Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-19
DANIELSON


 Ensign Lester Bill, an engineer officer of the U. s. transport De Kalb, for merly the German liner Prinz Eitei Frederick. Ensign Bill has written his father that the recent trip of the transport from Brest to New York was exceedingly rough, parts of one of the deck houses and other equip 1 ment of the boat being torn off by the fury of the storms through which she passed. Some of the veteran naval officers aboard described the trip as the toughest in their experience. Many friends here were delighted to greet Charles B. Franklin of Broad street Wednesday upon his return from overseas. He had been in the service for a year, about half of which 1 was spent in England, where, as a member of one of Uncle Sam's con- Struction companies, he helped build aerodromes for the flying fleets. He crossed from New York to England on | the famous Mauretania and was seven days going over, the giant liner zig tagging it's way through the danger ! zones. This speedy sister of the ill., fated Lusitania went across without convoy on that trip, and met with ..~ unusual experience
 ] In England the construction com panies that were stationed with his organization did a lot of rush work and suffered considerable hardship, or | Rt least lack of comfort. They slept 1 for a time in tents and in cold quar- ters practically all of the time since | fall set in.
 1 Mir. Franklin came back on the Orca, the first transport to leave Eng l land with American enlisted men after | the signing of the armistice. She is a I fvsose 1fare n1 1 took 12 days to cross from Liverpool. Mir. Franklin was mustered out at Camp Mills.
 This afternoon in the vestry of the Congregational church Miss Emma F. i Filling is to read a paper on Rural Schools. Miss Filling, member of ! the Killingly town school committee, and of extensive experience as a 1 teacher, has made a special study of 1 the subject of rural schools. Her paper has been heard by prominent educators in Connecticut and also has 1 been given in various towns and cities l in Connecticut, invariably being de- scribed as worthy of the careful at- tention of all who are interested in the proper equipment and conduct system of rural schools in Connecticut.
 Steady work by those who are help ing so efficiently to put the Red Cross roll call across to a fine success ir l the Danielson district continued or Wednesday, when it was stated that l hundreds of members had, been en- rolled Chairman Francis E. Storel said that he was unable to give exact figures of the number enrolled up tc that time but the assurances were
 that the DanielSon district is going
 forward to the same success as ii
 r.haracterizing the work of the Rec 4; Cross organizations throughout th'
 country. This district is short oi membership buttons, but a telegram t.
 hurry forward additional supplies i!
 expected to bring additional buttons
 probably today.
 The new glass enclosed motor bu
 that is to be put on the Danielson
 Putnam route for the establishment
 of a public passenger service between
 the two places has arrived and vii
 begin a regular traffic in the near flu ture, it is understood.
 Arthur Roy, 34, died Wednesda
 morning at the Killingly town farn
 institution IS days. About a mont
 ago Roy became i'll at Goodyear an
 was taken to the Day Kimban hospi
 tai at Putnam. Upon his discharg
 from the hospital he was taken to tn Killingly town farm, but his genera health was such as to be against hi
 gaining strength sufficient to restor him to a normal condition. He cam
 from Fall River and was transfer
 mule spinner. He has knocked abou
 New England mill towns. working fo
 a time in such mills as happened t appeal to him. How he came int l Sc 1NA those in charge of the town farm abl q to find out anything as to his rela tiveE. The body was taken in charg by Undertaken A. F. Wood and wa brought to his rooms here.
 The body of Amos R. Jones, 75, wh died at the home of his daughter MT! Percy Woodward, at East I<illingly 4 was taken to Worcester for burial. Nil Jones was born in Madison, Me, an was a veteran of the Civil war, (which he served as a member of tn Nineteenth (Me.) volunteers. He ha
 been a resident of East KillinIgly fo
 about ten years. He was a member ( Theodore Winthrop post, G. A. R., C Chelsea, and 8 member of Templ lodge of Masons of Kansas City. 4 F. Wood was in charge of the arrange
 ments for his funeral
 Nt 6usIneSs men report a very SatlS factory Christmas trade, with buyer
 showing a tendency to give more ex
 pensive gifts than ever before-an
 other reflection of the nations pros
 perity and of the generosity of il people.
 A friend always appreciates a gil
 of nice stationery. Our lines are choic
 and exclusive. Boxes from 25 cents
 s. The Burroughs Drug Store-ad, Mrs. c. T. Thayer and son Aylwar
 visited with relatives here on Wed tuesday.
 A basketball team will be organize
 among the members of the Mint
 Separate company, it is expecte,
 There is good material for a team i
 this company.
 With only five more shopping day
 before Christmas, buyers are bein
 asked to shop at once and help re lieve the strain on the store forces Harry Caffery, who has been in ser
 vice, has been mustered out and ha
 returned to his home in Elmville Henry c. Bates of Lowell visite
 DanieLson friends Wednesday, Fl Gurdon E. Withey has shot his sex
 ond fox of the season. He is one
 the veterans of the fox hunting gam
 in this section of the state.