Hart- ford is the guest of her eister, Mrs. James L. Case. Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Van Deusen of Hudson, N. Y, have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Edwin W. Higgins. Mrs. Amanda J. Lindberg of 41 Bos- well enue hi announ ent of her daughter, Adele Eliza- beth, to Woodruff T. Sullivan, now of Hartford, son of Mr.'and Mrs. August- us T. Sullivan of Slater avenre. - the en- ' ASKS $2,000 FOR HIS INJURIES Stanley Swerkowski Files Damage Action in Superior Court— Taftville Men Bring Suit sociation. Stanley Swerkowski of this city, a minor, has brought against Stanley Baknowski, et al. of Griswold, a $2,000 damage suit as the result of injuries received when he was hit by an ayto driven by the defendant. The action is brought through Iirst Selectman C. K. Bailey. The accident happened on October 29 and the plaintiff al- leges that the defendant was operat- ing his machine while under the in- fluence of liquor. Young Swerkowski was knocked down and cut and bruised about the head. He claims he has suffered serious and permanent in- juries. = The papers were filed Tues- day in the superior court office in this city. A $3,000 damage- suit was on Tues- day filed by Fred Dugas of Taftville who brings the action against the Southern New England company. The plaintiff alleges in hi complaint that on Sept. 4, 1917, Telephone | Against S. N. E. Telephone Company—Receiver Asked for Mystic Cooperative As- —— motorcycle was hit by one of the tele- phone company’s automobiies driven by Andrew J. Carey, an employe. The collision took place at the corner of Bridge and Main streets in Williman- tie. - Napoleon Labarre of. Taftville, who s a passenger on the Dugas motor- le and who was injured in the col- sion has filed damage suit against the t ets of the Mys- > ‘Association of Groton n danger of waste through liti- gation John McNally of Stonington and sixteen others, residents of Ston- ington and New London, have filed an action in the superior court, ask that a receiver be appointed. They are owners of more than ten per cent of the stock which consists of 289 shares, $10 par vaiue. They that the association be dissolved. EDUCATION OF THE STATE’S FOREIGN ‘BORN One of the Most Important Tasks of Evening Schools. The committee on foreign born pop- ulation of the Connecticut state coun- cil of defense ,in the belief that the teaching of English to non-English- speaking foreign born men and wom- en is one of the most important tasks of the evening schools of the state, and of great value in accomplishing the Americanization of aliens, is urg- ing that more attention be paid to this phase of education in Connecticut’ The committee has found that 24 towns and cities maintain evening schgpols and it recommends the following im- provements: The establishment of evening schools in many towns where none now exist. 2. Increased attendance at existing schools. 3. More efficient teaching of English. 4. That a definite share of atten- tion and time be given to the work of Americanization. Letters embodying these suggestions have been sent to the superintendents of schools in the cities and towns where egening schools now exist. They also advise that the war bulletins pre- pared by the council be used in English courses. The bulleting are printed in English, Italian, Polish and German and have the following titles: The President’s Advice to Citizens and Aliens, The President's Call for Co- operation, The Duty of the Alien in the Present Crisis, The Duty of Cer- man Born Men and Women -in the Present Crisis, the last named an ar- ticle by Otto H. Kahn. PREPARING XMAS PACKETS “ FOR MEN IN SERVICE. Public Urged to Co-operate With Local Red Cross. ‘The local chapter of the American Red Cross is preparing Christma3d packets to be sent to the soldiers and sailors in this ountry and evervone is urged to help the chapter in its worthy efforts to provide~good cheer for the boys in blue and in khaki. It is plan- ned to include in the packets pipes, cigarette papers, tobacco, writing pa per, cards, envelopes, soap, shoe- strings, figs, chocolate, hard candy, dates and preserved ginger. Contribu- tions of any of tWese articles or sums of money, large or small, should be left by Saturday of this week at the Red Cross rooms or sent to Mrs. Ed- imund W. Perkins, No. 1 Sethem ter- race. - . COLLEGE CLUB VOTES $25 TO RED CROSS. Money tp Be Used for the Purchase of Free Woal. At a largeiy attended meeting of the College club held in Slater hall an- nex Monday afternoon, Mrs. Edward J. Graham, president, presiding, it was yoted to grant the request of the Chamber of Commerce that the College club should co-operate in the recom- mendations of the commercial economy board of the national council of de- fense. It was also_voted to contribute $25 lo’the Red ss fund for free 00l. ; Mrs. Graham' announced that at the recent performance of Fi Fi the sum of $394 was realized as the net proceeds. |NorwicH GIRLS' cLuB HELD SUCCESSFUL WHIST Tén Tables Played and Prizes Were Awarded Winners. The' Norwich Girls club held a suc- cessful whist Tuesday evening in the Buckingham Memorial with many in attendance. Ten tables were played and the prizes were awarded as fol- lows: First ladfes, Miss Alicia 'Bel- lows; -second, Miss .Edna Robinson, consolation, Mre. Frederick Graham first gentlemen’s, N. Bellefleur; second, William Loring and consolation, Wil- liam Barry. The counters were Miss Mabe;_Spencer, Mrs Edwin Streetand Miss Ruth Breckenridge. e b S DELEGATTS. RETURN. First Baptist Church Well Represented at Sunday School Convention. The delegates from the First Baptist church attending the state Sunday school convention at New Haven last ,week have returned. Those attending were Mrs. LeRue Bliven, representing the home department; Mrs. Robert Otis, in the interest of the junior work; Mrs. A: Rana Gardner, Superintendent and Mrs. Stephen Peckham. All were enthusiastic_in the work and help of the convedtion. Tuesday evening, Nov. 20, at the monthly meeti of the teachers and officers of the echool, the reports of the convention are to be given. It.is ex- pected that Miss Lucy Stark Chapin of | joy Hartford, state elementary | tendent, ‘will be present to give cents- ] for services performed by hxm’%r?:.’- kis imprisonment. A speetal comimittes on’ béed eattl eep has been . upen primary work. 3 2 NORWICH ROUND TABLE Interesting Paper on Literature Read .~ by William H. Collins. lar meeting of the Norwich INFORMAL MUSICALE FOR Delightful Evening at Home of Mrs. Edward Hunt. An informal musicale for the war relief fund of the society of the Daughters of the American Revolution given by Miss Olive Eugenia Hunt at the piano, assisted by Miss Helen Rovce, violin and Eben Learned, cel- lo, at the home of Mrs. Edword Hunt, 3 Hunt gton place, resulted in a most delightful evening’s enterrain- ment. Assisting were Eben Learned, and Miss Constance Learned, with Miss Marion Rovce America, distributed the prosrammes, which vere coatributed by u member of the D. A. R. The emblem of the D. A. R. a spin- ning wheel and distaff was a spicuous feature of the decora well as was the charter of the _The programme opened with the singing of two verses of America. The trio of piano, violin and cello Fave two groups, Mazuka by Malling, and Ave Marie Stella by Greig, and for the sec- ond group Paradis Pastel-Minue* and for an encore, Rubenstein’s Melody in F. The trio was very well balanced, the individual instruments »einz sub- ordinated to each other and blending into a very pleasing whole. The se- lections were very well chosen, being very melodious_and distinctly lovel The Melody in Fevas perhaps particu larly’ appealing, each part having most charming phrases, which were extreme- Iy _well rendered. £ Miss Royce gave two groups of vio- lin solos, the Hungarian Dance of the first group being given with zreat dash and verve, and the Caratine of the second group possessing a smooth, yet vibrant quality quite unusual. The éncore, an exquisite Seranade, was ptlayed with great feeling and sensibil- ity. Mr. Learned’s playing of the cello, one of the loveliest of solo instruments, gave pleasure to all. Massent's Mel- ody and Hollman’s Petite Va'se were entensely swget and melodinis and were played with true artistic feeling. Miss Hunt's playing was character- ized by rare delicacy. and charm. [Her lslyle is unhackneved and full of sy; plicity and the correctness of phrasing is .exceptional. Her Bato tones are particularly well render- ed. The Allegro brisoso by Schytte was given with style and finish and the Etude Caprice by Ganz plaved with great brilllance. In Mozart's Fan- tasie in D minor, its chaste and dis nified mode was interpreted and play ed with excellent taste and nhrasing. Perhaps Miss Hunt excelled in her rendition of the Chopin numbers She successfully gave to each rich tone and phrase its full value. showing a rare beauty of interpretation of this com- poser shs is thoroughly in sympathy with as is indicated in her performance of them. The programme concluded with the singing of the Star Spangled Banner by the sudience, accompanied by the trio with the addition of Mr. Hunt on the ccrnet. The programme follows: America (one verse); trio, Mazurk: Mailing; piano, Allefiro brisco, Schytte violin (a) Hungarian Dance, Drdla: (b) Canto Amoroso, Sammaytini-El- man: cello, (a) Melody, Massénet, (b) Petite Valse, Hollman: piano, 3 ¥itude Caprice, Rudolph ° Fantasie in D (minor) Mozar Cavatine, Adelman; Trio, Pastel—Min- uet, Paradis; piano, Prelude. 7 Maj Chopin; Etude, op. 10, No. 12, Chonin; op. 10, No. 13, Chopin: The Star Spangled Banner (one verse). Jr. HELD SHOWER FOR MISS ADELE LINDBERG In Honor of Her Approaching Mar- riage With Woodruff T. Suilivan. -« Miss Grace Stetson entertained on fonday evening at her home. on West Thames street, fourteen friends in hon- or of the approaching . marriage of ! Miss Adele Lindbere and Woodruff T. Sullivan_of Hartford, formerly of this city. ~ The secret of the evening was divulged when Miss Lindberg. to play a of forfeit, was . blindfolded. thn the blindfold was removed she found she was surreunded with useful and preity gifts. Games were plaved, for which pret- ty_prizes were given: 5 ! In the word game, building from the name of the honor ‘guest “Adele Lindberg,” the first prize, was won by Miss Glndys Meier, received a packet of dainty sachets tied with rib- bons. ' Mrs. William Lord of Hartford reecived a novelly for a - consolation prize. 2 Score mxd, on which were tied with pink ribbon fsmall bags of rice with ‘Adele” printed upon them. made unique souvenirs of the evening. Music by Miss Hazel Tuirclough, and Miss Gladys Meier was greatly en- joyed. - = ‘After the games a ‘supper was serv- ed at a prettily arranged table. SURPRISE PARTY Miss Hannah McVeigh Receives Unex- pected Visit From Twenty-five Friends. About twenty-five of the friends of iss Hannah McVeigh pleasantly sur- prised her Tuesday evening ‘at, her dme on Hill street. The evening was lightfully spent with music and gZames, many of them contributing to the evening’s pleasure with-vocal apd instrumenta)] selections. Danfel Sul- livan of Worcester rendered pleasing piano seleotions. Dainty refreshments were served by the hostess. . John’s Roman Ca- 5 Middletown—St. at the | tholic church, through. its pastor, Rev. D., .purcha, bonds. in the NORWICH BOY SCOUTS MADE FINE SHOWING. Twenty-six Are Entitled to War Em- blems According to Official An- nouncement. According to an official announce- ment made by Scout Commissioner Benjamin M. Bruce on Tuesday night the Boy Scouts of Norwich secured a total of 473 subscribers to the second Liberty loan, the subscriptions totaling $49,450. Twenty-six scouts secured more than 10 subscriptions and : entitled to war emblems. Troop No. 11 secured the largest number of sub- scriptions, 104, for any one troop, and the total of these 104 subscriptions was $10,450. Troop No. 1 secured the largest total, $12,400, of any one troop, this total being made up by 76 sub- scribers. standing of the troops . Amount. Emblems $12 400 500 ! | sore throat, Scout Officials 17 473 The following 1s a list of the scouts who secured subscriptions, the stars at the left of the names indicating scouts who have earned the war emblem, and the parenthesis indicating the num ;).’ the troop to which the scout be- ongs: “Howard Ives (11) 17, *Drexel Tituna (11) 22, *Darrow Vergason (11) 23, *Percy Miner (11) 10, *Theodore Con- nell (11) 10, *Wallace Harbeck (11 *John Sears (7) 15, *Lewis Fox (7 *Harry Schwartz (7) 11, 3] arkoff (7) 10, *Avery Stanton (6) 12, ‘Harold Carpenter (6) 19, Paul Higgins (6) 38, Alfred Storms (6) 7, *Henry Smith (6) 11, Forest Lewis (6) 4, John vans (6) 2, Oscar Mosesian (6) 4, Bllsworth Allen (8) 6, *H. E. Duro (6) *Laurens Hamilton (5) 11, *Claude Combles (5) 12, *Ralph Marsh (5) 18, Harold Sterry (5) 1, Walter Hitchon (5) 2, Howard Hitchon (5) 2, Frank Prodell (4) 11, Arthur Fitch ~(4) 38, George Barwell (4) 2, Herbert Prodell (4) 3, William Baker (4) 1, *George Stevens, Act. S. M. (4) 19, *Fred Thumm' (3) 12, William Storms (3) 5, Albert Van genen (3) 8, Chester Parker (3) 3, Robert’ Woodmansee (3) 5, Leslie Gordon (3) 4, Everett Gee (3) 1, *J. R. Rinehart, 8. M. (3) 15. *Downer Johnson (1) 18, *Robert Johnson (1) 15, *Horace P. Bill (1) 14, “Russell Rathbone (1) 13, *Levi Tal- bot- (1) 10, Robt. Sage (1) 2, Charles Sage (1) 1, Roland Harris (1) 1, Har- old Prentice (1) 1, Stanley Vaughn (1) 1, *B. M. Bruce, commissioner — 17. The Liberty Loan bond campaign of the Boy Scouts of America has been a wonderful success, returns so far at national headquarters in New York city showing $64,813,750 collected from 266,229 subscribers. The boys took up this work in the last week of the campaign at the di- rect request of President Wilson. He wanted them to make a house to house canvass after the fleld had been cov- ered; and from Maine to the Hawaiian Islends the Scouts have dome their est. CONTRIBUTORS TO THE HONOR ROLL FUND Nearly $30 Already Received by Local Committee. A total aof $29.50 has been received in pledges by Miss Mary E. Richards who has been appointed by the town committee of the State Couneil of De- fense to receive subscriptions for the honor roll board. The sum which is necessary to cover the cost of the board is $150. Miss Richards will be at the local service rooms in _the Thaver building every Tuesday from 10 a. m. until 2.30 p. m. for the pur- pose of receiving pledges. Any other day she may be reached by phone at her home. ° The following have con- tributed to the fund: Gen. W. A. Aiken, C. P. Bushnell, Mr, and Mrs. A. H.Chase, Charles Holbrook, Ulmer Leather company, B, P. Learned, Mrs. W. A. Norton, Channing Huntington, Mrs. Rush slow T. Williams, Mrs. H. L. Ben- Miss Jane Aiken, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Murphy, T. C. Murphy, Mrs. nett, thartic ~Tablets, wh hased | G Wiy cleansiag eatnartic 1 n, biliousneas, headache ‘bowals. Tha Laa & Gemasd Ca L. Ricl Miss: Mary E. Richards, Miss BEliza Huntington, H. R. Branche, H. L. Frisbie, Mrs, H. H. Osgood, Will- iam H. Allen. OBITUARY. . John A. Brady. John A. Brady, sixty-six vears of age, died at his home, No. 94 West Town street, Norwich Town, on Thes- day evening at 7 o'clock after an ill- ness of several weeks. He was born in Canada, January 12, 1851. He was a member of the firm of Brady and JOHN A. BRADY» Saxton for twenty-five years retiring several years ago. Mr. Brady is sur- vived by his wifp Jane Gordsn Brady, two sisters, Mrs. Hirlam Campbell, of Canada, Mrs. Richard Abearn of Marlboro, Mass., and a halw brother, Thomas Condon, of Omro, Wis, He was a member of Norwich lodge, No. 430, B. P. O. E., of which he is"trustee, and had been a trustee of the Sacred Heart church at Norwich Town since the forming of the parish. He was the first president of the Holy Name society of the parish. Back From Honeymoon. Mr. and Mrs, Josgph Christopher Worth have returned. from their hon- eymoon and are.at their -home on Elmwood avenue. CUT THIS OUT—IT IS WORTH MONEY Don't miss this. enclose, me and You will receive in return ial pack: ge containing Foley's oney and Tar ound. for coughs, colds and, crou Kidne; Eills for pain in side: k, rheumatism, backache, k! ney and ‘bl and ola; nd id adder ailments; oley me c for con- and YOUR SICK CHILD IS CONSTIPATED! LOOK AT TONGUE IF CROSS, FEVERISH OR BILIOUS GIVE “CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIGS” N No matter what ails your child, a gentle, thorough laxative should always first treatment given. little one is out-of-sorts, half-sick, isn't resting, eating and act- ing naturally—Ilook, Mother! see If tongue is coated. This is a sure sig that its little stomach, liver and bowels are clogged with waste. When cross, irritable, feverish, stomach sour, breath bad or -has stomach-ache, diarrhoe full of cold, give a tea- spoonful of “California Syrup of figs,” and in a few hours all the constipated poison, undigested food and sour bile gently moves out of its little bowels without griping, and you have a well, playful child again. Mothers can rest easy after giving this harmless “fruit laxative,’ because it never fails to cleanse the little one’ liver and bowels and sweeten t} stomach and they dearl love i pleasant- taste. Full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups printed on each bottle. Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask your druggist for a bottle of “California Syrup of Figs; then see that .it is made by the California Fig Syrup Company.” CUMMINGS & RING Funeral Directars and Embaimers 322 Main Street Chamber of Commerce Building 'Phone 238-2 Lady Assistant Draft Blanks Have Arrived. The blanks which are to be filled by all registered mien in this .district whether he is enlisted, in _training camps or still subject to call have been received by the local exemption board. This means that about 3,000 of the blanks will be filled out and the local board is very busily engaged in preparing the work. Home Guard Driil. The two local companies of Home Guards, Company I and Company K, instead of the regular drill, had a ba talion drill under the command of Ma- jor John A. Hagberg. The work was in infamtry drill and the companies showed up exceedingly well. There were many spectators in the gallery to witness the drill Reception and Social. . The dancing class of Prof. Milliard held a reception and social in T. A. B. hall Tuesday evening at which nearly fifty couple were present. A dance programme of twenty numbers was enjoyed and music was furnished La Fountaine’'s orchestra. We advertize exmetly spells wool, and it takes real wool to make real good clothes. 4 Our Suits and Overcoats fiorr; $20 to $35 ar= made of For this ason we guarantee them to wool — real wool. give you satisfaction. Woolen Underwear $1.25 to $3.00. Woolen Sweaters $5.00 to $8.50. Woolen Socks, Gloves and Caps. Murphy & McGarry 207 Main Street « THE LYONS CO. BROADWAY, NORWICH, CONN. SPECIAL FOR WEDNESDAY One lot of Children’s Ging- ham. Dresses, 2 to 6 y 2 for $1.00. Regular 65c quality. One lot of Boys’ Wash Suits, 2 to 8 years, for 75c each; Regular $1.00 and $1.25 quality. CORSETS at $1.00. Very special. EVERY MOTHER SHOULD SEE THESE BARGAINS