Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-29
lEWETI CITY

Tonight (Wednesday) everybody that is interested in the welfare of the borough and its fire company IS going I to be at the meeting to talk over and adjust matters relative to the needs of
 the A. A. Young, Jr. Hose and Ladder | Co, No. i. The truck now in commits sion is not only obsolete but out Of re- pair and it needs several hundreds of dollars to put it in shape. It is be- lieyed that the freemen are prepared to l authorize the purchasing of new truck. which can be placed in the en- zine house, fully equipped and up-ta- | date for little more money than would be required to make the necessary reno- yation of the old horse drawn truck | The matter of a suitable alarm system will also be presented for consideration. L. M Carpenter, agent of the Ashland Cotton Go. will offer to the borough 2
 gratis alarm service to be blown on a steam siren operated from the Ashland companys boiler plant. It is believed Ithat the property owners of the borough Twill accept, this evening. what MT. Car Ipenter is ready to do. Then, with this big siren available at all hours, day and lnights A plain blast code will be pre- lpared whereby it will be possible to tell instantly in what section the fire Is located The Baptist bell has played a good part and has become the recog- nized fire alarm but it, must of neces- sity be rung many times for calls to worship. And in the dead of night, if it awakens firemen living at distance from the church it tells them nothing. In several fires within the last few Iyears. the loss has been materially in- Increased because of the delay in locat- -I ing the blaze It is realized by every
 body in Jewett City that times without number have the value of the fire fight j ing institt%~ been proven It is, pretty well settled judging from the eonver- sation heard Tuesday evening, that if any improvement can be made or any handicap removed, 1t will be done when
 matters are talked over this evening,
 Foreman Thomas Wakeley and Fire
 Marshal G. H. Prior are anxious to see ! the home 'firefghting equipment second
 to none in any town of the size and property valuation of Jewett City.
 It was learned Tuesday evening that
 Foreman Wakeley already has a code
 blast plan of definite alarm, with pro
 visions for the mills and schoolhouse, as
 well as for the charted borough sec
 tions.
 Funeral services for Charles F. Hay
 wood s. were held at the Methodist
 church in Voluntown Sunday afternoon
 at ? o'clock Rev. John Thompson of
 fciated. Burial was in Robbins ceme tery, Court Liberty F. of A., having , charge of this service. The bearer, . were members of the order. Ther' were flowers from MT. and Mrs Jame! ? Campbell and family, Mrs Arthur God | dard and finally, Mrs. James Hopkins Mrs Orrin Rix, Mrs Edmond Herbert ] MT. and Mrs. Howard James, MT. ant | Mrs. William Hassler the McGuire fam fly, F. of A, and Mir. and Mrs. J. Ba con. MT. Haywood died at the hom' , of Mrs James Campbell.
 , MT and Mrs. James Began of Brook . Iyn, N Y, were recent guests at lame
 T. Shea's.
 7 Richmond P Gardner has returned | : his studies at the Michigan universit,
 school of music at Ann Arbor He ha enjoyed his summer recess with his par 7 ents, MT. and Mrs. B. R. Gardner. , Richard and James Cotter of Hart I ford are visiting their mother, Mrs John Cotter,
 ! Miss Alice A. Brown has at her hom 2 on the East Main street highlands, a ? exceptionally fine exhibition of aster i lin bloom.
 In report prepared by Earl E. Gi 2 bert. secretary of the Griswold board c s school visitors, the foliwing items wi e be presented to the voters of Griswol next Monday:
 : Five meetings of the board and tw : joint meetings with the selectmen hay t been held.
 5 June 15, 1920, F. H. P. Clement wa
 appointed superintendent of the school
 of the town for the year beginning Sept , l, 1920.
 . The White district school has beel opened as there are enough pupils t , warrant such procedure. The report will further state: f The continued high cost of living an : scarcity of teachers, together com . peIled us to raise the estimates for tn current year two hundred dollars pc /. teacher.
 school which was held during the wit ter of 1919 and proved so great ben !, eft to many of the non-English' speak - ing people and others who attended |. it's sessions.
 ,' The present board of education is A:
 chibald M. Clarke chairman, Arb
 Browning, John F Hennon, Lou 9' Masse, William NJ McNicol, Lewis \ g Carpenter, Earle E. Gilbert, secretary John c. Hawkins, Willis C. Te-ry ( > these the first three will retire th d year as their terms will expire Tas V: o cancies are to be filled from the for | names on the town ticket: John .ee Steward and John T. Barry, reo ar 'I John F Hennon and. Arba Brownin d dem.
 The statement in Tuesdays pap
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