Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1920-05-20
DANIELsON

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for the Quinebaug company at their
plant on the West Side: This stockhouse
will have a capacity of 1000 bales OF
cotton.
There were several theater parties
from Danielson to see the presentation
Of Bah at the Davis in Norwich We'd
nesday. All the Danielson parties made
the trip in motor, cars.f VT
The funeral of Mary Jane Perreault
was held from the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Adelard Perreault, with a
service at St James church, Rev. John
Roux, NJ. s., officiating. Burial was in
Holy Cross cemetery. Martin T. Burns
was the funeral director.
At the home of her son. Byron e. |
Round, in Foster, Wednesday afternoon
funeral service for. Mrs. Caroline E.
Round was conducted by Rev Gilbert
Cutler Burial was in 1.-The Round fam
ily cemetery. Relatives acted as bear
ers A F. Wood was the funeral direc-
tor.
Firemen and coal handlers of the
Danielsen and Plainfield Gas and Elec-
trio company at the Plainfield plant are
threatening to go out on strike Satur-
day.. if their demand for an advance in
wages is not granted by the company.
The firemen are now receiving $4.12 for
an eight hour day and demand $3.50.
The coal handlers are receiving $685.
and are asking for s5.25 1t was stated
here that the company does not feel
that it is in a position to grant de-
mand that is approximately 80 per cent.
increase over the present wage scale.
| About IA men figure in the demands for
more money. The lighting company
! supplies light and power for the string
of towns from Jewett City to Ballou-
vile and a strike that tied up the plant
would cause great inconvenience in this
| immediate territory. Much of the power
developed at the Plainaeld station goes
to drive machinery in some of the mills
| in this town.
Putnam high school scored $50 1-3
points against $50 Is for Killingly High
school, in the spelling match held at the
! high school here. as told in Wednesdays
Bulletin. Miss Ruth Franklin, who stood
! longest of the Killingly high school team
was presented with beauty pins as a
prize for her success.
In the spelling contest between teams
representing the grade schools of Kill
| lingly and Putnam the Putnam team
won both in the written and oral tests,
! scoring 598 points against 40 2-3 for
| Killingly. Franklin Perry, who stood the
| longest for Putnam, was the prize win
aer, receiving a gold stickpin.
| Supervising Agent Wilson,. represent.
ing the state board of education. in SterI-
i ing and Woodstock gave out the words
Tho plant of the River Weaving Com
pany, where some of the weavers went
out on strike a short time ago, is again
running with its usual complement of
Il help. 1t was stated that the manage
ment of the mill met with no difficulty in
filing the places of the few who went
out on strike:
Next week Will be CIean-up week in
| Danielson, and plant that are being
worked out seem. to give assurance tina;
there will be many interested persons
engaged in the task of Frightening UT
many hooks and corners needing atten-
ton in the borough. Saturday, May 20
I will likely be the big day of clean -uT
week, for a large number of Danielson's
residents will be having half-holiday
which they will devote to the work il
: view.
Clerks in stores in DanielsOn are ex
: pressing themselves as well pleased ovel
: The announced arrangement under whicl
. they are to get half holidays during tllt
summer season. The CLERKS VINO arr
reaHy Interested in the success OF tllel
employees feel that the concession of Civ
= ing them some half-holidays, in June al,
Ill September, without closing the stores
= IS satisfactory arrangement, While the,
get, as usual i'll the summer, the closin;
half holidays in July and August
The Rhode Island company which Cd
i crates q trolley express service mo TIM
= territory. is olfering d suggestion 10 IN
public by placardlngs exprcss cars y IN
line with big announcements r-,.Iii;
Ship by trolley" This Slogan Is sug
h eested to Call attention TO Il source of re
4 lief from the irritating tle-ups cause
: by the endless succession OF strikes an
: labor difficulties that have caused con
gestion on the steam roads.
e Members Of Leo J. L'Homme posi-
: American Legion, will decorate grave
:. OF their fellows of the World war whe
=, exercises are held here on Memorial day
y A wreath will be laid at the memor1a
/ stone erected at st. Joseph's cemeter
g in Dayriile Tor Leo j. L'Homme, who's
body rests in France and for whom III
post is named and the graves of 'Georg
Beeney, in Brooklyn, and William t
Pike at Central Village, will be deco
rated.
= Copy for the new telephone director
which has just gone TO press shows thu
n there are now about 1000 telephone
,el within the territory covered by the Oar
I'll lelson division, which also formerly ii
cluded the territory now within the Moo
In sup division.
Killingly people are anxiously avail
ing the announcement by the census bl
reau as to Killinglys population. Thel
4 are many and varied guesses as to Whs
4 percentage of increase will be show
here. Undoubtedly it is considerabl,
as the whole Connecticut Mills sectfo
and Goodyear have been developed will
/ in the past ten years, since when q. ns
tional census has not been taken. TT
1 average CUES is that the population wi
l be- shown to be between 5000 and 9
600, though the optimists are figuring c
hearing of about 10000, which certainl
/ will not be too high in the not distar
I future, if the present rapid rate
growth continues. The new mill
1 Goodyear and other developments goir
on here will add at least 1000 to Il
population within the. next tweH
1 months.
Henry Chaplin, who recently dispos,
of his interests in the firm of McEwe
and Chaplin, has leased a store in ii
Bradford building on Center street,
Several touring cars filled with mer
bers of the Mystic Shrine left here {
Wednesday afternoon en- route for Han
ford, where, during the evening, tn,