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‘What Is Geing On Tenight Auxiary to A. O. H., No. at 796 Main street. ‘Wioman's Club, meets at mu Church House (after- mwNo,B'I!.O. 'O.'-“llll.'l)ll.\n Sales of war savings stamps and m’m in this district during totalled $3656.97. with 111 war savings and 81 thrift stamps, amounting to $489.75. wale of was about the largest stamps on record of this district for the past| ' six months The mumber of war ivings stamps disposed of was worth $3,443.22, and the thrift stal 258, amounting to $213.75. Postmaster John O'Rourke of the Willimantic office in giving out this| st for publication stated that it be the last one for this dis- trict as the headquarters for the state has been moved to Bridgeport. Up to the end of last month Will mantic had boen the headquart Windham county and other citi have been headquarters for {/3 other counties of the state. The reason for the change of headquarters was not stated, but it was thought that the plan of the government Wes to simp- lify the matters by having one cen tral office in each state where tne re- turns from all towns could be kept on_file. i The February sale of stamps in the various towns follows: Town W.B8. Thrift Ballouville .. 2 33 Central Village 40 49 East Killingly . 5 23 Kiilingly 12 8 Moosup .11 51 Ne. Grot 435 - North Windham 2 — 1 i 8 1 1 x ‘Weodstock Valley ‘Willimantic o J. H. Cunningham, of Norwich, come tax depuly for this district was at Bis office in the room of the Wi limantic Chamber of Commerce un- il March 15¢th came to its end, so| that every person who had neglected to file his income taxe return before that date could be given an oppor- tanity to do so before the final day for filing them came to an end. I was a busy session for Mr. Cunning- ham but every person who came to| the room was taken care of. Those| persons who have not made any re- turn will be placed under the care of Uncle Sam who will do the collect- ing later. Letter r Clarence O. Barrow: who is 10 G % s Yoena o nHllgh street with a badly wrenched ankle, will be unable 1o cover his route for | several days. Mr. Barrows fell Sat- urday while on the way to the home A FRIEND RECOMMENDED THEM. A person often does more good than }e maliies when he tells a suffering g el N. Tohill, otel, Evansville, Ind. “For weeks 1 suffered con- nutl with pains In the muscles of Yx 1 was treated by the doctor umatism but found no rellef. recommendation of a friend, 1 tried Foley Kidney Pilis and began to t relief almost immediately.” Good backache, pains, stiff rheumatic joints. Lee & Osgood. Killourey Bros. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS 86 Union St. Wiliimantic, Conn. Phene 290 (Lady Assistant) W Willimantic Of- 8t Telephone 105. ‘ This | 81 Son of his mother who lives on Meadow street and at first it was thought that he had more than a sprain. While in his yard Monday morning, Abel Burdick, §3, of Hampton, no- ticed a large woodchick. Calling his dog he stood by and waited for the dog to cerner the animal and kill it.! The dog finally backed the wood- chuck up against a stone wall and his work was finished. Mr. Burdick stated that the-woodchuck was one of the biggest if not the biggest he had seen during the 83 winters and summers of nis lite,. Neighbors who {saw the woodchuck agreed that it sure was a large one. Members of the First Congregation- al church are to be canvassed on'the afternoon of Sunday, March 21st for a sum sufficient to catry on the work of the church for the coming year. The society committee, George E. Hin- man, Charles Eor. C. . Risedorf and Chris- d the : treasurer, > ave estimated tHat $7,850 Will' be needed for the budget ihis year as against §3000 the past The. budget for 1919-1820 . fol- > §150; repam g $300; flowers $50; min- Jjanitof's supplies capita _tax support $100; pairs_or organ cnses §200, total director of of the Atlantic ion of the American Red Cross _secured for g the Willimantic Wo- mu to be held, this (Tuesdas) the pleasure urch of this c The meeting of the Chamber Commerce to be h rooms on might st some busine: o come to thi: the troileys run- snow is off the nd queries to d that some of the “hows nd carried out to ntic: and_its cit time v i tr. fall ‘taey | i n hing v, rr-ad un- at St. Jo- ¢ fow days and JAY M. SHEPARD Eucceeding Filmore & Shepard 62 NORTH 8T, Lady Assistant Dr. F. C. Jackson DENTIST 715 Main Street, Willimantic ‘Tel. connection WILLIMANTIC | 112 Millions fl% | used last year \{ to KILL COLDE remedy for 20 years Hours—9 a. m. to 8 p. m. Phone 44! form—safe, sure, Do jis up a cold in 24 TH. E SAVAGE'S closed car leaves| days. Bulietis Office every mornin, nday 30 o'clock fer Wlfil morning to leave orwich. . Wil York Lunch or at the b 5. except | mantic. | Inquire at New nov24d, The Hill's rel Momv back if box has a E too wnh Mr. At AHDr-.- Stores Veiling Week 2@ g MURRAY’S BOSTON STORE Willimantic, Conn. - THE H. C. MURRAY CO. Opens Today It’s wonderful how much more becoming any hat will become when it is draped with a fetch- ing new Veil. And here are scores of Veils in unique, fancy meshes, pin-dot chenil- les, and scroll embroidery de- signs, and may be had in black, brown and other colors, made up or by the yard. sustained = something | the speaker at Wi x'l for Work of the ble for of the Woman's club to all past, bers of the 3 attend - and learn | several days spent with Mr. and of the great work of the organization. | Mrs. Bdw. Chenqy of Main street, Bodnashuck _recontly Lswp T8It fotheic home in Taft- pastor of ‘the V" weeks ago. of s (Tuesday) result ditions in the . Some of the ong these lines. eity ¢ the | "There will be many other | a and it is ex- | can | weather continues fair, Wil- | expect to, see the | v car come during re kept busy |’ the snow and i ks north of P2 on the! of Mystic, | author ling. He v hard so the Welr | public does not feel disposed to| rumble e though the papers| | b Y re °f their, | mve rot come in on time every Sun-| 2 Pa-iplace fif hospital, and a son, Brmile John Weir.| Funeral services for Mrs. Regina Racicot were held Sunday afternoon at 1;30 o'clock from tae home of her daughter, Mrs. Prosper Vegiard of 20 Prospect strest. Services at St Mary's church at two o'clock _were . read by Rev. J. J. Papillon. ~ Burial was in- St. Joseph's cemetery where Rev. Father Papillon read a commit- tal service. ~The bearérs were Ro- dolphe, Raoul, Arthur and Joseph Ra- cicot, éons of the deceased, and Omer Fontaine a»d Prasnar Vegiard, sons- in-law of Mrs. Racicot. Threads Hensy, Rioux spent Sunday as the guest of Miss Helen Nason of South | Manzhester. Miss Rose McQuillan has returned to her studies at Mt. St. Joseph's Seminary. Hartford after a few days at the home of her parents. Miss Pfudence Willowbrook left Monday to spend a few weeks with relatives in New York. Dr. and Mrs. Mar Mullen after Philp Moore hes re’uméd to his ing tios Louls Phaneat of tho Eims is i the gue. - . - < iglends. ezk returned .to Hart- ford Monday aftsr a stay - at the ! home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. | Jpseph i Peck. Miss Marlon Cloft returned Mon- dav morning after a v tives in New Haven. Mrs. Jennie Cabill of East Hampton was a local visitor Monday. Miss Delia. Tynch #s visiting rela- tives in_Hartford. |~ Mrs. Wilfred Lavallee has return- ed from Chicago, having been gone four months. Albert Berthiume of Hartford was a local visitor Monday. Miss Lucy Murphy has returned to | Hartford after o few days' stay w Willimantic relatives. STAFFORD SPRINGS On account of the condition of the| roads F-J. Fitzpatrick - has ~experi- | euced much difficul stitng apers (hi s | n .u'y times the papers with excep- 1 from Hartford are! Sunday merning byl truck from Palmer, Mass. For the t five weeks it h: been impossi- to, get’through with an automo- and Mr. F.tzpatrick has been biiged to make other arrangements. The Hartford papers came in by trol- morning, but the others e until the 5 o’'clock Fitzpatrick made two attempts to go by auto but was oblig- im to turn back eaeh time on account of the bad condition of the -roads. | Three Saturday nights he has gone {to Palmer ang. induced the railroad ities to brng the newspapers | down on freight trains Sunday morn- has sold his| to Charles | rk, N. J., purchased one of the Orcutt| . on_the macadam road. { Frank Ruby has been serlous- ia for several| am H. Webs 2l Parzeau is 3 his business| place remodelled. i In accordance with the vote passed veek the se- special town | evening to| will appropriate purpose of building a room grammar school. meeting e AR e 5,000 for the nine o John Connery of Holyoke was in | town over Sunday. Frank H. Baker ,administrator of the estate of Levi Arnold, has sold the stock of goods in the Arnold store to Edward C. DeBorde. The meeting of the stockholders of | the Stafford Golf company is to be held at the rooms of the Stafford Business Men this (Tuesday) even- | | COLCHESTER Miss M. Louise Clute returned Sat- urday from her home in Alba: = she has been for the past few on account of the illness and i death of her mother. Miss Clute is an | assistant teacher in the high school: rs. Edgar Carrier was calling on énemis in North Westchester Satur- a; William Ryan has returned after a few days’ visit with friends in Nor- wich. Miss Cora Carrler, Miss Elizabeth Cronin and Mrs. H. S. Libby were visitors in New Haven Saturday. Six new hands were taken in at the TOO FAT? Fodus 1000 80 e o by, Kareta "mun Gain o SR s e, i o Gl 3 Sochure to Roreis s New York City: method. ” No gal Feduction |n£fi' DD YEARS TO T - | lar | chester was in town Mondaq. CUTICURA HEALS SKIN TROUBLE InPimplesOn Face, Itched Could NotHelpScratching. | Face Looked Badly **My face broke out in md:e' of pimples on my chin and asound my baiz. They would fester and itch very much and I could not help scrstch- - i ing them until they bled. p My face locked badly all ‘/m the time. “‘IreadaCuticura Scap and Ointment advertisement and sent forafrecsample. Myfacewas brokea: out for nearly a year but after using two full-sized cakes of Cuticura Soap and one full-sized box of Ointment Iwashealed.” (Signed)Miss Joseph- inc Suather, R. s 2, e Me., Aug. 4,1919. «Paris, Use Cuticura Soap for toilet pur- poses, assisted, now and then, by touches of Cuticura Ointment to soothe and heal any tendency to irritation, redness or roughness of the skin or scalp. By using these delicate fragrant, super-creamy emol- lients for all toilet purposes you may prevent many skin and scalp troubles becoming serious. oDonot fall to st she facimating Sragranes o Gl Do B cme e uticura Soap shaves without meg. Elgart factor; Monday morning. - The company has been making only boys’ { coats 5 far, but Monday nest. they take in several more hands and )l commence making trousefs.also. The factory today is one of the:best in the state, as far as sanitation and fire protection is concerned, standpipes dre being installed on the three floors, a line of hose leading from each. A rge water tank will be erected later wi on. The Old Guard band held their rez- ular rehearsal Monday evening. ‘The band has had the gift of a namber of Dew selections, F. N. Cash of Norwich, secretary..of Tubbs® Military band, be- ing the honor. Louis Flgart has moved his house- hold goods to the Harry Elgart house #n Linwood avenue. Edward McKulsky of North 'West- Leon. Bunyan, who is attending Weslevan university, was at his home on_South Main street over Sunday. James Johnson was calling triends in Oneco Monday, The Columbia Kid Krrler ‘company has 40 hands emploved now and is rshed with orders. making shipments of finished good: on PLAINFIELD Miss Aldea Bonville, Sutton, 2nada, who has been a visitor in age. has returned home. Ir. and Mrs. William Nolan of New York were week-end visitors at the home of John Nolan. Lawrence Burby, a college student, was a week-eng visitor at the home of his father, James Burby. Florida Feld of Mystic was a week nd visitor at the home of Mr. Gauthier. The Mule Spinners held _their March meeting in Foresters’ hall last week. rthur Tetreault has been 2 busl- ness caller in Providence. The American Veterans.of Forelgn Wars are to fin'sh collecting in‘ the village this week for the flag funds. The business callers in Norwich o Snturdey ncluded. Joseph . SVilcoft, Harry _ Ducat, - Willlam Dearoster, Clara Desrosier, Ovelina Jodoin, The- resa Rayno, Joseph Hargraves, T. Hull, Mr. Gurtin was a business caller in Providence Monday. The Plainfield Market was flooded Saturday and had to be closed on ac- count of so much water. JEWETT CITY Mr. Phillips continues with an in. teresting story of the Phillips ‘bury- ing ground: A short distance northeast’ of 'the reservoir of the Jewett City = Water Co., on an abandoned road which is probably the ancient highway 1aid out four rods wide from the meeting house, now Preston City, ‘to the Ekonk Path, by the town of ‘Preston, in 1697, are still to be seen ruins of farm buildings and - vestiges of field and garden where once was' a. pros- perous farm home.: This tract of land is now a part of the water-shed of the Jewett City reservoir,'and to. in- sure the purity of the wafer supply the buildings here have been disman- tleg and the farm:returned,to forest conditions. This farm was known' t6 old residents as the Burdick farm, where at least two generations’ of that name were born and reared.’ - Tradition tells porticulariy. of. Row- land Burdick and’ -his' family, in Relleve the aryness —soothin and pleasant. When the throat js dry buy >. Cough Dropa. Eminent physicians pronounce them. a perfect remedy for . 2t irritations, —— | gational “church' has''chésen the | missionary committee, Mrs. Dwight suffrage. houses of th Governor to SHETEEIEIEE to the men of other states: The 34th state, West Vlrgmxa, has rabfletf.thgfedetii sufi’rage amendment Washington and Bélaware This will complete the thnty-suc stabes macessary w\gme full enfranchisement to the women of the United States. ~ " Shall Connécticut, the first state in the Union to havea constitution, be left out of this roll of honor? Shall Connecticut women vote through the actlon of the men of West Virginia, Washington and other’states? Unless Connecticut ratifies - the ameéndment. before - these states act, her women will owe their enfranchlsement No belated act on the part-of " our Governor will change this central fact. We stand be- ‘ fore the country as a state whose attitude toward its wom- en is different from that of the overwhelming ma;onty of the states in the Union. Yet, in this state, » 103,000 women have petitioned for equal' Over a majority of both parties of both e legislature have petitioned the call a special session. ' A group of prominent Republicans * pre- sented this petition. A Men’s Republican Ratification Committee -'has been formed to help to secure ratification. - One chance remains to get Connecticut into the line of . - progress. If Governor Holcomb will call the Legislature .. together before Washington and Delaware meet on the md we can redeem our reputation. Shall Connecticut Travel Forever In The Ox-Cart?” number like the families of the;an- clent patriarchs, toiling - here = early and lite to wrest a bare subsistence from ‘an unwilling sofl. Before ' the Burdicks the Phillipses dwelt in this place.” In 1731, or theréeabouts, John Ayer of Preston gave:to his daugh- ter, Esther, the wife of Jonathan Phillips, a farm, and entailed it to her sons, Jonathan and Ayer, and here three families of Phillipses, the head of each bearing the name of Jona- than, were in successfon brought up. About a quarter of a mile north of the dismantled bulidings, in the cor- ner of a field, is a small burial place containing s'x graves, where rest the third, Jonathan, his wife, Jemim31 Palmer, and probably several of their children. Four of these graves bear {dentitying mark. stones scription: In Memory of. Jo died Dec'r. 5.th, ageq 63 years. The sweet remembrance of the just Shall flourish tho' they sleep in dust. Mrs. Jemima, .wite-of Jonathan Phil- lips, died May 4th, 1811, aged 57 years, The sweet remembrance of the just Shall flourish whena they sleep in dust. The verses the same-excepting the change of one word. The, Aspinook bleachery was still ‘Monday on account of high water. Sunday nearly fifty Inches of water main, driving belts in the wheel pit were removed Sunday but were re- placed: Monday. All danger from high water” in the .Quinebaug is now con- sideredto beiover: The mark reached wap'low as compareq with many pre- vious spring fresnets. On ‘two ecvenings during the - high water;the report was circulated in the boroukh. that the Waurezan dam was expected to give,’way. In some cases it, caiised real cansternat'en, and sev- eral:had formed plang for ‘quick ac- tion in the event of the calamity. In- vestigation has proven that there was not the.least cause.for apprehension. Several’ who walked afield Monday returneq with large bunches of pussy willowa, Rev. Clinton ' Andrews " of .~ Oxford, Conn.> was the guest of Mr, and.Mrs. F. E:Robinsen. Sure” v, Mr. Ardrews h?s accepted the ‘call to this 14 stor- ate. The womaw's mission- circle of the Baptist church Js to_meet with Mrg. 7B Phillins_this (Tuesday) after- uuon at 3 o'clock.. . Mrs. Walter Richifdson ertertalns the Ladiés’:sociefy of- the. Congrega- tional church T v afternoon. Dt.“G, H. Jeénhings reports seélng purple quack!es ‘and red-wing black- birds. - STONINGTON The pewly érganized .Young Peo. ple's, society of the Second Congre- tol. lowing officers and-committees: Pres- ident, “August ‘O. Muller; wvice presi- haw C. Graham; secretary, lorence. Vennard; = treasurer, Johnson; prayer _meeting comudittee; - Mrs. . Irene Drainard, chaln‘mn‘ Miss “Florence. Buck, Lewis S. Palmer, Miss Elsie Morrison, Miss Beatriee Clark, Victor Johnson; so- Tk coml::‘{tee Mi:,u ESslen St Col , | chairmgn, .-Nortén Brainar Miss Mabel E. Ingranam, Miss Ma ion { Harrison, :William = Morrison; C.. Stone, chairman; Miss Mary. Tag- gart, Miss Waldy Morrison, George Burdick, Miss Blanche I. ‘Mosher; mu- c imittee, Miss Ilorence Buck, chairpian,. ‘Miss. Constance ~ Joseph, Matthew C. Grahany;. lookout com- i pany | cile' S. Stetson, & were. coming over' the dam.’ The big! man, Violet Duke, Walter Kirschcie- per, Joseph Bail ANNOUNCE!\M-ZN TS GROSVENOR ELY OPENS NEW OFFICE IN NORWICH Two offices on the street floor of the Thames Loan and Trust building on etucket street have been fitted up by Grosvenor Ely of Norwich. Mr. Ely is treasurer of Ashland Cotton com- pany of Jewett City, « member of the firm of Turner, Halsey company, com- mission merchants¥uf New York, and treasurer of the Chapman-Ely cow- of Norwich, vice president and treasurer of Chadwick-Hoskins com- pany, operating five cotton mills in and near Charlotte, N, C., treasurer of the Cotton Mills Development com- pany, Inc, of New York and treas- urer of the Martinville Cotton Mill Company, Inc., with a plant at Mar- tinsyille, ‘V: Mr. Ely spends two days of each week at his New York office and goes to Charlotte and Martinsville once a month, and will, when in Norwich, conducl his affairs from the new of- e, which, is in charge of Miss Lu- retary to Mr. Ely. formerly head bookkeeper in charge of the office of the Ashland Cotton company, Jewett City. London, Mareh 18, events. treaty in -consultati Venizelos of Greece. Franklin. Machine Engineers Found Gear applied to liss Engines, no.more dull blades! " Gillette We will aNEW out cha GILLETTE BLADBS. 12 FOR 8% THE IEE & OSGOOD COMPANY mittee, Willlam: L. Duke, chairman, Misse Mi dred Venna.rd " Beatrice swdngr May RI q cheer com- mittes, Miss Bllnor- - Zathrop, ‘char- Shafting, fietie, Lo i Couplinte St Large stock alwaye on hand,' ‘mance of the most thrilling sort. with General Mill -Repairs. Special machinery of all kinds.. the Twinplex enables you to get 100 shaves from ONE blade. Just slip in your blade, turn the crank .fcwhmel—lndyonmll not be able to feel the blade in your razoil You can’t know. the satisfection — this" luzury—of & po-pull, smooth-as-velvet G| !ena Shave nnl:sm PEACE CONFERENCE. TAKES: UP THE TURKISH Tngfiw ) flamm-] ‘liumefl-hbfl Seats now sell- terence, after briefly discugéinig. . the ?:i - o situation in Germany this* afterion, announced that it had arrangedy to keep- fuly informed of the trend\ of on with ‘The conterence took up the Tuskish | the screen appéared in her latest pro- Prémier | duétion, “Stron; Telephone: . Providence, R.' 1. Unien 963 {Company unics s Manufacturers of HARRII OOI~ LISS ENGINES. I Can you imagine it? Every ehave unooth as velvet! No more And Blnla-Fn-. Lfi:"r‘"' daily for 20, nh'u-i&. g€ to prove how m -na patnstaking §n Mr. Deacon makes his andi- that he is giving them tho and the most artistic things that for Nazimova. tronger Than Death.” yes- ufuynmewwmmahe- #id by & vehicle for, Nazamova, It is & ra- 2 Jove story that reaches altidudes of ic beauty. The scene is in a smail “Pon't ‘miss _the show at the Strand for Monday, y and Wednesdas. Gordon and Germaine Jead the show inacomedy talking and tumbling act. urgiy . costumes eand - funny. ‘tricks. and Wilson arg seen in a sing- tng -ard - talking sketch, which made i hit with the audience. Meryle Prince Girls are seen In a piano and - charming, beau- tfully -costumed girls with beautiful vofees: Special. gcenery. . Will .You ‘Marry (Me? a° six part feature. with an 7all “star-cast. ~ Will- You Marry 2. which deals. in-a strikingly sen- safional manner. with a’ number of qdea.lonu which ‘have been filling the neWSPADETS, th country for - the ¢ central -figure in this Pf pietyre “with- .vml thrill” Of course, evecs “Histpicture has = thrill, a cosistent story with action in every footS But ‘the’fact that this” one .is concerndd y” ‘with ‘the ‘machina- tians of a b:,nd ot Hun Americs, on the _bordess of Mexico, Eives added interest ‘and enabdies the stan-to-depict; certain phases of the Farut home which are not ouly time- mu Hart a plotters “chance o wear J presents him f£rat as’2 ban- en, de%p patri u bis nxrm waen ouc 5 him* to'the