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went are out for the examinatioms the candidates Wers co and over half Weré gra schools. of 1 Secretary Smiith was assisted in the work by Carrier Dwight W. Ide 3 - of the local postoffice, HIS 1—Write W,%e:u sids_of the Mré. Mary MoCarihy Norfon, widow | Paper only, and number the pages. 6t Michael Norton, died Friday at her| 2-Use pen and ink, not TR horie, 30 Valléy street, aftér 4 long jil-| 8—Short and pointed articies will & ness. Mrs. Norton léaves Ave daugh- Eiven preférence.” Do not use over 250 ters, Mrs. Thomas Daley and Margaret | Words. 2 b Elizabeth and Nora Norton of this city, —Original stories ér lettefs only wift Sister M. Rifd of Sf. Joséph's convent, | be used. . & a son, William Norton of Washington, 5—Write vour name, age and address sixili grades had an arithmetic drill on qm,fi les. After all of this was doné. Mr. gifl nur supervisor lhv’:ka a fow words. While we weie —aams for the refreshments we woi. out to play. had some sandwiches, cake, oranges and bananas. When I camé home I father in his old mofris chair re ering the conditions prevailing in the city i & g Mr. Kdye has appéaled to the boys and girls of Windham High school té come forward and aid the workers to so- licit the large number of people Wwho, to date, have not been approached for a contribution. It has been decided that thie girl and boy bringing in the largest number of plédges shall be awarded a membership card for the work accom- plished. Pupils in the grade schools are also to be given the same chance to bring in pledges and contributions. At the meeting held Friday night many of the workers were absent, hay- ing left town for the wéek-end and thus several pledges were unaccounted for. Director Kaye also states that several of the local manufacturing plants which dre expected to aid the campaign finan- cially have not yet flled any returns NORWICH BULLETIN Willimantic Office $1 Chnreh Street Telephone 1062 b S Thé anmual session of ‘the depart- ment# council, state of Connecticut, Pa- triarch Militant of the 1. 0. O. F., was héld Saturday afternoon in Odd Fellows' hall, Main street. About 100 members Were présent representing the ten can- tons of this state. The meeting, which was in regular form, was operied at 2.30 p. m, by Colonel Charles M. Chappell. After prayer by the chaplain, the usual business was disposed of showing the financial aaffirs of the cantons in thé est condition they have ever been in. i - im some cake. YN OWARD L. CHASE, As s 2OF CHASE, Age 3. 7 WIDEAWAKE POETRY . Anticipation 1 may také a queer po E i Likes to Ride Bloyele Dear Uncle Jéd: 1 have a bicycle. It is 'hltlc:k. 1 like to ride and a0 s6 quite a lot. My brother Robert has a bicycle, but 1t is otit of commission beca: ; wheel and chain are broken. - o I g6 to school and have & good time. I am in the eighth right through a h n myself lying in my own at ho in Moosup and that it was zll a loig dream. SAUL JEROME MOPSIG, Age 11 Moosup. 1% 5 ; we ate . “Afier suppet the house In order agaln and then we went to the moving pict: At 1ast the OJEW day B!De“gh got all ready and then they wemt te 1 Summier . Dear Uncle Jed: 1 have been very D. C. a sister, Mrs. Abbie O'Connell of | Plalnly at the bottom of the story. East Hampton, and four grandchildren, i Mary, Rita and Helen Shea, dnd Mary Norton, of this city. Samuel W. Reynolds died Friday night osition at his home in Eagleville of cronchial On this énterprise calléd fishin' . pneumonia. He was born in Greenwich, | Ar’ perhaps yowll contradict th’ things R. I, June 27, 1845, the son of William 1 say, and Mary E. Straight Reyriolds. During But T hold that half th' pleasure the Civil war he served with Company Of that period of leisure B, 18th Conecticut Voluntéers. He |Is contained in gittin’ ready fer th' day. leaves his wife, cne son, George E. Rey- S nolds of ille; two daughters, | Watch a boy, some sunny murnin' Mrs. Lucy A. Tucker of South Willing- All parental protests scornin’, { 6 mew cantons have been instituted |gng when these are m the mercury|ton and Framcés Reynolds of Los An-[As he Hunts his pole an’ line out by the' EDWARD STRONG, Agé 13. |Busy, @nd so have not written for . a |chifeh. After they d,mi\M ot chureh durin gthe past year. The date of thelghoyid take a substantial jump. geles, Cal.; three grandchildren, Charles| tree: North Plain. long time. 1 am going to tell you about ittle trip to Naugal annual session of the department coun- Watch him, as he néarly strangles Chawin’ out th’ knots an’ tangles, s, | But he grins a grin of triumph when it's £ free. A. Reéynolds of this city; Helen M. and Howard G. Reynolds of one great-grandchild. ices which weré private, were héld Sunday It is felt that when the plants real- ize the benefits derived by from physical training at the Y. M. C. A., contributions will be forthcoming, cil was changed from the second Sat- urday to the third Saturday in June, and it was voted to hold the annual session Sumimer. Of all the seasons I cannot | select one which I like the best. Bach one has its good peints. 1 shall state the reasons why I like summer. After that they came w# had our digmer. After dinmer the musicians came and arted Adventures of a Nickel, My Dear Wide-Awakie Circle: “Oh! look at that old and dingy nickel. 2y ta 5 2 > Nol' 'In winter we have to bundl warm, o . We didn't B i1 haif- for 1923 in Danielson. The following § b ical what to|afterncon at 2 o'clock from the funeral wonder! The b B NUES (D SN LIRS e : | dance. . We n't go home unt appeintment of committees followed: | soger team e e o [oRbes of a5 3. Wikverd, No. 8z, Note §0 B i L e ol s iy hs 10h Loave 16 |the snow makes us cold and the ic:|past one or fwo oelock fn the mornine. Credential committee, chairman, Cap- |other meeting of the workers is to be|stréet, Rev. Léonard Smith officiating. n sardel 2 makes us slip and fall. In summer we - The wedding was over and thaf was th best day I had ever had. s a day would I rest. I started out oue morning in the pockét of man i Fer th* fishworms. that will make his plans complete, taln G. D. Stevens, New Haven; Ch: tier John E. Eldridg. heid this weck when additional returis can be filed. During the absence of Burial was in the Buckland cemetery, can go Manchéster. b ithout a coat, can wear light es, can sit on the beautiful lrs“en Ve a tusii aterbury; Cheva- usiness —well. watch him itehin® in Baton Rouge. Hé hand: ras k> SAN J. CARUS! . Age 14. lier Fred Palmer, Willimantic; auditing, | Fred D. Jordan, who is in Maine on a Briet Notes. o e e to a conductor of the élevated r:?lw:‘; m.vffiq?.fi.‘fifi‘g?&%flg Shich : L Chairman, Lieutenant D. W. Grova, Wa-|fishing trip, Charles W. Hill is presiding| _Misées Beatrice, Doris and Norma!fer that. necessary portion—bread and|Who put me In & pie with other coins.|isa great pleasure, that is when thers are erppr P OO terbury: Ensign Arthur W. Sweet, Wil-|over all meetings. Roath ‘of Hartford spent the week-end| meat. Afiéi we had said “Hello!> ad haf | plenty of Berriés ARothér & mussment 15 . ViiEag Brown's Pond lantic; Chevaller Oscar Barrett, alsol o o L 3 eelgék at tne|With théir aunt. Mrs, Fiora Maine. just started to 1ell of our exper: canceing and 4 still better one Is swim. | DeAr Unels Jed: Once fiv (riends and ot Willimantic; decoration of chivalry, | ot Ay & ia T Kaddy of West| George H. Shifér and ramily spent Watch tis dog, his tall a-waggin’, |1 was grasped and glven to u ming. 1 went down to Brown's nond: e Were chatrman, Colonel ¥ I, WHlmE. Wit iariim. stebst, “Seolort i Saturday at Ocean Beach, making the| Cause he knows he'll soon be taggin’ |lady who had pa:d her ten ce But the heat sakes us féé1 uiicomfort- | FaIKing along When ons boy who 1ikéd tn limantic ; uv'amal“"‘-flk "l;c'l’: “':;t‘g- dzughter . trip by dutomobile. At th' heels of him—his pal—his one de-|put me in her pecietbeok and 1| able. ‘hke saw a big rm;k ‘f:"ne sald -“h.;r: Bury; Chevalier Stanley Wilbur, Shel-} . i & Obwebetuck lodge, No, 16, I. O, O, F., | light. felt at heme for it was as shaboy as 1,| Bverything in sumraer mdkeg o] | I8 some money under there." and so tof : state of the order committee, Cap- |UMited In marrlzge tvith Geriner Hol |, .) Violet Rebekah lodge, No. 57, L O. Ah, that sweet anticipation thovgh T rnissed hen i Y happy Al weerms Bricht and jeytr Tha | ifted the rock. and undsrnedth wAs 4 lof tain F. W. Brown. New Haven, chair- |7 Flall sob of re WHLSR HeR 1o g btrended the Sunday morning ser- Has no equal in_creation— was accustomed birds sing merfily, and makes everyone | 0% ahts. T asked him if he Su¥ the afs man; Chevalier W‘|;11mn; b:n. \I!]'at;r- viony wid PerloRmsd ¥9 Hev. Hinsst A, he First Méthodist Episcopal Wen'sié pt that sweetest thrill of all—|though: 1, I'll iusi roll down fa- -his|eclse sing. . H v?e t’:fi( .:f‘»:g:: :{: a::g::n;r h]f che\'a)‘:' was voted | e85, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal chureh, Rév. John Pearce, pastor,| & bit corner and take a nap. I had slept a! SO summer is a véry delightful sédso; preaching a special sermon. The Odd Fellows and Rebekdhs met at the lodge rooms on Main street at 10 o'clock and marchéd in 4 body to the chufch. Anné Wood Eldérwin Chapter, D. A, R. Wil be entertained by Mfs. Charles Lar- rabee of Windham Center June 14 and 7 t it was cold. Bill #did “THE oné who 26 into fhe water will get sight oénts” Frafk faid “T w411’ But e didn't My beother jumped in and swam & Hte and came Back. Then as e wefe walk- ing home we had A ‘lot of fun chalifx church of Stafford Springs. was attended by hér sister, I¥n Kaddy. Holman Hall, the groom, was best man. was gowned in white. decorated with laurel. vm. ‘News. The bride Wm, Herschellr_in Indianapons New: Miss Bve- brothér of The bride Thé home was Mr. and Mrs. Hall will spend their honeymoon in the part of the moriing when the lady gave me to the cashier of a cheap resta:- rant for a cup of coffee. But socn 1 was handed to a stenographer who placed in her purse with a quarter. She hér purse on her disk and T t to Captain J. Burton Pearson of New Haven: the degrec to be conferred on Mr. Pearson at the next sovereign grand ge session of Odd Fellows to be held in Detroit next Septémber. The meeting was adjourned at 1.45 o' as are all the rest and 1 am glad drawing near. Yours truly, Lillian Anderson, Age 13. The Little Peopls A dreary placé, would be this éafth, Weré there no little people in it The song of life would lose its mifth, ‘Were there no children in it. Brooklyn. A Little Girl’s Rebuke, i sleep but she banzcd my resiing piace Muiftey fioll bes SEIEEK. V6. W cloék ard was followed by a sumptuous | f ¢ R will obsérve Flag Day. to6 much by the attack: sl Dear Goele - A oo o | playing tag 2fd Had ‘much fun. We édme Whit. P 1 % Yy the attacks on her type. ar Unele Jed: Alice was sitting all ‘ 3 wupper of roast beef, dressing, cake, ple. | (0Ite Mountains, réturming asbout the| ™ Uioice Have received a list of the|No little forms, like buds to grow, writer. “I shall never live through|alone in the parior. tb our frigid's home And thén we stirted tce cream, etc. served by Violet Re- W;mn&mn 4 % names of boys who have been using they And make the admiring heart surrend- | this” T moaned. “You won't stay long,”| She grew tiréd of playing with ker for ny[:*'n h,orr‘l'! AN s WAk iodge. g o 3 B s | Hldewlie gt North Windham for & bl A ey e s said the quarter, “the poor thing has|doll Chirp, so she went to the window . INSKL Age 12. wing to the warm weather, the eve- special session of the police court|cyéle speédway and if the practice 1s|® ! > very little money and has to d ai-{f0 look out. It was stowing fast, an 3 hing session, ircquding the exempiifi- [ was held at noon Saturday Judse Frank!not siopped arrests will follow. To keep the thrilling love chords tender. Y Spepd '8 < i NS nd eation of the Was omitted, Arthur Pappagallo of South Walnut #treét, Wauregan, and Harvey ard of this city will appear in the police court | this (Monday) morning, charged \with reckless The charge was pre- | them Sund afternoon s Allen MacArthur, after both had failed to come to an ngreement on damages to the Ford truck driven by Ricard. Pappagalio, who was driving an Oak- land car on West Main street, about { oclock Sunday aftqrnoon, claimed he biéw his horn twice for Ricard to pull to the right and then he started to pass Ricard's Ford, The road was slippery after the rain a short time before, and Pappagallo claimed that Ricard rpulled to the left. nearly crowding him off the foad. Ricard claimed Pappagallo cut 'n ffont of him. damaging the left front - most every cent. 1 heard her say she Patriarch Militant degree, was ke€ping me to buy some ribhon to trim her hat.” And true enough I was givén to a conductor of the “L” railroad at five. This conducior gave me to a little boy who had been to the city to buy a bhdeball. 1 heard the boy tell his mother of His experiences and he ended by begging her to go to the picture show thet fight. “See,” he remarked, “I have ickel” and he dfew me out, but un- y I fell into a_crack. The nest morning the man who swept the car found me and his boy, who was with him, begged his father to give it to him. “What will you do with it " inquirsd the father. “I'li put it in my bank” was the answeér. The father thén gave me to littlé boy, who, running ho; quickly dropped me in his bank which was partly filléd with coins. “Weé have béeén here €0 long.” muttered one sleep- ily. Ah! At 1ast I shall be able to enjoy a well deserved rest. OLIVIBR COTE, Age all was stili in the street. After watch- ing a few moments she saw a lame old man go by. He walked with crutches and limped if in pain. H. Foss disposing of four cases. Ar- thur Shumway, Carl Dawhas and Mer- Wallous pleaded not guilty to a charge of vagrancy. They were found Saturday morning sleeping in a barn on Windham road. The three were found guilty and sentenced to jail for irty days. Bdward DuPont of South street set out somé posts for his chicken yard re- cently and the next mornifig found that someone had stolen them duripg the night Mi: 2e Daniel Flaherty of Hartford, former- Ily of this eity spent the week-énd with local friends. Mr. and Mrs. Horace J. Fenfon and children left Saturday to spend theé re- mainder of June at {heéir cottage at Pleasant View. Mr, and Mrs. Herbert T. Clirk of Mansfield and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Harvey of this city lert Sunday on a motor trip to Middlébury, Vt., to atténd the commencement exercises at Middle- bury college, whére John Harvey is a member of the graduating class. Frederick W. Staebnér spent the week- end with his sor, Emerson Staebner, in- structor in manual training at the Sa- lem, Mass., Normal school. Mr. and Mrs. Dolphis Saturday for New York to visit Mr. and Mrs. William fahoney, who spent the past week at the Bourey home in this A Thrilllng Experiencd, Dear Uncle Jed: A° fow weeks agn, just as the sun was setting and was but a mere mase of fimes. my bhrother and 1 were walking up A wihding path which leads to the summit of a Migh mountain in the Rocky HAl range. Suvd- deniy, from _behind a thicket, ws heatd moans. Parting the bishes, wa cama upon a &cene pot & ‘Al to ouf liking There, in 4 mass of Fufe SFrithing snakes. was a_man. Although half dedd hé still strugfled. My brot%-F was the first to act. Uféhéathifig Ris weapon he fired six_shots in quick sucteision. The nojsé brought me back 1o My Swnséd 1 did a similar (fing out why shots dia fot al] take effect Ilke my " s, Al the snakes were killéd e wé quickiy put_an end 16 Gver the head with a clab, the victim's wounds. He ¢ much progress in a certaid do not hinpe tc meet dnv experience again In my iifs LUCTBN BONIN ‘The sterner souls would grow more stern, Unfeeling nature more inhuman, And man to stoic coldness turn, And woman would be less than woman, siged little Ailce, how T Sarah H. Abbe of Wheaton Col- home for the summer vacation. Ppity yo Just then she heard a shout of laugh- ter and two snowballs fiew past the window. One of them struck the old man in ths neck. He gave a cry of pain. Then the two boys who thréw the snow- balls began to laugh and hurrah. The lame man turned and spoke to them, but they only laughed the more. Then they began to pelt him again. “You bad boys"” sald Allce t6 her- séif, “How' T Wish my papa was fefe to fivé vou a good whippine. Saying this Alice stiftéd up. She had a sudden thought. She #lippéd om hér liftle coat and hat in a hirry and ran out thé fromt @oor. The boys were just about to throw some more snowballs at thé poor man “Little boys.” criéd Alice, as she ran up to them, “how would you like it if vour papa was lamé. and some bad boys threw snowballs at him The boys staréd. They did not kmow Life's song indeed would lose its charm, ‘Were there no babies to begin it; A doleful place this world would be, Were there no little people in it. Gerone Caron, charged with overload- ing his truck, pleaded not guilty. Caron had driven into this city with a six-ton load of furniture on the truck tnat was listed for a lesser capai Judge Foss imposed a fine of §100 in Caron's case, wit hco The owner in Fali River, Mass., notified the police that he wouid settle for the bill owed the local court. County Clerk Edgar M. Warner of Putnam was at th: local courthouse Saturday for naturalization purposes. Seven applied for second papers as fol- low Adolph P. Landeck, Abraham fender of his Ford truck, Both men|Krug, Morris Gordon, Michael Maskow- téemed inclined to argue, aithough the |Ski, Hubert . , Frank Russo and damage to the Ford was practically {Robert Zimmerman . First papers were given William Kinczyk, Joseph Moore, néthing. Both ars out under bonds of | 3 $100 for thelr appearance in court this|Thomas Champagne and Joseph Nahass. the men UNCLE JED'S TALK AWARES Every boy and girl knows that on June 14 Flag Day is observed by a general display of Old Glory and the holding of appropriate exercises. This day has been sSet aside for obsérvancé be- cause June 14, 1777 congréss adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national emblem and this nation has good reason to honor its beloved flag. There are rules about the American flag we do not all know, or if we do know them we do no observe them. They are not laws but they are regulations laid down by na- TO WIDE- 12, g . Age 1L Moosup. Bourey left Moosup. Our Farm. 2 Seemed Like Falryland. Dear Uncle Jed: This is ths third time morning. About every child in city that tional usage. I have written to you. I 2m EOINE 10[ynat to make of this. 2 The Ameriean Thread team won from |couid walk, toddle, or creep up to the|City. 3 ¥ i 4 Dear Uncle Jed: I thought T "‘2 the fast All Colleglan team here, Sun-|Gem theatre on Main street Saturday| M. J. Lord of Waterbury, formerly| DO you know that the flag shoua |'*ll you all about our farm. . =~ | Alics spoke very sweitly to them. &nd |yrite and tell you about 3 csid w day afterncon, 3 to 2. Noel, with 2| there to sce or take part in the|Of this city spent the week-énd with lo-|ncver be festooned over arches or doors? | ' peagkiin. I live In an old fashioned| s roe o “"‘:‘""-‘m";‘;-"(h‘:‘;“‘_gflz":"‘ morning. One morning when I up smart sacrifce bunt in the final inning, |prize contest for impersonations cf | ©3l friends. . _|The flag should alway: 5 T |1 saw frost on the window a Thender storms hovered mbomt Willl- (first prize, $1.50; Charles Lachappelle |S¢Veral days at the home of Miss La-f = 1 = ° % ’ "1 iuhased old. Th Sl o0 DlEtrua M and dressed and found 1t colder ‘han E N 3 knots and draperies. undred years old. There are séVen|went yp the ateps. - mantic during - Sunday, but al h|second $1; and Leo Lachappellé third,|Y¥inia Hull of New London. I may be used for expected. After eating my lreakfast 1 #iE Filn tell Guing the P et i Lo Sudmes were Clayton Taylor,| Miss Roma Hicks daughter of Mr.| Of course we all know that when melg‘;gfl“" on our farm besides our| jus then she maw the two boys wateh- | FIRCAT SN QTS ool 1 Sart- storms passed over. Frank McCarthy and Francis Martin,|2nd Mrs. Bert L. Hicks, Is home for 4| fiag is passing in parade we ought to| \ye have twérity-five chickéns and| 'S Nr from the corner. cd for school about quarter past eight " Foll he pri i thres | vacation from the Nurses Training 3 S DRYS T = e The next day Alica was sitting with |y S0’ 1 Gane -outside it was so cold 1 With the Y. M. C. A. drive for $12,000 | Following the prize contests over thre | 5%y "t il semoriay hospital, | Stand still i walking, and rise if sitting | there are three hens setting. e 2180 |pr mother, whan the doorbell ranz| Thi ju Sent enside K vAS & ST #hitéring its second week, Dircctor Gen- :an;‘;nfhg?;:;‘f“flnesed the pleturé JR0000. O o down, and boys should remove their hats, | have eixtéen cows, six calves and two|ljougly They they heard steps BOINZ |5 sniie wey the Wind Was do thir 1 fal Frederick W. Kaye has instructed SR Francis A. Boucher, son of Mr. and | Unfortunately there are somé of us who |Mulch: We also lave a milking ma-lswiftly away. (Gould REsd)y abarit do I Bdd 86 Sshét canvassers to redouble their cfforts| Through his attorney, Jacob Rothblat| yirs Delphis Boucher, is home for the |forgat our duty chine which we call “Lizzie.” It milks|" wyy must be those bad bovs again” | Bt wet B ool ads 5t the last seven days and raise the|has taken an appeal In his case against|eymmer from St. John's preparatory]| o ooy OUr Guty In thiS respect to the flag | two cows at once. #aid Alice Y A s YTy, oW nééded $5,000 before ths end of the cur- | Wing Sing, which was heard before Jus-|school, Danters, Mass, and there are some of us not aware of | 1 am going o havé a flower garden|™ g " ICii went to the door and|Tipieet were coll. &5 uifh. P 'ent‘"\;eel: Thé first week of the drive UcAdnf the Peace Curtis Dean last Wed-| judge George . Hinman returnsd |the fact that in raising thé flag it should |this yéar. I have planted nasturtiums.|oame pack smiling. In her hand she Snow wag piled up vety ki sa € mercury on the campaign ther- | nesday. B Justice Dean had rendered de-|from Barrington. V. Friday, with his|not be héisted phlox, balsams, morning glories and trees were covered wili frost and théy mométér rise from the bottom nearly to|cislon in favor of the defendant in the L R Ay, 4 to the top of the jole . lovked like silver. The walls were w held a little wooden puppy that barked. A r. mother, Mrs. Willias . Hil , Wi vhi 3 bachelor’s buttons. 1 think v ave the boys a good . e 9 the $7,000 mark, a good jump consid. |case, Sl Vit witn. Bis ',:’,’.nucy i L “‘“_‘:,"’”"d up. it should be unfuruled | Thére s one place in our weods Wolj.ion little daughter,” she said. i . ymfi."""fif“;n"&.‘i‘?fn Pp—— | Amedee Martin and Arthur Bolsjolle,| Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. . Carpenter | . IS hoisted and the hoisting ought to | call “Stfawberry Hill” because it i3 ’ 8- : Around the puppy's neck a card was tied, and on it these words were printed: “For a nice little lady from Tommy and {of this city, were fined $1 and costs, lamounting to $10.25, and Peter Green- wood §1 and costs, totalling $16.25 for be quick. When the colors are lowered on the other hand, this ought to be done slowly and with dignity. § spent the week-end as_guests of Mr. and Mrs, Ira Boies of Waterbury. the trees and théy sparcled like dia- monde. Although it was vefy é61d 1“en- joyed my waik to school for it deemed ir covéred with strawberries every sum- mer. We have a dog, hér name is Beauty. DENTISTS e Diek. thoush 1 was walking in fairyland. fishing at Big Pond, South Windham, B She is white and brindle. She likes to AURORE RAINVILLE. s ~ | Friday with set lines contrary to the PLAINFIELD When flags are used in unvelling |nunt woodchucks. 3 Moosup. North Frankiin R % i Ju:kmn, Dr. Striciland | |1aws of this state. The fines were given| Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock Miss |Statues they must not be allowed to fall FLORENCE DATE. ) s by Judge Foss Saturday morning at po- North Franklin. Lillian H. Delaney, daughter of Mr. and|t0 the ground, but be lifted instead to The Little Squirrel's Advice, A Midnichs Vieiter. ., * {iice court. The arrests were made by|Mrs. P. J. Delanéy, and Albert: H.!wave aloft. If the is- R 3 d: I writing to you NAP-A-MINIT {los cout ns aeells noripte Y us e national flag is dis Dear Uncle Jed: I am writing to 3 Dear Uncle Ji Mottiér and fathér weére gone tb grandiha’s and wefe to stay over night so I ‘was slone. 1 went to bed about ten. About twelve o'clock 1 was awakened by our doorbell ringing loudly. ‘1 got up. lit my can- le and started down the stairs. As$ 1 passed through the hall terfibie thoughts went through my mind. Sup- pose it was a tramp or a burglar or— The heil rang again, my courdge came to me and 1 opened the door. 1 saw something that surprised me véry much The . neighbor's goat, Bill¥, had tried 1o My Sight-seeing Trip. Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell you about my trip Sunday, May 22, We started from Baitic at 1 o'clock and went to New London and Ocean Beach. There were over 500 people for the opening day. We played in the sand awhile and then we had ice cream, ba- nanas and candy. Then my mother and daddy thought it was time to start for home. We followed the water ail the way down to New London. We saw a lot of warships in drydock, four sub- marine chasérs and a lot of other boats. Davwiley, son of T. Dawley of Jewett City, | plaved with other flags i were united in marriage by Rev. W, C.|ooics v Oher (288 It should b Prentiss at the Congregational parson- |Pl3ced On the right. When it is used as a age. The best man was the groom’s|Dbanner the flag must fly to the north in brother, Clarence Dawley. and the brides- | strécts running east and west and to the maid was Miss Edna Dawley, sister of | east in strests runnin the groom, both from Jewett Cit; he | 55 national fia fl’f BRLL S anth. bride wore a brown satin dress with hat fEr T tIAT SR to match, Aftér the coremony M. and|and day over only three bulldings in the Mrs. Dawley and guests returned to the | United States—over the east and west fronts of the national capitol, the house home of fhe bride's varents at Lawton Heights and & dinfiér was served by Mrs. |o¢ representatives and the senate office, The flag floats from the flagstaff of the FOR PAINLESS EXTRACTION AND FILLING. DENTAL X-RAY SPECIALISTS SAMTOSP M 715 Main Street. Alling Building Willimantic Phone 44 for the first time. Once upon a time there was a littie gray squirrel who lived high up in an oak tree in a large timber by the river. He was bountifullv sup- plied with acorns, walnuts, hickory nuts and that his squirrel mature could wish for. Aji day long he frisked about gath- ering up his food, and at night he curied up in his little bed which he had made up in the tree. One bright morning he was out unusually early to gather up his breakfast. Suddenly, and without a mo- ment’s warning, a gréat fox pounced upon him and was about to make a morning deputy game warden of New London and Windham counties. Henry Plante and Henry Michaud of this city pald .35 in North Franklin Friday for similar_offenses. Only hand lnes or lines attached to poles can be used ac- cording to the law. Several hundred members of San Jose Council, No. 14, Knights of Columbus, met at the council rooms on Main street | Sunday afternoon at 1.15 o'clock &nd. headed by the American Band, marched to St. Mary's church, where brief me- P. J. Delaney. Many beautiful and use- ful gifis were received by the brids. A exercises e _ | social time followed until evening, when | White House from sunrise to si 3 e pratty squirrél. taste . the .doorbeil. . 1 shut . the _doof JAY M. SHEPARD e A A R L Mre. Dawley' lsft for P e e Wash‘::;:::nl’ T b By v;;'n;hecet:[l; Bl i ety criedt 115 tiightened | quickly - and. r4n "‘,’,",‘J;:“lm”"‘ 5 Succeeding Filmore & Shepard St, cnrlrl\et:r.v was begun. At 2?3?52&'2‘=§"§;w§?°r"nf-h”-?nfil’"gé‘li’é Many are the flags that aré displayed|across it. Just as we were coming ;:x:umm the . while apw LoGIER. CASE, Ags 1L Funeral Director & Embalmer P e and R | 1 e el ncdid M So o | from vablle bulaings g schonts | 503 (56 Cher bt s poing 10 b e L S <% #:62 NORTH §T. WILLIMANTIG |J2T2% 1. TSler of St Mary's church do.| Déll Ashley and éon Lawrénce Me. and |throughout the country. Much use |,y down the highway we came to the| pecting fox livered an inspiring addréss. Orlando P. Smith, secretary of the local civil service commission in charge of the éxamination for clerks and car- riers for the Willimantic office neld Sat- urday forenoon at ths councli chambers Mrs. P. H Délaney, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam J. Delaney, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dupont and the groom's émployer, John Duff, of Jewett City. Safurday morning at £.30 Mrs. Sidney F. Hopkins. 25, Lady Assistant. shows in the condition of the flags from time to time and it is proper that caré should be taken not to let them get ddmaged but if they do to replace them died 2t hér home on;with new ones. We owe much to our “Well, let me show you,” said {he tie squifral. “Fold your hands iiké this. Now ciose your eyes”™ The fox did so, and quiéker than yéu can say Jack oRbinson the nimbié squi rel ran up a trée. i submarine base and thére we saw a lot o A of sailors and marines. There weré a few on guard. They were walking back and forth with rifies on their shoulders. We saw_the sailors’ hospital and the ball field. THen we passed the state Twe ~Falthtal Dogs. Déar Uncls Jed: A strangé but a true &tory comes from Sjerfa Madte. A Ut tle girl wh mothér residées at tha* place, saw a large snake wheré shé Wis Kiliourey Bros. > i ., Bei ledsed FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND | m ihe town building, remarked that | Lonion FIéights after in fiiness of about |fiag and the country for which it stands. |nospital 4nd then we went througn| “Oh. T forgot o téll sou" éaid the de- Tin s appeatsics 156 child. foowén R conditions have changed from & few | (g o fmomtnid boy Toiea Al Dirth e Norowich and up home. My grandmoth-| lighted squirrel. “I forgot to tell you | it through the grase, trying to gét 4 hold w BEALMEAS véars ago. Then it was impomsible to| x3e (Re 2RL Hhing Lan avenoan At WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS ér thought it was a pretty sight all the | that vou must watch while you pray!’ ot jt. Two fafthtul iofs belonging th Union 8t. Willimantic, Contu | secure young men to take examination 5] H’.fi‘l““ ‘f"“‘g SO iOUE LOUCS | ) o Sl 4. Hosslk ot Miosup. fes.|Way Homé: . Moral: “Watch and pray lest ve fall |{ha famiiy sdw the snake and alss tiu ¢ Phene 208 iLady Assistant) lfor clerks and carriers, and positions| was mascren 1 ciamacd Lo maee meer | cued by a Prince. huc i B LILLIAN WILLIAMS, Age 7. |into temptation.” atter it. got a head of the littls gifl in - 3 , . o sansyiteh. : 2 Baltic. ELBANOR KBLLY, Age 1. |ine chase and pounced upon the réptils. kins six years ago last September. She| 2—Ruth Robinson of North Franklin— Taftville. leaves, besides her husband, a son, Sid- ney, Jr., 2 years old. her mother, Mrs. Rose Belanger, a brother, Joseph, who is employéd at Bridgeport as manager of a store, anid a sister, Rose, who lives here. Missés Edna Larochele, Lillian Kelley, Noriné Kéily, Lilliari Beaulac, Frances Burby Aliée Burby, Joseph Courmey- er, Byron Provost, Norman Whipple and A. Léahy attended the dance at the Norwich armory Friday evening. Af a snecial toWn meéting héld at Cén- tral Village Saturday afternoon the vot- ers of the town of Plainfield votéd to au- thorizé and empower the town school committes to procééd with the proposed néw high school building. an appropria- tion for the same being voted at a town meeting a short time ago. Saturday there were 235 votés cast—119 for and The Comp Fire Girls at Long Lake. Dangerous Deed. 4—Louise Case Scouts Rally. MURRAY’S BOSTON STORE Willimantic, Conn. The Cafp Fire Girls in the Woods. ThE Auto Boys' Mystéry. 7—Olivier Cote of Moosup—Shelled ari Unseen Foe. S—Alexander J. ville—Battling in the Clouds. LETTERS Summer Is Fly Time | find 1t very interesting. Neélson Greenwood. Mr. Greenwood made the trip Here by autémiobile. Albert LaBarre and Fito Beurell of Taftville visited friénds and relatives in Plainfleld Friday évening. John Cantwell of New London visited his parerits, Mr. and Mrs. William Cant. Wwell, éver the week énd. but know it will be very interesting. thank you very, very much for it. are the only solution, and we have them in standard sizes, well put together, made from good grade of wire screen- ing with frame of well seasoned wood. Size 28x33, each..... 80c Size 12x33, each..... 45¢ WRITTEN AWAKES An Evening Meeting Dear Uncle Jed: LETTERS BY Window Ventilators .............. 40c and 75¢c each Mosquito Netting, in black and white—18¢ a yard—§ yard euts for $1.40. ; i —— o—— THE H. C. MURRAY CO. some_ violets. our fathers. and came to thé mieeting. had somé plowing he wanted to do he could fiot come, We spoke pieces and sdng songs. and they rfead 3—Howard L. Chase of Galés Ferry— of Baltic—The Girl 5—Florence Ddte of North Franklin— 6—Carl Prater of Mansfield Center— Kaminskl of Eagle- OF ACKENOWLEDGMENT Eunice Seyms of Amston—I1 received the prize book which you sent meé and I i ? 106 against. Arcella Doyon of Glasgo—Recsived and unless you take the necessary precautions, you’re ! Valmore Geeenwood of St. John. P. Q. [prize book entitled The Auto Boys to h Mh"ed ..“ summer With d‘m wn‘ Scm is_visiting at the home of his father,|Quest. I have not read it through yet WIDE- Our parent-teachers Mrs. W. P. Babeock, who has beén ill | meeting was the ninth of May.. In the!very anxious to see that we started before ;”."i“"“_‘l}m‘°‘;:,'":":’!“ B ‘."’If = Size 24!33, each..... 75¢ for somé time, and Who is under the care | morning two of the girls went to find |my father changed his mind. About | THE nowm“ B cnmag: Clby. St -8t - 2 of a nursé, is reported as improving in|Some maple blossoms to decorate the |elevén o'clock in the forenoon we started Yidt e, Fonchede: ¥ oo Brismns oo Size 18x33, each. . 65¢c Size 9%33, each...... 40c || neain. . school room. And the best of all was|for our long ride to Norfolk, Va. X William Kendall and daughter of Taft- |that we had a half of a day's school. ville were visitors here Friday evening. Richard, Irving and I went to look for We went down to méét After supper we got ready My father There were quife a few people out and we had a good fltl?e. A we spoke a few pieces and sang 4 few songs the first grade had a word ariil A Résous, Dear Uncle Jed: This is the first time I have wnitén to you, and 1 am going to tell you and the Wide-Awakes about an experience 1 had. Oné day as I was walking along th> shore of a pond 1 heard a scream, Looking in the direction of the pond, I saw a small boy struggling to keep afioat. As I looked he threw up his, -5 % 4" (e cold al at once.” arms and went under, But when she nad killed her hen she Quick as 1 could T pulléd off my “hot* | tound hee like ail other hens. In her haste and_coat, and pIUEEeL Jpto b to become rich. she had become poor. é wn I félt something. 1 grad- bea 1 ;-‘;wd Gt 1t and pulled it to the sur- ”‘;;';d';" she wished she had not been face. 1 took him by his collar and pull- S i T éd him g shore. ¢ - When T #6€ t6 the shoré I folled niw| North Windham. over and over until his eyes opened. Then I brought him home. CARL PRATER, Age 11 Mansfield Center, The Golden Eggs. Déar Uncie Jed: T am going to téll vou about the goiden eggs. Once upon a time there lived a woman who owned a hen. This was a wonderful hen, indeed, for every day it laid a folden egg. The woman could hardly wait for the new day to come, she wanted the gold so badly. At last she sajd to herself: “I will kil by Going to a Wedding, Dear Uncle Jed: During the sprifg of 1820 my cousin was married. She sént an invitation to my mothér and faihss, asking them to come to the wedding. Aithough my father and mother wanted to go they didn't have time, s6 two days before the wedding took place my moth- er consented to let my two brothérs, my sister and I go. S0 we got ready 1 g A Long Diéam Dédr Uncle Jed: Sunday, April 2nd iy father decided to take my mother, himself and mé on a long auto irip to| Virginia to visit some of our relations. Everything seemed upset to me, for 1 was station in Waterbury we fouad my un- cle, cousins and my oldest b other. started to go to my aunt's Louss. when on our way I saw many that T knew. We reached h aunt, my cousins and my sisters were glad to see us. They started to ask estions about how my mother and fa- thef were and so many other guestions that 1 was tired of answering them. Wa stayed with my sister a little while, then _ Sunday night we réached Néw York about nine o'clock and went to the Hotel Biltmoré on Madison avenue and there ate a light supper and then we went to bed. We awoke early Monddy morning and breakfast and then started for Wash- ington, D. C. We arrived in Washington late that night and went to the George and there we rested for thé night Tuesday mornifig we &lept late and -(bout noon we stafted for our final ride to er ¢ some Mother Goose | Virginia. We reached there laté in ths |another of my cousins and her husba mmlfinfla recited thé poem, The |afternoon afd €6 m§ aufit's homs je. W& talkéd a little while togeth- " O Y e one My.mufifi-‘epfifltnon ospéet Stréet re we bad | er, and after taat my coudin a - poem, Barbara [hé foufkh 4Ad | supper and then enjoyéd it we wanted t6' g6 to hér A rattle, two quick strekés - and the dogs went yelping back.. Whén her me- ther who happened to be abisent raturm- ed and ‘fouhd the two dogs d¢ad in her ard and her little daughter fast aslgep in her bed, we may be suré that a pray; er of gratitude went up at the fortufits cscape of her dariing ehild, - MARJORIE HYDE, Age 1% Norwich, How (he Calbird Bated the Pansles. Dear Unclé Jed:' A catbird livid in the corner of the gardem It sent out #uch a shrill ery the farmér had a mo- tion to put it out’ One day the catbird néticed that the pansies. were dying. It flew down to the pansy bed ‘and saw. jt, was.a family of wicked cut worms . which had thewr breakfdst every morning by eating the tender pansies. “Ha, ha!” said the cat- bird, “I will have my brédkfast {omor- row morning the same time as théy will.” The next morning when the wickéd cut worms came. the catbird was wiit. ing for them. When théy were going to out the pansies the wcatbird ate tafm. When .more worms .came she brought them to her little onek. The farmer wis glad he had not the bird away. NRI COTE, Age 3. Baltic. .'Hne ed badger is an animal much féar- by the mpenufi_m_lg;fim’ se mi