Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-03
WILLIMANTIC

of November "A totalfing s5,S40.62 which includes approximately three housand dollars appropriated as the city's sare in the welcome home eel ebration, partial payment on repairs at the city ice plant and the regular payroll of city employees.
 Thurday night will be memorable night in the history of Natchaug Lodge, No. g, Knights of Pythias, for on that evening fifty members or about twenty per cent. of the mem 5ership of Natchaug Lodge will be initiated in the D. o. K. K Dramatic Order of KhorassaRs) The D. O. K. K. is one of the greatest degrees in Pythianism and there is but one lodge in the state. Hira Lodge of New Britain. Two hundred members uf the state lodge of the D. o. K. K. from Meriden, New Britain, Hartford and other cities of Connecticut and mem bers of the Rhode Island lodge will come to Willimantic Thursday even ing. At 7:30 o'clock, starting from the town hall, the visiting D. o. K. K.,s will march down Main street to Lincoln Suare and counter1narch. Mayor Charles A. Gates will head the procession. At o'clock the members of the order will meet in the town hall where the ceremonial will take place.
 MT. and Mrs. William c. Smith, of Grove place, have received word from their daughter, Miss Pauline Smith, a reconstruction aide at ort McHen- ", Md. to the effect that she is soon Ao l. Al service. She has been in this branch of the service for the past eighteen months and has seen considerable service. Miss Smith has the dis tinction of being the only woman res ident of Windham to enlist for over seas service.
 Windham men will respond to . man, if Uncle Same wants volunteers for service in Mexico. Monday night a hurried meeting of ex-service men, veterans of the world war and of the Mexican war of 1916, was held at the ! armory and plans for the forming of company in Willimantic were dis I cussed. The ex-service men of the l city are being canvassed to find out l if they will join the company and it l is expected that no difficulty will be | found to form it. The general drift of the talk. at the meeting was that the United States should go into Mex ico and clean it up once and for all | When that time comes, the local ser vice men will be there to do their share.
 A new record was hung up at the Y.EfM. c. A bowling alleys recently when Danny Mathewson rolled q higt ! single of 63 and three of AIS. It's mi fa11 f,-
 lOS. 163, 147, rubber ducks being used There is be public meeting r | the interest of education at tho town hall in South Windham Friday even ing, December 5 at o'clock. Les sons demonstrating methods of in
 struction in the schools will be taught giving the parents a chance to se, ] how their children are guided by the teachers as they take up differen | subjects which become more difficu
 as the pupil advances drought the grades Miss Mary Wren, principal O l the Center school will teach d lessor l in science and Miss Lucy Aver, each CT of the Flanders school will giv, a second grade history lesson. Fol
 lowing the demonstrations an ad
 dress will be made by Robert Deming director of American;zation.
 Tho WilEinsutic Woman's club me
 Tuesday afternoon at their rooms a N. S01 Main street. Following th,
 brief busiaess meeting, the president
 Mrs. Robert Fenton. introduced Mrs Julia Ritter Mccormick as the enter
 tainer of the afternoon Mrs McCor
 mick gave delightful talk on Frencl
 Songs, Old and New. By going bacl
 beyond the 12th century, Mrs. McCor | of hO At-
 in illustration sang one of the song
 from each period The history of tx
 song and its composer was told b,
 Mrs. McCornlieN,. Her husband playe
 her accompaniments. The next meet
 ing of the club win be held Dec. 1l
 and it is to be Story Telling After
 noon. and Rev. Harry S. McCreaay
 the pastor Of the Willimantic Firs
 Congregational church. will be tn
 speaker.
 meeting of James J. Shea post
 No. 1s, American Legion, was held a
 the state armory On Pleasant stree
 Tuesday night and plans for the flu
 ture were discussed. The member ktalked over the Mexican situation an
 every man seemed to agree with tn
 policy adopted at the Monday nigh
 meeting when it was decided to or
 ganize company of Willimantic mer I One hundred and fifty eight mem
 bers of the WiHimantic Chamber O Commerce gathered at the Chamber e Commerce rooms On Main street ol
 Tuesday evening where they wer served another Of those delightful
 suppers by the ladies of the Swedisl
 Lutheran church. The menu was a
 follows; tomato soup, cold han mashed potatoes. turnips. pickles, bis
 cults. apple and squash pie. coffee an,
 cigars. After the men had ligl1te
 their cigars President James B. FuI lerton introduced the speaker of tn
 evening who was to talk on the tu berculosis question. Following thi address MT. Fullerton introduced Ed
 ward c. Buckland, president of tn