Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-22
WILLIMANTIC

a farmer by. occupation. He leaves a brother, Frank w. Edgarton of South Coventry, and several nephews and nieces.
 Owing to the large number of com plaints that have been received by the police about the increa sed practice or mailing up posters of dances and en- tertainments and the locating of bill- boards along the main thoroughfares of the city. Chief of Police Daniel J. Killcurey announced Sunday that per | sons who are to blame for these nuisanceS would brought out and pun ished. There has always been a city ordinance against the placing of bill-' boards on the sidewalks and the post l ing of signs on the telephone poles of ! the city. This ordinance has never been thoroughly enforced and many persons have taken advantage and have used the posters and signs in these places as, a medium Of reaching the n,lblic. but from this time on the persons guilty of disobeying the ordi- nance will be penalized.
 At the meeting of the WilIimantic Boy Scouts held Friday night at the | Conversational church house the treated to a delicious supper. It was annourced that the scout troop couiu now claim seven first class. seven sec ond class and ten tenderfoot scouts in their organization. It was also an- nounced that the scout who first sue ceeded in starting fire from friction would he given a years subscription to the oeicisl scout orpan. Tbe contest will be hold at the scout headnuarters a tan ear'v date, Owing to the near ress of Christmas it was decided to hold the newt meeting Jan. ?. 1920. One or two days more of wintry weather will make the ice on the Will lmantic river ard at the pumping sta ton thick enough for harvesting. This announcement came from the dealers n the cold goods Saturday when they
 were asked if they would be getting
 their S1i~plv soon. The ice on the , river has reocEea q tNickness of ahoui . sa~o-. s- ~- -,-s '';- e----.n hae heev reached by the ice at the pumping sta 7 ion Tba r--er'her O
 tNe ci',- wa for co-,7--,'++ae made Satrr. , dnv when nues-ioned about the hnr. --es+ v-as to tho eesnct tI,rt IS sony>z a' 9 | flo '~o ha= rea acNnd a thickness Of 1i o~ t2 'rches cuttirr world heein nn nl nran would work ri~rts in order to ge 1 fhe harvest in. Willinantic citlzsn
 who are navire more for thair ice thi voar than ever hefore, owing to n, U small harvest of 1918. are hoping tho n the shortage of ice will never nit thi . oitv aPaip. as the payment of 30 cent 5 nor hrn6~ad move far ica hos been | = l~--rl':.> +o ,-,n-v 1occi ta 7rites s .- q q Broken Hearts. play entirely ii ', Yiddish. was presented Sunday after " noon at the. Loomer Opera House be {. fore an audience. of some 300 Jewisl :; people of this city. The play whicl 't consisted Of four acts was put on un ''ee der the auspices of a local union am z was played by the original company Between the third and fourth acts 9 plea was made for subscriptions for fund for war orphans and the sum o
 s"'" ~'"s ra' 'sed some of the amount ' pledged being for $50, while ,. other
 eei' for s25 and $10.
 Fire Alarm Electrician Edwar
 Bombrai finished the work of install
 ing new fire alarm box on Washbur street Saturday afternoon The ne1 \ box is number 3S and is located O. / the above mentioned street ant
 about half way between the junctio
 of Walnut and High streets wit , Washburn street.
 Charles Reynolds, one of the mem es bers of Engine Co. No. 1, who sav pt bout 119 months service oversea ic. with Company l. of Willimantic. ha l- finished working on a miniature air w plane an exact copy of one of thos -u used by the United States during tn
 World War. The machine whic
 weighs a little over a pound has
 wing spread of about 14 inches and
 about IS inches in length. It has bee
 painted battleship gray and has tn ef French plane insignia on the wings, IF red, white and blue circle. The plar
 which was made entirely from men
 ory is so perfectly made that M -- Reynolds friends intend to place it c
 display in one of the Main stre,
 business windows.
 Postmaster John O'Rourke starte
 all the substitutes working Saturda
 and every effort will be made to kee Q up with the increased business due m, Christmas. Local people can do the
 share by addressing parcels plain
 and by mailing them before the la - few days of the Christmas rush. Fl
 increased amount of parcel post paci
 ages has made it necessary to put tv
 men on the delivery end of the wor
 Carriers Dennis Haggerty and Jam
 Twomey being assigned.
 The Hendee Indians of SprinqfieI L;e Mass, were unable to overcome u
 fast playing Emeralds of this city tr A day night at the armory and we