Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-07
JEWETT CITY

The ways and means committee of the Red Cross will make a house-to- house canvass for pledges for money for the local chapter needs. Any amount is acceptable and people are being asked to pledge g. certain sum to be given regularly. Many have al ready joined the Y club which pledges them to give s 8 month, and people are asked to join this club. If not pledge a certain sum to be given at a stated time. Mrs. F. D. Ballou, treas urer of the way and means committee, will be at the Red Cross room on the first Tuesday of each month to receive the pledge money, and will hand it to the proper officials. The committee will canvass the different streets as follows: Mrs. L. G. Buckingham. Lis bon bridge to postoffice, Anthony street and Railroad avenue, Miss Ka- therine Barnett. Soue street to post office. North Main street; Mrs. Bal lou, Lisbon and Ashland Mrs l.. Pace, Mechanic street, Green avenue, NlatheWson street. Tracy avenue: .Iiss Margaret Mccarthy, East Main street; Miss Annie Miss and Miss Josephine Sadowski. Skaters. Hill street and Ashland tenements; Miss Mabel Will COX, Aspinook tenements, School street. Ashland aver bridge, Palmer avenue. This does not interfere with the Unit ed War Work campaign of next week, as pledges are asked for, and money down does not necessarily have to be given If, any psrson prefers to give l money at once, that will be very ac- l ceptable. as the chapter must have | money immediately. Pledges made for next week could be redeemed a week l later, in order not to interfere with a10
 l Mrs. F. \. Desjardines and Miss Virginia Desjardines went to New i York Wednesday, 10 see Miss Clara l Ddsjardines before she sails for l France in the capacity of an army nurse. Miss Desjardines has beef at Camp Lee in Virginia for several months.
 Mrs. A. D. Chapman and Mrs. T. B. Keen left Wednesday for their new home in Westerly, R. I,
 Elizabeth, the eighteen months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs William B1 ennan, Jr., was buried in St, Marv's S cemetery on Wednesday afternoon, HGurigau Bros. were in charge of the arrangements
 Frank Williams, who has been ill with pneumonia, was better Wednes- day.
 A meeting of the general commit tee appointed to make plans for the United War Work canrpaign next week was held in the borough room 1 Wednesday evening. The committee
 appointed included Rev. J. J. Me Cabe, John H. Hennon. Eugene J Carroll representing the National Catholic War Activities. Arthur NJ
 Brown ara R. W. Dearnley, the Y. M c. A.: Dr. c. H. Jennings and A, D
 Tripp, the Library Association. Ja- cob Wechsler, the Jewish Welfare
 Board and Mrs. E. H. Hiscox, the Y W. C. A. All but two members of the
 committee were present.
 Il. c. Webster presided as tempor. ary chairman. 4. M. Brown was elected chairman Miss ,Dealey was
 elected secretary and MT Tripp a,
 treasurer. MT. Carroll was appointed
 assistant director to conduct a house.
 toulouse canvass; Rev. J. J. McCab; and A. NJ. Brown. committee on cor. porations; Jacob Wecfsler and J. A
 Hourigan, publicity committee. MT
 Brown will speak at the moving pie
 lures Friday evening and MT. Hennol on Saturday evening. Another speak
 CT will be arranged for on Sunday eve
 ring.
 Monday evening there will be
 rousing rally in Finn Opera Hoas,
 with an excellent speaker and stngin:
 by the Liberty Chorus.
 There will be a meeting of the can
 vassers in the borough room tonigh
 at 7.30 and the general committe Twill meet Sunday night ar $ o'clocl;
 Griswold and Jewett City's quota i s5,ooo, and our boys both here an