Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-02
WILLIMANTIC


 way to Waterbury All will appear be- fore Judge Frank II. Foss this (Monday) morning.
 The benefit baseball game scheduled for Sunday afternoon at Recreation park was called off because of cold weather and wet ground. and will be played next Sunday at the park grounds. The Elm eralds of this city and the American Thread company team were to play game the proceeds of which was to be given to Leo Normandin, a local athlete who is suffering with injuries to his back received in a basketball game early this year. Normandin played basket ball with the Emeralds and was a mem Der of the American Thread team.
 The two platoon system in the Willi- mantle fire department went into effect Sunday with platoon No. 1 on duty. No calls were received over the week end
 HOrmisdas Dion, of Ash street, grocer and member of the school board of the town of Windham, was before the police court Saturday morning. charged with authorizing Moses Tremblay and Frank Gelinas to set a fire on the afternoon of April 9th, which burned over the land of F.. c. Phelps at Phelps Crossing, ! North Windham. MT. Dion entered a plea or not guilty.
 The fire burned over about $50 acres and twenty-five men fought the flames from 2.30 in the afternoon until S.3C | fire was under control. A tract of land mile in width and about a mile long | was burned over MT. Dion was repre- scented by Attorney P. J. Danahey. Alfred P. Abbe fire warden of the 1 town of Windham, the first witness for | the state testified that as a result of his 1 Investigations it seemed evident that the fire began on land owned by Mir. Dion l There was a high wind that day which drove the fire straight ahead. Wilbur G Stevens fire warden of the North Wind, ham district, testified as to the fire bu- stated he ad not determined where the fire started Edward c. Williams, { neighbor of MT. Dion told of seeing sev eral small brush fires on MT. Dion's lant previous to the big fire. His land wa! considerably damaged He denied ask ing the fire warden to take action in tn, matter.
 Moses Tremblay of Park street said h. worked for MT. Dion as foreman of thu farm, place he had held for clever years. The land in question had beer burned twice last fall, near the eros roads. Two furrows had been plowed ant the fire built back of them. The wint 1 was blowing in another direction and h. thought there was no danger, but the fir got away from him and he called Nil Dion who brought a force of men t. fight the blaze. He said he had no spe cifc directions to start the fire that day MT. Dion was usually present when fire were started, he said. Frank Gelinas o Ash street and John Sullivan, a section foreman, told of the fire, Gelinas testi fled that he had nothing to do about set ting the fire
 MT. Dion stated that the first know ledge he had that a fire had been set wa when he received a telephone call iron Tremblay's son. He got force of mel and went to the place immediately Tren1blay had no authority to set tn fire that day and had instruction t start fires only when he. (Mr. Dion) wa present with an added force of man, M Dion was found not guilty of the charge Tremblay was then placed under arres and pleaded guilty to the charge. He Wa fined fifty dollars and costs. amountin to $55.15, which was paid by his em ployer.
 The meeting of the Y. NJ. c. A. i scheduled for Wednesday evening of thi week.
 Saturday forenoon as men in the em ploy of the Hartford Glass company wer putting in a 100x99 inch glass at th the store of the Jordan Hardware con pany the glass broke and Louis Weisma received a deep cut on the right thum and right wrist. He was taken to s Josephs hospital where the wounds wer dressed. Two other men cut by fal ing glass were treated also. A new glas was secured and set during the afternoon
 This (Monday) evening Is to be Pas Chancellors' night at the meeting of Nal chaug Lodge, No. 22, Knights of Pythia There are thirty past chancellors in tn vicinity and it is expected that all wi be present. William N. Potter of Wi limantic. a charter member of the Iodl and the oldest past chancellor in u state is to have charge of the meetin
 lritiations in the side degrees of u order, namely, the Noble Order of Bai
 ifs and the Red Deer, are to take pla,
 under the direction of Thomas Will
 and Carl Afford. Invitations have bee = extended to all Pythians in the vicinity
 Donald E. MacMiIlan, Arctic explore
 delivered a lecture on Polar Exploration
 Sunday night at the Connecticut Agr
 cultural college at Storrs Motion pictur
 were used to illustrate his subject Mar
 from this city heard the lecture.
 mTs. Nlltus M. MaFtln mas returned A he rhome on Columbia avenue. MT
 Martin underwent an operation fo weeks ago at St. Joseph's hospital.
 The following were elected officers
 the Methodist church sorority at the r
 cert annual meeting: President, Mi ,r Dariel rench; vice president Mrs. Je "A nie Randall; secretary, Mrs. Alice Easte c brook; treasurer, Mrs. Eva Ide; executi m committee, Mrs Dwight W. Ide and M
 Annie Kelleher.
 At the First Congregational chur
 Sunday evening. the first in a series
 five picture sermons was given. T
 general subject of the series is "The Re
 elation of God" Sunday nights subj,
 was '"The Book of Nature" The D n. lures Illustrated beautiful scenes frC
 the national parks, waterfalls, mounta