Norwich bulletin., 1920-11-11
WILLIMANTTC

Haley of New York attended the meeting and congratulated the winners. This
 awarding of prizes has tended to keep the properties in better condition than ever before, and the policy will be con- tinued. Prizes were awarded by Charles W. Hill
 The following program was presented: Song, America; duet, piano and violin, Miss Helen Weinsh and George Lewis vocal solo, Joseph Duval; story, Mrs. l Charles II. Beebe; vocal duet, Misses | Ethel Perkins and Alice Exley; story, Mrs. Charles H. Beebe vocal solo, Joseph Duval; vocal solo, Miss Martin remarks, 1 Agent Don H. Curtis and Gen. Charles ] w. Hill Miss Isabelle O'Brien was ac- companist for the musical selections.
 Later ice cream, cake and coffee were
 served. Dancing to music by a three piece orchestra was enjoyed
 At the first of the season Windham High and Stonington High agreed to play | one game this season, in Willimantic | Nov 18th. Wednesday a telephone call
 was received from the Stonington mana
 ger cancelling the game. His reason was | that on a past occasion members of the ! eleven had nearly become involved in a l fracas with Willimantic sports and they would not come to this city because of
 that They would, however, play Wind | ham at Stonington. The Windham boys
 are wondering if the Stonington manage 1 ment is hard up for money, as the reason given for not coming here is a weak one when it is known that Stonington has i reputation of being the neatest bricking | town on the map. Windham elevens and | Norwich elevens can cite times when it l was most agreeable to leave that town after Stonington had been administered a. trimming, the fans there evidently not
 yet being able to take a beating without
 wanting to fight afterwards The spirit :; there may be different now, but experi- | ences say no,
 | Judge Gardiner Greene. of Norwich. at the session of the Windham county su- perlor court 1n this city Wednesday morning granted Mrs. Madeline Klein, of
 Brooklyn, Givorce from. Emil Klein
 now of New York She was also grant
 ed the custody of two minuor children.
 Antoinette 19 and George 16. Klein was
 also ordered to pay $500 alimony with
 in two weeks. The original complaint alleged habitual intemperance, this being
 amended to include the charge of cruel i ty. Brown ard Perkins of Norwcih represented Mrs Klein, and Charles L. Torrey of Putnam was counsel for the. defendant. No defense was offered. | Mrs. Klein testified that she was mar ried to defendant February 10 1891
 and lived with him until June 1919. For
 the past five and one-half years she had 1 resided in Brooklyn. She told of num- erous instances of cruelty on the part
 of the husband July 4, 1916, while un-
 der the influence of liquor he held a gun | in his hand and threatened to shoot her ] Later he became fighting mad through | use of intoXicants and called her vile | names and abused her One time he
 caught her by the throat and forced her
 to the floor, and at another time he ! yanked chair from beneath her Once when she was to take an automobile
 ride with her son he grabbed her foot and dragged her out onto the ground He never was pleasant, she said; he had an ugly nature and was alleged to have sai
 on many occasions, that he wished his wife had been under the sod twenty years ago and that she could go to H. as far as he was concerned" There was
 no reason for these actions on his part Often she and the children went without food and clothing and she had been com pelled to take in washines Then her
 health failed ard she took up farm work. Her husband left her in June 1919 and later came back and took practically all
 the household goods, and then she went
 to live with one of her older sons Once
 after he had been arrested for non-s1p- port her husband sent her s1O0. He was
 a heavy drinlSer and often she took emp
 ty fasl1s out of his pockets or found
 them about the property.
 Emil Klein. a son, now a chief petty
 officer in the U. s. navy told of leav-
 ing home when IT because of inhumane
 treatment accorded him by his father
 His mother he said, received even worse
 treatment than he did. He had con.
 tributed as mitch as he could spare te
 support his mother. He had been station