Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-23
JEWETT CITY
State Agent Giles Potter Father of Local -RainviIie-Larose Marrias ase-Norwich Autoist Cause of RunaWays,

Runaways.
 As stated in the Various Matters of | The Bulletin this week, Giles Potter l of New Haven, the father of Rev F. | W. Potter of this place, has resigned 1 as agent for the state board of edu-
 cation after 9S years of service. MT. Potter is widely known in this state | as the father of the Connecticut
 school laws. While the school laws 1 have been made by the legislature, l MT. Potter is the man who really | planned them and in way he has since been the whole machinery that
 has been the means of getting the un- Willing boy to school Besides deVOt- l ing his interest to the making of new
 laws for the public school system of 1 the state, he has been one of the fac l tors for their enforcement. MT. Potter, who is a native of Lis | bon. was three times the representa- | tive in the general assembly of the town of Essex. A graduate of Yale, he had been a teacher in the Con necticut Literary institute in Suffield
 and later in Hill academy in Essex
 It was while a member of the general
 assembly that he began his interest in 1 school legislation. In 1871 he was one | of a commission of three appointed by ! the legislature to compile laws for the school system of the state Gov.-elect 1 Simeon F. Baldwin and George w. | Woodruff of Litchfield were the other ] two members. In 1870 John Cotton 1 Smith tried to get the legislature to 1 abolish the state board of education and MT. Potter made a vigorous fight and won out, being the means of pre- l serving the state board of education | In the old days a boy or girl had to | go to school only sixty days, and ] might never worry as to school off cials getting after them. As a result, Mir Potter wrote a law 1 in 1875 that children under sixteen i years should attend school regularly. | Children over fourteen years were ex- ! empt. In recent years the laws have l been amended so that no child under ! fourteen years could be employed in factory.
 Returns with Bride. l Dr. F. F. Rainville returned Thurs l day from q trip to Vermont, bringing with him his bride. Dr. and Mrs. RainviIIe who was Miss Elizabeth La 1 Winooski, Vt.
 William Tinker and daughter Grace l of New Haven spent Wednesday with ! Mir. Tinker's parents, Mir. and Mrs. A. J. Tinker.
 Vacation One Day Longer. School closes today for ten days. re- opening on Tuesday. the third of Jan uary. This is done to accommodate the teachers who will be out of town, and will not have to return two days before school opens, as they usually do. A. H. Bicknell was in PaWtucket on Thursday, attending the funeral of his sister, Mrs. Susan Burton Rev. E. w. Potter was in Rockville 1 Wednesday to be present at the fu- neral services of William Butler, a friend of the family.
 Motorist was from Norwich. Since the runaway accident in which 1 W. R. Palmer so narrowly escaped on Tuesday, the name of the man who was in the automobile has become l known. He is from Norwich and is { the same one who recently frightened John Armstrong's horse, which ran away, the man never stopping to see what was the result. He also nearly
 ran into two women in Lisbon, last Sunday, and frightened another horse
 in Lisbon Tuesday. A short time ago | he all but ran into a hack in town, 1 by being on the wrong side of the road. He has naturally acquired quite 8 reputation in this town and Lisbon
 Ice Cutting Begins. | lee cutting commenced at the big DorrVille fields on Thursday where Shea Bros will fill their three big ice houses with record speed. They are cutting good eight and ten inch ice and expect to house about 1000 tons. Some of the farmers already have their ice houses filled and many others are taking hurried advantage ot the first opportunity this season.
 The growth of the ice cutting indus try in Ctriswold has been marked and steady since thirty years ago when Ira F. Lewis erected the first house at DorrviIle. At that time the farmers ice house was unknown. Now, nearly every farmer in this VicinIty--espe- cialIy those interested in the milk and cream business, has his ice house on his own premises, which they fill from some convenient pond and in many cases from an artificial pond made for
 that purpose
 New Freight House and Yard.
 Jewett City is to have a new freight
 yard and freight house. There will be
 from the tracks, with space enough be- tween them to allow teams to back up
 to the car doors. The yard will be To-
 cated in the field in the rear of the
 Aspinook houses, just beyond Leclaire's
 bakery, and the approach will be a
 70-foot roadway laid out between the
 bakery and the row of Aspinook hous-
 es A freight house will all convent
 ences will also be built.
 David H. Fannine's Employees Prom sed Pleasure.
 Wednesdays Worcester Gazette says; The Royal Worcester Corset
 company will have d Christmas party
 for 1000 women and girls employed in
 the various departments tomorrow
 from 5.30 to 6.30 o'clock. Miss M. Eliz- abeth Van Derzee, general secretary of the Y w. c. A. will have charge and David H. Tanning, president, and
 Ernest P. Bennett. superintendent, will be present.
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