Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-02
Norwich Ruiietin,s WiHimantic a0f, flee, 23 Church St, Telephone 1o5.


 Hereafter local plumbers will charge at the rate of 80 cents an hour for their work. This decision was reached meeting of the WiIlimantic master plumbers attended by members Of the journeymen plumbers union. The. journeymen plumbers asked for an iIl- crease of 30 per cent. over the present wage scale of 65 cents an hour for a, A hour week. making the weekly sal ary $28.60. The new agreement at the rate of 80 cents an hour for a A. hour, week gives the plumbers an average weekly salary of $S5.20. <
 Tonight {Friday) there is to be a. meeting of the master builders and the carpenters local union, No. S25, and an attempt will be made to come to some agreement relative to the de- mands recently made by the journey men carpenters The rate demanded I by the carpenters is $1 an hour for a A hour week. The wage scale. grant l ed Jan. 16 of this year called for s31 50 for a 50 hour week. for inside work and $S2.20 for a A hour week for outside l work.
 During March the cases of conta- 1 gious diseases in the city of Willi- mantle numbered 65. The report as l given by City Health Officer pr. W. P. $. Heating follows: Chickenpox 4, 1 diphtheria 4. measles 1, lobar pneu- i monia 8. scarlet fever F. tuberculosis #j 1, typhoid fever 1, whoping cough 3, Tl influenza 36 The number of influenza leases seems to be on the decline,s none
 having been reported in the past few Fl days. Influenza cases in this city since the epidemic reached here Jan. 24 have \ numbered 150
 ! Daniel E. Duff and son Thomas oi Norwich have been visiting Mir. Duff's
 brother, John Duff. of Turner street. II The Ford coupe purchased last Jan.
 uary by the WiIlimantic Junior Rec q Cross for use by the two local nurses i-connected with the public healtf l nursing will be used for the first time today s(F7riday). The Willimantit Junior Red Cross was organized in thu town of Windham in 1917 and since
 that time the members have been do ,, ing their bit. When the plan for pub lie health nursing in this city was frs taken up by the Red Cross it was seer
 that if the nurses were to cover tht wide territory they should be provided l with some means of transportation , The Senior Red Cross took the matte ; up but as soon as the Junior Ret } Cross learned of the reed the member ) ] immediately decided to purchase al
  , ganization. The coupe which is to b , used in the work bears on either sid , the inscription Junior Red Cross o Willimantic, and the emblem of tha organization is in the center.1
 That the Junior Red Cross of thi l teity is an active body was learned a ] a recent, meeting when the treasurer l report showed a balance on hand o !, $L129.S6. of which $809.61 had bee held over from 1919. On addition t ] donating the automobile for Red Cros work, the. organization has sent. SIT
 to the national council at New Tor e for use in welfare work, among tn t children of Belgium and France Tn
 Junior Red Cross has a membershi e of 1,400, every school in the city -bein Represented. Amounts turned into tn s treasury during the present year fror
 the various schools were: Windhar
 High school $93.S6. Windham stree
 $40. Natchaug grammar $s6.25, Oak
 $9.25, South WindhaTn SS25, Windha1 $ Center S22 25, North Windha1n SAP e st. Mary, s parochial s1s.25, St. Jc
 tsephs -parochiaf $4f.25. 2 Officers of the Junior Red Cross 7. the town of Wirdham are. Chairman = John B. Dougall, principal of Wind d Imam street school; secretarv,+ Mis e Lucy Stone, Oaks school: treasurer.
 L. Harroun,- Natcaaug gramms l. Eschool;s associates, Miss Foley. Sout 7. tsWindham; North. Miss Clara .Sible1 = 112Windhan Center, Miss Eiizabet s. Branch: Windham High. Miss Red d mar: St Mafv'ss 9aro cfliaL schoe = Mother Geraldine: St: Josenh's pare
 chial school, Mother Tharsilia.
 o Funeral services for Mrs. Joses 1T Cartier Mathieu. were held Thursda