Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-01-20
DANIELSON

Telegraph and telephone wires strung
between Danielson and Camp Mills
carried many messages between boys
Of Battery B and their nome folks in
this vicinity during Saturday, and
Sunday.
The Arrived safe and well' mes
sages began to pour in here Satur-
that these messages brought 10y to
hundreds Of persons in the town of
AilinRly who are not relatives Of the
town boys who had Just arrived from
overseas, but who happen to be friends
or in any case, their towns people,
who have been deeply interested in
their welfare since they left here one
morning late in July, 1917. Every
message that came through was re-
garded as a personal one by all here
and the town was happy that the
boys were back in the u. S. A. back
without the loss of a man killed in
action, though they had fought in
such desperate encounters as Chateau
Tberry, St. MiheI The Champagne.
Toul and the Argonne
Messages from the boys were quick
ly followed up by Welcome home"
return greetings from relatives and
friends here and later. when the tel
ephone wires came into play the
voices of soldier boys not heard here
in many months came like sweet mu-
sic to cars strained to catch their
first words of good cheer Usually
| these took inc form of Feeling fine
| and dandy hank YOU, AMI mighty glad
| to be back ogain."
All accounts agree that the boys
! had anything but a quie-, peaceful
voyage on their way from Brest to
! Hohol<en The South Dakota, great
armored cruiser. was tossed about
like a cork. Clan waves swept over
| her, one sweeping up to the bridge,
| wrecking it and injuring the vessels
| commander and two lieutenant COM
manders. Six sailors were washed
| against one of the steel deckhouses
| and so badly hurt that they had to be
sent to the ships hospital. 1t was a
! rough finish 10 the overseas dirty
which the mon had performed so gal
| lantly-and many of them took the
count, for the first time since they
went into the service-seasicknes
! doing to them what no German speci-
men Of frigltfulness ever had beer
| able to accomplish.
Most al of the boys came back with
the command, though some are still
| overseas Sergeant Donald Stone
! talking over the wire Sunday with his
sister Miss Gertrude Stone, said that
he was feeling splendidiy and that the
| boys We're all we'll He said that Ser
! geant Fercy Brown and lohn Purvis
| two of the company members who
have figured in the casualty lists, re-
main in France.
The boys are at Camp Mills today
but it has been impossible to ascer-
/ tain here where they will be sem
~, I,y- fl7nT- or1
| to remain there.
Advance notice is wanted on thai
point by Danielson people, for they
are anxious to give them :, real wei
come back 10 the old town.
A post card, dated in Darmstadt, :
German prison camp, or October 20
brought here on Saturday r1orning tht
first news Of Private Alec Roireau
IS. is alive and well.
Since a war department telegram
received here late in October an
| Ipuncad that ROireau was missing il
| trton, no wcrd had como from hin
nor the government, and his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilfred Roideau Car
ter street, ware deeply 0pprehensiv'
as to the fate that had overcome him
On the card Roireau Wrote: Il wa
/ captured last Tuesday. ] am fGelin!
good and the Germans treat me well.
The boys relatives here are elatet
over the relief from the fear that h
had ben killed in action. The feel
ing is that he has returned to tn
American lines since the armistice wa
signed. Roireau. who was one of tn
selected men of this, district. wa
lighting with the 18th Infantry whe,
he was captured.
Members IF St. James parish gath
cred in ST. James hall Sunday even
ing to discuss a number of things o
interest to the parish Among tn
matters considered was plans for
fitting reception for the more tina,
15o young men have been in the, ser
; vice during the war and consideration
also was given to the subject of tn
new parish nall building. 20 be erecte
J on q site at the corner Of F'r2nklin an
Water streets, westwarily across va
ter streets, Westwardly across Wa
ter street from the parochial resi-
dence.
Plans for this building. which wi
: be a fine and substantial -structur
were exhibited at the meeting by tn
pastor, Rev NJ. J. Ginet, NJ. S.
This new building will afford faci
g
g affairs of the parish, and will inclu6
a lecture hall and rooms for a Cath
:. Ollie club thar will undoubtedly have
= very large membership from amor
e the many young men of tie parish
J., Another matter discussed at II
\ | meeting was that of fttinSiy obsery
J, | ing during 1919 the golden anniver!
airy of the establishment of st. Jane
parish.
: The year lust closed has been IL
:, | most successful in all respects in Il
: history of the parish. The parish re'
. enues were i'll excess of $2i, 900, tn
4 including a bequest of $4,000 from
4 parishioner whose namo IS withheld
- With the IS 900 in Liberty bont
;, | purchased in the name of The paris
II with money donated by members
the congregation, the church socie.
> gained approximately $4,000
wealth during 1918. and the debt on
of the church property. having a tot
value in excess of $4,000, is now on
about $4,000. It is probable that OF
feature Of the observance of the pa
ish's fiftieth year will be determine
and successful effort to wipe out til
debt, SO that the parish 1aay sta
with clean financial sheets on Il
work of building a parish hall bull
ing that will be a credit to Daniels
and q monument to tho growth al
- expansion OF the work Of the pari
after half century Of faithful e
deayor.
Herbert Dumas, 9, of Mocsup, w
reported as in dangerous conditit
Sunday at the Day I<inball hosI
tai in Putnam. The boy was inju