Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-06

ed to defray the expenses will be raised by popular subscription, which will amount to about $200. The city will be decorated with American and French flags, and prominent officials are included in the reception commit tee. Among them are the entire com nittee arranging for the band, Mayor Gates representing the city, Selectman Chesbro and Town Clerk Fenton rep resenting the town, H. J. Martindale representing the federal government, A. A. Burton representing organized labor, and Hormisdas Dion represent ing the Federation of French societies. The reception committee is headed by Alderman P. J. Laramee, the lunch committee by M. B. Sullivan, the dec oration committee by P. D. Donahue, and financial committee by J. D. Conant. All local newspaper men are included in the publicity committee. If motorists are wise. they will evade Willimantie on future Sundays, for the Willimantic war bureau made ar angements Thursday evening to take | the names and numbers of all aotoists | travelling throhgh the city on future gasoline days. The public will be ak ed to take the pumbers and report them, or else the local police.
 Posters will be received this morn l ing for those who are to make the trip to Lebanon. They will be obtain able at all local garages and the autos carrying these posters are the only ones which will be allowed to go free. A mass meeting will be held at Recreation park Sunday afternoon at 3 l o'clock. The reason for advancing the | time is because the evenings are now l rather chilly at the park and the meet [ h. AIcN <.f %N l the local soldiers and sailors who are planning to attend the big dance here Saturday evening. Arrangements are being made to have a Canadian officer
 speak, with short speeches from some of the Willimantic men who are in the | service. Besides the musical program | by the band, M. J. Farrell will render l several solos.
 A pretty wedding took place Thurs l day afternoon at o'clock at the home of MT. and Mrs. George Patton of POP
 Windham road, before forty friends
 and relatives, when their daughter, Miss Grace Wood Patton. became the
 wife of Robert Sloyd James. The | ceremony was performed by Rev. A.
 D. Carpenter. The bride wore white
 crepe de chine and satin and carried l brides roses. She was attended by her sister, Miss Inez Patton, who wore coral
 crepe de chine and carried white and purple asters. The best man was Raymond James, a brother of the groom. The wedding march was play
 ed by Mrs. Harold James, a sister of the bride. Following the ceremony, a buffet lunch was served MT. and Mrs 1 James left on the New York express and will sail up the Hudson and spend
 a few days with relatives in Utica, N. Y. They will be at home to their l friends after Oct. 1st at their new home in Norwich. The groom is the
 son of MT. and Mrs. John James of
 Chestnut Hill and is employed by the New Haven railroad in Norwich. Last year Miss Ruth Patton, a sister of the present bride, married Harold, brother
 of the groom.
 An automobile truck belonging to Walter Hilbert of this city caught fire on the Hartford road between Andover and Bolton Thursday afternoon. The front end of the truck was badly dam aged. It is not known what caused the blaze.
 The next Liberty loan quota for this
 city will probably be half million
 dollars, is the opinion of men who
 have taken part in the last loans. This
 is not much of an increase over the
 other past loans.