Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-13
DIED SUDDENLY.
Father of Miss Edith L. Mccoy of the
 High School.

Miss Edith L. Mccoy. instructor in 1 the StOninston High school. left Fri day for Nattapan. Mass. to spend the weekend. On her arrival at the sta tion she was told that her father had died very suddenly. Mir. Mccoy had not been ill and on starting. the daugh- ter had no idea Of the sad news await ing her. The following is from Bos- ton pa per:
 William r. Mccoy aged 57. of 229 West Selden street Mattapan for the past ten years station agent at the Blue Hill avenue station of the New Haven railroad. died in the ticket of fee of the station yesterday morning from heart trouble. after 8 few min uteS' Illness He leaves q widow. a son and q daughtar. In the old days, before fences were put up between the tracks AIr. Mccoy guided school chil- dreD across the tracks. This kindness earned for him the title of the 'chil- dren's friend,'
 Invited to Fair
 Hundreds of visiting iremen are ex pected during the different nights of the steamer coDlpany's fair ?. s. Bar Der Hose Co. of Pawcatucl1, the R. I. ones of Westerly and the Niagaras of New London having been invited. The minstrel show. which will furnish one evenings program will be under the management of Thomas O'Connell and there will be acrObatic. stunts un- der the direction of Fred Buck. The local fire cOrnpanies have been invited to visit the fair and to parade one~eve- ming.
 Game with Westerly F, g.
 The event in baseball to look for ward to is the game to be played here next Friday afternoon between Westerly and Stonington high schools This will be the second game of fle series and Stonington will make a, hard fight to win 1t. as this would leave the two teams with one game each.
 Silver Wedding.
 Mir and Mrs. Henry A Muller are planning to celebrate next Friday. of their marriage. The date is also the birthday of their daughter Miss Grace Muller Dinner will be served to a large family gathering and Mr. Muller will extend an invitation to be present during the day to associate members of the board of warden and burgesses.
 Many Attend Whist.
 The whist under the auspices of the Children of Mary and the Holy Name society Friday evening was largely patroniZed b@ members of St Mary's parish and friends. After the cards, there was dancing and pleasing so- cial time. light refreshments being served.
 Eden L. Wells has joined the local poultry raisers and is contemplating the importation of fancy brooded stock from Kingston, R, l.
 Frank Vennerv has gone to New York, called there by the serious ill., ness of his mother.
 Allen C. Shade has placed his mo- tor boat in commission for the sea son.
 x. of C. Interests.
 4 meeting of Nina council, No. 4s. K. of C., will oe held in Borough hall Sunday afternoon. May r, at which time fourteen candidates will be given the third degree.
 J. J. Meehan and ! A Vargas. Jr.. were fp Danbury Sunday to attend the state K. of C. conventiou The next meeting of Nina council will be held this Wednesday evening.
 Small Run of Fish
 The run of fish has been so small. so far this season. that the men em- ployed in this industry are somewhat discQuTa ged. The fish caught Sat 'Wda} were mixture of striped bass, bl3ckfsh. founders, Scup. butterflsh and sqUld. AL boats came in early.
 Smack Lucy came in from the east ward Saturday with g catch of 15 barrels of pollock
 The quarterly meeting If the Ston- juston free library association was held Monday evening in the library building.