Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-26
WILLIMANTIC

at [ O'Clock. Up to Saturday night approximately $500 had been raised, which is considered very good show l ing in vie wolf the fact that the cam paign was not started until Thursday morning. of last week. Saturday was ] ''Doughnut' day. which proved suc- 1 cessful in obtaining funds as it has in other towns. Over 200 dozen were dis posed of. the general price obtained being $1, although: the total sum ob- tained was $S25. A meeting of the committee in charge of Gae drive was held Sunday afternoon in5 the Cham Der of Commerce rooms to find out just how much had been raised. Plans were discussed for finishing up the cam paign successfully today (Monday). I There are many who have not been asked or canvassed owing to the short l time to work in These are urged to give their bit. at the stores of D. P. ] Dunn, Frank I.onfbardo or at the Lib ertyi cottage. without waiting to be l asked. But $500 is needed to raise the ! quota; we have but, one day left to accomplish it. The children In all the Ii local schools are going to chip in'' to- i day. Let everyone who has not yet | given follow their example and help i raise Windham's quota once more
 Complaint was made to the police Sunday by people living on Chapman street of Aleck Belinski for shooting ! firearms within the city limits and en- I dangering the lives of children and the i public in general. He will have a
 chance to explain his scttiioo11s before the police court this (Monday) morn < ing.
 i The police were notified Saturday night that q Ford touring car belong ing to Mir. James of the Litchfeld an IFHtxr FN I. I |. Storrs that evening. It was reported Sunday morning that the car had beer located two or three miles this side oi i Storrs. 1t was not damaged and it is . thought that some students took 1t foi q short joy ride. .I In the police court Saturday morning Reynold Johnson. sailor from New J London, pleaded guilty to the charges Of intoxication and breach of peace, fol T which he was arrested Friday night by [ Officer John Killourey. He was quite , abusive in his language to the officer and was fined s1 on each charge an6 } costs for intoxication, amounting in al , to sS.6o. which he paid. Frank Hal | also pleaded guilty to the charge of in. toXication. He told the court it wa. | the first time he was ever arrested or that charge. Judge Foss sentenced Hall to 30 days in jail, but suspended sentence, placing the latter in charg,
 of the proha tion officer for tbre,
 months The costs in the cas, i amounted to s6.60. which Hall vii ,, have to pay.
 ' That the ranks of the Civil war vet erans are growing thinner as each yea rolls around was forcibly impressed l, upon the public in Willimantic Sunda,
 afternoon, when just an even dozen 0
 members of Francis $. Long post, No
 30. marched two by two from Memo rial hall to the Methodist church to at
 tend the usual Sunday memorial ser vices held in that church at 4 o'clock
 They occupied seats in the center aisl
 of the church and members of tn
 Woman's Relief corps sat in a body ol the left. There were no veterans of tn
 world war present. which was disap lpointment, as an invitation had beel
 extended them, and also the Spanisl War Veterans, The veterans were ad dressed eby Rev. C. Harley Smith. wh,
 told Of how the custom of decoratin,
 graves of soldiers originated in centra
 Europe, was later adopted by veteran
 of the southern confederacy and af 1 rewards by men who wore the blue il
 the Civil war. The theme of his ad
 dress was upon the verse taken iron
 Paups second letter to the Corinthians The Love of Christ Constraineth Us. the address being somewhat differen
 from those in former years. Ther
 was music by the choir and responsiv ireading by the congregation. The ser vices were brought to a close with tn
 singing of America by all. At the me
 morial service in South Coventry Sun !, day morning the address was also mad by MT. smith. There were a numbe
 of world war veterans present.
 Mrs. Fanny Sessions, widow of Lu
 cius Sessions. was painfully injured a
 the result of a fall at her home at Il
 High street Sunday morning. MT: Sessions is 69 years of age and has no
 been well for. the past two years, bein
 subject to attacks of acute indigestion
 As a rule she has had these attack
 while sitting in her chair. but Sunda
 morning while crossing the room sh