Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-29
WILLIMANTIC

1. Springfield Commandery No. T. New Haven Commandery No. 2, Clinton Com mandery No. 8, Columbian CoEnan- dery No. 4. Hamilton Comnnandery No. B. Palestine Commandery No. S. Clark Commandery No. ', Cyrene Command cry No. 8, St. Elmo Commandery No. 8, Crusader Comnandery No. 10 and St. Johns Commandery No. Il.
 During the ipast few months there has been a steady improvement in the tex tile business, the most important busi- ness of the city of willimantic. Word from local mills Wednesday verified the runors that all local plants would soon go onto full time, but employ about F per cent. fewer employees in the aggre- gate as, compared with the number of employed one year ago. At the present time payrolls of local manufacturing plants carry 3,5e0 names, of which num- Der seventy-one per cent. are employed at the American Thread Company mills A few of the plants reported that future bookings were not heavy, al- though present business was satisfac- tory. Other reports state that orders are just enough to keep the plants op- erating.
 Some 2,50o operatives of the An1eri- can Thread Company plant as well as other citizens of this city, welcomed ] the news Wednesday. of the beginning of full time schedule at the local thread plant beginning Monday, Octo- 1 Der 3. For about a year now this big l plant, which employs over seventy per l cent. of the operatives in the city, has been running on part time. The low | est schedule vas one day week, grad ually increasing until the majority of i q artpo ha hours at the plant beginning Monday are 7.So a. m. to 12, and from 1 p. m. i until 11.45 a. m. The plant is operat- | ing a forty-eight hour week and at present carries 2,50o operatives on it's paryon.
 The Quidnick- -Windham Manufactlr- ing Company is operating on a 50-hour week schedule, operating for five days at nine hours and five hours Saturday. The employees at present total S60.
 The Rosse Velvet Company has for some time past been operating on a. 4s- hour week schedule, or full time This plant employs 2e0 hands.
 The Holland Silk Company is operat- ing on full time with working force of 175 operatives Beginning Monday of next week this mill will operate on the same schedule as the thread com pany.
 The Windham Silk Company is on full time and next week will probably operate on the same time as the thread company.
 The H. K. & ". A. washburn sills Throwing Company which has three email plants in this city, one in South Coventry and one in Stafford, is operat- ing on full time, with force of 150 hands
 The Chaffee Silk Manufacturing com pany employing twenty hands, is on full time. This mill does not run Saturdays Assignment of local officers for oc- tober beats has been announced as fol- lows: Officer Grady. Sodom; Officer Psulhus. Jackson street; Officer Leahy Upper Main street; Officer Mclean Center Main street; Officer Bomhria, day duty. These changes go into effect Saturday, Oct. i.
 The driver of an automobile truck 1 owned by the Capital City Glass Com pany of Hartford narrowly escaped in jury and perhaps death Wednesday morning when about to cross the Cen tral Vermont railroad crossing at CO lumbia. The driver saw the freigh train approaching too late to stop st he turned the truck to the side of the road, crashing into a telegraph pole. He was uninjured. The damaged truck was hauled to a lot nearby and later was hauled back to Hartford by g @recking machine.
 Telephone calls to the Y. M. c. 4 Wednesday brought the information that the motor for the swimming poo
 had arrived and that classes in swim ming are to be started immediately by Physical Director A. J. Brown. Int pool has been closed for several week. owing to damage to the motor. - Old WfIimantic racing days are tc be revived Saturday at Recreation parl when Willimantic's race of the cen
 tury'' will be staged. Charlie G., own
 ed by Lester Scott of this city, ant
 Rood's mare of Windham will go fo
 the best three out of five heats. Rood
 Mare took second money at the Wood
 stock fair recently and as both horse 4 are in condition there should be som
 action worth seeing. 1t will be Willi mantic's first horse race in severa
 years.
 The body of Sergeant Thomas A. Kel l ley. of the United States Fourth Ob r servation Squadron, arrived from Homo
 lulu, Hawaii, at 12.5S o'clock Wednes : day. Funeral services are to be hel n Sunday
 = Funeral services for William E
 Chamberlain. 62, who died suddenly a his home in Hebron Monday afternoon
 at 2N1oclock from Hebron Congregation
 al church, Rev. T. Newton Owen of G
 lumbia. officiating. A Masonic servic
 was conducted at the grave by Wooste !. lodge, of Colchester. MT. Chamberiai
 was born in Hebron, May 29, 1859. Be