Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 10, 1918, Page 9

DANIELSON New Post Office Quarters to Ready August 1st—Driver Who Knocked Down M#. M. A, Shumway Has Mo- tor — Several to Take For Postmaster Today. A slight advance per ton in the price af coal will be assessed by coal dealers here, made necessary by the advance in freight rates, and the fact that the price at which the coal is sold is fixed by the government, not by the dealers. The names of about §0 Killingly men have been drawm for jury service, to ‘which they will be liable in Windham county for one year from September 1 mext. Mr. and Mre: Hetbert Barnett mo- tored to Boston Tuesday. Strenuous Training. Letters recefred here from members of D, Battery, 56th_Artillery, C. A. C., tell ot the sighhuous training they are undergoing in France.* Henry C. Willis of Worcester visited Danielson friends Tuesday. New Post Office- Quarters. It is expected that the new post- offica quarters in the town hall bufld- irg will be ready for occupancy Aug. Effort to Get Coal Coal is coming in so slowly that an effort is being made at Hartford, head- quarters of the state fuel administra- tion, to get,more plentiful shipments for Killingly. First Half Holiday. The first of Danielson’s summer half- olidays for store forces comes tomor- row, when the stores will be closed during the afternoon. Mrs. Shumway Recovering. Mrs. M, A, Shumway, knocked down by an obile about two weeks zo, is reported as slowly recovering m her injuries. Loses Finger Tip. Harry Helikman lost the tip of the forefinger on his left hand when it was aught in a machine which he was op- g, at the plant of the Goodyear on company anielson boy erat who are in France ON AND PUTNAM NEWS PUTNAM Woodstock Man Pays $12 For ‘Forget- ting—Four Men Called in First In- duction Order—Fresh Air Children Arrive — Additional Classifications Made—Monster List M‘efivu Tues~ day. Forgetting his car while he was at- tending a picture show here Monday evening, A. H. Lowe, Woodstock, was fined $10 and costs of $3 at a session of the city court Tuesday morning for 11“1:1“‘ a motor car standing without ights. Mr. and Mrs, W. J. Bartlett, Misses Dorcas and Ruth Bartlett and Ger- trude Jones motored to Hartford re- cently. It is stated that the operatives of practically every one of the large man- ufacturing concerns of this city hold, as groups, comfortable fortunes in Liberty bonds. Chauncey Talbot was in New York to visit his son, Sergt. Leon Talbot, who has beeri 13 months in the serv and who has sailed for France. Freight Business Heavy. The Providence-Putnam trolley freight service is burdened with heavy shipments these days, when two to three cars a day are arriving in Put- nam. Further attention was being: given by state highway department msa on Tuesday to the state highway rubninz out through Killingly avenue, a scrap- er being at work. Regulation of prices for cotton sheet- ings will not operate to lower wage scales in cotton mill§ in this vicinity, it was statel here Tuesday. Manager Thomas McDermott is go- ing to invite the men of the co gent who are going to camp Jul to aid in_disposing of’tickets for the big benefit baseball game to be held for_them here the last Sunday in J Some of the lumber manufactur in this section are getting orders materials that are to go into construc- tion of ships being built under ghe di- rection of the commissidn of the ermer- gency fleet. FOUR MEN CALLED Ir First Induction Order For Limited write of “looking sach other up” along | Service. ern iront and of spending!| . = y f absence with home boys, The first induection order for limited familiar sectors - of the |S€rvice men was received Tuesday by Members of Rose of Lima council, are planning to. be at Wor- cester next Sunday to witness the con- of the third desree upon a class ndidates. Moosup, Mrs. Clark Congdon has « jemon tree upon which hang several splendid specimens of the fruit, and " lemons every month Union Services. acations, unjon services of the ave been arranged for Sun- g this month and Ausust work of remodeling the Kies fhouse, corner of Broad and Academ been undertaken for F. F v owner of the property be ready for occupancy Abdallah, daughter of aind Mrs. Charles Abdallah, was ed at St. James' church Sunday Frances A. Boardman of Lo ted friends in Danielson Tues- Motorist's License Revoked. The dris cense of Calvin Kil- ar was operating the touring red Mrs. M. A. Shumway ced by the state automo- quarts of peas and beans anned in Killingly by wo- ho have taken up the work of accumulating at least 60,000 quarts of ned food stuffs in this town. Steady Buying of Stamps. Cliffora. H. Starkweather, chairman here of the war savings stamps cam- paign, said Tuesday that buyers con- tinue to come in and that the securl tes are being taken daily. A new supply of the little securities has been received here Will Take Postmastership Examina- tion. This is the day when candidates for he Danielson postmastérship will ap- pear in Putnam to take the examina- ion that will be ziven for the place. No complete list of the candidates for he office was available Tuesda: Young Patriots Enlisting. Though the operation of the selec- e service law is taking young men away rapidly from KMlingly for war service there are other young men not in the draft, who are volunteering d heliping to-make more impres e the record that this town will bave to point to, after the war. Will Outfit July 25th Contingent. Members of Danielson chapter of the Red Cross are making ready to outfit the Killingly boys, who are go- ing to camp July 25, with such knit- d equipment and other articles as ve been presented men of other con- nts upon their leaving here for camp. To Increase Cider Supply. Anticipating further prohibition leg- islation and curtaifiment of the manu- facture and sale of distilled bever- Unsightly pimples and Slemizhes on' the face Modicine i the World. A. F. WOOD _“The Local Undertaker” DANI!ELSON, CONN. Parlors ¥ Mechanic t of pastors arranging for | . Congregational and Baptist | the local board. Four men.are ca for—clerks, to be sent to Camp Meig Washington, D. C., for service in ti quartermaster's department. The men are to be inducted into service next Monday, and are as follows { Rosoft, Killingly; Maurice Lo: Parlier, Worcester, formerly of G year; Adonat Eddie Morin, Providence, formerly of Grosvenordale: Eii C. Grandmaison, C Mass., {merly of Goodyear, Crops Need Warmer Weather. From towns in all this part of the county predictions of ntable crop failures unless there ic almost imme- diate improvement in the weather a warmer nights are coming in; and the farmers are very apprehensive. Thoug" a third of July has gone, the nigat so coel ag 1o be holdinz the crops a a standstill, and the days remain cool and cloudy. Jewett City Coming to Win—Perhaps! i Jewett City, roundly walloped by the local organization on the Fourth, is ending a team here next Sunday that will be a humdinger, if the advance notices amount to anything. and the fans are sitting up and taking notice ‘The visitors will have an America league battery, but that isn’t worryin. e Putnam management any, for Gir ard, who has held his opponents score- less for the last 1§ innings he s pitched for Putndm, will be on the firing line, and that is saying some- thing FRESH AIR KIDDIES. Arrive Tuesday Evening and Are to Be Given the Time of Their Lives A large delegation of children from New York, sent here under the Tril une Fresh Air fund plan, arrived the evening express Tuesday and were immediately taken families that have them into their homes and see that they have a real holiday during the next fortnight. The little people, boys and girls, were promptly taken in charge by representatives of the homes where they are going to be finely cared for during their stay in the country, and this morning they will be found romping about the fields of many beautiful sections of the towns of Putnamfi Pomfret, Woodstock and Thompson. To some of them a cow would be as much of a curiosity. in real life, as would a zingobakoris to the average person. A majority of them know nothing at all ‘about real life in the country, but they are in good hands and the kindly people who. have them in charge will exert every effort to make them happy. Bringing of children to Putnam on such a scale has not heretofors been attempted, but the interest shown promises that the venture will be highly successful and a source of joy and satisfaction for all concerned. ADDITIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS Made Tuesday by the Local Board— Master List Assignments Today. dditional classifica- ——— i in charge Dby the agreed to receive The following ages, arrangements are already heing made in Killingly to help out the “bone dry” situation by getting cider mills ready to turn out this fall such a rec- ord production of the juice with a kick as this town has not seen in many a year. Little of this product will be for sale, but it will be held in quan- titles in many private cellars. Funeral of James Wilkinson. At All Hallows' church in Moosup Tuesday morning there was a solemn high mass of requiem for James Wil- kinson of Central Village, Rev. J. E. McCarthy, the pastor, Rev. J. H. Brod. erick of Norwich, formerly of Moosup, and Rev. Joseph Vassel of Wauregan being the officers of the mass. Burial was in the Sacred Heart cemetery, ‘Wauregan. Louis E, Kennedy was the funeral director. DANIELSON CHAUTAUQUA CHEERFUL AND PATRIOTIC PROGRAMS 'ageants—Operas Watch Bulletin Readers in Bulletin For Detail Programs SEASON TICKET $2.00. REMEMBER THE DATE JULY 13TH TO JULY 18TH tions were made Tuesday the local boardd: Paul O, J¢ jorth Gros- venordale, 1A: Harry 1. rts, Put- nam, 1A; . Gagne, Putnam, 4B; Harry Massemino, R. F. D. 1, Put- nam, 5F; Harry Thomas Caffery, Kil- lingly, 1A; Marcus Elliott, Danielson, 4A; Earl A, Weeks. Attawaugan, 1A Fred Carpenter, Putnam, R. F. D., 1A Charles R. Geldard, Danielson, ~1A; ‘Walter Robideau, Danielson, 2B; Em- anuel Ray, North Grosvenordale, 5F; John Fritz, Goodyear, 5B; Frank Robillard, Goodyear, 1A; Ulric J. Pa- Quin, Danielson, 1A: Omer L. Buls- siere, Danielson, 1A; Wallace I. Goed- hall, Putnam, 4A; Kenneth E. Buffing- ton, Dast Killingly, 1A; Davie F. Brockway, Woodstock Valley, 3B; Frederick Credie, Putnam, 4A; Harold Louis Fiske, Danielson, George A. Bidwell, Putnam, 5D; Lewis A. Ar- chambeault, Putnam, 3B; Hugh Roger McQuade, Ashford, Mistrict board; Er- Yiest F. Buell, Eastford. district board: Armand Berthiaume, Putnam, district board. % The master list giving the order numbers as they will be assigned to men who registered June 5 were re- ceived at the office of the board Tues- day and will be assigned today. Physical examinations of the newly registered men will commence Tue: day of next week, Dr. J. B. Kent, the chairman of the board, announced on Tuesday, and the men probably will be called at the rate of 40 each day until the work is completed. There are 158 registered men of the 1918 class, but not all of them will be examined, for some have deferred classifications, though the percentage is not heavy. An Unintentional Delinquent. Toni Napoli, of Goodyear, registered man, upon order of the adjutant gen. eral, appeared at the office of the lo- cal board Tuesday afiernoon, was af- terwards examined by Dr. J. B. Kent, and will immediately be inducted in- to service. His is a case of delinquen- cv, due to not understanding all that was required of him, but he is per- fectly willing to fight for Uncle Sam. PLAINFIELD Farewell Party and Gifts for Edmond Tetreault—William Bradley Engaged to Umpire for Jewett City—Scouts Camping at Lake. Wilfreq Fontaine, Edward Guillotte and numerous Jewett City friends at- tended a surprise party in Taftville ¢ evening. lian Sudden was in Daniel- ay. Farewell Party. Sunday evening a farewell party was held in Dougherty's hall in honor of Edmond Tetreault. A large number of members of the St. Jean de Baptiste society were present. Patriotic songs were sung during the evening. A brief speech was made by Mr. Tetreault. Many gifts were presented by his friends. Mr. Tetreault, who was for- merly a'fixer in the weaving depart- ment of the Lawton Mills corporation, left for New Haven on the 10 o'clock train Mondav morning. Guest from New York. Elizabeth Manker of New York is spending a_few days with her uncle, Lawrence Krauss, of Railroad ave- nue. A held in . the Sden theatr Miss 1 son Tu canning_demonstration is to be Benoit_hall, formerly the . on Babcock avenue, so 2t all the peovle can do their bit for Uncle Sam this fail. Paul Southard was a business caller in Providence Tuesday. Carl Lunk was a visitor in Baltic over the week end. Michae! Ladda was in Willimantic Sunday He made the trip with Mr. Murphy on his new motorcycle. To Umpire Jewett City Games. William Bradley_of this village has been. signed un by Manager Carpenter of the Jewett City club to umpire all the club's games. ~Mr. Bradley former- Iy played first base for the Willimantic Tndependents. Three Young Men Enlist. ilfred Rayno, Lucian Joly. Lucian urell seph Radcliffe’ and sett motored to Provi- Lucian Macaurelle, ette and Lucian Joly enlisted in the navy. Wilfred Rayno d. but was rejected. “ecil Bradford spent the week end at his home in Plainfield. He is em- ployeq at the Fore River shipyard. _ewis Earlback, who is stationed at New London, spent the week end with Paul Corrigeau of Railroad avenue. Mrs. Jean Gravelin has moved to Danieison, where her husband is em- ployed. Clare Dawley was fn Norwich Monday Willlam Hogue spent the week end at his home in Pawtucket, R. I. Stringing New Wires. The Western Union Telezraph com- pany is building a new line through Plainfield, going as far as Oneco, Henry Starkweather was a business caller in Providence Monday. Scouts Leave for Camp. The Plainfield Boy Scouts went to camp at Crystal lake Monday morning. Walter Lathrop, scoutmaster, accom- panied the hoys. Those who went were Maurice Starkweather, Ralph Hopkins, Alfred Devolve, Alfred Taylor. Harold Cooper and Milton Winsor. Mr. Bar- wick, minister at the Congregational church, accompanieq the boys also. Every year the boys go to Crystal lake with Putnam Boy Scouts. Augusta Krauss and Helen McAvoy were callers in Jewett City Sunday. Many Babies on the Scales. A large number of local mothers were at the Plainfield grammar school with their children to have them weighed and measured. Most of the infants were above normal height and weight and few had any defects. Dr. Arthur Chase had charge of the test and was assisted by a force of teach- ers. It was said that 300 babies were examined Saturday afternoon. Maurice Starkweather, Howard No- lan, Alfred and Milton Winsor, Law- rence Sullivan ang Clare Dawley mo- tored to Canterbury Sunday in Mr. Winsor's _automobile. Daniel Connell, Harold Burke, Ovilas Charon, William Nolan, James Coffee and John Nolan attended the third de- zree exemplification by the Knights of Columbus in Moosup Sunday. Carl Mathewson has discontinued working with Leon Frink and i& em- ployed in the N. Y., N. H. & H. railroad freight depot. SOUTH CRISWOLD Mrs. Robert J. Burroughs of North Andover, Mass., is spending the sum- mer vacation with Rev. and Mrs. John Thompson. Benjamin W. Young of Willimantic spent the week end here. ! Mr. an@ Mrs. John R. Lewis of Methuen, Mass,, are visiting the for- mer’s parents, Mr. and Mrs, Rhodes K. Lewis. Edward Hanlan with relatives mo- tored from Meriden to spend the week end at his farm in this place, Jeptha G. Bill and Ransom H. Young were in Norwich Wednesday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Henry T. Rix. Many from this place attended the parades in Norwich and Jewett City. Mr. and Mrs. H. Frank Button and Miss Mary W. Bailey of Groton were callers at L.O. Burdick's Sunday. Mrs. Ida Turnquist and daughter, Miss Thelma, are visiting at Peter J. Gustafson's. a business caller | Eighty thousand American women are now employed :n industries sup- lying canned goods to the War and R e nate " NORWICH BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1918 GALES FERRY Country Club House Opened for. the filon—c“d Party—Mrs. Latham E. Smith Entertains at hday Dinner—Cottages Opened for the Season. Rev. O. B. Newton administered holy communion in the M. E. church Sun- day morning following his sermon, taken from I Corinthians, 11: 24, the text being This Do in Remembrance of Me. At the offertory Miss Grace A. Chapman sang There is a Green Hill = A:n)}? th league evening ser- At the wort - vice, confllle:ted by Rev. Mr., Newton, the topic on which he spoke was Suc- cess. Clubhouse Opens. The opening of the Gales Ferry Country p(:l\lh house for the season took place on the Fourth of July even- ing, when an ice cream sale preceded an informal dance enjoyed by the peo- ple of the summer colony. A card party of seven tables was given at the clubhouse Saturday even- ing. Thrift stamps were prizes. Transferred to Virginia. if you want to keep your hair looking its best. shampoos contain too much alkali. This dries the scalp, makes the hair brittle, and ruins it. : The best thing for steady use is|H¥ just ordinary mulsified cocoanut oil (which is pure and greaseless), and is better than the most expensive soap or anything else you can use. the hair'and scalp thoroughly. Simply moisten the hair with water and rub it in. It makes an abundance of rich, creamy lather, Which rinses out easily, removing every particle of dust, dirt, dandruff and excessive ofl. dries quickly and evenly, and it leaves J 4 the scalp soft, and the hair fine and |f ey 4 ¢ K ¢ silky, bright, [ustrous, fluffy and easy / y to_manage. 3 ; at any pharmacy, it's very cheap, and a few ounces will supply every mem- ber of the family for month —_— Hair Often Ruined By Washing With Soap Soap should be used very caretully, Most soaps and prepared One or two teaspoonfuls will cleanse The hair You can get mulsified cocoanut oil First Lieut. John R. Perkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley C. Perkins of the village, has been transferred from Camp Custer, Mich,, to Camp Lee, Va. Lieutenant Perkins, detailed as an in- structor at the fourth officers’ train- ing school was in charge of the movement of the detachment, infantry section, from Camp Custer to the cen- tral officers’ training school at Camp Lee. Mrs. Carleton P. Browning angd in- fant daughter, Emily King Browning, with nurse, arrived Saturday from Kitemaug, the home of Mr. Brown- ing’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Browning, at the home here of Mrs. Browning's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Na than A. Gibbs. Mrs. Browning will spend some weeks here before return- ing to her home at Britannia Beach, R Miss Mary Voorhees and Miss Ad- ams. who arrived in the villaze last week at the cottage of Miss Povey at Allyn place. left Monday morning to attend the foreign missionary confer- ence at Northfleld, Mass. Miss Strang, another guest of Miss Voorhees, from Brooklyn, returned to her home Sat- urday. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Keene of Kil- lingly visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Eugene LaFontaine in the Stod- dard district July Fourth. t town people, enjoyed the annual social event. A fine chowder dinner was served. Mrs. Smith received gifts and flowers. Miss Helen R. Buckingham of New York is spending a week at the home of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Buckingham. The Long Cove contingent of the Red_Cross auxiliary. met at _the home of Mrs. Justin Peckham Wednesday with a good attendance. Open Summer Cottage. and famwily are among recent arrivals Mrs. B. Murray of Newport was a recent guest of her daughter, Mrs. Joseph DeRusha, of the viilage. Orrin Latham of Providence, R. I, sent by The Tribune fund for weeks are having the time of lives, and are hoping for something to happen that they may remain longer. family spent the holiday in Norwich. tic are guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Avery. spent the holday with. Mr, and Mrs. | Charles Hahn of Providence, R. I. Committee of dem various u day afternoon at three o'clock at the town hall. the ch ton on the holiday. child, Robert Mitch Brattleboro, Vt., thy e Mrs. hday Dinner. dren spent the holiday with M B Mrs. Latham E. Smith celebrated |Card’s brother-in-law and Mr. and |} % her birthday at Rose Lawn farm July |2 Henry Keller of Hartford and| Fourth. Local residents, with out of | Miss Rutn Keller 4 home for a_vi: a number of day returned home recent] Week End i ela e Al e thers of Provi- | ed by the girls. Mrs. Herman Peckham, who has <. dence As . Dean and Misses| . (=0 Ll e - been a guost- at the home of her| .o\ oo [Amee also’ Mr. and Mre, | Children's Festival on the Afternoon of 4 Worked on Friday. . daughter, Mrs. Richard Chase. of Long| Private John Nichols of Camp Dev- | ‘e guests of Mrs,| the Fourth Proves a Charming Af-| Red Cross sewing day was put fora Oon et HE el > |ens, Remount Station, was a recent S, BuaTs o | 5 '9 Raae 2 Cove for a week, returned to New Lon- |5, Remount Statio il ward to Friday, on account of the holi Miss Glad = : 3 ected to give a public address 5 ~\lf and M Ir«mkl\\ oodruff and |callers Saturday at Mrs. Allen Jew- 3 X ing celebrations in nearby shurr]\ thi; fwegnesdca;)d eveni?s n;; £l from RIcHonaS s, (T 8L [ett f SEELY t cottage In-|jjaces; but in the evening all gath-|his experiences in Y. M. C. A. work ia arrived at their cottage last week. M Ty it o pSWHT ramtic Maprain Stebbins of France Y ¥ Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Raymond|{ed his ankle so. seriously that he was|N Fred Stebbens |ered on the church lawn for the July 5 obliged to spend the week in town. - L the children of the Sun- i at_a cottage on the bluff. Wealer Coltmint of Hasi Hartead,| Gesrme Hyaer returned to A play by the smallest For Railroad Theftse. of W. H. B. Dumont of | g heen the gues: of friends here the | Springfield, Mass., after spending the |children began it, with the natural| John J. Sullivan and Harold D. N. J, arrived last week to|past week. week at Modev: setting of the green _trees. The|Francis were indicted by the federal S ason at their cottage. r. and Mrs. Wade spent Sunday in Among visito 2 July | Sleeping Beauty was presented ending | grand jury in Hartford on Tuesday fop Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Clark and| Apinaton. * " |Fourth, were Mrs. Willis Wade, John |with a court dance of diminutive lords | theft of goods in interstate shipment Miss Florine Scofield of Norwich Were |~ Ny ang Mrs. Marvin Burnham re- | Hamond and Howard Perkins. and ladies. Folk dancing, singing and a | (rom freight cars in the Midway yards entertained at the home of Mr. and|yned home Monday, accompanied by| Miss Alice Stone was in Norwich the |playlet by the older girls followed, end- |at New London. Mrs. Walter M. Buckingham July|¢he jatter's mother, Mrs, Calvin Burn. week, where she received speclal [ing with beautiful patriotic tableaux. - Fourth. ham. tment for her thre of Brockton, Mass. two their Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Watts and Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Allen of My: ACT NOW! Get Your Full Share of the Won- § derful Values Resulting From Our —SMASHING HiGn PRIGE SALE— rocklyn QOutfitters Mrs. Mary Larkham and son, Jam Cottage Cheese Demonstration. Miss Morse of the Food Conservation Connecticut, gave a| ration cei the making and the | ses of Cottage Cheese, Tues- Personal Mention. ! The Dunlevy sisters have opened | eir house in the village for their | g8 mmer vacation. Mrs. C. L. Clinton has taken two office help of the Smith-W er Mfg. Co., as boarders. | Richard Perry was home from Gro- | | Prescott Chamberlin, with her | from Dublin, N. H., and Mrs. with her children from | have been visiting | ir parents here AIr. and H. E. Card and chil- accompanied them 266-270 MAIN STREET, “THE STORE THAT SATISFIES” NORWICH t. at Montclair, N. CLARK’S CORNER and Sunday Guests at Rest Cottage and The Ma- Visitors— isitors- the festivall even to the costumes, aide grandpa Gn ¥ STORRS Mrs, s for the week are Mr. day last week. Ruschman of Willjmantic and s Barlow of Westford were and ron Palmer and el o Rev. Mr. of New Haven is ex« was spent quietly, | Ice cream and cake were served. Much praise was heard for Mrs Dawson, who planned and Health makes wealth for some, but not for the physician and the under- taker. Ulmer Jewett and Miss Faun Jewett are guests of their Mrs. Jennin; 5 Leona Jen- e retur from Plain Marshall executed ed was a caller on friends at his boy hood home last Wednesday. Andrew Donovan of Putnam is ¢pending the symmer at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Latham E. Smith, MANSFIELD DEPOT Scouts in Camp Celebrate the Fourth Progress on New School Building— Durkee Family to Move. W, H. Stedman and family are tak- ing their annual summer outing at the beach. Scouts Patriotic. The Boy Scouts’ camp at The Pines, Spring Manor rm, gave an unusual amount and kind of Fourth of July celebration to this quiet little village. Athletics, bonfire and music attracted a large company from near and far. Holiday Dinner Party. The glorious Fourth hrought to- gether a_dinner party of 12 at the home of W. K. Pollard, including, be- side the proprictor and the house- keeper, Mr. Pollard’s sons, H. D. and C Pollard, and their families, of Willimantic, and _Mr, and _Mrs. Charles Johnson of Watertown, cousins of Mrs. Dimock and Mr. Pol- lard. Fifteen of the Boy Scouts and their master attended the preaching ser- vice at Dunham Memorial church last Sunday morning. The drought is shortening the berry season, all kinds of berries ripening very rapidly. Work on the new schoolhouse is making good progress, the brick and concrete part beinz nearly completed. Inspected Schoolhouse. Rev. Leonard Smith of Spring Hill and Architect Lathrop of Willimantic inspected the schoolhouse work Wed- nesday, July 3. Miss' Mildred Tilden of Norwich ted her aunts, Misses Augusta and Mary Tilden, last week. Her parents also were at the Tilden home Sunday. Mrs. H. D. Pollard and her daugh- ters, Ruth and Evelyn, of Willimantic visited at W. H. Pollard’s for about two weeks recently, ' At Summer School. Miss Ethel Lounsbury Klein is at- tending the summer normal school at Danbury. E. B. Durkee and family will move to Willimantic this week. Mr. Dur- kee has been employed in the organ pipe shop for 24 years. He will begin work for the Willimantic Linen com- pany. SOUTH WINDHAM Birthday Party For Mrs. William Green — Fresh Air Children Enjoy- ing Their Stay—Visitors and Travel- ers. Mrs. Clarence Avery and children have returned to their home from a isit with Mrs. Avery's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Avery, of Uncasville, Homer Chamberlin is employed in Norwich. Mr. and Mrs, L. A. Clark spent Sun- day at Ocean Beach: Birthday Celebration. Mr. and Mrs. William Green and daughter of Columbia had a party at the home of Mrs. Green's brother, D. W. Ives, the Fourth, that date being Mrs. Green’s birthday. Those present were Miss Isabel Green of Willimantic and the two Ives families, Garrett Smith and family and Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Clark. A dinner of clam chowder, sandwiches, cake, ice cream, water- melon, lemonaide was served. Joy For City Children. Tae thcge little girls in tha village Save Fuel Wisely Saving fuel is working hand in hand with the Government these days. And one way to save wisely and well is to use SO-CO-NY —the quality gasoline. It means minimum consumption and maximum power. Inferior, low-grade mixtures mean waste in the form of increased consumption, lost power and excessive carbon deposits. There’s power in every drop of SO-CO-NY. Its clean, quick starting; reliable; obtainable everywhere. Look for the Red, White and Blue SO-CO-NY Sign. It the wise way to save fuel Fuel-saving Here Means Lifesaving There STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW YORK