Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-13
SCHOOL CHILDREN WORK
 FOR CLEANUP WEEK
Boys and Girls from St. Patrieks
 School Took Hold Eagerly.


 The one particular spot in the city l to come into special attention on \Ned- lesday. the first of the four cleanup days for Norwich. was the Little Plain where in the morning committee Of ladies. residents of Broadway, were on hand in the capacity of supervising work done by city employees who were detailed to the park to cut the grass and to tidy up generally.
 While the work was in progress the ladies received decidedly encouraging indication of the interest which the school children are taking in the movement. Children from St. Patrick LarOchial school happened along and at once eagerly volunteered to pick up papers and stones and do other need fui things in bettering the looks ot the park. Their services were gladly accepted and their further interest was indicated by their pledge to keep an eye on the park as they pass it daily ir the future The following were the boys and girls who enlisted in the first squadron of the clean up brigade:
 Frank Sherry. Daniel Welch, George Lee, EdwaEd Flynn, Thomas McCar- thy. Harold Reardon, John Fillburn, August Crawford. Alfred Adj. Peter i Divito, Edward Guilbeault, Fred Car | berry. Dolor ChahOtte William Royle. 1 Margaret Sherry, Mary HanEahan. 1 Anna Kelly, Loretta Driscoll, Lois Eilers, Mary Bellefleur.
 Addressed Bridge District Pupils. The Bridge district school was visit l ed Wednesday morning by Mrs. II. M. 1 Pollock and Mrs w Tyler Olcott, who ! told the 15O children of the aims and purposes of the City Beautiful asso- citation. Principal l. C. Elmer and the | teachers of the grades readily co-op- erated with the visitors, making the talks to the pupils as effective as pos sible The classes were grouped so l that Mrs Pollock spoke in five rooms 1 the children pNoving very attentive and promising to do everything possi ble to aid toward a neat and beautiful city.
 They learned what the Rose button 1eans and how it is to be obtained and were told of the danger of the housefly as a disseminator of disease and filth. The viist proved mutually agreeable for pupils and speakers.
 Gift to Children.
 James L. Case, chairman of tn,
 membership committee. has been sup.
 piled the price of eighty buttons fol
 the County Home children and twenty
 for those at Rock Nook home, by {
 kindly Norwich gentleman, who makes
 the gift in memory of two little bays.
 Button and Card Distribution Friday On Friday the buttons and Ros,
 cards are to be distributed to the diff
 ferent schools Every child in th
 schools is to have a card. and thos
 who wish to buy them will have tn Rose buttons
 Mrs. Henry D. Johnson is to talk charge of the distribution to the Wes
 Side schools, Mrs. H. M. Pollock to tn 1 Bridge district. Mrs. C. $. McMillial
 to the County Home. and Mrs. F. F
 Fullerto Rock Nook home. Member - of the Schools Committee will atten z to the distribution in the other dis . tricts.
 Against the Fly. | Mrs. Edson F. Gallaudet has secure , | the reAdv assistance of Health Office , l, ,eSyis in securing posters, etc, settin forth the evil qualities of the house
 fv. and as far as possible these wi l be distributed to the schools durin f i Fridays visits of thoes carrying but tons and cards.
 Next term Mrs. Gallaudet and tn 9 health officer to work to provide leaf 3 lets which schol children will be give 9 to take home. that parents, too, ma s realize the importance of an eaE1y an incessant campaign for the extenNato ' of this pest.
 l. At the Old Burying Ground. 7 An interesting enclosure to come in to the renovation of Cleanup week the historic old burying ground O
 Town street. Norwich Town, where o I Memorial day George l.. Yeomans c i Lafayette street always decorates tn
 graves of the Revolutionary soldiers - This year Mr Ieamons placed on tn t graves 8 flags which he obtaine through Jonathan Trumbull of Nor | wich from the state Sons of the Amer ! ican Revolution He has a persona
 interest in doing this work as one ( the graves is that of his ancesto [ Corporal Joshua Yeomans. who fougl
 at Bunker Hill and who died in NoI
 wich Aug. 10th, 1885. The late John - Wait assured Mir Yeomans that Col f poral YeOmans was given the first mi k itary funeral ever held in Norwichs 5. George l.. Yeomans. who was 7g ( Q April 29th. called the attention of tf l, Rural association to the matter e. having the ancient burial ground pt e in good condition this week.