Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-04
MANSFIELD CENTER

After an illness of many months. AlN- son w. Olin died somewhat unexpected ly Friday evening, the 2Sth, Mrs. Olin being alone with him at the time More than a year ago MT. Olin met with
 severe accident while engaged in his
 work as rural mail carrier anr though
 he spent several months in the govern ment hospital in New York, he returned this spring quite helpless in some re-
 spects, and has been confined to the house MT. Olin made many wiends in his long
 years of faithful service as Mansfield's first rural mail carrier. As Mansfield was one of the first towns in which the rural service was established MT. Olin had the distinction of being one of the most experienced in the work The fu- neral was held at the home at three o. clock Monday afternoon, Rev. R. G. Paw ofhciat ting, assisted by Rev E. P Aver. Two hymns, Jesus Lover of My Soul, and Rock of Ages, were sung by Mrs. J. N. Jacobson and MT. Aver. The bearers were Alfred Oden, F. B. Eaton, Oljn Murphy and Carroll Murphy.
 An interesting school meeting wacs held at the Mansfield Center school house on Monday evening. With the object of finding some means of lowering Mans | fields tax rate a petition has been cir- | culated, asking that clause be inserted in I the warning for town meeting. calling for | a vote upon the matter of returning 1 to the old time district system Twen- l ty years ago the town voted for state l supervision, under which system the | schools have shown much improvement | George H. Allen, of the school board, pre- I sided at the meeting, the object of which I was to present the facts concerning the I situation, and provide free and open dis Il eussion. A. W. Buchanan gave the de- I tails of the expenditures of the school board showing that the town received in H state aid nearly half the totals expenss
 of the schools A large item of the
 school expense is for providing tuition
 and transportation for the s7 high sehoo pupils in town. The difficulties of re. turning to the district system were pre- sentef also the possibility of thereby for feiting state aid if the schools wert not kept up to state standard Amens other speakers were R. C. Paw, Mrs A. B, Anthony, c. H. Savage, Prof. Will
 fam P. Kirkpatrick Mrs. R. E. Stearns, F
 B. Eaton and Jesse Enc.
 A part of the school exhibit at Mans field fair was a chart giving the name lkpf Il children througout the town wh, ] were perfect in school attendance tn whole Of last year. Two of these were pu pills from the Mansfield Center school. Ik na and Esther Curgenven
 Rev. c. F. Cummins of Yale uniyersi si ", Trend oI Mr. Pavy, the pastor of tn I church, preached here Sunday mornin } the 10th, MH Cummins is prominen in Y. M. c. A. work in New Haven, al well as being closely associated with oth CT Work of public nature there and do
 ing graduate university work. He is
 stirring speaker, and in his address mad
 strong appeal for the best interests c 3 l chuldren.
 MT. and Mrs. Oden, Miss Helen an Henry Durham were in Rockville Sur day, the 18th.
 MT. Pavy spent Wednesday and Thur.
 day in New Haven.
 2 Mrs. Fanny c. Dewing and family (
 Hartford spent the week end in town
 Rev E. P. Aver was in town last weel
 He preached in Montville, Sunday.
 New Britain.-The annual reception , & the senior class to the junior class wa