Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-20
WILLMANTIC

total number of voters made up to near ly 1,7Go. Of this number, l soc are women voters. and the remaining 200 are men voters. Easing the coming elections on figures for the town elections, the total number of persons that might be expected to cast their ballot will be close to 1000 in the town At the recent town election about 2 200 ballots were cast, about 300 of which were cast by women When the board began its final sessio1. on Tuesday morning there remained about 500 names of those to be made. Members of the board stated Tuesday evening that many of these names were those of woIn- en already voters, or were duplicate names of those now on the lists. Sixteen motorists charged wit hrun- | ming automobiles with illegal lenses ap- peared at the police court Tuesday morn ! ing and nine of them received fines of | ten dollars and costs amounting to SIS. 15. Two other eases were continued these be- 1 ing Everett J. Burke of Tariffville and James E. Mad of Willimantlc. The date for the hearing will be November l 3rd. Joseph Berghinas, of Norwich, fail | ed to put in appearance. Those who paid | the fines of ten dollars and costs were James Aspinwall; Samuel Boucher, Will liam H. Brehant, Max Rothhlatt, Her man Prag and Frank B. Rafferty all of | this city, Frank Germalinsky and Harlin l D. Woodwork of South Coventry 'fnd Albert B. Wetherbee of North Windham | In the cases of the following the fines 1 were renitted: John P. Curiey, South Coventry, Jack Seigelbaum of Leonard $ Bridge, Edmund Freeman and Charles P. l Mulligan of WiIlimantic
 Pleas of guilty were entered by all ] these men excepting Seiglbaum, wflo ] thought he was within the law as the up-
 per half of the lenses of his car were l painted with black varnish. Inspector
 Gorgas stated that this did comply 1 with the law, but that the varnish had
 worn off and the lights had become giar- 1 ing Most of the Srnen had their cars equipped with Moreiite lenses, so-called,
 but these do 'not comply with the state 1 laws.
 Evidence against the autoists was fur
 nished by Motor Vehicle Inspectors Cor
 gas and Carroll who operated in this city 1 October 11th, the delay in hearing the
 cases being due to the number of cases 1 the inspectors had ahead in other cities
 where they had been on duty
 The list at the elFfee of Town Clerk
 Frank P. Fenton shows that four hundred | residents of Windham have taken out H. censes for hunting purposes and are l roaming the couatry nearby after small
 game.
 Sergeant Wilson. of Springfield, recent iy discharged, has an office at 2S Union
 street and is looking for volunteers for i the U. s. army. The office is to remain | open until the end of this month and any 1 information desired can be obtained by l applying there.
 Canton Windham, Uniform Rank, l. O.
 0. F., is to hold a public inspection at the
 town hall, October 22 The inspecti. | is
 to be in. charge of Colonel c. M. Chap 1 pell and staff of New Haven.
 l Over a dozen members of Willimantic 1 Women's Christian Temperance Union left tere Tuesday to attend the forty l fifth annual state convention to be held at ] the Church of the Redeemer, in Hart l ford. Sessions opened at o'clock Tues day afternoon, the final session to be at
 that hour Thursday afternoon.
 Frank P. FehtCn, tswn clerk of Wind | ham is to be the speaker at the citizen
 ship meeting for women to be held at the
 r. M. e. A. this CWedhesday) evenine
 al 1880 o'clock. MT. Fenton will have for
 his subject National Government. Ht
 will explain the functions of the execu.
 tive, legislative and judicial branches of
 the government. Another feature of tfn