Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-03
THOMPSON SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Remains Six Menbers-Prejeet to ln-
 crease to Nine Defeated.

Nearly 15O citizens of the town of Thompson turned out Thursday after , noon to attend a special town meet ing called to pass upon the proposi- tion of increasing the town school
 committee from six to nine members.
 Randolph H. Chandler was chairman
 of the meeting and Dyer s Elliott was clerk. One reason for the desire to
 increase the membership of the board was to prevent tie votes, one instance
 of that kind having occurred recently on an important matter that was be- fore the school committee for consid- eration. the election of a principal for , the Tourtelotte Memorial High school
 The meeting of Thursday afternoon
 afforded an excellent opportunity for the free discussion of the question un- der consideration. and 1t was improved in a matter that made the meeting very
 interesting. On the vote the proposi-
 ton to increase the membership was defeated by about 20 votes. Holiday Traffic Heavy. If the traffic of Wednesday night and 1 Thursday night may be taken as an indication of what is to follow the week end holiday travel is going to be exceedingly heavy. The Bar Harbor and State of Maine expresses are be- ing run through this city with extra sections and noticeable increase over the usual amount of travel has been made by the regular passenger trains. Many were travelling Thursday to get to destinations for the holiday, this ] being noticeable in the increased crowds at the local station. but the real rush will not come until today. Desire to, Have Flags Displayed. Members of the patriotic societies in 1 Putnam are anxious that the national colors be displayed from as many ! buildings as possible in this city on { the Fourth. Nearly every family has a flag. large or small, and general l response to the call for a display of i the colors would mean a fine showing
 for Putnam.
 Salvation Army Meetings. Captain Nickerson and Lieutenant | Fee. in charge of the work of the Sal-
 vation army here, have arranged ! special series of meetings for the | Fourth and Sunday. Sergeant Major ! Baker of the Hartford barracks is to be in this city and will assist at the meetings. A special service arranged | for Sunday afternoon at which tho
 collection to be taken up will be for ! the Salem fire sufferers. Meetings ] are to be held both on the street and at Salvation Army hall.
 1 Officers of Israel Putnam Lodge. Following are the newly elected off, | cers of Israel Putnam lodge. l. O. O. ! F.. Noble grand, Walter Turner: vice ! grand. Luther NJ. Keith; recordin sec , retary, Alvin s. Martin financial sec
 retary. l.. H. Fuller; treasurer, Leon ! T. Wilson. The installation of the of ficers is to take place during the latter part of this month.
 ] The lodge has appointed a committee | to make arrangements for an outing. | as is the annual custom.
 June Arrests Numbered 20. The good record of a small number of arrests for some months past was ! broken during June, when those who | fell into the hands of the police in this city numbered 20. Nearly half of this 1 number, nine. got into trouble on ac- count of being intoxicated; two came in for breach of the peace. and a like | number for assault. One man was ar 1 rested for illegal selling of liquor, the remainder for larceny and trespassing on railroad property. Six were sent to jail Captain Murray's report shows
 that two stores were found open and electric lights were reported out a to-
 tai of 253 hours.
 Jury Commissioners to Meet.
 Edgar NJ Warner, Charles H. Brown,
 both of this city. and Charles s. Hyde. Canterbury, jury commissioners for Windham county, are to be in session in the superior court rooms here Mon- day, July I3, to draw jurors for ser- vice for one year from Sept 1 next
 from the lists of names sent in during
 June by the selectmen of the IS towns
 in the county.