Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-24
PUTNAM

Frank H. Cordier, a member of Car gill council of this city. is in line for an appointment as field secretary of the Knights of Columbus for over seas service.
 MT. Cordier filed an application for an appointment during the early part of the summer and the application has been faverably acted upon, it is said, by. the officials of the K of c.
 The matter of MT. Cordier's release from the draft has been taken up with war department officials in Hartford [ through the local board and it is thought that the action will be favor able.
 Mir. Cordier said Monday afternoon that next Thursday evenings meet ing of Cargill council probably will be the last one he will attend before go- ing to France. It is expected that 3 large number of members will be present at this meeting, for several
 matters of more than usual import ance are to be passed upon, i1cludins the appointment of a Liberty 1oar committee for work in the campaign | that is about to open.
 Mir. Cordier's many friends here are congra tuiating him upon the prospect of going overseas to work with the organiZatio of the order for which he has worked so diligently in this city materially contributing to increasing it's membership from 60 to nearly 200
 He has two brothers who are in th<
 service.
 George Hazard, a Iaborer employed on state highway work being done 1T the town of Thompson under the di, rection of Deputy Sheriff John Fftti of Hampton, was killed when cul vert under which he was working cav ed in.
 Sheriff Fitts narrowly escaped tht fate that overlook Hazard. He hat crawled into the culvert for the pur l pose of inspecting the work that wal l being done upon it. He had remained there for sometime and then emerged 1 that Hazard might re-enter to resum l the work that he-was doing. Sherif 1 Fitts barely had been replaced in tn l culvert by Hazard when the top col l lapsed, burying Hazard and causin| 1 his death. The dead man has a sbroth 1 tr who lives in Elliott 1 Lunbermen in some towns in thi 1 part of Windham county were sur 1 prised Monday when they learned O | an embargo prohibiting their ship | plnS OL dHy II1Of6 luiiIDeA ny Ae1Ai oAAb- l further notice. Just why the embar
 50 was placed was not known Mon
 day to some of the lumbermen, bu
 they will be in Boston today to inves tigate the matter.
 | Monday evening there was ladies night session of the Canadian Ath letic club at their rooms on Frovi
 dence street There was a programm of singing and dancing and refresh
 ments were served.
 Students at the high school an
 members of the faculty are material
 assisting in handling a mass of wor
 that has come to the local exemptfo
 board for this district These schet workers have engaged in the arduou
 and painstaking work of making tru 1 copies of hundreds or registratio : cards of men who registered on Ser tember 12. There are nearly 29oo 1 these cards and the making of th copies, which are required under tf selective service law, is long draw 1 out and tedious task
 II Students of KiIlingiy High Scho' l at DanieIson also will assist in tf l work. beginning today to make copis
 of 800 originals.
 I John James Levell, 71, died Sunds } at his home in this city, where he ha
 lived tor, a lung period of years. E