Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-23

@ MT. and Mrs. Frank A. Davis cele- brate Silver Wedding Anniversary. r Horace F. Turner of North Wood F bury, this state, has been elected su. ,s pervisor of schools for the towns Of {. Killingly and Brooklyn, succeeding Albert s. Ames, who resigned few @weeks ago. MT. Turner's salary will 2 be $1.600 a year. half of which will sbe paid by the state, four -ffths of the sand the remaining one-fifth of one-half sby the town of Brooklyn. This has been the practice in the past. It is seXpected that MT. Turner will take up shis duties here about Dec. 1, as soon sas he can terminate his contract in his tpreseEt position.
 MT Turner was selected from among "a number of applicants for the place sand Is highly recommended. His elec- Stion was decided upon at joint meet sing of members of the Killingly and Brooklyn committees. He is 31 years gwas graduated from Mt. Hermon sschool, 1907, and from Bates college, -in 1911. MT. Turner has had five syears' experience in teaching and su- vpervisory work and has taken courses lat the Yale graduate school.
 Guest at Hopkins Home. 7 Mrs. Montague Castle of New Ro-
 
 Mrs. Timothy E. Hopkins
 Week end reports were that Mrs. George w. Webster, Jr., of Dayville, scontinued to rest comfortably and had shown considerable improvement at a -private hospital in Boston.
 The Challenge of the Difficult will -be Rev. W. J. Swaffeld's subject when he addresses the members of the Brotherhood of the Baptist church on -Nov. l. Dr. Swaffield will come here from Boston to make the address.
 Commissioners Meet.
 County Commissioners John A. Dady, E. H. Corttis and UrgeIe LaFrance Starkweather were at the jail in Brooklyn Saturday for a meeting at which they did work on the annual county reports.
 Elected Secretary Treasurer.
 Principal Ernest Ross Warren of Killingly High school was elected Secretary treasurer of the Quinebaug 17 season.
 Over 900 Subscribers.
 In the new telephone directories, effective yesterday the number of subscribers in the Danielson division is shown to have passed the 900 mark.
 Rev. W. r. English of Hartford preached at beth the morning and evening service at the Congregational Church in South Killingly Sunday Mrs. P. F. Murray has returned from 2 visit of a few days with friends in Jewett City.
 Much Land Posted
 Hunters claim that more acres than ever are posted against hunting this year. This is believed to be chiefly due to the fear that hunters will cause fires that will do great damage.
 H1S iV,Cr .,4 rrday the county commissioners dis eusscd tentative dates for visiting the towns cf killingly, Putnam, Windham and Sterling for the purpose of hold tE hearings relative to the granting of licenses. Straw Vote Daily. At A. W. Williams store a straw Vote is to be taken daily on the na- fiona! election. this heinz done in com mon with 2 syndicate that las thou sands of representatives throughout she country. Candidate Hughes had a Big lead in the vote taken here Sat urday. Rev. George H. Ewing Spoke. g Rev. George H. Ewing of Norwich Town was the preacher at tlie Sunday morning service at the Westfeld Con- grega tiOnal church.
 Address by Judge Warner. Prison Missionaries was the subject Of an address by Judge Edgar M. V arner of Putnam. superintendent of C. E. prison and jail work in Connecti- cut, at the Methodist church Sunday evening.
 Lists of taxable property continue to be received by the assessors, Charles B. Hutchins, William P. Kel- | ley and Arnold P. Rich. The total of lists received last year was 1924.
 Dorcas Rebekah lodge, l. o. o. F, served a supper in Gallups hall Sat ] urday evening and the treasury of the | organization will show an increased | amount as The result of the generous | patronage.
 E. c. Babson, health officer of the | town of Brooklyn, was in Hartford at tending a conference of members of a ! tate health commission of which he 1 s a member