Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-12
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 Reginald Kelley.ss2o of South Cow entry. was instantly killed Friday af- ternoor at ? o'clock while working in the steam saw mill at Eag1eviIle. The ycungs man. who at the time of the accident was working with his father and brother, siipped3 son the run while feeding a log to the saw and fell under the saw. His neck was com- pletely severed from the hody at the shoulders, his right arm was also sew Eered and his left arm badly cu;. Reg inald Kelley was the sonlof MT. and Mrs. Thomas Kelley of fs.South Covent try and in addition to his parents. is Esurvived yby several brothers and sis city by Killourey Bres and prepared for burial. The Kelley family has the sympathy of ! tfie-. community in this sad and unfortunate aff1ictlon.
 WilIimantic Local, No. 262, Amalga-- mated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers of America. which was re- gently orga nized. has made up a new schedule for wages and hours of work and has presented it to the proprie; tors in this citys@for their eonsidera- cutters demanda minimum wage of $25 a, week. The maximum wage is to be determined by the proprietor, the ability and length of service to be considered in fixing the amount. The schedule of hours asked for is as fof- lows and it is said a ma jority of the proprietors are agreeable to the de- mands of the union. Monday. Tues day, Wednesday. and Friday. from ' 5a m. to 12 m. ands'1 to 6 D. m. All Thursday afternoons. off during July, August. and September. with full pay, also all holidays off with pay. The hours for Saturday are to De from ' a. m. to 12 m.. and 1 to D. m. with an hour for supper. Tn ease of aholi- day the hours of Saturday will pre- vail the day before the holiday.
 Frank Larrabee, president of the Windham Silk company of Willi- mantle, has returned from New York where he has been since last Sunday investigating in connection with the robbery of silk from the warerooms of the concern in that city, It is esti- mated that $15,000 worth of silk was stolen on the afternoon of July 4. MT. Larrabee on his return to Wil1imantic stated that the loss was heavy and that the robbery must have been well planned and arranged, it being car ried out by outsiders who must have had the cooperation of somebody on the inside. The elevator boy who had been on the job but a month is under suspicion as the elevator was used to carry all the silk from the eleventh floor in the building to the street. The matter is still being investigated by the New York authorities.
 The ball game between No. 1 Ship ping and Office and the Smith Win chester teams. of the. Industrial league. scheduled for Thursday after noon was postponed. This (Saturday) afternoon at Recreation Park teams No. and 6 mill and the Upstreets will meet and good fast game sould result. Tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon the Ben Hurs of Hartford will play the Willimantic team. A number of changes have been made in the lineup of the latter team, which ought to result in a better game than the locals have been putting up since the season opened.
 For the benefit of the merchants and clerks of this city, the Williman- tic Chamber of Commerce has ar ranged for s. F. Fannon to give a lecture on retail merchandising at its July meeting on the 21st inct in the chamber of commerce rooms. It is said the lecture is one of the best of its kind. dealing with various phases of merchandising, including ideas on advertising. window display and or ganization of the business in general. Modern and up-to-date methods of doing business will be shown through the medium of stereopticon slides and in addition a three-reel picture film, The Troubles of a Merchant and How to Stop Them. will be shown. Much l is being taken in this lecture. i
 The past. weeks session of the 1 Swarthmore, Pa..a .Chautauqua was | brought to a close in this city Friday night in the tent on Windham field | when the pageant, The Wop was pre- | sented to a capacity house by the |