Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 25, 1917, Page 9

DANIELSCN Gift of 100.Pounds of Sugar to Hos- pital—Christmas Business Big, the Merchants Testify Funeral of Theopile .|Racine—Fine of $10 for iving Car ;Minus Rear Number— | Parish Meeting in Interests of Red Cross. Charl Franklin, William Nut- g;mdfl(‘,e‘%rge Nuttall will return to H P Dix tomorrow, after spending the holiday_at their homes_here. i Mr. and’ Mrs. Alfred W. Bassett of | Provii¢nce are heliday, guests of Dan- elkon refatives. ! . and Mrs. A. Van ‘Woodworth jwill_be Christmas guests of relatives im Willimantic. Mr. ahd Mrs. Alfred Reed of Woon- | sbcket are spending Christmas witl ! Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Wetherall and ! tamity. Te Attend Mass in Wauregan. A number of Danielson people will Be at Wauregan this morning to at- tend the first solemn high mass of , which Rey. Henry Francis Chagnon, ordained Sumday at Hartford, will be _celebrant. Postoffice Hours Today. The - postoffice, will close at 11 o'- eiock .today for the remainder of the day. The carriers will make a morn- "ing deliyery today. Special masses in observance of Christmas are to be said at St. James® church ~this_morning. 4 Mrs. Sarah Nolan of Bridgeport is nding the holiday with her mother, . J. J. Durnn, Many Christmas Cards. Thousands of souvenir cards: were handled in the Christmas rush ef mail at the Danieison postoffice. Gave Sugar to Hospital. Monday A. I. Armington presented a°100-pound bag of &ugar te the Day Kimball hospital at Putpam. Lorimer. Dixon, who is “over there” with Uncle Sam’s forces, has written that his trip across was pleasant, but there was much seasickness aboard. Christmas Busigess Best Ever! A number of business men in Dan- ielson report that the Christmas trade was the heaviest in their experience. George C. Baxter of Meriden is spending the holiday with friends. in Danielson. Join Thrift. Clubs. Hundreds of persous already have begun - their preparations for rnext Christmas by joining the Christmas and Thrift clubs in Danielson, Too Stingy to Join Red Cross. Canvassers report a considerable number of cases of persons who are well able to afford doing so turning membership in the Red . Cross. ley are pot willing to spend a dol- lar to help the boys over there. But 1t are perfectly willing fo accept their protection. FUNERAL Theopile Racine. The funeral of Theopile Racine was held from his home in Dayville Mon- d&y morning, with a high mass of re- quiem at St. Joseph’s church, Rev. Igwiatius Kost officiatinz. Purial was in St. Joseph's eemetery. The bear- ers.were his four sons—Andrew, Fred- erick. Nelson, Theopile, Jr. Louis E Kennedy was the funeral director. Violated Motor Law. In the town court Monday mornin; ‘Atwaham = Steinman of Moosuh was fined 818 for having driven a motor vel upon which no rear number was layed. Steinman was taken inte custedy at Goodyear by Deputy Automobile Tnspe--or Ralpa C. Young, who also found that Steinman was to show. a ocar registration and that. his driver’s license was not coun- tersigned, as is required by - law. Steinman previomsly had been warned by.leea) poiice that he must obey the motor vehicle laws relative to dis. blaying proper numbers on his ecar. Gifts Go to Boys in Camp. Boldier boys who are at Fort Terry today have manv gifts from their rel- ntives and friends in Danieison. Wau- resan. Brooklyn, Central Plainfield end other sections ebputs. At the fort the boys will have ® splendid Christmas dinner. There will be turkey and a grand supply of el the things that go with it and the only thing lacking will be the com- fiubump of the friends back home, r a number of boys this Christmas is_their first away from home and this sacrifice is regarded by some of them as more than all of what they have done and are willing to do that mil- lions of ather Ameéricans and millions of the free people of other lands may live to enjoy other. Christmas days e days of freedom and peace. Filling Out Questionnaires Not Easy. Registered men who are filling out Questionnaires by themselvas must remember that they sre obligated to answer without exeeptinn every ques- tion that applies to them and that e dependents who mentioned. must make oath to the statements contained in the question- naife” otherwise their whole effort wil] be null ang veid snd they will be classified in Class No. 1, Some men who have made out their own Questionnaires have returned them without swearing to them in the pres- ence of an authorized official. RED CROSS ASSEMBLAGE To Be Held in S, James’ Parish o 7‘ Arouse Interest in Work, % For tomorri/x v Soe fl:’med ‘the Red Cross e heM fn the parochial school b‘:.u.wmb\: MJ. Ginet, M. 5., has urged that eaech powers, en. | Earbeau. Two Selected Men File Claims For Discharge — War Christmas Dull ess—How the Holiday Will Be Observed Pub- lic Institutions—Milk and Butter Records of Shepard Hill Covs. Mr. and Mys F. Walden Wright of w Haven are spending the holiday with relatives in Putnam. Gilbert Perry, Coast Artillery. corps, Fortress Munroe, Va., is spending the holiday with his parents, City En- gineer and Mrs. George W. Perry. File Claims For Discharge. Louis Mongeau, Attawaugan, and] Merril Jacques, Killingly, selected men from this district at Camp Devens, have filed claims for discharge from the service, asserting that they have dependents who need their sapport. Miss Frances L. Warner, member of Spending the holiday: tecvss with spending the recess %mm,’ Judge and Mrs. Edsar arner. Corporal Wilton Greene, of the Sig- nal corps, Camp Devens, was at his home here Monday. Traffic Heavy. Extra sections were run on the ex- presses through this city Monday to accommodate the holiday travel, which was heavy. Staston D, Wicks, Pomfret, Ken- net Shampe, Michael Raigle, James Charron, in the service, are at their homes here for Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Philin Benoit of ‘Weonsockst are spending the holiday with relatives in Putnam and Daniel- son. Sang Christmas Carols. The choir of the Congregational church sang Christmas earols at dif- ferent points about the city Christ- mas eve. The stores were called upon to meet a heavy demand for Christmas gifts for soldiers. Robert A. Willls of New London is spending the holiday with friends in Putnam. Newly Ordained Priests to Celebrate Mass. There will be large congregations at St. Mary's church this morning to at- tend the first solemn high masses to be celebrated by Rev. Adellard La- roix and Rev. Thomas McGarry, who were ordained to the prissthood at St. Joseph’s cathedral in Hartford, Sun- day. Rev. Charles F. Bedard of St. Mary's parish attended the ordination ceremonies. ° At the County Home. At the children’s home, in the Saw- ver djistrict. 87 inmates will have_ a splendid chicken dinner tod: Mr and Mrs. D. C. Park. superintendent and matron, have made all the ar- rangements for a merry Christmas for the littie peeple. The Christmas tree At the home is to be Wednesday ev- ening, Board Worked Sunday. The members of the legal advisory board, anxious to aid all registrants. held a Sunday session and assisted about 25 registered men in filling out their questionnaires. War Christmas Not a Dull Christmas. A war Christmas, the first in Put- nam since the Civil war, was admit- tedly approached by many _citizens with some_depression of spirit, but this_ was not reflected in gift giving wor holiday trading. Mountains of mail wers handled Monday by _the postal for-c of this city, which will be busy this morning, cleaning up the fi- pal allotments of Christmas matter. Gifts to the Bovs Away. Brave Putnam boys who are scat- tered over thig great country in mili- tary camps and who are on the high seas as members of the fleet person- el and France behind the allied lines w be made happy today by holiday remembrances from _ home. These gifts have been goins forward for weeks and have been addressed to points abroad as well as to points in many states in the Union. TFor some of the boys who are in the ssrvice this will be the first Christmas away from home, and though it may be some- what lonely for them, they have the consolation that the tnoughts of Jov- ed ones are with them, as are the pray ers of thoso whom thev hold dearest. Five Cases in y Court. Monday morning was. a busy one in the eity eourt. There were five cases tp be dispcsed of, the largest number for a single day in a leng time. The offences charzed were minor ones. ames Coffey, Fimville, was sent to jail, getting 10 days for intoxication and 30 days for breach of the peace. Coffey added te his own difficulties by threaténing to get Judge Fuller an Captain Joseph A. Ryan when he is released from jail, but the efficials are not worried a little bit by Coffey’s Christmas eve promise to them. The Holiday in Public Institutions. At the Day Kimball hospital, at the town farm ahd at other institutions hereabouts today those who are spend- m‘ame hnq;l‘-t.; y‘gthlghmem wmirhs: e ristmas spj by thoughtful. d o) - tions who have arranged things to that'end. The Salvation Army also has arranged to provide dinners for needy families within the city. SHEPARD HILL cows. Make Remarkable Records as Milk and Butter Praducers. — Statistics at the office of the Wind- ham County-Parmers' association here show some remarkable reeords estab- lished by tests of cows owned by William S. Brown, at farm- in the town of 1d, be- tw ‘Wauregan and Central Village. These cows are backed by some of the best Holstein blood 4n the world. The average milk preduction for these cows during a period of ome month , 18 her, M. e Rl o al s meet Yy some latis or friend. The meeting wm“ be"thn‘ means, it is expected, of arpusing un- represented i e tells of sitting mith 8 group of soldier bays, Thanksgiving eve, about a fireplace in the home where they are bill Mhm I-Fa K with whom Private eau and | fiiends are Dbilieted also ra Hin | " | ars. Chrisimas *The Boston S ) THE REID & HUGHES CO. | [ ‘ 2 H ' s t ' 1 ' [ ' gl v eorsan s was 1153.8 pounds, containing 4 .64 pounds of butter fat per cow. The highest record was 1633.7 pounds of milk with 57.18 pounds of butter fat. With the exception of the highest producer, which gets 13 1-2 pounds, these cows get 9 pounds of grain a day. This is a ration of three parts bran, one part hominy and one part cotton sesd meal. The roughage con- sists of 30 pounds of sllage and 20 voi?i-‘ of hay. ’ r. Brown has a remarkable herd of Holsteins, gathered after great ef- 'ort and mmch expense, with the idea n view of inereasing the standard of herds and .geTting greater producers of milk and butter in the berds in Windham County. MASHAPAUG Closing Exerc at School—Red Cross Sends ' Christmas Boxes to Boys in Fedefil Service — Eleven- Inch lce Stored. Christmas exercises were held at the Mashapaug school Friday, when the jollowing program was carried ou Song, Pirst Neel, school; recitations, An Impatient Waiter, George Rizner; The Night Before Christmas, Anoa Kaleta; Sing a Song of Christmas, Mabel DPalton; The Twenty-Sixth, Fairman Howard: Santa Claus, Thom- as Thompson; song. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night, recitations, Father's Present: Thompson: Christmas Bells, Elsie Dio; Tather Christmas, Dio; Day ef Days, Florence Young; Christmas Questions, William Dio; The Christmas Tree, Lueia- Young; Jest ‘Fore Christmas, Frank Kaieta; Hur- rah for the Christmas Tree;, Albert Dis The program was followed by the di: tributlon of gifts. Home from New York. Mrs. Victor Kaleta has returned to her home after her employment in a cigar factory in New York. Christmas Boxes for Seven. The jocal Red Cross, through their chairman. Mrs. H. R. Howard, have sent Christmas boxes to the soldier and sailor boys who enlisted frem Union. Five are in the army and two ir the navy. Realized §20. The Ladies’. Aid saclety recently held a very successful supper, social and Christmas egle. The sum of $20 was realized. Kitchen Shower. On Thursday. Dec. 20, at the home of Mrs. H. R. Howard, e kitchen show- er was given Miss Mary Thompson in ionor of her approaching marriage with Frank Durfy of Dudley, Mass. Twenty ladies from the village were Lunch was served. Drafted Men. H. R. Howard has been appointed local member of the legal advisory committee who will assist the drafted men in making out their question- res, 'he Mashapaug Farms company has completed the harvesting of an eleven- ineh crop of ice. Schoois in town elosed Friday, Dec. 21, for the holidays, until Jan. 7, 1918, YANTIC Weman's Guild Entertained by William = E. Manning—Dinner Celebration of Twe Birthdays. Mrs, ‘William E. Manning entertajn- ed the members of the Woman's guild at her home Wednesday afternoon. rthday Dinner. Mr. and Mrs. William Counterman ent Mr. yd Mrs. John Wil». liams at dinner- Sunday in honmor of ihe’ celebration of the birthdays ef J. Counterman, and Mr. Williams. Merton Meserve is spending the hol- idays in Iton with Mrs,' Meserve. Roife y is spending the holidays school; Charles n Maynard. Eli Levine is with relatives in New York over the holidays. John Hardman Is passing the holi- days with his family in Providence. Eugene T. O’Connors is spending the holidays in Huntington with his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. John O’Connors, Here for Vacation. _ . Miss El; Kempton of the fac- ity of me‘gfi&ry lehogl for h’oys"ia spending the parents, Mr. t . on. 4 Miss Janet Gardner of South Cov- the holidays at her I Hewitt of ay_of Mrs. ockett. 1 at Bates college, Maine, was a visitor heré Sat- Mrs. Estelle Durgin of Stonington guest of her aunt, 's. Bhias” Stocett. Lemuel M. Fielding _and - grand- daughter, L\lcmg, of Norwich, called ‘There was a church Sunday. New H. ted a m:{ a‘mna-'i;m at Rl iy COLCHESTER Christmas Eve Dance — Additions ‘te Red Cross Membership—George] Brown Again Elested G. A. R. Post Commander. A social dance and baked. bean sup- per was given in Grange hall Monday evening by some of the young men of the town. Gahrman’s orehestra fur- nished music. Thomas P. Kinney was calling on friends in Norwich Saturday. Louis Goldstein -left town Saturday for a few days’ visit with relatives in New York. Miss Florence Dawley of New York was the of relatives on South Main street over Sund Walter and Leo White, Samuel and Harry Friedman, Roy Clark and Jo- seph” Dember, who are working in Bridgeport, are at their homes in town on_a ten days’ vacation. Charles A. Williams of Hartford is the guest of his brother, Daniel T Williams, on Broadway. Charles M. Reade of Willimantic was the guest of friends here Mon- day. Harold Clark of Hartford is the guest of relatives on Pleasant street over Christmas. Adding to Membership. A Red Cross booth has been set up in” John Condren’s store, where local inembers of the society are receiving new members. G. A. R. POST Holds Annual Election—George Brown Again the Choice for Commander. The annual mesting of Morris A. Taintor pest, G. A, R, was heMd in Grange hall Friday. A good number of comrades was present. The elec- tion of officers for the ensuing year resulted follows: Commander, George Brown; senior vice command- er, John Huntley: junior vice com- mander, Joseph Schlichter; quarter- master, Edward R. Hills; sergeant, Thomas Lamphere; chaplain, Rev. B. D. Reminzton: officer of the day, Jo- seph Schlichter: officer of the guard. Thomas Lamphere: patriotic instruc: or, B. D. Remington; representative to grand lodge, B. D. Remington; al- ternate, Thomas Lamphere. The installation will take place at the next regular meeting of the post in January. The election of Comrade George Brown as commander of the post in- dicates the esteem in which he is held by the members, he having served in this office 15 vears. with but few es- ceptions. The membership of the post, numbering at one time 125. has been reduced by death and infirmities of age to 15, many of these being unable to attend the meetings of the post be- cause feebie and infirm. LEONARD BRIDGE Twe Yearling Heifers Poisoned by Eating Fertilizer. Mrs. L. H. Corbit has returned to Bridgeport, after a few davs’ visit with her mother, Mrs. Ida. E. Cummings. Honr‘:fi . Williams was_in Norwich ::se‘ itness on the ' Johnson will Carlton A. Cummings returred Sun- day from Tiridgeport. Heward B. Willlams of South Man- chester was at Shadv Lawn Sunday afternoon. Cummings Brothers harvested their ice Monday. The ice was of fine quality and ten inches thick. Heifers Poisoned. Rexford . Cummings lost two nice yearling heifers last Monday by their getting to some fertilizer that was l;olx!d under a shed and eating some of it. Louis Peckham was in Willimantic. Tuesday. EAST WOODSTOCK — Little Children Donate Christmas Gift Money to Armenian-Syrian Re- lécf"—'fl\rn Boys Arswer Country’s all. —— Mabel Richardsen is home for the holiday vacatien from Middletown, whera she is teaching. Sewing Meeting. A_sewing meeting for the Red Cross will be held with Mrs. Wendell Wit- ter, Thursdey afternoon. Christmas Eve Festival Christmas was observed Monday ev- ening in the hall where the children ‘ga.ve s consisting of sing- ing, recitations, and tableaux, nnder the Radical Reductions On Women’ and Misses’ COATS . SUITS DRESSES Men’s and Yofi:tli;’ All Garments Greatly Reduced ¢ mhaltan 1I21-125 MAIN STREET FURS OVERCOATS SUITS direction of Mrs. Lindeman, superin- tendent of the Sunday school and her essistants. There was a tree but no presents, the collection and contri- butions being sent to the relief of the Armenians and Syrians. Apples and corn balls were served. Town Has Three More Patriots. Wendell Bosworth and Ralph Eddy left Wednesday for Fort Terry, listing with the Coast Artillery James Aldrich expects to leave soon for Fort Slocum and will join the cavalry. All the boys were fitted out by the Red Cross with knitted sgar- ments and comfort bags. Schools closed Friday for the holi- |, day recess, the teachers having Christmas _trees for the pupils. in this district. Misses Alton _and Eddy in the Paine district and English Neigh- borhood, also had Christmas trees. Charles Cady and Elton Witter of Southbridge spent Sunday in town. They are employed at the Optical ‘Works. SOUTH COVENTRY Henry Frink Given Wrist Watch and Knitted Set, Before Leaving For Texas. Fred Moore and family moved last week to Charles Parker's rent. John Woaed from Manchester is vis: iting at Thomas Kelley's. There is to be a Christmas enter- tainment in the Methodist church. Different members of ‘the Red Cross have bheen in the post office trying to get new members. Leaves Fer Texas. Henry Frink started for Texas Mon- day. Louls Kingsbury, for whom he d, gave him a wrist watch and Mr. Kingsbury's daughters gave him the knitted articles he will need. The school closed Friday for & week vacation. Miss Eveiyn Champlin has gone to her home in Southbridge, Mass. Miss Josephine Hart'is Boing to her home in Natick, Mass. -SOUTH CANTERBURY *Miss Frederica Olney has been vis- iting Mrs. Arthur Tracy. James Morgan was in Waterbury Monday. Tevi N. Clarke 1s serving as juror at_Hartford. Mrs. William Sprague of Moosup and Mrs. Charles Newton of New London, were gzuests Thursday night and’ Friday of their uncle, Levi Clark. Arthur Dechancau of New Bedford was a lecal caller Tuesday. Schools have clpsed for two weeks. James Sawyer has closed his bors n Plainfield and is employed in Packer. Mre. -Doris Bates has been ill with pleuracy. New Britai tate and county of- cers of the A. O. H attend the of Rev. Wi 5 O. H., and the Lagdies’ auxijliary, which will take place the first Sunday of January. = ke ORPHEUM THEATRE, Danielson CHRISTMAS WEEK ATTRACTION BON TON MUSICAL COMEDY CO. WITH NAT FARNUM, THAT FUNNY | | BEAUTIFUL LITTLE COMBDIAN AND HIS BEVY OF GIRL STARS December 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 XMAS MATINEE Newast Dances, Fiotyres " HOPKINTON Community Social Well Attended— Cole-James Marriaga. About 40 attended the ecommunity social held with Mr. and Mrs. Halsey C. Kenyon last Wednesday evening in the Friends’ meeting house, now own- ed by a private party. Mrs. Charles Ress Kenyon, who has been seriously ill, is able to be out William H. Burdick has had his jce house filled h fine ice from' 7 1-2 to 8 inches in thickness. Day Baptist church was ly decorated for the Christ- mas service Sunday afternoon. Cole—James. Miss Minnie Elizabeth James and John S. Cole, Jr., were married in Waesterly Sunday, December 16th, and will be at home at Hopkinton = City after January, 1st, 1913. SOUTH GRISWOLD - - Mrs. Robert J. Burroughs, of North Andover, Mass., is spending her va- cation at the parsonage with Rev. and Mrs. John Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. William R. Richmond, Elizabeth I.uther and Dorothy Rich- mond of Chicopee, Mass., spent the holidays wilh Mr. and Mrs. FEraest Luther. Mr. and Mrs. Russell M. Brand and children were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Brand. Ransom H. Young is filling his ice houses with 8-inch ijee. Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Greene are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Bur- dick frr Christmas day. Oliver M. Young was a visitor in Norwich, Friday —— BARONESS ZOLLNER UNDER ARREST AT CHATTANOOGA and Held Charged With Espionage Without Bail. Chattanooga, Tenn.. Dec. 24.—Baro- ness Zoliner ,charged with espionage, was held here’today without bail for the federal grand jury. ‘About the same time Victor Reutner, an alien en- emy summoned before the district at- torney beeause his wife's address was found in Baroness Zoliner's effects, dropped dead at Knoxville. TRICKS RESORTED TO IN ORDER TO GET COAL A Newark Man Borrowed .a Sickly In- | fant—Jeweler Drove a Ceoal Cart. ‘Washington, Dec. 24.—Sufferings of folk unable to buy coal have not been without their touch of humor, if thous it was somewhat grim, as reports to the fuel administration show. Here are two speciment A Newark man, whose coal refused to supply fuel except in > of dire distress, pleaded a sick baby, and to prove it, wheeled a delicate looking, peevish infant around to the coal office. He got the coal, but in- vestigation developed that he borrow- ed the baby from his neighbor. Tn the same city a retail jewelr took a job as a coal wagon driver. He start- ed out with two tons of coal which he dumped in his own cellar and then re- signed, saying the work gvas too hard. NO WINES ALLOWED TO ENTER OKLAHOMA Not Even for Sacramental Purposes— Decision of District Court. Oklahoma City, Okla., Dec. 24— Common carriers are not permitted to introduce wines into the state of Ok- iahoma, even for sacramental pur- poses, according to a decision hand- ed down by District Judge George W. Clark today. In denying a writ to compel the Santa Fe railroad to deliver the wine Judge Clark held that to force rail- roads to accept such shipments was a violation of the prohibitory law. Attorneys for the plaintiff announc- ed an appeal to the supreme court will be made. 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