Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-18
DANIELSON

DANIELSON
 The opposition of sCosmer A. Young, representative from this town in. the legislature. to the xeferen- dunn on the prohibition bill stirred up widespread discussion in Danielson on Thursday.
 N. A. Witter of Providence was visitor with friends here on Thursday.
 Henry H. Starkweather has pur- chased of c. H. Bacon the store build ing facing Depot square and next to the Danielson Trust company build ing. This property was originally the Methodist Episcopal church.
 There is to be a union Good Friday service at the Methodist church this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
 Byron C.. Jordan of. Providence spent Thursday in Danielson..
 Five tons very highest quality hay for sale. Harry w., Clarke.-adv.
 Mrs. Marinda c. B. Robinson has left Danielson and hereafter will make N. Y. Mrs. Robinson is spending a week in Boston before going to Hud- son. .f, f
 There win be special Good Friday services this morning. this afternoon and tonight at St. James church.,
 An unusually heavy amount of mail matter has been passing through the Danielson post office during the past few weeks.
 Preparations were completed on Thursday for the big Tag lay that will be launched Saturday in the in- terest of the Welcome Home day fund High school girls will direct the can- vass, which will extend to every part of the town of Killingly and is expect ed to raise hundreds of dollars. '.GIve until it hurts" will be the slogan.
 Victor Perreault, member of the 1o2d infantry, is at his home here on leave from Camp Devens. his first visit tC the old home town since he went out in September, 1917 He has been through practically all of the terrific campaigning in which the Yankee di- vision engaged. yet escaped without serious injury, though he was i'll req, active service In the front for many months. Pereault formerly was g member of the Connecticut Nationa Guard.
 Many attended tho auction safe conducted by J. Carl Witter Thurs day, of the personal property of Mil. lard F. Jordan, who was killed a few weeks ago when struck by a moto1 truck. in an accident at Dayville. The sale included an unusual amount o tools, chains. wagons. wagon equip. ment, of which MT. Jordan helt quantities.
 School street, from near the centra fire station to the plant of the Jacobs
 Manufacturing company, was turned
 into q raging river during the earl. hours of Thursday morning, while ar
 unusual downpour of rain was com. in gdown. The drainage system was insufficient to care for the unusua rush of water, which poured into thu street from several different. direction. i and filled it. from curb to scurb wit a fast rushing torrent. *C6llars o homes along the street were filled witl
 water, the School street garage wa. i flooded and down near the Jacob plant the rushing water cutting acros! . the street toward the Center stree broke dug a new channel for itself i Si1e north end Of the home occupied b, Bert Geer.. The street surfa .e wa washed severely, The storm was on Of the heaviest of its kind that llal visited this section in long time. Danielson will be sea of buntIn: and fiuttering flags Friday. May tt the date set for the big W?eIcom, i i4olne celebration. Many contract for the decoration of business block and stores and residences already hay, been placed and the indications ar, that many more will enter into tn 1 spirit Of the occasion in that degree The line of march. which has 10 oeen announced. will take the big pa : raGe through the principal thorough
 fares of Danielson. There is l possi ni'ity that Davis park may be deco. ! trated as it never has been, 2s one dec orat tor has proposition fnc turnin! ! ito 8 fairyland. What will be con,
 as to this depends in considerable de
 gree on the iiberaiity Of -he pubi;c ( tomorrow's Tag day. for it is going t cost money to do all of the things tn,
 committee would like done for tn Doys.
 , There does not seem to be sn i Foundation for the rulr1or that lla
 :;ained circulation about town tha l there is case of sleeping sickness ol : the West Side. Physicans who yer asked about the matter said they ha never seen a case in this section, :ni i they did not believe there was ar ground for the report. Superintendent K. Howard EurdicE Of the Peoples Light and Power com i par-y. and Charles Lowry, head cleo trician at the plant of the Connection mills. were burned about the face al head, and quite severely, aboura mid night Wednesday while they wer working on transformer at the mill The lights had gone out on account (
 some trouble with the electrical sys tenn and Supt. Burdick. whose atter ton vas called to the matter, and NJ i Lowry went to work on the transfor li1er, in which an explosion occurre
 while they were working upon it. Su rerintendent Burdick was burne
 about the mouth. face and head, los ing half his hair, and Mir Lowry wa
 similarly burned. though MT. Lowr
 did not lose so much hair, as he Wa
 working with his hat on
 The difficulty which the injured me
 were trying to remedy prevented u
 operation or the big mill during u
 latter part of the night, but it was i
 operation again Thursday mornin
 MT. BUrdick, who received an electric; burn about two weeks ago, and NJ
 Lowry were confined to their home
 on Thursday.
 Local physicians were at Putnam c
 Thursday attending 8 meeting of u