Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-20
WTLL.MANTIC

Considerable publicity has been given. one of the few blind intuition workers in this country, John R. Mo Carthy of Willimantic. MT. Mccarthy has been employed since Sept. at the G. J. Kirby Mfg. Co. in Mans field. where primers are produced for the big howitzers used by the U, 5. government. He was placed by Su-. perintendent H. J. Martindale of the U. S. Employment Service. He works on a cfirnping machine and can turn out more pieces per day than per-, son with normal sight. He is for mer pupil at the State Institute for the Blind and went into munition work because he was anxious to help out the country Curing the war. About seventy-ffve members and guests of the Congregational Church Brotherhood assembled Thursday night in the Church house. After a short business meeting. when the pres ident. Robert Fl. Fenton, presided the speaker of the evening, Everett J. Lake of Hartford, was introduced. Mir. Lake, a former lieutenant governor, has been spending nine months in France as '. M. c. A. secretary and saw many thrilling sights, among them l the fall and death of Major Raoul y I Lakes account was punctuated with anecdotes illustrative of the breezy humor of the Yankee doughboys, and was detailed and interesting in the de- scription of the 26th division to which | Co. [. belongs.
 Because Of the press of business, 1 Valentine Murphy will be unable to continue as the Windham director of 1 the W. $. s. sale
 The entertainment given by IA l children of the Natehaug school We'd l neSday night realized the sum of $145. The goal was set for $120, the amount
 necessary to entitle all the pupils in l the school to membership in the Jun | for Red Cross. Part of the perform l anee will be repeated at the high school for the school this afternoon in 1 connection with the Christmas tree ] celebration.
 1 At the meeting of Eastern Star lodge, No. A, A. F. and A. M, held l Wednesday night, the folowling off, l cers were elected: Master, Harold ! Williams; senior warden Morton Snow; junior warden, Clarence Lar
 kin; treasurer, Charles F. Risedorf; i; l secretary, Charles A. Taintor; senior 1 deacon, Herbert HarveIl; junior dea-
 con, pr. Chester Scripture; senior l steward, Charles Cone; junior stew ard Harold Mason.
 l The schools of the town, public and 1 parochial, close today for the Christ mas holidays. They will reopen Dec
 30.
 1 Parker Jenness, an ambulance driver of the A. E. F., is visiting his cousin, C. c. Helmold! preparatory te leaving today for his home in Maine Private Jenness has been in a New
 Haven hospital since September re- covering from pneumonia and other serious troubles resulting from his strenuous life in France.
 ] Red Cross service flags are becom- ing more and more numerous abou town, and on some streets, not a house
 lacks this record of membership. The
 first to appear were those in the
 houses of mill employees but now al
 are equally decorated. The ease witt
 which subscriptions are secured is tht
 best testimony to the appreciation O
 the work of the Red Cross. It is ex.
 peoted that the reports Saturday vii
 show fine results in the house-to
 house canvass. Thursday, the Wind
 ham Girls club team had collected sSi
 and the amounts from the other team
 will probably be equally satisfactory
 Today and Saturday. there will b
 booths where persons, not previous1
 canvassed, may join, at the Bostol
 Store The Windhain National Bank
 the Willinantic Trust company, tn ] Tubridy-Weldon Go. store and the
 E. Fullerton store. The 100 per cent
 stickers for the house service flag
 may be secured at the booths by thos
 who desire them. Next Monday ther
 will be a booth at the Red Cross head , quarters in the high school.
 Speakers have been secured to giv
 four minute talks in the motion pie