Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 29, 1921, Page 10

WARMER TODAY; RAIN OR SNOW TONIGHT SOCIATED PRESS DESPATCHES TheMButletim Norwich, Thursday, Deec. 29, 1921 THE WEATHER, Conditions. The disturbance over the Canadian maritime provinces has increased great- Ir in intensity during the last 24 hours it was centered over Newfoundland Wednesday night with a barometer read- ing of 28.94 inches at St, John's. The northwest disturbances ha® also also increased in intensity and moved rapidly east southwestward to Ontario. Generally falr weather "has prevailed ng the last 24 hours. The temperature was lower in the At- tantic states Wednesday. The Ontarfo disturbance will move rapidly eastward attended by consider- able cloudiness Thursday and local snows probable in the lake region, the up- Ohio valley and portions of the Atlantic states and it will be fol- fair weather Friday, almost east of the Mississippi river. temperature will be somewhat hig n the Atlantic states Thursday w much colder weather will over- 5 4 the Atiantic states Thursday n and Friday. 4 wave warningz have been or- red for northern Michigan, northern York and the north portion of ern New England. Forecast. » Southern New England: Unsettled somewhat warmer Thursday; prob- ght rain or snow Thursday after- r Friday fair and much Observations in Norwich. illetin’s observations show the changes in temperature and r changes Wednesday: Ther, Bar. 17 30.20 22 30.30 5 . 20 30.20 26, lowest 18 Comparisons. for Wednesday: Fair and s weather As predicted. |l Moon es. High low /" NORWICH TOWN day ests at the home of Mr. rs. James F. Trursday of Town ncluded their daughter, Miss Mar- a B. Thurston of Springfield, Mass., alsy thelr daughter-in-law, Mrs. Grace on and her son William of West remaining for a few days' vis After passing Christmas at the home cf son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and J. M. Hart, of Hartford, Mre. Minni. miston returned Monday dvening to her McClellan aven Having passed the holiday home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gay of Usper Washington Stanley Gay has returned to re- his duties as draughtsman for the Sled Commpany of West Mystic Johanna Blacker and daughter, fiss Mary Blacker wera expected to re- Tuesday evening, following a few n’ Waterbury as holiday Mrs. Blacker's sister, Mrs. Flacker. season at Mre. achool her Ledyard home is on passing Town ¥ Mrs. Albert F. Greene had as guests, Mr. Greene's brother. ter Greene, of Poquetanuck and Mr. Herbert Brown, of Charlton, At seven o'clock Monday evening a pleasinz program carried cut by of the Sunday school, chiefl ils of the Norw The h Town in the reserved seats the program was the us with his bells. the opening somg by the by the pastor, Rev. J. B I'm Mt Five Years Very Naughty Boy and recitation, I am Mildred Carier; exer- stmas by Clande children met Mitehel h: song arter, Mark Aldrich and Miller ; song, Away Tn a Manger, Pennett, Miss Blanche Wheeler, nist . rectaticn, Santa Claus is Mildred Carter; exerciece, The Mereage of the Rells, by Graco Mitche mhall, Fffie Ladd, Augusta Mi " Gladys © The lact two hristinas, Claude Stanton : br Ralph Mitchell and after which a colec- - dren Claus gifts es as the names were called trimmed by Mrs. ston a near east ch distributed the » Stanfon W. Rrown r = arraneed by Miss Ger- rude Mrs. Richard Carter e 3 TAFTVILLE Th hins owned and driven by n Sehwariz of Norwich, met with | Tu afternoon _ about cloe at the eorner of Hunters nd M nte avenue, when the | to avetd hi I Pratte, nters avenue of Hunters avenue wartz was ecoming down Merchants Dr. Pratte made a wide turn right to =o un Merchants avenue wartz thinking the other machine #n close to the enrb shot to the front of the doctor's machine. sharp turn of the wheel to A4 with the ald of the fce the Schwartz car turned com- around and hit the curb on the ie of the read, breaking the axla neturing the two front tires. No hurt. 4 Stone hae returned to New Haven wpending the holldays with his on Soutii B street. Taftville Social club 18 sending nvitations to the members and ds of the club for the annual smoker held In the club rooms Saturday ening. A large attendance is expect- ng the machine that was coming Dr. Pratte was and Mr, right members of the are Army and Navy making preparations for thelr banquet be held Saturday A large attendance iz expected. Mussetta Clark of Marfon, Mass., o zuest of Misses Flsie and Ruth Heap of South Feont street. Miss Laird of New York is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Volkman of North P street Miss Mildred Harroun has returned to her home ir Willlmantic after passing ® few days with her aunt, Miss AnnagM. Beardow of Providence street. SHOULD ESTABLISH HOMES FOR. ~ CHILDREN UNDER FOUR YEARS —— What can we do With the little chil- dren that become charges of the com- munity before they reach the age of four vears? This was a question brought up by First Selectman Casper K. Bal- 1y in & very interesting talk at the noon- day luncheon of the Norwich Rotary club held Wednesday at the Wauregan hotel. In his talk Mr. Bailey said: We have just celebrated the birth of the greatest Child the world has ever known, a Child born under humble circumstances. There are hundreds of children in this city born under the same humble conditions, conditions that do not improve, and, as the family increases, in fact, grow worse. What are we as a Christian community going to do for these chil- dren who have not reached the age of four years? After they are four years old we have the county homes, but until they reach that age no provision has been made for them if they are left alone in the world. ' The legislation is such that without breaking the law these children cannot be placed in a county home and if a private family or woman wishes to take these children she must have a license. I, with Sthers from Norwich, have tried to have legijla- tion on this matter o that these littla children might be admitted to the coun- ty homes or some other institution but it has been of no avail. The child welfare department of the state has only received three applica- tions from women who would be willing to take charge of one or more children and only one of these was granted a license. Sometimes children are adopt- ed but these cases are the exception ra- ther than the rule. In my experfence as first selectman during the winter two years ago I had a. woman come to me Wwith two little children, Her husband had left her and she was about to become the mother of ther child. She was going to the hospital and had no one to care for her two babies. I hustled around and got a woman to take care of the children. It against the law but what could one The next day a woman called my attention to a case in the city where both father and mother were ill with pneumonia and the children were left without care. All the children were un- der four years and I tried to get the county home to take them but the home reported that it was impossible to care for them at that time and there was an outbreak of measles at the Rock Nook home so the only thing was to get some individual to care for them. I looked all day for someone but it was not until night that a colored woman said she would care for them. She had been a practical nurse and would do it. I took the children to her home but found that as one of the small children had been sick the woman was afrald for her own children so would not take them. During ' the weeks that followed thes children were cared for by seven differ- ent families in as many weeks until the mother had recovered and was able to care for them. This is the condition that exists in Norwich today. There is no place for the little child. The insane are cared for, the sick are taken care of and the children .over four years have a place for them but the little child has no place to go when deprived of its parents. This is something that the community should think about and 'lh_ink well. Mr. Bailey's talk was received with en- thusiasm and was a talk worth while for any community to think about. Mayor Herbert M. Lerou, a n;ezz:;:‘r of the special committee, that was in - ference pwilh State Highway Commijssion- er C, J. Bennett at Hartford on Tues- day, gave a Very comprehensiv®k report of the meeting which was to get the state highway department to take some steps in putting the road between the Bozrah and Colchester lines into good condition so that Norwich would have 2 direct passable road to Hartford. The road under discussion is one that con- nects with the new highway at Colches- ter and one tnat would very much short- en the distance between Norwich and Bennett had given his assurance that !n Bennett ha dgiven his assurance that in the spring a cement road would be lald and that $65,000 would be used to com- plete the .work. Mr. Bennett expressed himself as interested in NorWich be- cause Norwich éwas trying to help itself and further stated that If the town would help and the other towns would (!0 their part a cement road would be laid connecting the new Westerly highway with Norwich in the spring. Mayor Le- ronsénnounced that Mr. Bennett beinz a good Rotarian and president of the Hart- fora Rotary club would come to Nor- wich bers n Feb. 15th to address the mem- f the local club on the matter of in this vicinity. G. Park, chairman of the “On to Los Angeles” committee, Teported that the spring meeting of International Rotary would be held in Los Angeles from June 4 to 9. He said that the New England contingent of delegates would leave Springfleld, Mass, on May 29th and would return about June 26th. The cost of fhe trip, including hotel bills, railroad fares, extra sight-seeing tri and stop-overs Wwill be between $400 a $500, Charles F, Wells made a very enter- taining report on a’ visit to the New York Rotary club where he Wwas mos! royally entertained. Charles A. Saxton, chairman of the public affairs committee, made a very encouraging report in the course of which he complimented the city of Nor- wich on the permanent street improve- men He aiso suggested that while not c ze, it might be a good thing if the city could find some way of mark- ing the crosswalks in the business sec- tion of the city. Mayor Lerou said that it was a diffi- cult thing-to find a paint that would stand up under constant traffic, James | L. Crawford suggested that white brick be used to mark the crosswalks and his suggsetion met with favor. A letter of appreciation from the Christmas seal committee Was read by Secretary Joseph N. Wevmouth for the contribution of the club to the cam- paign. The meeting was very large, there be- ing only three absentees; there were three guests and one visiting Rotarian. The meeting was enlivencd with song and quartette selections under the di- Tection of Song Leadér P. W. Wheeler. As it was the birthday of one of the members, James L. Crawford, he was given a handsomely decorated birthday cake With the hearty wishes of the club for’ many more. s SLATER HALL PORTRAITS DESCRIBED BY F. J. 32, The thirty-second and trait hanging in Slater Hall scribed by the late Francis is that of Willlam Tyler Norton, the eighth and youngest child of Asa and born in Branford, Conn., 1826. He married, in November, 1852 Mary Eliza Plant, of Branford, who died Sept. 19tH, 1879. William Norton came to Norwich in 1850, joining the firm of Backus & Nor- ton, later Converse & Co. and then Nor- ton Bros. With his brother-in-law, Lo- renzo Blackstone and his brothers, Hen- ry B. and Timothy Norton, he was In- terested iIn starting the large cotton mill of the Attawaugan Company. He had other Interests and at the time of his death had charge of the woolen mills at Montville. His death, Nov. 22, 1871, was a trag- edy. ‘He was on a steamér coming up Thames river when the boat took He found a life preserver for the LEAVENS last por- and de- J. Leavens Sophie Norten, 5 Dec. 22, fire. only woman passenger. helped save oth- ers, and then, in spite of belng a re- markably strong swimmer, was himself lost. His body was not recovered for njne weeks. A constant watch was kept and at Iast a little girl saw it. The reward of a thousand dollars which she received. was used to edueate her. Mr. Norton is described by Mr, Leav- ens as a man of genial temver. who al- ways had a pleasant word for everyona. Governor Willlam A. Buckingham said of him after his death. “He was the best loved citizen of Norwiel He left three children. Angelina Plant Norton (Mrs. ¥dward Dennison Fuller), Henry Asa Norton and Willlam Ander- son Norton. (Conchuded.) STILLS ANTY LIQUOR FOUND IN LEDYARD A visit by Federal Prohibition Agents Isadore Machol ani Courtland E. Brown rd Wednesday noon resulted in ire of two stills, a small amount of liquor and about 70 gallons of corn- meal mash. The confiscated stills are alleged to belong to Pgar Pettini, who leases a plot of land from the Breakwater company, and Arthur Martini, who lives in the same vicinity, Pett] maintained his still in the open and claimed that he had been operating it for about three weeks. He stated that ihe made the home brew solely for his own use. Martini had his still located in his home. Considerable cofl was located at each place. Necither of the two ac- cused men can speak good English and, though admitting at the custom house in New London that they were the owners of the stills, they were unable to give any further details of thelr past activi- ties. The confiscated liquor all told amount- ed to about ten galions. The accused will be arraighed before United States Commissioner Frank L. McGuire. STATE ATTORNEY HULL TO ATTEND CONFERENCE | State Attorney Hadlal A. Hull is to be called into conference soon with prose- cutors of other counties and Attorney General Healy with regard to better en- forcement of laws. Attorney General Healy arnounced Tuesday fhat, in ac- cordance Wwith a suggestion of United States Attorney General Daugherty, he would call a conference of Connectiout county prosecutors in order to bring about a coherent working arrangement between them and the federal officers charged with the same enforcement func- tions, particularly the ‘carrying out of the prohibition and the food and fuel supply laws throughout the state. The date of the ineeting has not yet been W t Hartford—The Girl Scout troep at the Amerfean School for the Deaf in West Hartford decorated a Christmas tree which was taken to a ward of sick Sbildren in St. Francts’ hospital. announced, but it will be held in the im- mediate future, according to Mr. Healy. Nearly every man is his own hero and every woman is her own heroine. CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY WITH REUNION Mr. and Mrs. George A. Gardner of East Great Plaln held a family reunion Tuesday evening in honor of their gold- en wedding anniversary. Among those present were Mrs. Edith I. Smith, a daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Bertram G. Smith, and son, Fdwin, granddaubhter Smith, and son, Bdwin, grandchild and great giandchild, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie E. Smith and two children, Clarence and Mae Iva, grandchild: and great-grand- children, Ely L. Gardner, a son of Mr. and Mre. Gardner, and four children, Cleon E., Jennie Dorig Louise, Del- phin D. Gardner. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner were married In Salém, December 27, 1871 by the late Rev. Henry Tarbush, formerly of Nor- wich. The; at once took up thelr resi- dence at Gardner Lake where they re- sided for 33 years. Following this they lived for twelve vears in Leffingwell and then took up thelr residence at East Great Plain where they have lived for, the past flve years. Mrs. Gardner wag born in Salem, the daughter of the late #sa Spafding Ladd and Harrlet Crarey being one of the fam- of twelve. Mr. Gardner was born in Preston the son of Andrew J. Gardner and Fanny M. Randall. His entire life has been spent in this vicinity. The event was noticed in a quiet but very appropriate manner and the best wishes from a large number of friends were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Gardner. NORWICH CHILDREN RAISE $300 FOR NEAR EAST Children of the public schools of Nor- wlch, through the Near East Relief have sent a Christmas glift of $300 to the orphans and refugees of Armenia and other stricken areas of that section, it was announced Wednesday hy the state director, E. H. McDonough. The gift will be realized by them In the form of food, clothing and shelter, The money raised in the Norwioh schools wag a result of a speclal Christ- mas appeal made by Ex-Governor Mar- cus H. Holcomb, honorary state chair- man of the Near East Relief organiza- tion in Connecticut. Mrs. Susana W. Sevin, who forwarded the money, point. ed out that it was made up of 2,611 pennies, 849 nickels and only six half dollars. The pennies weighed eighteen pounds. Of the total sum, $158.27 was deposited by the pupils in little card- board ships with money receptacles des- tined for the Near East. There is a group of young women in Glistonbury who have a bridge club, and who have been glving rather ex- pensive gifts as prizes.” This vear they have declded to walve the prizes and to contribute to the Near East Relief the money that would otherwise be used to buy prizes. Already the adoption of one Armenian orphan has been ac- complished by this method. —_— CATHOLIC WOME COUNCIL SPREADS CHRISTMAS CHEER During the past week various commit- tees of the Norwich branch, Cormecticut Council of Catholic Women, visited the Norwich institutions and taus contrib- uted greatly to the Christmas joy of the sick and needy. Last Tuesday Mrs. J. B. Caron and committee visited the Norwich insane hospital and presented 60 Christmas packages, each containing a personal gift for the recipient. Mrs. Caron’s committee was as folows: Mrs. N. C. Disco. Mrs. Cam Welte, Miss Mary Hartie. Mrs. H. Corning, Mrs. Maurice Kelley, Mrs. D. J. Hayes, Mrs. Jchn Moran, Miss Annie Ed- wards, Mrs. William MecGarry. Fifty dolls solcited by a committes e Bo Reid [ Nomwic A Clean-Up Sal night. [y BEGINS TODAY It's the end of the year, and the last opportunity we will have to swell our sales for 1921. We have in our stock at present approximately two hundred pretty Trimmed Hats, ranging in price from $7.50 to $12.50 and, we want to dispose of them before Saturday IF YOU WANT A GOOD HAT CHEAP - NOW IS THE TIME TO GET IT HATS WHICH WERE $12.50 TO $15.00 There are some Velvet Hats, some in Satin Antique, and many of Gold or Silver Cloth. There are big Hats, and little—fur-trimmed and flower-trimmed—Hats of every descrip- tion in black and colors. You will find here the Hat which will just suit you. Sale Price $5,00 HATS WHICH WERE $7.50 TO $10.00 Sale Prices $2.98 and $3.98 WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED SOME OF THE FIRST SATIN, AND SATIN AND STRAW HATS — ADVANCE STYLES FOR THE COMING SPRING SEASON AWA@JHOP : THE AFTER CHRISTMAS ECONOMY SALE STILL CONTINUES COATS -— SUITS — DRESSES — SKIRTS — CHILDREN’'S GARMENTS—SWEATERS—BLOUSES All At the Very Lowest Sale Prices on/fore hes ©@nn ¢ of Fine Millinery | The POETRY NO NIGHT IN HEAVEN, 0 night in Heaven!—Ah, he d&id met know, That worn old Eastern saint, the ten. der glow Of summer evenings in the happy Weet. He had not seed the sunset smoulder low Behind the larches on the far hill'a crest, Nor watched the rooks and daws fiy home to rest. He ha('% not known the scent of new-mowr hay m-like flelds about the close of day, Nor secn the hawthorns by the May moon’s light. He had net envied lovers as they stray About the dusky lanes, where, starrs white, dog-rose delight. throws her garlands fo ould know, as we beloved, knew ht and " harvest-moon, he toc would pay: ".\Iomfex and noon are good but night is est— Maker of stars! Oh, give us hack the W. M. Letts, in Yale Review ROSE Where sha A D ROSES. 1 find a white rose hlowing! Out in the garden where all swests ba But out in my garden the snow war snowing And never a white rose for ma Nought but snow and » wind wers Where #hall T find a blush rose Mushing! On the garden wall or the garden bed But out in my garden the rain was rush h roce raised its head flushing or biushing T find a red rose budding? Out " w all things grow But out in my garde was floo ing And never a r Mow Out in a 1 be bud- Te N Tomorrow ~~Christina News, HUMOR OF THE DAY Auntie, (who has danapels eck)—I'm going home Saturday ,Wil- ren't you sorry Willie—Yes, I am because J th you were going home to —From the Detroit News. “March is so changeable “Well, you blame the month.’ Eh? “Marc of win spring. has act as the Jast month t mo ourier-Jours and Lo somebody stole from J ke nth of th a ot risvi agshy “Does ‘ Does th expect it haek man who has just had all teeth pulied out by an enterprie dentist expect grow a4 new i am e-Herald. a great a isn't he gets big prices for his a mighty good salesman —Boston Trar F seript. ower Girl—Can 1 offer you some- Madam . thanks. of bon-hons mean no. Cant | vou see we' ’—Canadian Po- lice Bulleti He—What lovely flowers. Do you know the mind me of yo She—But they are artificia He—Yes, I know but it requires clos examin on te detect osion T script. “Remember, Mrs. Wilkins. it's us working women s made England it 1s.” wot imme, we aint as bad as [ | | | are' we”—London Punch. “Henry Mrs. Smith, “T see in William Simp- on ju married “Just married 7" retorted Smit making ready for a swift exft. “Ain't | that enough?” — American 1oa ental Young Lady—Oh, pre- | fessor, what would this old oa t say could It would News. say am an ¥ know.’ puzzies me time for a is why on their loan have ever “Oh, no. But my taste has been im- proving right along.'—Louisville Cou- rier-Journal KALEIDOSCOPE Lions are subject to colds, coughs and tuberculosis. Gold was the only metal that inger- ested Neolithic peoples O Some primi wWear Imas<e with Mrs. John R MeNamara 25 Shal | fire headquarters in New London. Fire | shingles were put out. The heat from |to fool superr man were presented the children at the | .;gquarters at once communicated with | the burning garage was intense enough. 3 Rock Nook and County homes. Mrs. D.|yr Gager by telephone, but he informed | however, to crack the windows in the [ o T. Shea, Mrs. Matthew Sheridan, Mrs. | o o 2500 B3 IO, o o, for | nearby dwelling. Russians prior Willlam Battersby and Miss Anna Mc-| iom to make the trip to Best View, as Queen Manus aided Mrs. McNamara. the garage was destroyed. A few burn- Announce Daughter's Engagement, On Christmas eve Miss Anna McGrory | ing brands isnited a dwelling near at Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ro: ia Five hundred American ce and Miss Jane Mahoney visited the'hand owned by Mr. Gazer and occupied | the engagement of their asoshir At et A e almshouse and surprived the inmates | by Curtis Burt, ith the aid of a few | E_ to Dr. John J. Brozdowski of Jeree ¢ cour iattil S with gifts. The women were given bas-| huckets of water the iflames eating the City, N. J. A curr: ' . ¥ 8. An kets of fruit and the men tobacco and 4 o {hour will move sand on the sea bo candy. The Norwich Town members of - - - | tom. the council donated 15 loaves of home- e el bwantd e S0 T made cake for the Chrirtmas dinner of | vens much brighter than all the the inmates. There are houses still standing ia The Backus hospital pafients were re- membered with 37 jars of pellies and preserves, Mrs. J. Edward Driscoll act- ing as chairman of the committee n charge of the work. In an effort to provide linens for the Backus ‘hospitat a whist and bridge has been arranged. The whist is in charge iss Mary Shannon and promises to ighly successful. _— BEST VIEW GARAGE DESTROYED BY FIRE Of unknown origin, a fire broke out in the garage owned by A. F. Gager at Best View, Quaker Hill, Waterford, at 4.30 o'clock Wédnesday morning and totally destroyed the garage, valued at $1.200, and a Dodge touring car owned by Wil- liam Van Kuren, valued at $1,500. Both losses are partially covered by insurance. The flames were first discovered by Mrs. Gager, who heard a noise about 4.30 and on awaking,-looked out of the win- dow and saw the garage in a mass of flames. A telephone call was sent by someone in the neighborhood to Central ‘'Make Your New Year’s Resolution “I Will Save Something Each Week” THE CHELSEA CHRISTMAS CLUB affords the simplest method INTEREST paid on accounts kept up-to-date. The Chelsea Savings Bank ' FRANKLIN SQUARE NORWICH, CONN. OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS 6:30-8 | | Nuremberg, Bavaria, th wers 1080, Brewton, Ga., has a woman ma and five women members of the boar of aldermen. A Mrs Janson 1s reyclist n-stop first Eag'ish to accomplish a aile Hungar of one dating and the other to 1072 The United Kingdom is said to have more women workers in proportion to population than any other country. Seven tons of turkeys were shipped in the fall from Pelee island, on the Canadian side of Lake Erie. The tur- consists of back to 1000 two diadems, keys were raised on the Pelee island tobacco fi s, where from early last spring until harvest they zave servics insect destroyers. To disguise his precious burden s officer of a Colorado radium compan: brought nearly $80,000 worth of um to Philadelphia In ad old hattered fibre suitcase, The precious substance was deposited in the vauits of a trus: comy arrival.—Scientific Am- erican. 3 A member of the British parlia- ment propeses a national referendum on the question of women's servies of juries, “In view of the fact that wo- men were not consulted before bolng rendered liable Lir jury servive, mer was there any expro 1«1 desire eu their ‘—“—'m for such serviea”