Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 9, 1918, Page 6

SCHOOL A HOST OF THE SMALL NECESSITIES AT LITTLE PRICES School time develops a lon supplied. There are many necessary—these we have we list those which almost all will need. Buy them at The Boston Store. Pencil Sets covered boxes Lead Pencils, each.... in cloth or paper .25¢ to $1.00 Pen and Pencil Combinations. Penholders Erasers Pencil Clips .. Rubber and Cork Gflp Pen- holders ... Rubber Bands, a box. Koal Black Ink Writing Fluid Glue in tubes.. Mucilage in bottles and tubes— 5c and 10c .o aeadfie 10c and 10c and 15¢ Art Paste Art Paste in bettlc Fountain Pen ink 3¢, 4c, Sc ; 10¢ | 35¢ We Sell Thrift Stamps SUPPLIES g list of needs which must be articles which are not strictly tried to eliminate, and belew Parker's Fountain Pens— ‘ s1.5o to ssou | Pencil Point Protectors.. i Pencil Sharpeners | Boston Pencil Sharpeners Colored Crayons........5¢ .and 10c Penwipers ... . 2 Drawing Compasses . Composition Books Paint Sets......... Marginal Ruled Pads 5¢c and 10c Paper Pads, small.. ¢, 2¢, 3¢ Paper Tablets, linen finish— 5¢, 10c, 15c to 25c Kodak Albums....12¢, 25c, 39, 59c Memorandum Books........:5¢c, 10c Loose Leaf Memos. -25c | Dictionaries. ... .25c, 70¢, 98¢, $1.20 || Waxed Paper for lunches, roll.. 5¢ = 5¢ lnd 10c ..25¢ and 50c STONINGTON Mr, and Mrs. Charles H. Cowan ob. served the 4 anniversary of thei r'\arf.i,.s 12 day he personal congratu sorough friends and friends ion from in an informal way. Charles ment. E. Main of the fire depart- r " LYME Miss Emma.Sawver and Mrs. Flor- ence Hall served tea at the L. B. last Wednesday. | deciined the { vole, s Gaspee fi :énzfio of Trovidence has bee.n]: redmiw as at mh Hfl! ‘Iiltlflnl b-eh Fri-| m ind - thm were several near- drf‘t Is said that one of the commit- muster contestant which recalls . the | tee on the erection of the town's honor greatest - distimction. of this relic of old-time fire fij ting apparatus,” when it won in perpendicular playing over crack New England and:New. York 'ubg at New Haven, 65 years.ago July 1853. -In this eontest was the ma- chine now known as the Hay Cart of T'awtucket, ‘which was ‘sold t> West- erly and known as the -Rhode Island Ores, and which was afterwards re- purchased by .the Pawtucket firemen, and is still’ in active imuster service. The muster was held under the aus- pices of the New Haven fire depart- ment, Charles A. Nettleton, chief. Tt was the twelfth of more than a thous- and general hand engine musteys held since the initial one at _Ashland Mass, Oct. ‘6, 1849. There .were 2! contesting machines divided into two classes—thoseé with eight-inch cylin- ders and over in- the first class and all others in the second -clas: The playing was perpendicular through 400 feet of hose. The plavout: took place on the Green, where = pole was erected for measuring the stream. feet high, The judges ware s*ationed in the eupola of the Tontine House. The pole was marked off in feet with large figures, and the judzes through field glasses noted the :highest point reached by the water. The prizes were two silver goblets, one for each class. There was a parade of 37 compa ies, ineluding more than 200 - Ncw York city volunteer firemen, who had attended the muster to back the South- wark No. ‘38 against al] comers. The playing was.from 4.30 to 8.30 in t} evening, with severn machines in tke first class, the result of which was as feliows: Gaspee 9, Providence, 143 feet: Tm- vire 8, Fair Hayen, 137 feet: Hay Cart (Rhode Island No. 1) Pawtucket 133 feet: Nameaug, New Tondon, after- wards owned b\' the Roueh & Rea Veterans of Southwark b Red Jacket 10, 3 feet. The ed a protest, claiming- that d through 504 feet of hose, wh Gaspee only playéd througn’ 2 The protest was not allowed, and the New Yorkers challenged the (aspees to angther contest at the pnle for the following day for a du- plicate ‘goblet trophy. - The Gazpecs challenge. but mades an cxhibition play in the presence of thousands of witnes<es, putting water cver the firemen’s hat on ton of the seven feet higher than its play ot the preceding d: Afterwards the thwarks. attempted to -cet up a ontest w th the Gaspee for a prize 7 from 31000 to $5070, but as the New “orkers would not agree to the -con- cst being held at Providence, the challe was net accepted. The War Savings Stamps sales in Rhede Island for the last week in Au- just dnnounced amounted to $47,734.97, and brought the total for the morith over the $500 009 mark. The total amount ce the = campaizn ned is $3,695,853.02,-:a per capita of 85. The maturity value of sales on Sept. 1 was $3,185,257.14. The review- ing post office sales of war stamps are oW in excess of $3,600,000. The exact mount sold through these agencies, to September 1, was $3,135287.14. The remain'ng $560,565.88 of Rhode Island sales were made through books and stores. The nost nfme sales by postal districts are as follo: Providence. §13545,581.83 et $561,304.3 Newpor W onh»n"l‘e $246,445.08 c o Pawtuck- $260. 83 798.. $3,12; roll persists:in separating the army and navy service, as he considers the soldier ‘ entitled to more” prominence than the sailor. The committee is compdsed of four citizens, " Twehty-seven limited service men will probably be assizned this week to draft boards in Rhode Isiand. Th went to Camp Devens on Saturda¥® <or uniforms and instructiond. These men were selected on their abilities as typists and stenographers. There will be no filing of exemption claims. The board will decide who belongs to the home or the army Tuesday is known as Perry day in Rhode Island. Four colored draft evaders were ar- rested in Rhode Island last week and sent to Camp Devens, where they passed physical examinations. “The nominating committee of the democratic state central committee held a session Sunday in Providence. Private Maurice E.” Gavitt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Gayvitt of Paw- tucket, formerly of Westerly, has been gassed in action and is now in a base hospital. Joseph H. McGuinness has been ap- pointed ~ chief registrar for Pawca- tuck. The boys' and girls' exhibit of can- | ned goods in the Elm street school Friday showed the excellent work of the six clubs. These Westerly jurors have been summoned to the superior court for Washington county which convenes Sept. 16 at Kingston: Charles H. Boss, Robert Drysdale, Walton P. Clarke, Arthur A. Faverio, Joseph H. Burke, grand jury: Santo C. Nigrelli. John P. Vars, William J. Veal, Michael “J. Turano John M. Lang, $tanley Laing, Ellery C. Burdick and Fred E. Boying- ton, petit: jury. Frederick H, Barber, Jr.. of Pawea- | tuck has been séat to Fort Slocum and on his return will be assigned to duty as clerk to the Eleventh d_istricti draft board in New London Commencing today, trollev cars will make hourly trips to and from Watch Hill. Arthur M. Mills has entéred Milton | college at - Milton, Mass. Charles L. Ewart, Catholic club Sunday evening. | Lieutenant H. J. Thompson- of the ; navy, .stationed at New Orleans, is here on a visit to his father, Alexan- der C. Thompson, JEWETT CITY Mrs. Augusta Ray has a blooming cereus which has had four blossoms this season. < Prof. Joneés of Storrs college is to conduct a demonstration on the cull- ing of slacker hens this afternoon at two o'clock at the farm- of William MeNicol. A month’s mind mass for Martin Wallace was said by Rev. J. J. Mc- Cabe at St. Mary's church Saturday morning. rs. Curtis Hull, Miss Helen Hull, Miss S, K. Adams. Mrs. F. E. Robin- son and Ear] Robinson are at Pleas- ure Peaci:. where they have a cot- tag> for a week. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Cote Mr. Cote being nroprietor of a large shoe fac- torv. his son Eusgene, superintendent of the mill..and Gastor. an architect, and two daughters, Misses Rertha and Jeanne. of St. Hvacintha, P. Q. are guests of Dr. and Mrs. George B. LeConte. Mary McClennan hes gene to Philafei iphia after a visit with her sis- president of the | Catholic clubs of Rhode Island ad-i dressed a meeting of the Westerly | night | phones. i AUGUST 3lst, T0 THE PUBLIC THIS COMPANY IS IN RECEIPT QF' BULLETIN No. ‘5, TELEGRAPH AND - TELEPHONE SERVICE, FROM THE POSTMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, DIRECTING AS FOLLOWS: “Owing to the necessity for conserving labor and material and to eliminate a cost which is now borne vl'ry the permanent user of the telephone, a readiness to serve or installation charge will be made on and after September 1st, 1918, for all new installations; also a charge for all changes in location of tele- Installation charges to be as follows: Where the rate is $2.00 a month or less. . Where the rate is more than $2.00 but not exceeding $4.00 a month............ $10.00 Where the rate is more than $4.00 a month $15.00 . $ 5.00 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ORDER, ALL IN- STALLATIONS AND TRANSFERS SUBSEQUENT TO , 1918, WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE CHARGES SPECIFIED ABOVE. | The Southern New England Telephone Company Mis & 5 ter. Mys, James McClugzage. ; 9 Sl A Dot Mrs. H, N. Whe 1 | service duty. ° Fanning park, as the driver of the jen men report |spent the week end with her parents, 1. N. Wheelock a.calla il season for many | Mr. and Mrs’ L, D. Harding, 2 L L in blossom whose stalk measutes 4| Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Webster and|truck hunted up Warden Mailhotte b in laiel’ Ca R SR ocal Laconi feet. T inches from the floor. Tt has|family have taken a cottage at Pine|and turned them over to nim, but ja- | At a special meeting of- Pequot 1 05 “oish ob -1k foor e 3*l Dr. Joseph A. Higgins and Dr. | blossemed cverv vear for 37 years |Grove for a month. Mr. and Mrs, G.|ter it was. found :that. Mr. Fanninz |council, Knights of Columbus, held in ! company and the| Helen and Fela Hubay ave spend-|Fichard O'Brien Shea, both born and |and is more thrifty mow than ever |A. Haskell went Frida: to spend Sun- |had made arrangements with Pr Hickey's hall last week, the drst de- &% Sl gy reared in Pawcatuck, have, been in the | befo i day_there, dent J. H. Lee, on his recent was conferred on a candidate an: of 1. 2 Short vacatlon at thelr SUmmer | ok of battle sines'thew. went over. | Miss: Mars Wheeloek left Sunday| All the Jewish stores areiclosed for|here, to.send the' trees to the ceme- |two applications were receiveds . The G TR R e seas, and have endured the hardships |for Pridgeport to take un her work |thf New Year's holiday. Mr. and Mrs, |tery, where he has expended large | foliowing officers were elected toGerve : the weelk end at | turned last Mondas to their home in|¢d Sufferinzs of the actual Aghting|ae kindergartner at the Fii Home|S0lomon Wechsler and Mr. and Mrs. |sums in improvements and making it |for the ensuing term: Chaplain, Rev. R~k st i 4 o : soldiers. Dr. Higgins is att WY = Jacob Wechsler and family are guests)the beautitul resting place it is for |J, F. X. Quinn; grand knight, C. A. Home in the borousi e o ¢ ; the American Vledgxca] c:rssf icflfiat}:g L% ompu""a| of ' Albert Hamsel of Rev. Max Stamm in Norwich. Miss |Lis own relatives and those of others | Fitzgerald: deputy grand knight, Jo- John Shac | Miss Gladys Eccleston of Stoning-fpn iy army. -and Dr. Shed is con. : B ane Annie Zuckerdum went to New York |in the town of his birth. sept St. Germain: financial secretary, |ton was the guest of Mrs. C. M. Peck |nocted” with* the marine+oorpe. Mrs. Alice Tamel. 56 wife of Al-|jviday night o spend the holidays. —_— C. E. Flaherty; recording secretary JLties Bast, v Rak itan o Governor Beedkman -has called upon | 2t amel died at her home in Glas-| pverett H. Hiscox, Jr, U. S. S Conserving Paper. M. J. Walsh; treasurer, E.C. Curtin; Aiss Viclat Olson of Clifton Springs |y, s and towns of the state to|=C 1Ate Thursday nicht. She was the|sassachusetts, is at home on an eight | Viereck's American Week chancellor, John Mahoney.. advoeate, end with relatives | New York. is spending her vacation | ee - cchaols on ‘regisiration | 72UShter of Mr. and “Mrs. * Joseph|days furlough, after an absence of |pe tieeeors memicarin rry | Ovia Brouillard: inside guardian, John | with her parents on Lord Hill day, hat texchers ‘may. serve as|gayrnond and was borm in Canada.|four months. after. Even so it will be published |J Dovle: outside guardian, M. J. ndieton of Broo 18 the Mr. ‘and Mra s regis ved b her hushand fath-| “Seven stars were dedicated on the |13 times a year too offen—Philadel- | Hickey; trustee, Thomas Doyle. rwood Saunde H'a'r*’* rs nim A All registrants of 1017, and June t\:: children m\n" Ma"’,;- and | service flag in the Congregational | phia Ledger. _— nary of the tford spont Sunday with Mr. last. whose status under the rira ree sisters, . Georzelchurch_at the service Sunday morn- ket s o e \ Missions | Mrs. L. D. Fardy. in, Ay way changad ;h;.mze;ofr‘(&.?ni | Windsor of Central Village. Mrs |ing. They were for Dr. Norman H.| o, a A - qs"?‘"d'_mmamd (c;i' et rlo o v Mr. and Mrs, Jamess Smith of c.te at once with the local h 3 |George Carleton of New T.ondon and|Tracy, Alexander MeNicol, Gordon C. ridgeport.—Landlords have taken | Stamford, reported dead of wounds, ond. Congre- | Bridgenort were guests at Red Ga- | Moases whers men i doeee. |Mrs. John Connellv of Taftville and | Switt, C. Carlton Fiske, H'o‘,, 5. Roy, | advantase of the fact ma;me 7ay of | was probably the youngest CDnnecg- . | bles Labor Day. . e pa e | two: brothere: Tean Ra+ d of Plain- | ; e the members of the Bri gepor e | cut soldier in the American army. He members and me zre- |are tobe paid in thrif: stamps "| AL bownd “wien cauge B¢ ‘etdpUan | DO 5 . o § | have boosted rents in some cases from | ber of Co. E, 102d infantry, and went ers and membe ongre- | T L Ds. | wag remoyed, There is a heavy pen- |’ erett H. Hlscox, Jr., was receive. $3-10. $5. & maonth ST aneRTy n at the | aptist caurch | Lyme was well representad at theigjy for failure to report. Funeral services were held .at St. mlo membership of the church. . ° S i inday. The se s delivered Ly | Nox uifa,rv Some men pronounced physically |Ann’s church, Glaszo. Sunday affer-| john Malone, Weaver, Found Dead | mm————— Belhits oo H. N. Car-| Mrs. Alma Hassell and son, Paul,|fit for military duty by iocal board |noon. at twn o'clock. Rev. R. P. Mor- ; h York < A 2 of Heart Dsiease. Senbe k |of New Vors are guests of Mrs, Has- | coctors are rejected at camp, resulting | Tissey_officinted, and _the burial - 5 s ] g Ciptain Elisha Clark of mo- | sell's par Mr. and Mrs. Albion|in much haraship and. needlces ex- |Was in St..Thomas' cemeterv. The; John Malone, 63, a weaver in Ash-) torbos ron | Hoime ense: hearers were Fuwene Ravmond, John|land mill, was found dead ip his room Successful Fets, Rhode Island draft board examiners |CYT. Amie Corfaty, Maguire and|on Hill street Sflmflia} ft‘f‘;_\‘":‘;“- % A number from this town attended | have achieved high records. The ave- |A7arie Dovon and George Windsor. [ The cause of death was heart disease. ¢ loyed here for three he Red Cross fete at O!d Lyme last|r1ge number of inducted men rejected [ There were manv beautiful flowers.|He had been emp oyt;; eT e aturday and Monday. It is.reported at camp is 383 per cent. Rhode Is- |Relatives and friends were present| months. Medlical Examiner .G 1 |the recelpts are over ' one thousand | iand’s average js less thaa four per |from New York aNorsich, -rm;me.‘{gn:;nziii‘vzdpet:"fifzgw_;’;_s bty ! cent. ent Vitaze. Plainfield and Jew- 2 3 [~ .ouise Griffin of New Haven,: 71here aré said to be oime 1600 cases | ctt City. Undertaker Hourizan.was in | taking rooms. | v of friends enjoved a pic-|0f delinquency and desertion 'divided | charge of the arrangements. Boy Falls Thres 3tories. he ¥ 3 - firs among the -two loz s ; - = . s Brows eamster, ' was |nic at the Hop Yard the first of ‘the | | Hpens e st Doaghaen News From Boys in Service. William Potts. the six vears old son| Bt aevere |, Lavrn Vose of New York spent La-| There willbe a school holiday in| Letters received from the bove in|of Mr. and Mrs. Resinald Potts, fel] At a meeting o warden and |bor Day on Lord's Hill. | Westerly Thuzsday—Resistration Day.|the service. give. accounts of wounds|(20m a wWinFOm & Sre W AFC PSR oo turgesses o > he nomina- | ——————— e i n‘ was surely an auto-less Sunday [2nd accidents to _Sfém@ fl th(f’p- anri Faaly "in};rec{ were confirmed of Chief Engineer| Dreath is the most usefu ine in | il Westerly, ¥ news of ‘various interests. orporal | Padly » 2 Ed Teed and Ass ngineer | the long ru most useful thing in |’} ‘ongressman O'Shaunnessy address. | James Duggan has heen up to the line \mse‘:, Idad af“d Eam:nh?se Guvlv,lgfq‘:‘ $ ¢d a large audience in the Bliven Op- |three times, the first time in June.|fave returned from a three woeks L era house Sunday After he visit in New Bes & Corn POST TOASTIES An improvement over com 'flakes Rich wrl:h Foods mon corn eveninz, on and the War. Admittance was complimentary ticket. Under the order to clos cofficers, First Class Private John Gent, of Westeriy, has been relieved from that duty in Taunton. He was ordered to Providence to receive or- ders as_to future assignment. aress by recruiting The Rhode Island Branch of . the American Federation of Labor will hold a convention in Westerly Sat- urday. There will be an open meet- ing in the town hall, with an address by James Duncan, vice president of the American Federation of = Labor. Mr. Duncan was formerly a Westerly granite cutter. David Novograd has. purchased .the Ambrose Kenyon residence in Moss street. B ‘After 20,000 paving blocks had heen lcaded on a barge in the Pawcatuck Saturday, the craft sprang aleak ani sunk. One of Scott’s diving outfits from New London ped the leak and the barge was rai: A traveling artist. with oil paintings a specialty, spent Friday and Saturday in a vacant store in the Dixon block. His work is really meritorious and he easily disposed of the pictures at half a dollar apiece.” In a nearby store window is a larze oil - painting of flowers with a sale tag of $1,000 at- tached thereto. There was only one cell occupied in the: police station Satupday morning. It was a case of plain drunk, not of the magnitude to hale into the district court. George Golden and Reuben Austin, the ticket ce force of the railroad station at” Wisterly, are both away from duty by nason of illness. In consequence, green hands are on the job, with the natura! inconvenience to those having business with the tcket office. The active man over 45 has hls pick of positions in Westerly nowasays. Maurice Walter Flynn, Jr., son of the president of the Westerly town council, left Sunday for Camp .Lee, Va., to attend the officers’ training camp. % Sergeant Charles W. Opie, stationed at Fort Standish, Boston, was at his home here for two days. He expects to go overseas very 'soon. Kingston fair this week, There was an unusnflly h&gh surt, came out the second he was made corporal. The last time he was gassed bv mustard gzas. and «ent to the hospital. None of it was]| in the eves or lungs, but his- head.| neck and back. also received an in- jury on his head caused by being struck by a niece of earth. Henry Cadieux sends word that he was in the Rospital having been struck by shrapnel. Trme Raney wrote that his legs had been burned, but he was coming out all right. Bv- erett T, Hiscox. Jr., who is on the 1, S. 8, Massachusetts was blown over- board by the explosion of a boiler. but was not injured. Lieut. Earl Mont- gomery while at Camp John Wise drew a blue print for a balloon-bed which was used as.a place for all the balloon beds in the camp. When his company went across, the blue print was taken along. He was placed in an observation school and there his blue print wu said to be the hest submitted, and as a result all the balloon bels in France are being made aecording to his plans. Borough Officials Meet. At the regular meeting of the war- den and burgesses, Warden Mailhotte presiding, permission was granted Bd- ward Rousseau to build an addition to his house on Mathewson street. .J. H. McCart brought up the matter of where to place the town gervice flag on Fanning Park. The matter was left open in order that Mr. Fanning might be consulted as to his opinion in the matter. Tt was voted to hold a special meeting of the freemen of the horough tomorrow (Tuesday) evening to see what action will be taken with regard to raising more money for the honor roll beard, and also to see what plans may be made for a community* flag raising day. Warden Mailhotte reported on the extension of the wa- ter main on North Main street. The water company refuse to extend it as in the contract between the borough and water company it is the business of the borough to attend to the sev- eral bills were voted paid. Miss Jessie Sangster has received word that her father, Joshua Sangster was killed in Envland on Aug. 6. He was employed in important govern- ment work. John Oakes and.’ William Laliberte havg gone to' Camp .Upton on limited G50 time | . | writes: in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Extracts from a letter from Cor- poral Donald G. Bliss are interestinz to his many friends. He writes that he has been moved to very near a place in the world he always had a secret gesire to visit, but is not al- lcwed to tell where thev are. He “Yesterday, I visited a neigh- boring camp and was invited to re- main at “tea” which_invitation I ac- cepted very gladly. You see it was & Canadian camp which is in the same business we are and will be (or rather were back along). T didn’t happen.to see him but one of the bovs did see a hoy from Jewett City—or whose folks live there—Laflamme, who joined the Canadian forces about three years azo. I am going over to try and find him soon. lsm't it strange I shal] see scmeone from Jewett City, which fact proves that the world is still a very small place after ail. We were sup- posed to have only a “‘pick-up” supper it being Sunday night. All the best soup vou could eat—raisin pudding, white bread, honest-to-goodness but- ter—the best—also the best cheese which is made—Dundee’s marmalade, al' the good hot tea we could drink. Gee, it was great lo have a real Cr of tea! “Tt is a Wondefful climate here, and it has an_equally wonderful effect on my already good appstite. We have even more conveniences here than be- fore and rhany more when we are es- tablished. We are well prepared for any kind of weather, with big high rubber boots, and this week have been irsued a leather jacket with wool bianket lining. Some class. n'est ce pas? Have doubts about really need- ing them this winter as all hopes lead toward Heaven, Hell or Hoboken be- fore Christmas! There arrived In the vorough the other day an auto truck from Wor- cester laden with ten large handsome Colorado blue spruce trees sent here ty David Hale Fanning, to be placed in the Jewett City. cemetery. At first it was thought they were inténded for Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA AfterExercise “B0-RAX0”! T is vitally important that the skin be cleansed of the waste matter and poisons which active exercise brings to it. Merely soaping over the surface is not enough. A thorouch _cleansing of the pores is necessary. BO RAXRXO MULE —_ ITEAM Bath and Toilet Powder cleanses in this thorough, hygienic way be- cause its rich lather contains Borax. ' The Borax gets down into the pores— digs them out 80 that they can absorb the water so necessary to a healthy skin. And to sun-burned, irritated skins BO-RAXO is wonder- fully soothing and healing. Removes perspiration oders. At All Dealers Sold in individual sifter-top cans. More economical than soap. Twe 15¢ and 30c