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’ - -|rhnge. He was born March 9. 1855, | and ‘had resided in West Ashford for| ia number of vears. He is survived by [§ Norwich Bulletin, Willimantic Of- fice, 23 hurch St. Telephone 1C05. What Is Going On Tonight. Knights of Pythias, Natchaug Lodge, No. 22, meets in Odd Fellows’ hall, Under the terms of the will of Hugh C. Murray of Willimantic, all his property, real, personal and mixed is bequeatr.d absolutely to his wife, Jape Portcous Murray. The will was mitted to probdte at a hearing heid alurday morning before Judge ¢f Probate Otto B. Robinson at the pro- bate office in this city. The docu- ment, which i vel hort one, was executed Nov. 3 ,19 and was wii- nessed by W. A. King, H. Clinton ‘La- throp and Herbert D. Pollard. The Hartford Trust company of Hartford was appointed administrator. Mr. Murray, who was for.many years one of the ding business-men of Willi- mantic, died June 17, 1919, and, as well known, possessed of considerable pro-| perty. A meeting of the committee of five in charge of the Welcome Home "cele-!| bration for the soldiers of the town of | Windham is to be held this (Monday) 4fternoon at the Chamber” of Com- merce rooms to further the plans and arrangements for - the celebration, ‘which it i¢ now proposed to hold on Thursday, Aug. 21. The committea ‘will be gled to meet anyone who may have some ideas or suggestions in re- zard to the date or plans for the cele- | Dration, the date and plans as an- Siounced recently by the committee being purely tentative. The commit- tee so far as possible desires to meet the wishes of the soldiers and public in gene in the method and manner in which the proposed celebration is #o be carried out § A number of local organizationstare planning for individual celebrations or observances of the Fourth, among them be St. Helena Branch, D 704, Ladies' Catholic Benevolent A ociation, which is to hold a lawn par- fy and dance, various forms of amuse- ment being arranged for the enter-| tainment of their friend:. The Spector-Weinstein case occu- pied the attention of the session of the superior jn this city Satur- day. Court opened at 10.15 a. m. with Judge Greene of Norwich presiding. | number of witnesses were hgard the evidence in the case was all Decision was reserved by ! day Goed Cheer Circle of the S rtd with a beau- ay for their an-| fternoon Satur nic which was held this year: Wangaumbaug, South Coven- out forty were in attendance ; the officers and members of e with a few friends. Games snd bathing were enjoyed in addition o the usual basket luncheon. The trip to and from the lake was made by trolley. The committee in charge con- OR. F. C. JACKSON DENTIC Removed to 715 Main 5%, Willimantio Hours—0 a. 5 19 8 p. ot Phone 4 JAY M. SHEPARD ! Succeeding Elmore & Shepard | Funeral Director & Embalmer 60-62 North St., Willimantic ! Lady Assistant " KILLOUREY BROS. FUNERAL ODIRECTORS AND EM. i | Tel connection WILLIMANTIC sisted of Mrs. A. D. Carpenter, Mrs. George Bowen, Miss Edith Bowen and Charles Robinson. A most enjoyable afternoon was reported on the return to Willimantic. Saturday, Chief of Police Daniel Killourey assigned the July change of beats for members of the local force as follows: Officer Grady, Sodom; Of- ficer Leahy, Center Main; Officer Paulhus, Jackson; Officer ~Enander, Upper Main; and Officer McLean, day duty. Miss Amalie Ruschman of Hebron and George W. Seigrist of this city were married Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the home-of the bride's par- ents by Rev. Howard Champ, pastor of the Hebron Congregational church. | The bride was formerly employed at the Windham Silk Company in this city, and the groom is an empioye of the Smith-Winchester Company of South Windham. The witnesses e the bride’s parents. After a wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Seigrist will reside in Willimantic. The Moosup Girls’ Club entertained the returned service men of that town Saturday evening with a banquet and dance and the evening proved to be one of the most enjovable of its kind vet given the hoys. The prospect of 2 geod time brought an almost 100 per cent. attendance ar'd 186 men and women sat down at 9 o'clock for the banquet. Previous to this the com- pany assembled in the club room: which had been decorated in the na- tional colors and yvellow and black, the colors of the club. After a short so- cial time, all went into the banquet room, which was also attractively dec- orated. The long tables, in the form of a hollow square, were bright with crimson_rambiers and red shaded can- dles and an effective background was formed-- by red, white and blue streamers and banks of laurel. Miss Annie Fraser, president of the Girls’ club, welcomed the guests, urging them to ‘“eat, drink and be merr) which they proceeded to do. The menu con- sisted of chicken and potato salads, cold ham and tongue, rolls, ice cream, coffee, candy and fruit. An or- chestra plaved throughout the ban- quet and fer the dancing which fol- lowed. A few inspiring toasts were given, Lieut. Earl Bragg being toast- master. All speakers paid a tribute to the work and spirit of the Girl lub and referred to the especial fit- ess of their meeting together on the night of the world wars last great event, the signing of the peace terms. The evening's programme was con- {eluded with dancing which lasted un- til midnight. Three rousing cheers of appreciation were given the members of the Girlg' club by Among the guests present were advisory committee consisting the of Rev. W. C. Darbie, Rev. " Nightingale and Rev. Joseph McCarthy. After a very quiet week during which but one arrest was made, the focal police were quite busy for a time day morning. On complaint LePage. who said he had ed down and relieved of by four young men, the busy and between midnight 2 'a. m., rounMled up in different thr olice got d sections of the city and placed under arrest Joseph Lada, 24; Joseph Mo- riarty, 33; William Timmings, 32; and Louis DeMarchi, 26. They will appear before the court this (Monday) morn- ing on charges of assault. The affair happened in front of Hellar's saloon on Main street. The four men dis- claim all knowledge of the money be- ing taken from LaPage, saving that the latter, approaching them on Main strect, fell to the sidewalk and they attempted to ist pim to his feet, whereupon LePage fade a great out- {ery and claimed they had taken three jdollars from him. They will have a chance to tell their stories in the court. BALMERS Willimantie, Conn. ‘hady Assistant) €6 Union St | Phone 20C i Eugene Aldrich, €4, died Saturday morning at the home of .Mrs. Eli beth Upton in West Ashford, the cause of death being cerebral hemor- This Edison music lover possibilities of w dreamed. You do not s ment plan”-¥ QU JOIN ber: privileges. Your first clob privilege ia to have a NEW EDISON Diamond Disc Phonograph and twoe dozen or se Edison Re-Creations immediatoly delivered is your heme. The choice of the Model and the music rezts entirely with you. Your pay regular Club Dues as you would in any other organizi- tion. 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Willimantic, Conn. | the soldiers. | vra Smith of Willimantic, club | | | . several nephews and nieces. Funeral services for Joseph Youngs street. The burial service at St. Mary's church at 2 o'clock, was read by Rev. J. J. Papillon. Relatives and friemds acted as bearers. Burial was in St. Joseph's cemetery. The funeral of Wallace W. Palmer was held Sunday morning from his home at Liberty Hill, Lebanon, at 11 o’clock, with public services in the Congregational church at 12 o’clock. The church was crowded with rela- tives and friends. There were beau- tiful floral tributes. The services werc conducted by Rev. John H. Knott. Mr. and Mrs. Caples sang Liead Me Gently Home and Rock of Ages during the; service. Burial was in the Williman- | tic cemetery. A committal service was held at the grave. The bearers were Gurdon Chappell, William Harvey, Everett Payson, ,Everett Loomis, Chas. Goodrich and Winthrop Davel. The first Sunday baseball game of the season for the newly organized All Siars of Willimantic under the man- agement of Charles W. Hill was played before a big crowd of fans in this city and, to the delight of the latter, proved a fast, snappy game. The game was playéd with the Waterbury Elks and the result was in doubht right up to the last minute. In the I half of the ninth, with the score a tie, the locals went in to win and after two were down and one man on second Noal scored the winning run with a clean hit. The game was played cleanly and satisfied the fans. The score Waterbury Elks 01000200 0—3 All Stars 00101001 1—4 Batteries: All Stars, J. Adams and J. Hamell; Waterbury Elks, Hanley and A. Haron. Brief Mention. Allen B. Lincoln of New Haven was 2 visitor in town Sunday. Miss Dorothy Haran of this city is epend g the present week with her aunt, Mrs. Carrie Montville, of Put- nam. Joseph Barrett of Conantville visited friends in this ci‘y Sunday. This (Monday) evening Rev. Dr. Charles E. Hesselgrave of South Man- chester will deliver an illustrated lec- ture ou The Work of the 26th Division in cc in the Methodist Episcopal church in South Coventry. George Macha, 79, died Saturday night at his home, No. 7 Main street, in this city, after an iliness of ten months with paralysis. He was a na- tive of Canada, coming to this country when a small boy. At the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted in Company K. First Vermont cavalry, with which he served throughout the war. time he resided in Fall River and was s member of Richard Borden post, G. A. R. of that city. Mr. large family. He came to this city about 15 years age. He is survived by six_sons, Arthur of Pawtucket., Albert of East Hartford, Joseph of Fall River, William of Denver, Edward of Man- chester, David of Willimantic, and a daughter, Mrs. Joseph Perkins, of Ni antic, Conn. Marion E. Marcy Storrs, 64, widow of Irad Storrs, died sufldenly Saturday night at the home of George Lyman in Lebanon, the cause of death being en- docardit] She had been at the home of Mr Lyman for the past two weeks as nurse and her death weus entirely unexpected. Her home was in Stafford and witl: her husband, the late Irad Storrs. she had resided in this city for a number of vears. Mr. Storrs was for vears zn engineer in one of the man- ufacturing plants in this city. She leaves no immediate relatives. vice held in the Sunday First ‘Bantist church evening a baptismal service deue. Eleanor Wright Rosebrooks were hantized. The meet- ing was largely attended and was led v Byron Hawkins and the pastor, A. D. Carpenter. In connection with the new laws ap- piying to the liquor traffic, papers for their signatures were passed among those present at the various churches in this city Sunday and were headed as follows: “We as American citizens of Willimantic believe in and expect the strict enforcement of the laws for wartime prohibition and constifutional prohibition of the liquor traffic.” There were many signers. EAST COLCHESTER ki and son Frank were in aturday. A new telephone line is being put through here; the holes are dug ready for the poles to be set and the tele- phones_instailed Mrs. Ira Wheeler of Lishon was cailing on friends here recently. A frost was reported Monday morn- ing on low land, cutting tomatoes and beans. A number from here and gradu: Bacon Academy. attended class exercises at the Middletown—Herbert rell of Main street, South Farms, has taken the job as barber for the patients in the main building at the Connecticut Hospital for the Insane. Before he went to the world war as a nurse he was one of the supervisors at the hospital. J.C. Lincoln Co. WILLIMANTIC, CONN.- FURNITURE Telephone 705-3 659 MAIN STREET UNDERTAKING Telephone 705-2 were held Saturday afternoon at 1.45|: jo'clock from No. 32 Jackson At that | Macha was | twice married and was the father of a| At the close of the community ser- | was heid, during which Dorothy Bur- | and Gertrude | ) Our doctor told me that the safest way to give him milk was to give him Nestlé’s Milk Food which is made out of pure milk modified with just the right amount of sugar and cereal. 2 He explained to me that making the milk into 2 fluffy powder breaks up those hard-to-digest curds, so that when you add water and boil just a minute, you have the nearest thing in the worid to mother’s milk—clean, sion, Nestlé's has stood the te NEITLE'S FooD ComPANY Dact g, 120 witkiame St New York. 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Thenyou can be,with me, the happiest woman in the world ~because your baby is well. ren that §s already modifie: Always pure and <t of th: ions and fas today NESTLES Sunday many visited the location of Fridey night's fire on Railroad ave- nue. Although the blaze was not un- der control until 2:45 a. m. Saturday The Bulletin which arrived in the borough at 5:30 contained a compre- hensive story of the fire. There is | some - speculation as to its cause, some { think an_ intoxicated man crawled in- to the barn to sleep. It is generally | believed the fire. was of incendiary origin, as it was the second Mblaze within a few days in the same place. | The incendiary, -showed | more persistenc:; judgment, as never was a night more completely |against a fire. Everything was soak- ing wet, sparks repeatedly covered the | Loretta Green house yoof, but the wet \shingles only steamed. The Polish saloon keeper was the looser from the booze standpoint, two barrels of fine old whisky were burned, sixty gallons each, 120 gallons, with the war tax of $3.60 per gallon, worth about twelve dollars per gallon, $1440. Where the fire occurred, has for some years been a place, which did Jewett City no credit. During the fire one man who knows was heard to say, “Good Bye, old wild west.” Everybody is commending the fire- men because of their fine work in con- ‘Iflning the fire to so smali an area, in this fire trap section. Thanks to their | efforts the Weschler and - L’Heuereux blocks stand today. The firemen { Were considerably handicapped in their use of the hydrant at the corner of ain and Railroad avenue, be |leak throught the top i power of the stream. A gang of men came with automo- biles and rigging Saturday and hauled the big automobile truck, which was down the bank, just north of the town, up to the state road. It went over the bank one night last week, but nothing cuold be learned concerning the cause of the fccident. There is considerable . complaint about revolver shooting and fire- cracker exploding in different parts of the borough. lowered the This is the great week for Griswold, when it honors the boys. The line of march has been publishéd and every- body ‘has - ample - time to - decorate houses or places of business. All au- tomobiles are to be decorated with-the tops down. The men in the service will lead the parade at 10 a. m. and fall out of the ranks near the Congrega- tional church and review the re- mainder of the line. The answers to all the invitations issued should be in the hands of Dr. G. H. Jennings at once. The horrible parade forms at 5:30 a. m. The Methodist Sunday school held a pienic Saturday afternoon on the lawn at the Congregational church in Pachaug. Between seventy and eighty members attended, transpor- tation being furnished by several members who ran automobiles. There were sports which inciuded races by Chi Delta class won by Fornetta Rob- ertson, a race by the primary class, won by Hattie Fields; Gardner class, won by mond; race by the Men's cl Earl Howe; race by Frank Mills’ class, won by Everett Thornton; three-leg- ged race by Phi Delta ciass, won by Mildred McCluggage and Martha Davis; race by the Patriots’ class, won by George Robertson. A ball game was played by two teams picked from the Sunday school. Swings were provided for the juniors. Refresh- ments were served. Those who at- tended pronounced it to be the most enjoyable picnic ever. The commi tees in charge were, refreshments, Gardiner class; lemonade, H. S. class; transportation, Mep's c sports, Lewis Aldrich, chairman; Mary Howes, Miss Annie Robertson, Fred Robinson and Earl Howe, Miss Doris Myott left Sunday for the Holdeness Summer school of music for. girls, Squam Lake,’ New Hampshire, where she will remain for the summer. Misses Magaret and . Annie Dris- coll have returned from ‘Westerly, R, I, after spendnig the week there dur- ing the 250th anniversary. Mrs. F. S. Leonard reports twenty dollars received at' the sale Friday. The Colonials of Norwich came up to Jewett City to trim St. Mary's team. They carried home a string of goose eggs, nine in number, they could do nothing with Jarvis and La Liberty. Score, 9 to 0. At 5 a. m. Sunday morning the mer- cury stood -at 48. Screens were at a discount and smoke was seen issuing from many chimneys. La Liberty shut out the famous Fort Wright team unday 8 to 0. He struck out 11 men and threw out four at first. ttention of local fans is. being called to the lLa Liberty’ battery. Roy E. Keller, county Y. M. C. A, secretary spoke at the Baptist Sun- day school Sunday morning ofeCamp Terremuggus, the Y. M. C. A. camp for boys to be opened July 5th for three over food Children Ory FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA ause the JEWETT CITY weeks at Marlboro, Conn. This camp is open to hoys of Hariford, New London and Middlesex counties. Arthur M. Brown and Frank E. Rob- inson have received their commissions as judge and deputy judge respective- ly of the Griswold town court for two years. aturday Judge Brown appoint- ed H. H. Burnham as prosecuting at- torney; John Dolan a court officer and G. W. Robinson as jailer, all for one year. Saturday evening the seven o'cl train on the Providence and Willi- mantic divigion killed a valuable cow, belonging to the Benjamin boys, in Lisbon. The cows were being artven the Benjamin farm. COLUMBIA On Independence day the town will extend a hearty welcome to the Co- lumbia boys who helped uphold the country’s honor in the world war. At the last town meeting an appropria- tion was made to defray the expenses incident to the celebration. A commit- tee consisting of the selectmen and others will have charge of the enter- tainment and will present an attrac- tive program. Music will be furnished by the local band, and there will be ball games in the morning and after- noon between the Lebanon and local | clubs. soldiers, who are being. asked\to wear their uniforms, will be made directly after lunch by Rev. T. Newton Owen, pastor of the local Congregational church. Hon. George B. Chandler of Rocky Hill will follow with an address on Americanization, and people of for- eign birth residing in the town are to be urged to be present with their chil- | dren, that hey may get acquainted with the other townspeople and hear such things as they should know as Amerjcan citizens. Other features are in charge by the entertainment com- mittee. Wilbur T. Judson, whose foot was badly injured recently when a horse stepped on it, is obliged to go daily to Willimantic for treatment, and may be obliged to remain there temporarily, as it was necessary to reméve one of the bones. During the heavy showers Friday, Prof. Green and family, who occupy one of ‘the cottages at the lake during the summer, arrived in their car, which Mr. Green had driven from New York through the rain. BALLOUVILLE On account of the rainy weather the cottage meeting appointed at the home of John McGregor was postponed from last week and will be held there Thurs- day evening, July 3d, at 7.30. Miss Beatrice Simmons is at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Simmons. She recently was gradu- ated from the school for nurses at Massachusetts general hospital, Bos- ton. One of the recent arrivals home from Germany is German Legure, who was the army of occupation. Mr. and Mrs. George L. Cook are entertaining their son, G. L. Cook, Jr., from Portland, Me. P. J. Morse, Jr, i has sold to Elmer Keene the garage he built not long ago. Roy and William McGregor are werking in Thompson, on the Gladding and Reams places, respectively. Joseph E. Pr of this village and Timothy Corcoran of Attawaugan were an Bela Kun 18%7% COPYRIGNT PRESS ILLUSTAATING SERVICE. N, Y. Minister of Feoreign Affairs in the new Soviet Government of Hun. . sary. He has accepted an invita- tion to go to Paris and confer with the powers at the conferefice. home from pacture over a crossing on| The address of welcome to thed on the stove she uses. “The Belle of the Camp” Much of the cook’s popularity depends The New Fer- fection Oil Cook Stove makes possible ; not only the most delicious meals but You, too, will be ! the clean intense like gas. Heater this summer. star batters in the game the Ballou i Mills A. C. played with he John M. Dean Pin Co. at Putnam. Every play- er among the nine, however, secured one or more hits, and the game was a real swatting bee. Corcoran made a home run, a three base hit with three on and a single. Pray hit for three bases with three on. As the score shows, the game was practically won by this village team in the first two in- nings: Score: M ATC 650 2301 1 @8 DeanPinCo. ¢ 0 2 0.3 3 1 3 2 Thus the local nine won, 16 to 11. There is to be a ball game on the home field on the forenoon of July 4. Thrift stamps and war savings louville postoffice. During July and August the stores at Attawaugan, are to close Thursdays at 1 p. m. Truman Woodward preached at Dan- ielson M. E. church Sunday, the 224, and again Sunday forenoon, the 29th. At the recent commencement of Wes- leyan university, Middletown, he made a flying trip to his alma mater to greet his old schoolmates and professors. His father, Rev. W. D. Woodward, vis- ited his alma mater, Boston university, early last week. A storm of indignation often ends with a reign of terror. stamps are still being sold at the Bal- | of the Attawaugan Co., both here and! a pleasant kitchen in which to work. enthusiastic when you sce how it saves you the drudgery of kindling and ashes—and time in waiting and watching for the fire to draw. The Long Blue Chimney gives flame. Regulated No smoke, no odor. The New Perfection Water Heater gives you hot water any time you want it. Decidetohavea NewPerfection Stoveand Water See your dealer today. STANDARD OIL COMPANY QF NEW YORK NEW PERFECTION OIL COOK\STOVES Also Puritan Cook Stoves — the best Shor¢ Chimney stove. GOSHEN William Curry, 2nd, and family of Springfield, Mass, were guests of friends here Sunday. E. H. McCall and son, Royce F. Me- Call, were business caller in Worces- ter, Mass., Monday. One Goshen man who planted Mis potatoes the last of March had frozen in, has new ones now, as large as hen’s eggs. He also enjoyed his first mess of peas Sunday the 22d. A far- mer while in the cornfield Tuesday thought he would see why his dog was barking at the foot of an elm. Peer- ing up into the branches some 20 feet from the gréund he saw a strange animal looking down with glittering eves. 'He threw a stone’ at it, hitiing it on the head and down it came to the ground, dead. It proved to be a large weasel. Miss Edith Knott of Liberty Hill re- cently spent several days with friends here. A number of farmers have begun haying. T A. E. Lyman of Columbia was with friends here Wednesday. The first flock of young ruffled part- vidges was noted June 25th. An average man is generous to & fault—if it doesn’t belong to other men. MY ENTIRE STOCK AND FIXTURES Must Be Sold Before July 1st . GREENBERGER & (0. 47-53 FRANKLIN STREET - NORWICH, CONN.