Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-02
DANlERSeN AND PUTNAM NEWS

and will likely be one of the matters taken up at the September term of court.
 Thursday afternoon just before o'clock an alarm called out the fire department to aid in suppressing a blaze in pile of coal at the plant of the River Weaving company near the state armory. The ire was not of a serious nature and the de- partment was called, it was later said, as a precautionary measure.
 reflection of the stopping of some of of KiIlingly's manufacturing plants dur ing the past winter and the consequent forcing into idleness of several hundred persons is seen in the annual reports of the town dealing particularly with the cost of the poor The net cost for nam taining the poor during the year that closed July 31 was $12,902, the largest amount ever expended by Killingly in one year. for such purpose.
 While there need be no desire to crit icise, it is a strange circumstance that many of those who were obliged to ask for aid and really were acutely in need | of it were earning during the summer of | last year more dollars per week than | ever before in their lives. High cost of | living coupled with the cost of high living l in numerous cases left these high wage l earners with no surplus money and with | in a short time numbers of families who | had been enjoying unprecedented incomes for them went flat broke. It was 8 bitter 1 lesson for those who went through the l experience, much more so than the extra ! cost to the taxpayers as the result of maintaining the unemployed during a pe- riod of misfortune.
 Next Sunday evenings union service will be held in the Baptist church and ! likely will be the final union service of the summer season. Rev. M. S. Stocking of the Methodist church will be the leader and preacher at this service-
 | Particular interest will attach next ! Sunday also to the service at the Congre- gational church in South Killingly. This 1 church is observing its 175th anniversary | on Labor day. when there will be a home 1 coming gathering for many former resi-. dents of the village.
 The name of Joseph Dragon of Daniel 1 son should have been included in Thurs. day mornings obituary of Mrs AdeIine Bassett with that of George I. Dragon o1 | Springfield as one of her brothers.
 Attention of dog owners is again being l called to the necessity of observing the quarantine on the animals ordered by tht commissioner on domestic animals. Int l majority of those who own dogs are see | ing to it that their animals are kept con fined, but not all are so careful to obey and the warning is issued that arrest. and prosecutions. which are expensive wia follow further failure to observe tn, rules.
 Alfred F. Beauregard a chief petty of f1cer of the U. s. s. Prometheus was visitor Thursday in Danielson, where h. formerly was engaged in business MT l Beauregard had the unfortunate expert ence while here of being arrested, througi misunderstanding, on a non-suppor charge, but his explanation, which provet entirely satisfactory to the officials, re
 suited in his being promptly released
 The fact that another navy man of tn
 same initials and name as MT. Beaure
 gard is wanted for non-support of hi
 wife and two children led to Mir. Beaure gard's unfortunate experience here. Maya
 authorities made the error of mistakini
 the local MT. Beauregard for the man o
 the same name who is wanted for non
 support.
 Members of the local odd Fellows an
 Rebekah lodges had a fine outing a
 Wildwood park Thursday afternoon, wit
 @ supper served at 6.3O, and dancin
 during the evening hours.
 At the home of Mrs. Hattie Bailey O
 School street Wednesday evening Mr.
 Ray Bailey was hostess at a party i