Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-12
,. FLAngFTELD
Edward Henderson .Enlists in Aviation corps-Red cress'in Need of Funds.

s Samuel Chabbotti from Fort Terry Els home on a few days furiough. s
 Edward Henderson, local young man, has enlisted in the aviation corps and Is at present at his home. waiting to be called into service. He passed the examination at New London and hls enlistment brings the number of men in the service to date up into the sixties. Mir. Henderson has been emt ployedi at the. Lawtone Mflis Corp. up to. three months ago as third hand in the card room, and since then has been working in Taftvilles { , Miss Irene Smith a member of the training class at Backus hospital, was home over the week end
 Transferred to Hoboken.
 | Stephen Wood, Fred Mandate, Wal ter Clark and Ernest Vosper, local young slileD,. who were former mem : bers of Bat. D, .56th Reg, stationed at Fort. Terry, have been transferred to ] Hoboken. IN. d., to fill out a replace sment regiment It is thought that they will sail overseas soon i Nelson Greenwood from Fort Terry se spending a few. days furlough at 1 his home here.
 ss Fined q and Costs.
 Antony 5Laporte was found guilty of striking Arthur Labudue at the gram mar school a week ago last Thursday and, fined $7 and costs. amounting to ! $25, Benjamin R.. Briggs heard gthe case and the evidence proved tina, Byron Provost and Paul Peltier Jr. showed that the .Laporte boy was l guilty of hitting -Labuque,. fracturing 1 his jaw The Injured lad has been Al the sBaclSas' hospital the past week, but returned home, Monday .f,-%
 Gift to Red Cross.
 The local Red Cross chapter hat topened up rooms at the Lily theatre where work will be carried on during the war. There are two departments the sewing and knitting department and the bandage room. The chapte, has been presented a new sewing ma.
 chine by St. Johr's parish and cliairt
 and tables have been loaned by St
 Johns parish for carrying on the work I Besides the sewing room, there is tkt oanaage room, which Is equipped witt all necessary articles for preparin.
 first class bandases. Miss .Ma ! Ii; Eaton is in charge of. the work anf has a large number of assistants. The, l have taken special instructions ant are nov engaged in teaching the othei
 woEnen in the work. Like all othe. yiI Red Gross chapters, the local societ, ! has to await orders from the. New
 York Cffice. Since the rooms hay. I been, opened orders have been comin. aI In and "a very active season is antici pated.
 I Donatiens Needed.
 The committee in charge has mad,
 practical plans to avoid any red tap, tn the. matter of fpurchSsinE stock supplying bandaEes, etc, for the need of the soldiers. Many people pfobabi,
 do not realize that the carrying ou
 nf the Red Cross work involves con
 tinuo1s expense and those in. chars 1 have made plans for conducting yer active subscription campaign within the new few days. Already the Law
 ton Mills Corp: has donated $l8o,; Rev " iliam A- Keefe $26, and MT. Benoii
 manager of the Lily theatre, has con tributed the profits from last Frfda. evenings entertainment. wbicl amounted to over $T5. It is hoped ti1a Eother well-tordo patriots of Plain fiei { will be inspired by this patriotic ex | ample and make generous donation
 to the Red Gross work room fund
 Many people of, means who have no gwen a boy. to Uncle Sam will prob
 ably back up the boys already in tn
 service by contributing to this fund
 Left To Enlist. l Albert Moreland of this ,yiiiagas an,
 Eaki HRcox Of Jewett City were yiz
 itcrss in .Newport. R. T., Monday wRer
 they endeavored to enlist in the U. $ I -as3 .sss