Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-07

freighters from Rall River bound home from the south The doctars were kept busy all day; several of them are making from 50 to 70 calls every 24 hours. The day was frightened a bit by the visit of a dozen jackies from the naval base, all strangers in town, who came up to look the burg over.
 MT. and Mrs. Xavier Cyr received word from their son George, who is in the navy, that he was seriously i'll in St. Mary's hospital, Brooklyn, N T., with Spanish influenza which turn- ed to pneumonia Miss Celia and Ar thur Cyr and Miss Eva Bechard went to see him Friday He is recovering steadily but had a very narrow es- cape; with his kind nurse and the very good care he is having, he expects to be well soon. They also received. word from their other son Napoleon, that he has just left for France.
 Francois Grenier is seriously i'll as the result of a shock
 Tyler Richards of Boston is seriously i'll in that city He has two sisters whose homes are here, Mrs w. o. Soule and Mrs. Mabel c. Williams. MT. Richards was here on a visit two weeks ago. He was an aviator in the service with a most enviable record, but age limits now prevent actual ser vice.
 Hardly a town in the state has had as many influenza cases in compari- son with it's population as Griswold, nearly 300, but with so remarkabl low death rate. Sunday night there was no case in town that was thought to be beyond the physicians skill.
 Jewett City considers itself unusually fortunate regarding it's men in France who have been reported by the gov ernment as seriously wounded. James Dusgan, Wallace H. Payne and Fred | Rail- have been so reported and in each case since entering the hospital | these men has so far recovered from | the first shocks so as to be able to write or dictate to nurses favorable and cheering messages to friends and relatives in the home town. In each case these letters have been received ahead of the government telegrams | This fact has saved much apprehen- i sion and anxiety at home.
 Chairman G. H. Jennings of the dis ] trict committee announces that the | schools of the town will not open to- day on account of tie continuance ot the epidemic. Today it will be ceter- mined whether they will be closed for the remainder of the week
 The polls will be open today from 2 a. m. until p.+fn. Besides an interest ing town ticket and the license ques- tion, Gr1swold will vote upon an i'm portant school question to see if the town will take steps to change the district system to town management There are in the neighborhood of l ,60C towns in New England. In all but 1: | the town schools are managed by the town system. Of the F all are ir Connecticut, and one is the town ot Griswold. In order that this question may be acted upon in this town 1T 1918 it must be done today. The bal. lot box will be marked Consolidation o. Districts. The ballots will be marked Yes and No. The question to be de. cided is to determine by ballo whther the town will abolish all tht school districts and parts of school dis. tricts within it's limits and assume ant maintain control of the public schools therein. Women voters may cast thei ballot on this question
 Notes.
 MT. and Mrs. Schuyler Taylor anc MT. and Mrs Arthur Strickland O Middletown spent Sunday at H. E PauPs
 Undertaken Hourigan was in charg of the burial of Helen, the daughte