Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-10
Norwich Bulletin, Willimantie Of. ice, g Church St, Telephone 1o3.
What Is Goina On ToniqI1t

What Is Going On Tonight
 American Benefit Society, Willi mantle Lcage, No. 120. meets at 792 Main street. Loyal Order of Moose meets at !, Moose Home on Pleasant street. Windham Encampment, No. 10, l. o. 0. r., meets at So7 Main street. School board meets ill selectmen's 1 office, Town building. Proprieters of various Wiiimantic stores heard with interest Tuesday | that in, several places along Main street the long concealed tracks Of i the Wiuiinantic- South Coventry line | had made. their appearance. This | fact interested all those who remem- Der the subject How can we keep the l trolleys running when the snow IS off the ground" which is to be dis cussed at the next meeting of the 1 Willimantic Chamber of Commerce. Residents in that section of the city who depend upon the trolley ears for getting to and from this city are anxious that service again be start ed on the line. Following the sum- mer Of 1919 troile yservice on the South Coventry line was cut down to a great extent and continued so un- til the storm of February 5 last. Since that time nothing has been done to open the line, the trolley company giving as the reason .Se shortage Of coal This shortage still exists, and will no doubt continue for some weeks The time for the spring opening of local stores has arrived and the. question of providing trans portation for those purchasers who live outside the city will soon become one of vital interest to both mer- . chant and purchaser. Nothing has : been learned from the Shore Line Company manager as to the possl- bility of opening the line as soon as the ice is off the rails. Conditions on the Willimantic- Norwich route have slightly improved during the past few days and trolleys have succeed ed in getting as for north as Baltic. , Company officials stated that with [ gold weather it might be possible to get the line opened to South Wind :, ham within a week and after that :. | work will commence on the re- j, mainder of the line.
 Willimantic has been allotted a . quota of s2,000 as it's share in the e $10,000,0G drive that is soon to be e made, in this country by the Zionist organization of America. This fund q will be used in the restoration ol Palestine, making it possible for the
 
 if their forefathers. A campaign for this fund was started in this city . last Sunday evening when at a meet ing of the Zionist organization of Wi . linantic, held at the synagogue, the sum of $1O0 was ledged leaving but $500 to be raised through other
 means. The following honorary of
 ficers for the local campaign have
 been selected: Chairman, Mayor | C
 Lathrop. Donations may be sent tC I Rabbi Max Levine, IS Center h street.
 Funeral services for Thomas Nc.
 Cabe were held Tuseday morning a ' S:3O o'clock from his home at 25:
 Main street. The requiem high mas
 at St. Joseph's church at o'eloei
 was sung by Rev. John E. Clark S. The bearers were Harry J. Lester, to John McKenna, Edward Brennan ant " George Baillardson. Burial was in Si n. Joseph's cemetery. Arrangement s' were ill charge of Killourey Brothers 'S Tuesday morning at 10:45 o'clocI the funeral of Thomas DeYine wa A- held from the undertaking parlors ( Se the Kiliiurey Brothers at 56 Unio Ae street. Services were held al
 o'clock at St. Joseph,s church. Buris s- was in St. Joseph's cemetery. UT Owing to the inability of Edwi -t Whitney to reach this city, the fin; - number of the e ntertainment pro
 gram has had to be changed. Tn
 Light Opera Review of Boston ha
 been secured by the entertainmer
 committee and with such character
 as Janet HerSey. The Sunshine Cir and Ethel Bentley, soprano. it is guar n anteed that a. nrogram of the usu
 high type will be put on at the comin
 entertainment, which will be the la
 of the series.
 A fight between a state highws
 foreman and Q discharged emplo,
 caused considerable excitement amor
 those persons who happened to pa cI by the Andoyer postoffice Tuesds lc morning. It is claimed that the hgl
 was caused over trouble the worl1nla
 had when trying to collect the mont - due him after working hours Monda
 Evidently the argument. taken | again Tuesday grew too hot for wort
 and muscular demonstrations were il
 troduced in trying. to settle the di
 pute. The men, both considerab b
 battered, were finally separated.
 was thought that arrests migllt folio
 Word was received hy Miss Ali A Heaiy of South street Tuesday morl
 ing that she had been successful yes passing the state examinat ton for re- ept istered nurses and that she would .ic. licensed immediately.
 ew Although the American Thread cor 24d pany of this city has taken great f