Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 28, 1922, Page 10

BAIN OR SNOW AND SOMEWHAT COLDER TODAY Wulletin FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS DESPATCHES FheBuitetvm ARTHIR L PEALE RE-ELECTED Nerwich, Thursday, Dec. 28, 1922. e ey THE WEATHER, .~ Winds. North of Sandy Hook: Northealst and sast galag, probably becoming dangerous + Thursday; thick weather, with Tain or ;now. ' Sandy Hook to Hatteras: East anf wutheast gales; shifting to westerly, Yhursdny\lfi.emoun; thick weather with caln. Storm warning: Advisory, 830 p. m.. strong southeast and south wings tamight, possidly reaching gale force. Storm cen- iral over Kentucky moving 'norfheast-} ward, g/ Conditions. i The disturbance that was ccmtral over Arkapsas Tuesday night moped slowly east-northeastward with incresjsing inten- sity and its center was ove! Kentucky Wednesday night, while anot’her disturb- ance of marked intensity was ower the far northwest. Pressure wiss high and rising_Wednesday night over! the eastern Canadian provinces and ncthern New England and it was relativg)y high over fine southers Rocky mounta’fn region, General precipitation, mcstly tn tha fm of rain, has occurrcd within the Jam 24 hours.over the east:jrn half of the oouk'try except along the North Atlaatic coas\ The sterm that was cerjgral over Ken- ueky Wednesday night *jill more east- Jorthey stward attended ‘ky general pre- upltatian Thursday in t'pd North Atlan- ic statA?, and by stroo g shifting winds nd galey: along the Atlpmntic coast from %lpa Hadteras northws rrd, probably be- wyming daigerous over the north portion 3 Twursday, 1 o - Arthur L. Peale was re-elected presi- dent of the Norwich Boy Scout council at the councli’'s annual meeting held Wednesday evening in the scout head- quarters in the Shannon building." The choice of officers resulted in a re-election throoghout. Z 4 The meeting was called at 7.30 o'clock and was presided. over by President Peale. -4 Treasurer’s Report. The report of the treasurer, Arthur E. Story, was as follows: Receipts—Balance on hand February 7, 1928, $799.52; received from cam- pai for support of Boy Scouts of Nor- , current year, in cash payments and redemption of pledges §3648.33. To- tal $4427.85. Expendltures—executive salary $2! office hire $210, rent, light, heat an telephone $230.55; office equipment 427.60; office supplies §132.53; campi: hikes, etc, $337.60; scout leader train- ing and conference $9.50; rallles, fleld day and demonstratjons $38.02; public- ity and propaganda $41.44; National council fees $100; cawpaign cost $174.- 81; store purchases $188.41; transporta- tion $4 ;account executive expenses at national conference $60; miscellancous $8. Total $3644.46. Balance on hand and on deposit with the Merc®ants National Bank Dec. o 1922, $783.39. Grand total $4427.85. 139 bills, approved by three members of the executite committee constitute the expenditures as above designated. There BOY SCOUT COUNCIL PRESIDENT e ‘ foot ecoutg 37 second class scouts, 29 first class scouts, 3 associate scouts; total 235. 23 merit badge scouts. 5 veteran scouts. 2 life and star scouts’and 1 eagle scout. Several other troops are organizing and will probably be registered by Feb. 15. The scoutmasters are as follows: Troop No. 1—Alfced A. Gobeille, scout- master, United Congregational church; Robert Huggard, assistant scoutmaster; Ralph Marsh, assistant scoutmaster. Troops No. 2—Albert F. Noren, scout- master, Church of the Good Shepherd; Lucius P. Davis, assistant scoutmaster. Troop No. 3—Victor Davis, scoutmas- ter, Taftville Congregational church; Raymond Pingree, assistant scoutmaster; George . Meyer, assistant scoutmaster. Treop: No. 4—Rev. Henry F. Chagnon, scoutmaster, Church of the Sacred Heart; Joseph A. Waldron, asgistant scoutmas- ter; John H. Keeley, assistant scoutmas- —P. J. Desmond. scoutmas- s church, - . B. Stanton, scoutmas- | y Methodist church; Lewls B. ssistant_scoutmaster. Troop No. 7—J. L. Kadish, scoutmaster ¢acting). Y. M. IL A, Troop No. § . Charles B. Ricketts, scoutmaster, Greeneville Congregational church; Allan Brown, assistant scout- master. Troop No. $—Rev. E. C. Dunbar, scout- master, First Baptist church; Lawrence IVeavy snow is profjable in northern |are no outstanding debts to my knowl-|Browning, assistant scoutmaster. +Naw England and in porthern and cen- “eal' portions of easte:m New York. On Prid'ay generally fair weather will pre~ vall| in the Whshingtcjn forecast district. The \'emperaturs will fall in the Atlantic wtatea Thursday. Ho wever, no unusually cold w eather is indic ated except possibly n norAhern NWew Eng fand. Wtorm' warnings arg displayed on the Atlantio coast from Cape Hatteras to . Me, Foredast. Por Sdutherit Ndw England: Rain, siset or mow and somewhat colder Thursday; Friday generally fair and soMer. s Observatic msf in Norwich. The Bulletin's (ybiservations show the following changes 111 temperature and barometrio changes }Wednesday: Ther, Bar. 35 30.30 48 30. 377 30.30 T & Moiors am .. 8 m.,. -, Highest 50, lowest 34. ) Compar{ sons. Predictions for Wedz esday: Cloudy and followa 1 by rain or snow. Wednegday's weathd *: ' Fair, followed by aloudy ; statlonary {temperature; east- - 7 TN High [ Modn | Water. || . hours after high r, which is ‘followed — 2 TAFTVILLE /ff¢° Asa Dion, a student at Tufts college, Baston, is speniding the Tholidays ‘with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fhillas C. Dion, of Marchants’ avenate. Henry Peltier of Norwich avenus is in Fall River, Mass, visi! his sons, Ron- ald and Lucien Peltler, Who aye students at St. Jogeph's scBool. . - Miss Aurore Bedoit pf Providence street returned early in the week from a few days’ stay In Moosuy. Mr. and Mrs. William Madlone and the Misses Mary and Agnes Malone were weel end: visitors in Willimvantic, making the trip in Mr. Malone's mwtor car. Aubrey Trudeay, U. S. A., has return- #d to Boston after spending the holidays with friends in fown. ‘Warren Sharples, a student at the Mag- pachusetts Institute of Technology, is at tihe home of his parents, ‘Mr. and Mrs. John D. Sharples, of Norfh Second ave- nue. Aaron Chappell, U, S.'N., is spené@ing & ehort furlough with his parents Mr. and Mrs, Charles Chappell, of South C street. _' ‘Gustave Provost of the Ponemah houge #pent the holldays at his home in North Grosvenordale. Mrs. Martin E, Mullen and two chil- dren of Hunter's avenus are spending a few days in Willimantic. James McSheffery is spending a week ' at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. shl.r’lfl MoShefery, of North Third ave- us. " Wednesday afternoon, while prodeeding Sagt on Providence strest, a closed car pkldded and lost one of its wheels. Mr. and Mrs. George Jarvis of Occum had am their guest over the holidays Mrs, darvis’ daughter, Miss Ellg Fitzgerald, of [ 'ew London. -~ Mrs. Charles T. Webster entertained the Sewing circle at her home on North A wtreet Wednesday evering. . . Mrs. Jane E: Rennard and Herbert Rennard, who have been residing on Nor- #ich avenue, have' tgken a house on low- *r_Hunter’s avenue. Mr. and Mrs. John Fitzmaurice of Wil- * lfmantic and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Moore o Lynn, Mass., who hive been the holi- lay guests of Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Fitz- maurice of South A street, have returned to their homes. ? Louis Gregory, Jr.. of New Bedford, Mass., is spending the week with' his par- nts, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gregory, of | Hunter's avenue, . Mrs. Docina Lewis of Terrace avenue is ‘enjoying a short stay with friends in . Portland, Me. F wllb.h Bh.n::hs d!“rleche'.!e of South.A as returned from a few days’ In Worcester, Masa. e e Plante of South A ‘street has tesigned his position with the Ponemah tompany. Mrs. John Keehgn hag been ill at her b on North A street. £ , and Mrs: Edward I. Sigrist.of North B.street, spent. a few days. this week with relatives in Baltic. Trglley trafiic north of the village was 4eld up Tuesday evening when a cave-in m the sandbank on the Occum road felled . large tree across the tracks. .Several ittempts were made to move it, but the roposition was too much for the passen- sers, and the wrecking crew wag sum- moned, and they speedily cleared the Miss Denise Gaudette and Adelard Ber- nler were united in mareiige Wednesday morning at the Sacred Heart church by Rev. Henri F. Chagnon, the assistant 7 pastor. . The young couple . wers .unat- tended. ‘The bride wore a2 suit of latest @eslgn with hat to match and carried roses. Professor Kinder was in charge of "the mfsical part of the mass. Following "the eremony there wag a reception and , bredkfast at the home of the e s i g edge, I ‘The amount of unpaid pledges is ren- ‘Tesented by three cards, two for $5 and one for $50, a total of $60. The pledges are absolutely good and payments have ‘been promised for the &arly £24 next month. E The sum of $5 was received from an anonymous friend, with Instructions to have the same applied to a general en- dowment fund for the Norwich Council of Boy Scouts. The request has be. complied with and such account opén with the Dime Savings Bank of N wich, This was followed by the report of the gecretary, Harry W. Cardwell, both re- ports being accepted. . Election of Officers. The election of officers resulted as fol- lows: President, Arthur L. Peale; vice presi- dents, John B. Stanton, Harry M. Land, Henry D. Johnson and J. Hefiry/Shan- non; treasurer, Arthur E. Story; secre- tary, Harry W. Cardwell. Six, new members .were added to the courgcil as follows: 3 W. Baldwin, E. LaRue Bliven, John Ju'Corkey, Max Hanover, L. M. Crandall, Rev. W. C. Prentiss of Plainfield and Robert West of Plainfield. Scout Executive F. A. Benton pre- 'sented a very complete and interesting report. The scout executve's report follows: On Jan. 1st, 1922, there were 10 troops. 10 gcoutmasters, 10 assistant scoutmas- ters and 145 scouts. --On Jan. 1st, 1923, there are 13 troops, 13 scoutmasters, 14 assistant scoutmas- ters and 285 scouts. There are now registered 166 tender- gart where the groom is employed. The'groom was born in Canada but since his resi- dence hers has made many frien His bride is the daughter of Eugene Gaudette end the late Merina Faucher Gaudette and hag always resided in the village. She has 2 host of friends who wish her happinegs in her new life. Leo Plante, small son of Mr. and Mrs. Ozias Plante of South Third avenue, was the vict!m of a peculiar sliding accident. The little fellow was sliding from the cliffs across the Providence street bage- ball grounds when his hand scraped the ground and came in contact with a broken bottle. Several stitches were required to close the gash. Wednesday evening Scoutg of erica, and the members of old Troop ¥, with their guests, held a reunion in the lecture rooms of the Taft- villé' Congregational church. There wege about 70 present.. The time, was pleas- antly spent with music and games, and during the evening Raymond Pingree, as- sistant scoutmastesof Troop 3, was pre- sented a watch fob. Mr. Pingree is now a ‘student at Pratt institute, Brooklyn, N. Y., and during the past summer con- ducted a clags in chemistry for the local scouts. - Coffee, hot dogs and rolls were served by Miss Mary Yerrington. Miss Sadie Newton. Miss Dorothy Wood, Miss Mary Taggert and Miss Dorothy Camp- bell. - The pleasant affair arvanged by Scoutmaster Vietor H. Daxis. ‘Mrs, George G.. Grant of Providence street and Mrs. Luther D. Packer spent W.sdnuduy in Hartford. NORWICH TOWN Rev. Charles' H. Ricketts, pastor of the Greeneville Congregational church. is to be the speaker at the Sheltering Arms’ service |Sunday afternoon. Having spent Christmas eve and few hours on Christmas morning, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs, George S. Beebe, of Scotland road, Miss Gladys Belle Beebe has. ‘resumed her duties at the Hartford -hospital. Miss Beebe. who is 2 graduate of the Corinec- ticut College’ For Women, will begin her last “year in the. nurses training class t this hospital,6n New Year's day. Mrs. George S. Beebe of StBtland road, motored to New London on Tuesday: day and spent the day at thé home ler “son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and} Mrs. Luclan ' Beebe, . Saturday afternoon from 2 to 5 o'- clock, a delightful® birthday varty .was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas' Doyle ‘of West Town street, in observance of the ninth birthday of their little son (Buster)' Thomas Hen- ry Doyle, although the correct date fell on Sunday, the 24th. There were 16 present which included six girls and tén boys as followsy Ruth Miller, H ena Bennett, Arline Doyle, Helen R; Mildred Carter,. Betiy. Browning and Charles and John Browning, Herbert Kendall, John Carter, Xenneth and John Kivlin, Edward Meyers. William Phaneuf, Raymond Gilman and Thomas Henry Doyle. During- the afternoon . the children enjoyed varioug games, among them the peanut hunt and pinnh}g the tail on the donkey. Prizes were given: for these games, Arline Doyle being awarded the prize in the pednut hunt, In pinning- the tail on the donkey the prize for the { nearest fell to Raymond Gilman, and for the one mpst distant, the prize went j to_Arline Doyl J Mrs. - Doyle: was a#sisted: by Mrs. Vie- Troop 3, Boy ltor Phaneut in serving sandwiches, as- sorted fancy ocookies, cake, lemonade, fruit and candy. 'On the table werp two birthday cakes with nine candles on v, ‘m’r?unbeud ‘with ‘somé very e ~games, books, boxes of candy, stofkings, maoney, et As edch little guest leaving tntl home, Mrs. lo’ present; them - a gift of & ucopia filled With Christ- s pandy. Troop No. 10—Alfred Aldi, scoutmas- tér. St. Patrick’s church, Troop No. 12—Jonathan L. Johnson, scoutmaster, Park Congregational church William H. Latham. assistant scoutmas- ter; H. Downer Johnson, 3n, mesistant scautmaster. Troop No. 15—Albert T. Fairbanks, scoutmaster, Christ Bpiscopal church. Troop No. 1, Plainfie—Philip R, Peterson, scoutmaster, Congregational church; Milton Winsor, assistant scout- master. Troop No. 2, Plainfield—WiMbur DeVoe, scoutmaster, Plainfleld Community troop; Wilred LaCourse, assistant scoutmaster. Council Members and Committees. We have enrolled as council members 84 . citizeng serving on 13 committees. Fifty citizens of Norwich are secving as merit badge examiners. There has been the following meetings of the commit- tees Six executive committee meetings, 1 civio service committee meeting, 1 scout extension committee niceting. 4 camp committee meetings, 4 court ‘of honor meetings, 4 finance committee meetings, 1 Sea Scout committee meeting, 1 leader- ship and training committee meeting. The regional executive, R.-N. Berry, has made two visits during the past year and Assigtant Regional Executive W. E. Brown alded in the financial campaign. > Scout Headquarters. Room 28, Shannon building, is occupied as _the scout executive's headquarters. Badges, insignia. scoutmasters’ 'hand- books, Boy Scout handbooks and diaries are sold at cost. Various troops have contributed sampleg of their scoutcraft and handicraft which is placed on exhibi- tion there. Pamphlets and literature con- cerning the Boy Scout movement are on hand for free distribution. The office is open from 9-12 and from 1-5 dally. Scouts, officials and parents are invited to visit the executive fre- quently, During”the 12 monthg there has been 1,476 visitors at headquacters; 3,346 let- ters and circulars have been sent out and about 4,000 pieces of mail have been re- ceived. An emplovment bureau for scouts has been established and frequent calls have.been made for scouts to work for compensation. - — A scout bulletin of notices, activities. etc.. is sent monthly, each scout receiving a copy. Seventeen editions have been distributed to date. The executive made 47 official visitg tc troops during 1922. ‘The executive took part In 11 hikes with scouts and officials. The scout executive was sent by coun- cit to the biennial national scout confer- ence at Blue Ridge, N. C., for two weeks. This was the greatest scout conference, both in numbers and in educational value, ever held; 450 executives were present. Sea Sceuts. School Troop and Sea Scouting Com- mittee: Chairman, Henry G. Peck; Her- bert B. Cary, | Frederick B. Craven, Charles V. James, Willlam H. Manning. Sea Scouting has been continued dur- ng the year and the troop met in the Chamber of Commerce rooms until :the resignation of Skipper Craven. Chair- man Henry G. Peck of the Shipping Board and the scout executive have been promised - assistants ' from the Subma- rine Base by Captain Berrien. N Court of Honer, Chairmam, - Prof. Henry A. [Tjrrell; Rev. A. H. Abbott, Grosvenor Ely, Rev. William A. Keefe, Dr. L. F. LaPlerre, John F. Rogers, Howard L. Stanton, a|, Three Courts of Honor were held dur- | ing 1922. February, June and October, at' the mayor's office, in the city hall. Also a Court of Honor was held at Plainfield, Sunday, November 15th, at which werg- present the scout execufive and Messrs. Peale, Young, Packer. The honorary tenderfoot scout was conferred upon Hon. Mayor Waters and “Occum” Fielding, Medicine Man of the Mohegans ‘at“the October Court of Hon- or. There were awarded 132 Merit Badges 0 22 Scouts in 3§ subjects as follows: Agriculture, automobiling, athietics, bee keeping, bird study,” botany, chemistry, ~civics, king, crafismanship, electricity, firemanship, “first ai to animals, forestry, handicraft, hiking, interpreting, leather working, life sav- ing, marksmanship, mining, painting, pathfinding, personal health, physical development, pioneering, poultry keeping, printing, public health, safety first, ;achohmhiv. signaling, swimming, ‘wire- ess. There .were: awarded at"these. Courts of Honor: Four Camp Tippecan prizes, 23 camp letters, 6 training course cer- tificates, 50 pet show prizes, The. Fergu- son challenge cup to Troop No. 1, for the highest rank at the annual inspection of troops, % Boy Scout Services. Civie Service committée: Chairman, H. M. Lerou; Rev. U. Q. Bellerose, James Case, James C. Macpherson, John O'Rourke; Hon. T.-Marphy. 4 At 2 meeting of the above committee the following policy of the Scout Ser- vice was adopted: Scouts shall not be allowed to collect money ‘for any grganization, commercial or otherwise, % - Clvic “Goed Turns,” or services may consist of distribution of posters, hand bills, literature, etc, for any, charita- ., educational,. or benevolent organi- zatlon, ow=in collection . of clothing for R same. - ~ - They 'may -give - personal orderlies, yor, the es, and fraternal organizations in mat- ters of public welfare when it will not be to the prejudice of others. i All organizations desiring the aid of! scouts are urgently requested to give at least a week or ten days' notice to the scout executive. in order to mobil-| ize them for that service. March 23—Secouts paraded with drum and bugle corps to,open campaign. March—Scouts distributed several hundred posters and window cards. April 3—Fight scouts under the di- rection of the fira warden assisted extinguishing a forest fire at Plain Hi April 28—_Troop 2 set out 60 cver-| greens on Laurel Hill, May. 4—Scouts _distributed 5,000 Nea:! East relief circulars, May 18—Scouts reported 30 premises needing attention: during Clean-up! Week. 1 May 19-20—Bundle dav. lected approximately 200 clothing for the Near East May 27—Scout executive Secouts col- bundles of and scouts cut trails to Miantonomah's monument} at Gregneville. May 28—Twelve officials participated in memorial ex Preston bridge for sailors. May 29—Scout executive of scouts participated vices by D. A, R. a cemetery. .May 30—ighty scouts and officals with, bugle and drum corps paraded on Memorial day and served water to the veterans. May 30—Scouts aistributed 500 cards to spectators calling attention to ob- servances due. the colore, _etc. June 2—Detail of scouts ushered at community picnic, Lowthorpe Mead- ows. June “Bread part in June flag at scouts e o in memorial ser- Norwich Town distributed 2.000 bulletins, and tosk 14—Officials and scouts Fiks' Flag day exercises Sept. 4-3-6—Scouts set up first a:d tent at grounds. Executive and 1o scouts on duty. up tent for Salva- tion Army Ushered at grand stand. Oct. 4—Placed Mohawk Indian vil- i egan hotel for Ro- raised ec Oct, posters placed in prominent places. Oct. placed exhibit window 24—alohawk village in Eaton Chase two . T—Mohawk Indian - village ex- placed in Pitcher & Service's win- for two weelks. 13—Scouts portesrs, 17—Scouts escorted Wesleyan y glee ciub to homes in city. 2—15 scouts with drums and escorted Santa Claus from Bai- Porteous & Mitchell's store. 5-9—15 scouts exhibited work at industrial exposition’ at armory. Sports and Activities. Scout activities and sports commit- distrOuted Red tee: Chairman, J. Nelson Weymouth; Richard Lewis, Frank J. Murtha, Ed- mund W. Perkins, Clarence A. Spear. Jan. 3—Scouts had skating meet at Edmund Perkins rink. Feb. 8—Scouts blew bugle throughout town. \ Feb., 12—Scout rally at Community house; 60 officials and. scouts present. Feb. 13—Grand scout rally and stunt night; movie of Treasure Island. April 1—Scout pet- show at Disco's store: 70 pets exhibited; 50 prizws awarded. % April 4—Stamp exchange headquarters. \ April 22—Camp headquarters, May 24—Annual inspection of troops at_armory. June 24—Inter troop_met at N. F. A. grounds; 50 scouts took part in 14 events. July 10—26 boys camped from one to four weeks at Camp Tippecan. Sept. 16-24—Norwich council set up booth at Eastern States Exposition, at Springfield, Mass.; two _scouts attended for one week; expenses paid by exposi- tion. Oct. calls at scout reunion at =cout 7—Tpeasure hunt at Mohegan | Reltef. | and detail scouts’ weekly wcmm] COATS VALUES TO VALUES TO $35.00. ... VALUES TO $49.50...... VALUES TO VALUES TO $69.50. VALUES TO $100.00..... FOR. CHINCHILLAS—2 to 6 Values to $7.50, and DRESSY COATS, in values park. S Oct. 21—Scoutmasters’ hike o River- side. Camp Tippeean. Camping committes: Chairman. ry E, Prentice; H. W. Cardwe! Manley Eastwood, Jr., Halsey A. Jup, George S. Ingall§, Dr. A. J. Plerre, Nelson Parker, Weston €. ¥i len. J. Henry Shannon. The scout executive, with the assistance mittee and seven camp assistants con ducted the four weeks’ camp at Tippe- can from July 8 to Aug. 7. Camp was set up July 8th by the ex- ecutive, Messrs. H, E. Prentice, Leon- ard Prentice, H. W. Cardwell. Weston C. Pullen, Manley Eastwood, Jr., Cook John Jenks and Joe Plant, carpenter. A kitchen 6x12 feet was built and a range and shelving installed. Windows and doors were provided and the build- ing covered with patent roofing. July 10—Eight boys and two addi- tional sistants arrived in camp. Dur- ing the first week -the assistants boys were busy with scout tests, build- ing raft, kitchen and setting up radio outfit. Camp. took hike to Yawgoog. the Rhode Island scout camp at Yawgoos pond. ’ July 15—Seven scouts arrived from Plainfield. July -16—Rev. W. C, Prentiss, Plain- field, held services in the pine grove 'n the afternoo July 17—Five more from Norwich, making over 25 scouts and staff at camp. During the second week -the officlal photographer, Don Houghton, came out and took pictures of the varied activities. July 24—Work on raft,.signal tow- ers, radio outfit and tests and point system continued.. 'During ' the weex F. A. Benton over 30 visitors came to camp.. Among them was W. C. Wessel of the national office, camping department, who com- plimented us on our ideal camp sifé, and urged scouts to work on exhibit for the Mohawk Indian village. Two boys learned to swim and several learned to dive. _ - July 31—The third weel. William La- tham was assistant and the = fourth week Lucius Davis assisted on the staff. A number of the scouts were in camp the enthe four weeks and many were present three weeks. The reguiasr schedule of camp was followed daily from reveille to taps. including morning dip, -setting wp exercises, two swimming perigds, instructioff, insyecgvn and hikes, games, etc. E Four camp hikes wers/iaken by the en- tire. camp conducted by the camp direc- tor. The camp menu was the boys were well taken care of and no scoutd were ill. During the season many visit- ors camé to camp; probably between 75 and 100, Fourteen scouts/ won theit camp letters, C. T.; 8 scouts won their second year monogram CT; . 25 merit were earned; 80 scout tests pass- ed,” mostly first class:-656 points were made by the point system. By a system of chest measurements taken when the scouts arrived af camp and when”they left, a gain-in chest de- yelopment was recorded in ‘almost every Instance.” Members of the Norwich Coun- of the camp com-; scouts arrived I Reid \ sizes to 14—FOR......... COATS TO $10.95, most of - |}l them fur trimmed—FOR. .. to $13.50 — FOR........ Boslon —— OF— D VALUES TO $1495 ... .. VALUES TO $13.75 $24.75 $32.75 $43.75 $55.00 $74.50 VALUES TO VALUES TO VALUES TO COATS AND WRAPS, values $110.00 to $125.00 o1¢ hes ©onn | ‘A MID-WINTER CLEARANCE Women's and Misses’ Coats and Dresses and Children’s Coats WOMEN’S AND MISSES’ WOMEN'S AND MISSES’ RESSES $10.75 $13.75 $21.75 $29.75 $45.00 $94.75 A Few Fur Coats At Wonderful Sale Prices CHILDREN'S COATS $3.98 $5.75 $7.95 $10.75 TEN DOZEN GINGHAM DRESSES Values to $1.98 A most pleasing selection of plaids, checks angd plain ginghams, in all sizes from 6 to 14. The styles are all attractive, and the dresses very dainty. MID-WINTER CLEARANCE OF OUR ENTIRE MILLINERY STOCK ' IHALF-PRICE This means any hat in our entire stock, without any reservation. You may choose the one you want, regardless of its former price, and pay us just one-half the price formerly asked. 27 DOZEN ‘Men’s Negligee | Shirts I 65c Splendid shirts, perfect in make, but subject to slight laundry stains. Made of good Corded Madras, and soft-finish Percales, in neat con- servative stripe patterns. All sizes from 14 to 17. WHILE THEY LAST 'ONLY 65c, were 46 boy weeks making an average of about 2 weeks for each boy. Camp broke up Aug. 7, the kitchén closed and nailed up with. someof the larger equipment stored there in. The tents, cots and mis- celaneous articles are stored in the scout executive's garage in Norwich. A George Briggs visited camp sever: thmrl'ld—bxprul.d satisfaction with the conduct of same, ) s Finally, Camp Tippecan had .a very successful season due to several reasons. work ~and co- CRmp 8 ants; third, a schedule aily activities and scout work ; fourth, a firm' but gentle system™ of discipline in carrying out the program. < "|at'that time. tratning sessions was heid at-scout headquarters duriig November d The executive, START THE NEW YEAR WITH A NEW HAT' Three Special Values For This: Week - Or While They Last ON TABLES IN SHANNON $1.50 Men's Night Shirts ALL PERFECT 89c Generously cut g:rmnu. made of warm outing flannel, in neat stripe designs. Collars are regular and come in sizes 16.to 20. This is a valie which cannot be matched. WHILE THEY LAST ‘ONLY 88c ~ theoretical amd practical work from ten- derfoot to first class. Most of the scout- masfers enrolied. There was an average attendance of 11 men. Kive national headquarters certificates were awarded to those who.completed the course. —Scout éxecutives also gave one night at the New London’s' scout leaders’ training course. Inspirational talks were given at each session By the ministers and prominent men of the towh. These coufses are par- ticularly valuable for mew who ua'mxanuur with the work. During the campaign 1,000 folders containing pictures of .prominent local citizens and their indorsement of scouting were sent out. Sevéral hundred large scout posters 'were placed in the store windows, and the local papers gave considerable space ~The’ Norwich Evening Record and the Norwich Bulletin have given fifty columns BUILDING STORE " Scarfs, Centers and Pillows TO BE EMBROIDERED, Values up to 98c. Made of Bacilla Weave Cloth. Sgarfs are 22 by 50 —Genters 34 by 34—Pillows with both tog-and back 22 by 17. Pretty . designs all ready for embroidering. WHILE THEY LAST