Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-14
WILLIM ANTIC

to be held at the town building on Monday evenings, Elmer Wilson Smith. son of Rev. and Mrs. C. Harley Smith has been engaged as director of the Community Chorus and Orchestral Club.
 A short session of the superior court was held in this city Thursday morn ing when Sheriff Charles A. Gates opened the session and immediately declared it adjourned. As announced Thursday, there is to be a short cafen- dar session of the court this (Friday) morning, opening at 1915. It was an nounced' that the case of Margaret Quinn vs. Martin J. Cunningham, ad- ministrator, had been settled, out of the court.
 Captain Frank P. Fenton, chairman of the roll call in the Red Cross drive in WillimaRtic, stated Thursday that Willimantic should enroll 1000 mem bers in the Red Cross during the pres ent drive. At noon Thursday the city had reached trif1e over one third of that amount. as 2500 had been enroll ed. The reports from the rural dis tricts show that the people outside of the city are gladly joining the organi- Zation for another year. Scotland, through it's chairman. James H. John son. reports that one hundred and fifty-one persons have enrolled. s This is an average of 100 per cent. and gives Willimantic, as well as other cit ies throughout the county something to strive for. The team captains and the members of the committees have been doing fine work but reports are slow in coming in and it will not be known for a few days the exact um- ber enrolled.
 Although the police kept their eyes open for a Ford automobile described as being equipped with new top, red wheels and Eirestone tires. they fail ed all day Thursday to see any car fitting that description pass through the city. Early Thursday morning the police were notified by New Haven au- thorities that such Ford car had been stolen from Harold Shaw of the
 Elm city. The stolen car bears the Connecticut license number 1S971. Captain Alexander Velliers who re- gently resigned from the United States army to join the Southern Indiana Syndicate which controls the Pitts burgh Birdseye Oil Company. of Birdseye. Ind, is visiting at the home of his brother, Alderman Charles De- Villers. *ss.
 Tonight at the state arnory, Com pany B will play the basketball team from the New Britain Machine Com pany. The five from New Britain are known as fast players and one of their members, Chief Restellie has been called one of the world s greatest bas- ketball players. The fives will line up in the following order. New Britain Machine Company-Howe and Jones, forwards; Restellie. center; Heating and Thompson, guards. Company B. Schofield and E. Lewis. forwards; A. Lewis. center; Tighe and Leonard,
 guards.
 Saturday at Recreation Park, Wind ham High school expects to make up for the defeat received at the hands of the Norwich pigskin chasers. At 1 the end of last weeks game Windham mad and Norwich, 20; but Coach Donohue has put the local boys l through some stiff practice this week
 and every player will go into the l game intending to repeat the Wind ham victory of 1916 when Norwich was defeated by the local eleven to the tune sf 26 to 0. Norwich will send
 up crowd of rooters and it is hoped | that the Windham cheering squad will be on hand to back up their eleven l ' ne runerdl or MrS. Aoa "A, F1o<ie l was held from her home on Hoxie Hill l Thursday afternoon at ? o'clock. Rev.
 Harry s. McCready. pastor of the Con- 1 gregational church, officiated at the
 services, which were private. Burial 1 was in the Wfndham cemetery. Ar
 engagements were in charge of Funeral
 Director Jay M. Shepard.
 The death of Mrs. Julia F., widow of Joseph D. Ladd. occurred early Thurs i day morning at the home of her niece
 Mrs. Charles A. Beckwith in Wind
 ham, near. the Scotland dam. Mrs
 Ladd was born in Scotland, Sept 19 | 1929. the daughter of Ebenezer and 1 Zylph West Robinson. Surviving her
 is son, Luther Hoyt of Franklin; a l grandson, Everett w Ladd of Will-
 mantle; two granddaughters, Mrs Henry Graves of Natick, R. l.. and i Mrs. Daniel Sullivan. of this city; a
 sister, Mrs. Jane w. Stanton o1 Windham a brother. Luther Robinson
 of Moosup. and a niece. Mrs. Charles | A. Reckwith of Windham with whom