Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-12
Norwich Bulletin. WiIlimantio Office B Church street.. Telephone 105.

NoF"Ich huIietln, N1ltimantto Office.
 B Church street.. Telephone 105.
 | What is going on tonight:
 obwebetuck Lodge No 16 I. o. o. F meets at So7 Main street
 r. Trinity Chapter No g R. A, M. stat. ed comvocation at Masonoic Hall
 | Fred Frieze and Jennie Ellis Brewster, both of Lebanon, will appear before Jus l tice William Curry of Lebanon this 1 (Thursday) morning. charged with aduI- 1 tery and eohabHation?- The, couple were brought to the police station in this city Wednesday night by County Detective
 William ID. Jackson after a 22S-rnile trip
 from Somers, N. Y, to this city. They l were locked, up to await their appearance l in Lebanon this morning. ':
 Frieze and Mrs. Brewster left Leba- i non on Feb. 25- of the current year, Mrs. l Brewster taking with her a son of Il ! years and a baby of only <few months, | leaving her husband William Brewster, to take care of the three remaining chil- l dren, the oldest of which was seven I years. ? ollowing their disappearance l from Lebanon little was heard about 1 them until Detective Jackson learned that the couple were living together in | Somers, N. Y
 1 Detective Jackson left this city early i this week for that city and made the | arrest Tuesday but was delayed in re- 1 turning here as he was forced to await l extradition. of his prisoners After the necessarily details had been fulfilled the | trip home was resumed and the couple was locked up to await
 Frieze, it is said. has been arrested | twice for chicken theft and has a record l behind him. One, he paid a fine and was a f0 1n o~4 l,,E
 easion he served a jail sentence for theft.
 1. It became known Wednesday that Thomas P. Foley and John Henry. mem bers of the general trucking firm of Foley Henry at No. , Railroad street were to retire from the business plac-
 ing all property on sale The business
 built up by the firm of Foley & Henry
 covers all kinds of trucking and for
 the past several years they have carried
 over nifty per cent of the trucking of
 W1illmantic. The specially of the firm
 Is to move heavy machinery and furni-
 ture.
 Twenty-Five years ago. Thomas Foley.
 then of Mansfield came to this city and
 entered the trucking concern owned by
 charles. H. Baker. In 1901 five years
 later, MT. Baker sold tn business to MT.
 Foley and his brother, Daniel Foley. the
 business being done under the firm name of Foley Brothers, Truckmen. In 1904 John Henry entered the partnership with Thomas Foley, the firm name then be- coming Foley & Henry. MT. Henry had been in the livery business for fourteen years. seven years running his ownI stables in the rear of the Sadd block and seven years conducting thhe Turner stables. From the time the partner ship was formed until the present day the business has increased and at pres ent the firm is using fifteen horses and two large Packard auto trucks The number of men employed is from twelve to fifteen.
 Some time ago the firm purchased a 1 large three tenement house on Main | street and later built a concrete garage. with blacksmith shop attached. The l firm is we'll known in this section and | carry on their books notes of some A. 900 furniture moving jobs they have performed.
 As the time draws near for the an nual Elks' Fair word is being received from other lodges in the state that they will send delegations with bands to this ,ity during the fair days The EH1s' Fair of last year was a notable success, word of the affair even reaching Pen lsyiVania lodge, bringing back a letter 'equestlng information as to running hese fairs annually During the past ew weeks members of the lodge have 'een busy at Elks Park preparing the grounds for the big event. The rustic lance pavilion is being removed from ts old site to a point near the exhibition hed. The oval track has been filled n with stone and has been treated ito ] top dressing of gravel and cinders Grass seed has been sown and an eight foot walk is being laid on Pleasant treet, also bank wall is being built. The entertainment committee reports hat John Quigley of Boston has sent even big acts here for the first three lays of the fair. These acts will in- dude "Daredevil' Murphy who will take parachute drop from plane flying t the rate of 100 miles an hour. He will also do stunts with the aeroplane ver the grounds. Murphy is a man of he late Lieutenant Locklear type, and oes stunts Locklear never attempted ne of them being a 100 foot dive atet citing clothes ab1aze using gasoline Tor several months Murphy performed is stunts at Revere Beach, Boston and ater at Hartford under the auspices Of