Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 16, 1918, Page 6

i 3 ’/'\\\\\\cmtmas Cheer”” the Year ’Round GAIN we approach the HoldaySuapn. ltv’fllmn be mfwmtchytunne Merry Christmas and Happy New Year." q:hdd time for you to decide lopmmmlme&aalbmpwhrhbmghelp com- fort, contentment and lasting cheer for every membes of the family. ELCO-LIGHT provides bright, clean, safe electric light for D the house and barn; also electric power to run the washer, cream squnlor and other light machinery. It brings city conveniences and modern benefits to the couniry home—makes the farm a bettec place to live and to work-—and soon pays for itself in Time and Labor saved CARL W. BROWN 113 Thayer Building NORWICH, CONN. Telephone 1874-14 WESTERLY Walter E. Sisson, who registerd. in New London, was called into service from. Providerice, and formerly resid ed in Westsrly, was honorably - dis- charged from the army al Camp Up- ton; N. ¥, is now in the stjte worlk. house at'Crapston. He was committe for six months by Clerz Clarence B | Roche. in the Third District court, aft- er pleading guilty to being an idie person, withcut visible' means of sup- port, he preferring that -harge 1o otleers that migh have been 1made against him. He declared L2 had no place he cattd his home and drifted vetween Wesierly and Walketield. While in the uniform .of solder, which he has the right io.wear, but not disgrace, hie solicited iunds to aii maimed soidiers in Fran-e, realized about $11 dnd appropriarcc it to his own use. 7This is not hi first of fence in that respect, but on other occasions he escaped arcesl. ~ About two a raiiroad man who had been seriously injured, so be said, and in that in- stance he was the scle beueficiary. At the time a fund was being raised for the benefit of the: Fifth Cempany. Westerly, Sisson appoint:d himself a_solicitor, collected $14 which he ap- plied to his own wants. instead of placing it into the fund of the Fifth Company. ™hese matters were con- sidered by Cierk Roche ir determining | the case brought against him in court, ough Sieson was sentenced as e persen without visikle means of support, pleading sty to . the charge, he has not been out of the mil- service two weeks and had about $10 in his wailet. He surciy is guilty | of obtaining money under false pre- tence cknowledging the fact, gave | as a reason, “What's a fellow going to do when he is without home, money and out { emplyment?” Sisson said he did ask a former enwloyer a job but there was none open for hu:n." I and then he authorized himself 1o} raise mono for himself under false; $ lHe had no home, was out | , and if he was to be sent down | the line, ke preferred to be recorded as | an idle person without visible means of support. The eight hour day was assailed in a resolution adooted zc¢ the .annual MOOSUP { Bty Adtes, Hleht fuacd: Chariex! Debiby. At FootipEeYe Many attended the dance at Centra:| ' GEiIS, SO OBV EUIE, L itha conntryiahd make the Yillage in the town hall conducted by | S L : d cost” of livin thet it was| th ral Fire Co. No. 1., Parties|ligbt forward; -Longo, left metely a d crease wages, | dm Danielson and fatnam- were | . m Back. lef'{ ,romote loafing during rezular hours, 4 Lol Al right guard; | {5 increase overtime, and that no farm* 26 sub_center, & P = High school leads the| "A dance was held after the game,| b, om Mase ,‘J"e Barest Tiving work Kiliingly High by the Parker's seven-piece orchestra fur- ‘ore of 5 Kill one of the wor lingly ever had st de- Crowds from | to win, The game at the committee will prouptiy report i B COLCHESTER e S e zinfield boys. and 2 amer’s al outing r '§ down far ten Oine| Jeremiah Shea of Camp Devens and | be the Rhode lsland State second half. the scores The second half was well led| mith mak'ng a basket at once | 11l avenue, sl Killingly played hard and| The body of Mrs, Henrietta Cham.-|. A X 2 <"its possible 5 hold the Plainfield | P/on who died ut the etate hospital, P e e hoys down but it was a hard tack | NOPWich, was brought here Thursday | (WS at the conference wih = School Sam Back playing right forward | €vening. The funeral was held from | Commissioner Walter s Ranger, to against Andrew Smith in the first half was ehifted and Tubby Reeves played Smith the second haif, as Smith had ternoon at 2 o’clock. Linwood cemetery. A i A A 4 Morton A .Taintor Post, No. 9, G.|:. Prady; Providence couniy, Isaac O. n 1‘1"‘:" ea\ e:?;?;‘r;)gw mark'\_‘x; )\‘:’henic‘;:z‘ A R, held thelr meeting Friday af. }\hnslow} r\z—v.vuortmcoxun_t,\_ “’xléi‘aml F. one of the individual stars of Killingly | (°moon in Grange hall. Comrades| M ner Kent e fo ooy Tata but was mot up to his last years|!Tem Moodus and Hebron werc pres- Ml Coun o uER e Py ‘P“ai‘ fobm Db it db g Bin by gl ent the introduction to matters foreign to for s good clean playing. Te hela| Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W, Williams | “chool intercsts was discussed. Dur- Smith for some time and made things | 1eft town Friday for Wallingford, shsmonths bf 1Ho " war ok bright few weeks. work started it was alliupe Plamield sorne not, were | I its second hall put in 1rs three aub.| Mr. and Mrs. Max Cohen have re- <d i 0 s0ls of Rhode Tsland. i ’,‘ 50 BERLILIINE PUE DR e el Groni - wealed in New| There was discussion of advi B L Ll s et Tor ek v i, bility of instruction in protection & sabetitatos and] " Misss Abby Willard 1s the guest of | 3gainst fire which would tend to re- Johnny Smith | ler sister, Mrs. Edwin B. Cragin in|dnce the enormous loss which places et neay onet the United Srates at the hoad of the and Hopkins was credited with one.| Barton of Tast Hamp-| 'st ]w!wn world'fire records are com- % 4o th8 Shat all pi ton was a caller here Friday, piled. itn <"‘;4rrinn:-]\an.( ll}rx‘\‘;?‘v'r‘xl'e‘\‘rl’x] iki Mrs. FPrank Agnew has left for a| It was voted to recommend a change s e B S Bl me e iter | few days’ visit with relatives in Hasi | the existine law, which will allow Dougherty, making 6: this is h l-u_rtfm'd {ten minutes of the time row devoted ond game and is cer Supervisor Libby was in New nd }‘u physical training to be used ven Frid and turday | meeting of state super al i gors; health were made by Dr. De Vil N ; H. A. Remington of P. i<|of Kansas, and_ by Dr. i doifg wonderfil, shooting: - AlTe 1ie SEinee WE hIE, faiher, B, § Moo, ac Ko Taek S donrets Were T e | Remington, who is seriously at ‘ 5 ; | nd J .' Jvere right chere, both | O i ecod dvaniie Daniel Lea ‘ens, arres! ed in New‘ ed with star shaoting. in |1 ome on Li AVENUe, orwicn | onON recerily, was arraismed Satur- act all played wonderful ball and it . & ”mfi.’k el anding the Noit | day before Jjudge Blodgett in the ertainly looks like up this y ; sris peins the NEH ) perior court two indictments for the Plainficld boys. The following | (or.cn Minstrel show at Dacis they | sharging him with_assan Deputy bovs playe 1o g Py : ! s Gi. Ralph Tillingl b 3 E Services were held in the Episcopsl » fomlainfield: J. Collanon, left forward: | church Sundav morning. Rev. Sher- f,‘,“l‘,“]“u“ March 8 el el ‘n‘:”(?r‘ 100d Roosevelt of Hebron, who has | 1S¢ t0 Kill ugherty, center; Andrew smith. | jeen officinting for the past fhree 5 right forward; Danlel Jouret, Jeft|yvears, preached his farewell sermon.]? B of £ R Scapeqiran [Te il e e ommon e e Sprmon. | 5 prison van while on the way from |acceptea”y can ' ' 2%} the Providence county cour: house to Deep-Seated Colds | and Mrs. A. E. Tvman of Co-|!he Cranston jail. Leavers pleaded umbia_were in town “aturdav develop serious complications if meglected. an old and time-tried remedy tlat .l Leavens entered a ploa to! t5as iven satistaction for mors thanffty years | ¢ @ week-end caller in town. R T niin?;""o.f; : | S charging him with bing from an , ! A fox ran unconcernedly ulong the | officer. and the other ‘h: (,m charge | | sidewalk of a street in Millinocket, | pending asainst him of nd | Me., apparently interested in seéing | enterinz a garage at night and von- something of the fores (K] ncucuomoicionoioion [K] Kimball's Textile Shop 1] 0 342 WASHINGTON ST. Christmas Time | | a good time to forget old ! Suggestions for Gifts of Utility, not Futility differences, and prove it by KOIKOKOIKOIKOIO! something you can easily | Lunch Cloths $3.00, $3.50 | Pure Linen Towels from say or do. $1.25 pair. Turkish Towels 65c, $1.25. Don’t think it over too Skating Sets $4.00. Silk Hosiery $1.25, $2.00. long. Just do something Boud: Caps 75¢, $2.25. Philippine Gowns and En- velope Chemises $3.25, $3.75. that puts things right. Wish to Direct Attention to a Special Showing of Latest Designs in : Collar and Cuff Sets are’ sets which are especially nfirnhn—wlueh any $ Ildy will be proud to give and glad te receive. Prices 50c, 75¢c, $1.00 and $1.75, Handkerchiefs for (MEN OR WOMEN) e Nowhere can one find more exquisite Handkerchiefs than here. 5 Original designs—some with lace edges—beautiful appenzel em- broidered designs—printed color effects. ¢ 150 to $150 each. . . Camisoles Some very plain substantial ones—others with “lacy” effects, and a few hand embroidered. | Prices $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 and $4.50 i E [F] oo OIOIIONO! | guard: Eilis Kennedy, sub lett guard: { nished excellent muste. The boys want to earn money enough to buy sweat- 5 : iquor interests . Plainfield, Jewett ers and are to run a dance after every el uorg (ihlerents iregan, Central Village, Dan- | iriday game. Their mext game is ther the fedpral probibition amend- d Putnam attended the game.| Tyesday with Putnam Trade schooi : ; avinz was the feature of t nd Friday night they play Putnam | MCNt it comnittee, and requests Gov- nd the passwork of the Plain- | High, o L SR ernor Beeckmwan to use all his influ- | zh boys made it impossible for| o : enter Il #eintment £el Michael S. Shea of the University of Vermont are at their homes on Leba- local undertaking parlors Friday af- Burial was in - | where they will visit their sons for a Guy B. Clark of North \"o:((“u“h"" nvention of the Rhode Tsland State , which stated that it would de- Another ston, during the second week of Aug A committee of five schocl super- consider all proposed new measures for the publi> school system: Repre- senting Washington county, William ing the © five projects some of them ed- in introduc- teaching hea!th. Addre: s not gui e set down nd the cases v for trial Ja: v Walter A. Read, 76, died sud:f niy of apoplexy Saturday affernoon in public 1 at Chepachet. . He was a Civil war veteran and fir the past| 20 years general treasurer of the state of Rhode Island, former state com- manden, Graad Army of the Republic, | known well in Westerly. He was in his usual health when he ars ago he solicited money for |\ i Nov. ‘on_child | r1 { cent, | quently the | t left his home Saturday morning and did business in his office in the state capitol. Mr. Read took a keen interest in the affairs of the public library in which he died. He gave financial aid 2nd spent much time in advancing its usefulness. He was born July 6, 1842, in Blackstone, Mass. Fred E. Northup of Peacedale, son of the late Roy Northup of Rast Greenwigh, is reported as, missing in action. He is a member of the 314th infantry and left Peacedale May 25 with the gelective service increment for Camp Upton and thence overseas. He: is brother of Sergeant William orthup, 23d Coast Artillery band, tationed at Fort Washington, Md. Joseph LeBoeuf of South Kingston, reported as severely wounded in ac- tion, has lost a leg and an orm. Be- fore the war he was a student at the Rhode Island State college, Kinzston, and well known in athletic activities. For two seasons he was a member of the South Kingston basketball team. Local Laconics. Physicians report a number of cases of influenza in Westerly. Arthur Coy, son of Mrs. Frank W. Coy, writes home from France that he is well and is with the second army of occupation. The letter was dated The village of Pawcatuck is to erect an honor roll all it sown. This in ad- dition to the Stonington roll. The Red Cross membership cam- paign starts today. IFive members of the old Fifth com- pany, transferred to 58th ammunition train, Newport, have been honorably discharged and arrived home. They are Sergeant Major Linden F. Coombs, Supply Sergeant Irving Rowe, Ser- geant T. Edward Peabody, Corporal Charles Rathbun and First Class Pri- vate Harold Critcherson. Rev. Clayton A. Burdick conducted the funeral ser Mrs. _Grace es Lord Langwbrthy, wife of Nathan Langworthy, Saturday afternoon. The bearers were Walter Price, Harold Livingstone, LaClede Woodmansee, Charles D. Maxson, Dr, Albert Spicer and William' Browning. Sergeant Willlam Riddell, who served two years with the Canadian forces, has been honorably discharged and has returned home, STONINGTON The adjutant general has Mr. and Mrs. Peter Flynn son, Otho Sullivan Flynn, w ly wounded in action Oct. messace was dated Dec. 12 parents had received heir son for more than two months notified hat their evere- 1. . The and the fe entered the army und lective service law in May. at Camp Devens two weeks, ferred to Camp Upton and sailed ove) - seas in June. Matthew Leahy, son of Postmaster and Mrs. Leahy, who was reparied wounded, was in the same outfit. Stonington Pointers. Durinz November there were &mar- | 12 births and 10 deaths in couts are organ- i2ie o Draseinend i . Anna Atwood died Saturday at the home of her son in Buffalo. will be in Stonington cemetery. tmas vacation. have concluded nd nov re preparing for the town clerk” sessing stra; Dexter Rood, tre: taanager of the ton Iron Work: steamer, the Cuy Tec. somewh urer ank branch of the expects the fonrth will be launched e about 1 o'clock p, m. About 500 invitations will be sent cut.” The craft will be about 95 per complete when launched, it will not need Liere more than two we ing to Providence to have the engin | installed. Two of the other steamers are already in coastwise trade and Le third nearly ready. The Cuvos is 250 feet long. The Noank vard has| the reputation of building the finest | in the U and is al- highly i 1 by the United Stafes nz board of both | New York and Philadelphia Noank Camp, Modern Woodmen of lNS[ANT many a man makes its own wa: V.- living makes the smile: Right POSTUM instead of coffee puts on the way to smiling health and no word from | Burial | of Stonington will close | i as- | and general | America, has elected the following of- ficers for the coming year to be in- stalled the first meeting night in Jan- : banker, iday; escort, Ch watchman, - Willia v, George B. Smith: r three vears, Charles C. (‘ rles Murphy, several weeks ago, steadily. Tawrence, Getty, timekeeper at the shipyard, Nas recovered | from illness, to accompany. to their home in New where he will spend the |lcave today (Monday Mr. and Mrs. - trustee Specht. a sufferer from a is improv- X state winter, They J. McCabe left Saturday for ric where, they will remain until Dec. 24 when they g0 to Florida to stay unfil April. Mr. McCabe will return to paper mills n Glen Falls, N. Y., which he left when he came to the Groton Iron Works. . A. J. Potter, who is very weak, and g daily is unable to set t entortained the gawea class at members of the last meetin: Mrs. Mary G ill with preu- monia following influenza. Miss Doris Douglas is attending the business college in New Tondon The ferryboat Yantic of the Groton Jron Works will haul ofit here today (Monday) for revairs. Evelyn, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. is, is very ill. Mrs. Edv I has returned to her home in ia a‘ter v relatives here for several weeks. Mr McGill is not at present in good health. yaE - Frank Banning s ill with grip at Main street NORWICH TOWN z The fourtn quarterly corfevence of Norwich Town Methodist church “'\M heid Friday -avening at the parsonase istriet Supecrintendent Rev. George Schivener, who presided. opened the TReyorts from his home meetiiig with prayer. % | the different committee w the church to %e in good coadition, re- sponding cheerfully to tha call of the nation, and work at home. The nastor. Rev. am Craw- ! ford, was invited to return for anoth- er vear. The following committees were appointed for the next confer- enca year: Stewards: F. H. Busaneli, record- ing steward; 0. R. Tra district steward: S. . Brown. trier of ap- . Vergason, Tyed Miller, Howe, Mrs. Ro<e F."Man- Minnie B. Vergason, Mrs. peals: C. Herbert E. ning, Mrs. Mary . Ranidall, Mrs. dugustn H. Brown, Wrs. Agnes T, Miner, Mrs. Jennie Cray, Miss Florence Bernett and Mis. Mary E Bushnell, who is communicn steward Benevolent committee: Foreign Home Missions: and Education—F. H. Bushnell, S. gon, Mrs. Hannah Miller ence Bennett and Miss Mart . Rose Sunday School: M ning, Miss FEith M. Dodge, N tha. Brown, Miiss Florence Temperance: {ieorge T:ucoln Yeo- man<, Herbert Howe, Mrs. IHannah Miller. ¥ Hospital: Ars. Grace Tacue. Miss Miss' Floranuce Bennett C. H. Vergason, Mrs. Jennie Grav. Brown and .C. H. Gertrude Teff, Church Recor Mrs. A. M. Randall, Aunditing: S. W. Vergason Music: Mrs. M. E. Bushnell, Miss Edith M. Dodge. Miss Martha Rrown. Estimating: F. H. Bushnel, S. W.| Brown, Dr. N. G. Gray, C. H. Verga- son At the December meetnz of Dor- cas Home Missionary sccietv of the First Methedist church. which was held at the parsonage recently a hux was packed with clothing, rzoes, et | valued at § to he sent to the Blakeslee Deaconess’ IHomg, in New Haven. Thara will be no Tuesday evening meeting at the Norwich Town Meth- odist church meeting which is to be he:d at Trini- ty ‘lMothod)S' church. NORWICH DEATH RATE BACK Norwich for November show that there were 46 deaths in the month, bringing the town back to the normal ave in October 186 and in Novemb>r 4 total for the three months of 331, | 9 which is about double the usual ave . rage for three months, following causes za_6, tuberculosis 1, cident 2, causes 21. stitutions, 10 of non-residents, der one vear, 3 from 1 to 5 years, and ten over 65. Of the Highest Quality Can Be Found Here Take advantage of over 20 years’ experience in Diamond buying.. Every Diamond sold is exactly as represented at this store. ; Prices range from $15.00 up., " ERGUSON’S RIGHT ON FRANKLIN SQUARE Where All Cars Stop SOUTH WOODSTOCK. Mrs. Pierre Foster has sold her prap- crty in South Woodstock to:Mr. Green, owing to the Centenary ll! fown to attend the Cen-|ofsProvidence, R. I #eting at Tritity Metho C.“W. Bowen is repairing the old church Tuesday evening, Rev, W. brick mill 1 ¥ . Woodward, of Ballouville form Installation of officers of SeneXet pastor of the First Met! church, | grange is plauned for Wzinesday, De- Norwich Town, will be th guest of the | cember 18th. acting pastor, Rev. Willlara Craw- Adrian Nelson recently heard from vord. his son, George, who is in France. Word has also been received by Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Wellz that their TO NCRMAL IN NCVEMBER son, Harry, is in France. Mortality statistics for the town of Hartford.—The governor last week announced his appointnedt ofi Mrs.. T. | Belknap: BedeH of :No.: 10013 Prospect | street’ as*member of the board of edu- cation for the blind, to fill the vacancy age atter the the two abnormal months of | caused Dy the death of Mrs. Emily 5 = ; | Mills Foster. The appointment is un- ieptelber,sand fOctober, »dneito, the |y Juily) 17 1830 sana Fo-uronrTvenrn Spanish influenza_epidemic. bl t ? 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