Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-30
JEWETT CITY

Friday nights fire on Railroad ave- nue. Although the blaze was not un- der control until 2:45 a. m. Saturday, The Bulletin which arrived in the borough at ): 30 contained compre- hensive story of the fire. There is some speculation as to it's cause, some think an intoxicated man crawled in- to the barn to sleep. It is generally believed the fire, was of incendiary origin, as it was the second blaze within a few days in the same place. The incendiary, if such it was. showed more persistency than judgment, as never was night more completely against a fire. Everything was soak ing wet, sparks repeatedly covered the Loretta Green house roof, but the wet | shingles only steamed. The Polish saloon keeper was the looser from the booze standpoint, two barrels of fine old whisky were burned, sixty gallons each, 12Q gallons, with the war tax of S3.60 per gallon, worth about twelve | dollars per gallon, s144O. Where the fire occurred. has for some years been place, which did Jewett City no credit During the fire one man who l knows was heard to say, Good Bye old wild vest
 l Everybody is commenting the fire men because of their fine work in con- i flning the fire to so small an area, in i this fire trap section. Thanks to their l efforts the Weschler and -LHeuereux 1 blocks stand today The firemen were considerably handicapped in their i use of the hydrant at the corner of 1 Main and Railroad avenue, because the leak drought the top lowered the 1 power of the stream. l
 piles and rigging Saturday and hauled down the bank, just north of the town,
 the bank one night last week, but
 nothing cuold be. learned concerning
 the cause of the Accident.
 1 There is considerable complaint about revolver shooting and fire
 cracker exploding in different parts of the borough.
 | This is the great week for GriswoId, when it honors the boys. The line of
 march has been published and every body has ample time to decorate l houses or places of business. All au- i tomobiles are to be decorated with the | tops down. The men in the service
 will lead the parade at 10, a. m. and fall
  1 tional church and review the re-
 mainder of the line. The answers to all the invitations issued should be in 1 the hands of Dr. c. H. Jennings at once. The horrible parade forms at | 5:30 a. m.
 The Methodist Sunday school held a picnic Saturday afternoon on the
 lawn at the Congregational church in Pachaug. Between seventy and
 eighty members attended, transpor-
 tation being furnished by several members who ran automobiles. There were sports which included races by Chi Delta class won by Fornetta Rob- ertson, a race by the primary class,
 won by Hattie Fields; race by the l Gardner class, won by Mary Rich
 nond; race by the Mems class, won by
 Earl Howe; race by Frank Mills class
 won by Everett Thornton three-leg- ged race by Phi Delta class, won by
 Mildred McCluggage and Martha 1 Davis; race by the Patriots class
 was played by two teams picked from
 the Sunday school. Swings were | provided for the juniors. Refresh ments were served. Those who at
 tended pronounced it to be the most enjoyable picnic ever. The commit
 tees in charge were, refreshments Gardiner class; lemonade, H. $. class;
 transportation, Mep's class; sports
 Lewis Aldrich, chairman; Mrs. Mary Howes, Miss Annie Robertson, Fred | Robinson and Earl Howe.
 Miss Doris Myott left Sunday fo1 | the Ho1deness Summer school of music for. girls, Squam Lake, New | Hampshire, where she will remain for II the summer.
 Misses Magaret and Annie Dris-
 coll have returned from Westerly, R
 l., after spending the week there dur
 ing the 250th anniversary.
 Mrs. F. $. Leonard reports over
 twenty dollars received at the food
 sale Friday.
 The coIonials of Norwich came ur
 to Jewett City to trim St. Mary's team They carried home a string of goose
 eggs, nine in number, they could dt nothing with Jarvis and La Liberty Score g to 0. 4 At 5 a. m. Sunday morning the mer. cury stood at AS. Screens were at . discount and smoke was seen issuing
 from many chimneys.
 La Liberty shut out the famous For Wright team unday 8 to O. He strucl
 out Il men and threw out four a first. Attention of local fans is being called to the La Liberty battery. Roy E. Keller, county Y. M. c. A
 secretary spoke at the Baptist Sun day school Sunday morning of. Caml Terremuggus, the Y. NJ. C. A. caml for boys to be opened July 5th for thre' |