Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-13

Ddh1clSon apparently naVing week end party for himself during the late much information could be obtained from him, he did say that he was on his way to Wauregan to visit friend when he was struck by the car.
 The body of Charles Dexter Chase, one of Killingly's best known citizens will arrive here this Monday morning from Boston. Mir. Chase died Friday afternoon at the Corey Hill hospital in
 Brookline following a surgical opera tion He had been in poor health for a long time, but the announcement of his death came as surprise to his friends here.
 MT. Chase was a native of the town of Killingly, born April 29, 1852 a son of Giles and Orpah Spalding Chase. His education was obtained in the schools of his native town.
 Practically all of his business life was
 devoted to the textile industry and for many years he was engaged as a wool
 en manufacturer Excepting for a pe | riod of nine years during which he was
 superintendent of the Howe and Jeffer- son mill at Holden, Mass, MT. Chase | had lived in Killingly. He operated
 mills at Elmville and East Killingly and l his prominence in the woolen manufac | turing industry is indicated by the fact 1 that the mill now owned and operated l by Davis and Brown at East Killingly l is familiarly known as the Chase mill
 as was the present American Woolen company plant at Elmville for a long
 time. MT. Chase was thoroughly ac quainted with the woolen manufacturing I industry and in his younger days was
 rated a remarkably 1Iccessful de signer.
 Il MT. Chase served at one time as q
 member of the board of selectmen of
 killingly and held other town offices
 but his business claimed practically all
 of his time and attention and he never
 sought the political preferment which he could have received from the repub- lican party of which he was a member. June 28. 1S7, in Killingly, MT. Chase was united in marriage with Miss Eliza Doty, who survives him with the follow
 ing children: Attorney Warren D. Chase, Hartford; Marion E. Chase, Her
 bert G. Chase A Blanche Chase and Mrs. Harry Storer, the latter resident at Spokane Wash. MT. Chase also leaves four brothers, O'Mera G.. Sterling; Ca nova. Elmvllle David. East Orange, N J.; Cassius D.. Hartford, and one sis ter. Miss Emma S. Chase, of Lynn.
 Mir. Chase was member of Moriar lodge, A. F. and A. NJ, of Columbian commandery K. T.. of Norwich, and other Masonic bodies.
 At their caucus held in the town hal ~ named the following candidates foS town offices: Assessor, James R. Walsh s board of relief, A. Van Woodwork Sc l Iectmen George Alvord, Alcott D I Sayles auditor, A. " Woodworth; ta7 collector. Joseph Bodo; town schoo committee, Miss Emma F. Filling, Mrs { Ella Woodwork; agent town deposi ! fund F. E. Bitgood; registrars, lame J E, Walsh, George Moran James P. Al q 6rich consta bles. William A Graves & George Alvord, Alctott D. Sayles gram :. jurors, Claude E. Moran, Arthur Stone 4 Arthur Viens.
 Miss Felicia c. Terry has sold an
 other of her stories to Chicago pub q lication, it was announced here * Mrs. Howard Worthen of New Lon A don is spending a few days here as tn S guest of Mrs. Alphonsine Arsenau fa and Miss Alice Arsenault. who will re $ turn with her to be her guests for
 time.
 Dancing continues popular. A larg
 number gathered at Wildwood park o
 Saturday evening and there also wei 4 many dancers at the state armory A Members Of the Queen Esther circ A will meet with Mrs. ". E. Reach tn # evening.
 The Danielson Girls club which planning for a busy and interesting ia : and winter season, has meeting sche, ,p uled for Tuesday evening. i'll A plague of small flies descended II o. on Danielson Saturday afternoon an 1 D there seemed to be millions of the lit ,-. m pests. which made life miserable for ic who had to fight them. In some plac re patches of scores of thousands of the aI could be seen in the grass and on u m walks.