Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-30
DANEESoN AND PUTNAM NEWS

Helen Rainville. wife of Arthur Ra:nvllle, was held at her home in the Quebec sec- tion of the West Side with high mass of requiem at St. James church at o'clock, Rev. Auguste Chapignac being the ceebrant. The service was attended by many relatives and friends, and there were beautiful floral tributes. Burial , was in St. James cemetery. The bear CTS were David Gagnon, Arthur DeForest, Alexander Duval, Joseph Marois, Joseph Ouilette and Edmond Bedard. Louis E, Kennedy was the funeral director.
 Heavy steel beams that are to be the supports for the new gates to be put in | by the Quinebaug company are in place I in the canal on the West Side, where work is being rushed in the hope of com ! pleting the job in time to allow the mills | to resume operations week from this 1 CTuesday) morning. Building of the | forms in which the concrete is to be pour | cd and the laying of the concrete itself l will be tho main part of the important undertaking during the present week. The | work has gone along since it WAS started | 10 days ago without q day of rainy weather, and this fact is appreciated as not delaying the enterprise as wet | weather surely would. Those in charge are anxious ot accomplish their task as
 
 employees of the big plant may tesume their work at the earliest possible date. The coffcr dam that was built at the outS set of operations is holding the water back admirably and no difficulty is be- 1 ing experienced by the workers in carry ing on their operations, which are being directed by Master Mechanic George Robertson.
 Whether or not the independent move that a considerable number of voters are talking about will amount to anything, the public here is not certain as yet, but there is a point on which practically all or the taxpayers are agreed, and that is that prices have come down in about ev- cry line of endeayor and that they should also come down in administering certain department sof the town. This subject was discussed considerably about town on Monday and attention called to the fact that with a largely increased grand list. which means greater revenue, Xiii lingly still is having difficulty in getting by on the highest tax rate in it's history
 Drastic slashing of costs all along the , line is what most of the taxpayers want right now, whether this is achieved by either of the leading political parties o
 the town or an independent organization
 Amos H. Huntingdon, who has beer . continuously engaged in business here for 43 years, in fact, the dean of thu . boroughs business men, retired from ac
 tive work Monday, when his long estab ] lshed business in the Exchange buiIdin;
 was taken over by his son, Capt Frederi
 o. Huntington, who has been associated
 with his father since MT. Huntingdon es i tablishcd the business in 1888.
 The announcement that Captain Arm , ington had purchased his fathers busi ness came as surprise, for it was no
 generally known that MT. Armingtol contemplated retiring just yet. How ever, it was stated at the store Monda, afternoon that MT. Huntingdon passed hi { 74th birthday Aug. 19, and felt that tn time had come for him to take d well ! deserved and much-needed rest.
 Mir. Huntingdon first engaged in busi 5 ness in Danielson 4S years ago in a base 7 ment under what is now the DanieIso 3 inn. His line was fruit. soda and confec ! tionery. He was successful from tn ; l start. Later he took a store in the lowe 4 end of what was known as the Oliv c Branch building, whcih was razed nor . 1 than a score of years ago to make wa e for the Phoenix building. MT. Armine tons store in the Olive Branch buiIdin I was in the same location as is the Brook f lyn Savings bank at the present time. I In 1888 MT. Huntingdon decided to en r bark in a new field of merchandising, S ' took a lease of a store in the Exchans ? block and opened grocery store, whic
 has been uniformly successful ever sine l | MT. Huntingdon being rated one of tn = most efficient and well posted buyers . this corner of the state.
 The business grew until three floor
 were necessary to meet the storing need
 of the concern, which has handled certai commodities in wholesale quantities. Mir Huntingdon is one of DanieIson 1 very best known citizens. a veteran ] the Civil war, and one of the few SUI . vivors who fought at the Bloody -Ang- during the historic battle of Gettysbur - as a member of 8 Rhode Island batter,
 He has served Killingly as a represents
 tive in the legislature at Hartford an
 filed other public offices with his charat
 toristic efficiency and ability. His retire
 ment from active business life marks