Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 15, 1918, Page 2

NORWICH BULLETIN. MONDAY, JULY 15, 1918 ' . : —‘—‘——""'—""“T"_”“'—“‘ home of August Carlson at 238 Sum- wE I I mit street, Rev. F. A, Peterson of Nor- JE c‘“ W mmt s, el s O rorg |Large Number Attend Houes:Tinker were friends. The arrangements were | Wedding—Red Cross Doing Good isuh chl:lge of Funeral Director J. M.| Work—Personal Notes. 5 \epar Private John Webber. Thursday aftsrnoon at 8 o'clock at N ) \ Funeral service for Private John|the home of Mrs. A. J. Tinker her DANIELSCN PUTNAM of the storm, he was unable to hold | Webber of Bridgeport, who was Killed | daughter, Miss Mary A. Tinker, was : his hand out to signify his intentions|some time ago by a train near Clark’s united in marriage with Harry Houes. | Spe: To Take Men Leaving For Devens on |of stopping. Mr. Morin, the chauffeur | Corners, was held Saturday afternoon |The ceremony was performed by Rev. today (Monday) for East Greenwich,|Anna Arnold. R. I, to attend a summer school. Head of | Duugwnfiwrmom. Emwn From Norwich State Farm. | 7 P. Aitchiso; ridge. Mass., Captain of Police Joseph Ryan Sat-|is to be the hu:'of the anunu urday received notice that George|partment of the Putnamr State Rockford: had escaped from the Con-|Shop during the cmln; school year. nectiout State Farm for Inebriates at| He succeeds Willlam Penny, who Norwich. Rockford was sént to this|resigned to aecept a positi @. i{n!tltulio;\ from tfia E;xo;}m heoun a lt:ta::‘:un‘t ‘fi“"f\’nfifi'{f““ X ew W a oc] s home is | of eity, Mr. Soont 3 I Prayers for France Offered ul Rev. F. D. Sargent Going o Vineyard eeks ago. y. son 18 SPECIAL TRAIN Woonsocket. years old, married and chil- St, James’ Church—Stone-Harring- | Haven For Vacation—George -Rock- Pastor. and Choir at Hampton. dren. “He Mas worked: for: Blake for O. A. P Mi tield C at 5 o'clock. Rev. Arthur D, Carpen- |E. M. Anthony, assisted by Rev. J. B. & . 3 5 - SO oas rolewhe i o e e "t | ter officlated. Butial was in the Wil-| Aldrich. The bride wore blue Geor:| ton Wedding—Women Not Signing| ford Escapss From State Farm—Fu:| Rev. Frank D. Sargent, e gt the for B S 3 3 Word has been received by the local |the Peck car. The Mansfield owner |limantic cemetery in charge of Fu-|gette crepe and carried a large bou-| Camning Pledges as Expected—| neral of Francis E. Wright—L. P.|Congregational church, was in ,_g Hyde Park, Mass., <. United exemption board that the next quota will pay for the damages. The chauf- | neral Director J. M. Shepard. quet of white carnations. Her brides- et the from this district, which will leave |feur 'said that the reason he did not = i With Enthusi here July will go by special train |Stop was that the brakes were not First Band Concert of Year. Saunders, who was gowned in white at 9.5 a. m. which will bring them | Working right. Ch; s d Season Opened itchi i ton Sunday aftermoon to condu R LE N autauqua’s Second Seas! P | 2;:::;‘un:n.r|::: t;;::;o S'flhod Dpening e4rvice of & merine Of er | Priting )uemwy Olnwu for A | The first of a series of band concerts and carried white roscs. The best man Pty A e B ‘c";.:;".:,'.’";:: e Norwi Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Knowles and S vested choir of the local church a: nded. - iy Y - S5 = s at Recreation park which are provided [ Was Andrew Bowens of Norwich, a g A Butnaid "Waoaward 1 Organist Lewis O. Williams. $ o , band | dec vi % 1 y 0 but the persom;el of the quota has he’rh_e_locnll ehximp;:xo: btm'rd h‘adn:: :Ir;dsiievl;nsk:lyn;g-egee;fngmeficefl “‘jler;e lunch was served, The bride's gift to 'l:;gr. ang Ms‘ns'n‘\' fusm\llsflct ;l:‘rlr::x;n display throught the city Sunday in ‘The -thirty boys from the Putnam, m:!-hb"x;' s received nofice that a|town building, Satarday, and Chair.|about 1,000 people present. the bridesmaid was a ring. The bride | File are Visiting twih S honor’ of Bastile Day. Plainfield and Danielson _Congrega- blackemith is wanted for the northern |man B, W. Danielson held a few in| A large platform for the musicians|received gifts of linen, ~silver - and P! e left The special collection taken a few|tional churches who last Monday Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Hizgins of | for an outing at Crystal Lake, Eas Woods. his office in Moosup. The decision of | Was erected in front of the grandstand, | money. Mr. and Mrs, Houes Went to | pyiyciet visited with relatives in | Se¢ks ago at St. Mary's church for the yot, %5 SRR T8 WIS TR o G . —_— the Doard will not be made until to- |and the audience collected around it | the groom's home near ‘Boston on|pinicicon over Sundoy. Coal fund amounted to $700. FITL IR I S, PLAINFIELD DEFEATED, Faoiad Boe Wtk el day or Tuesday. All hearings were | The large grandstand was packed full, | their WEOEIng top & ‘The | Private Albert Talnese of Camp delegation of K. of C. members|¢2 1o JEC hofies e e ety = £ on dependency claims. as were the numerous settees around | Will reside on Anthony street. =~ The|p .. "o ch "Sinaay at hie home in|from this city was in Worcester. Sun- Visiting Team Loses to. M-nhnui Soldiers and_sailors who spent the Y i el the baseball diamond. The concert |bride wore a blue traveling suit with | pryd JPent SURCES i day to witnuss the working of the third | SA1eq | on tewraing tac_Lie neing Nine 1140 6. 3 g heir homes in this city ; ioti at to match. Mr, Houes is a painter 3 e L Tretnden Jerome. Cook. Charles. An.| HARTFORD SCOUTS FARMING |opened and closed with patriotio airs| 0% 2 {08 5. "Hoves i a. prominent Special Prayers for France. °Rt the Sunday evening service of the|PFizs offered the boy who Would catch| .. 111 baschall team wvas -asily frews, Bdward Morrison, John Healy 2 " |singer in the Methodist church and| At St. James' church Sunday even-|Woodstock Congregational church, | Ll 1afgest number of bass, pickerel| , o HRI€EIC WSt AER AR S8 T William Kelley. N French Holiday Observed. president of the Epworth league. Mr. |inz at the vesper service there were | Hon: Clarence W Bawen save an ad|41d pout during the six dave at camp| dofeated Saturday afterndon by the at Mansfield Depot. French flags were flown alongside of | 274 Mrs Eugene Bowens and family | epecial pravers for France, bulwark of | drees dealing with the. incidents con- Vent to I'rank Gifford of Putnam. Mo nuactaring Clesany 9P This <ty pd = of Norwich anc rs. s e s t v R K 1 Two Arrests. ¢ | Locatea on the large Dean farm|the Stars and Stripes on several Wil | New Haven were Present 5% the Wed- |vecognition ol Bistie gan . or Rl b i FUNERAL. ST R e T John Manville, 19, was arrested by |near Mansfield Depot, forty-two Hart- gmflmdhomifi ulznre;:‘yhxn Fofir;&: gf ding. Chief Michael Grimshaw of the po- P grounds. The final score was 11 to 6. Officer Bombriand on Broad street,|ford Boy Scouts, who enlisted in the | Bastile day, the 8 Vi 3 sha e, It is expected that motor truck No. E Putnam out-played, out-hit, and out- pear the merry-go-round, Saturday | Boys' Working Reserve are doing their | TUIY- R s“"d;yF"'”“.” sh"d"h"' ; "‘fg“gi';“rl‘;"crf,:m{fmg“("ggv:f:é"°"f,} }) of the Putnam Fire department will Francis Elliott Wright. ran the vlmtgrl.y and at no time was & causing a_disturbanc = o = Do SULUSE S EnnsyS g 08 ¥ » returned to this city the latter part| Funeral services 'of Francie Elliott | the outcome in doubt. Blackmore, the B Siakin house € ?‘h’:;g}lrr‘:;‘n\(‘:ea?}: i st el e e Ran Through Gate. subject at the Baptist church was|who have no'proofs that they have i ith | of this week. The truck is mow in|Wright, 31, of Pomfret, who died at|Manhasset pitchér, was in - splendid i Consolation. The celebration of the | registered or otherwise complied With | Boston wh, 4 e v 2 2 - ;. v ntered against him. The east gate at the Main street o z , g = ere a motor pump is being|'the Day Kimball ‘hospital Wednesday | form, and his delivery baffled the op- S the peace was entered against him |sented at the camp, and a regular| The sast gate af the Meln Sect|rords supper was obseryed at the| thc governments requirements of them |incialied by the American Lafrance | afsormoon, were. held Saturasy Ser: | posme. batomen. Futvers bit.the boll at the place since it was opened, and | There are five sleeping tents, a grub|Saturday evening when a motorist ran | ., ; 5 e e el company. * noon at the South Woodstock Congre- | consistent®y and hit when hits meant several disturbers have ended in the |shack and a dining hall. 1t is located |into it. The gates were lowered for ple’'s meeting was held at 6.15. The| Providence Club at East Killingly. Rev. Frederick Leeds, rector of St.|gational church. The serviee was con- | runs. in the court today. Manville will also be in the court. i : : i H H H H i 3 § H 3 i i i H i H H H 2 Mansfield Owner to Pay Damages. A small tourinz car owned by Jo- seph Peck was somewhat damaged on Jackson street, near the home of Hy- man Chasen Sunday afternoon. Peck was coming towards Williman- tic on Jackson street, and when in front of the Chasen house, someone hailed him, and he stopped. As he bad his side curtains up on account i § H Summer Meetings Suspended. : T, U, will hold no|Tuesday, and in the meantime a e bi- Kly i during the | Smaller commercial truck contains the Fummer. " The’ next regular meeting | cauipment of the big truck. An outing_will 3 > Camp Unior Service. Ground in August, at the time of the| The large Chautauqua tent on Wind- gold medal contest. The local W. will be heid Sept. 6. Storrs Man’s Case Nolled. t K ' ot The case of Irving Davis of torSrs|ant ministers sat on the platform and was nolled in the police court Satur- | 00K part in the services, : costs, amounting | 52cred song concert was given by the v on payment of e was_ charged with vie: | Old Homestead quartette. leaving his until September 1, and longer if con-| A mechanic from the LaFrance fac- ditions make it necessary. tory is overhauling the fire truck at the Bank street engine house. He will probably complete his work by ham field was the place where a fine union church evening service was held Sunday evening. Most of the Protest- d a fise church was Temptations—Why? The Christian_Endeavor meeting was led by Miss Mabel Wilcox. Rev. J. B. Aldrich took for his morn- ing subject at the Methodist church Oneness With Christ. The Epworth league and evening services were com- bined at 7 o'clock. Personal Mention. Mrs. Edw. J. Farrell of Wauregan spent Thursday with Mrs. , H. His- cox. Mrs. Jack Connie and two children, Helen and James, and Mrs. Hononan and daughter Kathleen of Norwich were guests Wednesday of Mrs. James McCusker of Tracy avenue. “King” George Jacques of East Kil- lingly, a member of the club. As 'the borough's board of relief, Damase Boulias, E. T. Tillinghast and Joseph Bodo gave notice of the ses- sions to be held this month. Miss A, M. G. Brace of Waterbury visited with friends in Danielson over Sunday. Wosmen of St. James’ church who are interested in Red Cross work are meeting weekly and working for the great organization of mercy. Long drawn out periods of lowery weather and frequent thunder storms are interfering with the harvesting of the hay crop, which is reported as normal this year. PASTOR'S VACATION. First Congregational church, vacation today (Monday). Sargent is planning to spend nearly all| Carl A. Swenson, aged of the remainder of July at Vineyard |day at his home in Woodstock. He is Haven with Captain Edwards, who is| Survived by a wife and two children. in charge of the Sailors’ Bethel there. Henry Munyan, Next Sunday the pulpit will be sup-| Henry Munyan. aged 66, died Friday plied by Rev. Harold Barber, son of | night at his home in West Glocester. . Clarence Barber of Danielson. He | He is survived by his wife. The body will use as the topic of his sermon,|is to be sent to Pascoag, R. I, for The Opportunity of the Commonplace. | burial today (Monday). Mr, Wright several weeks ago swal- Jowed«a set of false teeth'and an op- Begins Today—Rev, Frank D. Sar-|erationwas performed in order to re- gent to Go to Vineyard Haven. move fhe plate from his stomach. He was well on the way to recovery when v. Frank D. S ‘Wednesday, during a fit of coughing %A . DS ::“‘:: the wound was opened, and death re- Mr. sulted. Carl A. Swenson. 2, died Fri- : o 2 _ | subject of the evening service was - | Philip’s 1 chi il it i v ¢ 1 5 Y e e e sl i T oY The Thirteen club, most of the mem p's Episcopal church officlated at|ducted py Rev. H. D. Pierce. of| The score: B s oo man: dvank SIAS T imebte :;;e‘;n!’:w}:;n:i‘:i the motorist was not struck by it. He | Soven Stages or Musical Steps of Hu- | porg resident in Providence, were at services held Sunday afternoon at the | Brig ., a former pastor of the|Planfield 2000120106 on the corner of Main and Walnut)A baseball diamond has also been laid | stopped inside of the other zate. Rev, Albert Donnell’s Sunday morn. | the Jason homestead in East Killing- hurch of the Messiah, Abington. Sout} 'godstock church. Burial was| Manhasset .. ..211 2.3 00 2 x—11 streets Sunday morning at 1 o'clock |out. ST ing subject at . the ~ Comgregational |y Saturday. A dinner of rare ex- S ar at Wpodstock Hill cemetery. Batteries: For Manhasset, Blackmore and will face a charge of intoxication | The Scouts will work on the farm Overhauling Engine. ik 2 Pt gellence was prepared for them by and Nelson; for Plainfield, Ballard and Jolly. ‘ 4 TONY BAGDAF, 6, SHOOTS . HIMSELF IN THIGH. Boy Left Alone by Father and Step- mother Gets Former’s Revolver. Tony Bagdaf, aged 6, son of George Bagdaf, proprietor of the Chickering restaurant, while alone in his father's home on Lee street Saturday night, shot himself in his right thigh with a .38 calibre revolver which he-had taken from a bureau drawer. He is at the dD‘ny Kimball hospital in a critical con- tion. Relief Corps’ Outing. During Mr. Sargent's absenca the fol- Automobile Strikes Bicycle. While rounding the corner of Milk street and Taylor court, Sunday, an lating th v i s E Directress of Knitting. e rlgera ors car on the wrong side of the street. Benefit Movies. Mrs, L. V. Whitford is directress of A large number of people attended the moving pictures at Loomer opera Two shows and the proceeds of the knitting in the Red Cross rooms dur- ing the absence of the chairman, Mrs. F. S. Condie. The annual picnic outing of' Me- Gregor Woman’s Relief corps is set for July 2: Burial in Centerville. the funeral arrangements on Saturday lowing members of the church will have “harge of the mid-week services: = Tuly 20, Frederick W. Seward; July 27,| a3 received word from his son, Edgar M. Wheaton; August Transferred to Signal Corps. Captain of Police ‘Joseph A. Ryan c. Charles Ryan, who is now overseas the Signal Corps. He states that he The bullet passeq through a large artery and before the neighbors, at- tracted by the report of the shot, could smash in the door and call a doeter, the boy had lost much blood. 3 Dr ¥ with the American troops in France.| " The accident occurred at~$ o'clock i O o S enen | entertainment are to 20 to the Willi- EanealliParh: : Louis E. Kennedy was in charge of | oni&nt Sharpe; August 10, John G.| private Ryan has been transferred to|while the boy's father and. stepmethes | ots itiag e Elayeies Dhoiinas wis farewell party by a number of friends|for Mrs Eizear Torcotte, Plainfield, Rapid Typing. L e x n : is well, enjoys his work, and that while “ ; : ¢ i s i at Prof. James Graham's dancing|whose hody was takon to Centerville,| A Remington gold medal has béen | he is not at the firing line, B can heat | o roy oon it pae 1100y ; Undressed 3 not infured. “The whel was damaged Brief Men! Academy in New Britain = Thursday | o for burim, awarded Jeanne Lariviere, a sophomore | the incessant rumble of théuns, and| on’ gome mut Joches the Aoe ot 1he : o s e ot e a0l pamie Marcil of Pawtucket, R I,|evening. Miss Des Jardins, who Was | Tiere is something striking in theat Tourtelotte Memorial High School | the aeroblanes that are‘constantly fly- | house. . After they had gone the child : A good Refrigerator will s D he week-end with Mr. and Mr, | supervisor of nurses at the New Brit- | fact that so many Killingly men who | for excellency mn typewriting. Miss La- | ing overhead. crept out of bed, took the revelver and : ion. 2 Adolph Duval of Union street. ain General hospital, has enlisted as an| 5 in France inchide in their letters | riviers wrote 57 words a minute with At Fi 1 of M Mitchel. went to the kitchen, where the firearm : more than pay its way these| — Sixty new books, all dealing with |army nurse and has been notified that | the lie “we hope to be home . for |only four errors. & remarkable record Unomal ot i bensp ] Bt e i 2 SOUTH MANCHESTER WINS |the present war, have been added at|she will leave July 15. Christmas,” though on what facts they | When it is considered that this was her | AMONE the priests who officiated at|™ip, JICUOIRECL 05 iny’ netghbors, days, but care should be used |, = the Willimantic 'Public Libra. Red Cross Report. base that hope is not at all clear. first year in *he commercial depart-|the funeral of Major John Purroy| y,'on"tty. Bagdat fiouse, but were : fiVisitors! Take [Saturday's Game Erom || 31oe Grace C. Unhiass of Providence.| | Totey i Of e o s et ment. The head of the _department | Mitchel. ex-mayor of New York city,| opie'to gain admittance. Mrs, Wal- : In the selection of one. We Local Team—Score 7 to 2. R. I, is spending the week-end with | Junior Red Cross under direction of WEDDING. was Miss Minnie Ganon, who this com- | 1ast Thursday was Father Cabanel|i.. j gartlett and Victor Shino sue: 3 her aunt, Mrs. C. Harley Smith. Mina - Allea s A Erowm twll bel atiithe 2 ing year is to teach commercial studies | Chaplain of the Chausseurs Alpine ~arry The Athletics of South Manchester | yys Frank A, Stanley and daugh- |Red Cross room from 2 to 4 to carry ated the local Thread company | ter Frances have returned from a baseball team at Recreation Park on : THE BOHN SYPHON, |saturday atternoon, 7 to e ceeded in breaking down a door and| at Putnam High School. Miss Ganon| (The Bine Devils of France), who last| on” cntering founs. a "emall of blood | [Eranif i s week Tuesday addressed an audience n a similar medal while a ek Tuesday addressed an audience|jeading from the kitchen to an ad: ! Stone—Harrington. Ay | work to those who are unable to come 9 mmer home at Groton Long | to the room to receive it and to bring | Saturdav evening at the home of | student at the local high school. ng at the ho 1 joining bedroom. On the fioor of” ’ .| Point. in the finished work. Both the gar-|Rev. C. H. Barber Miss Amy E. Har- Memorial Service. the Holy Ghost, Church street. Follow- | room, bleeding, lay the boy, dressed in | : SRR e i T e e e 1 ment and surgical dressings rooms will | Fington_and Charles W. Stone wére| , . 0" 0 000 fo: Raymond ‘g’p‘,”' a ’f”fi‘fi" Ll }:“&t :me?‘;“ hmm Bix Sight ol : THE EDDY, o et ol o 5o R T e ey Eoven willlea¥e | be open as noual during the cuming|ORied in marthegs, |, ¢| Benson, the North Woodstock bov, & | Father Cabanel ezain come to Buts |1, o Jusehy and Dr. Marguerite Bol: | uble and a triple. Many other | this weel Tho\w‘f\r,’;';' trip to Gettys- | 7 i une br(xldv ot a1ty R ke ot Mo AT B M, Father Cabanel 2zain come to Put-|jarg were called and on arriving.. pwr. HE SANITOR nio the outtield looked to be|DurE, Fa They will be cocompanied | ity of yarn is now ready for dls. | White and carried o bouquet of white . 8. PS,| nam and tell of France and the French Sl arnations. The witnesses were the|Who recently lost his life while in ac- 5 tribution. pari i 2 There Sunday night it was said 5 wor 4 N parents of the bride, Mr. and Mrs.|tion, was held Sunday afternoon at the Knitting Machine quul AND THE e, puliing” down five ilies, most of | (€T e 4" pebinits | Wiliam Tarrington. * Mr. Stone ex- | Norih Woodstook church. Those I2 | e knitting machine kiven the Put-|ih s sceious condition & " = Liem’ caught on the run. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Dunn are |3 29 ip5iams % | pects to leave for Camp Devens with- | CF ere C. M. Per- < S & . 2 BERKSHIRE | The visitors started things off strong | entertaining Mr, ana Mrs. Herman :,’"dtti;’,’;; Cifi‘s-cg;,';ig““‘,;‘i,,‘;;';‘s- 51 a few days. Mrs, Stoné will re-|rin, Frank Barrett, Rev. F. B. Harri.|nam Red Cross recently by a friend, is| It ls not known what made: ths in the first. Tw : ;22 ] Two runs were scored on | Somers and daughter of Frooklyn ot | Looomate” 10 mercaters. 55 pairy|Main with her parents on Mechanic son and Mary F. Potter. in use and those who are able to run|child take the revolver, except that| oktiors dered the child taken to the hospil Gerard starred in this|and Mrs, Fred L. Vaughn, of Worces. . i in thirty min-|on Fourth of Jul A'olslz‘ I\(;o]lxase hin‘ In the seizp% their home o8 summi! street. Mr.|gocks, 8 pairs wristlets, 14 property | Street: m’fgfa lt‘r:’;fll?z‘;nfih?;:;ho?du;ch",‘fi:: i T’:Bl‘c(:ito?}enesl':cgk of uta}e"rsti;vl?;r:- Shoot a'mof.g,“.’m?‘afi‘{,{”f.,f:’fif, | Dowd made first on a hit, went to third | Somers is the editor of Home News, Aiate 2’ kni s g i arked tha ¢ all well known makes and o, & cacrifice his and came home on |Brooklyn, N. Y. el 1 A shin it A SRd A CANNING PLEDGES FEW, ' |{much trouble. Saturday a large num. | Jgires about one minute. In the hands|marked Lunt somp aiy he wanted to b 2 _Of an exp_ert, one pair of socks. includ- | be a soldier and fire a gun. B e ber oo gines were reported as out of | ing the ribbed top, can be made in 35 Women Not Showing Patriotic Enthu- . xtra men were en- . = : minutes. Instruction in tne use of the UTH DST! lasted for about two hours. At onc EASTFORD siasm Hoped For. e o over the district clearing up | machine is being given Putnam women S0 WOODSTOCK time; large hailstones fell. The sun s : ¢ the locals, the first run was ice. Call and see them at the a sacrifice fly. They scored no more| The st % great food savers. A box that|runs' until the seventh, when three|dens. The rais srstos nnoie ST and p . ns were scored on a triple by Sip- will save food, will also save ! and in a few weeks enough will have : the locals st yun came out later in the afternoon and o bt : The signing of canning pledges is | o 21153 Tosephine and Chrystabel Gif-|1.ameq "to run it to insure a much | Funeral of Frank Wright Held Satur- Siosn i e ird inning. Anderson soon dried up all puddies and left the | Celebration of Fourth of July Begins|not being received by the women of | OFl MEHIOn 2nd ‘Wednor Cagpenter |iarger output of knitted goods from the day—General Nows: E .met“:e\gl o ’*’2;’"“ %xh:y-g:n :mgg; vegetation looking fresh With Ringing of Bells and Ends|Killingly with the enthusiasm hoped eave Putnam 15051 chapter than has heretofore been o % . for by the women who have the cam- | —o—— ossible. Frank Wright, fnrmnrl of this p! in Anderson. Curry was out, With Burning of the Kaiser—Ad-| °f P% 2 3 D s £ aied Curry ) : aign in charge, it was stated Sunda: : ed at a hospital last Wednesday. ing inty hird and White was OCCUM AND VERSAILLES| dress by Hamilton Holt. D emoon. b= Mrs. " Rienai Robinson, | Stocking: clerk, Mildred Burns; law City Wrists. funeral was held Saturday at the : y Rie D il Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gibney and hairman in charge of the work in thi¢ | and order commissioners, Denton Gal- 3 / 9 church. on a fielder’s choice. Hamel walked,|Hard Sh ¢ The Fourth of July was celebrated | fown This does not mean that many | Up. Mayette Paine, Eunice Pike, Dor- | family of Wilkinson street. are pass-| Mrs, John Jones is visiting her son ) ower Causes Trouble—Oliver | . 1 town. is does not mean that many = = - §riié two wask at Talana Padc P T. . - ng the bases full, and when| 'p L, e 3 Mail in Eastford in a safe and sane way,|patriotic women have not signed |Othy Logee, Ella Young; thrift com- |!P% two weeks at Island Park R. I. |Oliver at Narragansett Pier for a few ln 0 n 0 dams was hit by a pitched ball, one k arrying Mail From the | fise by the ringing of bells, followed | Dicfices to can latge. numbers. . of |missioners, Harry Young, Etheleen | Miss Ellen Strahan. Ware, Mass. 8| weeks. o Ve run was forced. On an infield groupn-| Station, by a parade led by the marshal of the | quarts of foodstuffs, as an insurance | LOn8, Margaret Burton; Red Cross|the guest of Dr. A. H. Strahan and| John Gilbertson of New Jersey spént r Donahue was caught out at first, i day, Charles R. Tripp, who made an | aozinct a food shorfage next winter— | COmmissioners, Janet Paine, Helen |family. Center street. iring the side. For the rest of the Friday afternoon soon after 6.30 m — his 1 c Abbie S ki a Franiiin, Pars. son. of Lissmnt] it wive ol Seay: < & c imposing appearance on his large e : o be Cronin, Abbie Scott; make good com- n v, & entenant | * Miss: Greene of Putnam is visif Furniture — Undertaking -me onlv two men got past fi there was one of the hardes: showers | white. harse, decorated With, the Stars | Moo o0t e O o e e ome ting ¥ 5 : = ir | missioners, Alice Jordan, Jacqueline |and Mrs. Edward T. Perry, is visiting | Mrs. R. R. Safford. which has visited the village for |and Stripes mingled with the tri-color | e R e nelr | Stocking, Shirley Jackson, in_Bridgewater, Mass. 3 Mrs. A. R. Scranton's brother and 705 — Phones — 705-2 P — years, the rainfall being the heaviest|of France. A fife and drum corps fol- | to step in and seize their products, an | _Every morning this week, from 9 to| The public health nurse Miss Lin- | his wife are visiting her from Fall Children and Their Hosts Happy. |In the memory of the oldest inhabi-|lowed. The Junior Red Cross, com-|iGes that is wholly erroneous. The |1l the Junior Chautauqua is t» meet, | den, who is coming to Putnam under | River. The two weeks' outing of twenty-six | [AntS. Deep ditches were cut border- | posed of school children, bearing a|government has no such intention, as|and on Thursday afternoon the juniors | the direction of the Parent-Teachers'| Many have taken fresh air children » New York children in this city and |8 the macadam on the hill near the|large United States flag, preceded anas been stated through hundreds of | Will present their patriotic play, Liber- | association will begin her work Wed- [from New York for two weeks. Vicinity will be brou~ht to u close this | LOtokett store, the Totokett boarding |man sporting a stovepipe hat and|pyblications hundreds of times. ty's Torch, in which Uncle Sam’s|nesda DR F C JACKSON (Monday) morning at 10.04 when the | 20Use was flooded, the lower floors of | wheeling a baby carriage which con- 2 The. attitude of some women has|Helpers succeed in overcoming waste,| Elizabeth Porter Putnam chapter,| Captain George N. Bailey has children will begin their journey home- | tie house were covered with water |tained little Marion Elizabeth. The|peen little less than unpatriotic here |indifference, indleness and propagan-|D. A. R. has been invited to join in|sentenced to three months’ im| - ward. They are to be accompanied by |21d mud, tons of gravel were depos- | carriage was decorated with red, white |in Killingly, for they have made it dist. celebrating at Brooklvn, August 9, the [ ment for a statement reflecting on the DEN"‘IST an escort from New York. Twenty |ited on the Boarding house corner,|and biue and several placards. one|yery clear that they are not at all in-| The former Junior Chautauquas who|200th anniversary of the birthday of |sobriety of Canadian. soldiers oversea. - families have taken the children and |iracks of the Shore Line —Electric | reading “I am small, but I can vell for | torested in responding to the govern- |are' now over 14 vears of age are to|lIsrael Putrom. He is not to go to gaol, but is to serve , p : Al oport the. Gafovmant Tathar Railway Co. were covered at the Oc- | liber The Girl Scouts and Red | ment's call for the building up of a|Dbecome Junior Alumni and will hold| The Y. P. S. C. E. meeting of the|the term under dicence, - clemancy Removed to 715 Main St, Willimantio cum stopping place. Although the | Cross nurses with their dog and about ¥ i o food reserve. “Why should the gov- |their meetings every day of Shautau- | Congregational church Sunday even- |being extended because of his ser- Hours—9 a. m to 2 5. ne Phone 44 Home From Backus Hospital. lightning was severe, little damage |30 Camp Eastford boys with their |ernment ask us to sisn pledge cards|dua, following the afternoon concerts. |ing was led by Mary Carpenter and | vices at the front. Edward Gadue, who has been seri. | 2 Foported, leader, Stanley Kelley, all in uniform,|and even put down. the number of ously ill at the Backus hospital was General News. were also in line. . |cans we fill unless the- government to his home in Scotland Sat-| Mrs. Frank Blanchard was one of | Henry Buell's autotruck decorated in|intends to take the products away from he able assistants at the recent baby | White, with the motto, “Do Your Bit.” | us?” these women ask. JAY M. SHEPARD Succeeding Eimore & Shepard weighing contes: instead or ars, Ed. |contained the family, illustrating vari- The answer is that the government 8 ward Blanchard as reported. ous occupations. Driven by Ariel Green, | has a right to know what the coun- Funeral Director & Embalmer OBITUARY H. E. Learned is driving & new road- | an ox team foliowed, containing vari- | try's food reserves are that as much : oy o Mrs. Samuel Abbe. stel ous zrains and the words “Win the|as possible out of the nation's general 3 Mrs. Abbe, 85, ome gardens which are to be seen in | tention, 1 S0 . | tion’s armies and the armies of the Lady Assistan: Tel. connectlon | of Samuel Abbe of Windham, died at|and around the villages. Keen 1i Alry | Several darkies driving a large black |allies, but it does not follow that the — [er home in St Paul, Minn, Friday, | ig shown among the gardoners. and white ox harnessed to a two-|government will go into the homes to &t = O el ke i H. R, Bushnell is able to be about | Wheeled vehicle called forth much ap- | seize foodstuffs constituting a special 3 HOMAS H, | vicinity, especially dand, where |aiei his recent iliness, plause. Citizens in automobiles dec- | reserve upon which families may draw she spent the larger part of her life. e Caty it orated with the flags of the United |without going into the markets to E s the daughter of David Fuller, . b States, England and France concluded 2 t Oliter Pahtoct e compete for shares of food with the secured the|the parade and these cars formed an|millions who are not in a position PUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EW. FUNERALS contract for the transportation of the | atiractive feature. do ‘canning. # ¥ SALRERS U. S. mail between the Versailles rail- The most delicious and popular form inwhich:corn was ever'served —— i At 130 p. m. Hamilton Holt of| The truth is that the canning cam- ailles post [ Woodstock, who has just returned | paign is “falling down” in many sec- The funeral of Joseph Burkland was | °fice. 2 -, 2 from a visit at the front, gave an ad- | tions of Windham county. The present held Saturday afternoon at 2.30 a the Norwich Motorist in Accident. dress at the Center church, relating|prospect is that Killingly will not come A Norwich woman motorist had a |some of his many thrilling experiences |even within reasonable distance of its g narrow escape from injury a few days|and observatiens during s _trip | allotment of 30,000 quarts. The women ll since when she lost control of the car,|abroad. He was listened to with much |are faltering before the task assigned Which ran into a telephone pole | interest. them, while their sturdy male relatives WILL CONTINUE ALL THIS WEEK short distance south of the plant of | A pageant under the direction of }and friends continue to pour into can- the Totokett Manufacturing company. Miss Janette Trowbridge was given on | tonments- to make ready to fight the July is a great month to practice economy and | is made famous by our July Clearance Sale. The pole was broken off near the|the Congregational church lawn, illus- | nation's battle and more than a million ground and pushed to one side. The|trating Humanity, impersonated by |more of the nation’s sons are on the occupants of the car escaped injury|Mrs, Oliver Latham; Liberty, Mrs. |fighting front in France. Shortages in the market are noticed in many lines which bring about increasingly higher priecs, and this is what makes our July Clear- Joseph Burkland. i Vi 288 Urion St, Willimanti ph Burklan road station and the V i Phone 29C “Lady As: i and the car was but slightly damaged. | George Bowen, and Justice, Miss Edith | Mrs, Robinson, as another side of “““| Wheaton, to whom the allied nations {the picture, made mention of inter- STAFFORD SPRINGS bowed allesiance. The Food Supply, |viewing one Killingly woman of slen- represented by Miss Virginia Bouck, |der means, a woman who has found : — the Red Cross. bv_Miss Minnie Jones, | life’s battles hard and who has labor- Supt. William Melcher Resigns—To | French Warrior, Stanley Kelley, and |ed through years sufficient to have Become Superintendent of Colorado | WAT Loan. Rev. Stanley Sherman, con- | their marks of toil left permanently City Schools—Chaut to Open | tributed thoir part in the affair. upon her. She was asked to sign a utauqua to Open| There was a ball game between|pledge card. “I will do the best I Tomorrow. North Windham and Bastford boys, |can,” she said “I can’t afford to do in which the North Windhams won. |all I should like, but I'll sign a pledge The Liberty chorus at 8 p. m., led by | for 150 quarts, and I'l keep it if I Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Sharpe of Putnam, | have to go out and pick berries to ill with Mrs. Darwin Lewis as organist, | the necessary number of jars.” committee and asks that the same take | save many aclections on the Congre- | Thera is vet time for rraany to emu- effect at once. He has been elected | gational church lawn. Then followed |late this woman's example, for there superintendent of the Montrose, Col-[a community bonfire at which the|are many wecks ahead in which can- orado, schools. Mr. Melcher came to|kaiser was burned after being hanged | ning may be done. Stafford Springs two years ago and|in effigy. Vgt has been in charge of the local News of the Week. oot o e TS s v WHR |t P o et punam | CHAUTAUQUA WEEK OPENS. o mfrs:;"«;:a“fi?fghts?hyéro‘rcfi?é"wg are at Welcome Davis' for a time. | Tent on Davis Park—Good Attendance positions _were combined and Mr | cullr oo e o o &M | at Evening Lecture and Concert. Melcher was elected as superintendent | °%) mi William Melcher, superintendent of schools and high school principal, has sent his resignation to the town school Pos 2 Mrs. J. R. Miller of West Thompson | qp et A vean 2 s ang principal. > b £ autauqua—for the second yeal pent severa! days recently with her g ance Sales of greater importance this year than . Chautauqua Opens Tuesday. utnier e Olacies Glatic aah 4ng |opesed entiusisstioally hers Bacurdar, ever before. Stafford Springs’ five days’ Chautau- | latter's family. t qua will open tomorrow (Tuesday) af-| Miss Edna Buell of Petersham Visit- | soroe” were oecsent for the smeming ternoon, ed relatives here recently. . lecture and the concert by the Eck- Miss Clara Indorf and Miss Johanna| Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Miller, Edna |nof-Jordan company. Foster of Brooklyn are guests of Mrs.|and Mildred Buell were guests of Mrs.| A¢ Sunday's sacred concert the at- Edward Mann. Charles Clark on the Fourth. tendance was reduced considerably by The Daughters of Rebekah will meet | Mrs. Oiiver Latham of New York is| the gtorm, but the opening of Chau- ‘Wednesday evening. at Okomover for the summer. tauqua has been so satisfactory as to Miss Marjorie Morse is employed at| Mrs. Fred Bowen and Mrs. Bdward | encourage those hree who have it in the Stafford Savings bank during the|Keith sang a duet at the Christian En- | charge. vacotion, i _|deavor consecration service Sunday| The junior orgasizations were active Thomas Cumminskey has enlisted in | evening. e on the opening day, a meeting of the the marine corps. junior organization being held after There are now 29 aviation training | the senior concert. With the dealer in second hand |fields operated by the government in| The following elections for the junior 2 < goods it is never too late to mend different parts of the United States. town were made: Mayor. Ernestine Remember we nvite you to take advantage of : our clearance and supply your wants for present or future needs and save a considerable sum. Pl