Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-20
DANIELSoN AND PUTNAM NEWS

Continued cold weather until the end of | the week will be required to get the ice ] sufficiently heavy to harvest, Only three | or four layers of last winters ice crop l remains in one of the houses at the lake, | and this Is not near sufficient to meet the needs of Danielson for year. On smaller bodies of water hereabouts l ice that in some cases had reached . thickness of nine inches was reported on l Wednesday. | Attorney E. l.. Darbie, who is ,. .se l chairman of the committee on engrossed bills. has also been named as clerk of the judiciary committee, of which he is the only member from Windham county. Members of the Ire department wore called out on a still alarm Wednesday | morning for a chimney fire at the home of Lee Shippee in a lane of Broad street Tn the Christian Hill section. The Captain Put Engine company respond ed and put out the blaze with the con- tents of one extinguisher. The house was not damaged.
 Reports of the damage done by a great fire that was sweeping over a section of ! the heart of the city of Worcester during the forenoon hours Wednesday excited so much interest in towns hereabouts that automobile parties were organized te make the trip to see the confagration. Mrs. Helen Josephine Tucker widow of James G. Tucker, who died at her home in Ballouville, was native of the . town of Killingly and had lived her life in this town. She was a daughter of John and Eliza Kelley. one of Kill ingly's old favorites. She was the last . of her family and leaves only nieces and nephew Mrs. Tucker haf been in failing health for long tiTr
 Strange as 1t may seem t. many who = know that Maine is the great lumber e state of New England. ties for use on the y roadbed of one of the principal railroads of the state are being shipped from A here to Maine. Eastern Connecticut is today turning out railroad ties of qual- n ity not readily available in Maine, and ! it may be assumed. at prices aS 1o"' as can be obtained on equally good rail. !. road ties in the Pine Tree State.
 The skaters, came back into their owr Wednesday and scores who love this winter sport were out enjoying the fine {: clea rice. The Assawaga river is now safe for skating and frozen over so as to afford a fine field of action. The ice is reported as particularly good on ac
 count of being entirely free from snow
 Killinsly High Schools basketball team suffered its first defeat of the seasor at, the hands of the Plainfield Higl School team in that town Tuesday even
 ing. 19 to 14.- Killngly had previously had won eight straight games, the best showing made by any team in the aQuin
 eoaug Valley league. The Plainfield game was played under adverse -condi
 tions. the hall being bitterly cold, -bu
 this was no more of 9 handicap on Kill
 ingly than it was on the Plain1eld play
 CTS. the spectators getting the worst o
 the punishment due to lack of heat
 The Danielscn Building and Loan association. which has just rounded out
 2 successful year, has elected the follow
 ing officers: President. F. E. Cunneen
 ~;ce presidents. A. w Williams Henr,
 Frearly. Obadiah Butler, Dr. George M Burroughs treasurer, Ernest R. Warren
 secretary, Clifford H. Starkweather
 board of mana cement. George H. Call \ Clarence A. Potter. W. Irving Bullard N N- Lorne Greie. Harry F. Buck. E. l. Il Darbie. B. c, Hopkins, John A. Gilbert I. E. Young D., E. Jette, Frank I Preston. S. R. Kitchen, A. w Baesett \. NJ. Thompson. A. L. Reed auditors
 4, E. Meech, Roland H. Gray. W. J
 Craig.
 At the present time the organization
 has 14n7 shares outstanding and ha
 paid dividends at the rate of five pc
 cent per anlum. On the new series o
 shares-the 11th is now being issued. II
 shares have been subscribed There 1
 balance of $900 in the treasury at tn
 present tirne.-
 Funeral services attended by relative
 and friends was held at her home nea
 Dayville Wednesday afternoon for Mis-
 Ida Curtis, Rev William Swainson C
 the Congregational church at Dayville
 officiating. Burial was in Dayville cen
 etery. The bearers were Elmer Woo
 Edwin Wood, D. Fred KenwortRy. Pa, - Darrow, Gerge Williams and Arthu
 Tripp L. B. Kennedy was the tuner;
 director.
 This (Thursday) afternoon at tf 'S Congregational church, Professor The.
 dore Collier of Brown university will ac
 dress the members of Sarah William es Danielson chapter, D., A. R., on the sul
 ject Pilgrim Principles for the Life JAY k.Szxy5espi H// /, ZHESNa /EA