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NORWICH BULLETIN SV VY prmemantie O - A Chureh Stross Telephione 1082 TR T o ik & of “the “local merchants have ma trouble “and ‘Wt least twa ha¥® Bberi ‘notidéd’ to ‘sbpear 1n the Neéw Haven 'court mext Thursday -as the re- Wir'st &b Wheged flesiing by the' Camp- Wl Light Company' of New Yérk“city. Mot ‘fwa yhirs ago’ representifives of sEompany edme: to this city andsold| wimber of local merchants fshades According to the contract| Me light was to be a 60 watt lamp an'i Myuipped - with ': @+ Campbell ‘shade - would throw as much light as a 120 watt-\Jampowith- an: ordinary shade. The \mimpy’ swere ‘to: be sold:.on- the install- wment plan and were to be taken caré ot by ;mepresentatives of'thé company Surieg the term of paymient. - The mer- found; however, that after.the ‘had obeen'iditi for some time the became red hot. They had the testod . by7a . loeal electrician afd, Mu«d that® the Tamms: were o 130 watts, and furthermore the com- pany didunct abide! by“the terms of the Gomtract- in- séndirg men to take care 8-the. lamps -or .to_remove the lights mn Tase' payments- wers stopped. Accord- tng to some of the local buyers they discontinued to use the lamps and mo- e, charging they had been mis- topresented: o:g: sgreed ‘to continua fe-use:the' shadés if the company: would provide ‘80 -watt lamps for .the . shades. hisi-was " done- by “the - company - but writs of attachment were recently made euttin suits: against Joseph Astman aad Oliver Chartler. who ‘refused tq ' have &%y more $0'do with .the lights and hag gh-!y “notified /the .company ° that wanted ‘thém' rémoved.. Some time in ithe police : court: Kugene Lescoe of the Lescoe-bakery, was acquitted of the 'eliatge-of Wssdnlt upon one: ‘of the mfiwm of’ th¥ company, who in- Lawood - v-w for nw minem-e- “!l- y -un-; and. luncheon of the* Willimantic Rotary Club* was® held, oo with ' Presiderit Valentine’ Lo 'Murphy In chargé, Plerre J, Laras fhee‘gaye & teport of thé ‘committee ap- 7¢o .make arrangements for the locat M'- rapresentation at the joint t of the Nomvich, New Lon- o and ° imantic olubs,” t: heid gn the: evening of January 10 at Nor- UH. wA report of the boys’ work ‘com- was then ‘lven by- Fred P. Jor- A unmlmo of three . consisting vm:er and mu-m}em of the cnes with nennunendltlom as to its adop- CFrank H. h—, P. J. Laramee, James P.: Mustard, "J:E, Suffivan ‘and J. B. Pellergon were appointed & committee of1fiwm to make investigations relative to thd poasidBity of ‘organizing & club_'n %o meeting was adjourned byeYne Willis Auto Express WILLMANTIC OFFICE 81 Church. . Street’ Phene 1062 £ T NORWICH QFFICE "’ Franklin Phone 1812 1§t WEW LONDON omce 8 Bank: Stroet © Hone 823-2 modkd Trips, Mon., w.d. and Fri. L e i THE HURTEAU AND “BOSSE COF.2. ou‘!umn FURNISHINGS RAL nmzc'rbwa AND M ‘Vnthm-ntlo. Cenn. lh-m: m 2 M. SHEBARD .um,‘m' '*Iunn 3 Shmrl WILLIMANTIC Tol. Connection customary singing of one The Star Spangled Banner. ‘Grand~ Chancellor Thomas F. Troland of New London was present at a large- 1y attended meeting of Natchaug lodse, No.-22, Knights 6f Pythias, held at Cas- tle hall,” Monday evening. Chancellor Commander Raymond ' F. Gates pre- sided.v Mhe third rank was conferred on ens candidate and .officers were elected as foligtvs: Chencellor commender, Carl- ton P. King; vice chancellor, Fred K. Jaanley; prelate, George Arnold; mas- ur of work, John N. Willlams; mastar arms, John "Bowman; inner guard Sarnue! ‘Anthony; outer -guard, Willlam { Mann; keeper of records and seals, L. t| Leo. Thompson ; -master of - finance, I, Raymond Smith; master of exchequer, Walter R, King; trustee for threeyears, | @wen" D. Leach; musician, Kirk Wal- -4 ¥ stanza of A luncheon and smoker followed the meeting. The rush of Christmas madl at ‘Willimantic most: - office . _started week with the increase showing m In the receiving and dispatching of par- cel post matter. Tuesday’s parcel post matter was delivered in the city by two niotorcyele carriers: It was agnounced by Postmaster John ©O'Rourke that if business war- ranted an automobile truck would be placed in commission. The substitute cafriers and clerks are being called in for duty and every effort Is being ‘made to have all Christmas business in ‘shape of mail, received, de- tivered ‘promptly. The fact that Christ- mas falls on Monday will mean tna there will be an accumulation of mail received on’ Saturday: evening''and Sun- day mails: and much work will be nec- essaryron the part of the carriers and substitutes on 'Christmas, ‘Announcement, was made Tuesday { that- Afbert ‘M:® Giman has disposed of his auto supply business at No. 851 Main ‘street to William' L. Jenkins, as- sistant’ superintendgnt’ of the manufac- turing ‘department * at-- the - American Thread Company, who has appointed John F. Shem~manager. Mr. Shea °is well qualified’ for the position and has been in- the employe of Mr. Gilan for} about four years. It was stated by Mr. Jeénkins that there were to b8 no altera- tions in the store and that Mr. Shea was to have full charge. 5 " An Incident of interest is marked by the retiring- of Mr. Gilman-in that the store’ at/ No. 851 Main street has been conducted by the Giman family for for; ty ‘years. In 1883 Nelson Gilman, fa; ther of Albert N. Gilman, started ‘a’ sa” loon there which he ‘®onducted for about thirty years. The saloon was then con- ducted by AMert M. Gilman and witn the advent of prohibition Mr. an openéd the auto supply store which he has ‘since conducted successfully, Mr. Gilman said that he was to take a rest for.several montns before entering some other’ line of business. In the local police court Tuesday morning Mary A, Bernler, an employe of “the *American” Thread Company, Was charged with thett of sewing thread tp the: value of $10 from the company./A Gemurrer was: entered when Edgar H. Richmond of the inteRigence depant- meat of the company, stated that the dompany was not inclined to be severe wikh the accused. He stated that all that the company desired.was to have the practice of stealing thread stommed. J’udga Foss overruled the demurrer and € of $5.and. costs amount- lng !a 310 5°which was paid. Tuesday ovening the New Lady Ban- ook, was: presented - by thé honor ‘Stu- nn& af Windham High ‘school “in the school: auditorium. 'Thé play waé. un- des the direction of Miss Dorothy Berry of thelfaculty. A large audience” was in attendance. The proceds are' for the W. H."S.” Athletic assoctation, * Engine’ Company No,'1 was caled eut recently for a chimney fire in the’house Ht T8 ‘Spring stréet, ‘owned - by John Hoffinan. Six gallons of chemicals. were uséd to extinguish- the blaze. Solomon - Belanger -has .purchased .a- five-acre farm on High street from Mrs. Griffin+ and William Michaud has pur- chased a two-tenement house on Bonvu, street, from Mr.. Nelfon. The annupdl meeting of, Willimantic Camp' N¢. 9345, Modern Woodmen o the this 'Wllhmmltlc, Conn. GR"TS QF YABD GQODSARE itable for | .J:..- % vy H - Wool Serge, in brown i\h'fln&n\w W suit orid fi-meh Mhanm cm». good weight for' Frocks or Ilould: ol $3:59 & yard: -inch P, Silk for Over- ghm ki) "“?I}; Inh:ltvh ”hrdd.m umbm:lmn — $250 .a lhfl'h 'thé 'line O! “fi‘fld& ut-a‘hn‘pnhy Mtr nlk wv!r-, h«u up w gm rv.v:gllun!un} in b’c‘v tWeén. ITAMINES essential, health-building ot bave avays b cod-liver oil ahd aécount for its '?telfifulncrr*h -over- cofl'sEmulsmn &finfifimmafi help energize America, was held at 8 o'clock Tues- Gay_evening at Labor Union. hall Miss Myrtle Jordan, an instructor at Pratt Institute,” Brooklyn, N. Y, was recently jeined - in-. Hartford by her mother, Mrs, ‘Fred -P. Jl)rdan and Te- turned home Tuesday. James Hillhouse, son of Mr. and Mr& James W, . Hillhouse, arrived from Min- nescta, Minn., Tuesday, .where he is a member of the faeulty of the Minnesota university. Miss Dorothy Gorton of the Lyman Hall -faculty,- Wallingford, is convaleso ing after a three weeks' illness—-at Her home, ¥ Henry Norman Steed a student at Connecticut - Agricuktural College, re-| cently “underwent an- operation -for ap- | pendicitis at St. Joseph's hospita. Mr. and" Mrs. Frederick E. Stasbner and child of Boston are:here ‘for:thei holidays ‘at the home of Mr. Staebner's parents. Miss Patricia Curtis, - daughter. of Mr. and Mrs. Don H. Curtis, -is- the -guest | for the holidays of Mrs. Charles John- son of Holyoke, Mass, Miss Marguerite St. John, who un- derwent an' operation for appendicitis | at Bt gosepu's-hoSyitay, recoversd rap- 1dly and will leave- Wednesday to be the guest of friends in New London for the holidays. On New Year's she leaves for Delaware. R~ A." Robinson, -superitendent -of - the local braneh: of -the..Metropolitan - Life Insurance Company, is in New York for a. few days on business. Mré. George E. Taylor was a Hart- visitor Tuesday.” i Mrs, Isaac Tutner of EagleviHe w aj patient at ‘St. Joseph’s hospital. Mrs: Egbert A;"Case ‘recently enter- tained a Thimbleé ciib of the' Congrega- tional churéh6f- which Mrs.*Ralph' Car- Penter is leader. fo at b@h throu Mr. and “Mrs.. Rovert O. Bramch and Mr. and ‘Mrs. ~Ralbolr ‘W, E: Cnrpen’&r were ‘recent New's Btiu!n visitors. JEWET!CXTY A meeting for the formation of a rifle club was held in the tewn hall Monday night. The following officers were elected for the coming year: Charles. B. Palmer, president; John Davis, ‘vice president; Gilbert. H. Miner, ‘secretary ; Dr. George ! H. Jennings, treasurer; George S. Brown, ] executive ‘officer. There was a large at- tendance af the meeting and as scon as | the rest who have handed in their names { sign up, the club will have a membership of over 40 interested in rifit shooting. By : a vote of the club, A.. L. Stebbins. was| appointed a committee of gne to secure. quarters for the club. It was also voted that no .dues .be as: amembers, any expens¢ ‘s .be, bBorne " tarily. Several of the members. are to'] ¥idft the Voluntown €lub at their next. weekiy' shoot. Tt is hoped that the spiFit of co-operation will ¢ontinue between the Voluntewn ‘¢lub,” the Norwich Rifle club and the Jawett City ¢fgb. ANl this helps ttie' game’ along_ ‘and many davs of pleas. ant sport are Shead Yor members of the | clubs. Tt I8 also Hoped that' the mem-' bérs of the Plainfield club will be heard from, o that the old American pastime, the art of rifle.shooting, will $0of ‘be an | established faet in this,part of the-state. | Ménibers of théeTocal post’ of ‘the A.mefl- can Legion, J. Kaufman of tHe Voluntown ! club, and Allyd Brand, Dr. ¥. W. Holms of'the ‘Nofwich Rifie club are the ones Wwho 'should be givefi the cradit for their unceasing Work in the formation’ of tirese clubs. L] Christmas wreaths, boxwood balls, ~ans, cherries, cyctamen, begonias, pri- | nulas, assorted pans, cut flowers,” Whit- irig’s’ Greerihouses.—aav. Jewett City residemits read with great regret the ‘news ‘of “the” death of th,; : the death of our late oAgam fhe @hnfitmas Iim&zfi withinus memories of old.friends,~ ‘whose Good Will fornearly fifty years has helped ug> to mamtain our 13 n hearty of loyal frien wish you all I)appmz,ss rigtmastide and> hnu’k the Rewear, R.6.Suillwvan- pirit ob eals. bnp, we? gprenatmn S {ime. Mr, Deiseoll had Tived in Jewett | City. As boy and man ke livefl here for 55 years, and only words of rtspect and | sorrow aré heard cn” every hand for a man who had lived such a life that he |site and the Masons hope to move in be- merits all' the good that is recalled. His death was very sudden, caused by heart ! digease, from w some time. # Special meeting, Court Griswold, No. 101, F, of.A.. at 8 tonisht. to act on brother, John i 'he had suffered for Driscoll.: Tadv. BOLTUN Mrs. Domonick Carlevaro is il Carleyaro, who - has *been - visiting New York has teturped. Mr. in W. S. Dakin, school supervisor, visited ! Boston' schools last week. Mr. Dakin | conducted a teachers meeting in the North. school this (Tuesday) afternoon. Miss Annie M.’ Alvord, who has been in Ocean Grove, N. J., spent the week end in New York with Mrs. Hattie John- son . Streng, a former resident of Bol- ton. Ernest F. Strong of Hartford spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Strong. - Miss Helen Mathieu of Hartford was with, her ,parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Mathien over Suncay. “Misses Efizabeth” Daly .and Margaret Daley “of * South Manchester and East -|Hartford spent Sunday at their Bolten hUme. Miss Ella Sufaner is home for Christ- ma$- viéation from- the* 'Russell Sage &hool, Troy, N. Y. * Mirs. Helen Bowen returned to school in_the Center’ district after week’s absence. Mrs. Alberi Lee has been yisiting in Soulb Manchester. SQUTH wpqnsmds ‘The Ladies’ Aid social which was to her a {have been held last.Friday evening wu " | postponed for two 4weeks.: mfi. Hmbw.nu '\lfln{yg”‘ w:uy&u's mgbni gAngAcY “ 5mwnmm % I In'%, 1, 2 and 3 Pound Boxes. $150 THE munn ey FLYV‘N'I -gxm ‘The .Senexet . grange officers for the ¢oming year-had thetr annual meeting at the master’s, M‘ J, White's, last Friday owening. ISI John 'l\nvn, ‘who has been vhmns 4. hflividflfi’ Driscoll, which - occurred in New London | her son Oliver at Providence, has return- Until within a short |ed home. Hobart Sanger, who is working in | Were stér, was home over the week end. Phil hall, which was purchased by the Masons, is being moved to the new fore many months. Senexet grange will have a_Christmas tree at its mext meeting Wednesday night. Albert Williams is collector for the town. Mr. Morey, while starting a Ford, had | the misfortune of having his arm broken. PRESTON CITY Several young girls met at the home | of Miss Alice Krugs Saturday afternoon to rehearse for the three-act.play, The Farmerette, -which they are planning to give in the latter part of January. Miss Delle Roode is staying with Mrs, | Morris Raymond of Norwich. Miss Esther Muttart has entered Norwich business school as a student. The Congregational society are mak- ing plans "to hold their’ annual Christ- fds concert Friday night. The grange heré gave the first and seconid degrees last Tuesday night to a ciass of young pwople.. The third and fMrth degrees will be given at the mext meééting Janmuary . Many friends are congratylating Mr. 2ud Mrs. Morris Anderson on their re- cent marriage. BLACK HlLl William Browa of Shepard Hill was in this neighborhood 'recently hunting “for antique stoves. ; Mrs, H. Beecher Brown, Miss Helen Brown and Miss Fanny Brown visited in Danfelson Saturday. Thomas Mooré of Birchwood farms gavé'a talk Friday at the county poultry Meeting at Brooklyn t#fat attracted much interest. *“Mrs; Ralph Brown visited in Norwich and Jewett ‘City Saturday. Misses Abbie' and’ Myrtie Medbury vis- ited in Danielson Saturday.- Cable cars were introduced into New Zealdnd in ‘18837 and the following year into London. Important- Notice January 1st; 1623 THE CQLONIAL Expngss 3301 BQSTON-nd ST PE'i'ERSBUiiG, FLA Arnvmn Jnluenvilh 835 p. m. next eveni at St. P <2 e “Ariar "4 Connecticut “points and urg, . Flr-. uwnd mornlnn ‘I“nou.. m. the ! Near East relief fund for this part or | | is little chance i ish 5 in the v t ‘will sccure that present 2 new ¢ who are temper of rfected a based on the and is p g Detector.” its inab\m,v to produce oscil: Bridgeport.—Sixty very young pupils d in connection ublic school, were as part of a fire | the Misses Levery. when the place. house of Sunday af- pion® Acheson of Middletown, suffragan \n:ho) of the dio- cese of Connecticut. A throng of parish- | foners which extended beyond the mesz- zanine floor awaited the procession at the pening of the ceremonies. Rev. Dr. John N, Lewis of St. John's church. Rev Anthony T. Gesner of All Souls’ church, Elmore M. McKee and . Sidney W Wallace cepresented the c‘lergy in the procession. i new type of ion Evelyn Ames and Franci { actually there was a fine Waterbury.—Thé new Christ chapel was d NATIONAL ASSEMELY TO « MEET IN “'AFSAW TODAY Warsaw, Dge. 19 (By the A. P.)—In anticipation of the convening tomu-cow of tha national assembly, which ulkti- mately is to ohoose president _in suce cession to the late Gabriel ‘Narutowicz, theé' goPernment tonighf took mesfures to_check nossible untoward events, Under the Polish constitution the na- tional assembly is the eléctoral college. Each of the 444 deputies and the’ 111 seriators has a vote in the choosing of 2 chief executive, The assembly cham- ber is open to the public while the bal- loting 1S in progress. Written ballots are used, and no discussion is permit- ted. !“Should no candidate en the first bals lot receive a majority of the votes cast, mother ballot: is ordered. - If ‘this also fails - t6 produce.a mgjosity for any tandidate, the eandidate who has re- ceived“the least numbér of votes s dropped and still another ballof is taken. ~This process of elimination cone tinues until an exscutive finally 18 chosen.» ‘The newspapers, regardless of party affiliations; praise the course that if be- Ing’ followed by Acting President Rataj and Prime Minister Sikorski. The Jour- 8al De Pologne points out that the con- stitutional provisions have ‘worked out without & hitch. Bapressiond of regret and horror ower the ‘assassination of President Naruto- wiez ‘continue to -be recefved from all pants of“the world:" President Millerand and Premier Poincare of ‘Wrance and Cardinal : Gaspidrrd, | the' papal ‘secretars of state, are gmong those: who have sent condolences. All Polish ‘military _officers and sdl- diefs have been. directed to wear mourne ing bands on their arms for six weeks. MAX SPIEGEL, THEATEICAL = !u’vc‘. 18 .An.l‘;" R T N'sw Yofi Dee. ‘19.—Aj theatrical producer of ‘this eity. Au.ornql for the "creditors, sald Spile- | remarkable What Is Gmng On Tonight 3Moving Pictures at rand_Theatre. el Theatre rcst EVENTS ago to S'enor Mar- "'t.‘!r_NTS Mens Bible Stody at Y. M. ¢ wild of on New cet tn reputa- droves. A deciges young 1 ‘finally s aswn-n- o keep is in the her but fears vo en~ such a lit- s in the midst f course every- as it should be. Delicious gattie it 50 take & tip n the bill include iricational ¢ Movie s wherever possi- are -times when it is hecessary ntirely for the et- e in point is the ion effected by of an'old Shelk n a Paramount picture which will be on view at the. Strand the- Friday and Saturday. , who will be ‘recalled for work as the balf-wittéd k in The Great Inipemon- early t made up a¥ he looks fully eighty seven desired and- a- o Roger Unth: ation is in. h the old Sheik at close ra Wanda H and Milton Sills are featured in this production which Ofga Printzlau adapted from Arthur Weigall's story. It Is a picture fully as thrilling and spectacular as T Sheik, It is claim- ed. Louise Drejser, Winter Hall, Jae- queline Logan, Bgbert in and others of note appear in the big cast. Broadway—Neil O'Brien's Miostrels To- " might Nell O’Brien’s Minstrels, bigger, better and greater than ever béforé will be"an early visitor to this community, its dste for the Broadway theatre having béea set for tomight.at 8.15. Mr. O'Brien who is conceded to-be the leader im:the art of putting a minstrel. show together, profhis- es many moveltieg for the.coming sSeason- and an - entirely hew cenic -