Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-09
County Suffragists Offer Services
Thousand Women Pledge Themselves the Call of the Country Resolution Adopted Informal Conference of Equal Franchise Leasue-Many Norwich Delegates Gathering

I at the suggestion of the state associa.- ton. This suggestion followed the dis covery of the deplora,bIe condition of the New Haven jail. The local com mittee comprised Mrs. w A.. Norton, Mrs. Albert H. Chase, Mrs. A. J. Bai- ley. Mrs. Herbert R. Branche and Mrs J. Dana Colt. As it had been suggest | ed that the local committees secure I the cooperation of some public or ganization, the Norwich ladies called on Secretary Herbert R. Branche of the Norwich Chamber of Commerce and he very kindly escorted them to 1 the jail, introducing them to Jailer Oscar Main, who showed them every courtesy. They found the local jail scrupulously clean and in the best pos Sible condition under existing laws reformatorieS herself in hearty accord | with the recent recommendations of 1 Governor Holcomb
 Delegates from Norwich. Among the visiting delegates were the following:
 Norwich-Mrs. Albert J. Bailey. Mrs. Edward J. Graham, Mrs. Allen Latham, Mrs. William A. Norton, Mrs. Lucius Briggs, Mrs. Willis Austin, Mrs. Edson F. Gallaudet, Miss Dorothy Hall. Mrs. Brown. Miss Mary Richards. Miss Alice Bennett, Mrs. Albert H. Chase, Mrs. Archibald Gilchrist. Mrs. John l.. Mitchell, Mrs. ;. Dana Colt Mrs. V 6s D. L. Branche, Miss Lawrence, Mrs. William Fitch.
 Stoninxton = Mrs. James Stevens, Mrs Harry Doty, Miss Laura Wood, Mrs H. R. Palmer, Miss Louise frum- bull.
 North Stonington-Mrs. H. M Pen dleton.
 Mystic = Mrs. A. c. Pitcher, Mrs. Charles H. Williams, Miss Lottie R. Morah, Miss Anne B. Greenman, Mrs. Emma McNear, Miss Edna B. Colby. Old Lyme - Miss Helen Clark. and Mrs. J. M. Ashley.
 Lyme = Mrs. K. N. Bill and Mrs. Hattie Jewett.
 Mrs Howard A. Edgecomb, Mrs. F. P. Latimer, Miss Steele.
 Colchester-Miss M Avery
 New London-Mrs. George Maynard Minor, Mrs. F. H: Sykes. Mrs. George Fenner, Mrs. Richafd Mansfield Mrs. Rosemary O. Anderson, Mrs. Walter s. Swisher, Mrs. F'engar, Mrs Nut ting, Rev. Walter s. Swisher. Mrs. AL bert W. Rogers, Mrs. B. B. Gardner, Mrs. Stephen Prentis and Miss Edna
 State Body Offers Services.
 On Thursday the following letter signed by Katherine Houghton Hep burn, president of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association, was sent to Governor Marcus H. Holcomb:
 February 8, 1917. To His ExcelIency. Marcus H. Hol-
 comb. Governor of Connecticut.
 In the present crisis the Connecti- cut Woman Suffrage Association, rep resenting those women of Connecticut who are actively working to obtain the full responsibilities and privileges of citizenship. hereby place at your disposal for the state of Connecticut in the event of war the loyal services of it's organization, with ninety-six (96) branch organizations, and thirty six thousand three hundred and eighty-seven (36.3S7) enrolled mem bers; it's headquarters. occupying the entire building at 55 Pratt street, in Hartford, consisting Of sixteen O6) rooms, and its office equipment: it's branch headquarters at New Haven, corner of Grove and Whitney streets; it's staff of ten salaFied workers, and it's organized force of thirty-five hun dred and seventeen (3517) volunteer workers. covering every town in the state.
 Respectfully yours
 Katharine Houghton Hepburn.
 President.