Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-19
WILLIMANTIC

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 The entertainment and smoker held Tuesday night at St. Mary's hall by San Jose Council, No. 14, Knights of Colum- bus was attended by several hundred The entertainment committee of the1 lodge had planned for big time and one was en- joyed. Out of two 5 entertainers, local talent, and few sparring bouts tended to make the evening pass only too quick ly. . y~'. ' ...'..s Engine Company, No. were called out about o'clock Tuesday morning whensa fire broke out in a car of cinders on the siding just east of the bride of the Will ! limantic river on the Providence division of the New Haven railroad. The ire l men soon had the fire extinguished.: In spite of the cold weather. the meet | ing of the wilhmantie Woman's club held Tuesday afternoon at their rooms. No. 1 S03 Main street was attended by many of ] the members. Mrs, Robert H. Fenton. president presided and routine business 1 was transacted. Preceding the business meeting a musical was enjoyed, MT. and l Mrs. Charles Fl. Casveil. and their 1 daughter Lois, giving several vocal and l instrumental numbers
 Word has been received inN this city of the death of ". II. Kingsley of. Meri- den. Mir. Kingsley was we'll known in 1 ClllS Cllg. HIS DOQV IS DC brought DICK to Mansfield! for burial. -'
 Ice on rivers and ponds about HiIli- 1 mantle is reported from seven to ten inch es in thickness. The cold weather of the past few days has caused joy. among the icemen of the city. The mercury hover ed around zero Tuesday morning and during the day the highest point reached was about Is above. Ice harvesting will .t l he Iyeo fI3a oo1d Por n few days.
 Sheriff Charles A. Gates, aided by dep uties. took Alvin l.. Bradley hts wife, Berpice Bradley. and her brother. Ed ward Shackett to state prison at Weth- ersfield. Tuesday. They had been held al Brooklyn jail since sentenced at the ses- sion of the superior court in this city Hast week. Leon shackett who was sen fenced 10 the state reforuaatory at l Cheshire was taken there Tuesday. The trtos were made by automobile.
 Rose NJ. Shackett of Clinton, Mass. wife of. Leon Shackett. has filed a peti. tion for a divorce. Shackett Is now serv- ing time in state .reformatory for the part he took in robberies connected witt 1.-the Bradley. gang. Mrs. Shackett charg es cruel and abusing treatment and ron. support. She also asks permission to re tsune her maiden name of Rose NJ, Boern CT They were married February IS, 1920
 John Brannigan pleaded guilty to z [ charge of intoxication. Tuesday mornin. in the police court and paid a fine ant costs. amounting to s1715. He statet that he had been out in the country an, got mixed up with some hard cider plu: I i some Jamaica ginger. The latter he stat ed was hot stuff.
 Secretary Frank R. Custard of the Y M. C. A. addressed the Normal .schoc
 students Tuesday morning, telling they ! of the work= done by the association wit : which he is affiliated. .~ r. Tuesday evening was Farmers an . Manufacturers night at the chamber 0 n commerce rooms on Main street an = about fifty representatives of both trade - were present. The first speaker of tn Q evening was I. k. Rossiter, representa- l. tive of the |. $. treasury departmen
 who urged the audience to do all in ttlei e power to send Ivilimantic over the to IS in the drive for $7,5oO locally for the rt |. ! lief of the $500, 900 starving chi dre e of Europe. Mir. Rossiter who had bee g in German prisons during the war to'
 of the suffering of the prisoners for wal of food, and said that death by starva tion was the worst death Of all. Unle:
 this money is raised in America, he sai
 many of these children would go out |
 this form of death.
 Following Mir. ,Rossiter's talk a resolu
 ton was passed stating that the Will
 mantle chamber Of commerce believe
 that Willimantc should get back of tn
 drive and raise the quota assigned. :.
 committee of five of which the presider
 and vice president of the local chambe , are members is to be appointed, an plans made to have a Hoover Dinner . on the plan of those held in other cite It is believed that money can be raised
 this mannr ard the $500 can be raised
 W. C, Norris then welcomed the vii
 itors at the meeting and urged that gol
 feeling be kept up during the debate tn;
 was to follow. MT. Norris talk was a
 claimed success and the applause