Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-02

Beach, Waterford, caused excitement among many people. of this city, For years Willimantic people have made their summer homes at that beach. The fire, which started in Henry Brooks store, threatened at times to wipe out the sum- mer homes of J. T. Rose, Frank M. Lin coin, and other residents of this city. The Brooks store, the biggest at the beach, was formerly owned by J. T. Rose, but last fall MT. Rose sold the place to MT. Brooks, the work being too much for him to care fog Several of the houses which were burned were owned by people who collected antiques and the loss on these articles alone win run into high fig ures
 Joseph M. Berard, collector of taxes l for the town of Windham, began his -du- 1 ties this week and many property owners came in early to settle their4 bill. ..The grand list for the town figures $1s,41S,- 152 this year.
 For the April meeting of WilIimnntic Chamber of Commerce to be held Wed- nesday evening next, @ special program has been laid out by the entertainment committee. The ,Ching-a-Ling Banjo Man dolin orchestra is to furnish music and an entertainer from Boston is to be secured. It is planned to elect civic committee b
 of whom it will be to carry on civic edu- cation.
 Friday, the first open day for trout hsh- ing, hundreds of fishermen donned rub. Der boots bright and early and started for their favorite stamping grounds. Very few of them came in with little catches and many brought home full quota. The brooks are little high but. the weather by afternoon was fine and on some streams it was hard to keep from tangling up with the line of the fellow ahead.
 Most of the fish caught averaged eight and nine inches, but one lucky fellow landed a trout that weighed two and one half pounds, which Is some big catch for the first day of the season.
 The two telephone pay station booths at the local railroad station were dis imantled Friday morning by Andrew Ca. rey and three new. booths are being built in. The new booths are smaller than the old ones.
 George Cantcre. g, learned 1t was not deemed proper to tote gun on the street: of Willimantic, when he was brought be. fore the police court Friday morning . charged with intoxication and carryins concealed weapons. He was arrested bJ Officer RodericGi Lariviere for, intoxioatio1 and revolver was found sticking ou , of his hip pocket. Two good shells wei in the gun and three dead shells wer . found. He was fined S1O and costs t4 getting drunk and was given sixty day \ in jail for carrying concealed weapons 7 Cantore had been arrested previously t ! thi stine after pulling a gun on a man fl , a Jackson street saloon.
 : Miss. Miss Minnie Cavanaugh has re y turned to her home in Colchester afte
 visiting her sister, Mrs Michael E. Sul livan of Ash avenue
 Rev. Otto Baunaeister, newly appointe
 assistant pastor at St. Joseph's Roma Catholic church in this city, has taken u
 his duties at the church. Father Bau
 meister, who comes to this city from S
 Andrews church, Colchester, has been i = demand as g special Lenten preacher fo
 a number of years past.
 Miss Evelyn Macfarlane, daughter (
 Mir. and Mrs. G. E. -A1acfarlane, is vistin
 New London Friends. f ,-...,4
 i The Christian Endeavcr .soeiety of, th
 First Baptist church held the April hu:
 mess meeting and social at the home { 4 Chester Andrews of Wfndham; road, Fr day evening. Following the transactio of business an evening of good fellowsh
 was enjoyed 's '
 The body of Charles Hurlihy, who 1i,