Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-23
JEWET CITY
Truancy Case in Borough Court Send-off Party For Supt. Swift Red Cross Fund $1,252.5o-Birthday Surprise Party.

iiuauSy OaSe TIT boFou9H OOeiI Send of Party For Supt. Swift Red Cross Fund $1,252.5o Birthday | Surprise Party.
 ! Wednesday morning Steve Faber
 was brought before Judge A. M. Brown
 on five counts of not sending his
 daughter Alice to school for five con- secutive weeks On the 14th of April she went to see MT. Buchanan. the
 state truant officer, to obtain work l ing certificate. She was told that she could not have this until she had passed the fifth grade and could pass | the state test. She was told to go back to school but did not. Word was | then sent home through her brother | that the law said that she must come
 to school or the father would be ar
 rested and made to pay a fine-yet she came not. Then the principal went down to see the father in the Slater Mills and the law was explain ed to MT. Faber by an interpreter but he said that he didn't care whether he went to court or not. Then the mat ter was reported to MT. Buchanan who took the pains to write letter to MT.
 Faber explaining the laws again. The letter was registered so it was receiv ed. No effect. Then Mr. Buchanan l lmoned into court. The case came up i Wednesday morning. The man was fined $25 and costs which amounted to S10.S6. making total of $35.36. The man was given the choice of paying
 this or if he would send the child to
 school after this time that he would
 let off with a fine of s5 and costs
 amounting to $15.36. This arrange
 ment was finally agreed to and this
 fine was paid.
 Another vital matter of importance came to the attention of this court. When the man was interviewed at the
 mills he said America no good-no
 good" This man was warned against repeating any such statements in the
 future. Such people are undesirable
 citizens of this country. Last fall At torney-General Gregory of the United
 States sent out 8 warning to all aliens
 in this country-it was-Keep Your
 Mouth Shut.
 Given Send off Party. A delightful send-off was given Su- f perintendent G. c. Swift by his friends f at the Jewett City hotel Tuesday eve
 ming. MT. Swift's home has been
 there during his stay here, and as
 there is an unusually friendly spirit
 among the guests it was much like . { family gathering. Supt. T. E. White l of the A. B. Burleson Co.,, Inc, was 3 toastmaster and introduced E. J. Roo- : ney of J. J. Rutherford & Co, who l presented Mra. Swift meerschaun : pipe, tobacco pouch. money belt ant j. air pillow. Other friends expressed
 their regret at his leaving. Landlord and Mrs. Arelie Mclaughlin most
 generously served ice cream and cake f 1 Miss May Kirk assisting them Ralpl : Kingsley was also presented a fint 2 safety razor and looking glass. as h, n leaves for Camp Upton this week. Red Cross Total $1,252.
 $1252.50 had been handed to H. C
 Webster, clerk and treasurer of tn, I Red Cross drive. up to Wednesda. U 1 night. Reports from the Red Cros Il drive are extremely encouraging. Madam Laskey, famous card-reader . for business, love, trouble. All per
 sonal affairs revealed. English, Rus
 sian. Polish, Hibernian Hall, Rim
 Block, Friday and Saturday, 10 a. m
 to 9 p. m.-adv
 F The date for the Chautauqua ha - been set for July 15 for Jewett City
 The Mission Circle of the Baptis
 church meets in the church parlo e Friday afternoon.
 1T Past Grands' Meeting.
 T Thames Past Grand Associatio, e held it's May meeting at the home o Dr. and Mrs. s. H. Holmes. Ther
 were twenty seven present -comin IS from Mystic. Groton New Londor T. Norwich and Jewett City.
 Birthday Surprise Party. l. A delightful evening was spent a re the home of MT. and Mrs. Charles [ l. Spicer Tuesday when forty friend le came to help celebrate MT. Spicer Il birthday, a surprise to him. Game
 were entered into with spirit. Re 10 treatments were then served. Sand l. wiches, cake and lemonade, there be t. ing prettily decorated birthday cak l. with it's lighted candles. Frank l a, Wilcox in behalf of the friends pres al eht, presented MT. Spicer a brett ); May basket, which Mr Spicer acB F. nowledged with hearty thanks. o It, investigation he found neatly place al under the small birthday cake wit l. it's decoration of small America 3; flag. generous supply of candy ar I; flowers, war saving stamp and sex 10 era1 thrift stamps. The remainder I'd the evening was taken up with dant H. ing in the large dining room and sins l. ing popular songs. Elizabeth M( l. Cluggage and James Olson were at rxr l comma njStS of the evenin9