Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-11
DANIELSoE AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

At Wednesdays session Of the su- l perior court here, Judge George E. | Hinnan heard the case of Mike Taylor l vs. Edward Demers, both of Goodyear. The plaintiff charged DemeTs with be- ing responsible for a collision, in September last. between an automo- bile owned and driven by Taylor and a motorcycle with sidecar. driven by Demers. and claimed damages for the injury of his car.
 The crash came early one Saturday afternoon at the point where North
 street, at is westerly end, joins the
 highway to Goodyear, near Westfeld
 cemetery.
 Taylor, with Stanley Bush as his companion, were driving in the tour
 ing car from Danielson to Goodyear.
 riding in the sidecare, was coming to-
 ward Danielson.
 The evidence of various witnesses
 was that Demers tried to drive his
 motorcycle past the touring car on the left side of the road and that this was the cause of the collision, which damaged the Taylor car about $75. Victor Schmidt and Robert Day, who came along in an automobile soon after the accident occurred, testified l that the automobile was far over on l the right side of the road and that | the motorcycle that had plunged into | it was on the left hand side of the road. c. H. Pellett of Danielson also | testified as t booming along in one of his cars sometime after the accident and of noting the spot where the col
 lision had taken place. The crash took place. he said, on the right hand i side of the road. After a number of l witnesses had been heard counsel on
 each side held a conference and 9 set l tlement was offered. Attorney Harry l.. Back was counsel for Taylor, s. z. 1 Russell and c. L. Torrey for De- | mers.
 | Regular freu,en who discussed o~ | Wednesday the announcement that i five resignations of regular members I of Hose No. 1 would be filed this I (Taursday) evening when the com tpanys meets to elect officers and that I 20 associate members of the same 1 company also would file their resig-
 nations said that five regulars might
 resign but that no associate members :, would resign.
 II At its last meeting Hose Company I No. voted to discontinue its asso- l ciate membership list, so these mer cannot resign from a n orCanization tC , which they do not belong" said one O
 the regulars of the No. company , who will remain. They are as mucf out or: the fire department now as the! ever will be-"
 The firemen quoted also stated tha :, the No. 1 company has a new man al ready to take the place of every rraI
 who will resign or who has been dropped from the department, also
 enough new men to form a brand new , company to take the place of the No company. which has resigned in :, body the resignations 10 take effec 11,t on April 1.
 The names of the ren who hay ! ! been selected to fN ir all If tho va ca-cies would TO. he released o7 Wed 1 nesdav for publication. but assuranc q was given that the names will be mad pubic at the proper time.
 I've are not at all perturbed lo, this effort to break up the moral of the Putnam fire department no :; over any prospect that we may not b able to get sufficient new members o :. members of the No. 1 company. One Of the No. 1 company member } who has filed his resignation said O. : Wednesday,: You can say for us tha 2 the buffers. as they have called us [ will not work with slackers. We ar going to get out. Watch them whe they try to recruit a company to talk r the places of the No. ? company
 They'll have a fine time getting an Q men to serve at that station" : In these March days when winter n grip is. still unbroken the GrosvenOr 7 dales are afflicted with considerabl : number. Of pneumonia cases. Si