Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-06

pointment of general committee.
 mittee accepted the report of the an- | niyersary corinmittee. and authorized 1t l to proceed on the lines suggested. At a joint meeting of the anniver- sary committee of the Board of Trade | and the amusement committee of the Common Council, held April 9th, it was voted to call Q mass meeting of citizens in accordance with a notice as follows:
 AIT residents of Norwich and viein- ty who are interested in commemor- ating the 250th anniversary Of the set clement of the town and the 125th an- niversary of the incorporation of the city are requested. to meet in the Town Hall, Wedne&day, April 9th, 1908, at o'clock p. m., to make pre- liminary arrangements for the dual celebration of these events. (Signed.( Charles E. Chandler, Winslow Tracy Williams, Charles w. Gale, John Ec-
 cles, Frederic w. Cary, Albert l..
 Potter. Henry Gebrath, George M.
 Hyde, chsrlss lss D. Moves; Howard as.,,d: L: F. Thayer. Committee of the Board of
 Trade and Common Council.
 When the ness meeting was held
 at the time and place warned in this
 notice, Edwin A. Tracy was elected
 chairman and Gilbert S. Raymeud.
 secretary. It was voted that the dual
 anniversaries be properly commemor-
 ated during 1909 and that a perman-
 ent committee of arrangements be ap-
 pointed, with power to add to their
 numbers, to appoint sub committees
 and others for special purposes, and money and make every arrangement for the celebration.
 u A nominating committee appointed
 4kx AA of 250 members of a permanent com mittee of arrangements, including leading citizens of the town and this committee was approved by the meet
 ing.
 When this permanent committee held its first meeting, May 1st, 1908, OhcerS and an executive committee we're elected, Mayor Thayer being chosen president.
 subsequent proceedings the coin eidenee of the anniversaries was not forgotten; but the relations between town and city have always been so intimate, and their boundaries have been changed so many times,-as shown by the interesting series. of maps prepared by Dr. Frederic P. separate them in the celebration. No Temple Bar has ever Obstructed the progress of the First Selectman in riding down from his farm to the town hall. nor has the Lord Mayor, sword as token of allegiance.
 Town and city have lived harmon iously like mother and daughter un- der one roof. The old lady and her selectmen have managed her side of the house to her entire satisfaction, and she is not disposed .as yet to give up the pleasures and responsibilities of housekeeping to her strong minded to run the whole establishment in her own way.
 It is noted that, June 4th, 1908, the executive committee accepted with Charles F. Thayer as president of the committee of arrangements, and as a member of the executive committee, thus losing the benefit of his expert, ence as. the moving spirit in the Old Home Week celebration. June 17, Gen. Edward Harland was elected president of the committee of ar engagements. while Edwin A.. Tracy was made chairman, and Gilbert S. committee.
 1t wa. voted that the chairman be a member ex offieioi of all sub-commit tees, and that William B. Young, Dr. P. H. Hartman, Henry A. T1rre1l and Charles w. Gale, be 8 committee to name members of the various sub committees.
 October 2sth, 1908, General liar land resigned as president of the gen eral committee and WinsIow Tracy Williams was elected in his place. reported the names of the various sub ub-committees, which were and included: A general committee of 250 members, Winslow Tracy Williams. president: an execu- tive committee. with Edwin Avery Tracy, chairman: nominating commit tee, William B. Young, chairman; fin- ance committee, Charles R. Butts. speakers, Charles E. Chandler, schair- man;' printing and publicity, Fred eric W. Cary, chairman: ways and means, Costello Lippitt, chairman; invitation committee, William H. l chairman: programme com man: amusement committee, Nelson J. 1 Ay1ing. chairman; automobile parade i Horatio Biselow, chair ] man: decorating committee, Zebulon l ter F. Lester, chairman; headquarters 1 The Society of the Found 1 CTS of Norwich; historical committee, l headed by Frederic P. GullMer: loan 1 A. R. of which Mrs. B. P. Bishop was i then regent; music committee, James | L. Case. chairman: reception and en- tertainment of distinguished guests, | T. Williams. chairman; l school committee, Henry A. Tirrell, i chairman: transportation committee, l Charles H. Preston, chairman; com i mittee on public safety, Dr. P. Fl. Hartman, chalrman; procession com 1 mittee. Dr. P. Fl. Hartman. chairman: l committee, Lewis S. 1 Church. chairman. Edwin A. Tracy was ex officio, a member of all these committees. By l . vote of the executive committee, all | were paid over to Col. Charles z W. Gale, treasurer of the general com mittee.s The records of arrangements, tc., were kept by the secretary, Gil- bert S. Raymond. July 2eth. on mo- ion of Col. Charles W. Gale 1t was roted to hold the celebration Tuesday | and Wednesday. Sept. and s, 1909.
 So much for the start on what ! proved a celebration worthy of the old | own and it's traditions and of the