Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 30, 1918, Page 9

® e mene ST o YA SRS AN tience nad courage, 1o the union and faith in vernment. Flag day was Instituted not to pay merited honer to the i Pho Tought 1o Dressrve he na- and honor, but also to : i H i 5- g i H her honor, in :?m rkl:‘ liberty and humanity, even *re opr _X.".. follows: “The 12th day of fimfln in each and every year here- after is hereby established in the an- the birthday of Lincoln, and in the public schools; but such day shall in nowisé be construed to be a holiday. It is aleo provided that when such day shall fall on Sunday, or an Saturday, the following or pre- ceding days, respectively, as the case i may be, shall be observed.” . _The members of Budlong and Han- i osek posts, G. A. R, take active part in the observance by assigning a mem- ber to each of the schools, who gives short talks and thereby edds materi- < ally to the interest in the exercises as i outlined by the state school. commis- addition to the exercises in the schools, Governor Beeckman will de- liver a ‘public address in the town hall b the auspices of the Catholic ! elub. 9 nagenesrrerazensy =co H I3 i g i o { Past Presider— iinnie E. Young in- ‘.:— officers of Budlong ; Minnie Young, senior vir. : Blizabeth Whitmore, junior vice t; Cora Saunders, secretary; ] w 1’ Strechan, treasurer; Jennie ¥ 3 e le; con- ; Abhy Bromley, assistant; An- ‘Hebbe, guard: Rose Minchen, as- i Jennie Eldredge, patriotic in- Gladys L ; Sotrespondest; Gladys 1. Strachan, . ; Frederika Minchen, Selma Mary Bliven, Cora Frazier, bearers. 4 i !l ! i Local Laconies. Westerly lemds Rbode Island in the peeportion of war stamp agencies, m;ON Soetion of the Borough Heatless and To 2dd to the Mscomfiture of hore, was & break la the water main, of fequired the turning oft supply from the honses in that as far Eond street. - £ was not only a but a waterless night in that weetion of the boreugh, Mistuxet Officers. were elected sa follows at meeting. of the Mistuxet g president: Frank D. preaident; Theodore Dewhurst, secretary: Frank R. Tracy, treasurer; Cornelius B. CrandaR, caterer; Ed. P. Teed, James H. Stivers. John H. Tillinghast. exseu- tive committee; Henry A. Pendieton, ‘Wiliam P. Bindlose. Horace N. Pen- house committee. Fall In. Compasy.B. i Young men inining the ragular mll-i of itary service trinbed the ranks Company B, Thipd Regiment, Connee- ticat Home Guard. These vormg men bave applied for enlistment, James Andrews, Raymond Joseph, James Me- Intire and John Lillibridge. There are now three ¥acancies in the com- Stonington Pointers. Mrs. Henry Robinson Palmer has returned from a visit to where her mother, Mrs. C. G. Babeock and brother, H. W. Babcock, will re- main during the week. Stonington harbor has been frozen over more solidly this winter than in AND ABOUT WESTERLY lic act approved 17 years| rafirond station, ‘Mondav Plass Being Made for Observance of Grand Army Flag Day, Feb. 12th—Rolief Corps Installation—Stares Open Now ~ at 9 A, M.—Richmond Pearson Hobson to Deliver | 4 -~ . g Patriotic 5 School Commissioner Walter . |having greatly exceeded its alotment. -:.u-,nf ssued 'uf- ‘nnn:lr - n-nzuou was 3¢ and there are 64 for school observance of Feb. 12, | agencies. , Finet's birthday, designated in sm.unnnwwe‘r;lnmmm:‘mt: Rhode Island as Grand Army ¥lag in Wes onor e | day, The booklet contains patriotic | bhonsy '™ 4 birthday of the late President Wil- liam MeKinley. i The C. C. boys of the Broad Christian church were entertah Monday evening at the home of Mrs. ‘Alexander Mitchell. ‘The stores of Westerly now open at 9 in the morning, except news offices and drug stores, by direction of the state fuel administrator, Amos T. Sheffield, who has been Camp Devens for six weeks, was d! charged on account of physical debil- ity and returned home Tuesday. The 80-20 wheat selling rule has béen announced for Rhode Isiand, in- stead of the 50-50 plan, as first stated. This is due to an insufficlent supply of other cereals in the state. There is some differences in @he rules in Connecticut and Rhode Island in regard to the hours of business un- der the fuel orders. able in the border villages of West- erly and Pawcatuck. The division examining board under the selective rvice law will hold an- other session in the Westerly . town hall this week. It is semi-officially an- nounced that spectators will be barred from the examinations. % During the recent long continued cold speil the warmest place in tqwn was the Westerly police station, which is located in the warmest part of the town hall and court building. There are no tramp quarters at the station. There are stores in Paweatuck, Con- necticut, across the bridge from West- erly, that did not strictly observe the Monday regulations. The orders were observed on one side of the Pawcatuck river but not on the other. Aaron and Ernest Tetlow, while home on furlough, received question- naires in connection with the selective service law. The documents were re- turned to the board with the explana- tion that the Tetlow brothers are in the Canadian army, etationed at Do- minion barracks, in Quebec. In the interests of the Anti-Saloon league, Capt. Richmond Pearson Hob- son of Merrimac fame and former congressman from Georgia, will speak in Bliven opera house next Wednes- day evening. Subjeet, America in War. Captain Hobson was privileged to ad- dress the last Connecticut legislature on prohibition and Miss Jeannette Rankin, representative in congress from Montana, was given like priv- ilege to talk ‘on woman suffrage. NORWICH TOWN Funeral of Rev. John O. Barrows, With Burial in Mansfield—Delegation From County Ministers’ Association At: tends Services—Personal News and Notes, Many were in attendanse at the fu- neral of Rev. John Otis Barrows, held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the First Congregational church. Rev. G. H. Ewing was in charge of the service, assisted by Rev. D, C. Stone of, Ston- ington. Rock of Ages and Fhace to ¥ace were sung by Miss Ruth L. Pot- er. The choice flowers included wreaths, sheaves of carnations, a pillow of rose. buds. sheaf of Ascension iilies and white carnations from the Road church in Stonington: a wreath of rosebuds and carnations from the First Congre- gational church; and from Mr. Bar- rows' Bible class a magnolia wreath with pink carnations. | Burial was in the Yamily ‘lot in Mansfield, the mourners going by auto- mobile cortege. A committal service was read at the grave by Rev. D. C. Stone. The bearers were F. S. Avery, W. R. Lathrop, H. L. Yerrington and G. F. Hyde, Among those present from out of town were Frederick A. Barrows of Hyde Park, Mass, Rev. and Mrs. D. C. Stone of Stonington, Mr. and Mr: Fred Topliff of Occum, Rev. and Mrs. Frank H. Fuller of Abington, Joshua Belden of Newington: former parish- joners from Stonington and friends from Preston City. New Yondon County -Association of Ministers of which Rey. Mr. Barrows wan a member, were Rev. Dr. S.'H. Howe,: Rev, George C. Pollock, Rev. G. F. Goodenough of Ledyard, Rev. Fdward 8, Worcester, Rev. J. F. Cobb, Rev. H. J. Wyckoff and Rev. William Crawford. Funeral Director C. A. Gager was in charge of the arrangements. To Sew For Red Cross. The Firt Cougregnii/enal Home Mis- sionary edclety will soect Triday af- terncom in the asesndly room at the many years. Tuesday there was a)Johnson Home tc sew for the Red break in the ice and a very larze see-iCross, tion floatedl_out of the harhor. Several | crafe moored along the water front| reicased. were 3 Mrs. E. W. Dotr, who hes been fll erly. is very much inp While cutting wood, seversly injurgd his & wincket, The Auction Bridee ciub met Tues- @ay evening at the horae of Mrs. Ches. | Riny in Main strest On* of the saloons in Stoninston. did mot lower the curtaine )jondav and was presumally doing - business. The ¢ase has beer. reported to the state fuel administrator. A There is A gencral scarcity of coal In Stonington, but a carload of stove £oal was delivered to the home of Eagene P. Bdwards, north of the Monday. er Leahy reports the sale of war eaving thrift stamps to the Amount of $1,400. ELMVILLE The mills here were shut down for the Monday holiday. Mra. Henry ¥. Haswell is the guest of her sister in New Lendon, Mrs. Claytén Wright visited Mrs. Daniel Wood, on the Green Hollow road Saturday. 4 The Wichita Girls ecircle met Wed- mesday evenine with Miss Yvonnie Goulet, i Danielson. George W. Kent was in Worcester Sunday to seé his wife, who 's a pa- #lent at Memorial hospital. Harold Conklin is visiting friends in Allentown, Pa. Andrew Archer moves this * week from the Hill Crest house to Dardel- son. Mrs. Amos Kendall of Spent. Danlelson y with Mrs. J- H. Milli- fe. Corbet of Putnam, a former res- of Elmville, is to return here 1 wi - ~'~l: N occupy the Hop: iocal plbple attended service &t -the Guasts From New Beiford, Robert and George Dickerson of i N Pdade £ at the home of Frani W Cov in West- | Norster oo oo e8s. were wesk-end d. guests of Charles and Ressell Praser, of East Town street. Merorial Mass. There wiil bs & month’s mind wass | Thureday at Sacred Heart ¢hmch for James Donnelly. Miss Elizabeth Miller of Moogup was » recent guest of Mrs, Noyes I’ncbm of Otrobando avenue. Mrs. W. F. Thacher of Tanner street is passing several monmths with Mrs. F. D. Vergason of Sylvia lane. Dance Friday evening, Scotland Road hall—adv, Miss Theodora Brown has returned to New London, after a few days at her home on Wightman avenue. The force of men usnally employed In repairing the roads is now in the woods getting firewood for household use. Misses Irene and Inez Woodworth from Hartford have been passing a few days at their home on West Town street, ‘Wellington Miner and Cyrus Leffing- well of Bast Great Plain motored to Anthony, R. I, the last of the week, on a business trip. Miss Carver of Colchester and Fd- ward Peck of Westchester have been spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. George A. Peck, of Otrobando avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Bieglow of Col- chester, after visiting a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Weilington Miner ‘of Bast Great Plain, have returned home. Mrs. Frank W, Barber of Plain Hill has been spending & week In Charles- ton, R.I , with her parents, Mr. and ;l‘l, D, W. ge, returning on These are notice- |* = B — ourfloors are hundreds upon hundreds of pieces of furniture bearing special sale prices be- ‘luuleH;?r::m the room these pieces now occupy for the furniture wlm:h we wil].md:ue at the fur- y'niture exposition this month.- ‘This salé is an annual event with us, and is responsible n.at only for the blremendo‘u volume of business done during this month, but for the great volume of business done dur- +ing the eitire twelve months of the year, because by conducting these annual sales, we are able to keep our stock freshened up by the arrival-of new merchandise. e e Not a single piece of furniture reduced for this sale is imperfect in the slightest degree and the actual i value is exactly the same as bef.ore the day this stil.e started, m‘xly ‘you save tl:;:ifet:::: thewdt:;n the reg- Ex ten d ed Daring "ular selling price and the special January sale prices. To give you some e difference is, 4 : we have taken a few pieces at random from our stock and illustrate and describe them below. Blal Tbls Janu‘"y Sale i 4-Post Bed Room Spite Mahogany or Walnut The New Cromwell ; In Mahogany or § -Four-Post Period Dining American Walnut 1 20 $25/ i = Room Suite Cases are dustproof, top and bottom Beds This is an unusually low price for four poster . ¥ ¥ beds of this type and shows what savings can be effected by watching these special sale announcements. Bed is just as pictured, and Chairs Upholstered in Blue Leather can be had in 8 ft..3 in. or 4 ft. 6 in. size. , - This Cromwell suite. was one of the feature attractions at the i . Jamestown Furniture Exposition. It is extremely attractive in Rugs and Floor Coverings The Four-Poster is Rapidly Gaining in Favor ; : There is something very substantial looking sbout a suite of fur- niture of this type. Yet despite its subsantial appearance there \are extremely graceful lines to it, which make it very popular, ! particularly when constructed and finished as this suite is. In -" our estimation, it represents one of the best values in period fur- design, has 54-in. buffet, with 42-in. china cabinet, both pleces . being of very unique construction. Five dining room chairs with ._ one arm chair, all upholstered in blue leather. See this sulte in Present Our Jan, our window. niture of this type which we have ever placed on our fioors. Bty é\!m‘kst Price Sale Price s 8-3 x 10-6 Tapestry Rug, f (3 » b v cholce desigms ......... $25.00 $18.95 ( Thls Three-Plece Parlor s 50 ] * R 9 x 12 Tapestry Rug, choice . P 0 | This Four-Piece Suite $6 8,50 122 A Suite Veloul;l g i 0¥ — 8-3 x 10-6 Brusseli Rug, .. 33.00 26.50 ceriz apestry - % T ; In Golden Oak 9 x 12 Brusseli Rugs ..... 385.00 28.00 B 3 - - . % \ 8-3 x 10-6 Axminster Rugs, ks =4 POt SR f— beautiful designs ..... 38.50 2850 N AT . — . j—. - 9 x 12 Axminster Rugs, . A 1 @ i beautiful designs ...... 45.00 385,00 ° 1 9 x 12 Axminster Rugs, beautiful designs ...... 82.50 2250 $ x 12 Bigelow-Hartford \ % Wilton RUE ve......... 80.00 53.50 §-3 x 10-6 French Wilton & Rug, finest rugs made in America, ............... 145,00 8250 9 x 12 French Wilton Rug. extra special .......... 168.00 92.50 i i §-8 x 10-6 Velvet Rugs, E \ Ly choi¢e assortment . 30.00 18.95 \' A, - 9 x 12 Velvet Rugs, ch . B2 = 5 == SSOTtMERt ............. 3250 1988 S . 3 -+ 84,00 Bath Room Rues .... ; jvi All Four Pieces as Pictured Above M R 74 The Ideal Suite for a Small Living Room or P The- dréesser, chiffonier and toilet table have large plate mirrors - A great many three-piece overstuffed suites are too large to use = satisfactorily in apartments or flats, etc., but this particular suite s L T s FINE ROCKERS fills the requirement to a nicety. It is beautifully desined ,along ‘E'Q”n iy pn\_'eflce = gt wory“"m'm“u-re of thig-Tine: In Genum'e Leather simple lines, splendidly constructed and well upholstered in ex- cellent materiels. Queen Anne Dining Room § Suite In American Walnut 145 3 IndudingSixGeuineLeatheernin i > This Four-Piece Living $ .50 Room Suite 49= Upholstered in Genuine Lukhet i 28 5 BN TR S . - s Al Pieces are Beautifully Proportioned ~jra i in the Popular Queen Anne Period 2 g 4 Period furniture has taken a very strong hold on the American public. People are beginning to appreciate the value of better 7 furniture in the home and it is this type of furniture which we are very proud to be able to sell at this moderate price. Just imagine a 9-plece Queen Anne period suite in American Walnut +In this beautiful design with a buffet measuring 54 inches by 22 "/ inches with a 10x48 mirror. Complete with set of six genuine leather - , Chairs selling at this very moderate price. . . - REe - SALE CLOSES SATURDAY AT 10 P. M. The Plaut-Cadden Co. _ . Established 1872° el 135 to 143 Main Street, - Norwich, Conn. e “The Store of Service Supreme” 26x40 Table and 42-Inch Settee f L The above dimensions will give you some idea of the proportions of this four-piece suite which is in a beautiful Adam desin con- structed of birch in a beantiful mahogany finish. Chair and settee have automobile seats with excellent spring suspension. 8 Cholce of Golden Quartered Oak, Fumed Oak or Mahogany SPECIAL JANUARY SALE PRICE $650 BEAUTIFUL DAVENPORTS IN MAHOGANY FUMED AND GOLDEN OAK Davenports—which are proving so popular becduse they are so fect in furnishing & living room and yet make an extra bed avall- able—are great sellers these days. We doubt if a better selection can be seen anywhere in New England then we arc showing on our floors. In fumed and golden oak and in mahogany, upholstered in imitation, genuine leather, velour and tapestry, at prices that Tange as low as $24.50. All reduced 20 to 33 1-3 per cent. TERMS ARRANGED AL e T T T T T R EASY