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Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21

Tuesday afternoon the Woman's Missionary society of the Methodist church held the last meeting for the season with Mrs. Ada Hill Devotional dent. Mrs. H. E. Main. A very inter esting report on the annual meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary society of the NJ. E. church. Norwich district given by Mrs. J. c. Gallup. who also finished reading the book World Mis- sions and World Peace. Mrs. H. E. Main read selection entitled Making an Empire. Mrs. J. o. Main read an article on A Medical College for wom- en in China Refreshments were served by the hostess.
 Class Picnic.
 The members of Plainfeld High school sophomore class went to Wild leaving Central Village at g o'clock Because of the fine weather the class greatly enjoyed the outing.
 Parish School Closes.
 All Hallows' parochial school closed Wednesday afternoon for the summer. Graduating exercises will be held Sun day afternoon at o'clock in All Hal lows church.
 Personal Interests.
 Miss Gladys Codlin of Pembroke hall, Brown university, Providence, came to her home on Prospect street Wednesday afternoon for the summer
 Edwin E. Main of Meriden who re- gently enlisted in Company E, Fourth reserve engineering regiment, is spending a few days at the home of his parents MT and Mrs. J. O. Main, in Almyville. He expects to go into camp next Monday and will soon go to France. where he will serve in a rail- road unit.
 Gifts to Red Cross Chapter.
 The Moosup room for Red Cross work recently in the store owned by E. E. Salisbury on Main street. has Prospect street garage and is opened for work on Tuesdays and Fridays At the present time bandases, handker- chiefs, etc, are being made
 Members of the Red Cross commit tee are most grateful to all who have thus far so willingly and generously contributed in work, material and funds
 Following is the list Of money re- ceived; Deborah Avery Putnam chap ter. D. A. R., S1o: Ladies' Benevolent circle, Moosup. $5; Thursday club, Moosup, s5: NJ. M Girls, Piafnf1eld. $f0: Bachelor Girls, Mooeup. $S7: Cen tral Fire Co, No. l. s90.52: Kings Daughters, $5: Girls Friendly club of Plainfield. B; L'Union choral, SIS; total, s19o52.
 Juniors Did Decorating. The members of the junicr class. Plainf1eld High school decorated the stage at the Peoples theatre wednes- 1 day afternoon for the graduating ex- ercises held in that theatre "Wednesday evening.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21
COngOeum Rugs Can Be Kept Really Clean

FANCY SCRIM-
 SPECIAL 15e A YARD Just the thing for the Summer place where you don't want to use your best. 1t is yard wide with pretty edges and insertions, and some with border. SCRIM CURTAINS
 SPECIAL seesA PAIR Designed for Summer cottage use where the item Of expense enters in. All made with inserted band and good edae.
 MADRAS CURTAINS
 SPECIAL $f.69 4 PAIR A fine quality of Madras has been used, and the curtains are all of one type, being made with a val ance. One pattern only. FANCY SEED VoILE for light draperies. A special value 1ee A YARD
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 Henry Packard, a former nanufac- turer in the city of Lisie, France, who with s0,000 others was driven from home by the invasion of Germans two years ago. is, with his brother In Jaw. Charles zuck, negotiating for the pur- chase of the Bashaw farm in North Stonington. MT. Packard is endeavor- ing to locate his wife, have her come to the United States and make their home on the North Stonington farm The refugees walked 14 hours and without food before they reached safe- ty behind the French lines. After leaving France, MT. Packard taught French and English in the Barcelona university. and came from Spain direct to New York. thence to Westerly and to North Stonington- r-.-
 MT. Packard was .at the office Of Judge Herbert W. Rathbun ir West erly Wednesday and related in some detail horrible incidents of the great war.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21

He was at Fort Slocum, N. Y. but left there Monday for Fort Ogle thorpe, Ga.
 Brevities
 Mrs. Frank Browning of Lebanon was calling on friends in town Wed nesday.
 Charles T. Wilson of Worcester was visitor in town Wednesday. Mrs. Charles Daniels and two chil- In Middletown
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21

honour of the joyful occasion. Four sapling elms brought up on horseback from the old Windham dwelling house common
 Nurtured with care and pains they soon took root and f1ourished and for. more than hundred years have told the story of Lexington. True trees of Liberty, they have grown up with the nation, and still stand in majestic beauty, living witnesses to the patriot ism and devotion of the women of Windham County"
 Pulpit Rock.
 When the first settlers of New Rox- bury, now Woodstock, came to that place, they remained for few weeks in the first encampment until lots could be drawn for home lots, minist- CTS lot and school lots.
 watch was set every night to pa- trol the encampment and scouts were sent out to range the adjacent wood lands.
 The Rev. John Eliot had preached to the Praying Indians" of this yicin- ity, in 1874, from a place known as Elot's Rock; but religious services for the encamp1nent were held on the Sabbath, for some time, in the open air, a large flat rock near Piaine Hill serving for a pulpit, and now known as Pulpit Rock. This rock now bears the inscription, '16S6-Pulpit Rock. Sacred Forever More-18S6' This in scription was made at the 2eoth anniversary of the settlement of Woodstock.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21
MYSTIC

Mrs. E. Kirke Spaulding and daugF- ter are on an automobile trip through the Berkshires
 Miss Mary Ellen Green is visiting in Providence
 Miss Julia Randall of St Louis Mo, Is at her summer home on West Mystic avenue
 George F. Emmons is spending a few days in Boston.
 B. L. Holmes has returned from a trip to New York
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21
Draperies, Screens and
 Harnmocks

DrdperIes, Screens and
 Hammocks COUCH HAMMOCKS-
 S6.5o to $12.5o PALMER HAMMOCkS-
 9ac to $500 cOOLMORE PORCH SHADES
 $2.35 to $5.5e BAMBOO PORCH SHADES
 $1.25 to $500 MADRAS, SCRIM AND LACE CURTAINS of all kinds
 89c to $7.OO A PAIR CURTAIN MADRAS, SCRIM AND CURTAIN NETS in both plain and fancy
 15c to S1.00 A YARD CRETONNES FOR SUMMER ES-AlI reduced in price. ...... .14c to 55c A YARD
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21

BridsePort-Charles H. Shapiro of George H. Cohen of Hartford as a delegate to represent the small towns in this state at the American Jewish congress in Washington in September A total of 1894 ballots was cast, Sha- piro securing 1,1Si of them.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21

Charles Wilson, painter from Prov Idence. was down and out in Coggs- well street Tuesday night and was gathered in by Policeman McKnieht
 He was arraigned on the charge of drunkenness before Judge Frank H. Hinckiey in the Stonington town court ednesday Wilson declared that he was practical painter and a good one and came from Providence to work for Westerly firm, but fell by the way side He was adjudged guilty and pleaded for chance to work at his trade. He was ordered to pay a fine of S2 and costs of S13.13. He said he could rot pay that un1uciky amount and the court stated that he would
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21
MOOSUP

Wonnan's Missionary Society rfoars Report of Norwich District Meeting -Generous Gifts to Red Cross-ChH- dren Beat Out All Other Towns of the State in Number of Gardens.
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perhaps be given opportunity to work at his trade in the county jail at New London
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Southinaton.-A1r. ana Mrs. Renja- min C. Cowles of SouthinSton Monday celebrated the Goth anniversary of their marriage. During the day there were near.y 100 visitors
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21

In the necroIogy of Brown university for 1916-f 1917, prepared by Mrs. Louise Prosser Bates, keeper of graduate rec ords, and announced in connection with annual commencement, are the following of special Bulletin interest: 1S63-Rev- Henry Gordon Gay, A. B., died in Arlington, Mass, April 13. 191T He was born in Lebanon, Conn. March IS, 1886, the son of George Sims and Abby Margaret (Porter) Gay. He pre- pared for college at the Connecticut 1 Literary institution and entered Brown
 university in 1859. May 27, 1862, he
 left college and was enrolled as a pri-
 vate in Company E of the Tenth
 Rhode Island volunteers. On Sept. 1,
 1862, he was mustered out and went as
 first sergeant in Company F of the
 Twenty sixth Connecticut volunteers.
 rising to the rank of second lieutenant
 He also served in the Department of the Gulf with the Tenth Army corps.
 In 1853 at the batte of Port Hudson
 he was wounded and retired from the army. He entered Newton Theological institution in 1863, gradua ting in 1Ss6
 and was ordained to the Baptist minis
 try at Hudson, Mass, Sept H. 1S66 He held pastorates at Hudson, Mass
 East Longmeadow, Mass. Southwick
 Mass, Woodville. Mass, FayviIle
 Mass, North Reading Mass. He re- tired in 1901. Tn 1894 by special vote of the corporation he received the de- gree of A. B. with his class. He mar ried Oct. 16 1S66, Harriet Alrnira Mar shall and had five children. one of whom is Dr. Clarence Bertram Gay, '97
 ot tHtchburg, Mass, He was chaplain of Post 194, G. A. R.. for Il years
 1S64-Edwin Dorrance Dewey, Ph B.
 died at his home in Lakeland Fla, June 21, 1916. He was born at Co.um- bia, Conn, March 28, 1885, the son of Lorenzo Wright and Lucy Dorrance Dewey. He entered Yale in the class of 1861. but was obliged on account of his health to leave in his freshman year. He entered Brown in the class of 1884 and graduated with the degree of Ph. B. He taught school for a few years and then engaged in farm ing for several years in his home town. In 1904 on account of i'll health he re- moved to Lakeland. Fla, and engaged
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21
cHiLDREN's GARDEN WORK.

Wonderful Progress Being Made-37o Young Farmers, Beating Out All Other Towns in the State.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21

hom maston.-A summer school to help the backward children catch up in their work and to assist the bright CT children in advancing more rapidly in their school work was decided upon by the school committed
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21

Under the direction of Warren H. children's gardenS In thA thvn af
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21
WESTERLY SUSPICIONS UNFOUNDED
Wheeman in Lower Pawcatuck Not German Spy, But Yale Investigator - Brown Necroogy of Local Interest - Henry Packard French Refugee Buys North Stonington Farm-Bene6t for Soldiers Shoe Fund Planned.

For the past fortnight a man in khaki and riding a bicycle has created a suspicion in lower Pawcatuck and vii cinity by reason of taking surveys and observations, and without making his mission known to those who saw him at work. As his general appearance indicated intelligence and refinement just a trifie out of the ordinary, he was suspected of being a German army officer and a spy of the enemy. Sew eral reports of his actions, came to Police Officer James E. Mcknight and a search was instituted for the myste- rious stranger. Wednesday morning, in company with Albert G. Martin Policeman Mcknight, in the formers automobile, located the stranger in the outskirts of the village of Pawcatuck
 The stranger was held up for in vestigation and he cheerfully submit ted, stating that he had expected such a procedure. He said he was Professor Barrows of Yale and was at work un- der the auspices of the Connecticut military defense geological service He was asked to produce his credentials and he did both as to his personal identity and service in which he was engaged. The mysterious stranger is no longer suspected as an alien enemy and zealously watched, but is now welcomed as a friend all along the line and cheerfuliy given any assistance he may require.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-21

The transmission line of the Nara gansett Lighting company, being con- structed between Providence and w WeSterly, is steadily nearing con,ple- don, and when completed Westerly will get the benefit of improved fighting and power service. The Narra gansett took over the Westerly Light and Power company about a year ago, and proposes to produce all it's own cleo tricity. and not depend upon any other company. as prevails at the present time. When the new service Is in stalled the power house in Westerly VIII De continued as a distributing sta ton for electricity and he retained also as gas manufacturing plant The new transmission line is of the high tension order and is therefore care fully safeguarded and it is believed. a ! danger to the public and individuals prevented.
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in orange culture. He was unmarried
 1SS1-Frederick Rowland Hazard, A. B., A. M, died Feb. 27 1917, at Syra- euse, N. Y. He was born at Peacedale June IA, 1858, the son of Row-and and Margaret (Rood) Hazard. He prepared for college at the Mowry & Golf school and entered Brown in Septem CT, 1877, receiving the degree of A. B. in 1881 and of A. M. in course in 1884. He was a chemical manufacturer, having spent the time from September, 1883, to May, 1884, in special chemical studies abroad. He became president of the solvay Process company, Syracuse. N. Y.. on the death of his father in 1898. He was an officer in several business corporations, banks and trust com panieS, president of the Syracuse Mu- 1900. He was member of many as- sociatfons and clubs in New York, Syracuse and Detroit, among them the Brown and University clubs. May 29, 1888, he married Dora Gannett Sedg- wick, daughter of of Charles F. and Deborah (Gannett) Sedgwicl They have five children, four of whom are living He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi.
 1s65-Welcome A:vah Smith died at Norwich, Conn. He was born at Jew cit City, Conn, in 1888, son of B. A. Smith He entered Brown Sept }. 1881. He was in the United States military service 1S62-3 and later be- came grocer at Norwich, Conn
 19l1-John Bernard Brennan Jr. A. E. died at Providence Feb. IS. 1917 He was born at Westerly March G. 1888. son of John Bernard and Julia Brennan. He entered Brown in 1907 He attended Harvard Law school for two years. finished his studies in the office of Comstock & Canning and was admitted to the bar in 1914 He form cd a partnership with George F. Troy under the firm name of Troy & Bren- nan. and later became associated with McGovern & Slattery. He was a mem Der of Phi Kappa.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-06-30
CHANGE IN RAILWAY MAIL
SERVICE TO BE INAUGURATED

Following an investigation of CON
ditions obtaining in the railway mail
service on the line between Alamosa
and Creede, the discontinuance of
such service has been ordered. This
change means that mail will be sent
on the same trains as heretofore.
with the difference that there will be
mail clerks no longer on the trains.
and no facilities will be provided for
mailing letters on trains.
The letter mail will be dispatched
between Offices in closed pouches and
the remainder in tie-sacks as at pres
ent.
In regard to a communication of
remonstrance sent to Congressman
Keating, the following letter from
the Second Assistant Postmaster
General, explains the action of the
Department:
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-06-30
A MEETING OF INTEREST
TO POTATO GROWERS

The potato growers of Monte Vista
and vicinity are urged to attend a
meeting at the Town hall Saturday
morning June 80, at 1000 o'clock
which will be addressed by l.. f.
Wilson, superintendent of transport
alton of the d. e r. G., and r. T.
McGraw, superintendent of this di-
vision. The railroads face a tre-
mendous problem in the transport
alton of war supplies and the result
ing shortage in cars for moving our
crops to, market must be met by a
plan of storage and cooperation with
the carrier companies in order that
there may be no loss of perishables
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-06-30
MONTE VISTA WOMAN
ON HOME COMMISSION

Mrs. Lora NJ. Ginders of Monte
Vista has been appointed by Govern
or Gunter as a member of the board
of commissioners of the Soldiers and
Sailors Home, receiving notice to
that effect this week The board
consists of o. S Reed of Manzanola,
Captain Conkie of Trinidad, John
Mcdonald of Grand Junction, Mrs
Ginders OF Monte Vista, and the new
department commander of the G. A.
R., Col. Comstock
The selection of Mrs. Ginders for
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-06-30

position on the board is an excellent
one for many reasons one of which
being that a resident member where
the Home is located is essential
Mrs. Ginders has always taken a very
active interest in Grand Army affairs
and enjoys the unusual distinction
of having served two successive
terms as secretary OF the organiza-
ton of the Ladies of the G. A. r., de
partment of Colorado and Wyoming
She is business-like and efficient and
the administration of the Home Will
receive her whole-hearted attention,
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-06-30
MONTE VISTA WOOL
WORTH 75c A POUND

For the past five years Carl
. B. STOW has been making an eN-
= tcnsive study and analysis OF
. the marketing of farm products.
" In 1915 he devoted his entire
= time to the problems presented
y IN the marketing of wool, and
. as an instance of what can be
. accomplished by endeavoring To
4" obtain the highest prices for the
= producers of farm products, he
y received authentic adyiccs this
y week that 15 cents per pound II.
= O. B. Monte Vista, was u fair
= value for the wool he submitted
. as n sample.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-06-30
POISONING CuTWORMS

'hp'sNiAN' w q w N'h'iN
Considerable trouble has been re
ported in few districts due to cut
worms. The Colorado Experimental
Station was called on for help in con
Fort Collins. who assisted in the
grasshopper campaign last year
spent the week with Mr. Thomas
county agricultural agent. working
on this problem. A poisoned bran
mixture similar to that used last year
for grasshoppers was used with very
good results. 1t was determined that
more than 10 per cent of the worms
were poisoned during the first three
days after the poison was applied.
The greatest difficulty is in the fields
where the cutworms are scattered
throughout the entire field. Here 1t
would be necessary to distribute the
poison over all of the field. In many
cases the damage is being done in
merely a portion of the field In this
case one can poison a strip 10 to 20
feet wide around the edge of where
the worms are doing their work and
kill practically all of the worms with
small amount of poison. The pois-
on. The poison mixture can also
be used successfully in gardens
The following directions should
be observed in using this method of
control: Mix thoroughly lbs of
paris green with SO lbs of bran. This
should be worked over until the dry
mixture has an even color showing a
perfect distribution of the paris
green throughout the bran. Four
quarts of cheap syrup should then be
dissolved in gal of water and this
added to the paris green and bran.
The mixture should be thoroughly
stirred until it is all moist alike. The
above amount of water will give lust
enough moisture so that the bran
will crumble freely, and can be sowed
over the ground as one would broad
cast grain. The above amount
would be enough to cover 2 to 3
acres of ground. If one is sowing
the poison around the patches where
the worms are doing most of their
work, this will stop the most serious
damage in good sized field. It is
very important that the paris green
and bran be thoroughly mixed be.
fore any water be added, also that
the syrup be dissolved in water and
not poured directly on the bran.
Do not be surprised If you do not
find all the worms dead the next
morning. The observation last week
showed that the worms continued to
take the poison for several DAYS, al
so that fully so per cent of the
worms that were alive the first day
after the APPLICATION Of the poison
would die within "a hours. This
poison mixture should be applied late
in the evening as the worms come to
the surface of the ground during the
night.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-06-30
SHEARING PLANT
IN OPERATION

The sheep shearing plant at Was
son is now in operation and on next
Monday morning will start full
crew of 20 shearers The capacity
of the plant will then be between
5000 and 1000 head per day. We
are advised that the shearing and
handling of the wool is a remark
ably interesting and educational
thing to witness and the plant will
no doubt be visited by great many
during the shearing campaign which
will last several weeks.
This plant is the first one of the
kind to be erected in Colorado.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-06-30
June 81, 1917.
Department

June Il, lSl {.
Hon. Edward Keating.
House of Representatives.
My dear Congressman:
Referring to personal call and to
your inquiry relative to certain
changes on the line between Pueblo
and Creede, Colorado,-the condi-
tions on that line have received very
careful attention, and it has been de-
cided to discontinue service by post
al clerk in trains 1l9 and 120 on that
part of the line between Alamosa
and Creede. to be superseded by
closed pouch facilities
Under the change, the mail be
tween the points named will go for
ward on the same trains as hereto
fore, but if in connection with the
readjUstment of this service any de-
lay should occur to the mail, and
your correspondents will submit spe-
cific instances thereof to the Super
intendent, Railway Mail Service, ON
aha, Nebraska, the matter will have
prompt attention with the view to
taking such action as the needs of
the service may require.
Yours very truly.
OTTO PRAEGER,
Second Assistant Postmaster General
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-06-30

Lieutenant Dolman reports fairly
good success in his recruiting cam
paign in this valley during the past
week, about thirty-hve men enlist
ing. He will finish up at Alamosa
this Saturday night, June 80, and
requests that any one who still de-
sires to enlist with the home com
pany may report to him at once at
that place at the San Luis hotel. DR..
Davlin of Alamosa has been appoint
ed as examining physician for this
valley and recruits are not compelled
70 go to Pueblo for examination.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-06-30

Mr. and Mrs. VIII Winkleman ar
rived Thursday morning from Gin
Mrs. l. L. Baird. Mrs Winkleman
and Mrs. Baird were old school
Chums and had not seen each other
for several years. Mrs. Winkleman
expects to be in Monte Vista month
but Mr. Winkleman will return to
his home Sunday night.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-06-30
led CROSS CONTRIBUTIONS
ROM RIO CRANDE COUNTY
|ELD TOTAL OF $l8,820.l2

Bio Grande county's per-
nance in raising Red Cross
Ids is believed to be without
al among the counties OF
entire country. AS against
apportionment of $4,000,
Grande raised a grand tot
of S1S,820.12. Of this
hunt Del Norte and the west
subscribed 4,339.90.
hte Vista alone raised over
bOO-about one-third of the
Ire contribution.
was estimated that the
hty would exceed the
bunt allotted and would
th the figure of approx
tely $4,000, but the actual
bits surprised everyone.
(he complete list of those
J contributed to the Red
IS fund in the east end of
county is printed in this is
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-06-30

Last Saturday a young man who
has been in the employ of Mr.. Albert
Getz, passed two forg checks on
Monte Vista merchants. One of
these amounting to $500 was
cashed by J. C. Bushinger and the
other for $21.0O was cashed by The
Stow Mercantile Company. War
rants are out for the forger's arrest,
and 1t is expected that he will soon
be apprehended.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-06-30

Claud Ditto, Mason, Roy Heilman
and Carl Erickson are four more of
the Monte boys who went to Pueblo
this week to take the naval eXamin-
alton. Carl Erickson enlisted and
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-06-30

The Consolidated School district
No. 3 received their three new Stude-
baker buses Wednesday The cars
have a capacity of about twenty-five
each and are designed to provide the
children of school districts with com
Portable transportation at all seas
sons,
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-06-30

The committees who will have
charge of the selective draft are the
same as conducted the registration.
In this county the draft board con-
sists of Sheriff Goad, Clerk Trap,
Drs. Pollock and Biles.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-06-30

G. Il. Williams and w. w. Will
liams of Boston, Mass, but who have
weeks on account of the formers
health, passed thru here Thursday
on their way to Denver where they
will spend the 4th.