Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-06
WILLIMANTIC

A. for all returned service men rom the town of Windham> and vicinity. The meeting will be addressed by pr. Clifford, who saw active service at Chateau ,Thierry and Belleau woods, and who is d very able and interesting speaker. Music and games are features of the el1teifainmeft be provided and refreshme entsN will he, Served. The meeting is for all soldiers and sailors.
 The WiIlinantic welfare bureau re- gently announced that it has made ar engagements for conducting baby clinics Gusillg the coming summer. as were conducted last year at the Natchaug school and (Which proved of so much value to the mothers and babies who attended The clinics this season will be held Neekly and at the bureaus s headquarters, 1SS Valley street, We'd nesday afternoons. beginning this week. There will be. present at every clinic a piiysiciau the visiting nurse and afi assistant. A number of local physicians have volunteered to assist in this valuable work,
 The Old Boston Oyster and Chop house patrons found the doors of that restaurant in the Chronicle building on Church street locked Monday morning when they appeared there for break fast: It is said the proprietor, Charles H. Gedney has not been seen in town since he closed the restaurant Satur- day night. The place has been located there since, the first of this year, but has not done very good business. and it is understood that Mir. Gedney has left a number of unpaid bills in Willi- mantle.
 William kaI:f, of Pleasant street, who was struck and knocked down by H., T <J, George LaBonte of Columbia, Sunday morning at the corner of Main and Church streets, was reported Monday as not being seriously injured. but as suffering from bruises caused by the accident, which. it is stated, was un- avoidable. Mir. Kalif is at. present yin St Joseph's hospital and will remain there until his recovery. Mir. tLaBonte stopped his car at the time of the ac- cident and took the injured man to the hospital and afterwards made report of the matter to the local police au- thorities. %
 The last few days of real spring weather, coupled with the daylight saving plan has given the local home garden industry Q big boost and many gardens are being put in shape and planted. AS much if not more interest IS beIHS hUONH lLlS year H. ilS4klS s5dl dens as at any previous time. One of the largest home garden plots in this section is that of the American
 Tread company situated on the North Windham road. consisting of some 40 acres, which has already been plough ed and about POD gardens laid out The gardaTIG are cultivated by oper- atives in the riunt ef the thread com pany unde" the supervison of James NJ. Smith, who had charge of the work last year. Good crops were harvested last season and equally good results are anticipated,
 Louis Meyerhardt of Hartford was in town over Sunday, visiting his par cnts. Mir. and Mrs. Herman F. Meyer hardt of 182 Prospect street, Although it has been Known %&fol some timo that Am increase in locds telephone rates en business and resi- denco telephones would soon go into effect the first o}iicial notice of the change was. reeeived Monday morning by local subscribers. with their May bills through the mails. The notice in general represents an increase iron fifty cents to dollar on business tel ephones and twenty five cents or residence phones. Accompanying tho notice is a statementEof the why's afit
 wherefores -of the-inefeasc in rates.
 This years graduating class of tht 1 Windham High school numbers abou sixty pupils, which is ten less than the number last year. The graduating eX- ercises will be held in the high schoo auditorium June 18th during the eve ming. The averages for the .four7yeal course Of the class show that nint students had averages of, over 90 pel cent. and that twenty had an ave | rag ge of 80 per cent. or better. The homer students are Marion Ide of thi: city, who will be valedictorian, an( Dorothy Burnham of Hampton, who is
 to be salutatorian. The formers ave rage for the four years was 95.S6 ant | the latter's 94.95. The other mem
 bers of the class are, in the order O. their percentage:
 1 Above s0-Helen Blake Mansfield
 Harriet Ellison, Mansfield; Mildred Beebe, Mansfield; Mabel Jenkins, Will ] limantic: Phoebe Greene, Wilmington 1 Meda Adams, Willimantic; Heller Helen Hopkins, WindhanI ,rsl
 Below 90-Claire Calnen. Williman- tic; Jennie Hart. Lyme; Otto Phillips | Sprague: Muriel Geinas. Willimantic
 Margaret Noteworthy. Hampton; Jose. phine Congdon, Willimantic; Carl An ueFSOl, SpFaSuE, MufIel Johnston Willimantic: Ruth Kingsley, Hamp.
 ton; Ida Hamilton. Andover: Evely1
 Woodward, Columbia; Alice Hickey Willimantic; Ruth Smith. Williman. tic: Frank Redwood, Franklin: Lelis
 Esten Mansfield; Marion Clifford, VII limantic; John O'Brien. Willimantic Florence Luton. Wulimantic: Heller Reynolds, Mansfield; Russell Norton l Willimantic.
 | It is expected that the residents O
 the town Of Windham and the thre, 1 Windhams, North. South and Center
 will turn out in large numbers thi l CTuesday) afternoon and evening
 while the government war relic trail
 makes visit to this city. between
 and 10 D. m. The train will park on
 siding at the foot of Railroad stree
 and all will be given the opportunit
 to look over the war relics, trophie
 and guns captured from the Germans There will also be an interesting ex