Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 24, 1921, Page 5

Neolin Repair Shop is easy for us. We help you save dollars when it comes to your shoe bill. 'We know what’s what in the repairing ine; give us your old shoes and see what we do for hem ? SHU-FIX evening. Willimantic, chestra.—adv. dars of Lebanon, decided to hold a ceremonial meeting on November 15th. state deputy mercantile establishments was River this week. " Nerwich, Saturday, Sept. 24, 1021 - VARIOUS MATTERS " Light vehicle lamps at §.13 o'clock this . The harvest moon is in its last quarter today, the 24th, at 4.18 p. m. * Friday proved more like a return of summer than the beginning of fall. New stamped center runners, bed spreads, at. Woman's Exchange.—adv. Postmaster E. L. Davis has closed the office and returned to His home in Put- nam, 3 The hostess at the D. A. R. Museum this (Saturday) afternoon will be Mrs. David H. Throope. At Brooklyn, Conn., Roger Blake of Norwich and Mrs. George A. Gleason of Worcester are guests of Mrs. Katherine Luther. All owners of bees wko have not reg- stered with the town clerk are obliged to do so before October 1st, or be sub- jeet to a fine. Dance Saturday night, State Armory, Original Peerless Jazz or- New London Forest, No. 72, Tall Ce- of New London, has Miss Julia C. Corcoran, of Norwich, inspector of factories and in Deep The last trip north through Norwich for the Bar Harbor express will be 2 September 30th and the last trin south Franklin Square D £ pfiad ALEXANDER PROCTOR, NEARLY 92, OLDEST SHIP-E) next, GINE BUILDER Sept. 26, will be the of Alexander Proctor, Lome with his son- Peck sireet. The Proctor in good be of considerable ing the and little necl will be October 3rd. Lobsters, oysters, crabs, scailops, clams Broadway Fish Market, adv, 40 Broadwa; A Valley division crew took down an engine and two electric cars that run out of Middletown, "and stored Saybrooy Point this week. them at Tuesday next, in South Willington, at the Clara Hall Elliott Memorial church tlere is to be held the meeting of the Ashford Baptist association. grounds at |’ The quarterly meeting of the State ¥s » attractive and in | Probation Officers’ association is to be held September 28 at the Connecticut Scotland, Mr. Proctor | State Farm for Women at Niantic. n try when a young| 32 in. Zephyr Ging.. regular 39c grade raed his native landion sale for 28c per vd., at the Mill Out- of ship emgine builder; it is|jet Stores Co., 18 Bath street—adv. s oldest man in i : : ate, possibly in the | At the town election in Somers Monday, i ' | October 3d, besides the usual business - é . )iz | the selling of the school house lot'in the ,' ‘;Z‘l’f"i‘d"‘;‘_ ‘:‘“"_\.‘e‘w‘ Seventh district will be acted upon. & were bu'lt the engines for| In celebration of the tenth annivers- : Monitor and Erickson. He|Aary cf the consecration of St. Patrick's wia iced to come to Norwich just|church the service at 10.30 tomorrow r Civil war as engine build_; (Sunday) will be a solemn high mass. cuitural On registration day at Storrs Agri- college, _the. total fizures were i the largest in' the' history of the state college. The number of students to date is 402. ALEXANDER PROCTOR | corps Fort Wright, Island Sound, reli er, who will proceed to Carlisle. Barr. James O'Neill and Mrs. Anna Walsh eted James O'Neill at the sanatorium at Norwich new | service at a special servi Clarence E. Barber, of Norwich, has purchased frem John P. Combies the east half of Lot 163, corner at Lord's Point, and another season. intends to erect a cottage before Rummage sale for benefit of Connecti- cut Collegze Endowment Fund, Bucking- ham Memorial, Saturday, Sept. 24, at 8 o'clock.—adyv. Orders Friday in the quartermaster’s incluted : Capt. G. M. Alden to s Qm. of Defense of Long eving Capt. R. C. Bow- It is mentioned at Dayville that Mrs. recently and found T him very much improved ard gaining in weight Wateh ! The nlot thickens. Time: Al 3 = ? m. Plac~: Rucking- ham Memorial. Scene: Rummage sale i Cu endowment.—adv. Local Episcopalians hear that seven theological stidents have entered Berkeley Divinity scliool, at Middletown, which ‘began - its s eventh year of e in the chapel i machinist at the shipyard | Wednesday evening. M 1_!"1"‘ s "("“P:l"yh 2L, At Tolland community meeting held in @ members of this firm: iy, community house Friday evening the ""v? -“"“dr“"”'"“:"”h“‘z"{OIMI'mg executive committee was ap- : e pointed: Rev. William C. Darby, Will- ic — tate frlriéorag) 1“1:'.?‘2;:4 {iam B. Ludlow, A. Esten Clough, I. Til- 4 RSt ‘ouiit aad teimc er. Jewett, s E. Ri et ratt Tme Norwich. intending | 4¢* JEWett, James E. Rhodes, Mrs. Ma- to Rico trade, when ased by the govern- It caught rian A. Baker, Mrs. Mary U. Daniels. Cholce .clams received today, fresh was fitted with one | Block Island blue, sword, fine gun and a lead-lined maga- | Mackerel, plenty of the best oysters, lob- : powder and was at once put|Sters and scallops, at Powers Bros— me vear the shipyard turn- Whirlwind, later its sister| Tradewind, following with | eu Perit, Chase, Hunter, and gzAg. s were charteres during the war, do- | service the Hunter, craft! ran between New | carrying freight nd ong, annah, Sa nnah, Georgia, 63, has an one of the Norwich-built, paper of o interesting | ler the head of Another New 3 The article reads: | nnounced yesterday that an- r new for the Pioneer 1 n, the fine mew.) Hunter (the vessel | made her appearance in | and was the admiration all_w w her beautiful lines and n J arance on the water. cimen of a steamship by Thomas Wetmore. is 160 feet in length, 27 of beam, 17 feet depth of 15 77-100 tons burden. Her ccommodations are ample, of twenty-three staterooms izeTegate of forty berths. These ns are fitted up in the most t s is also all the arrang convenience and accom- engers. Her machin- one Jow-pressure bofl- ng and mine feet dia- the appliances and con- cision at Rockville, case of Simon Silverman and wife, Amston, against the New York, New Ha- ven & Hartford Railroad Co. 1 was a suit for $300 damages over the death of three head of cattle during the | summer of 1819, mission announces an examination watchman, men or women, ‘Tuesaay of each month, beginning with October 4 and until further notice, for vacancies in this State, War and Navy. Buildings, Wash- ington, D. C., at $720 a year. adv. The spring 1912 color card issued by the Color. Card association of -the Uhit- ed States will be ready for distribution to the trade on October 1, according to an announcement made to manufacturers Friday. There will be eighty colors on the new card, the Jargest number so far shown. Judge George E. Hinman reserved de- after hearing the of The case The Unitéd States Civil Service com- tor on the first rvice, for duty in the Miss Katherine Frrman Kemp, daugh- ter of Prof. James F. Kemp of Colum- bia university and Mrs. Kemp and Chase Donaldson, a grandson Sprague,, of Rhode Island, for whom the town of S of Governor Sprague was named, and a great- grandson of Chief Justice Nalsan P. Chase, will be married this (Saturday) evening in St. Paul's chapel, New York. BEANDEGEE RESERVATION ON GERMAN (Special ‘Washingten, TREATY ACCEPTED to The Bulletin) Sept. 23—Senator Bran- degee dealt a death blow to the rumor that® senate irreconcilable$ would fight pressure engine of 38- (o acceptance of the German treaty. and 2 1-2 ‘feet stroke, |y Brandegee from a reservation that mns of 4 1-2 inch stroke:imet the favor of the foreign relations ife boats, two quarter committee of which he is 2 member and he treaty comes before the senate with sary for the safety of \jjs regervation attached and with his the 1 and passengers. |support. In an exclusive interview to- The Hunter is commanded by Capt.|day with your correspondent = Senator M. L. Rogers, long and favorably | Brandegee said: “I am entirely satisfied known for his abilities as a seaman | with the treaty as it is now modified by and gentlemanly qualifications. Mr. |two reservations and I fully approve its Wells is s hief officer, Robert Brown |acceptance as it now stands.” the chief enzineer. . William Ricker first & sssistant engineer and Mr. @rant the ng purser. have We Will Be Assistant Geologist no doubt that with these| James R. Cudworth of .Crescent officers, the quality ef the ship, and the | left . this week for Mexico where accommodation 0f her, gentlemanly |he is to take the position of agents, srs. Hunter & Gammell, the | assistant geologist with the Compania becoms a popular vessel business men and the travel- community generally. note adds: The new propeller mship Hunteg Capt. Rogers, of the er Line, arrived at this port yes- lay from New York. She brings a relght and passengéy list. We are ndebted to PufSer. Grant for files of ate New Tork papers.’ is an fter f “coincidence that irst Assistant fiwlllm Rick. Lva) foot Food er, peferred to iff'} nnah account of the Norwich steamship, was the father of William M. Toker, and that del Real de Monte of Pachuca, which has large silver mines. Mr. Cudworth was a Technology graduate - last June, Massachusetts Institute of World Advice for Wrong Trouble The wobbling world these days is getting as much advice about how to recover stability as if it were a case of a cold in the head insted of the feet.—Providence Journal. Real Limitation of Armament How to limit armaments could hard- PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Murphy -ef Laurel Hill spent Wednesday at West- erly. L Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Hayes and Mrs. J. W. Bowne were guests of friends at Pelasant View' Thursday. Miss Margaret Donovan has returned to Hartford after attending tha Dono- van-Riordan wedding in Norwich,. ‘The family of Silas Leffingwell of Nor- wich Is spending the remainder of the month at The Refuge, at Lord’s Point. A. J. Cavanaugh, Harry Schmidt, Jo- seph Birth and John O'Neill, of Dayville, ‘were recent visitors to James O'Neill in Norwich. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Littlefield. and two . children of Norwich were at Atta- waugan early in-the week, guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Brown. Mrs. Edward Edwards, her daughter, and her son, James, have returned to Norwich after spending the summer at Bay View cottage, Pleasant View. Mrs. Sarah Dinan and grandchildren, Agnes and Master Wiliam, have re- turned after spending three weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Edward = Comforter, at Pleasant View ~at the Checker-board cottage. Dr. and Mrs. Wilitam Dyer, of Bos- ton are spending a few days with Dr. Dyer’s parents at No. 30 Hedge avenue. After a trip through the White Moun- tains Dr. Dyer will resume his dental practice at Plymouth, Mass. GALES FEERY GIEL BRIDE OF CANAL ZONE ENGINEER Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Rogers e!i Gales Ferry went to New York Satur-| day, Sent. 17 to meet their daughter, : Miss Mildred, who arrived from the Cahal Zone on that date. At noon Sept. 2 in New York, Mis Mildred and George W. Green, also of | Balboa Heights, Canal Zone. were mar- ried in the Church of the Transfigura-} tion (The Litt'a Church 'Round the' Corner). Miss Rogers was attended by her sister, Misy Marion Rogers of Washington, D. C. The best man was Robert Carlson of New York. Mr. Green is engineer of main‘ain- ance in the Canal Zone, also consulting kngineer of the cities of Colon and Fan_ ama. 3 Mr. and Mrs. Green, after spending a few days in New York will lcave fer an automoblle trip, touring 'the New England states, Canada and the south. the jourmey to cover thr>e monihs, af- ter which they will return t» the Ca-. nal Zone. OBITUARY. Mrs. Elmer Archer. (Contributed.) el Few lives have been more expressive of the spirit of devotion thaa that of Mrs, Blmer Archer, which came to a peaceful end Thursday afternocn. Brou~ht to Norwich from the scuth at the .ge of fifteen she entered .nte th lite of a family where she remained for elghteen years, only leaving to re-| turn to the south to imnrove her educa- tion. During those eighteen years she first exnressed that snirit of devotion to famfly and principle which was so remarkable, and which continnaed dur- ing the years of her married fife in| that of the few families Wherz the was later employed. Sha was known i and beloved by. all the children ‘n the! neighborhood some of whose chi:idren later learned to love her ton She was faithful in all things, reserv-' ed, self-controled, natient In. suffering, admired by all who knew her—a beau- tiful oharacter who will be greatly missed and whose life vas an insvira- tion to others, William Pember am Pember, 59, died sudlenly morning about 3 o'clock at Thompson. Mr. Pem- iad been suffering from suga< di- abetes for some time past. Thur.d:y Le took an automobile trip to Webster Friday morning he drank a cu: coffec and was immediately taken Fe dwd shortly afterwards. r Pember leaves one daughtsr in Poughxcepsie and a granison in Eist Thompson. He had been employzd for shweral yvears as_a mechanic and was we.! known in llimant'‘c whe-e he haj meny friends. FUNERAL. Mrs. Hiram H. Farnham Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock the fu- neral of Irene Willard Farnham , wife of Hiram H. Farnham, was held from Grace Episcopal church, Yantic. Rev M. McLean Goldie, rector, officiat- ing at ihe service Robert W. Otis vre- sided at the organ and several nymns were rendered by the choir. Face to Face was sung by Frderick H. Wyant. The bearers were Howard S. Bishop Charles G. Pierce, Frank Smith, and Hermon J. Gibbons and burial was in Yantic cemetery. A ccmmital service was reaa by Rev. Mr. Goldie. There Wwas a large attendance at the funeral ard the floral tokens of esteem were | mny and bautiitl. Undiiiaker C. A.| Gager, Jr. had charge of the funcal airangements. Unelalmed Lejters. Unclaimed letters in the - Norwich, Conn,, post office week ending Sept. P4, 1921: I Batnick, L. Cohen, Miss Anna Crane, Miss Sadie Daty, Mrs. An- nie Feinberg, Doc. Haskell, U. Heke, Mrs. Abbie E. Kendall, Mrs. Louis L bounty, Mrs. Larkwood, P. Lijofsky, Mrs. Frences E. Lovett, Mrs. Eivir R. Meyer, Miss S. Eleanor Pease. Trebbe-Higgins Announcement. Notwlich friends of Mrs. Mary A. Hig- gins have received announcements of the marriage of her daughter, Rosalie, and Charles -F. ‘Trebbe, which took Dlace at St. Michael's church, ‘Westerly, Tuesday, September 20th. INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY TRobert Gale Noves has returned, after passing the summer in, Europe. Mrs. John L .Mitchell of Baltimore is the guest of Mrs. J. Dana Colt. - Marco Parkes, of New York, spent a portion of the week ealling on Norwich reiatives Miss Katherine H. Chapmell, of New London, is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Fred S. Camp. H. Reynolds Palmer will return :o Pomfret school Tuesday next for the opening of the fall term. Mise Barbara Mitchell, of Baltimora, who has been the guest of Miss Francis 1. Coit,- has returned to the Mitcneil cot- tage, Elwyn Boulders, near Weekapauz. Mrs. Horatio Bigelow, of Charleston, S. C., will arrive in Norwich next week to visit Mrs, Luctus Briggs. During the week Miss Molly Bigelow will be the guest of Miss Frances D. Coit and Mas- ter Sam Bigelow will be entertained by Master Grosvenor Ely, Jr. Clifford M. Story, whe has been on a business trip in, Burope, .sails for home today (Saturday) on the Aquitania. Mrs. Story and children. Who have been guests of Mrs,_ Story's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Pullen, will leave town next week for their home In Hackensack, N. 5 : Ignorance of Bible in Colleges 'SELECTMEN ASK 9 1-2 MILL TOWN TAX | _ Estimates of what the Norwich select- men, Casper K. Bailey, Charles P. Bush- nell and Patrick T. Connell, consider will be necegsary town expenses for next year will lead the selectmen to ask the apnual town meeting in October to yote a town tax of 9 1-2 mills, which is half a mill less than the selectmen asked a year ago, The accompanying table shows how the estimated expenses for the coming year compare with the estimates of a year ago. i The annual report of the selectmen shows that they have closed the year with a-balance on hand of about $9,567.- 11, after paying all bills and in spite of the fact that two large expenditures for which no appropriations had been made were called for during the year. These were ‘the rebuilding of the West Side bride, which was_done at an expense of $22,785.33, and the payment of the county tax of $55,197.23 for which an appropri- ation of only $12,843 was voted by the last town meeting as it was expected that this would be the town’s share of the county tax would not be more than that amount. . Selectmen’s Statement. The following is the statement that the selectmen make on the year: During the past year the town of Nor- foad most of the Tand has been ac: quired for the completion of the state highway from Taftville to Norwich Town and it is hoped that this can be finished in the early future. Thé bridges of the town have been kept in good repair and the West Side bridge replaced with steel and concrets, -As soon as the work.is finished on The Central Vermont bridge in this location by the raliroad, tie town plans to place a smooth odituminous surface on these bridges. The affairs of the Alm= house have been well handled as usual under the efficient supervisicn of Mr. and Mrs. Ciapman with the loval support of many of the inmates. The additional! Jand acquired there last year has already proven of much value to the town. The alms house coal for _the coming winter is in the bins and pald for. One additional item of expense dur- ing the past year has been due to-the operation of the Widows Pension Law for which an appropriation of $3,000 was made. This will in all probability be a permament expense to the town here- after but your Rcard feels that no money could be better expended as the iopera- tion of the law results in the keeping of many families together under the mofher’s care where otherwise it might B S e X WS ST Ty Almshousa Outside zoor Widows' Pension X Highway (city of Norwich Highways (town of Norwici) Macadam repairs Oiiing; -roads Bridge1 Contingent Interest /e National guard Election expense ... Registry of vital statisties Town clerk’s office Town property tax nking fund Tuberculosis ........ Probate district court Street lighting State tax .., County ' tax Pt Medical inspection school .childr Yantic Steam Fire Engine Co. Lafayette street balance 1918 1 i 1921 State highway Stata highway State highway State highway Liquor licenses Totals Cash on hand Dog licenses Uncollected taxes Bank and insurance Personal tax . To ba raied by tax Totals BELECTMEN'S ESTIMATES Expenses. ESTIMATED RECEIPTS. 93 mill tax recommended this year brings $184,921.49. 10 mill tax was recommended last year. 1931-1922 1920-1921 . $7.000.00 $9,000.00 6.000.00 9,000.00 11,000.00 11,000.00 7,000.00 3.500.00 3,000.00 000.00 23.000.00 ,000.00 5,000.00 15,000.00 3.000.00 3,000.00 2,500.00 2,500.00 5,000 23,000.00 10,000.00 13,000.99 13,000.00 15,000.00 6.000.00 6,060 00 6.000.00 5,090.00 2.000.00 500.00 6.500.00 9.500.00 = 2,000.00 500.00 1.000.00 1,000.00 31.000.00 21,000.00 47.714.23 83.00 1.000.00 778.00 3.050.60 $900.00 3 $9.567. $16,567.54 650. 650.00 19 000, 7.000.00 6.500.00 8 4,000.00 185,275.12 192,159.46 ee ses. $219,992.23 $226,877.00 wich in common with the rest of the country has been passing through a pe- riod of depression, which has not yet end- cd, although there has been some im- provement in local conditions. This con- dition has affected to some degree the af- fairs of the town and under the circum- stances your selectmen feel that the town was very fortunate in that the outside poor and alms house expense has been kept within the appropriation. On the other hand, however, the highway ac- count shows an increased exvenditure due to the policy of your board, espe- cially during the past winter and spring, in providing work for a considerable number of heads of families on the high- ways as a relief measure in addition to the regular employes. Some of work done at that time could no doubt have been postponed but in a number of cases it was a question of furnishing em- ployment t¢ worthy and willing citizens or giving support to them and their fam- ilies from the town funds. The method taken by your board has not only bene- fited the roads but saved the self-respect of the persons employed and they feel that such action will meet with no dis- approval from the citizens. Besides making the usual repairs a number of the roads were finished with Sravel. The only large items of work were two in number, the completion of the state highway on the Gallows Hill road so far as the ap- propriation would allow, this being done by the state and the improvéement of the road from Backus Corfer to Trading Cove done by the town without special appropriation. This latter foad has been in very poor condition for a number of years but is now believed to be insuch shape that it. will need only minor re- pairs in the future. On the Gallows Hill the | [be necessary to place the children in public institutions. The chemical apoaratus for the Yanl tis steam fire engine company has been purchased and delivered to the company, and will provide protection for a wide | stretch of territory where no other fire apparatus is available. You will note an increase in the amouns asked for neglected and depenent child- Ten. This is due to the fact that the state has raised the price of board and |attendance for the inmates at the Mans- | field home from two dellars to ten dol- lars a week. The state has also made an increase of one dollar a week in the amount which the town must pay for care of its insane. Such expenses as these are, of course, nct under the comtrol of your board but must be provided fcr. The same may be said of the counmiy tax for which this yvear a large increase is necessery. | This tax was laid by the representatives from this county to the last legislature and assessed proportionately on the dif- ferent towns and this payment cannct |be avoided. In view of these various increases and the business conditions previously re- ferred to your board feels that the town |is fortunate in having a cash balance on | hand of over $3.500 with all bills paid and in being able to recommend a tax for the coming year of n'ne and one-half mills, a decrease of one-half mill over the tax of the past vear. In addition to ths above estimated expemses, there will be a number of other matters presented for the action of the town uon petitions of various citizens. Any of the®e requests which are approved will, of course, in- crease the amount of money to be raised Iin a greater or lesser degree. WEAK CiTY GAS PRESSURE HANDICAPS THE BULLETIN The city gas plant came cloze to its recerl early Friday evening in sup- plying gas with such miserably weak pressure that it was useless. It ‘crip- pled the Bulletin's newspaper plant at the time of beginning composition as the gas was to weak to me!t the lead in the pots of the linotype machines. Forty-five minutes lost on sik ma- chines the first thing in the night made considerable difference in the amount of type’ that could be set for this (Saturday) morning's paper. Johr Darby Il With Pneumonia John C. Darby is ill with pneumonia at his home, 130 Washington strect. is sisters. Mrs. Mary Shepard and Miss Jernie Darby of Windsd: Locks are’ here assisting in his care with a trained ‘nurse. SCHOOL BOARD TO ASK FOR 11 1-2 MILL TAX The annual budget of the ~town school board prepared by the finance committee of the board, Charles A. Saxton and William P. McGarry, shoxs that the estimated expenses of tle schools for the coming year will bt $241,215.74, where the estimate mad a year ago for the past vear was $223,094.29. The school board will ask the an- nual town meeting to vote a tax of 111-2 mills, which is a quarter of a mill more than they asked last ycar.| The principal items of increass for the coming year are about $5,000 of interest made necessary by the cor- struction of the Mt. Plensant streat school house and an item f $13,52 to provide for a flat ine: of $1 in the saiary of each teacie:. There is also an increase in the regula: fal- 5 e et e e Oy SCHOOL BOARD'S ESTIMAT! Undergraduats ignorance of the Bi- ble has long been a byword For a ‘whole generation it has been the favor- ite theme of professors of English who write for publication.—Saturday Ev- ening Post. ‘We have simply got to quit expect-' the younger Mr. Ricker married Miss|ly be better exemplified than in the|ing miracles from the Government and Bstella Proetor, daughter of Alexander | way. in which the United States has reduced its army.—Beston Transcript. paddle’ our own canoe.—New * York Times. " | : Reoeipts. 1921-1922 1820-1921 From staw._rumeration .... $14,500.00 $14,500.00 From state—evening schools 850.00 300.00 From state—library appropriation. 225.00 250.00 From town deposit fund ,,,... . 798.08 798.08 Thames National Bank, dividend on stock. 184.00 184.00 Tuition, out of town pupnls . 400.00 430.00 From state, under Chapter 343, pul 1919 for increase in teachers' salaries, 1920-1921 ... 8,334.00 Rent of house, East No B 200.00 Town of Norwich, to be raised by tax-of 113 mills (1921) teceriicinrseniecsconcee.. 223,958.66 197,698.21 B $241,215.74 223,004.29 Salastes B0 S0 $176,699.00 $164,489.00 To provide for $125 increase to each teachers’ salary AL AR 13,625.00 Repairs % 11,000.00 11,392, Supplies, fuels, incidentals 25,000.00 28,000.00 Insurapce 1,612.84 1.599.52 Interest 10,778.90 2,775.90 Evening schools 2,500.00 2,500.00 Medical inspection 4,000.00 [ncrease in teachers' chap. 343, public acts of 1919...000e0eu 8,334.00 $223,094:29° e e —————————————— | American Creeo ary appropritions from $164,48) to $176,699. 7 An official of the school boird ex- plained - on Fria. that tha $125 in- crease which the board is recommeni- lng_rar every teacher arises from the vote of a spcial town mozeting last year’to give a flat $400 inc-euse in the salary of all teachers, at the rate of $75 a year, thus establishing new moni- mums and maximums of pay. Now the school board proposes to recommend a $125 increase in all t2ache: sal- aries beyvond what they woull get by the ordinary increasss pri led through length of, service. The effect will be to bring a number of the teack- ers to the maximum salary in their grades at once, The-accompanying tahle presents a comparison of the school budgets for this year and last year. BATTERY B. DANCE AT ARMORY DRAWS CROWD Three hundred couples actended the dance at the armory Friday night held under the auspices of Batery B., 192nd Artillery. The programme, for the ev- ening was furnished by /the Feltcorn and Shepard orchestra of New London. The entertain committee of the bat- tery announced Friday nizht that ar- rangements have heea completed io hold a matinee concert by Sousa’s band Monday. The committee has decided to hold the matinee concert owing to the fact that they are una to supply the demand for tickets for the eve ing concert. Without doubt the ar- mory will be crowded bo‘h aiterno:n and even'ng to greet Sousa and his tand. The committee has made arrange- ments with Edward J. Graham, sup intendent ot schools, to huve scheols close at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon in order to give the children an opportu- nity to attend the concert THRONG FILLS SQUARE TO BEE SAFETY FIRST PICTURES Fully 2,000 men. women and children thronged Franklin square Friday evening to sev the safety first plcture, “Where Are Your Children'?” which was present- ed to the public under the auspices of the Connectlcut State Motor Vehicle De- partment,~ The moving plcture presenta- tion {8 part of the motor vehicle depart- ment's Safety First Week programme be- ing carried out.in an effort to cut down the number of uccidents throughout the state. People flocked from all sectfons of the city and town to see the free outdoor moving picture performance. Franklin square was so densely crowded while the movies were being shown that it was with much ®fficulty that el&tric cars Were able to enter and leave. The side- walk west of Ferry street was blocked to_traffic so great was the crowd. The programme opened about eight K with first picture which showed how many accidents occur, especially those where children are the victims, and also showed a number of children who have been maimed for life either through the carelessness of some auto driver or their own thoughtlessness. The thoughts which the picture impress- ed on the minds of the audience were “Think” and “Prevention is better than a cure.” Fa'lowing the safety finst picture Charlie Chaplin appeared on the sereen in his famous comedy picture, Shoulder Arms. The screen was located on the side of the building across Ferry street from Mrs, Fay's store and the maciine which was in a room on the second story of the Fay buliding was operated by Weston C. Pullen and Manley Eastwood. The films will be taken to New Canaan today (Saturday) where they will be shown tonight. Thursday night they were shown in Jewett City. The local arrangements for the showing of the - tures were made through Chief George Linton of the Norwich police department. BLOCK ISLAND PROPERTY BOUGHT BY CONN. MEN Paul Goldsteln of Hartford, I M. Goldstein and Isidore Barkoviz of New Britaln took title Thursday to the pro- perty at Block Island, owned by the Free Will Baptist Church of that place, consisting of twenty-one acres of val_ uabfe shore property- and a s:xteen room house. Negotlations, which hive been in progress for several weeks were closed Tuesday. Mr. Goldstein gaid it is the Intention of the new owners to have the property developed before the summer season of 1922. The house on the ei‘: will be used for ‘hotel or rooming house por- poses. MCOSFHEART LECG'ON IS IN MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN Wemen of +heart L2z, No. 124, held their regular meeting at the Moose Home Thursdy even- ing with a large attendance and awith Mrs. Alida Boyens presiding. The J. J. Davis membership campaign has st ed and will last until November. 30th. It is desired that the chapter during this campaign will make an effort to doubie its membership. At the close of the meeting the re- freshment committee served ice cream and cake. For Auto Trip Through White Mountains Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Palmer of Broad street with r. and Mrs. Herbert B. Cary of Williams street are to spend next week in an automobile trip through White Mountain points of in- terest. They are to go in Mr. Palme-'s car. Will Preach Retreat to Men Rev. Daniel J. Quinn of New Yurk v is to preach a retreat from Uct. 29 te* 23, “at _St. Mary’'s church T th men of the parish. Rav. Fr. Quun 15 weil known as ex-president of Fo-i- ham L niversity and, is one of the m« prehinent of New York Jesuits or1-o Fe ras preached retreats to pri.s ard laymen of .all sections of 1 sw England and Middle At'anti, F1. Keefe assures the men of the ¢ 1) « real treat on this oceasion. Fr. Quian at the present iime is specializing .n tee wak of laymiea's reireats. Cil Relief Corps Initiated Two Sedgewick Woman's Relief No. 16, held its regular meet Buckingham Memorial, Friday after- noon, Sept 23rd. The secretary and weansit.e’s geport were read anl ac cepted. T cardidates were in netel, Tt was v+ted to hav> a1 whis. nexr n The meeting v'ised wita tte d m ute to the flag. Corps, ne. in L8 Big Salaries and Big Results Salaries are never too big if the re- cipients produce results. A million- dollar salary that produces the goods is economically beneficial.—Saturday Evening Post. Exit lce Man—Enter Coal Man When the summer ice man is fair- Iy good to us we sometimes have en- ! ough left to jingle when the coal man calls.—Atlanta Constitution. dn Bottiss. USKIDE AND PANCO SOLES WARRANTED 4 MONTHS EASY WALKING It does make an enormous differenc where you leave your shoes. Probably anybody can cabble a pair of shoes but how many in Norwich can repait them with comfort and the appearance of a new shoe? A trial will prove our statement. Goodyear Shoe Repairing Co. NINO DE PALMA, Shoe Expert Tel. 720 86 FRANKLIN STREET Sokols Fostered Czech “Spirit of 76" “The coming of a delegation of Sokol Gymnastic Societies from Cxecho-Slovakia to the United Btater has a deeper interest than ing to an international at attach- etic event Europe's newborn republic is sending to the far older re c of the New World a representation from an or- ganization which had much to dc with keeping alive a national spirit against e day when seized her opportunity for independences” With this comment the National Geographic Societ sues the follow- ing bulletin explain torical significance of the Sokol societies : The del tion of Sokols from Czechoslovakia to the Chicago conven- tion are repaying the visit made by many American Sokols who wnt to Prague last year, each of them hear- ing food drafts so that ir presence in Prague would not be more of an embarrassment than a help. A group of American Sokol. crowned hill where Danube unite and there drapel Old Glory over a Millennial Monument, which was erected by the Magyars to commemorate the estab! ent of the Hungarian state by Stephen the First in 99 “The founding of the Sokol organi- zation in Bohemia was the sounding of the reveille to a siumbering nation. Czech nationality in 1862 was somnol- ent. Even friends of the Hussite peo- ple despaired of its regainir met at the castle » March and the its sense of freedom. The enemies of the race which produced Comenius openly sneered at the low estate to which the once proud nation had fallen. “Then came Miroslav Tyrs and Jind- rich Fugner, who conceived as a means of awakening their rac2 the estabiish- ment of an organizaticn which would escape the antagonism of the Haps- burg oppressors while cementing the people into a unit by training them in discipline and org: ation. “The Sokols, or falcons, derive their name from a Slav legend in which that bird typifies a spi i and courageous youth. ion is Slavic in conception and it has so far aided in energizing successive Slavic groups. “It was the Czech Sokol spirit which united the thousands of Bohemian war prisoners in Russia and, when the permission from Kernesky came, forged them into the army which formed the spear point of the ‘Kerensky offensive’ in the summer of 1917. It was the Sokol spirit which actuated thousands of men in western Russia, who could almost see their native hills, to set out on the most marvelous anabasis that World War has known, an adven- ture which culminted in the capture of huge tracts of Siberia, and the re- turn of the veterans in American transports from Vladivostok to Trieste, “The Sokolovna, or Sokol hall, is not only the gymnasium for the men and women of Czechoslovakia but is alsa the social and cultural center of the city or village. It has been through more than half a century of awaken- ing nationalism the hearthstone ta which the Czech Lares and Penstes have been gathered. “Last year the seventh Sokol Festl- val was held in Prague. Coming at a time when the new nations of Europe were still dazed with self government, it did more than any other thing to unite the people of one country and to reveal to them the spectacle of a nation’s people co-operating in a tri- bute to the very nationality which their co-operation was strengthening. Sokols were’ ‘brought from the most remote districts. Children who had long heard of their capital but who had never seen Golden Prague spent a week in visiting the places rich in historical and national interest. The railways were given such a test as war itself would not impose upon them. Hundreds of thousands of newly enfranchised citizens had the privilege of paying personal tribute to their newly elected chief, President Masaryk. he orginzation which was im- stituted under a hostile goy,ernment to foster and physical and spiritual forces that make for manliness, simultane- ously forged the national forces which make for freedom. Freedom having been secured, the same organization operates in strengthening the bonds that unite the new Czech state” SAFETY IN A STORM Here are some instructions as to what to do and what not to do in a thunderstorm. They are issued by the State Fire Marshal of Louisana and quoted with approval by Safety Engineering. If vou find yourself indoors during don’t go near the avoid using the tele- door. the thunderstorm chimney, and phone; also don’t touch a screen Out of doors during a thunder the safest place is in the woods. ning may strike a tres, but likely to be the one under w have taken shelter. On the other hand the most foolish thing to do is to stand under an isolated tree. An open shed, especially if it is some distance from larger buildings, is neéarly, if not quite as dangerous. Never go near a wire fence during a thunderstorm. Nine-t of the annual mortal- ity from liektning occurs in the rural districts, including under this head towns and villages of 2,500 inhabjs tants or less. F. H KENYON, General Agent G. N. DELAP, Special Agent D. W. LITTLE. Special Agent Hartford, Conn. Maw York New Haead S At