Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-26

l Laramie who said that the thing ! had been done by the ordinance com mittee.
 s. A. Peckham when called upon said that he was present in the ca- pacity of an on-Icoker. However, he said that the United States of America and the state of Connetcicut had dis criminated against the jitneymen and that he didn't see why the city of Willimantic should not have q chance. He came in for considerable
 applause from the jitney men,
 Alderman Bowen introduced a mo-
 tion repeating the former act and giv-
 ing the ordnance committee power to
 call a hearing on the matter The
 meeting adjourned at 9.45.
 Government food for WiIIimantic
 was turned down at a city meeting
 held in the town hall Monday evening
 with about 75 present. The mayor called the meeting to order at sos O.
 clock. City Clerk Albert C. Scripture
 read the call for the meeting. Cor
 poration Council King introduced a resolution authorizing the use of the city credit to the extent of $10.000 to get the food. George F. Taylor, who had been chairman of the original committee told just what~the offer was
 The motion was lost by a large ma jority.
 The boys department of the local
 Y. M C.. A. will have hike on
 
 H. G. Barker and will make it an all day affair. They will go out about three miles along the Willimantic riv- CT where there is a good swimming beach.
 Lightning struck the barn and house on the old Upham farm at South Windham, now owned by John Rose. during the storm Sunday evening. The house was practically undamaged, but Mrs. Clark James. who was standing v-h ho1 raH was badly burned about the legs. The noit tore one of her shoes from her foot and also tore rug on the floor. | The bolt struck the barn at about the same time. The barn had been used | as an icehouse and the bolt set fire to ] teh sawdust. The flames smouldered 1 for an hour or more and then broke l out after the storm had passed. There ! farm implements in the barn at the | time and all were destroyed. The 1 South Windham fire department was | called out. but the fire had made such | save the building. The local depart | ment was notified by telephone and | stood by waiting a definite call. It | did not come and the men finally went 1 to bed. The loss was put at s1,200.
 There will be 2t new teachers in the | various schools about the town when | they open on Sept. B. Seven of these | will be at the high school. It is esti- mated that there are about 5000 chill ! dren of school age in the town. of l whom 2.so0 are actual attendants. The | new teachers are: High school Charles w. Pearson of high school of Springfield. principal of department; Miss Lillian of Adelphi college. science; Miss Mary E. Redman of Waterville (Me) High school history; Miss Mu riel Kennedy of Warren (Mass.) High school, Latin; Miss Anna R. Winter, TAlAa Afaa Al, nd f-t4 Miss Dorothy H. Berry. Boston, Eng fish: Miss Florence R. Rhodes, Plainfield, mathematics. Natchaug- Miss Olive Johnson. grade :: Miss Vivian Walcott and Marie Heroy, kim 1ergarten. Normal school--Miss TEloise Green of Middlesex, N. r.. his- tory and science; Miss Frances Kerns, ory: George R. Tilford. Salem Normal school, commercial department Windham street-John B: Dougal, Brooklyn. N Y. principal; Miss Flor ,ial classes; Miss Blanche J. Henry of Fairmont school. W. Va. grade :. Oaks school-Miss Lucy Stone of Windham school-Miss Madeline Holmes of Willimantic Nor nal.
 WiIlimantc escaped from Sunday nights storm with very little damage. there was a brilliant display ,f lightning. 1t struck no nearer than South Windham. The storm put about hundred telephones out of commits 'ion and gave the repair men extra work Monday. A large tree was felled ,y the storm near Andover and car jed two telephone wires to the ground with it. The Willimantic telephone escaped much easier than ither Norwich or New London. There 1 vas a very heavy rainfall here early j morning.
 Corporal Thomas F. ConneIi, now at lis home at 263 Main street, was one If the two local boys to serve with the marines during the war and when he anne back to tine Thread City last week. he toted along with him a Croix e Guerre and a citation from Marshal 'etain. Cornell was in the sgd com (