Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 11, 1919, Page 5

R RS “EAKE” ASPIRIN WAS TALCUM Always Ask for Gergqins «Bayer Tablets of Aspirin It you see the “Bayer Cross” on the ‘kage you are sure you are not get- ting talcum powder. Millions of fraud- ulent Aspirin Tablets were recently sold throughout the country. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufac- ture of Monoaceticacidester of Salicy- licacid. We advertiss exactly an it is SATISFACTION in clothes may mean one thing to you; something different to your neighbor. Our aim is to have a big enough variety, plenty of styles, good quality and right prices so that you will all be satisfied. Suits at $22.50 and up All-Wool Suits $27.50 to $45. Straw Hats $2.50 to $5.00. Murphy & McGarry 207 MAIN STREET NORWICH, BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1919 PERSONALS Relatives of Ernest Williamson have received word that he has reached this country and is now at Camp Mer- ritt, from which point he expects to receive his discharge within a few days. ———— Norwich, Wednesday, June 11, 1919 —_— VARIOUS MATTERS Light vehicle lamps at 850 o'clock this evening. Rev. E. George Biddle, formerly of this city has been reappointed to his pastorate in New London. Supper tonight. 6 o'clock, Universa- list chureh, 35c.—adv. Children's Day services will be held at the Central Baptist church next Sunday evening. The season for shad fishing closes today (Wednesday) and will remain ENGLISH GIRL HERE TO MARRY OCCUM SOLDIER A romance that began in England between a handsome American sol- dier and a pretty English girl, was rudely interrupted ‘when the -soldier was shipped back to this country and secmed on the point of being broken off forever when the difficulty of get- ting passports baffled the young wo- man in her attempt to come here to join her lover, now seems on the point of reaching its happy, and proper closed until April 30th, next year. ey e Now is the time to stop the forest Totally unannounced, and alone, fires by not having any, says an an- nouncement from the American For- estry association. The Fanny Ledyard chapter, Daugh- ters of American Revolution will cele- brate Flag Day Friday afternoon, June 13, from 3 till 5 p. m. Expert stenographers and typists are wanted for duly in the United States Marine corps for duty at the Marine Corps’ headquarters at Wash- Miss I"lorence Mona Edwards of Ches- ter, England, reached this city about 7 o'clock Tuesday evening on the way to find Omer Mossy of Occum to whom she became engaged while Mr. Mossy was at Chester, England, 'as an American army machinist on aero- plane repairs. Miss Edwards had the address of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sellas of 98 CIliff street, brother-in-law and sister of Mr. Mossy. who had fre- quently exchanged letters with her, ington, D. C. and she soon found the house, where Dancing, Ashland Casino, Jewett|Mrs. Sellas was at home. City tonight. Big display fireworks.— adv. Senator George P. McLean of Con- necticut has moved from his old office to those of the Senate Banking and Currency committee of which he was last week elected chairman. Mrs. Sellas was on the front porch and noticed the young woman, evi- dently a_stranger, coming along the street. The thought flashed across her mind, “I wonder if this can be Mona.” In a minute the stranger stepped up to inquire if Mrs. Sellas ; lived in the neighborhood and the The arrival of a new pest on the|mecting was a happy one. Then the farms of Massachusetts, Connecticut | tolephone came into play to locate and New York, known as the European corn borer, is announced in the month- 1y crop report of the State Department of Agriculture. Church Bros. sells fish cheap. 1000 Me. Mossy. He was not at home, but ocated several hours later in the moving picture house at Baltic, from which he made all haste to join his Inglish sweetheart, who meanwhile Ibs. of faney mackerel today.—adv.|had been taken to his father's home in . i vt Occum. In spite of threatening skies and a morning downpour, Vassar girls re- | _ Then the story was told how Miss Edwards had overcome all the difficul- ties in getting a passport, had come across in a transport, landed alone in New York on Monday and sought out the home of the American soldier boy who had won her heart. For a long time after he returned here, he had been urging her to join him. but the vived their famous daisy chain in the class day exercises Monday. This fea- ture has been omitted from the festiv- ities for two years. Fast day today- Order a fresh fish from Powers Bros. and get one that has been properly iced and packed.— adv. difficulties of getting a passport had A leather suit case, such as used |seemed insuperable and he had final- by conductors of the Shore Line [ly written some time ago that she had Electric company, was stolen from one of the cars of the Pleasant View branch Monday, it being the property of Conductor George Durfee. The people of Conecticut are much divided in their opinions of the benefits of the daylight savings law judging from the petitions they have sept to the senators and congressmen of the state with regard to its appeal. Announcement of the resignations of B. A. Brown as county agricultural agent, effective June 15, and the ap- pointment of Benjamin G. Southwick as his successor has been made by the Hartford County Farm Bureau. During the coming year, in addition to routine hearings the public utilities commission will hold public meetings at frequent intervals in the principal cities of the state, to hear suggestions or complaints by those municipali- ties. There will be an important meeting of the First Universalist society at the Church of the Good Shepherd on Wed- nesday evening, June 11th, at 7.45 o'clock. Every member of the soclety Detter give up the idea of coming here and he would try to forget her, much as he hated to do so. Now he is glad that love found a way across the 3,000 miles of water that separated them. MARLIN-ROCKWELL MANAGER HAS NO MORE INFORMATION New Haven papers of Tuesday morn- ing published a report that it was be- the Marlin-Rockwell plant not coming to this city was that the employes of the factory refused to accompany the plant to Norwich. They also stated that machinery that had been packed ready for shipment to this city had been unpacked and ordered set up at the Willow street plant in New Haven. Manager C. L. Brainard of the local plant on Tuesday evening when told of the report of the New Haven papers stated that he knew nothing of the plans of the company and has not had any further orders since the one last week to stop the work of taking down the government machinery at the local plant. He also stated that he thought We Grind Lenses, Examine the Eyes Scientifically and Fit Glasses Perfectly — Let Us Work for You. A Little Fore- sight May Save Your Eyesight. J. F. MARCH OPTOMETRIST AND OPTICIAN 10 Broadway, Nerwich, Conn, Phone 1312 THERE’S A RIGHT AND A WRONG WAY anythi and ially i repairing: :o" muthum. . e:n.“:: done by wrong or careless repairin that no car ewner should think of en- lrudlni. his machine to any but the maost skilled careful hands. We have a reputation for skilled and care- ful aute repairing. Enough said. [MPERIAL GARAGE Phone 929 Norwich, Conn. CUMMINGS & RING Faneral Directors and Embalmers 322 Main Street Chamber of Commerce Building Phone 238.2 Lady Assistant THERE 12 no advertising medium Ia Eastern Conmecticut equal to The Bul- Mtin for business resuiis. [ present blanks on or before above date- should be present.—adv. that the report published in New James Ennis of Waterford, Mrs, | Haven was only guess work. Develop- Frances Bray of Groton, Turner Beck- | Tents would soon be reported. with of New London, Mrs. Etta Crow- e ell of Noank and John Beckwith of FUNERAL New London were dismissed from the Thomas Hart Fuller. Lawrence Memorial associated hospi- Thomas Hart Fuller, whose death tal Monday. occurred Sunday last at his home in Miss Helen Dougherty, general sec- | Washington, D. C., was born in Hano- retary of the Associated Charities of | Ver, town of Lisbon, Feb. 22, 1840, the New London, and Miss Alice Waldo, visiting nurse for New London, have returned from Atlantic City where they attended the national conference of social work. The statewide campaign for $100,000 to enable the Connecticut Woman Suffrage association to conduct a pro- gramme of citizenship work and other public services in connection with the coming of complete enfranchisement of women started Monday. Soldiering de luxe awaits the lucky candidates picked to attend the offi- cers’ training course at Camp Devens. The youths from the colleges and high schools will have sheets, real mat- tresses, pillows, table linen, silver, plates, cups and glasses. Dr. Benjamin Bacon of the Yale University Divinity school will be the principal speaker at the bi-centennial anniversary of the Old Stone Church burial grounds of East Lyme, which will be celebrated today by the East Lyme Historical society. The committer on awards, Norwich chapter, A. R. C.. wish to notify Red Cross workers that Wednesday, June 11th, will be the last day that appli- cation blanks for service badges may be presented. On that day the com- mittee will be at the Red Cross rooms, Thayer building, from 19-12 a. m. and 3 to 5 p. m. The response thus far has proved very satisfactory and all others eligible for badges are urged to son of Pearley B. Fuller and Esther P. Smith. le was in direct line of descent from John Fuller of Ipswich, Elder Brewster of the Mayflower, and other of the Colonial worthies, and was a great great nephew of Benjamin Franklin. Although in boyhood left fatherless and without means, he and his brothers managed to hold the lit- tle family together and at the same time to continue the studies that their father had laid out for them. By turns teaching, farming, and studying, they at last entered Yale university, their sister graduating from a woman’s col« lege. It was always a satisfying recollec- tion to Mr. Fuller that in his earlier vears, he had the pleasure of teaching Prof. Phillips Calculus, and in hav- ing a part in the education of a num- ber of young men who in manhood be- came notable. He graduated from Yale in the class of '63, and later spent ear in study in Paris; and traveled n’ Europe, Egypt and Palestine. Mr, Fuller never married. In his youth, his care and affection were given to his fatherless household, and {later he, with his brother, Luther, be- stowed on the young children of his brother Robert who died, the same fa- care that they had bestowed on other. As he grew in years, the extent of his helpfulness widened, till his death falls as an irreparable los; to an unlimited circle. No one in need of comfort, counsel, or help, turned to him and did not find in him a broth- er. His home was open to whomever could use it, and it was rare that strangers did not as friends at his table. His morg intimate ties wera still more tender. He used to say that his brother and he were one. What- ever they had, they had in common. Mr. Fuller is survived by his broth- er, Luther Fuller of Washington, D. C., his two nephews, Robert Bruce Fuller, lawyer and author, and Dr. Homer G. Fuller of Washington, and his niece, Helen Fuller. Luther Fuller of Washington, D. C., reached Scotland Tuesday morning at 10.30 o'clock with the body of his brother, the late Thomts Hart Fuller. After a touching service conducted by the Reverend Martin Lovering of Scot. land, the casket was placed in the vault of the new cemetery. Although no announcement had been made of the services, owing fo uncertainty a large gathering of kindred and friends were waiting in the cemetery. Luther Fuller will remain in Scet- land for a few days, The interment| will be at the convenience of the fam- ily. —adv. In an order signed by Second As- sistant Postmaster General Otto Prae- ger, mail service has heen re- sumed to Siberia, to portions of Rus- sit and to Trentino, Southern Tyrol, Trieste, Fiume and Dalmatia. Miss Mimi Scott, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George L. Scott of New York, and Philander Lathrop Cable, third secretary of the Ameri- can embassy in France, were married Saturday noon in the chantry of St. Thomas’ church, New York. Reports that Henry C. Morrison of Middletown had resigned as assistant secretary of the state hoard of educa- tion were put at rest when Mr. Mor- rison announced that he was merely leaving for Chicago Thursday to teach two six weeks' summer courses in the | university there. The Fast Lyme Historical society is aetive in completing its work of posting road signs in the town. Great care is taken by the society to ascer- tain the old road names and where there are several, that which is con- sidered the oldest and most appro- priate is selected. According to the ‘“New Haven Union,” Democratic State Central Committeeman William R. Palmer of Oxford, made a statement to the ef- fect that he expected to be appointed United States marshal for the Con- necticut District to succeed Marshal C. C. Middlebrooks. OBITUARY. Jacob Wharmby. The death of Jacob Wharmby occur- red early Wednesday morning at his late home at 318 Laurel Hill avenue following a long illness. Mr. Wharm- by was born in England 59 vears ago, coming to this country many years ago. He was the son of George and Ellen Hitchon Wharmby, both native of England. He had been employed at the Connecticut Agricultural Col- Jege at Storrs up to the time of his iliness. He is survived by his wife. Chautauqua n. A Chautauqua sign to advertize the oming of the Chautauqua here early in July was hung in Franklin square ‘WEDDINGS. Burdick—Huntly. The wedding of Miss Lillian T. Hut- ley of East Great Plain and Edward T. Burdick of Charlestown, R. I, took place in this city on Saturday. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Jo- seph F. Cobb, pastor of the Universa- list church. The bride is the daugh- ter of Ezra and Mary Swain Huntley of this city and the groom is a native of Charlestown, R. I, and is the son of Edgar E, and Marion Burdick. He is a farmer in Charlestown. Meyer—Seidel. At the German Lutheran church on Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock Miss Lena Seidel of Taftville and Richard Meyer of New Brunswick, N. J., were united in marriage by Rev. Paul F. Werth, pastor of the church. The couple was attended by Marguerita Seidel, a sister of the bride, as brides- maid, and Charles Meyer, a brother of teh groom, 2s best man. There was a large attendance of relatives and friends and the church was prettily decorated for the occasion- IFollowing a reception at the home of lieved in that city that the reason for| CITY MEETING VOTES 16 1-2 MILL TAX All the amounts asked for by the| finance committee in the ordinary ex- | penses of the vear were granted by the adjourned city meeting Tuesday night except $5,400 for a new sewer in Hickory street. and of the extras only the sum of $500 for the Shetucket| street hill improvement and $12,000 | for a new auto triple ‘combination chemical and pumping engine were turned down. By accident or misunderstanding the 400 citizens at the meeting at first voted the appropriation for the new pumper, but when they found what they had done promptly rescinded the vote and then tabled the matter. The meeting laid a city tax of 16 1-2 mills, which is 3-4 of a mill more than the finance committee asked for and 3-4 of a mill more than last year’s city = The following regular appropriations were voted: Department of Public Works—Or- ¢ dinary repairs and expenses $45.000; outside work, $5,000; garbage and ash- es $17,000; sewers and catch basins, $4,200; macadam repairs, $17,000; oil- ing and sprinkling. $8,000; parks and trees, $2,500; liability insurance, $2,- 202.21; brick paving revairs, $850: re- pairs to barn, $1,500; repairs to Rose Place dock, $750: street signs, $200; West Thames street sewer, $1,400; West Thames street improvemnt. re- appropriation, $21,647.90; total, $127.- 250.11. New Sewers—Whitaker avenue sew- er, 900. Department of Cemeteries, Fire Department, $50.245. Police Department—Salaries, $44 - 103.29: salaries, additional. to provide for two days' leave of absence each month, $2.250; general expens $2 000: street lighting. $19,000; city court, $5.750; total, $73,103.29. Health Department, $3,000. Gas & Electric Department—Oper- ating and general expenses, $342510 city loan to be repaid, $27.000; inter- est on mortgage bonds. $20,000: inter- est on $287,000 at 4 per cent., $11,480 interest on $46,000. at 6 per cent. § 760: interest on $£°25 000 at 5 per cent., $11,250; total, $415,000. Park Department, $5,000. Water Department—Interest, $24,- 637.50. Finance Department—Salaries tav commission, $5,200; court house. $7.485; milk inspector, $750; election expenses, $1,000; interest, exclusive of water department and gas and electric department, $28.000; loan of September 14, 1917, 4th installment, general street improvement, $5,200: loan of Septem- ber 23, 1913, third installment, North $9,525. and Main street macadam, $2,000; loan of March 15, 1917, third installment, Thames street improvement, $7.560: third installment G. & E. loan. $7.000; temporary loan, 1918-1919, $5.000 ;one- fifth, West Thames street improvement $4.800: temporary loans, $145,000; to- tal, $218,935. Contingent, $9,904.51. $937,500.41. vor J. J. Desmond called the meating to order just after 8 o'clock with City Clerk William R. Frisbie as Grand total, | clerk of the meeting and City Sheriff George W. Rouse in charge of the bal- lot box, in case any votes had to be taken that way. The mavor referred with some show of warmth to a recent ad\ie:‘fisel’flent1 calling for citizens to join a taxpayers' association, and said we were all in a taxpayers' asscciation, whether we wanted to be or not, if we owned any property that was in sight, and he ask- ed that the business of the meeting be done in a fair and businesslike way, having regard to the importance of what was to be done. After a vote to take up the items in the order in which they were printed, the meeting proceeded to vote on the department estimates, beginning with the department of public works. ‘When the appropriation of for liability insurance was reached Meyer Blumenthal offered a resolution that 500 be placed in the han the city treasurer to pay for injui to men hurt while in the employ of the city street department. Mayor Desmond ruled the motion out of order, but Mr. Blumenthal made a speech for cutting down city ex- penses. At one point he addressed the meeting as “fellow democrat: rais- ing quite a laugh at his expense. He said men injured in the employ of the city had not been paid for their in- juries. Mayor Desmond explained that the sum was for premiums for insurance, and Street Commissioner James P. Fox challenged Mr. Blumenthal to name a man who had been injured but not paid. Mayor Desmond ruled this discussion out of order, while the crowd enjoyed the little clash. On the question of an appropriation | of $5.400 for a sewer in Boswell ave- nue, Edward T. Burke explained that the sewer would run for 1,600 feet from | - Hickory street and would go through solid ledge for much of the distance. It could nmot be built for the sum| named. He moved to lay the matter| on the taBle and this was voted. Martin Cassidy, a considerable prop- erty owner in that section, spoke against the appropriation for this sewer. On motion of H. M- Lerou, the mayor zave the figures of last year as he read each of the items that followed in the meeting. When the item of $5.750 for city court expenses was reached. Mayor Desmond said it was §4,200 last year, but we can't help ourselves. because the legislature has gleefully raised the salaries of all the court official There was a raise this year in court- house expensés from $6.685 to $7.485 The health departmient last year was $2.100 and $3.000 this year. ol After all the regular appropriations had been made, Mayor Desmond read | the advertised list of estimated re- ceipts, which amount to $711,382.82. Voting the Extras. The mavor then took up the so- called extras, on which ex-Mayor T. C. Murphy spoke in fawvor of $500 for playgrounds. It was voted. On the matter of $2.200 for Church! street improvement.. G, B. Dolbeare asked for information as to what this covered. ! Street Commissioner Fox said it was meant to put a tar-bound macadam on | the hills at each end of the street and water-bound macadam on the level| part of the street, taking out the! crosswalks. The sum was voted. Ex-Mayor T. C. Murphy moved in- definite postponement of the appropri- | ation of $600 for Shetucket street hill| improvement, saying he thought the public works committee ought to be| able to do this out of the £45.000 they | had granted to them. His mation car- | ried. Trucks For Street Department. After F. P. Callahan had moved to lay on the table the call for $4,000 for an auto truck for the public works de- partment, he withdrew the motion in order to allow Street Commissioner Fox to make a statement. The street commissioner said it was uceless to| expect him to get the work done un- less they gave him the auto truck. The street department has eleven old horses and they are slow and can't get around to do the work. The truck will pay for itself in a year. At the present time, he said, he has to hire six teams at an expense of $42 a day. The street comm Norwich with a 33 mil! list of $14,699,530 and Ne¢ Tongdon | the bride, Mr. and Mrs. Meyer left for a wedding_trip, after which they will reside in New Brunswick, where the groom is employed. on Tuesday afternoon between the ‘Thayer building and the Young build- ng. Itaxes than Norwich gets. Afugphy 29,030,000 | ich produces $150,000 in for the with a 22 mill tax on a grand list Ex-Maxar l |figured on it | who with the numbers of the ho truck, but replied to the street com- missioner’'s comparison between the {wo cities, and ex-Mayor Allyn L. Brown also supported the request for the truck whicn the street commis- sioner told him was to be a general utility truck that could be used in many ways. The appropriation was voted. _An appropriation of $16,000 for North Main street concrete from Gol- den street to Second street was voted and is to be paid for in four annual installments, accqrding to a motion offered by Corporation Counsel Joseph T. Fanning. Band Concerts Raise Contest. An appropriation of $300 for South street improvement was voted without remark but the appropriation of $500 for band concerts called out a motion to_indefinitely postpone. Ex-Mayor Murphy spoke for the ap- propriation, saying there would be a special city meeting called for it if this meeting did not pass it. On a viva voce vote, Mayor Desmond ruled that the “ayes” had it, but his decis- ion was doubted. He called for stand- ing vote and was still in doubt. On a second call for a standing vote he ruled that the motion to postpone in- definitely was lost. Then the appro- priation was voted. Alderman Josepn A. George moved to grant the $12,v00 asked for a new pumping engine for the fire depart- ment and this was promptly passed. M. E. Jensen stated that the appro- priations so far made would call tor a 17 1-2 mill tax and Judge Nelson J. Ayling arose in the rear of the hali to ask if the money for the pumping en- gine had been voted. When he was told by the chair that it had, the judge moved to reconsider, saying that he thought many had not understood what they were voting on. Mayor Dermond had to call for a standing vote when he could not decide from the volume of sound who had won on a viva voce vote. The count of the men standing showed that the motion io reconsider prevailed and then a mo. tion to lay the matter of the appro- priation on the table was passed. A tax of 16 1-2 mills was laid and the compensation of the tax collector was placed at 1 per cent. Mr. Jensen stated to the meeting that the 16 1-2 mill rate would just about meet the appropriations, except for about 3500 to $600. The meeting voted abatement of $433.84 in taxes and $84.05 on street sprinkling oen a list prepared by the tax collector. It was voted to give Thomas M. Connor the right, under proper re- strictions, to lay and maintain a drive- way from the roadway known as the Washington street entrance to Mohe- gan Park over a strip of city land to the rear of his lot on Washington street. It was voted also to authorize the Svurt of common council to appropri- ate from the treasury of the city. in addition to any other appropriations, or the widening and improvement of West Thames street, or other im- {provements under the public works | connection with such and to borrow such sums temporarily as may he needed to meet payments before the tax returns come in. 'he meeting adiourned at 9.30 with only about 100 men left to transact the final items of busines: MAYOR TURNS ON POWER FROM NEW ELECTRIC TURBINE A new era in the history of the Norwich, gas and electric plant | Mayor J. J. Desmond pushed in the | plug that connected up the new 4,000 {kilo' watt turbine at the works ~on North Main street and the new ma- lehine fook up the load that the old ng. i | “Around him at the time stood the members of the gas and electric com- ission, D. T. Shea, G. B. Dolbeare, J. T. Sullivan and M. E. Jensen, Gen- {eral Superintendent J. Cashier Fred Mavles, H. E. Mole, the consulting engineer; Electrical Super- lintendent R. B. Mather, and David j Loring, superintendent of the Willi- | mantic plant. The new turbine will probably not lbe turned over to the city for ac- ceptance for two or three weeks yet as it will be in charge of two men |trom the General Electric company who will watch its working until ev- |ervthing is in perfect shape for de- P | is marks the culmination of the improvement of the electrical depart- ment for which $200,000 was appro- priated over a vear ago, and will now give the city three turbines with a combined capacity of 6,750 kilowatts, an adequate equipment for years to com a fortunate circumstance the is in possession of a 4,000 kilo- t turbine, instead of a 3,000 kilo- :tt machine, which was what was when the b proposed im- provement were planned. D. T. Shea. president of the gas and electrical commissioners, explained on Tuesday vhen they came to place their the General Electric compan: I 4,000 machine which they could deliver at the price of a 3,000 turbine and so the city profited by this. The work had all been done, he said, within a very few dollars of amount apprepriated and included installation of two Babcock ox boilers of 500 horsepower the building of the new use for the condenser pump lies water to the condenser 3 th and Wile each and The 2,000 kilowatt turbine has been the main re all through the heavy call on the power plant during war times and has made a record of running for 15 months without a shut down. It now be given a general overhauling. HOME CHAPTER’S LAST MEETING OF SEASON The June meeting of Home Chapter of the King's Daughters was held at the Jolinson Home on Monday after- noon. This also was the last meeting until September as it was voted to omit July and August. The meeting voted $10 to the Salvation Army fund. It was also voted that the Chanter subscribe for the Silver Cross maga- zine, the King’s Daughters’ magazine which is There are to, be thirteen sub. which are circulated among the membership of the chapter. At the suggestion of Mrs, Charles A. Hagberg, it s decided that fering would be taken to needy families. The sum of s collected. Mrs. C. Eugene aunders suggested that each member have a rainy v envelope, and every time it rained, to contribute a penny, or as much more as a person chose, the en-l velopes to be handed in at the fall meeting. The committee appointed to look after the envelopss, includes Mrs. Edward Cook, Mrs. Henry LaPierre, and Mrs. William Balcom. Mrse. Flora O. Noyes read a report from the recent King's Daughters con- vention held in Hartford, to which she was a delegate from Home Chap- ter. At the meeting Monday after- noon, fifty-five members were present. hold at the Jor ice cream and on e. Home, enjoyed Time waits for no man, but the musical director can beat it. ¥ ART ASSOCIATION HZARS BATTLEFIELD DESCRIPTIONS The Art association held its June * meefing in Slater hall annex Tuesday Who Are Stout evening, with the president, Mrs. Will- 4 iam B. Birge in the chair. usual reports of secretary and treasurer| wat is fatal to health and beauty were read. It was voted to hold an | Reduce weight sensibly and easily| exhibition of war posters collected by | mnprove your health and figure Miss Rose Kronig and Miss Thedora | 3void heart trouble, wrinkles, nery- McCurdy. Miss McCurdy was made |susness, weaknesses, etc., besides em- chairman of the committee. ®arrassment, due to obesity. Mrs. Frederick N. Lester was nom- To Ladies | department, amounts equal in case of | Of 3ppeal in religious matters and SRR rigs mrs practically dictated the doctrines of each improvement to what has been|p o€ Tty CHHIC To8 Lo o or shall be received respectively in = 5 > i improvements opened at 6.10 Tuesday cvening when| SCHOOL BOARD HIRES 000 kilowatt turbine had been carry-| inated as the chairman of the new pro- gramme committee for the year 1919- 1920. The husiness thén being completed, the remaining time was given up to Mrs. J. Eldred Brown, who read sev- eral very entertaining letters from her son, Corporal G. Brown, of the A. E. F. describing vividly a two days’ trip taken over the battle fields of Rheims, Chateau Thierry, St. Michiel and Soissons. These sections are de- scribed as the height of desolation, left for the most part. as they were when the battles ended. Between Soisoons and Rheims are scars that can never be obliterated. Chateau Thierry is nearly demolish- ed, with constant evidence of the dam- age done by rifie and machine guns, bullet holes are everywhere. With the pertinacity of the French, the peas- ants, about half of the population, have returned, and are trying to es- tablish some sort of homes among the wreckage. The trip led along the Marne, past the battie field of Vaux to Rheims. where the gre#T€athedral now a sightless shell, though still glo- rious in its ruins, dominate the scene. The valley of the Aisne is cluttered with aeres of twisted wire, wreckage of tanks and airplanes, with plenty of live ammunition still there as a trap for the unwary and persistent mases. some of which retain their deadly power for as long as eight month: Miles of French fortresses were vi ited, and an.especially interesting fea- ture was the trin over the hattle ground, where in May, 1917, the Hin- denburg hopes received their death blow. Other letters gave vidid glimpses of tours to picturesque and historic Foutainbleau, the chatesu built by Francois 1. and Henry of Navarre. It was also Nanoleon’s favorite summer residence. and here he bade farewell to his guards, befora leaving for Elba. Fontainbleau is famous for its gar- dens, fountains and statuary, also its marvelous Gobelin tapestries, most of which are still in their war hiding places. The carp pond, full of those nelv ancient fish is an interesting sight. Another* trip was taken to Malmai- son, home of Nareleon and Josephine pretty chateau, not unlike an ordin ary country villa, full of relics of Na- poleon’s campaign days. A most interesting collection of post cards, showing the battlefields. Fon- tainbleau and Paris, with specially fine views of the Sorbonne and the Louvre were passed around. Corporal Brown is one of the stu- dents honored with a special course a* the famous university, buiit in 1253 as a school of theology by Robert Sor- bin, confessor of St. Louis. During medieval times, it was the first court of buildings, and rich in sculptures and paintings, filled with historic as- sociations. Corporal Brown, who has been France since Jast summer in constant sel e at the fromt, has received sailing orders for next month and will in ook and younger. Wall worightly. Let your eyes witt sew fervor. Surprise and t you friends. Be a girl again! o to the druggist and oil o gorein capsules and foliew direc- uons of the wonderfully fine fat re- duction system. Reduce ien to sixt wounds. Eat all you need (imcluding some candy, if desired) while reduc- me. _Don’t bother about going throug) uresome exercises or following severt rutes of starvation diet. Why no become slender without so mucl work. worry and self-denial? Mrs. W, E. Worthington. . Gentlemen— First, E. Maurice, 52, pair of sili socks; second, W. Blais, pair of sill so~ks; consolation, Mr. Hill, playicg cards. Punch was served during the even- ing by the following committee whe had the arrangements in charge: Mrs Arthur E. Andrews. chairman, Mrs Clara Pingpank, Miss Anna Heibel Martin Waldron and Miss Maric Fingpank. »4 They Never Quit. ‘We may be a trifle pessimistin, Wt we can't help feeling that the ink or the peace treaty will have ampl time to dry before some of the agen: ‘cies which acquired life through the war stop loading the mails with theit demands for free space in the news: papers.—Marion Star. NOTICE T0 HORSE OWNERS All Blacksmith Shops Will Close Saturdays at 12 0’Clock, Start- tng June 14, Uniil Further Notice AUTO OWNERS Attention Tom Alley the driver wha finished fifth in the world’s greatest automobile racing classic rode in safety on Ma- son Non-Skid Cord Tires. probably be home by the first of Au- gust. The association adjourned at the usual hour, the next meeting sched- uled to be held in the fall. THREE NEW TEACHERS Three new teachers, Miss Grace Driscoll, Miss Rose Driscoll and Miss Mabel A- Enos, all of Nerwich, were engaged for positions next year by the town school board at the board meet- ing Tuesday night in the euperinten- dent’'s room in the town hall. They will be assigned to schools later, Miss May I Graham, teacher of the first grade at the West Thames street school, presented her resignation, to take effect at the end of this school year, and Miss Katherine I. Corcoran Was transferred from the sub-primary in this school to the place Miss Gra- ham leaves. ,D Miss Martha Reyfolds, who was en- gaged as a teacher at a recent meet- in- of the board, was assigned to the principalship at the Taftville school. The contract for coal, which calls for 1,050 tons of eggs. stove and soft coal, was awarded to the Shetucket Coal company at the price of $10.19 per ton. President B. P. Bishop read the an- nual report of Supt. E- J. Graham, in which was contained mention by Miss T.ouise Howe of the very high grade of work in essays which she found among the eighth grade pupils who competed for the prizes offered by the National Association of Colonial Dames. The matter of the provesed junior high school and memorial building was discussed and it is probable that a eeting will be held before long to bring this more thoroughly before the citizens. METHODIST BROTHERHOOD HAS ITS ANNUAL MEETING The znnual meeting of Trinity Meth- odist Church Brotherhood was held en Tuesday evening in the church parlors wih a large number present. At 7 o'- clock a supper of cold meats, salad rolls, cake and coffee was served by the following committee of ladies Miss A. L. Worcester, Mrs. J. C. Mor- gan, Mrs. G. F. White, Mrs. Eliza J. Gray, Mrs. W. J. Bath. Mrs. M. Col- Lulu Palmer, assisted by the following _ waitresse Louis Geer, Miss May Hill, is Mary Gray, Miss s Edith Holden and Isa- M belle Shearer. The tables were hand- somely decorated with cut flowers and laurel. The annual business meeting took ce after the supper ard the follow- ing officers wer elected for the ensuing year: President, John B. Stanton: vice president, Justin Holden; sec tary, Louis H. Geer; treasurer, David H. Purvis. There were interesting talks by Dis- trict Superintendent W. J. Bath whn £po on the Larger Church Opportu nity. Rev. E. 2. Legg spoke on the op- portunity of the local church. The meeting was one of the largest and most enthusiastic held in some time | i ROSE DECORATIONS FOR DANCING CLASS RECEPTION The Tuesday evening dancing class of Mrs. Emily Courtney Andrews held an enjoyable reception and dance on Tuesday evening at the Community Center rooms on Main street. The hall was attractively and artistically dec The other drivers experienc- ed tire trouble time and time again which took them to the pits for changes. The Mason Cords on Alley’s Bender Spec- ial were the only tires which had the stamina to withstand the gruelling grind of the long race from start to finish. Never before in the history of automobile racing have tires made such a phenomenal showing. Five hundred miles on a burning hot brick track with the thermometer hover- ing at 96 degrees, driven at tremendous speed, and yet this terrific strain failed to break down or wear through these sturdily built tires. Another precedent is smash- ed by this victory of Mason Non-Skid Cords, as rib tread tires have heretofore been con- sidered the only tires for speedway driving. The tearing -grind of 500 miles on the speedway is equi- valent to 20,000 miles of or- dinary tire wear. Once more it has been de- monstrated that Mason Tires are supreme for endurance, The Johnson Co. 107 Franklin Street Distributors TRAVELING KITS orated with rose colored streamers an’ festoons with large bouquets of ro about the room makn = setting for the over 100 prese STAR OF BETHLEHEM GIVES WHIST EVE‘HNG. There was a well attended whist/ given at Steiner's hall on Tuesday evening by the recently organized Norwich lodge, Star of Bethlehem. Twenty tables of whist were played and the prizes were awarded as fol- lows: Ladies—First, Mrs. Hill, 42, fan- cy boudoir cap: second, Miss Louise } Heibel, 37, cut glass vase; consolation. ! We ha o 1 large variety of fine Kits. See our dis- play and get our prices The Placi-Cadden Co. 135 tc 143 MAIN. STREET Established 18372