Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-03
DANlELsoN

Miss Katherine D. Awkward was at New London Tuesday, attending q meeting of chief operators of tho $. N. D. Ta company.
 Loriraer Dixon of Leo J. LHoHme post, American legion of Killingly, said On Tuesday that the membership of the post is now in excess et 100. Mdnae. Cyr's millinery store will be closed this evening and every We'd nesday evening through the winter- adv.
 The temperature dropped to 20 de- grees above zero in Danieison, Tues. day morning.
 The news that the Fall River New Bedford textile strike had been settled was received here with elatioh by a great many people. for it was feared that it would affect local industries. | William 0fulligan of Elmviile, mo- I toring from that place toward Prov idence, was one of the first to reach the location of the accident where. MT. and Mrs. M. B. Mellor of Piain- field, N. J.. were killed Saturday while on their way home. The accident hap- pened oh the Putnam Chepachet high way.
 The Company G, State Guard team of Willimantic will be here a week from Saturday to play basketball against the Connecticut Mills team. Douglas Fairbanks in His Majesty, the American, was a feature picture that has drawn large audiences to the Orpheum theater during the two days the film was shown here.
 Having money to burn. many peo- pie will not mind the shortage of fuel this winter-and people in Danielsor are shorter of fuel than of money.
 Many friends here Of Sheriff Charles A. Gates of Willimartic read with I pleasure of his reelection as mayor oi Willimantfc.
 School children will aid inc pushing the sale of Red Cross Christmas seals in Danielson, under the direction oi the Civic F'edera ton, which has charge of tho work in this particular territory.
 Todsy. December 3, is the S0th birth. day. of Mrs Harriet Cady Griggs, oi Plainfeld, formerly of Brooklyn. Mrs Griggs rounds out her four score years in excellent health, considering her advanced age which no one wouit suspect. by the way. and looks upor life with that fine optimism and cheer. good nature tfaRt promises well tha' she shall be, numbered among those flew who attain to the distinction oi being centenarians.
 Though Mrs. Griggs' birthday Is no until today. her children, grandchil dren and great grandchildren planned little birthday dinner in her honor last Saturday evening. The event wal 8 l held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Free c. Leavens, in Wauregan, and 1t prov. ed to be a thorough surprise for Mrs ! Gfiggs.
 Persuaded to come out into the rag @ Xii { | in Piafnfield, where she lives with liner daughter. Mrs. Jennie Lewis, ot the pretext that relatives from Hart ford were at the Leavefis home to se' her and wanted her at dinner. Sht smilingly complied and arrived a Wauregan to find every one of he children and their children and th' children's children present to gree
 and acclaim her.
 \ Tho five children are Mrs. Jenni Lewis. Mrs. r. c. Leavens, Mrs. Mar tha KinhaI Of Bridgeport. S3bih 0 Hartford and Clement of Huntington \ Nine grandchildren and two grea \ grandchildren were included in the Ifs \ Of 9 that sat down to the feast. ] handsome bouquet of two dozen car nations, the gift of Harold Grant c Hartford one of the guests added t H kil0 DCdQty Ol ltIS tabfO AONOf4tAOlii A wonderful birthday cake, wit
 80 pink candles. was one of the gift E to Mrs. Gfiggs who also received \ gold watch as gift from her chil 2 dreh, this being presented to her . :. the close of the dinner. An evenin 7 of delightful entertainment follows .h the dinner party. which did not CT
 until nearly midnight. Mrs. Grigi l. was born in the town of Ponfret ar
 has lived all of her life in towns nit this part of Wind1aHlI county. being
 resident Of Brooklyn for many year o. One in series of special article fn being run in a New York paper, al H' dealing with efforts of big industri
 concerns to bring their employees in
 closer touch with the concerns tn
 employ them, to the end that the ne shall be greater cooperation. mo
 contentment, bigger pay for the wor y- CTS and superior living condition
 deals with the great Goodyear II is and Rubber company of Akron.
 which has commenced a really wo i. derf1l development of the village cy Goodyear in this town.
 At Akron 17.101 of the 25.o0o ef
 ployes are stockholders in the cor do pany and own $7,70a.oo0 worth tt stock, which they are paying for h. si monthly instaliments. Scores of the operatives at the plant in tf N. town also are stockholders in a Goodyear Cotton Mills company a ng in the stock of the parent company
 Akron, where wonderful things are = ing done in the interest of the CT
 ployes.
 At Akron the Goodyear Indaste
 Republic has been formed. This co
 sists of a senate and house of repi
 sehtatives, composed exclusively
 employees P. W. Litehtfeid. vice prs
 ident of the company, acts for
 concern in dealing with the Goodye
 republic. His position in the repuh
 is the same as that of the preside
 of the United States in his relati
 with congress as to the power
 veto, which he never yet has be
 called upon to exercise.
 The members of this industrial ]
 public are elected by the employ
 the company, in nos way interferil The senate and house. of represent tives propose matters upon which ti desire the company to act, and tn suggestions are almost invariably lowed. Mir. Litchfield has the right veto, but his veto can be over-ridd