Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-11

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meeting Mayor Gales said he would
designate next Tuesday evening,
March 18th, as the date for said meet
ing. At this point the bills for all the
various departments of the city were
read and ordered paid. A resolution
offered by Alderman Weber for the
purchasing comTT'tee to purchase six
receptacles to be Llaced on the streets
of the city. for the purpose of receiving
waste paper, etc, was adopted. Alder
man Bowen offered a resolution re-
questing the mayor to look into the
matter of obtaining two German car
non, which was adopted. The bill of
Charles E. Leonard against the city for
the transportation of men to and. frobi
the pumping station during the recent |
ice cutting operations was at this point |
referred to the committee on water
works for investigation and later re- |
port, The meeting adjourned after a |
session of one and one-half hours.
The annual meeting Of the Will |
mantle Development company was
held Tuesday evening at 80 az the |
| Chamber of Commerce rooms. Chair |
| man George F. Taylor presided. The
| report of the last ANNUAL meeting and !
/ the meetings Of The board OF directors
were read by the secretary and they
were approved 4 report of the treas
| urer was read and accepted subject to
the approval Of the auditors. James
| p. Bath and W. c. Norris were ap-
pointed auditors for the years 1918 and
| 1919. A COMMITTEES consisting of Flu
gene Randall, Richard L. Virgins and
Frank Larrabee were appointed to re-
tire and bring in names for the board
of directors, and they made the fol-
1 H. a..
| as the previous year: George T. Tay
| Tor, John E. Brick. F. H. Sherman, E.
Frank Bugbee and George S. Elliott.
They were all reelected. After the
| adjournment of the stockholders, the
directors held meeting and re-
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, George F. Taylor; vice presi
dent, John e. Brick; secretary and
| treasurer. NJ. Eugene Lincoln; assist
liant secretary and treasurer, George S.
Elliott. The directors also ovted to
| declare a dividend of per cent, pay
| able to shareholders on record Dec.
18th and June 18th.
A still alarm at II o'clock Monday
morning called out Engine company
No l for a chimney fire in the three
tenement house at 227 Valley street,
owned by the Starkweather estate. The
fire proved difficult TO get at but was
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chemical being used to do it.
The marriage of Burton Lewis Melvin
and Aurelia A. NJ. Davis, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. William C. Davis, took
place at the home of the brides
mother, No. 80 Spring street, in this
city, Saturday evening at 7.30 o'clock.
Rev. Harry S. McCready, pastor of the
First Congregational church, was the
officiating clergyman. The attendants
were Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Herrick.
The brides dress was of Belgian blue
messaline and georgette, and she car
ried q bouquet Of white carnations.
Following the ceremony. lunch was
served. Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin left on
the sos train for Hartford and will
go from there to MelroSc Highlands
Mass, to visit Mrs. John 7. Crowley.
hundred or more Wiliimantic
people were at the station Monday
morning to greet the arrival of a
number OF famous national suffragistS
who are touring the country in the
drawing room car "Scanlon," which
was attached to the rear of the Boston
express. The crowd had anticipated
an address tF some 1ncrnbe" of the
party and had also expected to see the
members, but were somewhat disap-
pointed, as only very brief address
was made by one member, Miss Bren-
ham of Baltimore. Two other members
made their appearance while the train
was at the station and distributed lit
erature pertaining to the cause.
According to certificates on file at
the town clerks office there We're 10
marriages in the town of Windham
during February and q births for the
same period.
! Considerable excitement was created
! Monday a n,
the appearance on the street of a large
number of the operatives in the box
shop department of the local plant of
the American Thread company. as
| there was q Walkout in that depart
. ment. There were many rumors all
| day about the cause of the trouble
but no positive statement could be Sc
cured from either side in regard to the
: matter. The operatives of the box
! shop are unionized and when inter-
. viewed by The Bulletin reporter they
= had nothing to say and he was re-
ferred by them to the officials of the
plant. An unsuccessful effort was
made to get in touch with Agent Aus
tin d. Boss of the Thread company
One rumor had it. that one of the OPP
eratives, John Sutton was DISCHARGED
because he refused to cut non union
labels, printed by the printing depart
ment of the plant, which department
is not unionized, it is stated There
were other rumors also, but nothing
definite could be obtained from either
side late Monday afternoon. Later the
president of the box shop operatives
union made the following statement in
regard to the matter: we wish to in
form the public of the exact situation
in regard to the trouble in the box
shop department of the Thread COM
pany's plant on Monday morning We
did not leave our work until we were
officially told by Supt. Pollard that
we should go to work or else leave the
: mill. This is not considered a strike
4 by us on our part. We simply re-
Z fused to work until the man dis
Z charged was reinstated. One more
1 thing we would like to state is that
/ the printing department had nothing
4 to do with the trouble and is not con-
{ nected with it in any way. 1t is OF
\ | account of a non union man cutting
I labels" Later in the evening Agent
4 4. d. Boss stated to The Bulletin rep
B resentative over the telephone that the
Z company had nothing to say at that
time in regard to the matter"
Lester n. Blish, who is in the med
ical service at Camp Mcpherson, At
Il lanta. Ga, is at his home in this city
on ten day furlough and expects tt
return to the camp Friday of thi.
i week.
II There was a good attendance at thu
meeting of Natchaug lodge No. %, X
of P, in their rooms Monday evening
4 The rank of page was conferred on
large class of candidates