Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-30
WILLIMANT

children Julia E. Becaxwith of Mont vile, Charles IL Russell of New Britain, Mabel D. Case of East Berlin. Hattie P. Brown of Ashford, Minnie B. Swann of South Windham. John Russell. Jr., of Ashford and Henry c. Russell of South Windham She leaves eleven grandchil- dren. The funeral of Edward Bohan was held Wednesday morning at S.30 o'clock from the parlors of The Killourey Brothers, No. 3s Union street. Requiem high mass was sung at St. Josephs church at o'clock by Rev. John E. Clark. w. F. Lavin was at the organ and at the offertory he sang, De Profun- dis and for 9 waiting hymn, Rest in the Lord, The bearers were James, William and Thomas Rohan and Andrew Carey. Burial was in St Josephs cemetery. At nIeeting of the Red Cross roll eali membership committee held Wednesday | afternoon at the Chamber of Commerce rooms M. D. Sullivan, chairman of the local committee, made his report of re- ceipts to date. The amount turned in is now $1,113.16, and several of the teams are yet to be heard from. The drive is to be closed in this city Saturday of this week, when all team reports will be turn | ed in. Although the quota set for the | ters called for 2.500s members, business conditions and lack of work prevented many from giving as they have done in previous years.
 Miss Abbie O'Connor, formerly of this | city, no wof New York, is spending the holiday vacation at her home here
 Wednesday evening was Natchauk evening school night at the r. M. c. A., and about 100 members of the night school attended the meeting. Under the | supervision of G. E. Gilman, director of Americanization of the town of windhann, group games had been arranged and were played by the girls and boys These games were followed by a basketball game. Two reels of motion pictures, Giving His Wife a Square Deal and His Second Chance. were shown.
 An old folks concert was given before a capacity house Wednesday night at the
 First Baptist church. The program had
 been arranged by the Young Peoples so-
 ciety of the church and consisted of the
 usual old fashioned numbers. The cos
 tunes and the presentation of the num-
 bers afforded much amusement and the
 concert was praised by those attending.
 Wade U. Webster, chief of the fire de- pertinent, as well as superintendent of fire
 larm and fire marshal, has made his re-
 port to Mayor Charles A. Gates and mem- ' bers of the common council for the de- partment year of 1920, showing the de- partment responded to S5 alarms, 14 naore ' than in 1919. There were Il bell and 7a
 still alarms, while Che city has been fret 1 from any serious fires during the year, or two occasions fires occurred in congested 3 sections of the city and were kept iron 3 spreading to other buildings. The tota 7 loss on buildings and contents during the l year was S16,007.99, making a per capits 5 loss of S124 a reduction of 32 cents iron
 last year.
 l Recapitulation: Loss on buildings. si2. . 88o.GE loss on contents, 3.s2734; total Q e16,OCl.J9; insurance paid, $14s529s - loss over insurance, $I,o55; value O
 buildings, sS19.200; value of contents . Sl30.l5o; totalivalue of property at risl, . S449,3
 Q There were four fires in which the los n to buildings and contents was over sf .eo n as follows: Oct. 14, Chronicle Printin,
 company (Bartlett estate). building los
 s4,ol2, contents $1.5sS, total s5,5s0. 5s e covered by insurance; Oct. 2S, Willinnan U tic State Normal and Training schoo z building loss $2,399. contents ss4, covere l; by insurance; April 8, dwelling hoas U owned by Mrs. Rosa Lavigne, Prospee z street. building loss S1,S0o. contents sst insurance on building s1.5O0, contents co,
 cred by insurance; Oct f, building owne
 by A. E. Stiles on Windham road, los V Sl,2l5, covered by insurance.
 itl The department responded to tw | alarms during rile year outside of tf " city limits, Nov. 8, to South Willingto, f and to South Windham to a fire in tr e foundry of the Smith, Winchester ccr, n, pany. One alarm box was added durin v the year, No. IS. on Washburn stree -s makin ga total of 40 in circuit. Mo, II boxes are needed in different sections [ "a the city, according to Chief Webste g There are 13 miles of wire connecting 1T
 firm alarm system, nine and one-ha miles overhead and three and 6fae-ha , miles underground.
 D The apparatus of the Wiliinnantie fl, 1, department nav includes one cofnbjn a tjo IT tmotor) La France engine, one Rec frn.
 tor) combination chemical and hose was - on, one C. M (notor) city service true lcomplete, 269 feet ladders two La Franc
 combination chemical and hose wagon
 capacity 1000 feet. two and one-half in<
 hose, 200 feet chemical hose and fl ga
 Ions of chemicals each, 4,5o0 feet of ty [. and one-half inch hose, 600 feet chemic;
 hose, 10 three-gallon fire extinguishers.
 Henderson & Moulton, superintende,
 Of the water works, has announced h
 annual report which is in part as fo
 lows:
 Receipts s34,7o7sS. Expenditures sas