Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
POST OFFICE LOCATION
 IN TOWN HALL BUILDING
Special Town Meeting Appropriates $3,so0 For Repairs and Equipment.

A special town. meeting Friday ev- ening voted to authorize the first se, lectman to execute a lease. of the southerly store and the room in the rear thereof in the town hall build ing for use of the post office. The meeting also appropriated $3.So0 for making the necessary repairs and pro- viding the required post office equip ment It is understood that the gov ernment is ready to lease the quart CTS for a period of ten years at an an- nual rental that will show a very lib eral return to the town. The resolu- tion was passed without discussion. The meeting also appropriated S40Q for necessary repairs to the town hall building fixing leaks, etc, and appro- priated $100 for the KiHinsly War Bu- reau, returning E. l.. Darbie as chair man.
 Edward S. Carpenter Alert at 80. Edward $. Carpenter will observe his eightieth birthday today. MT Carpenter who has held many public i offices of the town during the last half century is still in good health and fun of pep and his many friends are root ing for him to reach the century mark. Trying to Get Hard Coal. 1 F. E.. Cunneen, fuel administrator, was bringing special pressure upon the state fuel administration Friday l to- arrange for some shipments of an- thracite coal for Danielson.
 ] The yards here are without hard coal and one of them has not had a shipment in five weeks, though the concern operating it has standirS order, placed long ago, for certain
 number of cars each week. It was said Friday that one car of coal may
 be received here within a day or two, but cor2n1andeering of fuel at hun
 dreds of points make it's arrival an un- certain quantity.
 Eighth Son in Goodyear Household.
 Agent Robert W. Boys of the Good year Cotton company believes that there is something in a name and vir-
 tue in living up to it. The arrival at
 his home of his eighth son is proof of this and the cause of his receiving a fgreat many congratulations. The old est of the sons is George Boys, 16
 who had a part in the senior class play at the Orpheum theatre Friday ievening.
 Schools to Close For Week.
 It was announced here Friday aft ernoon that the schools throughout the town of KiIlingly will close during the i week of February IS, this in accord serve fuel. Some of the schools of the state will be closed next week, but
 in the town of Killingly, for special reasons, :he closing period will be de- ferred for a week.
 Scheme For Coal Saving.
 l William E. Reach of the West Side has made a successful study of coal tsaving proposition. NGr. Reach said Friday morning that he is now. sav- ing six full size scoops of coal each
 day and in the meantime is keeping his house very comfortable Here is the way he done it.: In the morning
 after having shaken down the fire, he
 covers the brighr coals with layer
 of chunks of oak or hickory wood over which he sprinkles a. very light layer of coal. The hard wood ablaze
 generates a terrific heat and in com
 bination with the small < amount o1 coal produces plenty of steam. MT
 Reach is saving two scoops of coal ir the morning and similar number al
 during the extreme cold weather
 would amount to about three quarter. lof ton in a month.
 Regardless of the action taken or
 the matter at the special town meet.
 ing Friday evening, it was of ihteres to some observers to note that. in ar. guments against changing the pos
 oce from it's present location to tn. own hall block was a statment tha lit would cost the town s4,000 to mak, the present proposed quarters read. for use for postal purposes. but, b, some strange oversight undoubtedly
 no mention of the fact that tn, :, government, if it should take tn, | lqualters, would pay a liberal ren.a
 for the use of the same, over Ions
 period of years, producing certaii Il amount oS yeyenue to the town. quit