Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-24
DAEIFlSoN AND PUTNAM NEWS
nkNfClSON

z Oanielsen k Se have a Yankee Division scIub and ..fs organization sis scheduled .te take plaee Mepea". evening next. It -nr:u h e610Al1y Naow,1 KS the Y. D. cilFo 70; Kfnns!y sf tse Y. D. Veterans .as- .soc.atisn.
 f-ikeI,- thau lees. c.un will. in mem ,bsrshsp, be anA ef the sn,sllest of the Y, ID. ssxznazatisoe iE New England. from che states of which the famous organi- zatiSm was mad: n2 wit1 national guard units as .se nucleus around which rwks recruited znd brought in through sthe selec4ive service as fpe a bcdy of man as say service rn5er the United States flag. eserseas during the world War The Yankee !7iris;on's record rates with that of the bart of the, e,reCliar army divisions. Hundreds of it's men were killed in action. thousands were wounded spr gasse5 or otherwise disabled.
 I.S achievements in the St. Mihiel sec @ter and. other seething sections of the sTesterr front have made possible the swrii:ag of new and brilliant pages Of st'n.ted States history and won fame for .the. Yankee Division that will be an in sspiration for Uncle Sam's soldiers for fEenera ati0ns to come.
 Among the local men who are eligible for membership are: Merrill Bennett. JeOger Williams, John M. Dove. all of aAe 103rd Field Artillery; John Horton ts resident here. but at present away. a su1eGnAer of the 1e3rd Field Artillery. Phii- D .R6hseEe. warner sf the. distinguished ssSrv!ea cross and decorated by the gov -ernment of France with the croix de sguerre. who served with the, 1o2d In- sstHnt-y. in which regiment Richard Heaiey svas wounded and gassed in action. Ade- slard Barbeau. who after hard fighting .was captured by the Germans and spent snfaths in German prison camps, also .serveA {. Carl Anderson, who was wounded .while on duty in the front line trenches .and spent a year in hospitals overseas sayrt sr&.'sii ~-"r---' Vic.o- Parraault an. sother man who vas wounded while serv sIns- on sle erm front Francis Gag ssAr, ardNGeorE Moran. both of Dayvil!e -Wafo served through the entire campaign voz lthez. western front and were among 2 -hAndful Of the original membership oi rthesr company who came through whole flames Hamey and Dr. D. A. Clark. al sWere with the 1e2d Infantry. made ul seriE;nally of Connecticut men; Mason lOEee, who saw hard service with thu s1s1st Engineers and Arthur Rainville Who was a member of the 104th In iantry.
 The Yankee Division. through its veter ans; association, is striving to keep 1t members in touch with each other. an, to -beTnetuAte the traditions of the or xanisa ton. the name of which is to b. applied under the army reorganization niaz to. the new. division of nationa %sfardsmen being organized in the Nev England states.
 <. The town of KillinEly Is the only towr ir eastern Connecticut that has Y D club, and the town will be very proud O the fact
 Marry E. Back IT,, A n"mber of tl&, KilliAgly High. School basketball team i rscoveriaE frsm an infection of the ey that at one time seemed to threate1 les. Of sight. Tn a game played at Willi FnAntic last week he was accidentall, Scratched. The injury was cpnsidere of such 2 minor nature that it appeare, to be of no consequence. but unfortuna el this did not prove to be the case.
 A HttIe rain during Wednesday helpe in clearing the borough of the heav aecumdiations of snow that are piled u en many of the streets where there i much travel. Men and teams in the en Dloy Of the tewn were busy clearing tn besitess section of snow during Wed nesaay and great quantities of it wer removed and dumped into the river.
 The state highways were in fairly goo cohai.lon on Wednesday and notorist sxPerienced no great difficulty in gettin from place to place
 Motorists who had cars stalled or wh did not risk an attempt to get hom during Sundays storm were bringin home their ,caFs sn Wednesday. ..FPisonePs whs ere being held at tn Brooklyn iail to face criminal charge will have to wait until the May term C court for trial. as criminal cases no IonE CT receive attention at the March terl .cf court, as was the rule for years this county.
 The feed for members at the Bohem An club, in connection with the endin es tournaments, is to be this evening, nt TSiesday evening, as previously stated
 this column.
 Fhe eASe .sf Miss Gertrude A. Wa dell vs. the town Of Killingly heads u tr:a. list on the current calendar of tl superior court. but no further progre with it may be expected at least unt a decision; is handed. down in the mand mus ,proceedinss now pending
 Limited operations are under way
 the Connecticut Mills
 BanielSsn win be represented at il banquet in Putnam Friday evening giv, Ny members of the Windham County B in honor Of Charles E. Searls and E. Warner. Attorney Harry E. Back is member of the committee of arrang
 nents.
 Brooklyn and Pomfret residents a