Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 26, 1919, Page 2

Norwich Bulletin, \mmmuiiu- fice, 23 Church St. Telephene 108. meets at ‘Willimantic’s public service men 63- almost en maa;e at the - i meeting Monday evening and lmodt‘!d in getting the ecouncil i to repeal the previously _ordi- nance regulating the jitndy fares in the city. Joseph Peck .actéd - as spokesman ot the public service men and delivered a long dissertation on the high cost of living as affecting the antomobfle business. Mr. Peck be- came very vehement in his éfforts to drive home some of his points. Mayor C. A. Gates called the meet« ing to order at 5.30. All the spectators® seats were filled and there were about half a dozen standing in the deorway, unable to get into the room. John Collins was called and said that he had been sent by City Engineer Mitch- ell to explain the matter of the Ives street sidewalk. He said that a cut of from two to two and a half feet was necessary over a distance of 200 feet. Applications for sidewalks were in but it was impossible to build them on the street as it was with its grade from 16 to 17 per cent. The matter was re- fe to the street committee with power. It is estimated that the job will cost from five to seven hundred dollars. Mr. Peck then took the floor in be half of the public service men. He said in part: Your Honor and Gentle- men: °I am surprised that a group of Intelligent and honorable men such as you, elected to do, justice to one and all. should deliberhtely try to put a bunch of men out of business. The jitnps in Willimantic startéed as you knolv about four years ago. At that time we could carry passengers for 25 cents. But times have changed. The price’ of tires, zas, oil, and the cars has gone up. Our charges are not ex o-bitant now. We are running a taxi, not a jitney service. That is. we take » fare and deliver him at his own door. Lift off Corns! " Doesn’t hurt a bit and Freezone costs only a few cents. ! peared | mon C) With your fingers! You can lift off any hard corn, soft corn, or corn be- tween the toes, and the hard skin cal- luses from bottom of feet. A tiny bottle of “Freezone” costs it tle at any drug store; apply a few drope upon the corn or oallus. In- mtantly it atops hurting, then shortly you lift that bothersome corn or callus right off, root and all, without one bit of pain or soren Truly! No humbug! " Dr. F.C. Jncksen DENTIST Removed to 715 Main St, Willimantie Hours —0 a. m. to 3 p. m. Phone 44 JAY M. SHEPARD Succeeding Filmore & Shepard Fungral Director & Embalmer 60-62 NORTH ST, WILLIMANTIC Lady Assistant = Tel. connection " Killourey Bros. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS 86 Union St. Willimuntie, Conn. Phone 290 (Lady Assistant) | ! | mets MURRAY’S BOSTON STORE Willimantic, Conn. Stylish Dresses For School Days ‘men will tell you country roads to the streets of Willi- mantic_anyway, for the sake of their cars. I am sure that these business men in the council who framed these rates would, if they believed at the bottem of their hearts that there was money in it, go into the jitney busi- ness themselves. - We are in this business day in and day ont, and at the end of a year all we have is a bare living and a wrecked car. We used to be able to get a skilled mechanic t6e work on our cars for 40 cents an hour. Now we pay a Wollar an hour, and they don’t do any work. A few days ago 1 overheard this statement concerning the fixing of the jitney rates: “Those d—da fools didn’t come to the meeting and we fixed 1t just as we d—d pleased!” And vet, gentlemen. we are married men. trying to earn a living and raising our children to be the future rulers - of Willimantic. Any man who uses im- partial juds ¥:nt can see the Injustice of the rate: Harry Blanchard, a local boy. who 1S ' driving between here and Hartford said that he had to do so because he couud not make any mon- ey_in local work. When the mayor asked for sugges- tions Mr. Peck took the floor again and suggested that the tariff here be made that of New London or some of the other cities of the state. Nor- wich, he regretted to say did not have a fixed schedule. We won't get rich but we can make a living If we are allowed to charge fifty cents for mov ing our car and twenty-five cents for each passenger over the first one. We make no charge for small children and no charge for extra suitcases. We usa common sense and judgment. All we ask is justice. There is no state law to compel a driver to take a fare. If he doesn't choose to help he can let a man or a woman die on the street. Or he can take them to assistance for charity—or a a quarter which is not much different. 'his Is a strictly bus- Iness proposition. T haven't mentioned the immense ex- pense of hecoming a driver now. Be- sides the jitney driver is liable to ser- vice at all hours. He gets home and to bed and some one calls up and wants him and he has to. get up. The new rates for such service are not In conformity with either common sense or business. Another of the drivers present stat- i as the law went Into effect. that he had had a sign printed stat- ing that his ear would not be for eity hire after July 1. He stated that he has taken conslderable pains to dis- play that sign through this state and part of Massachusetts and has not lost any opportunities of explaining what a nice generous body of men they had making laws in Willimantic. He sald that after September 1 he was going to take off his public service license plates and onjoy himself over the public discomfiture. ‘Whes asked why jitney men had not shown up at the hearing Mr. Peck said that he thought that the published notice stated that the meeting was to discuss the matter of parking. Lat- er the notice was brought in and stat- ed clearly that the fares were to be discussed. In discussing this matter Mr. Peck spoke disparagingly of the atreet committee but withdrew his re- marks at the request of Alderman It’s Easy to Peel Off Your Tan or Freckles That & what you should do to shed a_spoiled complexion: Spread evenly over the face, covering every inch of ~Kkin, a thin layer of ordinary mercol- ized ‘'wax. Let this stay on over night: wash it offt next morning. Repeat daily until your complexion is as clear, sof! and beautiful as a young girl's. rcsult is Inevitable, no matter sciled or Alscolored the complexion. The wax literally peeis oft the filmy rurface skin, Dbeneath. The process harmless, o little of the old skin cdm- Ing off af a time. fercolized wax ix obtainable at any druz store: one ounce usually suffices. I's_ a veritable wonder-worker ‘for rough, tanned, reddered, blotchy, pimpled or freckled skin. Laramie who said that the thing had been.done by the ordinance com- mittee. S. A. Peckham when called upon said that he was nresent in the cs- pacity of an on-lcoker.. However, he said that the Urited States of America and the state of Connetcicut had dis- criminated against the jitneymen and that he didn't see why the city of Willimantic should not have a chance. He came in for -considerable applause from the jitney men. Alderman Bowen introduced a me tion repealing the former act and giv- ing the ordnance committee power to call a hearing on the matter. Theé meeting adjourned at 9.45. Government food for Willimantic was turned down at a city meeting heid in the town hall Monday evening with about 75 present. ~The mayor|pany, Sixth marines, Second division, called the meeting to order at 8.03 o'-|and from his citation seems to have ciock. City Clerk Albert C. Seripture|léen a genéral handy man around the Heaters read the call poration Council King introduced for the meeting. Cor- a|from July 9 to July 14. outfit. Connell was in Belleau woods From July 18 resolution authorizing the use of the|to July 20-he was in the Seissons drive. city credit to the extent of $10,000 to! He served on various other fronts up get the food. had heen chairman of the committee told just what the offer was. George F. Taylor, who| till Noy. 1. when he with his company original | went into the Meuse-Argonne drive. He was wounded in this drive Nov. 2. The motion was lost by a large ma-| His citation reads as follows: Jority. 2 The boys’ department of the local X C. A. will have a hike on ‘Wednesda. H. G. Barker and will all day affair. three ‘miles along the Willimantic riv er where there beach. Lightning struck the barn and house on the old Upham farm at South Windham, now owned by John Rose, make during the storm Sunday evening. The| house was practically undamaged, but| Mrs. Clark James., who was standing in the Kitchen when the bolt entered, was badly burned about the legs. The iolt tore one of her shoes from her ct and also tore a rug on the floor. The bolt struck the barn at about the same time. The barn had been used as an icehouse and the boit set fire to teh sawdust. The flames smouldered for an hour or more and then broke after the storm had passed. There was an automobile, some hay farm impiements in the barn at the time and all were destroyved. The South Windham fire department was called out. but the fire had made such headway that they could do nothing to suve the building. ment was notified by telephone and “stood by" waliting a definite call. It did not come and the men finally went to bed. The loss was put at $1.200. There wili be 21 new teachers in the rious schools about the town when Seven of these It is esti- v they open on Sept. 3. will be at the high school. mated that there are about 3,000 chil-| town, of} The | dren of school age in the whom 2,600 are actual attendant: new teachers are: High school— Charles W. Pearson of high school of commerce, Springfield, principal of commercial department; Miss Lillian Sherwood of Adelphi college, science: Miss Mary E. Redman of Waterville (Me.) High school, history: Miss Mu- riel Kennedy of Warren (Mass.) High school, Latin: Miss Anna R. Winter, Webster, Mass. Miss Dorothy H. Berry, lish: Miss Florence Plainfield, mathematics. Miss Olive Johnson. grade FEdith Collins, grade 1. and Misses Vivian Waleott and Marie Heroy, kin. dergarten. Normal school—Miss Eloise Green of Middlesex, N. Y., his tory and science: Miss Frances Kern: Kalamazoo, primai ory: George R. Tilford, Salem Boston, Eng- R, Rhodes, Natchaug— school, commercial department. Windham _street—John B. Dougal, Brooklyn, principal; Miss Flor-; ence H. Si : Vineland, N. J.. spe- cial classes: Miss Blanche J. Henry of Fairmont school, W. Va. grade 7. Oaks school—. Lucy Stone Newington. Windham school—Miss Madeline Holmes' of Willimantic Nor- scaped from Sunday storm with very little damage. Although there was a brilliant display of lightning, it struck no nearer than South Windham. The storm put about a hundred telephones out of commis- sion and gave the repair men extra work Monday. A large tree was felled by the storm near Andover and car- ried two telephone wires to the ground with it. The Willimantic telephone exchange escaped much easier than either Norwich or New London. There was a very heavy rainfall here early Monday morning. Corporal Thomas F. Connell, now at his home at 263 Main street, was one of the two local boys to serve with the| marines during the war and when he came back to the Thread City last week he toted along with him a Croix ae Guerre and a citation from Marshal Petain. Connell was in the 82d com- lives i I H ‘They will be incharge of it an They will go out about is a good swimming and | The local dc‘plrt.i French and history: | Miss | of | $2d_Company, 6th Regiment, Marine Cotps, A. E. F. Gérmany. May 2d, 1919. Privaté Connell (305679), Thomas F., $2d company, 6th regiment, U. S. ma- rines. Awarded the Croix de Guerre for the following act of gallantry: For creat bravery and heroism in action, Oct. 3-8, 1918, on the Champagne front: he acted as company runner and many times exposed . himself to the enemy fire while delivering impor- tant messages. He volunteered to bring up water and food during heavy | bombardments and machine gun fire. He assisted the company cominander many times, by carrring out special details - which required courage and bravery. There were only two cases in the police court Monday morning and they both went over. Paul Pippin, charged with reckless driving and operating & | car without a license, had his caee postponed until Saturday under $200 bonds. Elziard Girard, charged with overloading his car. aléo had his case 20 over until next Saturday. JEWETT CITY Miss Eva Raill and Miss Ruby Boule left Saturday for Springfield where they will spend a week with friends and relatives. Postmaster Daniel F. Finn left on Sunday morning for a two weeks' au- tomobile trip to .Albany, Rechester, Schenectady, Syracuse, Buffalo and Niagara Falis, N. Y..The trip includes several days in Canada and cities in Ohio. He will return through the coal mine region of Pennsvivania and through New Jersey. The trip will over fully 3300 miles. He is accom- | panied by Mrs. Tinn, his niece, Miss Catherine Barnétt 6f Jewett City. and two cousins, Misses Elsie and Minnie | Foster, of Providence. 3 Miss Fav Olds of Ware, Mass. is | visiting her grandmother. Mrs. F. H. Founing. Dr. S. H. Holmes. Fred Whalley, W. C. Jeffers, 0. F. Miller and George H. Thornton. were in Savin Rock Satur- day (o attend the annual outing of the i Veteran_Odd Fellows' Association. | Miss Edith Gillis and Joseph Gillis {of Providence spent Sunday at Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Griffin's. Mrs. A. M. Clarke and David Clarke fo to Jamestown, R. I. today (Tues- day) by automobile to spend the rest of the week. Misses May and Bes sle Biake and James Stafford will | spend the day there. { Thunder showers in this _section | have been very few of late. The one Sunday night which did so much dam- age in nearby towns was not severe in the electrical part. although the rain fell in torrents all night and on Monday morning. During the night no less than three storms formed sep- arately. g CENTRAL VILLAGE Mrs. Eliza Hermiston and Miss Mary Hermiston have returned from a visit in_Boston. Miss Olive Pike, who has been here for a year, has returned to her home in_Eniott. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Mitchell of Manchester, N. H., have been visiting Mr. Mltchel\’\: cousin, Clarence Dag- zett. Miss Elizabeth Barber has been the | guest of friends in Plainfield, where { she formerly lived. The Central Fire company held a dance at the town hall Friday evening. Music was furnished by the Goodyear orchestra. Mrs. Mary F. Loring is entertaining her sister, Mrs. Babcock, of Westerly, R. 1. Misses Bstella and Lena Tripp of Dayville have been visiting at the home of their aunt. Mrs. Herman Chapman. Miss Josephine Armstrong has re. turned from a few weeks' stay at Chautauqua, N. Y., where she has been taking a special course of study. She is assistant princfpal at the local high school. Mrs. John E. Vaughn and son Stan- ley. who have heen spending a week with Mrs. Vauehn's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Simmons. have returned to_Norwich. Mrs. Charles Leavens of Danielson has been the guest of Mrs. Celinda MeStay. Miss Elizabeth Bourque has return- ed after two weeks' visit at the home of her sister. Mrs. George Farwnt. at Peter Bour~ue are en- textaintng two grandsons from Oxford, Mrs. ‘Mortimer Stetson and daugh- ter Lois and nephew. Maurice Torrey, have returned from a visit in South ampton at the home of Mrs. Stetson' sister. Mrs. Charles Walker. Baker of Putnam and Greene. has been taken to the chil- dren’s home in_ Putnam. Mrs. James Popple has been enter- taining her cousin fromy Worcester. Miss Mary Tracy has returned from a few weeks' visit with her sister, Mrs. 1da_Pegrum. i E = Jamestown, R. L. WEe B 4 tester of torpedces Des !, | Richardson & Boynton Co. Address 429 Industrial Trust Bldg. been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Frances. Foster Burgess has beén a visitor in Westerly, R. 1. Mrs. James L. Gardner has beéen in Moosup on account of -the illness of her mother, Mrs. Valentiné Burdick. Mr. and Mrs. Israél Seguin are en- tertaining for a week Mrs. Crabtree and daughtér Charlotte of Boston. Foster Burgess has béen a visitor in Westerly, R. I. George Biddle, formerly overseer of the finishing room at the Pinney- Farnsworth mill, is now in a mill at Allenton, R. 1. Joseph Eaton, The Bulletin newsboy, is enjoying a_vaecation with relatives in Westerly, R. I. Franeis Gallagher is delivering The Bulletin during his vacation. H. Elmer Lewis has been a Norwich visitor. Waldo Tillinghast has Willimantic eamp ground. Elizabeth Stetson has returned from a few weeks’ stay with relatives in Southampton. L. I. John E. Collins has been a visitor in Norwich. Edward Amsbury attended the re- union of the 1Sth regiment of Connec- ticut Volunteers in Norwich. NOANK The emploves of the Rossie silk mill here had a field day and picnic Satur- day. Thirty-five participated in ath- letic sports and later enjoved dancing at the mill. A delicious chowder with lobster salad and various other good things wis_prm’idefl by a caterer from Norwich. The emploves of the plant, headed by a band, paraded the streets before the event commenced. About 120 books have been added tc the library of the Baptist Sunday school. The school purchased 40 for the boys and girls of the primary and intermediate grades, Miss Adelaide Libby Zave 20, Miss Osborne, a Ne- York artist, spending the summer here gave 48, and a gift from Miss Annic Spicer brought the entire number o° volumes in the library up nearly tc 1.400. W. O. Rathbun is librarian. Charles Barrett of New York is spending a few days with his family at the residence of Mrs. Jane Mac- gowan in Terrace avenue, Mrs. Lawrence Asheraft and daugh- ter have returned from Lawrence hos- pital. Miss Katherine Bowen. who has béen visiting Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hunter. has returned to her home in orwich. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Braun spent Sunday in Norwich. Mrs. Trving Thompsen has returned to_Hartford. Rev. F. W. Halst has been made a member of the Society for Oriental Re- search. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. King and chfl- dren, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tourjee and Miss Beatrice Tourjee spent. Sunday on a nicnic at Mason’s Tsland. F. E. Barlow has the contract to stucco several houses in Mystic. Work on the schoolhouse here is progressing and several new men have been put to work. Lloyd Fraser, U. S. N.. has been transferred to Boston, where-he ex- Pects to be for six months at least. Mrs. Frank Goodwin and daughter Frances have returned to their home in_ Mystic after a visit here. Miss Julia Miner has returned from Northfield. Mrs. Helen Davis, who has been IIl, s _recovering. Mre. Benjamin Duncan of Chelsea, Mass., is the guest of relatives here. USQUEPAUGH A lawn party and supper on the lawn of George E. B. James at Beaver River Valley Wednesday evening. The proceeds to be used toward purchas- ing a beil for Queens River church at Usquepaugh. Amos H. Kenyon and family and S. Denham and family spent Sunday in Newport. They made the trip by au- tomobile. Mr. and Mrs. George B. Reynolds of Browning Mill were callers here Sun- day evening. ‘William Palmer of Detroit, Mich., is spending his vacation with his mother ere. Mrs. Phillips of Exeter was a caller here Sunday afternoon. Edward C. Kenyon is spending a few days with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Miles, of Wyoming. The Sunday schools here and at West Kingston keld a picnic at fl:e fair grounds Friday. There were 40 children present, but few grown-ups. The pastor, Mr. Gaisford, arranged the events for the day, races, games, etc. and everybody had a time. F. K. Crandall with his family spent Sunday ' with his parents near West- erly. ANDOVER A play was given bY local amateurs at the town hall Friday evening which was fine and was largely attended. Later dancing was enjoyed. The pro- ceeds will go toward & new drop cur- tain for the hall. Mrs. William Thompson and son, F. E. Thompson, have returned from a visit with friends in Springfieid. L., W. Burt and family moved the past week to their new home in Hart- ford. Guy Bartlett and family have moved to their new ‘:me recently vacated by L. W. Burt a.® family. Miss Jennings, one of the teachers the past year, returned town last Friday. Autoists would do well while passing through this town to be on the alert, ests were made here on returned local to —_———— A woman’s ficleness is only exceed- . Providence, R. L. CLARK’S FALLS Jerry Duro is repairing his homé in the village. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hartwick of Taunton, Mass., were guests Monday evening of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Maine. They were accompanied by Mrs., Hartwick’s mother, Mrs. Cath- eérine Thomas and grand daughter, Miss Sopphia O'Neil of Westerly and Mr. Hartwick’s niece, Miss Willamina Hartwick of Chcago. Mr. and Mrs, John B. Perry and daughter, Mrs. Oscar Perry with the latter’s little son, Donald Clark Perry, were in Danielson Thursday to attend the wedding of Miss Edith Perry, daughter of Sidney Perry. Corporal Stephen Frank Palmer and Mrs. Palmer attended the Weicome Home celebration for North Stonington boys, who served in Uncle Sam’'s mil- itary and naval forces during the world war. SOUTH COVENTRY There was no service in the M. E. church Sunday on account of camp meeting in Willimantic. The assistant postmaster Is ill. Mrs. William Taylor is ill. Her daughter from New Britain is caring for her. Miss Mildred Chandler, her granddaughter, of Stafford. is with her also. Mrs, Albert Harmond and Mr: liam Latimer entertained the society at Mrs. Latimer's home. Lucy Champlin entertairied the at her home on Main Mr. Beebe and family and Hugh “hristie and family returnsd Auz. 16th from their vacation of two weeks at the shore. Mr. and Mrs. B. Marriott, Mr. nd Mrs. Tom Brown and Miss Mildred rown were in Moosup Wednesday ev- wing. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baton, {arry Sherman and Mrs. R. B. fott were Providence visitors ( nesday. Mrs. Charles Northrup of Oaklawn spent Thursday at F. G. Marriott's, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baton,- Mrs. Harry Sherman anl _son Ri¢hard attended Willimantic Camp meeting Sunday-. Miss Emma Hawkins Hawkins, Jr., Mrs, Mar- Wed- and _ Joseph returned home Wednea- day after a visit with relatives at Long Cove, Me. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Backus of Hampshire, Ill, have been visitors of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Smith, Rev, and Mrs. Walter E. Lanphear &ve invited all to a social gafhering the parsonage Friday evening. Rev. Robert Williams, an eloquent speaker, who has been heard several times with much pleasure when he has visited here, is expected to preach at the church next Sunday at the morn- ing service. Much rainy weather has caused the ‘haymakers a long hay eeason and much grass remains to be cut. oy Westport.—Governor Holcomb has issued writs of election for the towns of Westport and Weston, comprising the probate distrigt of Westport. The election will be hbld Oct. 6 to elect a successor to Judgé Daniel B. Bradley, who reaches the age limit soon. Former German Mizister To Argentine Baren von Dem Busche-Hadden-- hausen, the former German Min- ister to Argentine, who has arrived in Buenos Ayres and has visited the Foreign Office. As the Foroigm Mindster, who has been conferring with the President, immediat left him in order to confer wi the Barom, it is believed that his visit is semewhat of an important one. 1 Both Side: " of the Continent— 52,000 Miles Per Tire As far apart as the distance that separates them are the con- ditions in central Cali- fornia and Massachu- setts. And yet, with all the diversity of road changes and stiff grades Gooi’ich De Luxe Tires on trucks in these states have amassed the incredible mileage of 52,000 miles per tire and are still serving. In Massachusetts this splendid record was made on a 6Y-ton coal truck operated b the Lajoie Coal Co., of Lowell. The very name of the commodity haul- ed and the size of the truck gives evidence of the bruising character of the service. Out west, in Oak- land, Cal., these Good- rich De Luxe Tires mastered equally se- vere conditions. The truck was a 5-ton unit, the operator, the Shell Gasoline Compny. Such magnificent ser- v i ¢ e achievements under radically differ- ent conditions, testify vividly . to the mighty durability and econo- my of these De Luxe Tires. The very ap- parent possibilities in these tires should, for economy’s sake, induce you to try them, 10,000 Miles Adjustment We Sell and Apply De Luxe Tires Alling Rubber Co. 191 Main Street GRISWOLD Miss Elizabet friends in New ¥ is vie I amin ing and i ston, N, ¥ Rev. J. Richard i# enjoying a visit from his sister, Mrs, Farley of Lowell Mass. Miss Ida Edmond Edmond home. Edwin - Zenjamin is visiting at the hna purchased the Horton farm in Lawton viliage A bird in the hand is all right i you have no knife and fork