Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-10

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 l Wednesday night David Murray of Colchester, a rural delivery carrier, | was returning from Norwich at about | 6 D. m.. when in front of McHale's
 he became confused. got on the wrong
 side of the road and ran into Edward l Wheeler of Fftchville, who was re- | turning with the mail he carries over | the Star route between here and Boz | rahville. MT. Wheeler saw that the l collision was inevitable and jumped, I taking a young lady passenger with him. This tumbled the horse over and broke the shafts of the wagon, one of
 which pierced the horse. injuring him considerably. The automobile was | badly smashed.
 MT. Murray's. right hand was cut by | broken glass, but he started the Ford and it left the village under it's own power.
 Man Passenger Jumped Out. Thursday morning a Cadillac tour | ing car attempted to run in the gut ter near the guard rails south of the l F'rink farm on the Franklin road. It struck a huge rock which partly over | turned the car. young man in the
 party who jumped when he saw that l the accident was imminent is nursing 1 sore ribs.
 | Sevin Car Overturned. | Another car with six occupants en | route for the Equal Suffrage League | meeting in Hartford Thursday with
 Miss Ethel Sevin driving, overturned | near Smiths Corners. No one was ] injured and after repairs were made
 the party continued on their trip. | George Marady Injured. | Friday night Winslow T. Williams, driving home from Norwich at about | G. D. m-, cellided with one of Geist-
 hardt's lumber teams in charge of
 George Mahoney near the Sacred
 Heart church, Norwich Town. Both were going in the same direction. Mr. | Mahoney was injured and was taken | into the rectory of Father Brennan | for treatment. The ambulance re-
 spended to call and MT. Mahoney
 was given the necessary treatment
 one so badly that it had to be shot. | MT. Williams car had to be hauled | to the garage for repairs. | Horse Had to be Shot.
 Elisha Lathrop lost a valuable horse
 last week on account of fali it re- | house on the macadam road one slip | pery morning. The horse wrenched | its leg and was injured internally. H,
 J. Gibbs shot the animal
 | Skating Good.
 Skating was enjoyed all week at
 the cove by the school children and l several from Norwich came up to take
 part in the sport until Saturday when
 the snow storm spoiled it. | Aid Food for France Fund. Mrs. Oliver L. Johnston of Norwich. | chairman of collections in New Lon
 don county for fund for France | Fund, has appointed Mrs Arad R
 Manning, collector for the Yantic dis l trict and Mrs. Charles Brown for. the lower end of Franklin. Mrs. Brown
 paid her first visit to the Sodom Mod l el school and the pupils contributed
 S1.50 toward the fund. There are only fifteen pupils ranging in age from five
 to sixteen years.
 Kits for Soldiers. | The members of the Woman's Guild l have completed and sent seven com
 fort kits. one for each Yantic church ley. Harold Bentley, Louis Bogue. | Dewey Woodruff, Clarence Woodruff
 and Ernest c. Aver.
 The members are now busily knit
 ting squares for an afghan which they | are to present to the Red Cross. The last meeting was held at the home of I Mrs. Henry Hamilton last Thursday. About twenty-five were present and
 ilton, assisted by her daughter. Mrs | Carl D. Sevin and Mrs. John Kilroy | served refreshments.
 | Two Men Enlist. | Two more drafted men have enlisted I during the past week. Michael O.
 Hean left for Fort Wright, Fishers | Island, where he has enlisted in the Coast Artillery. and George Pillar left for New London for examination on i Saturday. He passed and will leave | soon for Washington, D. c, where he will take a course in training for a camp cook. John Proctor, son-in-law l of w. w. Bentley, was called in this draft and will report for active ser | vice. the first of the year. Charles | Frinlc. who was to leave this month, has until the first of January at home