Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-10
tic bom. in wi1liuartic "Wednesday

his home in Willimantic Wednesday,
having recently received his discharge.
Private Riquier was member of the
304th trench mortar battery of the 18th
division and during his eight months
service in France took part in the st.
Mihiel drive and in the Aygonnc forest
engagements. He was slightly gassed
on one occasion, but escaped being
wounded throughout his career as
soldier.
The marriage of John Henry Minon
of New London and Miss Lillian Va
chon of 20 Maple avenue took place at
the residence of Rev. A. d. Carpenter
Tuesday afternoon, the ceremony be
ing performed by Mr., Carpenter
An interesting public meeting of the
Womau's club of Willimantic is an
ticipated for this Crhursday) after
noon. The third lecture in the series
of talks on Home Economics will take
place. when Miss Hayes of the Storrs
extension department will address the
meeting on Skilful Buying, a subject
of interest and Importance to all
housekeePers.
Owing to the big freight wreck near
the Pomfret station Tuesday after
noon all trains over the Midland di-
gHcre sent by way Of PlaintieId Tues
- night and up to early Wednesday
morning, when one track was cleared.
At a meeting Wednesday night of
Eiilimantic lodge, No. 1440, l.. O. O.
NJ. the officers were installed by Past
Dictator William c. Dressler The Of
ticers for the year are: Dictator. P. J.
Laramee; vice dictator, Fred Roy:
prelate. Philip Backert: treasurer.
Clement Hurteau; secretary. c. A.
LamoreuX. At the close of the meeting
refreshments were served. There were
many members present. At the meet
| ing two weeks ago when these officers
were elected, ?. j. Laramee was elect
ed Il delegate from the lodge to the
national convention to be held at
Mooseheart, Ill, June 22d. and James
f. TwomeY was elected alternate.
Painters are at work this week
touching up the woodwork and other
parts of the engine house ON Bank
street.
/ A fire alarm from box 70 brought out
| the fire department at 1880 O'Clock
/ Wednesday morning for blaze in the
i barn at The rear of No. IS Main street
! but by the time the fremen reached
! there the barn with its contents, con-
tools, etc. were practically destroyed
/ Lieutenant Macarthur of the local po-
4 lice force discovered the fire while
p2trOlling JaCksOn> street and sounded
! the boz a 1.-THE foot of Ash street. The
horse and contents Of the barn be-
J longed 10 Stanley Skowron. who con-
ducts general store in the building
! Just in front of the barn which was
destroyed. Shortly after the fire was
+ put out smother FIRE was discovered by
Assistant Engineer Frank NJ Lincoln
/ i'm the cellar Of the store. but was
: quickly oytinguished. This fire APP
J pareatiE broke out in n pile of rubbish
! IN tho cellar and he fiTemen were
obiieod - chop q hole in the floor tc
get at il. Tae cause Of these two
I iiroa wa& net asccrtaircd Wednesday
Tho properly at Is Main street i.
owned ity Joseph Dubois.
/ W1der9day morning Officers Daniel,
and Howard Of tho Now London police
/ department came to Willimantie fol
TIC purpose of returning to that city
with the two young men. O'Connor anC
! Baker. who stole the Ford automobil,
/ in %eN London Monday night anC
/ who were taken into custody by The
! .Ora, roHce Tuesday afternoon Tht
/ m"u were turned over to the New
| LOfdOn officers, who took them bacl
! to New LClGOn in the car which they
/ aad stolen, the machine having beer
store.i in d local garage over night
! The car IGd not been damaged during
.ts stolen career and the owner of it
| Walter Hoschid, OF Mystic, will NJ
doubt be pleased to get his car bacl
in The same condition it was in whel
! lie loft it standing outside the Lyceun
! ir,l,t al
IS not the usual case with stolen cars
At the annual meeting of the Eccle
siastical society Of the First Congre
gationaI church held in the churcl
| house, George e. TIinman of the so
ciety committee called the meeting Il
order and NJ. Eugene Lincoln wa
! chosen chairman. The report of tn
/ treasurer, George S. Elliott was reat
Fand accepted and proved to be crafty
ling to the members, the financial con
ditiOn of the society being excellent
| The receipts for the year amounted t.
! $5,743.22: the disbursements, $5.5965 81
I leaving cash balance of $146.6S
| which added to other resources make
the total resources of the society q
the end of the fiscal wear 81. 706. SO
! Rev. Harry 5. McCready was unani
mOusly elected a member of the so
ciety. Robert 0. Branch. a member o
| the society committee during the pas
ear asked TO be excused from servin,
the coming year. and the name Of c.
Case was substituted. The following
officers were then elected: Societ
committee, George z. Hinman. Charlie
f. Risedorf and c. c. Case; cleak an,
treasurer, George 5. Elliott; auditors
Charles l.. Boss and Herbert D. Pol
lard. Various committees were ap
pointed 1t was announced that tn
Wayside Preacher which was recent
purchased by the Brotherhood Of tn
church had arrived, and the committe
which arranged for the purchase of
was instructed to act with the paste
in securing a suitable location for tn
same.
Alfred u Rivard, son of the late Mrs
Adeline Rivard. who died in this cit
as the result of an accident last De
cember, has been awarded the sum G
$50 by Compensation COMMISSIONS
George b. Chandler. Mr.. Rivard wa
at the time of the accident, and is nov
a student at St Mary's seminary i
Baltimore, studying for the priesthood
and the mother had paid for his edu
cation up to the time of his death.
stipulation in connection with tn
award is that should Riyard discon
tinue his studies or become self-sup
IortiOo the uaNrupptS of the 3yVar