Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 24, 1917, Page 13

Heme Guifd Memberd to Attend Pa- é—Fuseral of Samusl planbtion of Deg Re- stristions’—Resario Pratte’s Fine and Costs for "Gperating Motor Truck Without Li&nfi. $21. Lorimer Dixon, who has been at AMineola. -has heen assigned to. the 81st Aerg nnmfior company. in a cler- ical Ch: the cof b Be Bok £ Fall River was Geory an o @ vmg»‘r with . friends_ in Danielson TR St To Attend Patriotic- Service. \{embers of * fhe ®anielson Home s ¢ aré to attend a2 pa- triotic service at the Congresational church Sunday evening. Tre ‘DanjelSos graded school was ciosed Friday to enable the teachers to visit schdols” in.other towns and cities. Preacher at Pentecostal Church Rev.%\W4H. Hopkihs of-North Sei- tuate is-to-preach at the Sunday eve- ning sérvice at the Pentecostal hurch. le; Wflhams, woni_ awards at 'qfiow held in Putnam Thurs- Not all whd Signed, food ‘conserva- tion plédges in up to the spirit: of the-agreement up- on- whigh ;they have -entered. with the sovernment, . Mr. and Mfs. Johii S. Westcott of Wauregah have announced the en- gasement .of their daughter, Miss Bes- Sie Downer Westcott, to Rovert Noah Griswqld of Spokane, Washington. Union Thanksgiving Service. The annual union Thanksgiving service is-to be held riext Wednesday cyening_at the Bapuist church, the pastor, Rey, J. the sermen. Accepts Wauregan Call. Rev. Mr. Fryling of Winchester, Mass., has accepted a call Lo become j ward Snow, church | basketball team is. rapidlv getting l:— pastor of tiy B‘ng”auonal Y ser- to | students over | Woodstock Ac: ndas=— Reeen! astern Cohffecti- . W. Edwards, preaching . PUTNAM Miss Wheelock Attends’ Hartford D. A. R. Conference “= Republican City! Committee Organizes — Illustrated Lecture-in High Sthoe! Coprse—Mrs. W. J. Bartlett Addresses “Theatre | Audience. 4 John G. Johnsom retwrned ¥ afternoon from-; a “buginess, -trip Maine. At D. A. R. Meeting, =s Elen M. Wheelock, Elizabeth Porter. Putnam chapter, A. R, was in Hm-aord tending ‘a_meeting, oi} gents in the statée wera. n ent. The D. A. R. War Relfef fund W'-!“the s‘b- ject conmsidered at the: ineeting. Mrs. Reginald Smythe and son. Don- ald, Philadelphia, are the guests ' of relatives here. - Union Thanksgiving Service. The annual Union Thanksgiving ser- vice of Putnam Protestant churches will ‘be Leld at the.Methodist church at 7.30 Sunday evening. An out: of town speaker will deliver the address. Special music will be furnjshed by the Methodist church orchestra. Republican City Committee Organizes. The republican city committee met v to regent of D iall te- s fowr ‘are living Thursday evening and orzanized. Her- man Carver was elected chairman, and Lucius P. Merriam_ was elected treas- urer. 2 s : G Leon T. Wilson was elected to fill the vacaney in Ward four, caused by -the death of Walter W. Wallen. Curparay Kennéth' C. Sharpe, son of Mr. ana Mrs.' C. Dwight sharpe. of Schoel street, writes ‘from Cdmp Dev ens that he is well, “and that he is certain of being granted furlough that will permit him-to pass Thanksgiving here in Putnam." Game With Woodstock Next Wednes- day. Under the direction of Coach Ed- the Putnam High School to shape for the- of son next Wed will haj e it Mg @ %a;fl“!. There was once 4 tim* when cut men who are at the camp sigmed {stock was not greatly feared by rival a petition asking that the Boston and |teams as the team from the town on Albany r: ad give better connec- tions out hcurs’ loss of time in gettirg a con- nection/B: Worcester. Strand Gompany Continues to Please. The Strand “Musical tinued its success at the Orpheum theatre Friday evening. Felix Martin, comedian. .again tdok the house by storm ‘and/ ‘was: ably supperted by a company that is “clean and Jively in presenting its, production: Dno%*mufiusfi Rosario Pratte Penalized $21 in Town company con- the town court Friday 0. Pratte pleaded guilty to f“having operated’a motor v ving an operater’s li- .-¥. Woodward ‘fined > amounting in_all littls more than The amount .was paid by F. A. , for whom 27 Pratte ha& been driving a truck. The case is the first one that has come into the town coyrt of Killing- the« vesult of the enforcing of te automobile laws under the of aszents of the state mo- t. sccution was, #dde necessary in case as it wis one dealing with wdamental violation of -the motor Tehcle Taw-—having Ho Ticense to deive —and_therefore cofisidered madre seri- ous than would be such a violation =5 baving improper lights, or no lights, for instance. “to FUNERAL Samuel P. Davis. At his home on Furnace strect Pfl- services pastor of the E d ‘was artended by re gt'\es jand rnfldx some_of whom, Dayis for more than BuMgl was in- West- had knowg Mr. field cemet Louis B, Kennedy was in charge al thst, funcral arrange- ‘ments. High Scho \ P‘uflu- Dotayed. sched- Al little upsgt_ig:the tro iy Friday m’ofiilng deiayed the ar- here of the large number of st Aver, so as to avoid two |However, P morning | prom: the hill was generally easy picking. in the past few years the Woodstock school has turned out .a basketball five that has made other schools sit up and pay ‘strict notice. Tndications are that. this year will have a better team than ever, which means whistle opens will be. some i iteresting: hoop, shooting before the éve Putnan’s sect)md oo w:u be pla) ed on the, locall school Friday right,’' gfl Tourtel rfi nishing the opposition. The high school girls have als me out for practiee thh,,,, re. By w of considerable amount material. Candidate For Boston’s Mayoraity. Putnam people are neticing with in- |terest that George. 0. Wood js ‘can didate on the republican ticket for mayor of Boston. Mr. Wood was formerly a resigent of this city. and eonducted a grocery Lusitiess in Union block. Sugar Shipments Arrive. The situation in Putnam caused d ing the past two weeks hecause of the lack of sugar, was partially alleviated Triday witen several grocers regeiyed small shipments of, sugar and_ imme- diately placed it on sale. The amount sold to a customer was in-all cases limited, no more than two pounds be- ing given to a person.- The ‘word spread_rapidly that sugar had ‘arriv- ed in the city and was on sale, and the supply was rapidly disposed of. How- ever, the small amount obtained Fri- ial deputy commissioner of domestic animals, was in Danielson Friday in connection with the work thatis ing done in Windham county & vention agent. In Killingly der_ requirinz that doss bs .!finea has been in force f e and eyed. Some dogs are ni y wazched however, and Semetimes | roam at large. It is to seeithatthese animals get closer attentién that Elliott is working in this section. He said that the situation relative te‘ra- Dbies is:such in this part of-the state that it will be necessary for all to co- is day will tide over until the communi- ty until more. shipments are received, .which, it is expected, will be within a day or two. : Illustrated Lecturs ‘at High Scheol. Albert Squires Friday evening de- livered a lecture, The Crystal Hills, to a.fully interested and appreciative au- dience in High School hall. _Mr. Squires' lecture dealt with New Eng and scenery at the four seasons of the vear, particularly with mountain ‘scenery. ' A large number of stereop- ticon slides were used to illustrate the lectare. Invited to Meet Congressman. The ctate chairman of the Nation- “l Woman's Party invited Mrs. ‘Walter J. Bartlett to be one of a depu tation to meet Congressman Lonergan next Monday afternoon. The deputa- tion will set before. the tongressman their zrievances relatiye to the treat- ment of pickets at. Washington. Mrs. Bartlett will relate the conditions at the district jail and -workhouse where she was confined with 12 otrar pick- ets. Traveling Recruiting ‘Party. in order that the many advantages of the navy may be brought to the at- tention of Connecticut youmg men, a traveling. publicity and recruiting par- is touring the state. ‘The party ill_consist of’.two _sections, an_ad- vance force, and the recruiting force proper. _The advance tacn will be in Putnam November 26, to December 1: and the recruiting'party will be here ‘from December 9 to 15. To Sing Patriotic Songes. As the result of a student body vote taker this week some of the popular patriotic songs, such as Over There and Uncle Sammy Learns to Parlez \ous Francais, are to be sung at the lopening exercises of ths High school. Frahk M. Bennett. assistant princi- pal of the New York Pnrental school, Mrs. Bennett ana daugkter, Elizabeth, are suests of Mrs. M. W. Bennett, Oalt ill. Addresses Theatre Audience. Following the performnnce at _the Bradley theatre Friday evening, Mrs. Walter W. Bartlett addressed the au- dience and told of her_ rxperiences as a suftragist picket at Wazshington. Do Your, Christmas Shopping Early signs have made their appearance in From Weak and Lame To Well and Strong \ _Try them. TFoley Kidney Pills wiil do for other men and women—quick- ly—what they have dome for Mrs. year, I got almost down with Dack” meitos Mra 1L T, Straye o ‘oF Gainesville, Ga. I No. 3. I su fered from inflammation of ihe blad- der, and whenever I stopped doctoring rew worse I iried Foley Kidney after taking them awhile my Bladder actio regular and The stinging sensation disap am now stronger in my back a for seyeral years, and since ing well, I've stayed well and n Cotart i how o use Foley i T Sow %o use Fole: n Pills You will fool an mn'mveme:{ from very_first “doses. showin pow unmx_g oy act on Bydnaye a Bladaer. They slop irreguiar urinary an Timber up sHE Joints and sohim giea.’"They put the kidneys an. dern Y condition. T5y Lee & Osgood Co. held the Bible study class and teacher training_ class Thursday evening in the M. E. vestry. LEDYARD Work of Y. M. C. A. Praised—Cam- paign Committee Receives Generous Subscriptions—Meeting of Thimble Club. . Rev. G. F. Goodenough preached Sunday morning from Psalms C XIX. 9. Wherewithal shall-a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto accerding to thy word. Rev. Mr. Goodenough talked on the Y. M. A. campaign. Billings T. Aves William_I. Allyn, Charles A. Gray and Archie Holdridze were named a com- mittee to receive funds for the cam-] paign. It is not known yet how much has been subscribed, but the citizens of Ledyard have given freely to this worthy cause. Mrs. Stephen Peckham has been Putnam, and serve as an _indication that it is only a short titpe before San- ta Claus will be making his annual wisit. Reception For Home Guard Officers. “At the home of Mr.'and Mrs. George A. Vaughn, Thompson, Friday evening there was an informal reception to the commissioned and non-commissioned officers of the Putmam lome Guard, of which Mr. Vaugan is qnartermaster. The citivens of Thompson were in- vited to meet the officers, and State Attoracy Chaxles E. Searls, and others, A aclegation from Putnam aerie of agles is planning to attend the big initiation at New Haven Sun- ¥ At this meeting 200 new mem- bers are to be received into the er- or ©ampaign For Red Cross Members! Under the direction f Alex Gil- man, local campaign jnanager, plans t{or, the Putnam Red Ci . CHristmas Membership drive aré rapidly assum- ing form. Nationally it is boped to triple the membership of the organ- ization during the campaign and if this same proportion is followed in Putpam nearly 2,500 names will have to be added to the present muster, hich numbers a little over 1,200. The drive is to begin December 17 and continue until Christmas eve. GALES FERRY isiting several days with friends in Mystic. and Mrs. Samuel Lamb of Mrs. Daniel Lamb and Mr. Leon Colver were Sunday Fuests of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Clark: Mr. and Mrs. Albert Spafford:and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Spafford, Sr., of South Glastonbury, were Sat- urday night and Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Olin H. Avery. Mrs. Tsaac G. Geer has returned home, after Leing for several days with her daughter, Mrs., Ernest Smith of Franklin. The Christian PEndeavor Sunday evening had for its Ray 'D. Holdridge. Miss Goodenough™ will be the Sunday evening. Thimble Club Entertained. The Ledyard Thimble Club met with Mrs. Joseph Clark Tuesday aft- ornoon. The meéeting was greatly en- joyed by the members present. Re- freshments were served at the close. | The next meeting will be held with Mrs. Calvin R. Main. \Varren Allen recently sold eight. pigs to purchasers from Black Hall Dexter Church has returned to work meeting leader, Barbara leader mext in Norwich as motorman for the Shore Lin> ®ilectric Railway fCom- | pany. While at. home Mr. Church has disposed of nearly all his large crop of potatoes raiced this_year. ! Prospective Purchzun of - leots Visit{~ Highland Spring Park — Wrs. “Charics B. Graves Gives Address en Birds. Prospective purchasers of _building sites at Gales Ferry have been in the place the past week with a represen- tative of a Norwich Realty Company which ie making another attempt to open up the tract of land eituated be- tween the property of Noyes B. Allyn and the New York, New Haven and railroad track overlooking _ the Thames river. This site formerly be- lenged to the late Isaac Bragraw, but more recently to the late A. L. Pot- tef of Norwich. and was opened up during the summer of 1908 try a realty er Sightseer, or by train. Several lots werg, reported sold but no.attempt to build” was made until the section of the Gales Ferry Country. . Clubhause, two seasons ago on a lot donated by Noyes B. Allyn. Bt is said, several people from out of town have pur- Tols restdont In vilegee in the north {operate in seeing that the restrictions | chased building lots recently. of the town, who came here to at- tend Killingly High school. Their car was about a half hour late. Dog Restrictions Explained. Howard -Aw Eiliott, Hartford, spes A. F. WOOD “The Logal Undertaker” B“AICIELS% .fo%‘ against dogs are enforced. Beginning next Wednesday, Wind- ham county towns that have not had the confinement order for dogs ap- plied_to them will"comé unéer it ‘and nc dog will then have a right to be “ oty tor. Tileshore Operator. v Hopkins and Miss Mayme Dunz, n'pnel‘atars at the central tele- phone 'office, are .to _be g . taday and tomorrow of friends W Providence and Woonsocket. < Last Day of Hunting. Numbers of huntérs were in ~the woods Friday, notwithstanding the, bLad weather, getting their final chance' of the open season at Dheuunu, mrt ridge, quafl dnd" woodcock. Thy bir EhcoflngTatetn Tk abet ‘ver and _restocking hmb,uu is b recommended. Bno KLYN SAVINGS BANK, jailelsnn 1872) il dollar if make n’n"hofi Fresident, 5 ARTHURATWOOD' Vice-President, WILLIAM H. t in this bask, “3“""“’ $2,640,657.25 Surplus and Profits: $115,561.84 BURNHAM Secretar y-Treasurer, CLARBNCE' A. Po:qum General News. Sergeant. Samuel Lester of - Wright has visited his parents, Mr and Mrs. d Lester of the Les- ter district. Mrs. Horace H. Sears and son, Al- @& were week-end guests of ‘Délphine Fish. Mrs. Sears was join ed there on Saturday by Mr. s, returning to their. hame in West Ha- ven that evening. - 7 Mrs. Frank Aplin of Mt. Vernon, N ., Who has been spending a few daye 3 D summer home in the illage, ‘uesday. Mr. Aplin; and his son, Frank, with the latters friend, Vincent Jones of Mt. Vernon, N. Y. | were at the Aplin home for the week- ofge T. Meech and daughter, M hfl Meech, -of Middlet 6‘:, i here and ~ were fers on M: h’s sister, Mrs. C." A. Satterles and family, and on Noyes B. Allyn, ursday. Miss Packard and Miss Vera Bart- lett- of the Vocational school, ndon, were en ed_at the home Mz, and Mrs. Rufus W. Hurlbutt, Monddy night. Percy Norman, an engineer on the ramer Richard Peck, is spending his tion at the home ot his mother, é‘t. C.. Norman. Speke on Brdo. Mrs,” Chirles B. Graves, wifé of Dr. C. B. Graves of New London, whose name did not.appear on the program gl.dt.h: mmlr: Lnlfllflh recently el ere, was presént, snd spoke on birds. Mis. Graves is a member of the Audubon society, and an enthus- iastic lover of birds. . .Return to Norwich. r. and Mrs. d-;:-‘:mcr, Miss m‘u?:‘abhfw b to - Norwich, Mumh.y for the Wil Brooks. of Hartford . after /| -o-nl The Thursday afternoon mm f the auxiiiery ‘ot "the Rea ~ dol been collected by the aux- m:.rymtmm.ndumm bas been purchased Mrs. ‘%‘M visit of several & Edw.rd Young, of er Do i in-la. REFRLNG &t their e.!ll“ near the village. Rev. Allen Shaw Bush, who has several days, been in New York 'for foni ot Arthur D. Bartlett of Worcester vis- ited his family in this place Sunday. “Charles David Geer, Jr., ¥ho ai- tenids the Norwich Free Acads lemy, has been confined to his home the past week ill with grip. zAppraisers Named. £ Chll‘les A. Satterlee and Henry W. Pluributt of Gales Ferry have been 2ppointed appraisers for the estate of John W. Watspn. BALLOUVILLE Pussy Willows Deluded By Mild No- Weather—Special Mueting— Plans For Entertainments. = ° Alics Bloomingberg celebrated her seventh birthday Saturday. ~She and her sister, Elsie, found pussy willows in full'size on that anniversary. A good meeting was heid at Black- stone hall Sunday afternoon by the Salvation Army corps from Putnam. Messrs. Green and Mason from Daniel- son were also present. An address was givep by Rev. Benoit of Putnam. f [ 7 I ln = ] THANKSGIVING DAY The time when the dining room should be dressed ‘in its best. We are showing many beautiful selections of Furniture, which are priced. very moderately. DO NOT CONFUSE HIGH QUALITY WITH HIGH PRICES -~ COMPARE OUR PRICES BEFORE BUYING ELSEWHERE HOURICGAN'S goleplg_te,‘ Home Furnisher 62-66 Main Street, Norwich Several from 'this ¥illage and Pine- ville attended the funeral of Walter ‘W. Wailen at the Putnam M. E. church ~Mrs. Thahkiul Kingsbury is in Wor- cester at the home of her sister who is ill baving closed her house the winter. Entertainment Planned. There is to be given by young people from both Ballouvillé and Attawau- gan in-the .hall.jn, the latter village an entertainment for the benefit of the M. E. church. Features will be read- ings and songs by F. B Hopkins, of ‘waplewoed R. I, and a farce entitled A Perplexing. Sunday afternoon in Flackstone hall Mr. and Mrs. William Mason, and Mr. Green, from Danielson, -are to _con- duct evangelisflc meetlng- with’ ser- vices at 2 and 6 p Frank Bennett of Pineville, and J. L. Pray, of_fhis_village attended = banquet in Danieisgn Thursday after- eeun-“nmnsda even- home of Mrs. Minnie Mrs. Filen' Wallen entertained her mother and sister from Bridgeport re- cently. —m Fanmry Work. Anthony has left the At- tawaugan C«x ere he has been in the store ;pflq for quite a period, and has ent: estry work. The cot! eeting for this neigh- borhood i8 be held next week on rday ning, Pecember 1, at the residence Gf John McGregor, in Pine- ville. New present gregation Mi . ‘Haven—L. L. Rosenberg has a service flag to the Con- israe} and it hae been, d 'on utsifle of the tem- ple in~Orange street. It has 18 stars showing that 18 young men from the congregation kiave gone into the army or navy..- here forl., STAFFORD SPRINGS Petition for Conservator Denied— Pledges of $4,214 Far Red. Cross— K. of C. .Drive Planned For Next Week. 3 . Agard int- The " petition ‘of Mrs. Ida G. asking that a conservator be ap ed- pver Miss Eliza Chaffee of foraville was heard before Judse Ro bert . Fisk of the probate cour Fhursday morning. Seveéral witn es testified as to the capacity of Miss Chaffee to manage her affairs. Juds:. Fisk denied--the Xpetition. Attorney lis H. Reed appeared, for the peti- oner and the respondent was rep- resentéd by Attorney M. D. O’Connell. Undergoes Cheration. ,fioberr Kaddy' was operated on. at the Johnson Memorial hospital Wed- nesday for appendicitis. Irving H. Agard.of Walpole, spent Thursday in town. +Pledges of $4,214.90. The finance committee of the S ford branch of the Red Croes has re- ceived in" pled; es $4,214.90." Of this amount $2,450.15 has been paid in, leaving ' a balance: of 31,1541 15 to be collected. of "C. Drive’ Stafford - council; -Knights -of-“Colum- bus willgmake g’ drive “BEXtiweek to collect r&msvm the “of £. recra- ation camp fér 'the soldiers. ° The council hias Jotéd.lo .pufcliase a ser- vice flag. * VOLUNTOWN Food Pledge Cards Conspicuously Dispjaved Briggs | Manufactu Company Donates $100 to Mass., | week end at her home in Taftv ephen B. Sweet and son, Byron, of Southbridge, Mass., were Sunday callers in” tdwn. % Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anderson en- ned at_dinner Sunday, Mr. and 2 John “W. Halley, "Mr."and Mrs. Fred' W. Halley an s Elizabeth McCiuggage, of Jewett City. Mrs. William Barron of Boston enjoying a visit_with her parents, and Mrs. Ezra Briggs. Miss Arline Thomp P. U. service Sunday Many Food Pledge Cards. Food Administration cards are dis- played in nearly every home about town. = | Gave $100. The Briggs Manufacturing Co. gave one hundred dollars:towards the Y. M C. A. ‘War fund: Joseph Baton of Plainfield recently visited relatives here. Te. is Mr. Variety Supper. The Ladies' ‘society of the Baptist church “held ‘a variety supper in the chapel Tuesday evening which was well #ttended. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spaulding eall- ed on friends at Glasgo Sunday affer- noon. Mrs. Gerald Walsh of West Haven was calling on friends in town'a few days ago. Elmer Shippee “of Morris, N. "Y., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. George B. Dawley. New Haven—Graduates here of ten prominent universities and colleges met last week and formally laid pldns for the establishment of a University club in thig city. The colleges repre- sented at the meeting were Yale, Har- vard, Cornell, Princeton, Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania, Fordham, Amherst, New York university, Uni- versity of Michigan and Massachusetts Tech. Rockwell & Co. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. That is, if you buy at Rockwefl‘& ] Fur Coat is really an economy;, as¢: New We challenge comparison, both as to quality of Fur and price. . ARSWETS SO many purposes. “find big Motor Coats of Raccoon and Leopard. The smart new Coats of Nutria and Beaver. Forester & Co. WATERBURY, CONN. Fur Coat The Here you will Dressier Coats in a beautiful quality of Moleski}x and Sgumel. Hudson Seal Coats in all lengths, some plain, others combined with rich trimmings of contrastin; Great Scarfs to wrap:: ueun&mi Yurs. “{‘Som ¢’ smaft Capes of Kolinsky, Mole and Seal. f the new flaring hip'length medels, betted in front. Stunning sets of Pointed Fur and Skunk, Taupe pr,, wsihs all the populai) short haired Furs. - Some novelty sets show smart httle caps and Tam O’ Shanter of Furs to match Stole and Muff. R We Are Offering ‘An Exceptional Sale Opportunity Of our high-class Suits. woman who wishes to take advantage. af» the- onomic purchase. Smart youthful looking models. Today. and~all next weele. Of importance to every "Unusual, pnccs will be ofiercd And fancy Street Dresses will be placed on sale at twenty per'Cent. discount from.our.regular prices. Unprecedented « values. A limited number of Serge Dresses at $15.00—$1 800, $25:00 kind fronr our regylar stock: ‘" The unusualness of this offering will insure a quick depletxon of- the assortments. :md an early mspectlon awill be advis- able. ‘We fhake a speculty of i'noumm?: T e