Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-13

e-<~J A4SSCAA <AD " t1txlAHS4bAC IS tftF location of the junction of the main roads from New London, Providence and Putnam districts. a large number l of EllSs passed through here in a con- 1 tinueus stream of autos. | The local members started assem- bling at their rooms. corner of Main and Bank streets. after 2 o'clock They had white hats. with royal purple | bands and 1911, the number of the To- cal lodge. Cars from other places were parked in front of the hail, and when the Ship & Engine Company band from Groton arrived, there was a large assemblage. This band gave a short concert, and then the Good year Mill band of Putnam gave an l ether concert, just before starting for Rockville. Wheeler's band of this eifs
 was the last one to give g concert, Chief Killourey and Traffic Officer 1 Grady were kept busy directing the traffic through the crowd. but there
 were no accidents.
 l That military life is the life, is at i tested by the result of Dwight Jor- | dams stay at Camp Upton Jordan
 was rejected by the local doctors and 1 placed in limited service. He was sent | to Camp Upton recently. but the To- cal exemption board received notice l Thursday that he had been accepted i for general service.
 The local exemption board received notice Thursday that the first men to be called out under the new IS to 45 draft are those l9 to 3S years inelu sive. They will be sent questionnaires 1 soon.
 The final half holiday of the Willi- mantle Clerks was held Thursday af- ternoon. It is the custom of the To- cal merchants association to give l their clerks Thursday afternoons off for a couple of months each summer. Under the leadership of Dr. John Weldon of this city a new class in
 first aid and Red Cross work is being
 formed in Willimantic. The class Is open to all young ladies.
 Alvin Johnson, il years old, was
 taken to St. Joseph's hospital, the
 first of this week to receive attention
 for wound in his foot which was
 thought might cause lockjaw He
 cut his foot on a small piece of wood
 several weeks ago and to all appear ances. the wound had healed, but the
 first of this week the trouble com
 menced and it was feared that lock- jaw would result
 Early Thursday mornine John N.
 Gilmans lunch cart, located on Main
 street, near Walnut street, was en-
 tered and $22 stolen. The thief re- moved the screen from window and ! took the money from it's hiding place. Michael Mccarthy died at St. Jo- ] scphs hospital, Thursday morning, at l 6.30 from pneumonia, after an illness } of only six days. He was horn in this city in 1872. the son of John and Han t nah Shea Mccarthy. He received his } education in St. Joseph's school oi t this city, He was employed most of | his life by the American Thread com pany, and at the time of his deatt [ worked in No. 4 mill His death was l very sudden. Saturday he complain
 ed of feeling bad and Sunday a. phy- g sician was called in. Wednesday af- I ternoon his condition was so serious
 that he was taken to the hospital. He is survived by two sisters, the U Misses Margaret and Julia McCarth, 2 of 27 Center street. with whom h, V made his home, and a brother. Dennis Mccarthy.
 4 Sergeant William L. Knox of Com e pany l. of the old National Guard, soi i of William Knox of South Coventry i. who was wounded in France. is nov : in this country and expects to arriv, e home soon. He wrote a letter to hi
 father, telling of his safe arrival hacl a in the States and says that he ha 7 practically recovered from hi ', wounds. It is not known why he wa returned to this country. but it ma,
 be to take part in the Liberty loal 2 campaign or to be an instructor a
 some camp.
 A special city meeting will be hel h at the Town hall next Tuesday eve
 hing at which the voters will decid D. whether or not to appropriate 57,00 = for use in the water department o U this sum, s50,000 $ to be used in re l. rairing the dam. Experts have look !, ed the dam over and say that the re l' pairs will cost about $30,0o0 The dar D. is only 30 years old but is now i !. such condition that it would not re 's sist such ice as there was on the res
 erVoir last year. The other $7,00
 will be spent for coal, as the lower - ing of the water will make it impos - sible to run the water turbines. an
 steam pumps will have to be uset
 which will take 800 tons of coal.
 Major Louis I, Mason of the U.
 Medical corps, a Willimantic phys
 elan, who has been stationed in Oh
 has been transferred to Camp Jacl
 son, which is located on the Atlant
 coast.
 a While working in his plumbing shc A in Hampton, Thursday afternoon P 43O, Edwin Shorrocks of that pla,
 suffered a cerebrial hemorrhag
 He was brought to this city ,, sn automobile and is now a patient lI St. Joseph's hospital. His condition
 serious.