Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-22
WILL I'M AN

s1SQRGl1IDC4E-1s 4oo5J p1lS Ob William and Ruth Weaver BfoWn
 At the outbreak of the. CiYif war he enlisted. in Company c, 18th regiment of Connecticut Volunteers. and served two years, receiving anv honprahIe discharge because of wounds received in action. Before coming to Willt- mantle. Mr. Brown lived in Vermont and later in South Coventry where he was employed by the Central Ver- ed at the local station prior to becom- ing a letter carrier in this city. He received his appointment as postman, Ocotber 1, 1891 and resigned ten years later. Heswa the first mounted car- rier in this city and. at one time de- liyered mail by pony. MT. Brown was member of Francis S. Long Post, No. 30y G. A. R. and of Eastern Star Lodge, No. A, 4 F. and A. M. Sur viving him is daughter, Mrs. Dora B. Hale, formerly Of this city, now liv- ing in Norwich, a brother, Gilbert Brown of ChAso; two sisters. Mrs. Nellie Powell and Miss M. P. Brown both of Wilfimantic;. and three grand children.
 Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Belle tJ.1-r5-, est -l.. wave held Wednes- day. afternoon at two o'clock from the tu41c- =. l,t.l4o4a -uA JAy M. Shepard. Rev. A. D. Carpenter, pastor of the First Baptist church conducted the services and read a committal service at the grave in Willimantic cemetery
 Funeral services for Otis H. cenant were held Wednesday, afternoon at two o'clock at his home at GurIeyville, Rev. Leonard Smith conducted the services at the home and read a com initial service at the grave in Gnrlsy- trit a1fe I5Nf,Y,6 n f M. Shepard was in charge of the ar- rangements- .+--
 The Wiliiman$ie Y. D. Veterans, ks- sociation is to hold its, first annual banquet at the Moose Home, Tuesday evening. January 27. At this meet ing of the veterans the officers will be installed. Invitations have been sent ro a number. of prominent WilltmAntic citizens. :. 5 .lsssse.
 There are at present but i f board CTS at the Windharn county jail This information was iInparted by z ,J2iier Albert S. Field when he was asked If tnere were as many at the jail this yeaf. at this time as in years past. Of this fourteen he stated, two are to be sent to states prison to serve time .Jle is a boundover prisoner and two ats boys in on probation. This leaves bat 8 at the jail who are left overs of the demon rum who passed from this world a few days ago.
 Miss Grace A. Child, librarian of .tt,c State Normal school attended the an nual luncheon Of the Hartford Smith College club in Hartford Saturday. Two hundred and twenty five Smith college women from Hartford and sur- rounding towns met for this luncneoh at the City club. drawn together by their g~Gsf lreEt in, the S4, COG, 900 fund which they arc raising for the co4lcsU. ,-..1s -.r- -e~ ss..>-, uy Mr.. No Callu1n, treasurer of the college, and of Mss Ada ConStock, it's dean, were greeted with much enthusiasm. When Gk call for pledges for the fund was given, the amount subscribed by thoe present was over Sf4 .00o. The cam paign for this fund will continue liil- til February 24t4a. D5ts +-
 At the Y. M. c. A. "Wednesday af- ternoon, the basketball lives from the Natchaug and Model Grammar schools battles to an s4to tie. The game was hard fought from start to finish and never was one of the teams tar enough in the lead to favor them in the final finish of the game Fol lowing the game the youngsters were enter aimed ill the lobby of the "Y 2 and several reels of movies were shown. The films which were of an educational nature were named Pic turesque New England and The Tai of a Shirt. i
 Shortly before six o'clock "Wednesday night the firemen from Eng.ne Com pany No. l were called out to extin- guish fire that had broken out in one of the freight cars at the N. r., N. H. & H. railroad yard. Upon sar- Irving at Railroad street, the frAmen freight car was directly behind the Jordan block and they went into the yard from that point, making a con- nect.on at the hydrant on Railroad street. By the time the fire truck had reached the burning car over 500 feet of hose had been laid The car which contained a load of potatoes consigned to local firm was ablaze at one end and after a stream of water had been played on it for a time the fire died down but a dense smoke belched out from the end of the car, making it al- most impossible to get near the fire. About an hour s work was needed to ext nguish the blaze, It is thought that the contents of the car will not be total loss as the railroad people hauled the: damaged car to the round : house for the night to prevent any freezing of it's, load. The fire was caused by the foverheating of the stove that furnishes heat for the car to prevent the goods contained from be- ing frozen. @ fs
 Wednesday night at the Chamber of Commerce rooms in Main street, the first Of a. series of gatherings to be held by the local chamber was held. The invitations to the gather ing last night had been sent, out to the various granges near Willimantic and it was the object of the meeting to have the farmers and business men of Windham county get together tc learn new things about each: other.
 J. P. Bath as chairman of the enter tainment committee introduced J. w