Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-05
WILLIM MANTIC

s
 the electric company. the Postal Teae-
 graph and the fire department. The
 Shore Line had three heavy feed wires
 on the pole and in addition they were
 used as guy poles for the trolley feed
 Wire4in the center of the street. ItTwas
 the feed wires which on breaking grew
 hot and caused great deal of anxie-
 ty. ; The poles were about twenty
 inches in diameter and on examina-
 tion Monday seemed to be simply a
 mass of rotten wood. Three of the
 poles were on the south side of Main
 street and the fourth was on the other
 side, being smalr pole used only to support trolley guy wires. In falling
 the poles on the south side of the
 street ripped some clap boards off one of the houses on the opposite side of the street and broke some windows. It seems almost a miracle that no one was injured. At least one man was struck by flying glass. although he was not cut. Three automobiles were caught in the tangled wires and had to remain there until the current could be shut off at South Windham short ly after eleven o'clock. One of the au- tos contained the naval ball team and they were very anxious. to get away as they had to be in quarters by m1dfr night. It is not known just which or the DOiaS fell first, but there was but a few seconds of time elasping before the damage was complete A fourth pole. on the south side of the road at the point where Windham road enters Thread Mill square was started by the sudden strain put upon it. It appar- ently is in the same condition as the other poles and has already broken away from the concrete sidewalk at lease three inches. Numerous people examined it Monday and then dubi- ously calculated where it would prob ably land. Although the wreckage has been cleared up and the wires have been taken out of the street there is at lease another days work ahead for the linemen in stringing them on the newly erected poles.
 Steps have been taken to organize a post of the American Legion in WilIimantic. Several local ex-seryice men have secured from the executive council of the legion charter for the local post and it is now on exhibition This is to certify that the national executive committee of the American Legion has granted this charter to Windham Post No. 19. American Le- zion. The charter is signed by liar ry D. Lindsley. chairman of the na- tional executive committee. Eric Les ter Wood national executive secre tary, Alfred N. Phillips, Jr., state chairman and William J. Malone. the state secretary: The charter bears the names of James s. Donohue, Thomas A. Shea, Edward J. Dono- van. C. E. Simonds. Guy DeMarco. Ar thur Kelley, Henry A. Frink. William A. Wolfe, James B. Fullerton, Patrick Haggarty, Joseph r. Gaudreau. Ezeb J. Lapan. Raymond F. Gates, T. Frank Ernest R. Gaudreau and Arthur B. Bateman. The charter was issued July 14. 1919.
 With the Welcome Home CeIehra- tion less than two weeks away there has as yet been absolutely no decorat ing of the streets of the city. A sales man who was here recently from a large decorating supply house report ed that no one seemed to have any men of the city will have to get busy if they going to make good i'm pression on the men for whom the celebration is being held. The pub licity committee has placed posters around the city and surrounding calling attention to the One Big Day" that Windham is going tol give her boys Aug. 16. They have aI- so let a contract for banners which 1 will be displayed over Main street. 1 There is to be a meeting of the gen. eral committee and the chairmen of the sub committees in the Chamber l of Commerce rooms this (Tuesday) l evening to discuss final plans for the l tion.
 All auto traffic to Norwich now has i to take -e Bridge street. Pleasant | .tr-route, as Monday Irwin M. Ford, I of streets. closed the | 0ne-way road at the foot of Jillson FIill which has been used as a detour l since repairs were started the | lill. The one-way road with it's two | sharp turns was very dangerous and | here were several near accidents l