Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-27
WnLIMANTIC

 around membership card eases. gifts of the Chicago club.
 James P. Bath read an interesting re- port by Roger Babson, the great stati- tieian, who warned merchants to lay In ample stocks of medium priced goods. The wool market which ix now below pre-war level, will advance in the fall. Prices on mems clothing and such stock have bullish tendency. Anthracite coal shows signs of reaching hrmer prices and the public is urged to buy now and not wait until winter.
 Following a general discussion of Ro- tary programmes the meeting adjourned at 1,se o'clock
 Professor John J. Maddox, formerly principal of windham High school, for the past four months acting superintend- ent of instruction in St. Louis, Mo, schools. was unanimously elected to that office Wednesday of last week, the posi- ton being for four years at salary Of s10.000 per year. an increase of $2OeO over the salary attached to the office at the present time. Professor Maddox is the youngest man who ever held the of- flee of superintendent Of instruction in St Louis. ,He is fl and has been asso- eiated with the St Louis school system
 
 stated that they had been looking for a big man and having Professor Maddox, they felt that they need look no further, Superintendent Maddox Is a graduate of the National Normal University of Leb- anon, Ohio. and of Yale University. He began teaching at the age of 1s in the rural school of Campbell, Ky. His first salary was $3T.50 per month or $33T.56 for the school year. Superintendent Maddox is married and has one child, a daughter, Elizabeth Maddox. aged nine,
 It was announced Tuesday afternoon that the San silk department where fan cy domestic thread is manufactured at the local plant of the American Thread Company is to be transferred to the Kerr mills of the company, in Fall River For several days machinery has been trans ported from the local factory to the Kerr mills In making the change it is an nounced that the space formerly occu- pied by the San Silk department is to | be used and new winders are being in stalled, the manufactured poundage to remain the same as that of fancy domes- tic thread, manufactured here in the past,
 Seventy-hve operatives, mostly wo- men. are affected by the transfer. None fof the operatives are to be taken to Fall River Places are to be found in the departments of the local plant for al those affected by the transfer.
 The San Silk department has been lo Cated in Holyoke and Fall River mill! and several years ago was brought tC this city, A part of the box making ma chinery at the local plant is being ship ned to Fall River, and will be sufTicien to turn out the required number O boxes used in the fancy department 0 laa Fall River mill.
 J. E. Reed. a sceutmaster. and C. H Camper. a "" man, both hailing iron Aurora, H., arrived in this city Tues day afternoon at o'clock and stonpsi at the local '. N. c. A. to cool off hii before continuing on their way. Tht two not long ago started hiking iron their home town to Boston, Mass am after visiting that city started back home, coming through WiHin1antic. The intend 10 return to Rochester. N. Y and then head south until they reac Louisville, Ky. From there they wi strike off for Aurora, I'll. The two me are equipped with light camping outfit. but carried neither tent or shelter hail preferring to sleep in the opcr . lis of all the towns and cities the men hay, hiked through on their trip east is re corded on the hat worn by one of th, hikers. They have already covered sev
 ral thousand miles and have a longe distance to go on their return trip home
 F. Irving Rudd and Archer KnowIkoE
 nS.neers representing the public utill les commission made their annual n '9ection trip of the eastern division c the Connecticut Company trolley linei Tuesday. During the morning they GOV cred the New London Norwich WilIimar tic line and during the afternoon ir speeted the South Coventry line. Th party left for Norwich by special ca shortly after o'clock ss'
 wreeking crew from the East Hayi ford yards of the New Haven rrEa wu employed Tuesday morning placing a dG . raileo coal car back on the iron at th lower end of the American Thread Con pany ward, just east of No. mill off tt main line of the. Providence divisio The railroad sent three cars loaded wit coal to the trestie and one struck u coal hoist belonging. to the America Thread Company. resulting in it's becon ing derailed and crashing to the val ! betQW. Workmen had forgotten to hoi . the boom clear of the tracks. The co, tents Of the car was strewn about tl yard and the car itself was badly dar aged.
 The Novena to Ste. Anne eIossd Tue r day evening at St. Joscphs church . 7-3o o'clock with veneration of the rel . recitation of the rosary and henedictit D of the blessed sacrament.
 - The boys St St. Mary's church cha
 are to enjoy e weeks camping at L
 Bonte's farm, Columbia lake, during t
 second week in August The boys mn, oering forty, will be supervised by ]
 seph P. Gaudrsan. A meeting is to
 held Thursday night at which final q a. engagements will be made.
 The WOmcs's Retef Corps is Aa eui