Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 19, 1919, Page 2

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and partly in of Lebanon; Leander Austin D. Palmer of Willimantic Barah F. Tefft A . _buiRiings on Nofth street. S ieaiag 18—Caroline Young R. O'Brien. N. Y. to Lula E. Lason, n avenue. ‘Urquhart-Swift Land Co. of iehce to Mary A. Bernier of this eity, land on Giffora avenue. ‘The foeal postoffice will not receive for government food, in of the following order re-| Postmaster John O'Rourke Postoffice Department. ‘Washington, Auz. 16, 1919, - Just been received from, ! the war department that all surplus | army foodstuffs in the New York zone, | epmprising the states of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, have. Been or will be turned over to the gov- of those states for dlstribution municipalities. You will there- mtinue all efforts to dispost of the foodstuffs by parcel post, refund i money you may have received comsumers with orders, and noti- new: that may have bee information regarding the pro. sale and distribution by parcel JAMES I. BLAKESLEE, Fourth Assistant. George F. Taylor, chairman of the food committee appointed Dby ¥ the mmyor on the vote of the common i eoumeil, stated Monday that he would ’m&e the. matter and if there | sas any chance of Willimantic' ting some of the food he would call the committes together and take action on 1 matter. The committee met last } afternoon Jocal citizens make their pur- through the postoffice. There number of people at the post- Monday morning inquiring about government offer, but no orders beéen taken up to the time when the notice was received early in the | forendon. Postmaster O'Rourke stated fhat the people seemed to be very anx- H 5 get the food. The executive committes of Colum- bia chapter of the American Red Croes a recent voted to award insignia to all members who the necessary number ing hours. A committee was to proceed with the work. rooms will in closed the remainder of the month, are a numbér of garments and recommended HA i 0 0aY 32 255 which may be teldn uttyr making t. m a, pie using e e a S R after a stay here of two years. tempting ofters: has heen taken ifl‘ o e a < cmo }an Martin. &h;:url of the I i the sum- mer is confined *::n_-nmly to th F . The real physical de< partment work does not begin until .September. There is no ome here in the city who would be able fo take charge of the gymnastum classes. Word was received at rail station Monday that afl“fln 'd#?toq" through here would be imied 104 (Tuesday). Other trains which taken off when the service was eurtall- ed. with the exception of the Air Lire, will run_teday. Tt will take company is_recelving chipments for New York., New Haven and Hartford only. The carnival advertised to e here.this week arrived mym noon. It was feared at first that they would not be able to get here on ac- count of the railread tie-up. The un- loading attracted quite a crowd to the railroad yards during Monday after- noon. In the unloading the pole on one of the wagons was broken. The car- nival freight took several cars. plaved in Westfield, Mass. last week. A gen: st who Is writing a his tory Of the Wood family. "'fl mitni cated with Ju o B. Robinson. the probate ing the earl Woods in this vicinfty. According. to his stitement they were here as as 1700, but the focal probate only go back to 1719. This was the first probate court to be éstabMshed in_the| county and originally included = lingly, Canterbury and Moosup. Joseph Bonk. who was arrested in Woonsocket Sagurday, after being anted hers for two years for non- support, was in the police court Mon- day morning. This was the third t He has beén before the court om this (harge. and Justice of the Peace Cur- tis 3 was on the bench, pat bim, under $500 bonds to pay $15 a weelk toward the support of his family or go to jail for six months. Natchaug ledge, No. 22, K. of P, onferred tha second ramk on & ZoG ized clase of candidates Monday even- ing. The regular meeting was held in connection with the ceremony. There was a good attendance. Willimantic had another pefe ca zng E]ectlal!c "vlre‘ Tall Sunday night, 'wo weeks, almost to the hour, or the first accident. The pole wad own- £d by the Rockvifle- Wijimantic Light. ing company and was situsted in fromt of the residence of George Gurley on Lewiston avenue. Only one wire was broken when the pole foll. Tt landed i the front yard of the house occupied by John Hoffman. The Hoffman fam- 1ly narrowly éscaped injury when the pole fell, as they were in their aute- mobile at the time. z The funeral of George Sanborn was held Monday morning at 8.30 from-the home of Michael Danahey, 293 Jackson street. Rev. John E. Clark was the celebrant at a requiem high mass at St. Joseph’s church at 9 o'clock. The bearers wese James Healey, John J. Sullivan, John §. - Sullivan. John Healey, John Curran and Jeremiah Haggarty. There was a large attend- ance and there were heautiful floral tributes. Burial was in St. Joseph's cemetery. rvices for Frederick J. fed in Andover Saturday. were held Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the North church in Granby. { Burial was in the Granby cemetery. Dr. F. C. Jackson DENTIST Removdd to 715 Main St, Willimantic Hégrs —9 a m. to 3 p. m. Phone 44 JAY M. SHEPARD » Succeeding Filmore & Shepard Euneral Director & Embalmer $0-82 NORTH ST, WILLIMANTIC .Lady Assistant Tel. connection “Killourey B:os. | FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND * EMBALMERS 86 Union St. 3 Gonn.l Phone 290 (Lady “Assistant) Funeral Director Jay M. Shepard pre- pared the body for burial. Patrick J. Griffin of South Windham was suffocated in a rooming house at Quincy, Mass., Sunday. Other occu- pants 6f the House found smoke com- ing from the room and called thé fire department. The firemen fourd “the bed clothes ablaze and Griffin stretc 2d out on the floor, part of his left arm gfl Maxwell Agency Maxweli and Chaimers Cars and Mak- well Trucks. Used Cars. H. E. ANDERSON 21 Mapte St Danielson, Conn. DANJELSON CASING, STARKWEATHER BLDG. BOWLING amd POCKET BILLIARDS 2 ""‘: T e [;m e SErage e 4 ALLEYS 3 TABLES 5o JEDNESDAYS LADIES' DAY, awiing sport for all Prize Fen away avery Suturdiy. EIVen AWIB0 ARE INVITED. FRANK BARBER, Prep. LOUIS E. KENNEDY Undertaker and Soecial Attartien to Every Detailh fnuch of interest in our assortment. . There’s need for doing up the fruit and vegesables—Kettles, Strainers, Ladles, Fruit everything Jars in pint, quart and 12 gallon sizes, Wax, Jar Rubbers, Etc., in a complete as- sortment and we strongly advise all housekeepers to take of our full line rather than wait until you need articles. (Basement) , T WILLIMANTIC CAMP @ROUND -~ SERVIC ning Sunday . of .,.:‘. e %_-nl;‘-'% thi sem i acle was - about half ary service at T s e au oF the M A 't Pl occupied the chair. Aremp of the morning Rev. W. H. Bath, the " di t supe: n'..nfl:hlt. of Qed‘- praver. A which was adaptation of the Fhirieth o er u; well ren Fjrst.Corint by Mrs. Wil arter, of Ruther- ford, N. J. a - of one Of the veterans of the New England South- ern conference. Rev. Henrvy D. Rob: inson, once the presiding elder of Norwich _district. The organist was Mrs. C. 8. Jackson, of Attleboro, an- other nter of Robinson. Mers. tice intr Miss, Jes- sie ?‘: le, superintendent of the Dwight s . orial School of New Haven. She. ha her travels in the west, ;;d 4 r of love to_ _eonquor . hearts and minds of Sabbath breakers platform sat several mem- " oetuding Mes. n‘l’.)(‘::k_s- Sl o g 03 ghlan, ‘and Miss 3 5 of New London, daughter M‘a‘n- tice, also on th /m, s secretary Héme Mission- <of. nference. _Qthers | were -Miss Elora M. Smith, of Willi- mant ict - treasurer, 'and Miss v'.l‘-':lnk'm‘ WM of 8 An r n at the close was tal the people respor generously. The Womain's Fbreign Missionary Society’s Camp Ground auxiliary held its meeting in the tabernacle at 2 o clogk, with a attemdance. Rev. F. C. Baker prayer. A beau- Hiful thio was renfitred by Mre. Sertar, soprano; Mrs. Jackson, alto. @ ¥ 3 Whesler, temior, of Norwich. Mrs. Costello Li) t, district president, ‘introduced Miss Clemeantina Butler. of Providencé, whose father, Dr. Will- iam_Butler, was founder .of the mis- sions of the Methodist Fpiscopal church in India, arriving there 1857, abeut the time of the famous Sepoy rebellion. Returning to Amer- ica after many years of service he went to Mexico and founded M. E. amissions there. Miss Butler's brother, the late: Rev. J.'W. Butler, D. D, was for his en- tire superintendent of those ‘Mexiéan missions. - Miss Butler has travelled over: a #60d pértion of the globe, and gave interesting experiences in India homes, Where child are regarded as accused.. Yet all of the million and a half of India’s young men who fought under the British flag in the world war left little girl wives in Indfa, and ai these brave sons of the Orient were killed, many child widows were left. There were thousands of Mo- hammedans who Set the wonderful precedent of fighting under the Eng- lish flag against men of their own faith. Then too. some 220,000 China- men aided in the great war, build- ing roads. and doing various @uties that brought them to the front where many were kifled. Yet in China girl babies are considered unlucky. Miss Butler - gave “intéresting ineidents of the Tescue of some of these girls and the healing of some even from blind- ness, by some of, the medical mi: sionaries. The way thus opens to tell of Jesus Christ, the Great Physi- cian. At 4 o’clock the children gathered at the tabernacle where an earnest meeting was held under the leader- ship of Mrs' Jane E. Read, of Wor- cester. Praver was red . by Miss Ruth Manehester. of Winsted, soon to oo s mommanry to the Seabelie burn- college in Luceknow, India. The twenty-third Psalm was repeat- ed. The children then listened at- tentatively o Miss Butler, who snoke intevesti of customs in the Ori- ent. HustMting her talk with charts. Miss Arbuckle foillowed telling the children of the children who come to America from many foreign lands, and the neéd of making them Christian Americans. i The closing address was by Mrs. Bitgood, -of New London, secretary of the Young People’s work in the N. W. Southern Conference, ‘who spoke es- pecially ‘of the Portuguese mn (Continued on Page Seven, Col. Six) L. porreones ‘thornink to_provide & orders and taining to tHe sale e R RIS ikt oracrs. for 5. will have their money ed. ¢ The funeral of Ciristogher Kent was Siroe: “Manduy Moraing With servioes stre t ic TS Janes cnaren, where Rev. Jonm Roux, M. 8., was eelebrant of the high mags of requiem. Burial was in St James' cemetéry. The 2‘}";'& wete. Augustin Higgins, Patrick F. Murray, James Gartiand and Vincent Gartland. . Kennedy ‘was thé funeral direc- tor. Funeral services for Ernest Hamil- ton Fr an n.:p'e held Monday aft- “at the home of C. C. Biifott. a rolative, on Cottage: street, Rev. Al- t_Jepson of St, Albafis’ church of- ting. The music at the service was sung by Miss Emma A. Burbank. Burial will be at Truro, Mass., Mr. Freeman's birthplace, the body being forwarded Monday eveming. The bear- ers here were Andrew Crumlev. How- ard Burdiek, B. Kennedy and Frank Stinson, representing - Quiné- baug lodge of Odd Fellows. A. F. Wood was in charge of the funeral arrangements: Begun Monday D larger basement, space for the Keystone sfore and this will be achieved by the taking over of much of the space under the Dan- ielson Trust Company’s quarters in the building owned by that institution. An , will be cut;through oneé ot the basement walls to give access to the new space that the Keystone store will occupy. The Keystone store will vacate a room that it has for surplus stock on the second floor of the bullding and_ this room has been leased to the Bohemian club, _which now controls the entire upper floor of the building. c Gharter No. 21 of the American Le- wion has been lssued to the post that will be formed in Danielson. Lieuten ot 2 b Wactn giated. Lieutenant afren and his asseciates on the or mm g e e T S e to s a meeting to Which all service men will be invited. There are néarly 400 Killingly = men eligible to membership in the post that is being formed here. There also is widespread interest in the hew organ- ization, which gives promise of becom- ing ohe of the most important in the towh; and the greatest of the patriotic| sécieties in the course of a few years. Rev. Chacles A. Downs. formerly a selectman of the town of Killingly, has written that he is now loeated at Southbold, N. Y., and that business is surprisingly good in that sec e are shipping out about 3,000 bushels of potatoes a day,” he says, “and we siipped one car to Chicago and one to Buffalo. There is a big crop of late potataes. but the price is holding here| at $2 per bushel”™ Rev. M. J. Giriet, M. S., pastor of St. James' parish, annoynced that this year the annual parish census will be taken earlier than usual and that the work will begin at once.’ The work will be completed sufficiently early to insure printing the parish statistics in the souvenir book that will be issued in connecton With the golden annivers- ary of the parish, in October The Goodyear Cotton Mills baseball team lost, to the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company team at Akron, Ohio, in-the Sunday game, 3 to 1, it was an- nounced at the office of the company in this town Moaday ‘afternoon, when the local team were again battling on the diamond against their Ohio broth- ers. The game sche@uled for Satur- day was postponed on account of rain. The score indicates that the Killingly boys gave the Akron team a real go in the Sunday game. The team is ex- pected to return here Wednesday. Agent Robert W. Boys and Clare X. ‘Turner, an official of the Goodyear Cotton mills, are In Akron with the team, - which will have a chance to vi it the entire plant of the parent com vany. ,Excavators who are working south of Dyer street, where a coal trestle is being built for the Quinebaug com- pahy continue to unearth parts of skeletons of Indans. whosare buried in the Indian burial ground that is in the field of operations. Several skel- etons have been brought up within thé past few days and ‘the skull of ene of these has .been preserved and is in the office of the construction company on the job. . None of the skeletons are complete, but enough remained of| some to determine that the bones were those-of children of youths, while oth- ors. were the bones of adults. All of o@ close by where they have laid for eed close by where they have laid for s0_many years. Only a few of the relics of the In- dians have been brought to light, these 3 ay, following t fiom the at the plan ai een abandoned MM_army stores made avalivice fur the people of Coane :(ifii Wolnd b Turned_over to the gefernor of the stage for distribution througu the m:}n:lwltlu = [ayor A. . Marey caid. durl Monday forenson that ite h:d 'm'enhg conferefice last week with. Postmaster ‘Alexander Gilman . D. Lown. agent here for the [annasset com- pany. the emploves of whioh concern MiIc going to take quan‘iti:s of £00@s offerec. by thé gove:a nent. mayor le: at that time that muck of the ori lly allotted for Connecticut would not be available, and that condition is believed to be unaitered at the present S This Mieafis, in efféct, thit (He pro- posal to distrinute armv 1oc? steres to the peopl: of Putnam und vicipiy is practically a‘ a stdndstili for, the PPty M-NMP‘- of Spri . . and Manager HyGe Smitn. of the Bradley theatre in tais city will be married today at the home of ihe jarents in Sprinsfield. Afier 1 dding potomoniss shey wil leave for a motor tour thrcugh morth ern Néw England, visiting White Mountain regign. Mr. Smuta and his bride both formerly of Wor- cester, will live in Putnam, where the| Lettery , home. on 'Grand View has been fitted up fof . their - occupancy. The bride has been arn unusually su cessful teacher schools in Werces- ter and Springfield. _Mr. Smih is a former studen: ar Brown university and is a graduats cf the chausets Acrfeultural school at Amherst. The writer of the Whirling Hub column in a Boston daily had the ‘ol- lowing item of local interest: Few men 1 the textile manufac- turing business to enter the world of banking, and W. Irving Bullard, man- ager of the industrial service depart- ment of the Merchants’ National Bank is one of the few. He still maintains his connection with the Wauregan cotton mills of Danielson, Ct.. as sec- retary, and is also treasurer of the National Association, of Cotton Manu- tacturers, but his life-work, in its real sense, is banking. He has recently| returned from a trip to England and Paris as secretary to the Eurcpéan commission of the world eotton con- ference. So you see, “Irving” is what might ~be termed a there-and- everywhere” man. with banking upper- most in his thoughts. He has no hob- by, save work, umless you can call the work he_is now doing in behalf of the Day Kimbail Hospital' at Put- nam, Ct. a hobby. He's = spending every spare moment he has raising a fund of $50,000 to erect an addition to the present building. The state has promised him $25,000 if he secures the remainder through private subscrin- don. Already he has $15,000 of t latter tucked away in his inside po ket, with balance well-nigh assared. Business and charity are a good com- bination to find in any mun.: Judge M. H. Geissler held a spssion of the city court Monday morning to hear a couple of cases that developed as the result of indulgence inm Ola Demon rum, who seems to walk the carth after; being officially declared dead. 2 Mrs. Ellen Perry, who is no stranger in the city court, was charged Wwith, having been intoxicated and wifh breach of the peace. Her husband, John, had been to Pascoag. over thd border in unresenerate Rhode Island, and had procured some firewater: This started trouble when its effects began to work in the Perry home. and_the policy eventually got a call to come and see Mrs. Perry, who was threaten. ing to use an axe on a horse. Judge Geissler sentenced thé woman to serve 60 days, but su: ed execution of the Sentence. The othér vietim of J. Barleycorn was an overseas mian of gooq reputation, but who happened to slip on a_week end party. H®, t00, escaped going over to Brookiyn, where T including & few arrow heads and spearhead. In.s oL, L vEVET, been searched over scores of times for such relics in the past fifty yéars, so much of what might originally have been found the has been carried away as souverirs, 2 * The work of bujlding the trestle fs progressing steadily and will be com- pleted in the near future. The cem- pany that is doing the work will also consttuct for the Quinebaug company a small concrete bridge at the north- erly end of the stome arch idge dver the Assawar o or Tranklin street, near the grist mill. This bridge wii ).y Afca strues ture forming a roadway over the diteh that runs dowm parailel with South Main streét and past the Danielson Cotton company plant and ynder Franklin streot to empty into the Quinebaug_ river. The. Moosup-Danielson Iu\gur bus prvvl:; to b6 a boon 1o many pereons o be a boon to mi who have been vexed by the difficult- ies in the way of traveling between Danielson and villages in the town of Plainfield. In the meantime there has been no charge as regards. the roiley strike and its effect on this territory. A _number of the. striking trolieymen |, who operated cars on the local divi- on have found at least temmporary mployment im other occupations, o hom beink smployed ot Gosdyear, where constructien wark is Soing on. p Others of the men on strike are working. { At the Mathodist ehurch in Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock Helen Fair of Moosup and F. Dawson, paying tefler at the Dan- ielson Trust company. Were unitéd in marriage by Rev. Willlam C. Darby, the pastor. The bridal couple wers attended ¢+ by . Mr. and Mrs. Richard Daggett. Mr. Dawson has been teller at the Danielson Trust compan: the bank started to do ‘u all of th his home November, 1814, but durin; time has contmued to mal in the town of Plainfield, back and forth each day. Heavy quantities of pplies con- tinue to be brought over by big motor trucks for man con- cerns in the town of Killingly. Dr. Frank White will speak at the morning service at. the Baptist church next Sunday. Nelther of the passenger tralns re- moved from the Jocal road because of the shopmien’s 't Of sewvice arve restored ard no u's\ formation is_avail- able heré as to when they will be put bagl.on tnelr runs. . Builard of Hoston was a visitor in Monday, August 18 “This is a “big"” week the country over—a week especially set apart by Certain-teed dealérs to assist you in properly starting your new home and in setting your presént housé in order for the fall and wintet. % _ Every home and building needs ¢ Certain-teed extra quality roofing or paint; possibly the interior wood- .ean you will And whenever you have painting er roofing work done, make sure to spec Certain-teed. You will then be assured of the best and most lasting resul “Offices and Warehouses in Prineipal Cities Cerlain INTS—~ VA § SH Your Certain-teed dealer will ads This is Certain-teed Week ‘to 23 work needs touching up 4 bit, or the floors fieed a coat of wax or varnish, You will find it to your advantag to visi¢ your Certain-teed dealer thi week and learn from him how yor earry out your plans at the le expense and with the best resule in making the selection whict best fit your nced. on boys are thete. the county jail is getting to be a lone- some {nstitution. Abelics, who developed serious ‘mental disturbance whiie at work with a group of rail- road men at Jewett City the latter part of last week, wac being held at the police- station here Monday, while offictais were endeavoing to arrange for his admission, for a period of ab- out ten days, af the state hospital at Norwich. = Abellos’ condition was reported Monday by Captain Buiger us much ‘improved and it is believed that he wiil wholly -recover, given proper treatment. J. 0. Wood, of Columbus, O., who, has Deen in charge of the camp for boys at the lake at Woodstock, during ine summer, cald Monday morning that he would be pleased to establish a permanent camp at the lake if he were sure that bathing would not be porhibited. The camp has been very successful this vear. At present about fret street earty contractor in Mayor Marcy. The work there has been underway cost the state many. dollars. vicinity were at of . Worcestér _Southwest Providence County iocal Pomona. Hon. F. of the speakers. Maicolm M. Willey, his senior year at Clark cester today (Tuesday) to the opening -of the college AMELS are as delightful to your = taste as they are new. And, so . satisfying that they meet évery cigarette desire you ever have Had. Camels are unusual; in fact theéy're un- like any cigarette you ‘ever stmoked. ‘That's because they’ré an szpert blend tobacco, producing a quality that meets your taste as no other ci; e everdid. Camels’ blend gives that mellow- mild-body frees the cigarettes from any unpleasant cigaretty aftertaste or any unpleasant cigaretty odor. Yeu can smoke Camels as liberally as you like without tiring your taste. 4 You have only to get- persomally . acquainted with the expert Camel biend 10 know that you prefer it to éither kind - of‘fibwco smoked straight! - For your own satisfaction compare Carnels with any cigarétte in the world at any price! R DRE¥NOLDS TOBACCO CO., WisstonsSelem, N. €. Only two weeks more will be requir- ed to commplete the work of rabuilding the big wall that colidpsed on in the summer, chargé has and when it is completed it will have thousands of Members of Quinébaug Pomona grange from all of the towns in this Chepachet to attend the annual field day meeting Poftop 4nd W, of New York and Woodstock whs one who will enter year, will b¢ at the institution at Wor- ne h contir du; of, which will so gchool yen Miss Albin; Leon, employed a liams store, were |ae St. Mary's }ing Motor-bus | ganized that iresular se | West Thomp. |ber of zood b ¢ and only mederate fare charged. There wa o rest of any of the off abbut trains, it in the v of them Ifeved. Attormey Arthur 8. returned from a Nova Scot Pom- the informed being done gince June he Monday Pomona, the Hinrichs college _this arrange for book store, Stbens T i’ homme. o7 cifos you travel. 18 cents a package

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