Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-01
WILLIMANTIC

of the Connecticut League of Girls clubs held at New Haven, Saturday and Sunday, returned home late Sunday nigh. The delegates won first prize, a large piece of pottery, in a stunt contest in which fifteen other clubs participated. The stunt by the local club was 8 min stSci show the programme being as fol- lows:
 Overture, Fucker Up Your Lips and i Smile. You See I'm Nobodys Baby jokes: Old Black Joe. Rathburn and s&uss and chorus; jokes1s dance, Dixon and R. Harris: club song to the tune of ! Peggy OTNeill. Mrs. Eileen Racicot and l Miss Jane Ashton and chorus: club yell. 1 The end men were Mrs. Eileen Racicot, i Miss Margaret Ryan, Miss Jane Ash i ton. Miss Norma Rathbun, Miss Margar- ct Roman, and Miss Anna Roman. The chorus made up the balance of delegates, | q in number who represented this city. l Mrs. Nettie Richmond, of No. 149 Wal { nut street, was before the local police 1 court Monday morning charged with | theft of five dollars worth of finished 1 thread, the property of the American Thread Company. A demurrer to the l complaint entered by counsel for the de- 1 ftnse was overruled by Judge Frank H. Floss. No evidence was offered other than tIhe t1N containing the thread in skeins and some spools of thread, the articles { mentioned in charge of F. IT. Richmond l of he 7'nlcad Company. Counsel for the | datch-u pleaded for 1eniency and ask l ej for probation but Prosecuting Attor- ] "cy Samuel E. Harvey objected, and Mrs. ElCimonGs attorney pleaded for 9 light fine. Judge Foss imposed a fine 1 of five dollars and costs, amounting to Slo.I5. which was paid
 NiIlimautic will he represented by two : basketball cams this winter, the old EMeru ds, VI U have made history for the city for years back, and the newly or sauiza3 San Jose Council. No. 14. K. of ! C. five, which will enter the K. of c. State T-eagnc. The athletic council of the I local kngnts of Columbus decided Sun day 10 enter the league. Other places to be represented are Hartford, Rockville, Middletown, New Haven, Manchester, Scuthington, and New Britain. The ] laaeue is To oDen Thanksgiving night November 26th, WiIlin1antic that evening 10 play New Britain at New Britain. Each team Cill play tweny-seven games
 and a road guarantee of s30. All play 1 CTS must be members of the council they represent. G2mos in this city during the u.Nt ivhnth will be November 30 Rock vile at WiIliuanlic. Tic local team has lrct been organized Yet. but as there is plenty cf "7od material here the counci lsa9-.A D. an 1ng t.e leaders in the iea"G -' loms .'nles are scheduled t' be riayaJ at tsr S'+'e Amory.
 Frne-aI services for Miss Catherine ! liUssoy were held Monday morning at 93p o'clock from the house at No. 1s 1 Prospect street. Requiem high mass al
 St Josenh's church at 10 o'clock was
 sung by Rev. John F. Clark. Mrs. Ed
 mund J. Portelance was at the organ. As tho body w9s borne into the church Miss
 l.. Monica McKeon sang Nearer. My God
 in Thee, at the offertOry O Sa1utarus and for a waiting hymn. Face to Face The bearers were John W. Moran, Mi. city and James D1nneilan of Rockville There was large attsandance at tho ] s5~vl~4 and beautiful floral tributes wer4 - l received. At the. grave in St. Josepli'. |. cemetery u committal service was read b1 R., Father Clark. Killourey, sBrother!
 were ir charge of arrangenents- Mis. 2 Hu-sey was the oldest resident of the
 c..y. F9, and had she lived until Christ. mas would have reached the century
 mark.
 Henry Dumas died Sunday night at St
 Josepa's hospital where he had been : patient for several weeks He was borr
 iH Cauada. March 2l 1859, the son ot Oliver and Agues Pothier Dumas. II,
 is survived by four brothers, Alexander bui-~s of south Manchester, William Du
 mas. of Franklin, Mass, James anc
 John Dumas Of Wi1limantic and also b,
 sister, Mrs. William Lonergan of WiIti
 mant'c
 Timothy D. shea died Saturday nigh
 at the Lawrence Memorial hospital Nev 4 London, following an operation for ap
 pendicitis. He was a native of Ireland
 but had lived in Winimantic for the pas
 thirty years. He was stone mason
 and for a number of years was in the eIn ploy of the New Haven railroad on it several divisions. He leaves his wife
 Mrs. Nellie Sullivan Shea, three brother. John and Patrick Shz1 of Ireland, an l Cornelius Shea Of this city. and four sis ! terz. Mrs Julia Sheehan and Misses Mar { and Catherine Shea of Ireland, and Mrs I Mary Hanson of Hartford
 According to the report of City Healt 1 Officer Dr. w P s. Heating for October
 70 contagious diseases have been reporte
 to date. as follows Measles 50, whoopin coagh ,, diphtheria 2, scarlet fever 2, 1c
 bar pneumonia l, and humps 1.
 Miss Madge Rafferty, of Maple avenu,
 goes to Norwich today CTuesday) to giv tha first in her serie5 of 1art1IreE i