Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-19

Dora Harris of New York city,
 1fth has been greatly imrair-
 eIstantly grieving over the
 lsr son, killed by an autoIno-
 months ago, committed
 h5- inhaling gas at her home
 Ninety Ninth street, while
 .sa, Miss Schmidt was absent
 se room for a short time Au-
 r1lzer, the janitor of the apart
 srtpIled gas escaping and upon
 4sttnsy it's cause discovered Mrs.
 l4 ing in an unconscious con-
 her room The Janitor at
 s.e-aiaOned an ambulance and a .-,.s si.4ss5ar' from the gas company, but
 sr,.te of the combined efforts or @3s. 'Eoban. who responded to the call. ~..!iceraen Halvac and Johns and the sas crew, Mrs. Harris died.
 Last November Percy Harris, the son, was struck by an automobile at Madison avenue and N1nety-t1ftn street, and received such injuries that he died soon afterwards. Since then Mrs Harris has been in poor health and has been attended by physician and nurse for greater part of the time She has been frequent visitor to Westerly, where her sister, Mrs Tueh, and her Brother Theodore Sam ue1s make their home. and had only returned to New York within the past fortnight after having been the guest of Louis Tuch and family of Elm street. The news of her sudden death came as a shock to her relatives here and her husband. who learned Of the sad affair upon his return from his shop in the oity, where he is g tailor. was almost beside himself. Upon re- gaining conpo5ure the afflicted hus- band said that no cause could be given health had been shattered by con- stantly sTleving over the death of her @eA.
 Considerable interest has been shown in the boy scout movement successfully launched here last week by a mass meeting largely attended by boys and their parents and which resulted in a permanent organization being formed with a membership Of over one hundred and fifty youngsters There is to be 6 meeting of the Boy Scouts at the Memorial building this evening, when the members of the To- cal troop will take four examinations which win have to be successfully passed before they are qualified to be scouts in good standing and are ready to enjoy the privileges the< the organ ization offers Failure to pass the re- qI,ired examinations, which are to be in charge of the assistant scout unsuccessfu1 any chance to make up tho deficiency until the next regular the following week unless special appointment is made with one
 
 The examinations to be held this evening win consist of the following subjects. The Boy Scout must show that he has earned by his own ef- fort fifty cents, and must produce the money along with the other evidences. Tn scouts must have learned the Boy Scout oath and law, and the mean ing of the Scout sign The scouts must have learned how to tie four standard knots. Books upon the above
  and 1t is not necessary to state that they have been in great demand since the scouts were organized week ago. After the boys have 7; passed the the drills, that viii be military in move E1ents only, but wM give sufficient and will help the scout in handling the several patrols i of the organization When the different patrols have 1 been organized and the drills are we'll 1 under way 1t will be necessary to have | B meeting place of greater size than l the Memorial building affords. but un- i til the weather becomes settled the l work will be conducted in small 1 squads, perhaps holding meetings diff 1 ferent nights of the week. If this can l not be arranged. it may be necessary l to have the boys meet every other l week, until better arrangements can l oe made. Local creditors Of E. Warren Car l eenker, who conducted 9 mems f11rn- l shing store on the bridge, have been 1 notified that a meeting of the creditors | IS to be held in Norwich the 29th of i this month for the purpose of passing upon the accounts of the trustee filed ] with Amos A. Browning, referee in | and for such other bus l ness as can lawfully come before the l meeting. Should there be insufficient 1 funds, the last dividend will then be i declared All contests over the claims gre to be heard and decided and all 1 accounts due the estate will be sold at public acution.