Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-30
- - OBITUARY.
Miss Martha Larned

OBITUARY. --
 Miss Martha Larned.
 Miss Martha Larned died at her home | on South Main street in this city Fri day night. The deceased was a Thompson woman. but had lived in this city for a number of years and was one of seven sisters, all of whom are now dead with the exception of Frances H., with whom she made her home.
 Attended Norwich Meeting.
 Delegations from courts of the For esters of America in Windham county towns were in Norwich Sunday to at- tend a meeting in Foresters' hall, at which the grand chief ranger was present. Delegates from Court City of Putnam and Jacques Cartier of this city were Thomas P. Ryan, A. A. Bro- i deur, Theodore Boulay and Eugene Berthiaume
 Overlook Wicks Engagement. Dr. and Mrs. s. B. Overlook of Pom fret announce the engagement of their niece, Gladys Ann Moves, and Stanton Duane Wicks of Syracuse. N. r.. and Thompson. this state.
 Miss HedIund's Body Recovered.
 The body of Miss Wilhelmina Hed- | lund. who committed suicide by jump | ing from a Hudson river steamer, has been recovered. The young woman was l formerly employed by wealthy Thomp- sor people. Press despatches state 1 that in case her relatives fail to make arrangements for the burial of the body the Thompson people who for merly employed her stand ready to do | SO.
 Rally and Promotion Day. | Next Sunday is to be observed as rally and promotion day in. the Bible 1 school of the Congregational church. Every member of the school. church and congregation has been urged to 1 be present. Mrs. L. E. Ware, secre- l tary of the elementary division of the Massachusetts, Sunday School associa- I ton, is to give an address before the members of the school.
 Teachers Institute. The teachers institute held in the High school building here Saturday I was very successful gathering and 1 attracted a number of teachers who were much interested in the subjects discussed They were also Interested l in the new building. which they took occasion to inspect.
 Enforcing Education Laws.
 Local officials are seeing to it that I children of school age are kept in school the requisite number of hours l and days each week. For failure to keep three of his children at school, as he should. Louis Emo has been before the city court, being fined $1 on one count. The other counts were suspend ed on his agreement to do by his ehil- dren as he should in the matter of see- | ing that they get an education l Henry J. Potter of Woodstock, agent of the state board of education, has arranged to be in this city every We'd nesday afternoon until further notice, for the purpose of examining apph- cants over IA and under Is years of age for employment certificates. l Heard and Seen.
 The Ideal Singing orchestra of Web ster played for a dance held in Rents hall, on Pomfret street, Saturday even ing, which was attended by a large number.
 l Chaplain Edwards of the Seamen's l Bethel at Vineyard Haven told of the work of the society in addressing the audience at the Congregational church Sunday.
 The choir of the Congregational I church will make the fourth annual visit to the Worcester musical festival
 on Friday evening of this week. The local people will make their headquar- ters at the Warren hotel.
 Pornfret' school opens for the schol- astic year with a large enrolment of
 students This preparatory school is
 one of the. most exclusive in New Eng
 land.
 The grading on the Perrin Hill state
 road contract is practically completed,
 and it will be possible to go forward
 with the maeadamizing work until
 Thanksgiving time, when it is expected
 that the contract will be completed. Power for New Weave Shed.
 At Attawaugan the new weave shed has been roofed in and the contractors |, work will be finished in short time.
 The machinery to be installed in the
 new building is to be driven by elec- tricity.
 Receipts show that this has been an 7 unusually satisfactory year for the fair associations in this end of Windham county. The attendance figures have been exceptional-far ahead of the av-
 craze year.
 Petition for Read Improvement. In the warning for the annual meet : ing of the voters in the town o1 , Thompson there is clause ito see il ! the town will vote to appropriate g certain sum of money to improve 8 : certain piece of road, as requested by , petition, being section of road be- !, tween the four corners at Wes1 Thompson and the town of Putnam line"
 The following is the building funG : committee of the A. NJ. E. Zion mis- sion of Putnam: H. J. Hall. treasurer : c s. Munroe. secretary; Edward Will I Hams. assistant secretary; Rev. B {, Wallace. chairman. The Ladies AiC society of the church gave a supper g Saturday evening in C. A. R. hall fol l. the heneft of the pastor. :. May Purchase Stone Crusher. ,, The value of town owning it's owi |, road machinery Is more and more rec ,. ognized in towns in this section a, k the work of extending state highway! [. goes on, and next week the citizens O :. the nearby town of Thompson will de