Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-01-03
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lions Of the first Sunday in January,
1920, and of 1921 were sharply marked |
Sunday Shea Bros. visited their big lee
houses at Dorrville The temperature was
only a few degrees below 50. The grass
is green in the fields. Sunday many were
enjoying afternoon strolls without over
coats OF heavy wraps. Roughly estimated,
the icehouses now contain between 400
and 500 tons of the best ice ever harvest
cd from the Dorrvillei fields, which would
answer for months supply in regular
summer weather There is little rotten
ice on the pond today One year ago
Sunday the mercury stood well below
freezing all day Shea Bros. kent the
work going all day Sunday, as souther-
ly storm was portending Fully 200 per-
sons went up to the pond from the town 70
enjoy the sight of modern ice cutting at
the rate Of 200 cakes an hour Of 14-inch
ice
The following officers were elected Sum
| day to serve the Methodist Sunday school
for 1921: A. R. Saunders, superintendent;
Frank Nell, assistant superintendent:
Martha Davis, secretary; Mrs. L. D.
Howe, treasurer; John Chadwick, librari-
an; Verina Robertson, organist; Frank
Nell, missionary superintendent; Ruth
Robertson, superintendent of primary de-
partment; Maud Barrett, assistant super
intendent of primary department The
same board of teachers is to serve for
another year with the exception of one
new one to be appointed later, and the
superintendent of home department is to
be appointed.
The statement in Saturdays Bulletin
that Mrs. William Crary sang at the
| Christmas concert in Griswold was incor-
rect It was Mrs. James Crary who
sang.
Hardly a man is now alive who remem-
bers the opening of a new year with the
local textile outlook so unfavorable az
will be seen here this (AGonday) morn
ing. The Slater and Ashland mills are
still, with no certain date in sight when
lit can be promised that operations will
be resumed The Aspinook and the Tex
tile companies are not able to run up to
anything near capacity. Yet it is firmly
believed here that as the result of alert
management, as in former times of slack
business, Jewett City will not be the sec
ond town to be booming again.
First Selectman William tombstone had
eight calls for help Saturday. He has his
ear to the ground and is we'll posted on
local conditions and well knows that some
of the calls are "feelers" and hardly need
immediate attention by the town officials
The Bulletins calendar for 1921 pic
turing the old Norwich pottery was Of
especial interest to William r. Burdick OF
} this place, for not only was his grand
, father, Eleazer Hall, master potter
) there over 70 years ago but Mr.. Burdick
} has one Of the little souvenir Jugs thai
were made there in 1870 1t is a marlte
. ornament of unique design and has the
appearance Of being the product Of the
PETERS art Of today.
!. party from Jewett City, coming In
: from down Voluntown way, where they
had been watching the old year out Fri
day evening, had occasion to drive w
, through Pachaug. Long before reaching
the quiet little hamlet a bright glow II
! the sky, above over, Pachaug, was plain
ly to be seem Thinking there might be
, fire, and that help might be needed, they
, hurried on through the fast gatherin:
j gloom Soon the town house was in sight
! ESQ watt electric light was going at full
blast over the ancient doors, while fror
3 the windows there streamed glow rival
ing even the efulgence of MONDAY. And
t more than that on the broad lawn IL
front, with its posterior parts elevated t,
an unusual angle, and running at full
speed, with everything in high, stood al
: automobile, but, as one of the party wa.
, overheard to say, ''she don't appear L
be gettin' anywherei' The men lief
!, machine on the state road. threw thei
= coats aside, and rushed in, only to find
regulation o1d-time watch meeting in sol
ernn session. Electric lights? Yes, plen
:, ty of them! The historic hall was ablaz
! with them. and all from little jigge
: beltedeen to the rear wheel of an auto
! mobile that was, making 500 strokes
: minute and burning best old good Gul
: stuff at an astonishing rate. Is it to b
2 supposed that in the famous Pachau
burying ground situated less than a mil
away, down the road. the grand old Girls
: lwold patriarehs slept peacefully in thei
n hallowed graves. undisturbed by thes
!, new-fangled goings-on!
< The January meeting of the Pachau
u Community club was held in the tow
hall New Years eve. About 100 wei
L. present and spirit of good fellowshi
s. anda general sociabiHty prevailed W. ]
p Montgomery was in charge of the pr
N gramme which consisted Of talks b
N F. L. Kanahan of Lisbon and Rev. =
]. Reynolds Of Lisbon. and Carl Brow
RI | of Norwich, piano selections by Mi
If Viva Richardson, selection on the vi
: trola, moving pictures and singing |
II all. Doughnuts, crackers, cheese al
= coffee were served, after which gam
!, were played and dancing was enjoye
n For the first time in its histo
u Pachaug town hall was lighted by ele
Is ITCHY anu the movies were the re
:. goods.
At the stroke of midnight on the hi
- toric old bell in the belfry of the Fir
- Congregational church the New Year "
= welcomed, in uE,-to-date and proper sty
- The next meeting January 81, is to
- in charge of Mrs. C. T. Armstrong, !
= Christopher, Mrs. Annie Gale, Mrs. NJ
T. ton Bartlett and Mrs. Chauncey Rob
e. Friday evening at the Method
Church the annual watch night servi
opened with a praise song service
7.45. Each department of the church h
I some part in the service.
/ |, The Gardiner class took charge fri
/ ] to $50 and rendered the following pl
| gramme: Prayer, Mrs. J. B. Aldric
| | annual report of the secretary and tres
urer. Testimonials by the different mel
Il To Cure a Cold in One Day