Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 5, 1918, Page 13

VICTROLAS Not a luxury but an actual - ~W.aflg§pe necessity The Vnctrol:\ is literally, the nation’s chief source of musi than from any other one source.” mifli Jréng ‘fhe hospi the schools and the churches. fo the soldiers and sailor$ of Uncle Sam. “Back home’ among the folks behind the army—the farmers,' the men and women in the fields and the factories, in dty and in .country, the Victrola is one of the g'reatest—lf not the « - We have every Victrola and every Victor Record. The services and advice 6f the most expert salesmen are “yours-to command in-the selection of any model. And our terms are the most reasonable in the city s s'w E%&{l&fi.fi: fil?e.vmm" and a $5.00 assortment _pubehdses a $85.00 Victrola and a $5.00 assortment A MQNT"\ of Victor Hecords, your choice. $ 500 ‘ 5-5 of, Victor Records, your choloe. ‘ &w "yw- pursh 4 '$165.00 Victrola and a $5.50 assortmen r “Fecords cholce. 1 s a $215.00 Victrola and a $10.50 assort: 030 SFE cords, your choice, The ideal way to obtain a Victor Record “Record Library Plan” a ‘uy.r, with the least immediate outlay. NICTOR VICTROLAS AND VICTOR RECQRDB %%f&za’aém VJCTOR DEAL 77»3 of Vzdu-Sa'vinech St. . S . Morg; Amerigans—and, Americans in- the making—have | fearned’ “The Star ‘Bpangled Banner” from the Victrola The Victrola is in mes; ¢ Jkds in camp, on shipboard; in the It is the prmdpal soutce of cheerfulness and entertainment $110.00 Victrola and a §5.50 assortment N.Ongh, anm Pattment, $18476.04 SaRTE Cup-,Nn.!G;Md Friday evening the oMicers’of Bedg:] wick Post, No, 1, G»'A R, and Sedg- wick Woman’s Reliet- Coros; Nor 1 offi- | Lillian _B. n, Bud ergeant, rs; patriotic mmqn R._Sanders. -Following the installativh of fln of - amnmemtmmflo{m@ relief corps were installed by Pastf President Dorothea’ Baknl!n -m: Ma- flTATE‘S REVENUE WAS OVER‘ FIFTEEN ""-Il’-mfi‘ 1 Net Dsbt of State Stats Totals m,inoe. According to cmmw. Annual The state's revenue for the fiscal year ending Sept: 30, 1917, amounted to $15,386,099.95, - according. to the state comptroller’s report..to. the governor, just. made public. Espenditures jotaled | $18,707,138.75. - Civil. list funds' showed: @ balance in the treasury.on: Oot. 1, 17, of $5,911, m:zs:“‘ e net debt of e 'state totals . Comptroller Webster- -comments - in his report on the increase -in. business and the pressing calis for additional offices at the capitol. He explains how the conditions have. come about. There is an increase in every department, owing to the growth of the state itself, and additional duties dre {mposed ypon e state officials and commissions By "the legislature, making ‘the ‘ddditional room absolutely necessary. Then, there is the large amount of [ we toom required by commissions heving charge of thie interests 6f the state during the war;, This, Mr Wébstér has pointed out, has filled the building to overflowihg with a big increase in the expense of caring for the building. 5 In the general atcéunt 0f Teceipts, the net income corporation tax leads with $3,255,895.70. The state tax brought in $1,749,025.88, steam raliroad receipts totaled $1,684,849.27, while ma inheritance tax netted $1,050,987.8 Automobile and drivers| licenses swel ed the receipts by $1,009,066.10. These were the only receipts that were over $1,000,000. Orders for expendmnm were drawn on the comptroller fof $9,739,628.45 during the year. Civil list orders out- ? | standing Sept. 1917, were mn-mn" ably less than on the same d preceding year. They totaled 311,992 52, while the year beforé they amounted.to $17,029.72." Inferest paid on the. prin-. cipal and interest of the school fund in the. treasury was $7,796.07 and $416,000. was_paid .out for reseonun;« state bonds. The premium on stdte bonds was $43,714.23. Three million five hundred thousand dollars were transferred to the sinking fund. The heavlest expen ditures for the year. were bysthe high- commissioner, - totaling $3,517,- 530.7¢. Humane institutions were next with $1.213,739.54. Cemmon - #chools spent $1103,383.03. Qver half 2 million department of Tollowing is the demled uewnt ol receipts for the year: Balance of -civil list funds Oct; 1, 1918, $4,236,959.81. Taxes—Banks, for salaries nnd ex- estate penalty tax, express companies, $22,180:84; inherit- t flance tax, $1,050,987.81; “international banking companies. $430,000; invests{% ment . tax, $652,024.21; military . tax, $214,017.05; mutual fire insurance.com- panies, $7,543.9¢; mutnal life insurance wmpnmes‘ ukl,fi“’ non.resident:stock- $ railroads, steam.-$1, rmlrmda -street, $749,143.. ; rolling stock -and car:com! sheil fisheries, $31,168.53; .. telephons! anll telegraph companies, - $228,005.06; net income corporation tax,:$3,355,898:+ 7 pubhc seruce corporations, ‘§382,- -stock insurante tax; &81262123 i $12,.536,858.12, 7 - Fees—Clerks of courts,” $51,187.96 charter-fees, $29,419; cofporation- fees, $54, !)al executive secretary’ foes from, $1,490. fees from' insyrance’ com- missioner. $261.743.67 retary, $20,712.20; $1,85: fees -from state" police 4 trvm preme’ court. reponer $449,911.43, L)oensel—Autumobllel and drivers, GARDNEP LAKE are in Lyme, —_— Potatoss l‘mxe Even in Heatéd égn. lare—Tempangturesl5 Degrees Below York. with his son, Norman D.:Boynton. Several local peiple are harves The people in this, vicinity had ail| fce. hehters burging | In “thebd: éellamy | & prevedt freering, vet sevéral lost’ fheir potatpes. The lowest the mercury regs istered was 15 below zero. Mrs. Winfield Hanney and das xiter visiting at the Gardner Lake farm. Bolmn. ‘Mass: WATGQH: FOR THE | Bl WATER UAMAGED SAtE T DAY —AT— THE: BROCKTON 'SAMPLE SHOE STORE Wlte'tpipubun!'nfllfidhym;htmd will be given at this sale to(hy n WATCH FOR ANNOUNCEMENT LATER = THE BROCKTON SAMPLE SHOE STORE " 138 MAIN STREET ‘The Harris district school opened Wednesday after the holiday vacation. Joseph Winecar is visiting in New O. F. Boynton spent the week end ‘Stilo Light of West Chester, Pa., and, “Miss Ahmy Schutz of Hobokén, N, J., have returned to their homes. after Theron Morgan has returned from $1,059,086.10; dental commissjon, $200; state board of embalmers, $1,679.21 state board of fish and . game, $715; game. fund from towns, $29,448 board of health, $370; privaie institu- tions for insane, $115; 1abor ‘dureau employment offices, $1,206; pharmacy. commission, $16; liquor l[cenles, v 233.41; total, $1,534,108.72 Interest—On ftunds held. by instl tions. commiseions, etc., $3,367.39; in- terest account, civil list funds, $15%.- 89.05; inter X} school fund, trans- ferred, $111,74 i tural college rund 3278 828. ‘ Penalties— neg _ forfeitures, State's and prosecuting attorneys, $45,- 1482.30; fines, etc, motor -vehigle de-. partment, $21,522.57; fines collected -by attorney ‘general $430; torest fires fines, $2; “total, $6748737. . -3 Sundry sources, ad!uwu sundr\ sales, $943.33; comptrolle etc., $5.915.34; Connecticut Trainina schook or Teeble Minded, board, $10,096:83: ‘onnecticut Colon\ for . Epileptics: for board, Mansfield Trasn- ing School & spital, -board, - $2, Sale of mmm dairy commis- sioner, sale migns, $717.08: domectis an-, imals commissioner, 1og s, $6,74R81, esoneated nettes. ¥R "l-ng?:" “‘??J"“'u“é. nn?!ry receipts 2. 21 way department COfl’; €d 1oAd contracts, $78,742 ” tary, sales compensation commissiol ers digest ‘of decisions, $4,060.00; sec- retary, sale of Gallots, $574. oldiers’ home,’ nacional ald, $40,498.92; state paupers, refunded on -account of 317, {§: Btate library, saje 286 superintendent of capitol, sales of material, etc, $678.75; toll bridges, income 0f—Saybrook and Lyme bridg- es, §56,184, PEast Haddam and, Had:, dam) $13,211.07; New Tondon Termin- al, comes, $10,041.39; ‘un- expended balances of appropriatiens. $11918.41; miscellaneous, ~ $1,060.32; [ total’ $524,860.50. ance in treasury October 1,-1917, sa,n?l 783.84; following s the'Tist f ex- penditures— Sessions - general” assem- bly, $200,142.11;. salaries, exetutive omoes sm.s(n Judicial mimn WMNQ.I and Women's Rehef e s[.r Price and was closed - by Mrs " social hour and refreshi 'in the field and a great navy at sea $12,138.31; X nies; | $15,196.69;. savings banks,: $869,448.48; DS, | expenditures. i“fl&ny Evmmg at, Budnndnm rla Disque as conductress. The offi. wers of the corps are: President, Jen m . McKee; sépior vice- president; lian J. Johnson;. junior viee presis dent, TMorence Robbihs; -secretary; Brewster; treasurer, .Ger- trude Vi Tootill; chaplaln, Mary.E. ; -conductress, Lena S Pukais luv guard, Grace A. Fillmore: assist- t conductress, Florence. B.-Caswell; n.nlmm guard, Maria S. Briges; pas triotic instructor, Mabel 'E. George; Zn- correspondent, ' Ida :R. - Greene} t color bearer, Gertrude. B, John- second color bearer, ~Jayne H. third color bearer, - Maud: - A. Moody; .fourth color bearer, Anna L. Gn.{ musician, Lottie ‘B. Ringland, The meeting was opened by Comman- A.mr. the. meeting there was' a nte, consists g of sandwiches, cake, appies, coffee. and cigars were served by-the execu+ ive committee-of which Mebel - B 48 chafrman. 0 APPEAL TO CONSERVE LAM AND MATERIAL. lllutd to. Conmshm Pooulr by State Director of Nmonul w-r Savmq Committee. . An. appeal to t'ne people of Cm») aecticut td cohserve' both labor and raterials ln order to assist in_the sup- .poTt of the nation’s armies in-the field and to provide them with equipment |has ‘been issued by Howeil Cheney, | 1 state director of. the national | savings committee. war The appeal is as Tollows: % “The war ‘savings campaign is the ‘most effective means of impressing the citizens ot this country with the fact: that ‘we_ cannot support a vast. army and at the same time epend the same amount of money. we used te: before | the war, for things which may. be per- | fectly proper to buy in times of peace, but which. ate _not necessary te:the urrylnz on of the great war which now . fighting. “It Ia deélr&d to impress upon- the American people . that every. - citizen must get behind the government which is devoting its entire energies.|" to waging a great warfare for free= dom, . This .warfare requires the put- ting of men in the fleld and keeping |: them fed and clothed. It requires-fhe production of ships and shells, guns and rifles, motor trucks, saddlery, aero- planes, - hospital supplies, food and -a great varfety of goods™ the -butput of which calls for vast industrial plants from ome end of the country to the other, manned by millions of ‘men and ‘women who. serve their country as ef- fectively as are our soldiers and sail- ors. ;. /1f the American people contine’ to require all the Rlu.snnt and comfort- the |able luxuries which they - consumed: begre the war, they are making. it necessary for-. other = factories . and ®hops, aiso employing millions of men and women, to.produce articles which 0 not.help to bring peace a day near- er. whes they might be devoting theim- selves to the production of the nece sary things which will help to' whi_the ‘war." Men. g i Al : Connesticut River Bridge Re, The Connecticit River bridge 1ift was raised 1792 times, t in eargin 1915, it was raised i 914, 1915 times and last Yoar 1916, 1845 times, The state bridgs ft” 'was reised in 1915, 1636 times, 1918, 1505 times; 1917, 1597 tim THe ° vehicles, ¢tc,, that crossed . the. structure; 1915, 66,619; 1916, 88,34 1917, 113,899 - e Navy Hn Thousands of In.the past year the navy has:ex- p'b nded. from. 68,000 enlisted re than 260,000, including marines, and - others -in service. - In Juuuy“ 1917, there -were 4,500.officers. Now there are more than 15,000, érs, county ,aus 3149 629.73; state cap- conting - state, “board . 3 38; ‘state normal sohools, $144,657.85; common’ sohools, 1,105,383.03; state Ifbrary, < $62,425:00;1 stater -prison,- 345961.67; Connecticut School for Boys, $83,719.48; Connecti- cut Industrial” School for cut :National Guard, $245,85 80 érnor’s gt $12,680.23: printiig and irouiating public documents; $§7,822.- 20; -soldiers’ chiidren, $72: fish and Bame, state board of, $46,420 37;" shell- fish commission, '$12,62: board of ‘health, $27,108. missioner, $26,931.47; mlnloher, $37,143. hank com- insurance cors- taxes refunded, $6 hlghwav mediation and 0 tles commi smn, 333463 81; ctmpensation commission, clyil - seryice * commissidn, $3, state board of eivil engineers, $1523.52: interest on state bonds and temporary loans, $498;054.60;- department of 1 ‘and - factory iepection, , $41,32 state board of finance, $3,017. partment of National defenss, $556 m 94; motor vehicle départmen: 96 teachers’ retirement hoard, § total orders drawn'by comptroll 739,628.45; civil list orders outstanding September 30, 1936, $17,020.72; total, $9,756.658.17. Civil . list orders out- standing September 30, 1917, $11.992 52. Total comptroller's orders paid by treasurer durlnp: the year endea Sep- tember 30, 1917, $9,744,665.55. Interest o -principal and interest of school Tund in.treasury, $7,796.07. State bonds redeéemed. §416,000: premium on state bonds, $43,7114.23: transferred to-sinks ing fiind, $3,500,000; balance i ufy Oet. 1, 1917, $5,911,78 ‘War Expenditures—The ‘item $556,925.9¢ in_the eamptrolier’s report ciassified as. “Department of Natienal - | Defense” ‘includes several divisions- of The comptroller's offiee gives, detalls under this item as fol- |’ o lows: Military emergency board (Con- necticut Home -, Guard) $407.819.51; ilitary cenbus, $46,098, state coun- cil of defense, $51,004.17; committee of Tood_ upply (expended hefore finances expenges of iv ['nold; the *|Safuel “Carpenter: men tof! state boara ‘of Onhttle Boy “‘My little boy broke out with eczema on&u:hands;%%l ?c::“ wflhre.:kabont th or: am o 2 gure he form olp and we were givea a e waskrto aj ply, and an . Y55 vintment but they did =& 7% not seem to do any These blisters “soon’ dned and scaled e imin; wfimng rash. ‘l’h{ itching and ‘buming Wer® so intense that - some one. beld .hmm lar[e part of the time, ‘“We decided ra try Cuhcura Soapand Bintment. ~He soon began to improve o SteFN few Morths b was. com. ‘m;lmufgecl gpei) . Wik er, W 1t is.casy to.prevent skin and scal, troublés by finng tuucuta Soap for toilet pmaoges by touches of Cafichra first signs of pim- riff orirritation. nfia&%fidm with cnlmly medi- ,ca,t p a§d oa::n % m "Cnticun Bomn "’ 1 Snld everywhere. - CANTERBURY GREEN e | Meetings #Meid- at: F-nonnge—&nnn stalfed<~General News. R lowinig the morging - Riehardson officiat- __Megts ‘at Parsonage. ‘E. sogfety ;recently voted to §vening. meeting at the par- SIS, 10 AL ta._conserve fuel. —The ext. Sunday will be led by Eiritng 50 Safford. ., Tn spite of the very severe weather Sunday, sergieés were held both morn- 1mg-.and: evenlng 'mth a good number present; - Miss Gladys: Bushnell has returned to: Hartford Rebigious School of Ped- agogy after spending-her vacation with Ler -mother, -Mrs. Emily Bushnell. iss - Lydia: Lathrop returned o Niwthfield 10 -attend ‘the convention and thenvwill ‘spend the remainder of herovacation with her mother at Wa- Miss Veasy, manual training teacher H.,'has returned to her Buys Jacques ‘Farm. Mr., Tools, brother-in-law of Joseph Dapsis, has_bought the Philip Jacques ifarm on Bla¢i¢: Mfil. “Mr. Tools, Mr. Dap3ig.and My, Gebas are market gar- 3 deners from Long Island who have re- cently-hought, farms in"that communi- on *Rodler “dnd family are recov- ering'from an attack of grip. Grange Instaliation. wFhegholioiing oficers were installed i0° YHe gfarigs by Master Addie Hyde, V' M¥S. Williams and Mrs. cuffs. Under present sizes from 135 to 18. thuf ‘€. Bennett: ecturer, Mrs. Hi Haies: steward, HargiGoft; assistant sfeward, Cimton Frink;. chaplain, Mr: Thad Wilson; treasurer, James Tow secrétary, Levi Clark; gatekeep Céres, Miss El 2 Pcmon;l, Jiss Maud Gra; Rod] <ock spent the holi- latives in New York. ’J‘xuenm. is visiting her | hici. eorge Xmmand was -recently . 3 Arctie, "R I, by the death of ! who, has_ been in poor 4l months. fartha® Warren was a recent: York. nrp\\n is; visiting his uncle, of ;Worcester, Mass. nd Myrtie Medbury ng a few days with relatives are: various styles in re spend in, Boston. ‘Sunday Sehook: Election. H “Fhe=following “ofifoers” were elected | in Sunday school: Superifitendent; Na- than Exley: assistant superintendent, Walter Burdick’/ secrétary and treas- urer, Fanpy E.,Brown;- assistant sec- rétary and treasurer, Roger C. Brow) librariay l"cedn Safford,, iss fi@rdgqn will tell of her work at l\orf 14" seminary during part of the .Sunday Sunday. Geotge Larkham is W York, s Manfing. teacher of Black flfll- sChool,“is spending her va- cation at Her home tn Worcester. “doll French ouffs. school hour next signs are all included. “spending the Funeral of Ziba® Hunhnyton-—sady of :‘Mrs. Annie Capwell -Brought from i Willimantic for.Burial—Church Roll Call. e funiérdl ‘of Ziba, Huntington, 61 was’ held at Mis tiome Friday, Dec. 28, at”1 o'¢lock, “Rev. Guy, D.. Wingerd cdonducting the service. A quartette, Miss’ Ethel Hownrfl Mr, and Mrs. W B. Gallup-and Burton. M, Welch, sa Abide”With Me _and. Lead, Kindly ditions this is a great bargain. SALE PRICE 68¢ Boys” Negligee Shirts 69c _ These, too, were slightly soiled in the manufacture, but their wearing qualities were in no way injured. The lot is made up principally of shirts which should sell for a dol- lar, the materials being fine Per- cales and strong Madras. in all the values are way above the Sizes from 125 to 14. SALE PRICE 69c Men’s Nagligee Shirts FRICE 79¢ We couldn't buy these today and sell them for one cent less than a , but they were bought some- time. ago, and bought can afford to divide the profit, and will give you the lion's share. made of a high-grade percale, in the coat style, with laundered or Fancy and staple de- _ SALE PRICE 798¢ Thil January Shirt Sale has become one of the really unporhnt events of our year, and there is an increasingly difficuit reputation to live up to. In thesedays _ ofhfl:cpnmmold—hmbnrpmuhudtolm But by dint of 'much hard ! work, done a long time in advance, we have found it pessible to.make:suchsexcel- lent Shirt offerings that this January Shirt Sale will be as popular:as ever. , /ifl BUY SHIRTS NOW FOR THE FUTURE Men’s Negligee Shirts 69c We got these shirts at a price be- cause, in the finishing, the laundry left them slightly seiled. The per- cale of which they are made is ex- cellent, the patterns good and they are all coat style with laundered The shirts be quality. market con- All Madras There the' lot, but detail. at $1.50. right. We Al Poplin and Men’s Neg|igee Shirts . micc 95¢ in this washed, and hand only the best shirts are, and made up with five button front. is the material and for wearing and laundering qualities percale cannot ualled, this being a very good The shirts are all . style and have laundered cuffs. To- day they are actually worth $1.25, * SALE PRICE 95¢ Men’s Negligee Shirts mcs. $1.15 - This is the kind you like to wear a regular man’s shirt. riety, too, comprising fine Percale, and Crepes. furnish them in the coat style with er -soft or laundered cuffs, and they .are correctly made in every They are an excellent value SALE PRICE $1.15 De[uxe and YorkeShirts wice $1.35 They are all $1.75 and $2.00 values of high-grade workmanship and ex« cellent style. dered and French cuffs and the weaves are finest Frénch Percale, them the most desirable shirtings. Here's your chance—buy a De Luxe or a Yorke Shirt for this low price —you won't regret it. z : SALE PRICE $1.35 Better Grades of “Yorke” Shirts at Sbecial Sale Price; e lot are full laundered, as Percale coat T S A good va- We can We have both laun- Madras—all three of acted a5 _Dbearers, nklin,. . Mr. Hunting. <'ani‘Honorable apd upright citi- He, lmd heen.in reeble health for miber’ of Weeks ago he went to lhe “Hartford = hospital for treatment, but his” - condition grew worse, restlfing in his death: He is survived by his widow. Mr. Hunting- ton w e GALES FERRY Chursh Seryice Held in Vestry—Rural Carrier Has to Cover Route on Foot —River Frozen Clear Across—Wells Frozen Over. s twice ‘married. Burial of ‘Mrs: Annie Capewell, The ‘body of .Annie-Capewell, who died at-St-Fosepirschospital, Willima tic, was=brousht to ‘the ‘Eediam ceme- teryand burled Tuesday morning. Her .age was 9. “Mrs” Capewell previous ‘to '=oing .tos tine hospital- had made her home-fof a lohg time with' her daugh- ter, ' Mts. (Frederick G. ‘Nef. * Annifaf - Church ‘Meeting. The annyal; business meeting and roll, eall service of:the Congregational church: was, held.New: Year's day at 1 o'clock.”™ "Rev,. fuy .D. Wingerd, the pastor, was moderator of the meeting. Reporis. were. given ;by -the clerk: and . Grant. and by e prudential com- HoWing all- bills paid and a in- the treasury Jan. lIst, 1913. Interesting reports were also given by the different . organizations: connected with ‘the ehurch showing a prosperons The service in the M. E. church of the village was held in the Vestry Sun morning last to conserve coal. Rev. James M. Potter spoke from 2 Peter 3:4, the theme being, New Heavens and New Earth, from which he gave an interesting sermon for the New Year. The Epworth League evemm.: ser- vice was omitted owing to.the ex- treme cold weather. District Superintendent Rev. Geofge C. Scrivener wijl hold the fourth-quar. terly conference of the: M, E. church here Thursday,: Jan.. 10. Join Red Grnt Additional’ new’ members Yor the Red Cross as reported by Miss Laura A Perkins are Mr. and = Mrs, Edward Lester, the Misses Lugy and Dorothy Lester and Sergt. Samuel D. Lester and Miss Nellle Geer of Ledyard, Re- newals, Mrs. Charles A. Satterlee and Miss Alice Satterlee. r. At“thie Toll 'é to, their nagaed, s ber ¢onisiderink’ the present’ membership i past vear one member. died and two removed by lefter. i Penfimh. Miss mnmpce L. Hunt of New | Blital yisigor over New Year's i Williams and -attend- ervice at the church. 62 ‘tesponded 5,2 good nim- | | Rufus W. Hurlbutt, rural mail car vier,' enjoyed the holiday , of New Yeat's .day, ‘not having fo’ cover his route. “The Saturday previous he was obliged on account of severe weather and snow to walk over the -entire \‘M.I{B 2 Oliver T. Hewlett of Bast Rocka- way and Arthur Frost of Brooklyn, N. Y., who were:in thig pldce to attend the funeral of their aunt, Mrs. Lucy LA, Brown, Saturday, evening. Mr. and;Mrs, Framk -Sisson ‘ot Nob- returned that wpeks -staviwith wich have nfoved into the house in|of Mrs. Crandall's parents, Mr. and\ tke village recently vacated by the family of William D. Allen, C. Allyn Brown of Ambridge, Penn., and his mother, Mrs, Lilley of Hart- ford, were here to attend the fumeral of Mr. Brown's srandmother, Mrs. Luey A. Brown Saturday. Were Guests at Wedding. Mrs. Addison T. Chapman and her daughter, Mrs. Jesse G. Fox of Mid- dietown, who have been recent guest of Miss Kate B. Colver at the Nav Yard, enroute to Newport, R. L, where they attended the wedding of Mrs. Chapman's grandson, Tracy Chapman of that place, returned to their home in Middletown, Wednesday, accompan- ied by Miss Colver. Mrs. Schnell ew York, who spent some months last year at the kome of Mr. and. Mrs. Joseph De Rusha is spending a few days with them at present before he leaves for the Azore Islands. Mrs. Merle Mansfield and two chil- dren of Westville were in the village |$ rectnu) i@ attend the funeral of Mrs. Luey A. Brown. "Mame on Funough. H. Irving Colling of Camp Devens the guest Sunday of his parents, and Mrs. Henry E. Collas of Fort catur farm. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hurjbutt and little daughter, Marion who have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hurlbutt of Corona, R. I, have returned to their home on the New Londen road. Dudley .C. Perkins attended the fu- neral of Robert Hewitt in Uncasville Monday afternoon at the home of his grandfather, George Hewitt. Billings F. S. Crandall has returned from Brooklyn, N. Y, where he spent the Christmas halidays at the home Mrs. Irvih Haley. accompanied him, time longer. Mr. and Mrs. George Taylor with ! sons, Clifton, Raymond and Miiton of | Greeneville, were entertained New Year's day at the home of Mr. Tay-; lor’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. A.| James at Allyn’s Point. i Coldest December in a Generation. The thermometer Sunday registered 12 degrees below zero in the village and 11 below at the Navy Yard, and ? has been hovering about that mark for = ° the week past. The river has frozen < entirely across. Some of the wells’ in the village are frozen so hard that the bucket cannot break the ice. It is the coldest Dcember that anyone in the village can remember. Mrs. Crandall, who | will remain ‘some ! NAPOLEON ONCE SA “A footsore army is an army half de- feated.” Men in_training camps, In cantonments, in the army and navy' fler from blisters and sore spots on £ Eve: . the antiseptic powder to shake into the shoes. It freshens the tired, aching, smarting feet, and heals blistérs and ore spots. The Plattsburg & Camp Manual advises men in training - to make daily use of Foot-Ease. Sold { everywhere, 33e. P City of Norwich Water Works Office of ° . 4 Board of Water Commissioners. Norwich, Conn., Jan, 1, 1918. " Water Rates for the quarter ondlng! Dec, 31, 1917, are due and le at | the ‘office Jan, 1, 1918. e ! Office open from £.30 3 m. untll § p. Adduions Avill be made to Iu hllll remaining unpaid after Jan. 20, 1918 ‘W. BURTON. Cashier.