Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-05
pANEIS0N

Hotels and rooming houses here are
headquarters for telephone linemen,
who have come into this territory to
clear up the damage caused by the ice
storm Of the past week. Some of the
crews that arrived at the week-end-A.
T. and T. company employes-have been
transferred to Danielson from points as
far away as Pittsburg and Baltimore.
These crews are not working in Daniel
son. but making their headquarters here
while engaged in clearing. up the tangle
of poles wires and trees III the towns of
iPomfret Thompson and Woodstock.
There are between 200 and 800 linemen
on the Job at the present time and the
crews represent many points in the state
as we'll as other states.
SUNDAY was not a day Of rest for the
linemen. They were on the job at day.
light and stuck to It until darkness fell
carriyn gon the steady effort to restore
service after one Of the most destructive
ice storms in the history Of the company
A T. and T. linemen who have worked
in many sections of the United States
clearing up storm damage say they
never saw anything much worse than
the tangle In the three northern towns
OF Windham county herein mentioned
Crews thatha We been on the job stead
lily since last Monday morning are prac-
tically exhausted from heavy contin-
uous work The splendid effort they are
making to restore service is an inspira-
ton for people who enjoy enthusiastic
energy and typical of the esprit de
CORPS with which telephone linemen al
ways face such a situation as the one
now existing in the northern corner Of
the county.
The wreckage OF their lines In the
towns Mentioned is going to cost the
Southern New England company scores
OF thousands of dollars
In the Danielson division many tee
phones thta had been out Of service
three or four days were working again
on Saturday and East Killingly people
who have felt cut off from the world
since last Tuesday are very apprecia-
tive OF the restoration Of service.
John BoiseIle. member of the Peoples
Light and Power company line crew,
has returned to his home here after be-
ing injured by fall from a 4o-foot lad.
der while he was engaged in repairing
Ice storm damage at Webster. where
Foreman George Quinn and other mem
bers Of the local lighting company's line
crew have been at work for several
days.
Il is believed that the local electric
light crew will be in Webster for the
whole Of the present week, helping line
men Of the company there. controlled by
the same interests as own the local
company. Webster was so hard hit by
the storm that large areas of It are
still in darkness and it is stated that it
will be two 10 three months before
lights are restored in some Of the out
wing sections Of that town. so general
Is the wreckage of the lines in that ter
ritory.
sunda yafternoon at 100 at the un-
Of No
chanic street funeral services for Mrs.
Ada Leavens. widow of Charles Leav-
Ems. were conducted by Rev. William
Frying, pastor Of the Congregational
church at Wauregan. The bearers were
Addison Tracy. Milton Tracy. Fred T.
Johnson and John Wescott of Waure-
gan. Burial was In Westfeld cemetery
At the Warren home in the Mashen-
tuck district. Sunday afternoon, at 1880
funeral services for Joseph William
Warren were conducted by Rev. Marvin
s. Stocking pastor Of the Methodist
Episcopal church Miss Emma Burbank
Gang at the service. Burial was in West
field cemetery. The bearers were Frank
T. Preston. John w Gallup, Sidney S
Stone. Sidney II. Perry. A F. Wood
was the funeral director.
There were six dodgers at the po'icc
station here during the past week. These
unfortunates appeal to the police al
most nightly Of late for place to sleeY
and ordinarily they are accommodates
and turned loose in the morning. AL
tell hard luck stories and of being ou
Of work and without funds
William s. Brown, of the Shepard
Hill farm, at Wauregan, is a man O
original Esd unusual ideas. Many o
these ideas have netted him neat banl
A.. 4.
have not been so profitable. However
he IS never discouraged and invariabl,
hobs W with some new and interesting
plan. His latest certainly appeals to tn
Imagination. Mr.. Brown is a breeder o
Holstein-F reisian cattle. He woult
raise the OCCUPATION from a prosai
taste to the field OF art With thi
thought in mind he plans to mark calve
by suggestion. Mr.. Brown smiled a bi
whimsically Sunday morning as he re
lated how he has had a black curtaf
painted with the initials wv. S. B." !
white letters. This curtain will han
before the eyes of a particular COW @
mis- herd day and night for severs
months. Each day Mr.. Brown will trac
with his fingers the same initials on tn
side OF the COW and sometime mex
spring he expects, he says, to have
,alf on the farm with the owners In
lld4s showing IN WnlIe on the Dlack SIDE
81 the young Holstein.
It's a great idea. II il works out sue
,essfully It will be Immediately develor
ID and orders received for calves wit
heur-de-is patterns lace work design
and what not of other devices worke
put on the animals sides.
Il bought an apple for 50 cents ono
In a New York hotel that had the nam
Of the famous hosiery artistically dor
In the blush Of the apple. and If tn
apple men can do that. I guess I can d
Il with calves" says Mr.. Brown in ca,
ually commenting on his newest idea.
Lee shippee, of Broad street, appea
ed from decision under which he wa
found guilty at a Saturday morning SCI
sion Of the town court Of cruelty to
horse and the case later will come
The attention Of the superior cour
There were two counts in the complain
hled against Mr.. Shippee, and Jhdg