Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-01

I the local SaloOnkeeperS WOufU take in regard to closing their places oi 1 business today MT. King said he sup posed they would close"; that while 1T consultation with Mir. Alling of New
 Haven. they had received % DuHetin ]. | they (the saloons) remained open they
 would do so at their own peril" Mr King also said that later i'll the day | he saw a bulletin which stated thai | the attorney general in Washington | was working upon a programme whereby the sale of light wines and
 beer might possibly be continued NC I official notice of this. however. had | one can guess and figure what will be i done by the saloonkeepers all he cares ] to but events as they transpire during the day will be the only sure method of knowing just what action will be taken. The stocks of the various sa- Ioonkeepers in Wfflimanffc are said to be pretty well cleaned out and a num- Der of them have declared their lnten- ton of keeping their places open for the purpose of selling nothing but soft drinks, cigars. etc. The vets have controlled wiIIfmantic for many years, the last time the dry forces won out was in 1892, twenty seven years ago.
 Brief Mention.
 Mrs. Thomas F. Connolly of Oak street is seriously i'll at her home, hav- ing returned from St. JoSeph'S hos pftaI last week, following an opera ton for the removal of her tonsi1s.
 William K. Bath returned to Put nam Monday afternoon after spending the weekend with relatives in this city.
 Alveah Miller has concluded work with the Max Pollock company Of ConantvilIe MT. Miller intends to take up farming soon.
 William A. Buck and family of North street spent Sunday with Mrs. Bucks sister in Springfield. Mass.
 pr. F. c. Jackson's family leaves town today for Beach Park Clinton, Conn, where they will spend the sum- mer at their cottage.
 Mrs Frank NJ. Lincoln and son, Melvin, are at their cottage at Pleas ure Beach. for the summer.
 Miss Katherine Volkman left Mon day for Dayton. Ohio. where, during July and August, she will visit her brother. Charles Vo1kuIan.
 few days in Maiden, Mass. During her stay she will attend the wedding of her cousin Miss Claire Riley and Lieut.. (Dr.) Lawrence MeGourty.
 The second meeting of the general committee in charge of the Welcome Home celebration to be held in Will lfmantic Thursday. Aug. q. for all re- turned soldiers of the town of Wind ham, was held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Chamber of Commerce. rooms. There were present Frank F.
 
 John H. Morrison and Charles w. Hill The fifth member of the committed Thomas J. Kelley. was unable to be present. The minutes of the last meeting was read by the secretary, c. w. Hill who also gave his report on what the invitation committee, of which he is a member. had done since the last meeting of the general com mittee. A list of most of the organi- zations in town was read to which an invitation has been sent by the com mittee to participate in the parade to be held during the morning of Aug. 21. Any which may have been over looked will receive an invitation short ly. The report was accepted. Charles A. Gates then reported the list of va rious committees for the celebration with their duties defined and later ap- pointnlents were made as follows: Ex- ecutive and finance committee, Frank p F'enton. chairman. Charles A. Gates, 1 John H. Morrison, Charles w Hill and Thomas J. Kelley. Publicity com mittee. c. w. Hill. chairman. John Keefe, Thomas Connolly and Lester Greenmau. Manufacturers committee, | executive heads of all the manufac- turing industries in the town. Mer- chants committee, James H. Hurley, l James P. Bath. John Brick, Cyril A. Lamoureuxs John Carr, Ed ward F. Whitmore. Frank Iombardo, | Dion. Charles Thompson and Patrick McDermott. Dance com