Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-05

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ty and was given jail sentence Of thir-
ty days. Some time ago he was hit by
| an automobile and was in the hospital
for two and one-hah months at the
/ towns expense. Later ne was taken to
the alrnshouse He promised to leave
town and join his daughters but has
never done so. When his sentence vas
pronounced, crotty, who IS somewhat
deaf, asked what the sentence was. Upon
learning it was thirty days III jail he said
/ II would rather be in jail than in the
poor house, anyway. 30
About two hundred and fifty members
attended the January meeting. of the
Chamber of Commerce held at the rooms
Tuesday night. Supper was served at
/ o'clock by the Girls Friendly society OF
I st. PauPs Episcopal church. At the open
ing of the business meeting that followed
President James A. Fullerton auctioned
/ piece of mince pie and square Of
cheese, Clarence Bowen receiving the
prize for one dollar bill, A.. Lincoln
i Wea1herhead collecting the money, Irv-
ing NJ Ford disposing of the pie.
4 The usual reports were read by Score
tary NJ E. Sullivan, and were accepted.
4 Seven new members were voted in, and
two designations were accepted. w. G..
Norris, chairman of the entertainment
committee. announced the meeting for
the next two months as follows: Farmers
and Manufacturers Night. January 18th
with debate, Resolved. That the Farmer
is of Mohe Importance to the Country
Than the Manufacturer" February
meeting. discussion of Better Government,
combining the town and city government.
/, Mid-month meeting on similar subject
, A communication from the State Chamber
, of Commerce was read requesting the
local chamber to give its views about
legislative problems they would desire
, the state governmental bodies to enact
during the coming session 1t was voted
, that the chair appoint five men to give
local views, two of these members to be
local representatives to- the legislature,
, | one member of the State Chamber of
i Commerce. and two from the local cham
Der The following were appointed, Fred
) p. Jordan, chairman, Mayor Charles A.
Gates, First Selectman James III. Smith
William E. Jordan, and w. C. Norris
a Robert C. Deming of Hartford, state
: director of Americanization was then in
: troduced as one of the speakers of the
! evening His topic was, "Americaniza-
$ ton" Mr. DeIning told of the work done
0 in the state of Connecticut by members
3 | Of his department and by directors ap
pointed in the several cities and town.
: in the state. He stated that during tht
: past year $4,000 immigrants came int
t this state and only 1000 have attended
r schools of any kind. Three things remain
e ed for the Americanization directors t.
d do; these being, first, get the Immigrant
e to attend public schools second, get then
e to attend classes of instruction third
5. and most important, take the schools L
"a the inAnigrs nts. The definition of Amer
Z icaniz2tien work is as follows: American
Il. .aation is any process in which an.
. man or woman is made an aEtice, loyal
Il American citizen, Many Of the inmate
- Of jails would not have been there ha,
y they received knowledge of what Ameri
: can institutions and government stan
, for.
~ The second speaker of the evenin
= II was DR.. Payson Smith, of Boston, stat
y commissioner Of education for Massachu
r setts His topic was, Immigration.
= Immigration he said, as problem doe
- not exist The real problem is assimila
= ton and this should begin much earle
: than 1t does now. Two problems are mes
T. met, he said, these being the selection Q
- material for assimilation, and the meth
: cd of assimila ton. At one time tn
immigrant to this country had a fai
understanding of American Institution
- and government but today this is not 81
- the immigrant coming from countrie
- where little is known of American prime
pals Their language is also differen
y thus making it harder for them to adar
. 1 lHeIHSSlNcS To- local cOndluOnS
n We now have before the legislativ
- bodies in Washington the Johnson bill
- which will restrict immigration for or
3. year but in reality this will stop irnm
= grafton for tbs period. This is a goo
!. ~ thing and should be done. When the wa
- was being fought we believed that at Il
- end this country would have time to az
Just itself, but 1t is not so, and innm
grants are coming in faster than eve
before. However, IL congress preven
further immigration for one year an
fails to enact additional improvements
the old immigration laws the countr
"a will be as bad off at the, end of the yea
81 as at the present time. A policy sue
as Canada has in use would be tt
proper thing for this country. Throug
Diplomatic procedure Immigrants can /
allowed tocome to this country. or pr,
vented from doing so before they lea1
their own country. The immigrant woul
be allowed to come here but first
would be known where he intends to 3
and he Should be sent there Immediate
upon arrival.
However, the most outstanding questic
is the language question. We can nev,
bring about the result of loo pc
cent. American until every person in tn
. country speak Nthe common tongue Law
should be enforced regulating speed
and all children should be compelled
learn the English language, and oppo
tunity should be given to learn. Clas
es in factories would in a great measu
make this an easy task.
HI The regular meeting Of the wilma
tic Woman's club was held Tuesday al
ernoon at 803 Main street, President Nj
Robert H Fenton occupying the cha
The speaker Of the afternoon was I
Roy f. Richardson, who gave an int
.. esting talk on the subject, Woman
the Modern World"
= Following the regular meeting of '
oiet Rebekah lodge, No. 81, I. o. o. !
held Tuesday night at S07 Main str