Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1920-06-10
DANlELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
DANELSON

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DIR. and Mrs. Nathaniel Hubbard are
away on a vacation of two weeks to be
spent among the mountains about Lake
George.
Horace F. Turner, supervisor of
schools, has received word of the death
of his mother in New Haven.
None of the many teachers in Killing
Iy's schools nor any of the town officials
called as witnesses in the Wardell-
KiI1ingly case in the superior court at
Putnam on Wednesday were called upon
to testify, due to the turn which the case
took.
Monday, June IA, Flag day, will be
observed in the schools of the town of
Killingly.
Miss katherine D. Aylward is at New
Haven today attending a conference of
chief operators of the S. N. q. 7. COM
pany.
Principal Charles L. Ames of the Brown
school, Hartford, often spoken of as the
melting pot, has fled an annual report
showing the remarkable amount of Amer
icanization work that has, been done there
among representatives of IA different ma
tionalities during the past year. Mr..
Ames is a Killingly man and one of the
best known educators in the state.
front wheel of a light automobile truck
owned by Whipple & Gilpatrie of Putnam
blew out on Main street, opposite Davis
park, late Wednesday afternoon, the ma
chine loaded with cement, swerved,
| struck tree, glanced off and then col
| lided with pole supporting the trolley
overhead Eugene Gom0nd, the driver,
escaped without injury while his com
panion, whose name was; not obtained by
those investigating the accident, sustain
! ed only shaking up and some bruises.
| The trolley pole that was struck was
broken off, tangling up the guy wires so
| that trolley service was delayed for a
! time. The truck was notsbadly damaged.
| The town will do honor to Jacob Pidgc,
| the near-centenarian, who was born in
| Killingly, and who always claimed this
town as home no matter where his labers
! called him Mr.. Pidge is to have fu-
4 neral service at the Congregational
4 church in South Killingly, in which sec
ton OF tho town he was born and lived
most of his long life.
That there is sharp division of opinion
and distinct cleavage between the adher'
ents of each side was indicated Wednes-
day at Putnam when opportunity was
given to interview a number of the
Wardell-Killingly case. This case is one
about which the public, which is very di
rectly concerned, wants to know. all of The
facts Many things have been said aboq
various phases of the case which, it is
generally felt, should be cleared up. bu
for the present hope of trial must BIZ
deferred.
Robert w. Boys of the Goodyear Mill
company brought back from his recen
trip to England and France a number o
interesting souvenirs which he picked VI
on the battlefelds in northern Frante
Among the most priced of his souvenirs
: is German war cross which Mr.. Boy
picked up at a point where. evidently, TIL
: body of German soldier had lain for
t long time. Mr.. Boys also picked up
: helmet and about 200 rounds of German
small arms ammunition.
The plant of the American Wooden com
> pany is now operating on a schedule o
four days a week, which is TIE same ar
rangement as is now in force N practical
ly all of the mills of the big corporation
although some of it's mills are going o.
to three days a week. Killingly's othe
mills continue to run full time
At her home in DayvilIe Wednesda
afternoon a funeral service for Mrs
Sarah Geer was conducted by Rev. Wal
ter B. Williams of the Westfie1d Congre
gational church. Burial was in Grow
street cemetery, in which city Mrs. Gee
was born and made her home for years
The bearers were Fayette Geer and vii
Fred Geer, sons of the deceased, Aide
Geer. grandson, George F.Davignon. Ralp
Tefft and Henry Burgess. Louis E. Ken
nedy was the funeral director.
At his home in Atawaugant Tuesda
OIsx IT.
!, an 0lness of considerable duration NJ
Tetreault was born in Canada but cam
to the United States as a young man an
had lived in this town for years. He
survived by his wife.
Final examinations of the school yea
will engage the attention of Killingl
High school students today and tomol
row. This is the last full week of tt
school year, as next week will be broke