Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-13

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 Frederick Hornberger, Nelson A. Dam l Iels, Frank M. Lincoln; fire police, l.. | Leo Thompson, George H. Mllard,
 James Moriarty, Michael Driscoll. Henry Desorneau and Clinton c. Rood. These men were elected. Upon report of the sewer committee, Jeremiah Ly
 one was appointed superintendent of l sewers.
 A resolution on. the death of Eugene Boss was read into the records and i it was voted that a copy be sent to 1 the relatives of the deceased and a
 copy be placed on file. The street com l mittee was given power to attend to the moving of the new pump of the Allen Rubber Company on Main ' street. This pump is to be moved into the gutter.t It was also voted that
 unless the public demanded it there would be no more permits. issued for
 the erection of gasoline pumps in the city of 'Willimantic as it was felt that there was already sufficient num-
 Der. The subject of installing a new auxiliary water main from the pump Ing station to Jackson and Valley
 streets was acted upon.
 Adjournment came at 1o.45.
 In the police court Monday morning, Isadore Berger, arrested Saturday af- ternoon for operating motor vehicle without a license, pleaded guilty to
 the charge but claimed that he had just purchased the automobile ana 1 was learning to drive it at the time
 he was apprehended, and that he had taken with him a man named Cote,
 supposing. that the latter had a driv- CTS license. Cote, it was claimed, had | at one time been q. Chauffeur. This ! supposition on the part of. Berger was 1 entirely wrong as when he and Cote
 were stopped Saturday afternoon 1t 1 was found that neither had a license. i The court decided that Berger fad not intended to break a. law and that his i offense was simply technical one. ! The case was RoIled and Berger paid
 the costs. amounting to s7.15.
 A meeting Of members of willin1an- | tic Chamber of Commerce who had
 volunteered their services to bring in 1 300 new members was held Monday night at the Chamber of Commerce rooms, on Main street. The men un- l der the leadership of Chairman Sam rectory and selected the names of ! those whom they thought might join | the organization if an invitation were extended them. Each member of the committee picked out the names of ] those men whom he would talk with i and before the next meeting of the
 chamber it is expected that the names
 of many new candidates can be put up to be voted upon.
 ' A collection taken up among the employees of the American Thread Go. Saturday, for the Italian Relief Fund
 amounted to s205.57. The work at tho
 mills was under the charge Of Charle. W. Hill i At the close of banking hours or
 Monday afternoon. Noah D. Webster
 treasurer of the. WilIimantic Saving.
 Institute had completed a half. cen. tury of work with that banking house Of this fifty years of service, nineteer and one-half years were spent as clerk or cashier, and the thirty anG
 one-half years as treasurer, the of fee he now holds. MT. Webster wfit is the dean of local bankers. was bofr in Soners. Aug: 2s. 1S47,. and since
 his arrival in Willinlantic. Jan. 12
 1870, has been connected with that in stitution. Mir. Webster comes from old New England stock, his father
 Daniel Webster. Jr., was born II l-onemeadow, Mass, and later becam, warden of the Connecticut. state .pris
 Or at Wethersfield holding that offic,
 until he was mortally stabbed by z prisoner named O'Toole. Following tn,
 death Of his father, MT. Webster, the1 but a boy, returned to Somers witt his mother. He received his early ed
 tIcation in that town and his higf school education at wethersieid AT
 ter he had finished his schooling. MT
 Webster worked for several bushes.
 men in Somers and in Hartford. Jan
 uary 12, 1870, he came to this citv ant
 through the interest of John Tracy
 who had served as a member of the
 state prison hoard of, directors ant shad known Mir. Webster's father
 Noah Webster entered the WiH man
 tic Savings Institute as a bookkeeper
 remaining until June 1889, when ht succeeded Frank F. Webb as treasure,
 of the bank. From that time until noV
 ity -,.
 Tn March. 1873, Mr. Webster va. : united in marriage with Miss sarai
 A. Royce of Franklin. They have on,
 dauehter. Faith Royce Webster. II politics MT. Webster has always beei
 a republican and although he has, nev
 CT held office has always taken inter est in party affairs. MT. Webster i q musician and for many years playet church.
 Miss MurieI Kennedy, teacher in tn Windham High School, and Nils Grace Child. librarian at the Norma school, attended the food sale held a , Storrs College Saturday afternoon, t assist Mrs. Irving. G. Davis, who con , ducted the sale. AT three womei have been students at Sr1ith colleg and give the proceeds of the sale } which amounted to about $25, to tn
 s4,00o,o00 fund being raised for tilei Alma Mater. The drive. for: this fun begins Saturday, Jan. r.
 Of former eurate at St. Joseph
 church, Wilimantic. a Hartford pape said last week:
 Yesterday marked the twenty-fift :. anniversary of Rev. Oliver T. Mag > nells entrance into the Roman Cath olic priesthood. and St. Joseph's Ro = man Catholic parish, Bristol of whic ,. he is the head. united in celebratin 2 the event. Friends of the priest a : over the state united also in extend Il ing to this modest clergyman thei
 congratulations and best wishes.
 Father Magnell is probably one C : the best known priests of the Hartfor
 diocese. He has been a busy life, an