Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-21
DANIELsON

Miss Annie Day and Mrs. Mary Be- langer have been named as members of the Community Labor committee of Danielson.
 Manager John L. Lewis, of the Or pheum theatre. visited other theatres under his control at Meriden and Rockville, Friday
 In letter from France .Lorin1er Dixon says that he, at finishing the letter. was about to go out and hear a concert by the band Of the Fourth Motor Mechanics Regiment, in which George NuttaH and William Nutta1, Danielson, are musicians.
 Olney Burlingame, who died recently in Chicago, was a brother of Mrs. Es- ther Jacobs of Danielson. of which bor- ough he formerly was a we'll known resident.
 Henry B. Merritt of Bridgeport wis., tied with friends in Danielson Fri day.
 Civic Pride, in the interest of tenn peranee, will be the subject of an ad- dress in the town hall Sunday even ing by Rev. Edward Simpson of Prov fdence, one of the best orators in Rhode Island
 J. Carl Witter is to act as start CT of the races at the Brooklyn Fair.
 Napoleon Lamoreaux, who has been in southern training camp since last, fall, is visiting relatives in Danielson. His brother. Arthur, is serving in France.
 Monday Danielson chapter of the Red Cross will begin a drive for clothing for destitute populations in sections of Belgium and France. The allotment of the Danielson chapter is 5000 pounds. Clothing donated may be left at the chapter rooms
 Members of the Reading circle are to be at the home of Mrs. Henry Heath, ne2r East Killingly, for ar out ing on Monday afternoon.
 Rivers were materially raised during the heavy rain Of Friday, and this means additional water power for the big plants along the Quinebaug river. In place of ". I. Bullard. who has resigned on account of going to Bos- ton to live. A. G. Bill has been ap- pointed member of the music com | mittee of the Congregational church. Advertisements of cider mills re- opened and ready to do business in I this section may be taken as indicat- | ing the trend of the times. Old Apple Jack is to be trotted out to take the place of other beverages that are to l Aside from the vote on the license l question, there. will be little of inter- | est in the coming annual town cleo l ton. Few changes Of any importance | are forecasted Or anticipated in the i official personnel of the town. The fine 1 financial showing made during the past 1 fiscal year has contributed much to-
 ward probable political quietude on 1 the first Monday in October. | Richard Leo Reeves Is one of Dan- 1 ielson's young men who have signed UT for the course to be given at Storrs 1 for the Student Army Training corps Several Danieison young men have been Investigating this course. which may lead to commissions for those who pass it successfully.
 1 Another gas-saving Sunday is ius,
 ahead. Here in Danielson the no-ride l Sundays are now taken as a matter oi | course, and only those who do not 1 care whether or not they are called gasoline slackers are driving on that
 day. and they are very few and far
 between.
 Two foreign lahorers, who are en- | saGed in erecting a pole line neai here, found themselves in the towr | court for having started a disturb
 ance when peanut machine failed 1 to disgorge after a penny lad beer | dropped into it. Their fine and costs
 amounted to enough to make their pay
 envelopes mighty barren when they
 get them today. N
 With approximately sA5 men req. istered in this town September F Killinsly stands second only to Put.
 nam in the district for number of mer | enrolled. The increase Of Killingly's | rae tY~0f inv, Fo. | year was about 35 per cent. but this
 year, of course men of more classe:
 were called up. Killingly's registra.
 tion list shows a high percentage O
 foreign names, but it will be found up.
 cn investigation that many bearins
 these names are citizens or declarant.
 and that large number of tkem onI!
 await the call to don uniforms Thi.
 has been true all through the war il
 so far as Killingly is concerned.
 Notwithstanding all that has beer
 said upon tine subject, Danielson stil
 has it's quota of young men who ar filling positions that are non essen
 tial Under the direction of Q com mittee now organizing for work, al of these eases will receive special at , tention.
 Continuing series of patrioti . meetings al Brooklyn. residents of tha place have arranged a Service Fla
 day for Sunday and on Sunday. Sep tember 29, will come the fina: Comn1u nity Singing service of the season Brooklyn has directed much attentio 5 to herself and much favorable com ; ment by the Sunday afternoon patri D ctic services that have attracted peo
 pie from many nearby towns.
 Following is a copy of letter writ ten to Judge Harry F. Back by hi s nephew. Captain Roscius Back wound : ed recently in action in France, an , erroneously reported killed in action , Vichy, France,
 July P. 1915.
 l l Dear Dad, Mamma and Harr4ett: A
 last I am seeing France in styie. ar $ staying at the Ritz Carlton in vich, , which is one of the famous waterin $ places in France. Just what the tow 7 looks like, l cannot say yet becaus I have been kept in bed by the docto
 until my stitches heal in three or fou
 days. Fritz grooved me with a ma : chine gun about 6 a. m. on the nine teenth, which was the second day c the big battle. I had one scratch O ! the righ forearm. and one in the srna : of the back. Both were sewed Ifp yes . terday and will he sufficiently heale
 to enable me to walk in two Or thre
 days.
 , In the first four hours, lost five ou of six officers, and a large proportio
 of my men. Other than this do no
 want sto speak of now, both because i is forbidden. and because have no recovered from the shock. Irnagin : your feelings, if the same were t , happen to your best friends with whor you had eaten three meals 3 day fo !, six months, travelled with, campe \ with, been through rain, work an
 recreation with! It still hurts, and wi I for some time. I lost no one throug . | any biunder and wa did accomoiiS