Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-22
WILLIMANTIC

men in uniform, the best appearing corps The. corps entering the con tests were. St. Annfs Fife and Drum Corps of Waterbury. Farmigton Drum | Corps of Unionville, Chesbro's Drum Corps of Stonington, and the East | End Fife and Drum Corps of Wat | erbury. T. NJ. Russell Flute and l Drum Corps of Middletown was un- able to compete as several of their l men failed to get to this city.
 The prizes were awarded as follows: i Corps having most men in uniform, l Pennington Drum Corps of Unionville, | IT men, major,- James Goodchild. Best | appearing corps and best playing corps, Chesbro's Drum Corps of Stonigton; fl men, Major James distance, East End Fife and Drum | Corps of Waterbury, IS men, major, John Griffin. Best appearing major, James Goodchild, major Pennington Drum Corps. The prizes in these con- tests were silver lcving cups. In the baton swinging contests Majors John | Griffin, Arthur Veiiette and Goodchild competel and the judges awarded the prize, gold medal to Arthur Veilette of St. Ann's Fife and Drum Corps. Following the awarding of prizes dancing was enjoyed until midnight. About three hundred residents If 1 this city and surrounding towns of , Polsh birth attended the meeting l held Sunday afternoon at the town i hall under the auspices of Americani- zation Agent J. D. Elmendorf. The meeting began at 2:30 o'clock with a welcome extended by MT. Elmen- l doif. Next on the programme was | the singing of the Star Spangled Ban l ner, by Mrs. Ruth HerricR. Capt. 1 Frank P. Fenton was then introduced and he greeted the people of Polish birth with a few lords. Following Mir. Fenton's talk everybody present ! joined in singing the Polish National I anthem. Capt. J. B. Fullerton repre- senting the Willimantic chamber of
 commerce was the next speaker and he was followed by W. J. Szewzyski of Hnlyoke, the speaker of the aft
 ernoon who had for his subject tWhy
 Every Polish immigrant should desire
 10 become a citizen of this country"
 His talk was 100 per cent. American
 ization.
 The meeting closed with the singing
 of America by the Polish school chill dren.
 About sixty members of the Willi-
 mantle branch of the Knights of Co., , lumbus were at Norwich Sunday aft ! ernoon where the third degree was
 being worked on a class of candidates. William Knox, aged 68 was found
 dead Sunday morning sitting in his chair in his room In the Kinball [ block. Mrs. Mollie Hampstead who } conducts, boarding house in that 1 block sent someone to Mr. Knox S , room about ten o'clock Sunday morning with 8 breakfast for him 3 and when the person failed to get any answer from Mir. Knox an investiga- [ tion was made and it was found that ? he had died suddenly. Medical Ex- l aminer pr. F. E. Wilcox was sum- moned and after an examination pro- l nounced death due to heart failure
 and that MT. Knox had been dead ? several hours.
 ; MT. Knox was for year employed 2 at the wool extracting mill at Gov l entry, owned by E. A. Tracy. He gave up this position about ona
 year ago and came to this city about I the first of this year. Nothing has l been noticed that might have sug- gested any cause f( complaint with
 the deceased until he failed to an swer Sunday morning. He is surviv- . ed by one son, Sergeant William L. l Knox om Company l., New London who makes his home in Mystic. The
 deceased was a native of Canada but
 had lived much of his life in this
 country.
 The Emeralds of this city lost the
 second game of a three game series
 with the Crescents of TaftviIle. The
 final score was 29 to 21. The thirt
 game will be played. at a latter dat
 but the place has not yet been decided Iron.
 In finding Stephen Palmer the 1!
 year old son of Theron Palmer 0
 Windhsxn Center, guilty of the theft 0
 five dry cell batteries valued at $4
 from the gasoline engine of Horac = Rood on December 23rd last. Judg l Frank H. Foss ended the second chap
 ter in the case of Rood vs Palme
 that has hung fire in the local polio l court for some few weeks. At tn Saturday morning session of the DO
 lice court six witnesses were hear h for either side and following tn
 summing up of the evidence, Judg = Foss took particular stock in the tes
 timony of two seemingly disintereste
 parties. c. Arthur Keeney presente
 by the state, and James Mackie fo
 the defense, and the decision c :. guilty was handed down and a fine c ~ two dollars and costs amounting c $10.65 were imposed. The father C
 the accused paid the fine.
 Stories told by the Rood and Palme
 families were far from similar. tn
 Roods cls'~i-'~ +'-ot young Palme
 had admitted to them that he ha
 taken the nse Oa..-4Ies, and later |
 told them that he had not taken tn
 batteries were stolen from the bar
 used by Mir. MaclSie. MT. Keene
 told that young Palmer had admit A ted the theft of the batteries and ha T7 told the same thing his home be
 fore his parents The Palmers Ganie 'es this last statement, claiming that u ps boy admitted having some old ba IF teries that were given to the RooC sw i've one Of the Palmer children ar 4d that these were taken over to u