Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-17

ment MT. King. is a bond salesman for A. B. Leach & Co.,, of Hartford, and member of the state Liberty loan committee. He told The Rulle- tin correspondent that, because of the influenza situation, it was dangerous to have the canvassers carry on an intensive campaign so he judged that the best way to carry Willlmantlc over the top was to put things III tfe hands of all the citizens, and make an appeal to everyone by some post CTS which he has had printed He | feels that there is as much patriotism and enthusiasm in Will:mantic as in l other places, and that the people will take hold and put the loan across as successfully as the soldiers over there" are putting things across. he said that it was his usual experience, when the people of a town have had a loan in charge, t has always gone through with a great deal of spirit. Ten thousand copies of stirring pos ter have been printed, and are being distributed by boys. on the streets, and to all the homes in the city. A telegram was resolved Wednesday from Mrs. Frank B:ish. stating that her son, Lester Blisn, who has been seriously ill at Camp (Ireenlsae, Geor- |
 E. Frank Bugbee has called meet ing of the delegates of the war work campaign for Monday evening, oct. 21, at o'clock.
 Funeral services fer the Rev Tim othy F. 1Bannon, late pastor of St. Jo- seph's church, were held at 10.S0 on "Wednesday. The solemn requiem high mass was celebrated by Rev. Torrance Smith of Bridgeport; the deacon was Very Reverend Alexander, president Uf St. Bonaventure's college, Allegheny Penn; sub deacon, Rev. T. Y. Finn, | Norwalk: master of ceremonies, Rev. John Neale, Meriden. Rt. Rev. Bishop f, Milan was present at. the services: his assistants were Rev. T. M. Crowley of New London, and Rev. Dr. M A. Sul- livan of Hartford. The bearers were A. Newton Vaughn, Joseph P. Rior- dan, John J. Hickey. John F. Carr, Jchn Riley, John Fitzgerald. William J. Sweeney, Jeremiah Sullivan and John O'Rourke. There were I large number of out-of-town priests pres ent at the service. The body was taken by automobile to Winsted for burial.
 Mrs George Moon was in charge of the Liberty Cottage Wednesday and the subscriptions there Gm uDted to Sll,So The total SuoScr;p ;ptionS of the Liberty loan at the Willimartic Trust Company are $75. .150; at the Windham National bank, $203,550 at the Amer ican Thread company, 7. $50, 900; and al the Liberty Cottage, S11, $50, making a grand total of $340,550
 Miss Marion Storrs of Thompson ville is visiting friends in town.
 Robert E. Mitchell, city engineer, is confined to his home by illness.
 More men and women workers were registered referred and placed last
 Monday, by the focal branch office 01
 the |. s. Employment Service, thar
 on any previous day in the history ot
 tAe office. The people of WillimantiC are cooperating with the government
 by using this agency more and more
 as a means of securing employment ol
 securing labor Records for Septem-
 Der and October show that increased
 demands are being made upon its ia
 cilities for finding work for the un-
 employed and placing them on the right jobs. While most of those WhC apply are textile workers, the office has placed many workers in munitioI
 industries and in all manner of oc.
 equations. Its scope and value as .s clearing house for labor was indicated
 throughout the influenza epidemic
 beth by the campaign to recruit
 nurses for hospital services and tht
 placing of school boys on jobs dur
 ing the closed school period.