Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-08

William F. Barstow, for many years general manager of the Smith & Win chester Company plant at South Wind ham. resigned with the company We'd nesday. Walter Abbe of South Wind ham was elected general manager by the directors. MT. Barstow had been planning retiring from business for some time. Since he has been manager many progressive ideas of MT. Barstow have proved profitable to the company. Mir. Abbe, who succeeds him, has been with the company for six years and his ap- pointment assures continuation of sue cessful management in Accepting the resignation of, MT Barstow the directors passed a resolution expressing apprecia- ton of the work done by him while in office. They express regret that the company. as well as he community, is to lose the service of a capable man such as K-. Barstow has proved him self to be. In electing I4r Ab5e gen. eral manager; he was also e.acced to i'll other offices vacated by the resigning of Mir. Barstow. These offices were sec retary, assistant treasurer and director
 The members of the building commit tee of the town school committee expect within a short time to receive from the architect finished plans for the new school building to be erected at Wind ham Center, and as soon as the plans are received the committee Is to ask for bids. The matter of building a new school at Windham Center has hung fire for some time but at the May meeting of the school committee plans were submit ted showing building that met the; ap- proval of the school board The appro- priation for the Windham Center school voted by the town was $S5,O0 but it is believed that If a freproof structure of suitable size to provide for future growth is built, the cost of construction may come above the amount appropriat- 1 ed by the town.
 After the bids have been received and opened if the lowest proves to be ill excess of the appropriation a special town meeting is to be called and the amount necessary to build will be asked | for. The school committee members be- | lieve that the drop in cost of construc- l tion will make it possible to build a. fire proof building within the appropriation
 The members of the committee tc whom the plans will be turned over are: George K. Taylor. chairman; SeIectmar George E. Cook. M Eugene Lincoln. and School Committeeman George S. Elliot and E. A. Case.
 | Michael GHmartin, charged with in taxication. In the police court Thursday morning. stated that he did not think he was drunk He said that he had par. | taken of but two drinks and was at the carnivs grounds when the officer told him to go home. Later he was told tC go to the police station where he was locked up. The officer who made the ar rest was not present and Prosecuting At torney Samuel B. Harvey asked for 7 continuance of the case until this (Fr day) morning. This influenced the ma1 before the court and he changed his plef to- guilty and settled a fine of $5 anC costs, amounting to $1215.
 William Forster. an attache of Allen
 Big League Shows. pleaded guilty tt
 running an automobile on local street Wednesday. without markers He told O
 buying the car in Putnam and writing t
 the motor vehicle deDartment at Hart
 ford for markers. The car had beel
 kept at a local garage and he meant n
 harm when he run it from the garage t
 the carnival grounds. The case wa
 nolled upon payment of costs of s5.1s
 Forster said he would have the car tow
 ed 10 his next stopping place, if tn
 markers failed to arrive in time
 Chief Daniel Kiuourey and L. F
 Gardner, of this city. testified wednes
 day morning in the police court at Rock
 vile in the case of Peter Kilevick, charg