Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-09

work at the Groton Iron works. After
stealing the car, which was a Ford
touring they started out with it, with |
no particular objective point in view, |
but finally wound UP in the vicinity of
Westchester, where they made an eff |
fort to sell the car to man OF that |
town for the small sum of SIS. The |
man got suspicious and did not buy |
the machine, whereupon the men took |
the car and drovs it to a cross coun- |
try road and left 1t. Chief Killourey |
of Willimantic heard Of the matter and |
arrested the men. They were taken to |
the Willimantic police station and |
locked up for the night It is expected
the New London authorities will come |
and get them this "wednesday morn |
ing and take them back to that city
for trial Chief I<illourey after ar
resting the men went after the stolen
car succeeded in locating it and 1t
was brought to this city and placed in
n local garage to await the arrival Of
its owner. If the young men stole the
car for the sake of the money which
they might obtain for it. they certain
" chose the wrong place to sell their
prize.
Mrs. Jane C. Brown Panton, SO, died
in Windham Tuesday at the home of
her niece, Mrs. ". +. Maine. after an
illness of several weeks. She was the
daughter of the late Asher P. and
! Louisa Ames Brown and was born in
/ Lisbon. She was educated ir. the
| public schools and young ladies'
| seminary in Norwich Town. Later she
became n popular and successful
| teacher. In 1878 she married Lawrence
| C. Panton of Colorado Springs and
went abroad After their return they
spent ten years in the Napa valley,
| Cal, and later came to Connecticut to
reside Since the death of Mr. Panton
| and the breaking up of the home in
| Jewett City, Mrs. Panton had lived
with relatives in Windhaf1. She was a
member of the Congregational church
and had been prominent in missionary
and temperance work. She is survived
| by sister, Mrs. w. B. Brown, of At
lanta, Ga, and several nephews and
| nieceS.
kilograms from soldiers returned
| from overseas to relatives in Will
mantle and vicinity were numerous
| and the embarknig of the 102nd In
1 fantry at Boston Monday was the
! chief topic of interest in this city
| Tuesday. A number of Willimantic
citizens will go to Camp Devens, for
which place the company entrained
Tuesday morning, to see some of the
local soldiers rather than wait until
they are discharged, and return to
this city. According to the list pub
lished Tuesday morning of Connect
cut officers and men, who were
aboard the transport Agamemnon
there were sixteen of the original
members of Company L. who are
Willimantic boys: Privates Arthur
J. Belevance. James S. Donahue, Vic
! tor Hamel, James J. Casey, Thomas
/ j. Maskery. Arthur f. Clark. William
| G. Mas, Sergeant E. J. Japan, Ernest
Butler, William L. McKiernaE, Frank
Warrender. William r. Clark, w. F.
Nather, William T. Sullivan, Private
Elmer Hewlett and Ralph Elmore.
| There are number of the original
company of men from this section not
mentioned and it is assumed that
they are either in France at present
or on their way home. James S. Don
ahue of this city was among the
number who went from here to Bos-
| ton in time to meet the transport as
it came into the harbor and was well
rewarded for his journey as he had
the opportunity of seeing his son,
James, and found him looking well.
The annual meeting of the stock
| holders of the Willimantic Trust COM
pany was held Tuesday morning at
nine o'clock. The report of the treas
urer was read and most gratifying
condition of the financial status of the
institution was shown. The past
! years bushes resulted in a large in
crease in its resources. Following this
report, the election of directors took
place as follows: Clifford J, Alpaugh,
e. Frank Bugbee, Charles W. AL
paugh, Fred d. Jordan, William H.
Hall Henry A. Bugbee, JohnE. Brick,
Charles Fenton, George S. Elliott,
Leslie f. Harrison, Pierre ]. Laramee,
Lewellyn J. Storrs, Charles A Wheel
cr and Henry r. Woodward. These
directors then held a meeting and
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, Fred D. Jordan; vice presidents,
William H. Hall and E. Frank Bug