Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-01-04
,WILLIMANTIC

tertainment of absent guests the 81
100000 starving children Of Eu: opean
countries. Although the Christmas sea-
son has passed the spirit of the season
continues in the hearts of many local
residents, with the result. that s25250
has been turned in to the local commit
tee. New givers to the fund are: Rcd
eFick Young, SO DR.. C. 3. Simends, s10;.
T. H, wood Co., $40; Mrs. j. c. Randall.
$40: A. Friend SOC; previously reported
s2l2; total s252Ss.
| Engine Company Ne. 1 responded to-
| the third call within twenty-four hours.
Monday morning. This time 1t was
chimney FIRE at the home of Dcminick
Menditto of No. 1859 Main street Twelve
gallons of chemical were used to put tut
the blaze. The damage was slight.
| Escaping gas in the Southern New
England Telephone company conduit, lo-
Gated at the head Of Jackson street
about 1880 o'clock which threw the
| cover of the manhole some ten feez from
| the ground. The force of the exolosior:
also loesened the manhple cover opposite
the Capen block on the south end of the
street. The gas came from the pipes
lof the Rockville Wiliimantic Lighting
company, that pass Through the conduit
at this point.
City Health officer Dr.. ". P. 9.
IKeating reports an unusual huTnber Of
Idiphthcrla cases for December, Other
Icenta gious cases were low; Tn ereport
follows: Diphtheria /: whooping cough
IL scarlet fever /.
Rti.ert C. Deming ef Hartford AMI Dr..
tPayson Smith of Boston, commissioner Of
education for Massachusetts are to adj
dress the members of the Willimantic
chamber of commerce at the January
injecting this {Tuesdayi evening. Dr..
iSmith's subject is 10 be Social and Econ
Ionic Effects of Unrestricted immigration.
Taa following officers Of the Natchaug
Industrial Company were elected at the
arr ua. meeting: President, vii lam P.
IJorcan; vice presid mt, Henry A, Bugbee
Isecls.ts ry. George ). Elliott; treasurer.
job E Brick; ass ant treasurer, dare
S. I'll cit A divi lend Of four De Gent.
for the year past was declared
virginia Elizabeth Horne, infant
daughter of Alton I and Dorothy Mott
Horne, died Monday moEping at a private
hospital She was bornN December 2s
| 1920. Burial was in the Wiilimantie
cemetery. Funeral Director Jay NJ
Shepard being In charge of the arrange
ments
Brown. died Sunday night at her home
No. 126 Spring street. She was born IL
New York in 1S45 the daughter OF
James and Elisabeth Heron Miliiken. Sur
, viving her besides her husband is a son
: David Brown Of WiElimaHtie. and {
daughter, Mrs Ida Whiteheuse Of Sterrs
She leaves twelve grandchildren ant
eleven graat-graRdchiidFen.
The service conducted at Salvation
Army headquarters Monday night was il
charge Of Staff Captain and Ara. Lewis
! who recently returned to this couptr.
latter doing missionary work in India. Il
delivering their address, costumes of ma
tiyes of India were worn. Other out o
town officers attending were Captain Add,
. / of Norwich and Captain Anderson.
Captain Lewis told of the work don
iby the Salvation Army in that countr.
and as an Illustration of the bravery O
the workers told fne following story:
One of the most striking things toll
about the S. A. in India is the fact tina
it has established and maintains three Q
the finest hospitals in the couptry-on
leach, in southern. western and norther
India: Fhe wonder of the story is tina
these hospitals resulted from one of thes
romalces in real life that seem to prov
iconclusively the 'providential' sequenc
Of events. A woman dying in Lendo
some years ago left her baby boy in ii
tcare of the Salvation Army. As he gre
iup he developed remarkable natural az
ttitude for medicine and surgery. He wa
TRAINED in hospital work in London, an
for q time in Chicago. Going to India fo
the Salvation Army, he drew up his ow
designs and the first hospital was built
the two other hospitals were also bui
llater from his designs, and all of thel
are recognized as models Of what an II