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Daleville, ‘Willington Hill, Fotter diStricty Vil- lage Hill and South Willgton pri- mary, have an enrollment of 100 per cent, in their gardening, canning, pig ciubs, etc. he school superintendent, Mr, Garrison, and two resident teach- ers, Miss Nichols and Miss Green, are on the committee, of which Miss { Dunning, supervisor of musi¢ in_the publié schools, is chairman. Theifol- | Jowing men have been appointed gor- | une 21st First Day of Sum’g:er_‘ | Now is the time to buy a renl Sumimer Suit — one you can be éomfortable in on the hot- tat&dny:.» ¢ : p If you have- v wormn a Palm Beach or Air O Weave Summer Suit, you've missed } " the one of fl“’_igl: of | they’ll retain their shape un- der hard usage. $15. — $16.50 — $18. THE CHURCH | COMPANY F.H. & F. W. TILLINGHAST Funeral Directors and Central Village; Corin. |+ AUTOMOBILE EQUIPMENT Courtesy, Efficiency, Satisfaction . Velephone Connection, Moosup - Div. CYR BUILDING DANIELSON | Red Daleville; Mr. Amidon, East Willing- ton; Mr. Dimock, Moose Meadow; Mr. Balazs, Potter district; Mr. Lohse, Roating Brook; Mr. Schofield, Village Hill; Mr. Parizek. Glass Fattory, and Mr. 'Worden, South Willington. Farm and Garden Nofes, Mr. Wraight was obliged to replant |un acre of potatoes, as the first crop was destroyed by worms. The grass crop is very light owing to the' scarcity of rain. - Clinton Eldredge _is . repairing the roads in the central part of the town. Potatoes and corn are being- planted largely. Butter is scarce @and brings 50 cents a pound. Milk sells from five cents a quart at the houge to nine, delivered. Personal Notes. Rev. and Mrs. B. W, Darrow of West Hartford were recent: calers on the Hill Daniel Blakeley, who works in the armory at Hartford, spent the week end at his farm. Mrs, ‘Baldwin of Terryville was at her home Saturday, returning to the home of her daughter, Mrs. John De Young. Mr. and Mrs. John Whitford of Ash- forq spent Sunday at - the Rounds heme. Mr. Whitford brought his vio- lin and played in his customary skilful way, while Wilbert : Wood" joined in with his harmonica." The following were taken by auto- mobile to Willimantic Monday by Miss Nettie €Copeland: Miss Ricketts, Miss Coleman, Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Smith. Mrs. Thomas Faber of Lincoln, Mass., a sister of Mrs. Diantha Essex, died recently from nervous prostration, Mr, and- Mrs. Clarence Cady and’ children of Rockville and Miss Leila i Church were guests Sunday "of Miss Jennie Church. Frank Bosworth, who has been critically ili, is able- out. Two colored wonie: € been so- liciting money for an orphan asylum in New Haven for colored children. Henry Williams. has returned from Stafford Springs to Frank ‘Bosworth's. NOR?H STONINGTON Annual Banquet of Wheeler Schoo! Alumni Asscciation Enjoyable Event of Commencement Season—Students’ College Plans. The annual banquet of the Wheeler School Alumni asseciation was held in the vestry of the Congregational church Saturday evening, the local Cross auxiliary catering. Mrs. Angie B. Hull and Miss Lila- G. Thompson were in charge. The menu included boiled ham, escalloped pota- toes, relishes, victory. rolls, fruit sal- ad, ice cream, oatmeal cookies and coffee. Mrs. William G. Hammond and Nirs. and Mrs. O. D. Fisher assisted. Fol- lowing the repast, Albertus C. Burdick of Jewett City, president of the Alum- ni association, happily opened the ex- ercises. The speakers were Rev. F. M: Hollister of Wilton, Conn., Hon. Thomas 'B. Hewitt, president of the board. of trustees of Wheeler school, Principal R. A. Moodre! and Attorney Charles L. Stewart of ¥orwich, of the class of 1900. Mrs. William G. Ham- mond sang, two soles. Mr. Burdick, president, and Miss Anna A. Wheeler of this town, secretary ‘of the "Alumni association, are continued in their re- Epective offices for another year. Baccalaureate Sermon. Rev. F. M. Hollister preached the baccalaureate sermon b the class of 1918, Wheeler school, Sunday morn- g, taking for his text “Ye are the salt of the earth,” a forceful discourse. Rev. O. D. Fisher, assisted by Rey. Lucian Drury, conducted the opening services. R. A. Moore led the sing- Social and Personal Items. Rev. and Mrs. F. M. Hollister are uests for o few days of Mr. and Mrs, rge W. Tryon, . DUmMErous ort visits to and calls on other friends. Carrol M. Hollister, youngest son of Rev. F. M. Hollister, iS to enter Am- herst college the coming fall and has chosen the ministry as his profession. Perhaps it. should rather be said the ministry.has chosen him. Miss Mary E. Brown of Mpystic is visiting her niece, Mrs. H. B. Beckétt. Mrs. F. B. Ripley -and two sons of Providence are guests at the same place. - Mrs. Elmer E., Richmond of ‘Canter- bury was in town Saturday. Miss Reba Coon will énter Smith college the coming fall. .Some German desertets who crossed into Holland on Wednesday relate that they escaped with about a hundred others from a troop train bound for the Western front. 'The entire party, however, does not &ppeéar - to . have reached Holland. ~ Ohildren Cry . FOR FLETCHER'S ASTORI Fine for Man Who Delivered Beer at Goodyear—Funerals, Charles: A. Pot- or, Alired Hyde—High Scheol Com- mencement the Event of Thursday— Mrs. Duryea to Speak at Brooklyn. State™ Officers Bridgeman. Flynn, Stiles: and Fine left here Thursday after giving their attention to several were reported in Danielson Thursda, morning, but no crops were damaged, it was said. ‘Write to German Prisoner. $His address having been obtained by relatives and friends here, letters ‘|Have been sent to Private Adellard Barbeau, who is in a German prison camp at Limburglahn. ' " 1. W. W.s Under Observation. Men who are believed to-have affil- iation with the notorious I. W. W. or- ganiation are under official observation in-the town of Killingly. Delivered Beer at Goodyear. For having delivered beer at Good- year contrary to the arrangements provided by statute,- Thomas Killian was fined at a session’ of the town court Thursday morning. Action against him was brousht by the state police. Hundreds of letters have been re- ceived here callirg attention to the fact that war stamp registration week is just ahead. Aldege Duhamel, employed in ship -construction work, is in a Worcester ‘hospital to undergo an, operation for appendicitis. * s Burial in Local Cemetery. After a solemn requiem high mass at St. John’s church, Plainfield, Rev. W. A. Keefe, Rev. J. C. Mathieu and Rev. .J B. McCarthy officiating, the body of David Marshall was brought to Danielson for burial in ‘St. James’ cemetery. L. B. Kennedy was the fu- neral director. . Small Strike Ends. A small strike that developed at Goodyear Wednesday was reported as adjusted Thursday, the strikers having returned to their work. Among those who keep in touch with political matters there is discus- sion as to who shall receive the nomi- nations for republican represenattives from Killingly this fall. Several names of prominent citizens have bten men- tioned. 3 It is stated that many persons who, buy for families have voluntarily cut week, this chiefly ‘on .account of the high prices prevailing, prices that seem unavoidable under present con- ditions in ‘the country. Erecting Tall Stack. At the Quinebaug mills a monster brick smokestack is being erected in the rear of the plant, near the power house. The new stack rises close ‘to where an old one stands. An éffort will be made this year to make the annual reception by the Kil- lingly High School Alumni association for the senior class one- with special patriotic features, and plans were be- ing worked out Thursday by the com- mittee in charge. Puzzled by Work or Fight Law. Continueq inquiries are being re- ived by draft officials as to whether 1l have “to give up my present position?” In most cases the official answer is “Wait until you are notified to change,” but in some cases, which clearly come under the work or fight rule, registrants already are being told that they must seek other and produc- tive employment. Highways All Roughed Up. Killingly's state roads are rapidly deteriorating under the season’s traffic and most of the distanee on the Dan- ielson-Putnam route is in very poor condition. This is also true of the -/ Danielson-Wauregan route. A coating of top dressing is promised, ‘and this may help some to improve, conditions, but motorists say thesé routes have not been so poor as at present during the summer season for years. After Unregistered Men. Officers of this district are being re- quested@ to accost men who, apparently, are of draft age, and request of them to show their registration credentials. Facts are coming t6 light to show that there is a considerable number of un- registered men in' this distriet, and prompt action against them is desired by government officials. FUNERALS. Charles A. Potter. At St. Alban’s church Thursday af- ternoon at 2 oeclock there was a fu- | neral service, conducted by the rector, Rev. Albert Jepson, for former Post- master Charles A. Potter, whose body drrived_on a morning train from St. Cloud, Fla., where he died last Satur- day. The service was attended by dele- gations from McGregor post, G. A. R. of which 'Mr. Potter was a past com- Lucian Drury' poured the coffee:|mander, from McGregor Woman's Re- lief corps and from Colonel Edward Enderson camp, Sons of Veterans.. The music at the service was by the church choir. Burial was in Westfield cemetery. The bearers, avere Geoffe H. Call, Everett Colvin, George Miller, Frank H. Greener, Herbert Lyman and Frank Stinson, representing Edward Ander- .son camp, S. of V. A. F. Wood was in charge .of the funeral arrangements. Alfred Hyde. At the chapel at Westfield cemetery Thursday there was a funeral service conducted by Rev. Walter B. Williams of the Westfield Congregational church for Alfred Hyde, 80. who died Monday in Providence. Mr. Hyde formerly was a resident of the town of Pomfret and was a relative of Cosmer A. Young and William J. Young of Danielson and of Judge James N. Tucker of East Killingly. 8T. JAMES’ SCHOOL To Graduate Class of Thirteen Next Tuesday. -Approximately 450 pupils who ‘have studied throughout the sehool year at St. aJmes' parochial school Eonclude their last full week of study before vacation today. The commencement exercises at the school are set for Tuesday and will be attended by a large number of members of the parish. Thirteen pupils: have completed the course of study this year, four of them taking the - entrance examinations for Killingly High school. The commencement exercises are to be of special interest and much time and attention have heen devoted to the perfection of the program. CLASS DAY EXERCISES Held Thursday Afternoon—High School Graduation in the Evening—Class Roll. : . Class day and graduating exercises of Killingly High school proved the | Dus usual attraction Thursday afterriosn and evening, when many hundreds of the townspeople were at the town hall, in the afternoon for the class day _|exercises, in the evening for the grad- uation. PEL i B _~The class day exercises were attend- ed by invitation and proved very en. S .ampern.tures'down to 41 degrees down the amount of beef taken this] - Pomfret Man Swallows Plate With Several False Teeth—All Stars to Play in Sunday’s Game—President Faunce Speaker at Graduation—Catholic® Sol ed, — A message received here announces the safe arrival overseas of Dr. Ed- ward P. Perry, lieutenant in the United (Statées Medical . Reserve Corps, who was called into service early in-the spring d for several weeks was in one of the cantonments, in_the south. £ 3 Dr:. Perry had been anxious for service from the outbreak of the war and_the call for duty gave him real pleasure. In_arrivii ‘over there” he has achieved an ambition of which he frequently spoke, for he is anxious to render all possible service to the nation. He is a son of the Ilate Franklin W. Perry,”a vetéran of the Civil war, and, at the time of his death, gpresident of the Twenty-fifth Massachusetts association, the regi- ment with which he fought in the Civil war. SWALLOWED FALSE TEETH Frank Wright of Pomfret, Was in Danger of Choking to Death. A Frank Wright, resident on the Ma- thewson Angell place in the town of Pomfret, swallowed a plate with a number. of false teeth attached, on Thursday morning, and they lodged in his throat in such a position as to make it quite impossible to remove them, so they were forced down into his stomach to prevent him from choking to death. Thursday afternoon it was stated that -a surgical operation was to be performed upon him, that the stom- ach “might be opened and the teeth rerhoved. Few German Women Registering. Enemy alien women are not com- ing forward with any degree of promptitude to register- at police headquarters, as required under rul- ings recently issued by the govern- ment. The belief is that there are not many enemy alien women here to register, but it is known that there are some, and these have but a few days more. within which to comply with the law. New Degree Work Sunday. Twenty-five candidates ~will be given the third desree at the meet- ing next Sunday of Cargill council K. of C. The degree will be confer- red by District Deputy T. Frank Cun- ningham, of Willimantie, > A new. degree is to be used here, for one of the first times in Conneec- ticut, and tais fact is making the meeting of special interest to the old- er ‘members of the organization, who are to be vresent from all the coun- cils in the eastern section ef the state. Gasoline Pumps Honest. Representatives of the state bureau of weights and measures who have been working in this section have been giving some attention to the measuring pumps from which gaso- line is distributed at various garages and other places where there are gas stations. The pumbs tested have been found uniformly to give full gallons. Rounded Up Nine Dogs. Deputy Commissioner Howard El- liott of the state “bureau of domestic animals visited the town of Thomp- son and, in company with Nerre Co- derre, rotinded ‘up 'nine dogs, who were held to be about in violation of the quarantine order. As a result of this crusade some fines were imposed and one of the dogs was shot. Alil-Stars For Sunday’s Game. Roy Rock's All Stars, made up of some diamond stars who have made splendid baseball records in the past, come here next Sunday fer a game with Manager McDermott's Putnam team. Fitzpatrick and Urban of Bos- ton college will be the Al Star bat- tery, while Putnam will ‘have Navy Martin of Dayville on the firing line and Phillips as a catcher. Mar- tin has been getting good practice at the United States Naval Training sta- tion at Newpert. Other new men who will be in the Putnam lineup are Rivard, a third baseman who was in the Canadian league last season, and i Phillips, right field, an Amberst col- Ilege ntan. CLASS OF 32 GRADUATED Audience at High School Hears Abls Address by President Faunce, of Brown University, Another class of graduates of Put- nam High school received diplomas on Thursday ‘at the annual exercises held in Bradley theater. Hundreds of rel- atives and friends of the graduates and of the school were present. Put- nam was fortunate this vear in hav- ing for its commencement day speak- er Dr. W. H. P. Faunce, president of ‘Brown universi an institution of learning that has attracted a consid- erable group of students from Wind- ham county towns during the past few vears. The programme of the graduating exercises follows: March, orchestra; invocation, Rev. Frederick Leeds; chorus, My _Dream, E. Waldteufel, high school; essay, Miss Ada Ros- worth, Value of Sacrifice to a Natio essay, Children and the War, Pauline Chapdelaine; selections, Miss @) tertaining, as is always the case, for the relatives ang friends of the class. The graduating exercises gave the people further cause for pride in its excellent high school and the evidences of the accomplishments with which its faculty vesty these who study there. |~ The -class roll follows: Classical _cource: Adolph Harry Goldwater, Harriett Josephine Sweet. Scientific._ course: Sidney Robinson Bard, Howard Alva Tillinghast. ‘General course: Elmer Drayton Bur- bank, Margaret Leland Caffrey, Blumie Edwina Eskowits, Frank Ezfa Gallup, Mildred May ‘Kithian, Antoinette Elia- beth LaBonte, Jeanette Adeline Ann Lariviere, Beatrice Sylvia Maynard, Ralph Marion Shoales, Gladys May Tuckerman. Commercial course: George Waring Boys, Mildreq Amy Chase, Adah Bud- long French, Lila Corinne Harris, Irv- ing Samuel Knox, Louis Kennedy Kohler, Haze] Mary Mason, Francis Joseph McGorty, Anita Kathlyn Mig- nault, Agnes Patrica Mullen, John Ji seph O'Neill, Elsie Mary Ray, Nina Mae Smith. PUBLIC ADDRESS To Be Given at Brooklyn by Mrs. Duryea. o Mre. Nina Larry Duryea will speak uUnder the apspices of the Brooklyn War Relief association at Unitarian hall at 8 o’clock Saturday evening. Mrs. ryea was the first Amarican woman to establish a war relief organization in Eurépe at the beginning of the war and she has been working unremit- tingly since that time. She will speak of her unusual ef&g:iqnces during the last four years.. -address is public and it is expected that many will hear Mrs. Duryea. Dr. Edward F. Perry Safs Oversea— sunsets or paintings. The blend idea has made Mecca the favorite - cigarette with over a million smokers. ? There are twelve mighty choice tobacces used in Mecea cigarettes—five Turkish . and seven American—but you don’t taste the flavor of any one of them separately when you take a deep drag. The only flavor you get is the good old Mecca flavor. a cigarette. s Each of the twelve 4+ million smokers. EVER stand out on ahill, toroost? Some colors,eh? The way they shift, and meltinto each other would make old M. Angelo himselfdizzytrying to put them down on his canvas. All the colors are there, all right, but it takesa. pretty niftyartist tograb them off. Any paintercan takethe primary colors and smear them on, butwhen he blends them just right, the result is a masterpiece. That little word blend is the secret. It’s the real inside stuff on alot more things than No one tobacco has everything you want in cigarettes is picked for a special purpose. Oqe « for fragrance, another. for smoothness, still another for body—to let you know you’re really - smoking—and so on down the line. Here’s how the still-blending process works. The different tobaccos are not just mixed, but v are placed together in the blending still. Then moist heat is passed through until all the different flavors are drawn into one—the flavor that has . made the Mecca cigarette the favorite with ever THE POPULATION OF THE WORLD is 1,628,830,000. months enough Mecca ciga- rettes are made to supply every- one on the face of the earth, i 410 N iy 7 and watch Old Sol go tobaccos in Mecca Try to name the colors in a sunset— then you'll find out whatblend means Still-Blended By the Mecca still -blending process, moist heat is passed threugh these twelve selected tobaccos. The full rich flavor of Every five each is drawn out and merged into one, much as the full flavor of tea is drawn out by steeping. Only in this way can be obtained the Mecca flavor, In Spain, Vincenzo di Chiara, (b) We Will Never Let Our Old Flag Fall, Kelley, High" School Glee club: es- say, Our Debt to France, Miss Elea- nor Carpenter; chorus, The Hiring Fair, Planquette, high school; march, orchestra; address, Dr. W. H. P. iaunce, president Brown universit: march, orchestra; presentation of d plomas, Supt. Wm. L. MacDonald: song, Star Spangled Banner, school and audience. The /class officers were: Charles Maher, president; Ada Bosworth, vice president; Elizabeth Ransom, secre- tary; Kenneth Andem. treasurer. _ Class colors—Green and gold. Class motto—Simplicity, Sincerity, Service. The Graduates—Classical: Florence Ada Bosworth, Elizabeth Sabin Hay- ward, ‘Arthur Hector Piessis, Mary Elizabgth Ransom, Stephen John Ry- an, Sylvia Wheelock; commercial: Inez Luey Brower: Pauline Laura Chapdelaine, Edith Louise Cutler, Elizabeth Mary Donlon, Ethel May Ellis, Martha Octavia FEuvrard, Lil- lian , Lorena Gallant, Thomas Joseph ‘Howarth, Catherine Elizabeth Ly naught, Bvelyn Carpenter Stite: general:" Abbie Louise Adams, Ken- fieth Sherwood Andem, Howard Rog- érs Baker, Jameés Joseph Byrnes, El- eanor Child Carpenter, Helen Louise Clemens, Blizabeth Diana Diamond, Bertha Angeline Farrows, Adana Gladys Harris, Celia Agnes Kelley, Charles Edward Maher, bert Blood Mclntyre, Lawrence Cornelius Ryan, Ralph® 'Washburn Spencer, Dorothy Paine Wright. Heard and Seen. Malcolm M. Willey, student at Clari college, is at his home here for the summer vacation. The civil suit of Muir against Dia- mond has been assigned for trial Speakeérs representing the state ouncil of defence are to speak next Wednes at a meeting to be held at East Woodstock. Herbert Bowen will de. There is special interest here in the despatcH telling of the firing of & big gun og the eastern front by Hamilton o{‘t, :mhl;r otH the Niw York Independent. . Holt usually. spends his' summers in ¢Woodstock and during such periods is'a familiar fé on the strests of Putnam. F. P. Southworth of Meriden and day evening. Rush at Railroad Yards. What war business means is ap- Dreciated by the employes in the lo- cal railroad yard, where the pressure of traffic_gontinues very heavy. ! A readjustment of stops for trolleys on the local line is promised. This means that a number of the present stops will be elifninated. A Killingly man who was charged with having been intoxicated fur- nished business for the city court on Thursddy morning. Listing Catholic Soldiers. A list of Cathoelic soldiers who have gone into the service from this city is being compiled by ‘Rev. C. F. Be- dard and will be reported to the Ca- tholic war bureau at Washington, which is making a country-wide enu- meration of Catholics who are in the War, Putnam veterans of the Civil war will benefit through increased pen- slons as the result of recent legisla- tion by congress. . Forms and other material having to do with the carrying out of the “work or fight” order was received on Thursday by the local board. COLUMBIA Whist For Benefit of Red Cross— Fourth of July Celebration Planned —Thorp Family Moving to Califor- nia. The - whist party for’'the benefit of the Red Cross, was held Thursday ev- ening at Yeoman's hall. About 75 were present, some coming from Williman- tic and Gilead. The first gentleman’s prize was won by Mrs. Marshall, su ECKMANS. ~ . FOR CODGHS ARD GOLDS S est e foryft o -forming ga. 3 guards Irpubles. A tonic- T tat soay Earanee, 50 conts & bos, inchuding war tax | stituting on the men's side, and the first ladies’ prize by Mrs. Hammon of Gilead. The amount realized was $24.29. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Bosworth and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shekleton of Hartford motored to town Sunday and were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Knee- land. Fourth of July Celebration. Arrangements have begun for the celebration of Independence Day at the Green. There will be music by the band, and booths will be erected, The committees in charge of ‘the cele« bration so far as annmounced are: Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Winter, and Rev. T. Newton Owen and Mrs. Owen. Chas. K. Hitchcock will be publicity agent. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Porter spent Sunday in® Hartford, guests of Dr. ‘Samuel A. Little son of James P. Lit- tle. Mrs. Thorp, daughter of Dwight A. Lyman, and her daughter, Margaret, lately residing in Louisville, Ky, are spending the summer in Columbia. They expect to go iv California in the fall to reside. Jamss P. Little, now residing In Hartford, was in town Monday, spend- ing the time at his old home. Man reaps what he sows. sews what she rips. Woman LOUIS E. KENNEDY DANIELSON Undertaker and Embalmer Gpecial Atte=tion to Every Detall Do You Know that I buy and sell SECOND HANI'))"’FURNITURE and