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NI PERTTI H Balletin, -u-p-m. h.lrbd‘mu _ Conseil Florimond, No. 74, meets in Ar- hall, Center meets in L O. fite, bands of 0. F. hall. ¢ i exception # ever held in this state i ‘Willimantic Office, | mory while the annual field day dance Knights of Pythias, Natchaug Lodge, drum, bugle corps came to this city Satur- poor weather conditions of twenty-two num- of a street pa- was carried out as planned the con- taking place in the state armory on Pleasant street. FEleven corps from and eleven from Connec- total. up day of the Thread City Con- and Drum Corps was the this city and proved one e. weather conditions been differ- ent it would have been the greatest ga- of drum corps ever held in Con- -uun The Thread City Continentals ized some 183 months ago, lfllfl ir first fleld day last .der the leadership of Odell M. Chapma a8 major, and today numbers eight file: ten snares, three bass drums, this state. The June. Since that time the corps has grown un- being one of the biggest apcient drum corps in corps attending the fleld day, with each leader and the number of me Were as follows: n Italian-American Drum corps, 12 men, - wr T. G. Finnegan; Worcester Cont tals, 16 men, Thomas Denholm ican Steel and Wire Company ..orps, 17 men, George S. Haven; ing piccolo or flute, two prize: .ton & Knowles Works Drum corps, 20 first, Silk City flute bang, men, Samuel Morrow; Syrian-American|g anchester second, Lafayette Drum corps. 11 men, Henry Ji Holyoke, Mass. and Navy Drum and the longest distance, sil- men, H. R. Maylotte, «d Corticelli Thread Com. Mass. ; John Sobieski Drum corps of Wol nd drum corps, Leeds, Mass. ster, Mass., 13 men. John Sha Lafay- ance about 80 miles. ette Drum corps, 21 men, Drum Cromp- flamme ; Holyoke donian Kilties, 1 men, Mclean, both of Holyoke. Mass. ; Cortecelll Thread Works Drum gorpe. 19 men. Ralph Shackett, of Leed Mass : Silk City raham. Francis, Fife men. Arotto eraft Fife and Dru Hart. of New Hav corps. Stonington Adams: T [ 18 men, William atn: Talcottyil 8 Gitbs. of Tal Drum corps. 2 Moosup © men. James Goodf Francis' T. A John Harkin: style and tac and_competition The officials Major Odell b _eommitiee. ing the contests and to dividuals entering th single honors the programme gan shortly before Tate into the evenin; final ¢ taking place in th ent of s QUICKLY . NO DOPE-NO ACETANILIDE TRY IT AND BE COMFORTABLE UDINE l UGUID QUICK EFFECT Klllourey Bros. ~ FUNEFAL DIRECTORS AND : EMBALMERS 86 Union 8. Phone ¢ lLady Anutant) 'y JAY M. SHEPARD « - Succeedlng Filmore ~ ~nepard Funeral Ditector & Embalmes 189-82 NORTH ST. - Laly Ass:siaat Tel. connection S F, C. Jackson DENTIST 715 Main Street, Willimantic VAGE'S closea car fice every morning aday at 430 oclock Lor W “First car in_morning tic for Norwich. fork Lanch or at the hotels. Willimantic, Conn, T VILLIMARNTIC | Phone 44| i leaves nsvun\ ‘was being held in the hall. Announce- ments of the winners of the various con- tests were made shortly after 12.30 o'- clock Sunday morning after the judges had opened all decisions. The contests for appearance were close, many corps averaging 99 per cent. perfect one 99 1-2 per ‘cent. and the army and mavy corps making a perfect record. The results of the contests and the prizes awarded follow: Corps Contests. Best lm‘fln‘ drum corps, two prizes, silver cups, first, Army & Navy Fite drum and bugle corps, Worcester, Mass., Second Royal Typewriter fife and drum corps, Hartford. Appearance, bagpipe bands, one prize, silver cup awarded, Caledonian Kilties, of Holyoke, Mass. Playing ancient class (110 beats), two prizes, cilver cups—first, Lancraft fife and drum corps, of New Haven; second Farmington fife and drum corps, Union- ville. Playing ancient corps (110 beats) mil itary fifes, prize, silver cp, awarded Worcester ~ Continentals, .Worcester, Mass. Playing modern class (120 beats) two prizes, silver cups, first, Chesebro's fifc and drum corps, Stonington; second, Royal Typewriter Fife and Drum Corps, Hartford. Playing bagpipe bands, two prizes, sil- ver cups, first Caledonian Kilties, Hol- yoke, Mass,, second Manchester Kiliies, Manchestsr. Playing fife and drum and bugle, two , silver cups, first, Torrington fif: nd bugle corps, Torrington ; St. Ann’s fife and drum and bugle Waterbury. American drum_corp: second, Geol 2 ter Continental drum corps, Mass, Worc: Swinging, two prizes first, to John nd drum corps St Anne's gold Smi second, | Fife, drur | ntinent Harold craft fife and drum corps, New two_ prizes, gold [ Souvenir gold cup, winner, Worcester | | forcester, Mass. Individual Contests. Best_appearing major, two prizes, and silver medal, first, to Henry | Windham grammar school will hold their exercises at North Windham hall at § p. m. Five pupils will graduate. Cor mencement exerqses at St. Joseph’s pa- rochial school will be held at St. Joseph's church at 7.30 p. m. Rev. W. Arthur TRouthier of Putnam, graduate of the school, will deliver the address of the evening. Diplomas and megdals, the lat- ter for excellence in stuffies will be presented by Rev. John A. Sullivan. There will be 20 graduates. Graduation at St. Mary’s school will be held in the morning and the programme has not yet been completed. The graduation class numbers 22, eighteen regular and four commercial students. Mayor Charles A. Gates was one n( the guests of the Connecticut delegation to the republican national convention at Chicago and left Hartford Saturday noon on the special train for that city. z The price of paper hanging in this city will take a jump if the members of the Paperhangers and Painters Local No. 537, receive from the master painters the increase they served notice for Saturday. The journeymen want 80 cents an hour for painters and the paperhangers want 90 cents. These demands were present- ed by L. E. Thompson, secretary of the local who told the master _contractors that at the beginning of the year the ived 45 conts an hour or $19.50 for a 4i-hour week. In February they were raised to 62 cents per hour, making i They now 0 for paint- 0 for paperhangers. Td[\u]]o -American Thread Com- hafltbs‘l game, scheduled for Satur- day afternoon at Taftville was called off because of the rain. ‘Wednesday evening, Jume 9, is Ameri- can Thread Night at Bastern Star lodge No. 44, A. F. & A. M. There are to be for the M. M. degree and be filled by employes 3 ny. It is atiend Merrow and Colchester, Faneral Sullivan were held Saturday morning at | services for Mrs. Hannah| 9 o'clock from he home at Spring Hill was sung at St jouth Coventry at 10 o McGinness. Purial | s cemefery, Williman- were Bdward and Dan- m Farrell and Michael, B lleurry Brothers were | Hasal mss Tor. Tghn Fitzgerald | urday morning at 9 o'clock | eph's church, Rey. John A. Sul-{ Jo- epard was in wich was a visi- tic Saturday. h Sypher, infant daughter| nd Julia® Robinson Sy- of | Holyoke, in this city Sun- morning session of the e, Conn two prizes, gold ar T. . O'Connor, . second, M T. A & B. Corps, New | gold medal, awarded tc American-Italian S0 el ette drum gold medal, a , Army and Nayy dru Amer Worce Continentals, of Wire Company, will b public year the es this from auth Windham, o include two or s and music. n Center school to he held a , at Wind Guild, ¢ school commil h mas to_thr | = four memb 1th Windham gramm: n expected to be heid | th hall at 8 p. m., wher ing pupils will four u numbers, MURRAY’S BOSTON STORE Willimantic, Conn. Bathing Suits AND THERE IS NOTHING SO REFRESHING IN WARM WEATHER AS A GOOD SWIM Some times even a mere dip in the water will have the Inasmuch as there is no tellidg when the real warm spell will come—the foreseighted woman will prepare herself with an attractive Bathing Suit from a comprehensive and moderately priced display. range from $2.50 a suit up to $12.50. included Caps, Shoes and Water Wings. THE H. C. MURRAY CO. desired effect. Prices In this display are | judge of the court. | it and was told it was eczema. She told was sworn 20, as the d: the child claimed living and told sinee told of the child hout five weeks e would be B M she told, elf then took the stand She left remem- an't went to leave the| with an arm She left him | out eight s had ith bladder trouble sincg | 1l child and he had often for her. He hatl left her of women who would talke | e did mot want to go to of Mills street told | l\1~ children in her care was caring for them s at the court. Mrs. Evai| 1 of South Windham said | for the child and no com-| been made to her. Leroy the child id he was ion and she present keeping house for Cui d w present when the ild an- ered no to her father's question. Frank H. Foss found probable nd Curtis was bound over to the iminal term of the superior court, 4 at $1000. The amount will 7 be made smaller owing to Cur- | dition and his need of a dnctors nce. ase of Bert A. Lewis of South d with non-support, was Justice Curtis Dean, depu Mrs. Docina Lewi wife of the accused, testified to their marriage two years ago and said they had lived together at South Windham un-{ til April 10th last. He had since sent her $2 ver week for the baby, but she had worked at the Ponemah mills, Taftville. On April 9th she claimed her attention was called to a disease she had developed about five months before the birth of her child, The person who told her she be- lieved was a nurse. She had doctored for her husband about it and he at first de- nied it but later said it Was no one's business but his own. She left him the next day. She admitted having left him on one other occasion, but for one night only. Mr. Lewis offered no testimony, but the defense said he was willing to take his wife back. A sentence of six months in jail was imposed by Justice Dean, to which an appeal was taken, the case to be heard before the mext criminal term of the superior court. Bonds of $500 were furnished by Fred L. Yeomans, a brother- in-law of Lewis, New Haven.—The annual flag day cele- bration of Mary Clap Wooster chapter, INTERIOR OF STORE 237 E. JEFFERSON AVE,, DETROIT, MIGH. INTERIOR OF WHOLESALE DEPT. 250 WEST 54th ST, NEW YBRK CITY 898 BROAD STREET NEWARK, N. J. |20 WEST Sith STAEET NEW YORK CITY EXPORT WAREHOUSE 76 PEARL STREET, NEW YORK CITY oney’s Talking To You Now! ERE’S a straight, open-faced, honest-te-goodness talk from the shoulder to the investor, And it's Money that’s doing the talking ! = He who closes his ears when money talks—closes his eyes o opportunities that seck him and knock on his door but once. He who is ever alive to find new fields for develepment and investments—who thinks quick and acts with decision, puts himself in fine to climb the heights of fortune and wealth as did our greatest financicrs — John D. Rockfeller, J. P, Morgan, Heity Green, B. F. Goodrich, and a vast number of others. et Fortunes Now in Rubber TH]S Company does not want you to invest—with- out offering you something in turn. It is the combination of four retail and wholesale stores, selling automobile tires, tubes, and accessories, both in this country and abroad. It is a going concern—with sales over ong million four hundred thousand dollars in 1919 —with established earnings—with regular dividends being paid. It does not need money to carry on its present business. It is well capitalized—well organized—has sufficient working capital. - But other opportunities are open— other stores are opening—and working capital is needed for greater profits for all. Every Automobile You See on the Street Is An Opportunity HEN you see the hundreds and thousands of auto- mobiles pass on the street—don’t you wonder who's making the money from the tires consumed ? Wouldn’t you like to get in and share some of the pro- fits 2 The Associated Tire Stores Corporation is getting its full share of the business now—it is going after more and more—and will get it. Every automobile you see is an opportunity for you and the Company. @l Associated Tire Stores Gorporation Will You Tremble on the Edge or Come In? E who hesitates is lost—in battles, in fife, in every- day affairs—in the opportunity to make money— thousands of people stand on the brink—wanting to see what’s going to happen and then it’s too late for them to get in. While those hardy and courageous few have jumped into it—and have made the fortunes we now envy. to these Amount of Money Originally Investzd Look at what a few hundred dollars has brought few in some of the following enterprises : Returned to Investor to Date $500 in Dunlap Rubber Tire.......... $125,000.00 $500 in Goodyear Tir€gs.secvss-s00. 125,000.00 $500 in AkroR RuBBEF 0. . iidcoen 75,000.00 $500 in Fisk Rubber . Sk 60,000.00 $500 in Goodrich Tire R 348,000.00 $300 in Duplex Rubber Tire. .. 250,000.00 ,300 in Saxon Motor Co.. . . Retd. 2 yrs 6,000.00 3 in Chandler Motor Co..Retd. 3 yrs. 17,500.00 in Stutz Motor Co.....Retd. 4 yrs. 22,500.00 in Chalmers Motor Co. Retd. 3 yrs. 10,810.00 in Chevrolet Motor Co. Retd. 7 yrs. 140,000.00 in Hupmobile Motor Co.......... 100,000.00 IRCRER MAtOr €0, . . < ;i vt ornone: . 150.000:0D in Paige Detroit S 120,000.00 in Overland .... IR 100,000.00 in General Motor S 130,000.00 in Ford Motors ..........ee.... 1,250,000,00 All of the above were prospects when the original in- vestors come in—ijust an idea in the brain of a man or men, But— . THE ASSOCIATED TIRE STORES CORPORATION is a living thing, not a prospect—an senization that is now making enoughi money on its present business to pay dividends on =ven new capital. What of the vast profits it WILL make from new opzrations now planning. PROPERTIES The Associated Tire Stores Corporation controls the following stores : THE AUTO TIRE EXCHANGE, Inc, a New Jersey Corpora- tion, which operates stores at No. 223-225 Halsey Street, Newark, N. J., and at No. 237 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Mich. THE PUBLIC SERVICE TIRE AND RUBBER GCOMPANY, Inc, a New Jersey Corporation, which has stores at No. 838 Broad Street, Newark, N. J., and at 270 Halsey Street, Newark, N. J. THE ASSOCIATED RUBBER INTERESTS, a New York Car- poration, which is engaged in exporting and importing, and has an office at No. 132 Front Street, and a warehouse at No. 176 Pearl Strest, New York City. THE BROADWAY TIiRE JOBBERS, Inc, which is engaged in the wholesale automobile tire and tube busimess, at No. 250 West 54th Street, New York City. Other stores now being opened. ~ ONLY Common Stock ! No Preferred Stock—Ne Bonds ! poration earns ! ill you tremble on the edge or come in? The subsidiary companies, which now are owned by the As- sociated Tire Stores Corporation, are all established, going concern: with cstablished records of earnings. subsidiary The Auto Tire Exchange, Inc............... The Public Service Tire & Rubber Campany, Inc. The Associated Rubber Interests Broadway Tire Jobbers, Inc..... (For ten months) Total . The control of thess subsidiary companies by the Asso Tire Stores Corporation will accomplish the elimination of pawerful competition, a substantial reduction in overhead selling expenses, increased buying and selting power and the providing of additional Al this spells increased earning power for the future. capital. EARNINGS The sales in 1919 of these companizs were as follows: . $315,608.67 . 7377387 220,000.09 718,500.00 Every stockholder will share in every cent the car- Price Now $20 Per Share Registrar—Bankers Trust Co, GORDON FINE & CO. Liberty Bldg.,, New Haven, Cenn. NEW YORK BALTIMORE The corporation will make application for the listing of this stock on the New York Gurb Market. Gordon Send Name . Haven, Conn.: information regarding Associated Tire Stores Carporation investment Address ..., Transfer Agent—Irving Trust Co, MAIL THIS TODAY Fine & Co., Liberty Building, New me, without obligation on my part, full Srersasserarrrsiateagan PR S U G DA A e What Is Going On Tonigi t. Jotion Pictures at Lireed Treatse © Yaindevisle gng Motion - F.cturc: 4t al 1 28 . W, 8 T U mesting $od al!;r.v_ | 35 Shctucket stroet ifalte a isvmxl effort aitend ns final ar- | rangemeuts Have b equnty's mlw eanfe hme This w rade for the final snisienen to be held The Strand has a wonderfully strong progremme for . Captain snd Welis " ¥ill start the ball rolling in a comedy skit entitled Fun i w;um. Crumbley and ll:nrn a:‘e” o lvl:lubl leflll in a t, special scen- Brand and Gould are {two well known t-amp comedians. Clairmont Brecthers are two boys have & comedy ladder-act A Sc the Night, by Charles ‘A. Logue, feature attraction at the Strand Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. story delves decply § theory of the origh and proves for all time that man has the power to reason and to love. Scream in the Night is €aid to be ming with the adventures and papular amorng movie fans. Ruth popularly known as a siar of the Ville stage and considered ome Ieading femi tim of a crazed it rwin idea. full stage comeds ery to he used. ntist's plot to Ralph Kell favorite, and other appear in a well balanced cast Scream in the Night is a Seleet roduced by B. X. will close thig derful X Davis Theatre, The programme bilied for the the first half of this week is emel cveryone Should see. AlF the jare Teporied vory good and the picture is a winner. Heading vaudeville acts is “The Browner Who ofier a “Study in Synmnflfll." | They are two musical young men and a musical maid. The men play the Vio- lin and saxaphone and the girl the pi- a sweet contralto voice and dances well. The Brower Trio are musicians, capable of any sort of musie, but even a musiclan must keep in style and so their efforts are syncopated. !“»«ml Jct is Laura and Billy Dieyes in their 20th century revue. In a terpgicho- rean offering of exceptional grace and agility Laura and Billy Dreyer have built up a most unusual dance COme They term their dance bits “A 20th Century Dance Revue andf it is all of that and some more The third act 18 and LaTour in a delightful e-n- jedy skit entitled “Pink Stackings” The fourth act is Claxton and May, wha pre- sent an entertaining singing and piano offering. ~ The fifth act i§ Lexter and Vine Vincent in a comedy hlagkface sing- ing, talking and dancing novelty that is different. The feature picture is *A Daughter of Pwo Worlds.” from the nev- el of LeRoy Scott. Norma Talmadge, who is starred as Jennie Malone. plays the part of the beautiful daughter of ! Black Jerry Malone, kecper of a ques- tionable dance hall in the slums Can a girl of the underworld, who has Hved straight, make good in the social world? The photoplay answers that question. Paramount Screen Magazine completes the show. Breed Theatre, Again Nezimova has come to the screen and carried her audience fairly out of itsself by the sheer power of her emotional depths and the finish of her performance. Last evening, at the Breed theatre, this great Russian star justified once more her right to be acclaimed the world's greatest actress when she appeared in her most recent production, “The Heart of a Child” a photaplay adapted by Charles Bryant from the novel of Frank Danby. To see it is to live through the stynggle Sally Snape made against the world’s at- tack, at once 50 alluring and so sinister, with only the armor of her inborn semse of right to guard her. The photoplar, by Budelph ist, cial efforts by Allen Ruof. Ray G has displayed unusual abili- ion; and those who re. member Frank Danby's greatest book in ts fiction form will be thankful to Charles Bryant for his intelligent and abie adaptation to the screen of the Best of it. “The Heart of a Child” will be the fea- ture again today and tomorrow dnd other pictures on the bill irclude the Pathe News and Cantury comedy. STAFFORD SPRINGS Francis M. Barrett, 75, died Friday at his home on Fisk avenue, after sev- illness due to heart trouble. ved in Stafford for thirty us to which he resided in "Last fall M. and Mrs. ‘Bar- rett celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of thelr_wedding. For a number of years | Mr. Barrett was 2 town and borough {assessor. Besides his wife he leaves ! three daughters, Mrs. Ernest Cady of | Springfield, Misses Elizabeth and Dora { Rarrett of Stafford Springs and a. son, of Stafford Springs. He r, Mrs. Sarah Ruby of | Willingion and two brothers. Andrew ¢ Orleans and Alphonso in Washing- " annual banqust of the Stafford hool teachers was held at the aturday evening. this vear have elected the fol- rs: President, Richard H. : vice president, William ¥ treasurer, G. Raymond Towne ; m Park, A. 8. Mitehell, an F. Patten; chairman of C: riainment zommittee. red C. Boyden, principal of the idgewater, Mass, Normal school will 1dress at the high school grad- pis year. The exercises will Comique theatre on the 16th. Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Scelss of New York have returned to the Towne placs | on_the River road for the summer. ! "Mrs James St Marle, of Stafford | Hallo, was granted a ree from Re- !na St Marie by Judge Keeler in the su- i perior court n Rockville, Friday. i Mrs. Engenic Leach has announced the { engagement of her daughter, Miss Helen | Leach, to John H. Ritchie, of Hartford. | COLCHESTER | _Rev. and Mra. Georgé W. Reynolds of artiord were West and family of Burien, | Ga., are \|< ting Mr. West's parents, land Mrs. Henry West, on Norwich uye for a few days. Two large hoisting machines have g rived 2t the railroad staiion to be {on the new state voad. One will ba in the freight yard for unlocding and the other will be taken Ly ihe job., W. D. Latham retprned to Farmigion 4 Thursday after a few days stay with Ly family on Linwood avenue, Rev.>T. M. Martin of Hebron was town Thursday.