Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-24
WTLLIM ANTIC

February and March of this year he was in another section of Bordeaux as sanitary officer of a&German prison camp. He left Bordeaux July and arrived in New York July IS. making the trip on the U. s. s. Santa Marta He went from New York to Camp Mills and from there to Camp Upton where Monday. he received his dis charge from the service.
 July g, 1917, just two years age Wednesday, Willimantic saw the last of Go. l.. First Connecticut Infantry, her first contribution to making the ago Wednesday the Third Battalion consisting of Companies I. K and. L., under command of Major George J. Rau, slung on the equipment which made up their heavy marching order and broke camp at the Dimock farm in South Coventry. The day was i'm tensely hot. the mercury standing at 100 degrees at noon and the heavily street very keenly. Here the local Red Cross canteen served refresh ments and the battalion. 2s2 strong, entrained for Pratt Field. New Ha- ven, where they eventually became a part of the 102nd Regiment Thirty eight of the members of the battalion, ten of them Co. L. boys today lie bur jed Over There"
 The funeral of Mrs. Maria Haas was held Wednesday afternoon from
 
 meth Cummings in Lebanon: The body arrived in Willimantic from Provi- dence on the 935 train Wednesday morning and was taken in charge by Funeral Director Jay M. Shepard. Rev Hollis A. Campbell of Lebanon was in the New Cemetery. Lebanon. The bearers were Leo Cummings. Kenneth l.. Cummings. Henry Will Hams anA Alfred Hughes.
  Charles F. Renfield installed the of ficers of Windham Encampment. No. 10, I. O. O. F.. at their rooms on Main street Wednesday evening. The fol- lowing were installed: Chief Patriarch John Erbacker, High Priest, Elmer M. Young. Senior Warden Loren c. Cliff ford, Jr.. junior warden. Arthur E.. Taylor, scribe; Charles H. Beebe, treasurer; Fred l.. Avery. first watch; Harry E. Pearl. second watch: Will liam B. Elliott, third watch. George RouiIlard; fourth watch. Walter E. Thompson, inside sentinel Louis B.. Wilson; outside sentinel, Joseph Reoux; guide. Charles H. Beebe; first guard of tent, Samuel Vergason; sec ond guard of tent. Ernest Nevengus. Refreshments were served after the ceremony.
 Wednesday evening saw the first of the weekly moving picture shows in the '. M. c. A. gymnasium under the
  of the local association. The movies are free and at least three reels deal ing with some industrial subject are to be shown each week. Wednesday night the reels dealt with the manu- facture of ink. Niagara Falls and the science of apple growing on the Pa cific slope.
 Twenty two days, one hour and thirty minutes ' A hout arrest for intoxication was Willimantic's record under war time prohibition. Allan Kennedy of Rockville was responsible for the city's fall from grace. for Lieutenant Allan McArthur and Off, cer Thomas Grady found him in front of the Y. M. c. A. building on Main street early Wednesday morning in that joyful though now infrequent state described as 'very much under the influence of 1fquor." Kennedy was presented in the police court Wednes- day morning and said that he went to the carnival Tuesday night and some one gave him a couple of drinks which were knockouts. Judge Foss said it was more than ever against the law now to take such drinks and sentenced Kennedy to the county jail at Brooklyn for fifteen days, He makes the third prisoner sent to jail from the county for intoxication since July l.