Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-22
WILLIMANTIC
Norwich Bulletin, Willimantie Of

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 This Saturday evening banquet is to be given at the Chamber of Commerce hall on Main sctreet to P J. Hinds, re- gently appointed superintendent of nlanu- featuring at the local mills MT. Hinds succeeds Peter Hardman, who has been assigned to another department at the local plant.
 The banquet which is to be given by the officials, superintendens and over seers of the local mills is to be preceded by visit to the local plant and tene- ment houses of the plant by the visit ing company officials, and a bowling match at the T. M c. A. between the overseers of the Merritt Mills of Holyoke and those of the Willimantic plant.
 Some twenty-five superintendents and overseers of Holyoke and twelve super intendents and overseers from the Will liam Clarke mills of Westerly R. l., are to be the guests of the local officials. They will arrive here about two o'clock in the afternoon and will be taken over the company property and through RecIe- ation park About four o'clock they will meet at the Y M. c. A. where a bowling match will be rolled. Shortly after six o'clock the dinner is to be served at the Chamber of Commerce building following which there will be brief addresses by visiting and local officials
 At the short calendar session of the windham County superior court held in this city Friday morning, Judge John E. keeler assigned the court cases for the coming week as follows First for Tues day, Gertrude I. Gilman Ts Lottie Gill man; second for Tuesday, Mildred L. Byron vs Jessie F. Byron; third for l Tuesday, Edward N. Mason vs Aime Cor don. First for Wednesday, Doyle 6, Mur- phy vs Federal Paper Board Company second for Wednesday, B. A. Moran vs [ the City of Willimantic; third for We'd nesday Rose M. Capen, executrix, ap- peal from probate doings of commis- sioners on claims Of Arthura P. Els worth. First for Thursday. Ernes Chamberlains appeal from probate es tate of Harriet A. Flint; second fol 1 Thursday, Sarah Siegel vs H. A. Bug 1 bee; third for Thursday A. L. Frink, ad ministrator vs Arthur P. Turner ct al I fourth for Thursday, Katherine Foley VI the City of Willimantic.
 Pleading in two weeks was allowed ol the short calendar list for the case o Court was. adjourned at about 10:4 o'clock until Tuesday morning, Ma. 18th at 10:20 o'clock
 WiIlimantic has failed to give as free ly in the Salvation army drive as ha, been expected and Friday morning, tn day set for the end of the drive passe with but S2O0 raised toward the quota o $500 set for the city. The drive is t be continued another week. Salvatio FArmy Iassies have been stationed at al local theatres and are receiving donation from patrons The response from thi form of campaigning has been bette than the response from personal subscrip tions. Those in charge of the local cam paign feel certain that Willimantc l not going to slump in this drive and tha the coming week will see a great in crease in the donations to this drive b an organization that has done great wor in the past and stands ready to do equal ly valuable work in the future.
 Members of the Philathea class of tn Methodist Episcopal church are rehears ing three act. play entitled Out C Town.
 Mrs. J. o. Lathrop of New Londo was painfully injured Thursday afternoo when the Ford automobile in. which sh was riding crashed into a fence throwin her against the windshield, breaking he . nose and cutting her about the face. MT
 Lathrop and her son, tobacco sale!
 man were on their way to this city an
 had reached a point within a short d
 tance south of Williams Crossing, whe = the steering gear broke and the drive
 lost control of his car which shot aero
 the street striking the fence at the le , of the road and turning off to the rigl
 before coming to complete stop. Mir 7 Lathrop was treated by local doctt
 before returning to her home in Ne , London. The car had broken runnir 4 board and was hauled to a local garae
 for repairs.
 Mrs. Bell B. RiggIeman. for the pa
 nineteen years librarian of the city
 brary has handed in her resignation
 take effect Thursday, July 1st. MT Riggleman's resignation was received
 Alderman Fred Roy, chairman of the e brary committee and was accepted at
 special meeting of the library compost
 of Alderman Fred Roy chairman MI y Claire Morrison Case Mrs. May Ave
 Gates and Mrs. Mary Senior Lovett n Mrs. Riggleman gave as the reason f
 resigning that she needed a rest IT
 committee regretted to have her give t her work at the library.
 When Mrs Riggleman began her duti f as librarian at the city library April
 1901, the number of volumes on t
 has carefully listed 5000 addition c shelves was 5000. Since that time S
 books the total number now listed | k ing 10000. The growth of the circul
 ton of the books at the library has creased nearly 330 per cent. during t l. nineteen years Mrs. Riggleman has be l, librarian, in 1901 the circulation bel
 11O0O while in 1919 it was 36, O00 NJ
 Ruth Terry for the past ten years g
 sistant librarian, entered an applicati
 and the committee voted to recomme
 her for librarian. Mrs Terry has