Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-24
Norwich Bulletin, WiIlimantic Of ice, 23 Church St., Telephone 1o5.


 Willimantic' Lodge. No. 12o. A. B. S., meets at 793 Main street.
 Willimantic Commandery, No. 256, U. o. c. C., meets.
 Windham Encampment, No. 10, l. Q. Q. F., meets at S07 Main street.
 A meeting of women from Willi- mantle and surrounding towns was held Tuesday afternoon at the Y. M. c. A.. building under the auspices of the Woman's auxiliary of the Y. The pur- pose of the meeting was to arouse in- terest in the play, The Five Million, ing April Mrs. c. D. Stone, president of the auxiliary, opened the. meeting shortly before o'clock and called upon Miss. Elizabeth Abbe of Wind ham, who told of the play The Five Million and what it taught. Miss Maude Sheerer of New York. who is to direct the play, explained that this play had run seven months in New York before being released for the road, and when 1t showed in this city it would be its first time on the stage acted entirely by amateurs. It is the plan of those endeavoring to bring the play to this city to make it possible for the community at large to take part
 
 ed under the auspices of the Y, per sons belonging to other organizations are to be asked to take part Frank Hill then outlined a plan whereby persons from towns surrounding Will limantic could participate in the play and arrangements for their trans l portation will be taken care of. Sub i chairmen from each of the surround ing towns will take charge of these l, affairs for their own community. Miss Grace Randall. assistant direc- tress of the play. explained the com l petitive poster idea. If is her plan tc | have people design poster illustrat- | ing the play and these will be judged 1 for their artistic value and advertisins value. Three prizes will he given ant the posters will be placed on exhibi l t:cI ir some local store window. Fol | lowing Miss RandalPs talk. member! of the auxiliary served eta and wafer! to the guests.
 Michael J. WeIch of Jackson stree is patient at St. Joseph's hospital suffering with injuries about the leg 1 and face. received when he was strucl by chunks of ice hurled high in thu air when manhole cover on one 0 the Southern New England systems 0 conduits on Jackson street in front 0 the building where Welch and hi ] family lives was blown off. because 0 | pressure of gas within the conduit Mir. Welch, who is an early riser. is Ii | the habit of taking walk befor breakfast, and Tuesday morning h l left his house about f5.45 and startet | down Jackson street. He had not gon l far when he was suddenly hurled u l against the show window of a confec | tionery store occupying the corne l space., breaking the glass. which GU him badly about the face. He als' l sustained injuries about the legs, du ] to the chunks of ice hurled by tn l force of the explosion.
 People living in that neighborhoo- rushed from their homes following tn explosion and found .Nelch lying un l conscious upon the sidewalk about si ] feet from the manhole that had cause the trouble. His son Paul was tn first to arrive and with the help 0 James Colgan, a railroad passenge conductor, the unconscious man wa carried to his home, from where h was taken to St. Joseph's hospital fo treatment By night it was state that although the patient was suffer ing from painful wounds he was rest ing as comfortably as could be ex peeted
 The explosion at this point was s