Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 27, 1917, Page 2

NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1917 WILLIMANTIC WEDDING Kelley—McGrath. William {Kelley of this city and Miss Lucy A. McGrath were married at St. Mary's church, Bezrah, Wed- nesday morning at 8 o'clock by Rev. Joseph F. Ford of Colchester. The attendants were John McNickols and Miss Margaret McGrath. The bride wore a white gown with veil and car- ried a bouquet of bride roses. There was a larze assemblage of friends and relatives at the ceremony and also at the reception that fol- lowed. Mr. Kelley is the son of Johp Kel- assistant superintendent gf the ater works, and is employed in this city as a plumber. FUNERAL Edward L.‘Abel. The body of Edward 1. Abel was brought to this city Wednesday af- ternoon on the 4.05 train from Nor- wich and buried in Willimantic ceme. tery. Arransements were in charge of Runera! D or J. M. Shepard. ° Dir Checker-Chess Club Meets. The second meeting of the Y. M. C. A. Checker and Chess club was held ‘Wednesday evening. A table had been installed where the old ping- pong table had been placed, and will accommodate or seven players. Two electric lights have been install- ed and the club will meet every Tues- day evening exeept on holidays, when it will meet Wednesday evenings. Furloughs End. Local men in the U. S. service who returned to their posts, after spend- Ing the holiday at their homes are: Francis White of the navy, Edward DANIEL F. THOMAS H. KILLOUREY BROS. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EM- BALMERS Willimantic, Conn. (Lady Assistant) 36 Unien St., * Phone 290 JAY M. SHEPARD Succeeding Elmore & Shepar FuneralDirector andEmbalmer 60-62 North St., Willimantic Lady Assistant Tel. connection DR. F. C. JACKSON DENTIST Removed to 715 Main St. Willimantic jiours—9 a. m. 6 2 . m. Fhone 44 Morris, electrician in the navy; Lieut. Arthur T. Kelley, army; Brnest P. Chesbro, Jr., 8rmy; Waiter McNickle, naval reserve; F‘r?d Nason, regular army. DECIDED 93 CASES Exemption Board Considers One Hun- dred and Seventeen Cases in All. The local exemption met Wednes- day to classify more of the drafted according to the questionnaires which have been returned. ; A In all-117 cases were discussed, and decided_upon, 22 going into Class 1. The official list was not made on ‘Wednesday because of the late hour at which the board got through work- ing. Thev will meet every day this week. All of the questionnaires have not been mailed vet; only 1223 have been sent out so far. WILL MAKE DUCK 93 New Company. From Brooklyn to Take Over Former Turner Mill. At a recent meeting of the Willi~ mantic Development Committee at the Chamber of Commerce rooms, it was voted to accept the report of the com- mittee *which had conferred with Her- bert R. Bennett of the Foster-Stewart company of Brooklyn. The Turner property on the corner of Bank and Valley streets will be ased and the new company, which manufactures duck. will take possession of the mill about January 1. The stoek will be subscribed chiefly by the members of the devel- opment company, although practically all have a chance. | | Naval Recruiting Party A recruiting party for the U.'S. navy has arrived at the post office in this city and will be here for the rest of the week. Men of draft age will be accepted if they are not in the first draft. included Presented Wrist Watch. John F. Healy, who recently enlist- cd in the Naval Reserve and who will report at Newport Friday, was pre- sented a wrist watch at his home on Tuesday evening by friends. Guests ere_present from Taftville, Brooklyn, X ;‘., New London and Fort Terty, GCoal Scarce. The first notice of the lack of coal being felt to a great extent in this vicinity comes from North Coventry, where the Congregational church ser- vices will be held in .the chapel in- stead of the church, for the remain- der of the winter. The Day After. The effect of the Christmas holi- days was felt in this city in_several ways Wednesday. The postoffice was a busy place as much overdue mail arrived and was Tapidly delivered. The railroads are hgving fine busi- ness. The 10.07.express was run in one train, and over two hundred took the train in this city. WINDHAM HIGH AGAIN DEFEATED BY ALUMNI Score 44 to 32—Tommy Pickett Star of Class of 1917 Team. For the second ‘time this week, the regular Windbam High school bas- ketball team was defeated by a team composed of former Windham men, being defeated by a team taken from last yvear’s class by a score of 44 to 32, Only once during the game did the Windham team seem to have a chance of winning, during the last half, when the score was 30 to 26 in their op- ponents’ favor. The strain of the 20- minute_halves was teling on the “grads,” but' with a start, they woke up, and shot seven more baskets to three for Windham. During ‘prac- tically all of the first half the ball was kept in the 'IT's field, but dur- ing the last half, it was up near Windham’s goal and most of the bas- kets were shot after many passesand dribbles. Tommy Pickett was the star of the game, getting 13 baskets, one of them a one-handed overhead shot. He al- so tried at one free try, their only ene, but missed that one. Howie was Windham's: high scorer and also_the econd highest man with eight bas- kets. There were only six fouls call- ed, five on Windham, but no free shots were made. The summary Class of 1917, Windham. ... A. Lamouréux Right forward. L. Lamoureux Tighe Sumner Moriarty Ep Gager ... = Score — Class of 1917 44, Windham 32. Fleld baskets—Pickett 13, Howie S, Gager, A. Lamoureux and L. La- moureux 4; Carcio 3, Healy 2. Referee —F. Ottenheimer, U. of V.; timers, Reynolds, Flynn and Hickey. Scorers, Collins and Beebe. Time, 20 minute halves. As a preliminary the Ruff Ryders piaved thd Kydd's Pirates, the first named team winning 22 to 6. After the game dancing was en- joyed, mustc being furnished by a three piece orchestra. OFFICE FIRE Does $100 Damage in New Jordan Building —« Smoker's Carelessness Suspected. There was a small fire in the office of E. Frank Bugbee in the new Jor- dan block, Wednesday noon. About $100 damage resulted, including the charring of a_ roll top desk and the falling of part of the ceiling. The Leat was so inten: in one part of the room that a window was cracked. Mr. Bugbee was in his old office directing the moving of some of his Murray’s Boston $t0re -After-Chr’istma.,s Sale of Coats, Suits, Separate Skirts and Waists, Begins Today 4;-‘ JUST AT THE TIME OF THE SEASON WHEN-YOU STILL MONTHS OF WEAR TO “BE GOTTEN FROM _—— THESE WARM COATS WE OFFER THIS SPECIAL RE. B e e DUCTION ON OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF COATS, SUITS NOTICE THE 3 + COATS Women’s Warm Winter Coats in the fol- Velour, Pom $12.50 and $15.00 Coats are-now marked lowing wanted ma Pom, Broadcloth and W at $9.89. at $16.50. stock. . H ; i H H i . t $25.00, $14.50. SAVING PO NOT MiSS THIS OPPORTUNITY. SAVINGS ON THESE - £25.00 and $27.50 Coats are now marked $35.00 Coats are now marked at $21.50. SUITS AT LESS THAN HALF PRICE - $17250 and $20:00 Suits, now $9.98. _ $29.00 and $35.00 Suits, now AND SEPARATE SKIRTS. _IF YOU HAVE PLANNED TO ‘REPLENISH YOUR WINTER WARDROBE AT. A GOOD PLUSH COATS SPECIALLY PRICED - $25.00 quality are now marked at $16.50 $27.00 and $30.00 i re’ marked at $19.50. SD e S $35.00 quality are now marked at $25.00. SEPARATE SKIRTS AT A GOOD SAVING - $ 2.50 quality are now $1.98 $ 5.00 quality are now $3.69 $ 6.50 quality are now $4.98 $ 7.50 quality are now $5.98 $10.00 quality are now. $7.98 $5.00 CREPE-DE-CHINE WAISTS FOR $3.19 . ~ .“ One lot of Crepe-de-Chine Waists in ‘white or pink, ing our after Christmas sale at $3.19. ; 5 MURRAY CO. regular $5.00 Waist—your choice dur- e 5T ! i property when the fire was discov- ered by a stenographer in dhe of the ‘other offices. Severa] men rushed in- to the room, but it was too full of smoke ‘and flame; so the firt truck was telephonea for and the firemen put the blaze out with two extinguish- ers. The cause of the fire is not known, except that several young men were in Mr. Bugbee's office previous to the fire and one of them may nave drop- ped a lighted match or cigarette in the waste basket. The building i fireproof. Mills Resume Work. Nearly all of -the local mills, with the exception of the American Thread company, which employs about three thousand, resumed operations’ Wed- nesday morning after the holidays. The thread company will open this (Thursday) morning, but the office force worked Wednesday. Brief Mention. L. N. Ayer is the second local man to finish harvesting his ice crop. Jerome Cooke of Hartford spent the vacation at the home of his parents in this city. Theodore Baker of Williston semi- rary, East Hampton, Mass., is home for the holidays. Thomas Greenwood, who'has been the janitor at the telephone building, has resizned and will go to the Wind- kam Street school, taking the place made vacant by the death of John McNamara, who was killed in auto accident in Manghester. Griswold Secures 1,138 Red Cross Members, When Quota Was 1,000— Fred Couture Sent South—Guests on the Holiday—Start to Count Christ- mas Stocking Money—The Late Ziba Huntington Former Griswold Resi- dent. Griswold went over the top in the Red Cross membership campaigh. The quota for the town was 1,000 members and up to date 1,138 names is the re- sult. Everyone concerned in the drive worked faithfully for the cause. Wed- nesday evening L. M. Carpenter re- ceived the following telegram from W. P. Lasker, chairman Connecticut di- vision, Connecticut Red Cross: I extend hearty congratulations to you and your workers for your eplen- did_part in putting .Connecticut over a third of a million members, ond be- lieve Connecticut the only division to reach quota on Christmas eve. Please accept my Hest wishes for a Jjoyous Red Cross Christmas. o Fred Couture Ordered South. Mr.'and Mrs. Couture have received a card from their son Fred saying that he has left Camp Devens and is on his way south. He left “Saturday, going through Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. D. C., and when writing was in North Carolina. Holiday Guests. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Wilbur entertain- ed Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Pol- lard_and daughters, Ruth and Evelyn, of Willimantic, Mr. and Mrs. Eli G. Lague of Jewett City and Mrs. R. A. Wilbur and daughter Marian of Glasgo and Miss Dora Baldwjn of Williman- tic. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Burdick had as Christmas guests Mr. and Mrs. James E. Herrick and Miss Mary J. Burdick of Norwich and Miss Ethel Burdick of New London. Mr. and Mrs. Hermon Learned of Versailles were guests. Tuesday of Dr. and Mrs. J. Byron Sweet: » | Mr. and Mrs. A, M. Brown entertain- ed Christmas day Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. D. L Phillips, Mrs S. F. Brown and Mrs. A. G. Brewster and two sons, Albert and: William. James Richards of Versailles has been the.guest of Mrs. Mabel C. Wil- liams. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Paul entertained Christmas Mr. ~and Mrs. Arthur Strickland and daughter of Middletown and Mr. and Mrs. John T. Cheney and Misses Grace 'and -Allura Cheney of Moosup. ' Red Cross Room Open. The Red Cross room is open both Thursday and Friday afternoons this weelk. The Late Ziba ‘Huntington. Ziba Huntington, who died in a Hartford hospital this week, was for a long time a resident of Griswold. He lived on what is known as-the Leon- ard place until three years ago, when he and his wife moved to Chaplin. H= wife, who survives him, was Miss Maria Snow of South -Coventry. Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Burleson of Schenectady, N.-Y., Miss Dorothy Bur- leson of New Britain and Miss Hallie Burleson of East.Orange, N. J., are at Mr._and Mrs. E. F. Burleson’s. Mr. anfl Mrs. A. H. Vaughn of Nor- wich and Miss Mary Manton of Provi- dence spent Christmas at Mr and Mrs. F._D. Ballouw’s. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Parmenter and children have returned from Waltham, Mass., where they spent Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Potter and son Benjamin returned Wednesday from New Bedford. Miss Dora Bothwell of Willimantic has been at her brother’s, David Both- ! well’s. . Passes Balloon School Test. Mrs. G. W. Robinson has received word that her nephew, Willard Cady, who has been at the balloon school at Fort Omaha, has passed his nine hours’ examination and has been S$ent to Garden City, L. L, from which place he will be sent across. COUNTING THE MONEY. Christmas Stocking Yields Cash of All A Denominations. e g Mrs. Fred Condie, Mrs. G. H. Prior, Mrs. T. A. Rioux, Mrs. M. E. Shea, Mrs. Earl Montgomery and Miss Jean Burleson started Wednesday afternoon to count the money received in the Christmas Red Cross stockings = A six quart .bowl was overrunning - with money of all denominations. Much merriment was caused by a part of the gnjunis of the stocking filled by Dr. S..H. Holmes. It contained a globule of sugar, a piece of coal and a broken cent. If there is a death of pennies in the town, the Red Cross treasurer can make change when he reccives the amount! - Christmas Party: = Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Buckingham en- tertainied - Mr. %nd. Mrs. Champien Mathewson and daughter janet of New Haven, William A. Buckjngham, - Wil- Ham A. Buckingham, Jr. Walter M. Buckingham and Miss Maud C. Buck- ingham of Norwich and Miss Helen R. Buckingham of New York, and also Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Young, on Christ- mas day. SOUTH GRISWOLD, Christmas visitors at Mrs. Harslett E, Palmers included her ntece}.mmux-“ Herman Wolf, from Westfield, her niece, Miss Carrie Bowker, from Nor- Norwidn. ok Mastoe Joha Washiurn, . an aleg of Nerwich. ors 3 3 Meriden.—Mrs: H. 0. Winslow of Liberty. luut?e;t,!vhon cfln:hut is "T gaged relief work Frarce, col- lected $180.iA ten days among Meriden 3 of. French for COLCHESTER Engineer E. E. Brink Returns, After Brief Outing—Students Home For Holidays—Personal Items. Engineer E. E. Brink on the Branch railroad returned Wednesday from a few days’ visit with relatives in New York. Bngineer Gates of New Haven running during his absence. Mrs. John F. Slater was the guest Tuesday of her ceughter, Mrs. Julia Burns in East Hampton. Walter B. Lombard spent Christmas at his home on Norwich avenue. Christmas Concert. The Christmas concert and tree of the- Baptist Sunday school was held in the church Wednesday afternoon. James Jobnson was the guest friends in New Haven Tuesday. Louis Mintz was a caller in Middle- town Tuesday. Mrs. T. Swan Rathbun was _the guest of her daughter, Mrs. H. E. Hig- gins, in Norwich over Christmas. John J. Shea of Camp Devens was at his home on Lebanon avenue, over Christmas. . Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Baker were guests of their sons in New Britain Shrist- mas. Edward M. Day of Hartford was the guest of his father, Hon. E. S. Day over Sunday. Home From College. John F. O’Connell and Michael S. Shea who are attending the University of Vermiont are at their homes in town for the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton G. Miller and child and Mrs. George B. Miller were guests of Middletown relatives Tues- day. D. A. Elgart returned Tuesday from a few days visit with relatives in New York. Mrs. Hamilton Wallis and children and George Rosen were Middletown callers Tuesday. Mrs. Ida Wagner returned Tuesday evening from a few days’ visit with her daughter, Mrs. C. C. Barton, in Hartford. MANSFIELD DEPOT of Closing Exercises at District School— Christmas Sunday Observed at State Institution. Misses Ruth and Ella McCollum,-of Connecticut college came home on Thursday for two weeks. Closing Exercises. School closed Friday. The after- noon session was devoted to a very in- teresting Christmas _entertainment, with tree and gifts for every pupil. A large number of parents and friends attended the exercises. The teacher, Miss Nelliz Driscoll, has well main- tained her excellent record. She is at_her home in Yantic. Mrs. M. E. Bowers is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Miller, at Daleville. Tenelon McCollum, Jr., is seeins Boston, as the holiday guest of Mr. Lincoln of Eagleville. Christmas Service. Rev. F. W. Klein conducted a Christ- mas, service at the State Institution Sunday afternoon. - The building was beautifully decorated with. wreaths, flags and shields. E All services at Dunham Memorial church last Sunday were well attend- cd, especially the C. E. and Sunday school Christmas concert in the even- ing. A good sum of money Wwas Co lectea for the relief of war sufferers. s. Marie Durkee of Manchester, visited her children and grandchil- dren over Christmas day. Mr. and Mrs. * Merritt Smith ate Christmas dinner at the home of their daughter, Mrs. E. B. Thompson. _ Mrs. Grace Pajmer of Lisbon visited her father and brother at the Snow farm last- Monday and Tuesday. Miss Bertha Botham of “Millimantic was at home on Christmas day. Mrs. K. L. Dimock and W. H. Pol- lard spent Christmas day_ with the younger generations of Pollards in Willimantie. - Christmas Party. Postmaster Martin M Hansen and family attended a Christmas party at the homec of Mr. Hausen’s parents in Tolland, Sundayr and on Christmas day they entertained relatives at their home. George Nelson, of the post office and store, made a visit at his home in ‘Woodstock, from ~Saturday Tues- day. Miss Maude Brigham = was the Christmas dinner guest of her grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Corbitt. DAYVILLE Family - Gathering on the Holiday— Christmas - Sunday Observance— Merrill K. Bennett Writes from English Hospital. | to Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Burnett and daughter, Mrs. Fred E. the holiday with Worcester relative: ‘Miss Mary D. Shumway of the Core: Hill hospital staff, Brookline, Mass., is Spending a few days with Mrs. Mary D. Stokes. 3 ‘Willard F. Bennett of Providence spent the week end and holiday with his mother, Mrs. Fannie S. Bennett! Family Gathering. Frank J. Burnett spent Monday and Tuesday with his sons in Providence. Christmas day a family gathering was held at his son Raymond’s home. Misses Mary and Helen Gillespie, Jocal nurses, have returned home from their duties at Norwich. Mr. and Mrs. Hagry Brearley and family spent the week end and holi- day with relatives at Potter Hill, R. L Guests at Hanover. Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Greig were holi day guests of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Angué Park, at Hanover, Mrs. Greig remaining for a week. Mr.. and Mrs, Herold Field were Sunday visitors with relatives in Fos~ ter, R. L Miss Helen Kelley of the Norwich Free Acafiemy is spending the holiday Vacation at her home here. Christmas Sunday Seryices. Christmas Sunday was pleasantly ob- served at the Congregational church with good music and an excellent ser- mon by the pastor on the theme. The Spirit of Christmas. The Men's club attendéd in a body. The fine weathér called out an increased attendance. At 3 o'clock ‘p. m. the Sunday school gave a Christmas concert of unusual merit. The music, recitations, exercises made o pleasing program. ‘Private Elijah Berriman from Camp 'Devens was at home for the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stokes of New Britain spent Sunday with Mr. Stokes’ mother, Mrs. Mary D. Stokes. Purse for Pastor. Rev. William Swainson was pre- nted a purse of money amounting to 105, a.Christmas gift from the Men's lub. " In English Hospital. : Mr. and Mrs. Frank ‘W, Bennett have received another letter from their son, Merrill' K. Bennett, who stated that his health was improving. Mr. Bennett had been ill in a hospital at Southampton, England, but soon ex- pects to be in active service. - Mrs, Benjamin Martin is ill. Mrs. ‘Moresey is caring for her. - . A.. J. Lathrop returned Sun- day from a visit with relatives in Mansfleld Center and North Coventry. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Michie and Tiller, spent | _ALGOHOL-3 PE::' cg,:;As AVegetablePreparation 5 - similatingtheFood by Regula- ; fingthe Stomachs and Bowets o A helpful Remedy for Gonstipation and Diarrhoe and Feverishness and Loss OF SLEEP _ | Ll resutting therefronvinlafanc FacsSimile Signatureof For Infants and Children, Mothers Know That Genuine Gasieria Bears the Signature For Over Thirty Years GASTORI e . week owing to the death of Mrs. Michie’s brother. Death of Theophile Racine. Theophile Racine, aged 72, a resident here for many years, died 3t his home Friday night. 'He was a native of Canada. The deceased leaves his wife, four sons and two daughters. Jack Feeney, formerly of Dayville now employed at Norwich. by Hall Bros. as picker, spent Christmas with Mrs. Eliza Brennan. PENDLETON HILL Gommunity Christmas Concert Proves a Pronounced Success — Dinner Guests on the Holiday. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Thompson and daughter Katherine dined with Mrs. Thompson’s father, Latham Bentley, of Westerly, Christmas day. . Noyes Wheeler is engaged during the Christmas recess in clerical work for the extension bureau of the Con- necticat Agricultural college. In this connection he is traveling quite exten- sively. - Miss Winnifred and Cecil Palmer are spending the holidays at their home here. They are at home for a lengthy vacation owing to coal condi- tions. Mrs. Mary Palmer and , daughters dined with Mr. and Mrs. John Lewis and daughter Christmas day. Mrs, Elizabeth Thompson and fam- ily entertained Mrs. Annie Cook and tamily Tuesday. ° Miss Sarah Thompson Palmer of Burr & urton seminary, Manchester, Vt. is at home for the holidays, ar- riving Tuesday,_morning, after a long trip, owing to delayed trains and also a total lack of train service in places. Miss Palmer reports trz very slow, even where it is po all, since many trains have heen sub- tracted from the eeryice -altogether, owing to a lack of coal and crews. Christmas Concert. A concert and Christmas tree of un- usual merit was given in the Hill church Christmas eve. The audience give most enthusiastic accounts of the program. A feature was the chorus of nine men: Thomas Wheeler, William Maine, fford Thompson, Malcaln Thompson, Clark Coon, Charles Cot- trell, Birdsey Palmer, Henry Johnson. The singing of Mrs. Edward Ryder pleased the audience and Miss Cecil Palmer delighted all by. her perfect rendition of A Christmas Story. The concert and tree were a splen- did piece of community work largely due to Mrs. Clifford. Thompson. Clark Coon ‘and Charles Cottrell spent Christmas at Oak Lawn. The many friends of Ar¢hur Billings, whose home was formerly in this place, are sorry to learn that he is ill in the Rhode Island General hospital, Provi- dence.” ] HAMBURG Many in Attendance at Dance—Stu- dents Home for Holiday Recess. iz A Rachel Jewett and Leon Tiffany, who are attending Deep River High school, are spending the vacation with their parents. % Alfred Upton of Storrs college was a guest at B. P, Bill's the last of the week. Ernest Ely of Waterbury spent the week end with his parents. Miss Ada Harding, food demonstra- tor of Washington county, R. L, spent the past week at her home in Sterling City. Miss Ruth Harding of New Baftain and Miss Grace Harding of Middletown spent Christmas with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. lyman Harding. Students spending Christmas at their re Miss Marguerite Ely s Ora Harding from ive Stark from New London college. Richard Peck has filled his icehouse and also Mrs, William Crooks' the past weels. Dance Proves Popular. The dance at the public hall Monday ning was well attended. Pratt's orchestra of Deep River furnished music. Mrs. Fred Beebe and family of Ha Iyme were guests of her mother, Mrs. J. W. Martin, over Christmas. Mr. and Mrs, Harris Wood a of Springfield, M Mr. and - and M Christmas with Mr. and DeWolfe at Black Hall. CHESTERFIELD Many Attend Dance—Shristmas Tree Exercises at the School—Surprise Party., ev, The dance given by the Eureka Sc club Wednesday evening was v attended. Edgerton’s orchestra nished the musi here was a Christmas tree at the Twelfth District school. The teacher received a number of beautiful gifts. The programme was as follows: Song by the school, Jingle Bells; Pledge of Allegience to Fiag, school; ions, Rose Leivioff. David e Tinker and -Ellen , Upon the Housetop, by ;| recitations, Murray Gruskin, Kaplan, Solly Gruskin; song, How We Cuught Santa, school; recita- i Fanny Miller, Molly Leviloff, I i vivia Miller; song, & ight, school; recitations, Corne- lia Tinker, Morris Schneider, Meredith Tinker, William Leviloff, Sarah Bern- stein, ‘Alice Bernstein The _ Star Spangled Banner, school; Victrola se- lections; Christmas tree, Mrs. William Stone of New York is visiting friends here. People from here attended the Chirist- mas tree at Walnut Hill Saturday ev- ening. Many from New York are spending the holiday here with relatives. A irprise party was given Mrs. An- na Dart Saturday night. An enjoya- ble evening was spent. ‘WOODSTCCK VALLEY 'Waldo &G. Carpenter of Woodstock died on Sunday night at his home. Several attended the Christmas tree in the Valley School Monday after- noon. The Red Cross met with Mrs. Allen W. Kenyon, Thursday of last week. George L. Keach has returned home His many friends are glad to hear he is recovering following a sursical op- eration. Mrs. Chester Hatstat is entertaining relatives from Worcester, Mass. Miss Mabel Barrett of Hartford Is spending the holidays with her mother, Mrs. Cora Barrett." Dr. Ferdinand King, a New York-City Phy n and Medical Author says: “There can be no strong, vigorous men nor beautiful, healthy, rosy-checked women without iron—Nuxated iron taken three times per By after meals will ‘increase the strength and endurance of weal, nervous, run-down folks 100 per cent. in two weeks’ time in many instances. Avoid the old forms of metallic iron which may injure the tecth corrode the stcmach, and thereby do more hard than good. Take only organic iron—Nuxated Iron.” It is di pensed in this city by Chas. Osgocd Co. Lee & Osgood, and ail good drug- gists., N e