Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-24
they left Norwich. but on the return trip it will take them sSe minutes to make the

trip.
 The Norwich W il limantic trolley is to conform to the daylight saving plans adopted by Norwich and New London This means that the first trolley to ar. rive in Willimantic will come in at 5.l5 instead of. SIS as on the. old time. In the evening Willimantic people must take the trolley leaving here at ss25 Or they will have to wait until 1o.15, This is caused by the trolleys running on new time while Wfllfmantic still has the standard time. Whether the Connecticut Company will put ps an aditional car leaving this city at 9.25 has not been am nounced but ifait isn't done local people must take the early trolley or stay up late.
 special meeting of the common coun-s cil was held Friday. night at the council rooms at the town hall. Owing to the poor weather conditions a number of the. aldermen we.e unable to attend. The. meeting was called to order at 7.55 by Mayor Charles A. Gates and it was voted. that bill of ss1s due the town of Mans field from the city of Willimantic should be paid. A resolution allowing the A1nes Motor company to cut down a portion of the wall bordering the Sayles property on Main street wide enough to: allow the construction of driveway was adopted. It was understood, however, that the wall was to be reconstructed when the driveway was no longer put into use.
 At this meeting of the common coun- cil the street committee consisting of Az dermen Bowen, Hickey and Carlsen held a hearing on the Chestnut street. and Lewiston avenue question. It was an-. nounced that the old line adopted by the city engineer several years ago would be done away with and that a new grade would be established which would leave the present grade practically as it now is. few places on the roadbed would be cut down and other places would be filled. The following property < owners were present and agreed to ffle plans of the. street committee. Louis Hall, Harold Taylor, c. H. Rhinehart, A C. Everest A P. Benner. Archie Sharpe and the Fry sisters. 5. ss A hearing on the conditions ssarising from the swamp in the section enclosed by Ives and Chapman street was allowed people living in that section of the city by. the following members of the sanitary committee, Aldermen Roy Hickey and Carlsen Several people whose land is par partially overoflwed by the gathering of water attended the meeting and stated
 
 there had been no swamp iIi that spot and only after the Ameriean Thread company started to fill in oas their pro;l- erty and covered the opening of, the. cul- vert placed there by MT. Potter did the water flow onto their land They were of the opinion that if the culyert were opened again the water would drain of | and conditions. existing previous to the l filling in by the Thread company would once more exist Attstlie suggestion of Alderman Roy the people having proper ty in that section and members of the sanita-y committee will meet at the swamp on Sunday afternoon, May 2, al 1 2 o'clock and a better idea of conditions may be found that might: lead to a plan 1 for remedying the trouble which iso in snc Way the fault of the Chestnut street pro. perty owners.
 There was large attendance at the concert and old fashioned dance given b, i Purinton Temple No. 2, Pythian Sisters l Friday night at the town hall The mus 1 ical programme began at 8 o'clock ane at S.45 the grand march was led off b, ] Mayor and Mrs. Charles A. Gates. I 1 programme of eighteen numbers in whicl ] new and old dances were many. was ther i enjoyed. During intermission refresh ], mentS were servey by the Pythian Sister, under the direction of Sister Ella H Gurley, E S.
 The success of the affair was due tt | the work of the committees made up a, l follows: General director, Mayor Charle A. Gates. who was assisted by the fol lowing sisters, Jennie Anthony Mimi Wilson. Olive Anthony. Agnes Johnstone Edith Arnold Minnie Smith and com mittee of arrangements with Irwin M | nrd r1o A and treasurer, Margaret McArthu, ] Fannie Larkins, Walter R.. King. VII I liam E. Higgins
 The mems bowling team and tb I Girls bowling team of the Willimanti plant of the American Thread company accompanied by over 90 rooters vii leave this city this. 'tSaturday) noon a l2;50 o'clock for Holyoke, Mass Earl
 fer in this week itiwas stated that au tomobilesl would be furnished those desir
 ing to make the trip and many took ad
 vantage of the offer Sixteen automohil
 loads are scheduled to leave from tn main office. of the plant at the eorne of Main and Union streets for the tri
 to the Hadley mills of the America .i Thread company. At this point the res
 room of the company will be placed a 7 the disposaIsof the local people.
 The games in Holyoke will be rolle lon the Suffolk alleys, six of them lha1
 ing been reserved for the evening. La.
 week Saturday the local bowlers tr
 umphed over the Holyoke teams whe duck pins were rolled. The game tt
 night is to be rolled with candle pin
 For the past few nights members of Il
 local teams have practiced on the latt, kind of pins and feel that they can ho
 their own against all corners Tn add
 tion to the games to be rolled by u
 girls and mems teams, third series w
 be between the overseers of the tv
 plants. Following the bowling match
 an entertainment is scheduled to tai place under the auspices of the Athlet
 association of the Merrick mills. IT
 local bowlers and rooters will arri, l home, to Wfllimantic early Sunday nor
 ing.
 Chief of Police Stephen J. Tobin
 Rockville visited for a short time in th
 city Friday.
 Attorney Samuel B. Harvey attend 2 the session of the Holland county supel
 or court Friday at Rockville.
 The summary process case of the Fir i. Spiritualist society of Willimantic Salvatore Foti also of this city, wfi a was to have been tried Friday afterno at two o'clock was continued for t
 third time when two of the lawyers e ' gagged in the case were unable to attel
 as they were engaged at the session
 the superior court at Rockville.
 Motorists of this city who may z tagged in the future for disobeying t
 new city ordinance concerning t Il