Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 26, 1919, Page 5

ACIDS IN STOMACH | EtueBrabletin “CAUSE INDIGESTION Craane e Simons and s How to Treat Medical authorities state that nearl: nine-tenths of the cases of stomaci trouble, indigestion, sourness, burning, gas, bloaling, nausea, etc,.are due to an excess of. hydrochloric acid in tI stomach and not as some believe to laek of digestive juics he delicate stomach liniog is irritated, digestion is delayed and sours, causing the disagreeable symptoms which every stomach sufferer kno we! Artificial digestents are not needed in such cases and may do real harm. Try laying aside all digestive aids and instead get from any druggist a few ounces of Bisurated Magnesia and take .a_ teasroonful in a quarter glass of water right afler eating. This sweet- ens tho stomach, prevents the forma- tion of excess acid and there is no sourness, gas or pain. Bisurated Mag- nesia (in powder or tablet form—never liquid or milk) is harmless to the stomach. inexpensive to take and is the most efficient form_ of magnesia for stomach purposes. It is used by thousands of people who enjoy their h no more fear of indiges- We advertiss exactly as it is Summer Furnishings New patterns in Shirts — col- lars attached if you want them made that way—new hosiery ~—neckwear—and all the com- fortable styles in Summer Un- erwear. A big selection in all of them and the very best quality. Murphy & McGarry 207 MAIN STREET NOTICE My wite, Lydia Beetham, has left her bed and board without just cause. I forbid all people harbering or trusting her on my account, as I shall pay no bills for her after this date. JOSEPH BEETHAM. Norwich Town, Conn., June 25, 1919. R. F. D. No. & Je26d BRING YOUR HATS TO BE CLEANED AND BLOCKED TO THE CITY SHOE AND HAT CLEANING PARLORS. 33 BROADWAY, 190th Dividend Office of The Norwich Savings Saciety Norwich, Conn., June 7, 1919, The Directors of this Society have| declared out of the earnings of the current six months a semi-annual dividend at the rate of FOUR PER Cent, per annum, payable to deposi- tors entitled thereto on and after July 15, 1919, COSTELLO LIPPITT, Treasurer, ) CUMMINGS & RING Funeral Directors and Embalmers - 322 Main Street Chamber of Commarce Building Phene 288-2 3 Lady Assistant JUNE The month of weddings is fast approaching. Buy your En- gagement and Wedding Rings and Wedding Gifts at the old reliable store of The Wm. Friswell Co. . 25-27 Franklin Street Norwich, Conn. ' EVERYTHING GUARANTEED DENTIST DR. E. J. JONES Suite 46 | n - Building i & Norwich, Thursday, June 26, 1919 ' VARIOUS MATTERS * Light vehicle lamps at 8.55 o'clock this evening. ¥ . Summer boarders from New York are arriving at Chesterfield, Bozrah and Colchester. The state police were active in An- dover Sunday and several motorcycle drivers were arrested. Many fish boats at Osgood's wharf today. Big variety of native fresh fish. —adv. The quartet of the Norwich Bass Clet Club, Charles D. Geer, director, sang at an entertainment at the Bap- tist church, Montville, Wednesday evening. The public utilities commission is engaged in its annual inspection of the trolley systems of the state. This year the commission will also inspect the power houses. At the annual meeting of' the cor- porators of the Savings Bank of Tol- land held at the office of the bank on Monday afternoon, Perkins L. La- throp was re-elected president. Nine submarines, accompanied by the mother ship Savannah, arrived at the state pier Tuesday from Cape May, N. J. The submarines will be tied there for some time. British and Canadian societies in this state have beem invited to New York to participate in New York's celebration of Canada Week, which begins July 1, “Dominion Day. Special assembly of Franklin coun- cil, No. 3, R. and S. M, at Masonic temple tonight at 7.30. Work in all the degrees.—adv. The 44th annual convention of the Connecticut Retail Druggists associa- tion was held Wednesday in East Ha- ven. After the business meeting a banquet was held at the Momauguin. The Connecticut diocese of Episcopal church is making active preparations to take part in the com- ing nation-wide campaign to extend and strengthen the work of the church. In orchards about the state in the last few days peaches have fallen from the trees very badly and large trees that should have from six to eight baskets will not yield more than one basket. The Methodist bishop who presided when the Southern New England Con- ference met in Norwich several years ago, Bishop Wiiliam A. Quayle, was born at Parksville, Mo, 59 years ago ‘Wednesday. The Home Service section of the Red Cross, Miss Ethel Sevin, chair- man, Room 102, Thayer building, has received a supply of the blank affi- davits for use of soldiers claiming ad- ditional travel pay. A Wolcott boy, Paul Manwaring, at present at Storrs Agricultural college, won the Amory cup in a competitive drill. The Amory cup was presented the college in 1915 by Lieut. Amory,} the commandant at that time. A porch is being added to one of the houses on Upper Union street recently purchased by Charles A. Chamberlain. On the house to the north, which is the property of Mrs. Chamberlain, a piazza iz to be built. Trinity Episcopal church picnic at Atlantic Beach tomorrow (Friday). Car leaves Franklin square at 9.30. If stormy, on Saturday.—adv.. Mayor Kinsella of Hartford has named his youngest daughter, Marion Agnes Kinsella, a student in the sen- for class of the high school, to be sponsor for the merchant ship Hart- ford to be launched at Groton next October. The New London Y. M. C. A. will conduct Camp Mohegan this year at Long Pond, Ledyard, a beautiful little sheet of water back jn the hills twen- ty miles from New London. R. W. Young, the physical director, will be in charge. Again in the annual state com- petition a pupil from St. Patrick’s school, Norwich, has won a scholar- ship at Mt. St. Joseph's Seminary, Hartford, the successful student be- ing Miss Genevieve Connell, of the eighth grade. As the first of July approaches, large purchasers of postage stamps are curtailing in the matter of buy- ing three-cent stamped envelopes and two-cent post cards, as the pre-war rate on domestic mail will go into} effect July 1. 1 The marriage is announced of Miss Clara E. Hill of Rockville and George E. Clark of Vernon at the home of the bride Saturday. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Percy Thomas, pastor of the Union Congre- gational church. Norwich tourists to Florida have been notified that the annual reunion and basket lunch of ,the Connecticut division of the New Tngland associa- | tion of St. Petersburg, Fla., touristsj will be held today, June 26, at Lake| Quassapaug, near Waterbury. The delegates to the annual convention of twenty-sixth the National Fertilizer association held several business meetings Tuesday at the Griswold, Eastern Point, and ended the day with a dinner dance in the ballroom of the hotel in the evening. At the annual convention of the Catholic Educational Association in| 8t. Louis, Right Rev. Thomas J. Sha- han, rector of the Catholic University at Washington and president of the association, is presiding, He lived ;lor da. time in Baltic during his boy- 00d. Reports received by the state board of health for last week from local { health officers show the state is in a fairly healthful condition. Reports showed these new cases of disease: Infantile paralysis 1, diphtheria 28, scarlet fever 24, typhoid fever 6, meas- les 7,9 whooping cough 5. It is an interesting fact that of the ten or twelve Norwich men who in| 1876_purchased and developed beauti-| ful Eastern Point, the cottage of but one, the late Postmaster Enoch G. Bidwell is being occupied by the fam- fly for the forty-fourth consecutive year. A new law relating to the issuing of certificates to children of school age, which becomes effective July 1, provides for a medical examination of children who apply for working pa- pers, and apparently the town where- in the child lives must pay for this exmaination. The meetinz of the Progressive Missionary club, held Wednesday af- ternoon with Mrs. W. B. L. Cranston, f Summer street, was the last meet- ing until fall and was spent socially. Nine attended and Mrs. J. E. Post presided. From Kingston, N. Y, came the news Wednesday that Poultney Bige- low, writer and traveler, who has been critically ill with tetanus in Kingstqn City Hospital, has passed the danger point. Mr. Bigelow when in Nor- wich during 1915, was the guest of Mr. a{: Mrs. Leonard O. Smith, of Old elms. Martha Frietzsche of . Rockville walved examination before U. S. Com- missioner Richard F. Carroll at Hart- ford * Tuesday, to an information which charged she deposited an ob- scene letter in the mails and address ‘ed to Elsie Barthold at Rockville and Street ovided bail for appearance at thi dfl-u...;lm_ S lg:;?ember term of court. : the | PERSONALS : Private Michael Aldi, who recently returned from France, has eniered (he employ of W. F. Bogue. Dr. C. F. Congdon, health officer of Mystic, formerly of Salem, was a Nor- wich visitor Wednesday. Miss Bertha Hartley of Providence, R. I, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bentley of Lafayette street. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Coleman have moved from Noank to Waterford, where they will have charge of form. The Danbury News mentions that Wales G. Thompson, of Willimantic, is now employed in a Danbury shoe store. Mr. and Mrs. John O. Enders and family of Hartford are occupying their summer home at Waterford for the season. Mrs, Herman Frey and daugater El- sie of Asylum street are spendinz a few weeiss with Mr. Frey's Philadelniria. - Miss Florence Anderson and Miss Alice Browning are taking the Bible course in New London, college from June 25 to July 2. Oliver H. P. Peckham of Far View, East Side, left town Tuesday morn- ing to spend several months at Quan- acantaug Beach, R. L Edward G. McKay of Norwich, Trin- ity, 1917, has been spending a few days attending commencement exer- cises at Trinity College. Harold Cranska of Laurel Hill ave- nue is spending a week in New York state, visiting various points of inte- rest along the Hudson river. William A. Sawyers of Westerly was among those to receive the degree of bachelor of science at Bates coliege, Lewiston, Me, on Wednesday. Genealogical research work along certain important lines has taken Mrs. Elisha E. Rogers, of Norwich, to Providence and Pawtucket of late. Miss Margaret Fagan, student at the Academy of the Holy Family of Baltic, is spending the summer months at her home in Waterbury. It is noted by New Haven papers that Prof. and Mrs. Hiram Bingham and family have gone to their sum- mer home, Woodbridge Farms, Salem, for the season. Mrs. Harold L. Pierson and daugh- ter, Miss Mary Pierson of Waterbury are spending several weeks with Mrs. Pierson’s father Charles Engler of Hamilton avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Culver and grandson, Russell Robert, of this city, have returned after a two weeks’ va- cation spent with friends and rela- tives in Providence and Boston. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Aldous of Ded- ham, Mass, and son Stewart, who has recently returned from 18 months’ service overseas, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Andrews of Summii street. Neville Blicq of 223 Rockwell street who has been confined to his bed for over four weeks because of a general poisoning through his system is now able to sit up part of the day, although still very weak and under the care ofa doctor and nurse. Philip Manwaring Plant, been spending several who had days with his aunt, Mrs. Jam McTiernan of No. 270 Park avenvr, left New York, has left for St. Lo® Upon his return he will go to Bar ".arbor, Me., to join his and mother, William Hayward, married Saturday. NO SETTLEMENT YET ON TROLLEYMEN'S DEMANDS The situation in regard to the possible strike .of .the trolley men of the Shore Line Electric Company un- less the company decides to grant an increase in wages remains the same. It is understood that the trolleymen' union i§ awaiting the action of the di- rectors of the road to whom the de- mands of. the men are to be presented at a meeting this week. In the con- tract of ghe union there is an arbi- tration clause which it is understood will allbw of a settlement by arbi- tration rather than tie up the road, but if the directors do not agree to arbitrate it is probable that there will be a tieup on the road within a short time, Colonel and who were JOSEPH STANLEY HAS ARM CRUSHED IN ROLLERS Joseph Stanley of Union street,who Company, had his left arm badly crushed on Wednesday when he caught it between the rollers of one of the large machines at the plant. The young man was working on the machine and in some manner caught his hand between the rollers and be- fore the machine could be stopped his whole arm had been drawn into the| machine as far as’ the shoulder. If the machine tender had not stopped the machine when he did it is possible that Stanley would have been more seriously injured. The machine had to be taken apart before the arm-could be removed. The injured man was attended by Dr. C. C. Gildersleeve. MOTORMAN CAN'T TELL HOW SMASHUP HAPPENED Joseph Carfield, motorman on the East Lyme trolley that crashed into another car after running over the switch at Oswegatchie, East Lyme, last Saturday night, has regained consciousness at the Lawrence hos- pital but is unable to relate anything of the accident. He says he does not remember anything of it and did not know of the accident until told at the hospital. He does not know how he came in his condition and does not know whether he fell off or was thrown from his car. His condition is not as serious as was at first sup- posed. ff Royal Arcanum Elects Collector. Norwich council, No. 720, Royal Ar- canum, elected Henry E. Church its collector at its regular meeting held Wednesday evening in Eagles’ hall, Mr. Church is elected to fill a vacancy in the office caused by resignation, Receive Degree at Vermont. .I“ the graduating class at Vermont Lnl\'e_rsny this week Alec Rabinovitch of t‘msAclny received honors in me cne.| ec Rabinovitch and Kopland Markoff, both of this city, received the doctor’s degree in medicirie, AR e S K. of C. Rendezvous Given Up. The Knights of Columbus rendez- {vous in the Neptune building atmti\'ew London is no more, for the place was closed far all time Wednesday morn. ing when all of the furnishings and equipment were removed. S TR N TR/, " NORWICH Every Coffee Drinker Should know how «~ easily and healthfully INSTANT POSTUM takes the place of coffee. BULLETIN, -THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1919 OFFON MOHEGAN TRAL TODAY All is set for the Mohegan Trail Day when all chambers of commerce in eastern Connecticut will shut up shop and enjoy a trip over the scenic and histofical trail’ to the Indian lake, Charcogagomanchaugagogchaubung agunggamaug at Webster, Mass, where they will be the guests of the Dudley-Webster Chamber of Com- merce. The Norwich representation is to be one ®f the largest that has ever gone over the trail. There will be at least seventy automobiles, gaily trimmed and decorated with banners and streamers and roses. Just how many will attend could not be esti- mated last evening as a large num- ber of car owners had not handed in| their names but it is assured that sev- enty cars will be available. Each one of the Mohegans (the Norwich delegation) will be provided with his war paint and head dressand will carry his quiver packed with lunch as on this day all weapons are to be left in tHe home camp. Upon arrival at the lake the lunch baskets will be unpacked and lunch eaten and then the big pow-wow will start. This includes several speeches by prominent men of the various chambers. Herbert R. Branche of the Norwich War Camp Community Service will speak on the Valye of the Mohegan Trail to Eastern Connecticut and - ex-President C. V. James will speak on Community Value | of the Chamber of Commerce. There will be games) and sports and one feature of the ‘programme will be the symbolisms of the various chambers of commerce. Some are to give play- lets representing some historical fact that has made their own prominent and in various other ways. The Nor- wich delegatiop will distribute roses to everyone present as Norwich is the Rose of New England. B The journey over the trail will start from New London and the Nipmucks (the New London delegation) will leave at 8 o'clock and will be joined in Norwich at 845 o'clock by the Mo- hegans who will fall into line single file behind the Nipmucks. Jewett City ' will join the procession as will Central Village, Moosup, Danielson, Putnam and other towns along the trail, ® Those automobile owners who will make the trip and have handed their names to John O. Johnson, chairman of the automobile cemmittee, are Louis Maples, Fred Thumm, Fred Prothero, Paul Zahn, Stephen Kehoe, Max Sternlich, Louis Fontaine, Louis Bru- ette, George Loring, George Letender, Abner Schwartz, William _ Trachten- | berg, Charles W. Perkins, C. A. Cham- {berlain, William L. Stearns, W. F.} I Hill, W. Russell Baird, C. E. Lane, and |L. M. Crandall and many others, The {orders are for the Norwich machines {to form in line on Washington street, {extending from Washington square, {and to be in line at 8.30. The Norwich Chamber will have as | ests John G. Wood. _industrial {manager of the N. Y, N. H. & H. R. R. Co. R. M. Smith, division superin- tendent of the New Haven road and E A. Guthrie, division superintendent of the Central Vermont road. | _An invitation-was extended to State {Highway Commissioner Charles J.!| Bennett but Mr. Bennett has sent a| |letter of regret to L. M. Crandall, s |ing that a vrevious engagement pre- | venis him from taking the trip. He, {however, states that he is asking Mr. ! Ulrich to see that the roads along the trail are trimmed up for the occasion. MOTION LIST MATTERS IN SUPERIOR COURT At a short calendar session of the superior court held here Tuesday morning. hearing of the case of the United States Steamship Co., against the Groton Iron Works, requesting au- thority to make payment, as a pre- ferred claim, or earned premiums on fire insurance policies, was ordered postponed. In the case of Topliff vs Bady, fore- closure and limitation of time udg- ment of $1,250 was ordered for plain- tiff. In Lipptt, et al, bank comm vs The Thames Loan and Trust Co., the judge took the papers. A substitute complaint was allowed in the alimony pendente lite action of Edna K. McDonald against Samuel McDonald. The hearing on the custody of Doro- thy Irene Miller between Carl H. Mil- ler and Marie Alberta Jackson Miller, was continued. Judgment for $1,713.13 was ordered in Tyler, Exr., vs Thorne, on mo- tion of foreclosuure by sale. The land in question is located in East Lyme In Duff vs S. Maxson, non-suit for failure to comply with order of court, the order of the court must be com- plied with by next Friday. Post and Lester Co., for judgment and hearing in damages against the Groton Iron Work, continued. Rogers vs Fisher, default for failure to plead, continued. The anuual account of Appleton Main, overseer of the Ledyard Tribe of Pequot Indians, was ordered continued as was the hearing of the annual ac- count of harles L. Stewart, overseer of the Eastern Tribe of Pequot Indians. Two weeks for answer was allowed in I. M. Schall against Lapointe, and ‘W. Schall against Lapointe ‘Three weeks for answers were al- lowed in the following cases: Dolan vs Lubchansky: Dolan vs the city of New London, and Dolan vs Sweeney. Threc weeks for answers were als allowed in the following actio Sciallabba, et al, vs the city of New London, Paquette, et al, the Ci of New London; Davidson, et al, Da- vidson. Judgment for $839.97 and for $1,- 977.67 was awarded in two cases in favor of Fairbanks Co. vs. Groton Iron Works on hearing in damages. In Alfred Coit and others, trustees, against Jerome and others for an or- der authorizing the trustees to expend a portion of the principal of the estate to pay a sewer lien in New London, vh_e order was allowed by Judge el is employed at the Norwich Woolen| Webb Foreclosure in the amount of $11,- 822.64 was granted in Savings Bank of New London vs. Frank B. Burdick and others on property in East Lyme. The note was originally $10,500. This is the Ninigret hotel property at Crescent Beach. Foreclosure on an abandoned mill property in the towns of Bozrah and Salem was granted to the Dime Sav- ings bank of Norwich against C. C. White Paper Mfg. Co. and others. The equity is held by the Yantic River Milis Co. The original note and the mortgage was for $10,000 and had been reduced to $3100. The foreclo- sure was grdanted for $3,210.3 Default for non-appearance was opened in cases of Rood vs. Groton Iron Works and Rood vs. Robert Palmer & Sons Shipbuilding and Ma- rine Railway Co., and the defendan Frederick Conlin and P. LeRecy Har- wood, receivers of the Groton Iron Works, are permitted to enter an ap- pearance, OBITUARY. Dr. Arthur V. Prentis. Dr. Arthur V. Prentis died at his home, 195 Williams street, New Lon- don, early Wednesd~_ morning, after a protracted illness of nearly two Dr. Prentis was born in that city Aug. 7, 1879, and was the eldest son of Dr. Edward and the late Har- riet Norkett Prentis. He graduated from New York College of Dentistry in 1902. He began the practice cf his profession in Salisbury, this state, but after two years removed to New Lon- don Dr. Prentis was a member of the Psi_Mmegn fraternity, the Horace Wells club, the National Dental asso ciation, the B. P. O. E,, and had se: ed the Connecticut State Dental as: ciation as its_ president and the Thames club in a like capa In 1907 he was married to M Ma- bel Freeman, who survives him, as do also three all children, Richard F., Marjorie and Arthur. Besides his fa- ther, Dr. Prentis leaves a brother, Edward Prentis, Jr., and two sisters, Mrs. Clara Armstrong and Mrs. Law- rence Chappell. Mrs. Levins Hooker. The death of Hedwige Perry, wife of Levins Hooker, occurred late Wed- nesday evening at her home at 209 Laurel Hill avenue following an ill ness of long duration. She was 52 vears of age and has resided here for many years, her husband being em- ployed by the New Haven road. She leaves her husband and other rela- tives. Uncasville Bes Missing. Ettore Glucllo of Uncasville has complained to the police that his ten years old son had been missing from home two weeks and requested that a gearch be made to locate the youth. Need Some Government. A man looking for an apartment “where he can do as he pleases” finds that everybody in the house is doing the same thing, making it well-night untenable. Rules age best.—St. Louis. Globe-Democrat. REVIVAL MEETING AT 1 MT. CALVARY CHURCH Dr. J. L. Griffin, who is called tion, gelist, and has been | preaching in this city for the last two| nizh conducted what he called an (\lfi fashioned Holy Ghost meeting on Wednesday evening' in Mt Calvary Baptist church and is to follow it up this (Thursday) evening with an open air meeting on Union square, where he will lecture on Solomon’s temple. Dr. Griffin had his audience in the church worked to a high nitch of en- thusiasm Wednesday night with an almost_constant chorus of “Amen” or “Yes, Yes” or “Hallelujah” from half a dozen at the same time in approval | of what he was saving in the course of | his sermon. Several women wept and | tossed themscives back and forth in| their seats, while one particularly en- | thusiastic one left her seat and paced back and forth in front of the pulpit with her hands in the air as she kept i repeating “Praise Him, Praise Him, Hallelujah!” The preacher continually asked for | endorsement of what he was saying by | snapping out “What do say?” or “Ain’'t I got a witness here?” to which the response came from all par house “Yes. Yes, I'm with vou.” He nreached from the text The child sneezed seven times after it was dead, relating in his own way the story of | Elisha's raising of the widow’s child,' as well as several other Biblical stories. | " Before he reached his sermon ke i ich his style was| Sunday and_led some to call him the “colored Billy Sunday.” Get converted hefore you get sancti- fied, he said. What do you say? Ain't I right? The first desree in the King's college B. A—horn again. - You woman with a good husband, what do you want to go flirting with three or four other men for? You have them sitting around the house and telling hqw easy the old man is to get along with. Why don't you stick to him? Tell the truth and shame the devil. It's funny how peonle will helicve a lie, but tell the truth and you have. to 20 across the street to prove it. I'm not preaching to make vou love me. I'm telling you the truth. Mind your own Rev. the nat business. There's fifty neople right on that floor tonight that's lost a =ood | meal of victuals watching somebody | else. Why don’t vou get in and do some work for the Master? Gideon had 2,000 men. but only 300 of them was £00d workers. Moses had 600,000 peo- ple, but he could find only 12 to go and spy out the land, and 10 of them came s. Don’t blame the saloon ou men; drink his liquor all Your breath smells too strong now from sitt'ng around on barrels all day and fighting flies and talking ahout your neighbors. T'm not a colleve man, he said in another.place in his lecture. I've been to college twice, but it was on busi- ness. I saw the president and nassed right through and came right out. He had a word to say to narents, too. ou peonle are going to church, but children are going to h—I1. Thev {ain't got no manners, and no respect, thev're sassy just like vou, for they got it from you. What do You say? Midwav in the service he invited his congregation un to shake hands with him and in a minute was surrounded with an eager groun striving to get hold of his outstretched hands. Y MASQUERADE DANCE TO HELP PALESTINE FUND At the Majestic roof garden Wed- nesday evening a masquerade with about 300 dancers attending, was giv- en under the auspices of Poale Zion, the Jewish socialist labor organiza- tion, from which the proceeds were to go to the Palestine fund pledge of $500. . Already the local organization has secured about $350 towards its | pledge and it was expected the pro- ceeds of the masquerade would make up the halance. Prizes for costumes were awarded as follows: A loving cup to Miss So- phie Solomon and Miss Jennie Lahn, dressed as American girls in red, white and hlue; a nickle picture frame. to Miss Mary Denis; and a box of ax Goldfarh. who was re a peasant girl. The judges { were A. W. Silverberg, A. Goldblatt and M. Mandel. Rowlands Jazz orchestra played for dancing and the committee of ar- rangements included H. Levine, chair- man. Miss Ida Goldblatt, Miss Helen Goldblatt, Miss Sophie Yalem, Miss Sarah Berer, Miss Jennie Schmide, Mrs. E. Lazarow, M Eva Blinder- man and William Pfeister. TOWN MEETING TO GET STATE AID ON ROADS Tn order to take advantage of state aid for roads, the selectmen of Nor- wich have called a special town meeting for this (Thur¥day) evening in the town hall, where the vote will he taken whether the town will apply for its apportionment of state aid out of the fund of $1.000,000 which was appropriated by -the legislature. The allotment for Norwich is $10,000 for one vear hut the vote may he passed to cover two vears at $10,000 cach, up to June 30, 1921, By taking a town vote to accept state aid. the town puts itself .in the way of having a pertion of the money assigned to it and when construction is done on’state aid roads three- fourths of the cost is borne by the state and one-fourth by the town..The matter has to be acted on now in or- der that the vote may be recorded with the state highway department by the first of August. T a man calls on a woman she is pleased—either when he comes or Tgoes. -|John H. Fitzmaurice, WEDDINGS Taylor—Swanson * A quiet but pretty wedding took place at the Methodist Episcopal church of Baltic Wednesday after- noon at 2:30 o’clock, when Miss Ger- trude Swanson and Albert Taylor were united in marriage by Rev. Charles Smith. The single ring ceremony was used. Only relatives of the couple were present. Aft the wedding there was a reception 3t the home of the bride’s parents on High street, Baltic. Miss Swanson, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adolphe SWwanson of High street, was attended by Mrs. Charles Cruthers of Norwich, the matron of homor. The best man was Charles Cruthers of Norwich. The bride was prettily dressed, her gown being of white crepe de chine, embroidered in pearls. The maid of honor, Mrs. Cruthers, wore white silk. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor will leave the village for a few weeks' honeymoon and upon their return will reside in the village, a home having been fit- ted out for the happy coupie on Main street. Mr. Taylor is employed by the A. C. Swan company as a mechanic. Both he and his bride are well known about the village and their many friends wish them many years of happy mar- ried life. - Patterson—Thompson. A large number of relatives and friends witnessed the marrage in St. Mary’s church at nine oclock Wednesday morning of Alfred V Patterson of Preston and Miss Mary A. Thompson of this city. The cer- emony was performed by the Rev. who then cel ebrated a nuptial high mass. Hen La Fontaine acted as organist, sisted by Mrs. T. Donovan. The offertory selection was an Ave Ma- ria, finely rendered by Mr. La Fon- taine. Miss Loretta Thompson, sister of the bride, was bridesmaid and John W. Nichols acted as best man. The bride was charmingly gowned in white georgette crepe, trimmed with pearls and wore a veil with a wreath of daisies. She carried a shower bouquet of white roses -and daisies. The bridesmaid wore pink georgetie with pink trimmings and hat to match and carried pink roses. A wedding breakfast and reception was held at the bridé's home at 92 Rotth street after the ceremony and numerous valuable and beautiful gifts were received by the happy couple. The groom's gift to the best man was a pair of golf cuff links and the bride's gift to her bridesmaid was a pink sapphire ring. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James J. Thompson, of 92 Roath street and has always lived here. Mr. Patterson is the son of Mrs. Alice Kelly of Poquetanuck and is employed as an electrician by the Shore Line Electric Railway Company at Westerly. The newly married couple left for New York on an afternoon train and after a wed- ding trip will make thelr home at Westerly, R. L Frohmader-Dougherty. A pretty wedding took place Wed- nesday morning at 10 o'clock, at the Sacred Heart rectory, Taftville, when Mary Francis Dougherty was united in marriage with Andrew J. Froh- mader, by Rev. U. O. Bellerose. The bride was charming in a gown of embroidered white georgette crepe over pussy willow taffeta. She wore a picture hat to match and carried a shower bouquet of bridal roses, The maid of honor was Miss Agnes Dougherty of Washington, D. C., sis- ter of the bride. She wore a frock of pink georgette crepe over satin, and carried, a shower bouquet of Killarn- ey roses. The best mam was John Frohmader, brother of the groom. A breakfast was served at the Waure- gan House, only the immediate fam- ilies being present. The bride is the dnughter of Mrs. Marion Dougherty of Merchants av and is a_ graduate of the Baltic Aca- demy. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Frohmader of Norwich ave. Both bride and groom are em- ployed by the Ponemah Co. The bride received numerous gifts including cut glass, silver and money. They left for an extended tour up the Hudson. They will also visit, Niagara Falls and vaious other places of in- ter The groom’s gift to the bride was a rope of La Tosca pearls and to the best. man, a diamond stick pin. The bride’s gift to the groom was a pearl and diamond stick pin and to lr maid an aquamarine ring. Gilbert—Lee. The marriage of Mirs Helen Lee, daughter of Rev. J. Beveridge Lee, pastor of the Second Congregational church of New London, io Charles Breed Gilbert of Milwaukee, took place at noon Wednesday at the residence of the bride's parents, 27 Broad street, New London. Dr. Lee ofiiciated at the ceremony, which was attended by a large assembly of guests from the city, New York, Washington and the middle west. The bride, who was glven in mar- riage by her brother, Lieut. Meredith Lee, U. S. A, wore a charming gown of white ivory satin, trimmed with duchess lace and seed pearls. She carried a shower bouauet of white sweet peas, valley. Mrs. George W. Smith of Milwau- kee, a sister of the bridegroom, was matron of honor. She wore an at- tractive creation of blue organdie with bronze maline hat and carried pale blue larkspurs. orchids and lilies of the The bride’s attendants, attired in buff colored organdie and carrying blue larkspurs were Mrs. William Wikinson 6f Atlanta, Ga. a_sister of the bridegroom: Miss Elizabeth Ma- guire of Philadelphia, Pa., and Miss Gwendolyn Rawson of Cincinnati, George W. Smith, brother-in-law of the bridegroom, was best man. Following the reception Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert left on an extended wed- ding trip. They will be at home at their residence, 20 Nameaug street, New London, after Sept. 1. Friswell—Graham A pretty wedding took place -on Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Graham in Lisbon, when their daughter, Mary Isabelle, was united in marriage with Frederick A. Friswell of Norwich. The house was handsomely decorated with laurel and roses and the ceremony tcok place under a large arch of ro: znd laured. The double ring Episcopal ser- | vice was used and the ceremony was performed by Rev. Arthur Varley, pastor of the Taftville Congregtional church. The bridal couple entered the parior as Miss Agnes Graham, sister of the bride, rendered the bri- al chorus from Lohengrin. Tne couple were attended by Miss Christine Gra- ham, sister of the bride, as maid of honor and William C. Bode as hest man, Miss Katherine Friswell a niece of the groom, was the ring bearer. The bride was prettily gowned in white georgette creps and carried a shower bouquet of bride's roses. Her maid wore pink georgette crepe and carried Ophelia roses. Following the ceremony a huffet lunch was served by Mrs. Graham as- sisted by Miss Alice Burgess, Miss Mary Burgess, Miss Louise Hermann, Miss Katherine Corcoran and ) Minna Good. During the evening Mz, and Mrs. Friswell left for a two weeks wedding trip after which they will make their home in Norwich. Mr. Friswell is a member of the and it is strictly the truth, that we can give you the best value obtainable in FLOUR and FEED. That we have the facilitiess for giving you the best of service. That our standard of excellency is high; but THAT is the only thing that is high; our prices are low indeed for high class FEED. We can prove this to your satisfaction, if you give us a chance. Chas. Slosbeig & Son 3 COVE STREET OCCIDENT FLOUR Costs a ’Little More Than Others — Werth It. A. R. MANNING Yantic, Conn. Phore 960-2 firm of William Friswell Co., jewelers of this city. He has been in the avi- ation ground service in Florida for the past ten months. His hride has heen a school teacher in the Thamssville school for a number of years. She is a graduate of the Norwich Free Acad- emy and of the Willimantic Normal school. SAYS THAT FERTILIZERS ARE TO COST LESS W. D. Huntington, president of the National - Association of Fertllizer Manufacturers’, in an address at the convention at New London Wednes- day announced that within the last &ix months the industry had commit- ted itself to the policy of manufactur- ing only high-analysis grades of fer- + tilizer, eliminating the so-called frac- | tional’ grades, gnd that the result of this action st ultimately be re- flected in lower cost of food produc- tion.” Standardization of only the best, Mr. Huntington said, would materially 1e- duce factory and selling costs, a sav- ing in which the farmer and consumer were bound to" share. Who Wen the War.” “Who won the war,” is the cry that doughboys returning from the battle line shout with pride and at times with a tinge of disdain at M. P.'s and S. O. S. workers the members of which might respond to that cry of the doughboy: “We've done our share.” Fifty-five thousand words were hnadled one day in the Signal Corps Telegraph station at Brest The staff consists of a chief operator and three operators. To the uninitiated these figures convey little meaning but to the American telegrapher, they should be eloquent. It may be added that these fifty-five thousand words were not handled in an eight-hour day. The telegraphers do not draw union wages. Charles Roy Shea, the Chief Operat- or, formerly wire chief for the Western Union in nsas City, probably could command a salary well above the two hundred dollar marf, were he home at this time. He draws a sergeant’s pay, $51.20 a month. Members of his staff are al!l former i Associated Press operato They are Floyd H. Kalmbach, former Asso- ciated Press man at the Toledo Blade; William C. Holcomb, of At- lanta; and D, B. Markland, also of the Toledo Blade. Middletown.—A modern roundhouse is to replace the one damaged by fire jrecently. Plans are not yet drawn for the structure which, it is reported, will be of five-engine capacit | CLOCKS || We have a large variety of all kinds of Clocks for the patlor or the auto. | See the display. A | The Plaut-Cadden Co. | 135 to 147 MAIN STREET Established 1872 Thames River Line STEAMER CAPE COD Whitckall Transportation Co., Inc. Leaves New York. Pier 43. No: River. Mondays. Wednesdays and s. at 5 p. m.; Nor Tuesday. ursdays and Sundays at 6 p. m.; | New London 9 p. m. Passenger rates between and New York $2.50. Staterooms, all outside, $1.10, & _ clying war tax. ¥. B. KNOUSE. Agen'. Norwic',