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Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-08
WATERFORD PUPILS COMPETED
 IN SPEAKTHG ANn SpEN-


 Joseph Labrizze, sixth grade pupil of the Cohanzie school, won the prize speaking contest of the schools of the town of Waterford Thursday, evening at the Vocational school, New London. Sec ond place went to Miss Matilda Hester of Quaker Hill. Jordan school pupils won the spelling contest which followed. Miss Emeline Pratt taking first place, with second honors going to Miss Josephine Launcelootta.
 Supervisor V. B. Moody opened the ex- etc.ses with a brief introductory speech explaining the purpose of the contests, indicating how the winners would be chosen, and briefly outlining what had been done along those lines in the past. Supervisor Moody stated that the re- speotNe winners would compete at the Uncasville school on the afternoon of April 27 for the right to represent the district in the state contest at Hartford.
 The following program was carried out, interspersed with musical numbers by the Jordan school glee club. which made it's first public appearance. and an Indian club drill by pupils from the same school:
 Music, Sailing, Jordan Glee club. To the Boys of America. Roosevelt James Perkins of West Neck
 The Inchcape Rock, Southey, Charles Dimmock of East Neck The Loss of the Birkenhead, Doyle Clarence St. Germain of Jordan. King John and the Abbot of Canter- 1 bury. John Green of Jordan.
 Music. Dip, Boys, Dip the Oar, Jordar i Glee club.
 The Name of Old Glory, Riley. Edward 1 Wall of Lakes Pond. | The Inchcape Rock, Southey. WalfreJ Williams of Jordan.
 When the Great Gray Ships Come In Carroll Abbie Fogtg of Jordan. An Appeal for America, Pitt Joseph l Lalorizzi of Cohanzie
 Indian club drill, boys from Jordan school.
 The Bells, Poe, Beatrice Enos of Co hanzie
 Lincoln. the Man of the People. Mark ham, Edith Topham of Quaker Hill. The Name Of Old Glory, Riley, Matilda Hester Of Quaker HlN. 1 Music. America, the Beautiful, JordaI 1 Glee club.
 Spelling contest: Jordan school, Fine l line Pratt James Allyn, Josephint | LaunceHootta, Charles Atwood; Quake 1 Hill, Matilda Hester, Francis Rogers | Marie Angus, Ross Kenerson; Cohan | zie, George Watrcus, Fred Novitch l west Nech, tlorence Hayes, Elme Brooks; East Neck, Marion Allen, Rutl Borges Lakes Pond. Marion Comstock Joseph Perry.
 Miss Matilda Hester of the Quaker Hi school who took second place also di well in the spelling contest, being one o the three who survived the preiminar shaking-out process and making the thir | best showing in that field. She slippe up on the word "cauliflower," while Mis- Josephine Launceilotta was shortly af terward eliminated by advice" leavin Miss Emeline Pratt of the Jordan schoC as the towns champion speller.
 Miss Pratt spelled down a large fiel of competitors, including seven boys, an repeated her victory of a year ago Sh represented the town in the state contes at Hartford last year, and bids fair { go back to the Capitol City match agai this year.
 Regional Supervisor L. T. Garrison ad dressed the meeting. talking upon til value of the training afforded the young
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-08
ANDREW AVERY ELECTED
 FARM BuREAU TREASURE


 At the last directors meeting of the New London County Farm and Home Bureau. Andrew Avery was elected treasurer of the organization to succeed s E. Holdridge who recently resigned on acrount of Ill health. MT. Avery is at present the farm bureau director for the town of Ledyard and Is a man well quail fled to fill this position as he has handled in very satisfactory manner the fnanc- ing of the new grange hall in Ledyard and has also had considerable business experiende in the past year.
 At this same directors meeting Mrs. Ellsworth Gray was elected woman's di- rector from North Storington tn fill the place of Mrs J. D. Avery, resigned. It was also voted that the New Lon don county farm bureau enter into medn- orandum of agreement with the Connecti- cut Agricultural College Extension service so that the duties of the extension agents, namely the county agent and him2 demon stration agent. and the cod1eration which is furnished by the farm bureau and by the college will be clearly understood Such memorandum is made necessary by tho development of the farm bureau into state and national organization. As farm | ers' organization the farm bureau may | undertake commercial work in which the l extension agents who are partly paid from government funds may not partici- pate Such work is perfectly proper and | legitimate for farmers organization and
 should be encouraged. but where public workers are partly paid by government 1 funds it would be impossible for them tc | engage in such activities. Professor Bak-
 CT, the director of the extension service
 was present at this meeting and outlined
 this memorandum very clearly to the di- l r.ectOrs who were present.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-08
HIGHWAY TRAVEL HINTS
 FOR EASTERN CONNECTICUT

Tn eastern Connecticut the following road contracts are in force with the state highway department;
 Retween Norwich and Westerly four miles of bituminous nlacadam in two sec tions The first section is from FOX Hill south miles,. The second section IS rom North Stonington village south a distance of two miles. The first section IS now closed and will remain closed to through tragic for about sir weeks The detour is through Pouuetanock The lower sectlon will be kept open for the present. The road between BoZrahVlFle ana Colchester has not yet been started but will probably be started within 9 week For the present no detour is necessary. Between the State Farm for Women and RlackhaIl on the shore road from Man. tic to Old Lyme four miles of road are uuder construction. No detor is neces- sarv at present. The road, however, is very rough and there are some bad mud holes in it, so that the public IS adVlsed not to try to get through.
 At Mystic the piers from the Mystic
 River bridge are practically completed The work of putting usq steel will be start i ed within the next week.
 | Work has started up again on the roac between Danielson and Little Rest at the Rhode Island line. This road is absolute 1 ly impossible due to bad mud holes. Tt | 20 from Norwich to Providence the bes
 route at present is through Putnam
 Work is under way between Mechan 1 icsville and Grosvenordale. This .cut-o does not interfere with traffic in any way
 From South Woodstock to West Wood stock the road is under construction bu passable at all times.
 Work has started up on the concret Iroad between Hartford and New Londo
 This road will be kept open to traffic
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-08

wich were recent guests of reatives in the village.
 Troop 3, Boy Scouts, met Friday ev- ening in the recreation rooms of the Taftville Congregational church, under the direction of Victor Fl. Davis, scout masetr.
 Trees are being set out along the railroad track in the yard of No. mill.
 Wilfred Bibeau and family have nov ed from School street to the Benoit block on Hunter avenue.
 The Occum road is being scrapped and sanded.
 MT. and Mrs. Henry Kendall of Lis bon were visitors in New London early in the week
 Daylight saving Is the main topic of discussion among the vallagers at this time of the year, and most of them would like to see this plan in force this year. Last year a canvas was made of all the operatives in the Ponemah Mills, and an overwhelming majority were in favor of daylight saving The schools, however. under state direction | stuck to standard time. and as this would have made it difficult for those employed in the mills who had children in the schools. the plan was abandon ] ed.
 Rev. Henry Chagnon, assistant pastor at 16e Sacred Heart church, was In | Plainfeld recently where he preached at St. Johns church. Mrs. Pierre Fournier and three chill dren of Danbury, N. H., who have been | guests of MT. and Mrs. Joseph Pa- | quin of North B street, have gone to | Baltic for short stay with relatives | in that village.
 The campaign for new members for the Taftville Athletic association has been launched, with Andrew Frohmand- | CT as director of the drive, He Is as- sisted by the following committee: Ed ward St. ArmdIr, Thomas Broderick, Robert Brooks, Thomas Greenwood, Harry Mills, James Murphy, Thomas 1 Coleman. James Hanlon, Arthur Ed | wards, Michael Murphy, Francis Mur- phy, Frank Fitzmaurice and Richard Heberdng.
 Taking advantage of the low rate of exchange in foreign exchange in for eign countries, a number of residents ot the village are making arrangements to spend the summer in Europe. Sev eral Polish families will sail soon tt visit relatives in their mother country and anticipate being able to afford th' best accommodations, with the mark a three one-hundredths of a cent. Man! Germans. also have made arrangement to sail for Hamburg, taking advantag of being able to purchase three mark for one cent
 MT. and Mrs. Philip F. Anderson hay taken a house on North B street, an expect. to move there soon from thel present home on Terrace avenue.
 Albert Roy of South Front street ha resigned his position with the Ponema Co.,
 Peter Benoit of Providence street, wh has been i'll for several weeks. is nov able to bt out during the day.
 The Boy Scout campaign for funds Lisbon has been in charge of Mrs. F'loI eRce Preston. who has been most sus ceSsfu in obtaining contributions in tn section nt the town.
 Fred Roy has been confined to h homo oo South c street by illness.
 Mrs John Sullivan of Norwich al
 eaGs ls recovering from an operatio
 for apaendtcItss performed at 1ta0 p. T
 Wednesday at Hsekos hospital.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-08

F. Mclean of Connecticut. introduced The following petitions in tho United States senate today:
 Petition from Tho Manufacturers As soclation of Connecticut, Inc. of Hart ford. Conn. protesting against the per sistent sinister political influences which are trying to undermine the independ- encc of action of the administrative off cers Of the federal reserve board.
 Petition from members of East Hart. ford Chamber of Commerce, of Eas' Hartford and citizens Of West Cornwall Connecticut, protesting against the pass age of the McNary Bill. s. 2747. appro priating s35O.OOO,O0 for reclamation purposes, etc.
 Petition from The Connecticut Pores try Association of Middletown. Connec tictt, favoring the passage of the Keye. Bill, providing for an appropriation o s2,O0o,O0O for continuing the purchase o forest lands in the White Mountains and Southern Appalachian Mountains.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-08
HUMoR OF THE DAY

Buddy. let's have a dollar. Wl got to bury our old top kick.
 "Surest thing Here a V-bury i've of them-"-Detroit Free PreFs.
 What are coid-storage eggs senias for nowgr
 strictly fresh. as usual -BOs,oa Transcript.
 Wife - Hubby. dear. the msrs thought of the furs you promised md makes me feel warm
 Hubby-"And the mere thought 'f their cost makes the cold shfverE -ua down my back k-''-London Answers.
 A man should love"
 Yes. go on
 "A man should love his wife even B she does get fat, for be promises tc | Wayside Tales.
 Mrs Excl hear you celebrated yogf silver wedding last week Mrs. Wye-No. to judge from -h~ presents we received it was our silver plated wedding.-Boston TranscrIut.
 Now, father. don't see why vou oppose Mary in taking lessons on tho violin
 'I don't mind her taking IessonE but l wish she would take them out of the house Detroit Free Press.
 Typist There's some one knocking Why don't you answer
 Office Boy: II it's the boss Tu gel that raise. He told me this morning that every knock was a boost-Wsy- side Tales.
 Ethel. can't you tell us the shape of the worldT' asked teacher enc lcouragingly.
 ''Yessum: it's in a pretty bad shap4 just at present" replied the precoci- ous child. who had heard her daddy say few things al .home.-Bunaid Commercial. How is it you have such a good memory Norah ?' her mistress in- quired
 Well mum. I'll tell ye. Since nd childhood never lie have told and when ye don't have to be taxln' vos memory to be rememberin' what ya told this one or that. or how ye eE- plained that or that. shure ye don'f overwork it an it last ye. good as new, till you die.'-Christian Advocate.
 Whats become Of the old-fashloned captain of industry who used 10 boast that he could hire all the brains ha wanted in the open market for fz1 a week?'
 T knew one Of that type. oncs or twice a week he goes out behind hia garage and kicks himself
 What for2' ''That's how he got a son-in law Birmingham Age Herald.
 A collier and his wife visited a pie ture gallery. They came to sorns photographs Of classic art. and seeing : one more striking that the rest they asked what it was. That" said a visitor. standing by, ifs photograph Of the famous Venus de Milo. the perfect woman
 The collier gazed at the photogra Dh for some time. and then giancinr at his wife, he said By gum. Lizzie. they made a mess O thee,~-Londoa { Tit Bits.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-08
KALEIDOSCOPE

Few bald-headed men die of con- sumption.
 The sun gives soa.oOO times moro light than the moon.
 The air Of Yankee Doodle Is za old as the time of Cromwell
 The population of Paris has inc creased only ls.0O0 in the last ten years.
 Thirty-f1ve secretaries are required to deal with the popes correspond- ence.
 Miss Mary F. Woolley has been president of Mount Holyoke College for twenty years.
 For centuries in China a woman hss had the choice of keeping her maiden name after marriage
 Practically all the women employed in government offices In Mexico arc to be replaced by men
 The Cross of Alfonso XII has been conferred on Sarah Barnhardt- tho French actress, by King Alfonso of Spain.
 Russia produces more barley and rye than any other country and moro wheat and oats than any other eK- cept the United States.
 If the United States were as dense- ly populated. as is Belgium. the coun- try would hold a population equal 10 that of the rest of the world.
 TiRnoIL weighing seventy-four tons and collected during a period of nino years. has enabled a fraternal orran- ization to endow nine beds in London hospitals, ] An emelette or piece of fish. with ! fruit to follow, it said by one diet expert to be the ideal midday meal for a man or woman employed in an effiee.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-08
WARNS MoTORMEN TO
 WATCH FOR PA


 In response to g request of the motor vehicle departan the Connecticut com pany las issued a bulletin to managers and superintendents of all local branch es of the trolley system that prospective passengers should not be encouraged to leave the curb when signalling for street cars. thus exposing themselves to the danger of being run down by approaching automobiles. The following is a copy of the bulletin issued by Vice President and General Manager J. K. Punderford:
 Complaint has been received that some motormen 1-e not on the lookout for pas sengers at regular stopping points neces- sitating passengers leaving the sidewalk and standing in the street near the car tracks in order to be sure of the cars stop 1ing. This is liable to endanger prospe:- tive passengers from being run over by au- tomobilists and I wish you would bulletin n1otornen and conductors to be on the lokout for prospective passengers on ths sidewalk at regular stopping points This is covered by Rule 12, Page 10 Of the Gen. eral RJ'Ies and also in Section M-2 on Page 51 of the rules for motcrmen.'
 The motor vehicle department sent a re- quest to the Connecticut company last week suggesting that specific directions l be given to it's motormen relative to sto,1- l ting at stations. believing that it should be known that wherever there are pas sengers waiting the sidewalk next to a white pole, an approaching trolley car 1 will stop.
 Commissioner Stoeclsel emphasized Fri i day that people who intend to take a car | should stay on the sidewalk or curb until the car hassstopped to receive them The | law requires motor vehicles to come to 8 stop before proceeding rast a standing trolley car and this gives prospective trol- | ley passengers protection, provided fley observe the caution about keeping out of 1 the road until the trolley car has stopped The danger is often greatest just before the car has stopped because autoists, up- on perceiving that the trolley car is about to stop, put on speed to pass the car be fore it is brought to a standstill,
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-08
CHRIST CHURCH CHOIR

TO SING CRUCIFIXION
 Sunday evening, 73O, the boy choir of Christ church will sing Stainer's Crucifix- ion. Sir John Stainer, (born in London, Jure G. 1S40, died March 31, 1S0D sang as a choir boy at St. PauTs. London. At the age of fourteen he became an organ is1 iu a small church and at the age of niEeteen graduated from Oxford Univer- sity V .tk the degree of bachelor of mu- sic. In 1872. he succeeded Sir John Gross as organist at St Paul's, but in the year 1888 was obliged to resign because of failing eyesight. He was also knight cd in the same year. He wrote many ser vices and anthems, but of his several cantatas the one best known and liked | is Tha Crucifxion.
 Tht program follows:
 Prelude Elegie, Ravanello Prccess;onal hymn 98. All Glory. Laud and Honor
 Gloria. Mares | Bonum Est Mares The Cucifixion. Stainer Crertory solo, Turn Thy Face From My Sins. 1'nc'lger
 Mir. Blackledge.
 Peces sional Hymn 105, O, Sa-red l Head Surrounded
 Postlude, Marche Religieuse, Gllilmant
 Scioists: Arthur R. Blackledge James [. Jackson. Vincent D. Eldre1. George Houingsworth. Chorus: Walter B. | Crooks, William J. Dunstan, Luci1s Ea- wis Gu. Lambert IT.. George Fairbanks | ChCir boys: Robert Burke, Leonard | Clann Howard Fensley, Russell Fensley, Harokt Brink. Nunzi Grieco Pall Grje- co. George Guile. George Haddad, Jo- seph Haddad John Johnson, Jr., Theo- dore Lambert, Alfred Lillibridge, Rich ard Norman, Herbert Spears. James Sweezy, William Tirrell, Carl Vallin.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-08
ASKS COOPERATION OF BOY SCOUTS
 10 PUT CHECK TO FOREST FIRES

Boy Scout executives of the first class councils of the state including Hart forVl. New Haven. Meriden, New Britain, Norwich, Naugatuck and New London attended conference in New London Friday.
 The conference opened with a lunch- con at the Mohican hotel at 12 o'clock in the Dutch room and about 30 Boy Sccut officials and guests were pres ent.
 Following the luscheon Austin D.
 Hawes of Hartford, state forest fire warden, gave an address, in which he told of forestry work which is being done in Connecticut and in which he asked the cooperation of the Boy Scouts through their officials and executives in forest protection and fire prevention.
 N9r. Hawes declared that forests are not only intended for the primary pur- pose of raising lumber but for the en- joyment of the people, and especially boys and girls for camping and recrea-
 tion. He said, Aowever, that people should use care not to start fires and he called attention to the fact that dur ing the past ten years more than 1885, 900 acres of forest land had been burn ed in this state. He said that one-third of the fires are caused by railroads, an- other third through camping, smoking, etc, and the last third through un- l known causes
 Mir Hawes stated that under legisla- tion passed by the last legislature, fire wardens are now appointed by the state fire warGOus instead of by selectmen of
 towns anS that he has appointed 165 ! fire wardens. who in turn have appoint ! ed 400 deputies; so, that the state is | fairly well organized for fire prevention ] The speaker said that there are now
 approximately 1000 acres of state for
 ests in Connecticut and 1t is the inten- i ton to increase this number to at least | 100, 900 acres as soon as possible. He
 asserted that Connecticut is badly of
 in a forestry way and that everything
 possible should be done to remedy the
 condition.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-08

Warden Hawes read the proclamation of President Harding designating the week and he asked the cooperation or the scout executives in observing it.
 James G. Hammond, secretary of the New London Chamber of Commerce, pledged the support of the chamber in this connection and J. William Clarke. secretary of the Rotary club, stated that he had already written to the state forestry commission asking for speak CT to address the club at it's luncheon Thursday, April 20.
 Edward S. Neilan and S. L. Ewald, members of a special committee of the Rotary club told of steps which had Hartford turnt(ike and deflored con ditions which had been left in the course of the construction of the highway.
 Scout Executive G. Sherman Ripley of Hartford took the opportunity to ask the scout executives to urge the Ro- tary clubs in their respective home towns to endorse the continuance of the Boy Scout work of the International Rotary clubs
 Scout Commissioner v. E. Bird of New London introduced Fire Warden Hawes and later Rfy. J. Romeyn Danforth took charge of the exercises Present at the luncheon were Scout Executives G. Sherman Ripley of Hart ford, Carl F. Northrup of New Haven John D. Roberts of Meriden, Walter O Cook of New Britain, Frederick Benton of Norwich, H. T. French of Naugatuck and F. E. Burdick of New London. Let ters were read from Scout Executives F. A Shattuck of Waterbury and c. S Pratt of Bridgeport and a telegram was read from R. N. Berry, regional scout | executive, who was unable to be pres ent because of a recent injury to his arm
 After. the luncheon the scout execu- lives adjourned for a business meeting at the rooms of the chamber of com merce Today they will visit the sub marine base al the invitation of Captain F. D. Berrien.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-08

St. Louis society held it regular month business meeting in St. Louis hall, Friday evening
 John Holland Of Norwich 1venue has entered his English bulldog in the Providence Dog Show which will take piace the latter part of this month The dog was raised by MT. Holland. and is considered by dog judges the best Eng fsh bull in this vicinity. MT. Hollands S friends have urged him to show the dog sn the Providence benches this year, and while the competition at this show wili be very keen, as some of the best ioEs in the country are shown there. hey think that this dog will make some moving. MT. Holland thinks at least t will be worth the expense of the en- try to have some good dog judge pass his opinion on his favorite.
 Alfred Poyerd and Alfred Poyerd, Jr., of North B street are in New Haven where they have been called by the se- rious illness of George Poyerd.
 Miss Dorothy Varley of North Stat or avenue has left town 10 pass sever al weeks with relatives in Boston, Mass
 Uric Chsnstte Of souN B street has acospted a position with the Ponemah Co.
 Mr. and Mrs. Matthias Paradis. and family who resided on Huntley avenue are occupying their new home on Pratte avenue.
 An anniversary high mass for the re- pose Of the soul of the late Mrs. Louis Bsryeron was celebrated Friday morn inE al the Sacred Heart church. Rela- tives attending from out of town in- cluded Mfr and Mrs. Edward Bergeron of Bristol Conn, and Mrs. Peter Four nier of Danbury, \. Fl.
 About twenty young people from this village attended the dance in the state armory. Norwich. Friday evening.
 Walter Gibbs of Providence R. l., was a business caller in town Thursday.
 Mrs R. Brown and daughter of Nor
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-08
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