Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-23
Property Bought at Cost of $12,0OO and Soon
 Ready For Conversion Into Beauty Spot
EMPLOYMENT OF POLICE MATRON UNNECESSARY
City Must Grow Some Before Such Official Would Have Anything To Do-Star of the Sea Total Abstinence So- ciety Observes Anniversary House Which Arnold Spared Being Torn Down-Long An Eyesore in Main Street.

priest in Connecticut is as willing as those in New London to advance the cause of total abstinence societies that are properly conducted, where the members help themselves and do not rely upon the active support of pastors. The time was when temperance socie- ties were not as popular as at the present time, but all pastors consider a we1l-conducted society a good asset to the parish. Through lack of interest on the part of members the old Star of the Sea society has been on the de- cline for the past few years, or until Father Woolschlager, one of the as sistant pastors, accepted the presidency and through his efforts the society is gradually getting back to it's place of prominence among the societies of the state, If the great majority of mem bers of temperance societies worked with the pastors and not expect the pastors to work alone in the upbuild- ing and maintenance of temperance so- cieties all of them would be in a more thriving condition.
 The Municipal Art society is com posed of what may be justly termed representative ladies and gentlemen of New London and they are really in DeLlcT the general conditions of the city wherever there is need of improvement 1 or a chance to make New Londork,A really down-to-the- minute city. This society has during it's brief existence | discussed many matters of municipal importance and made suggestions of | improvement of a general and speci- | fled nature. However, like all other bodies, sometimes a recommendation i is made without investigation. This present week the society has suggest ed that police matron bs appointed 1 to be on duty at all time at the po- ice station, in readiness to attend tc the wants of female prisoners. The tune may come when many women will be arrested in the city and un- der circumstances that would require the service iof a police matron, but il will not be during the few months o1 the present year or all of the next,
 It may be well enough to have ma. irons in police stations in Iarqe cities like New York and Boston, where the arrest of women are of common oc- currence but New London has no- reached that class just yet. How ever, the Municipal Art society sug. gests that nothing can be done in tha i 4AAAC dui HE tue present. Dndnclal veal as provision was not made for police matron's salary in the last budget By the time the making of the mex budget comes around the members O this useful society may have change Of mind in regard to the nee
 esity of police matron wasting he time lounging about in the New Lon
 don police station with nothing to d. but sign the monthly pay voucher.
 The Guy Richards house at the cor
 ner of Richards and Main streets, tha was spared when Arnold burnt th town" in 17S1, and which was placard
 ed among the historic points of interes at the two hundred and fiftieth ami
 versary of the founding of the towl of New London, is being razed an, carted away, in order to comply with
 request of the Municipal Art societ,
 that the property be improved. Eve
 since the place was vacated by the lat
 John Spalding, the florist, the proper ty has been neglected and permitte
 to go into gradual decay, and the so
 ciety committee asked the officials o
 the bank owning the property to i'm
 prove its general appearance as it ha
 become a public eye sore. As ther
 was no profit for the bank in renod
 cling or repairing the ancient struc
 ture, it was decided to remove tn
 building, grade the land and put i
 in presentable condition and put it i
 the real estate market for sale.