Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-25
TAFTYILLE

equal last years LOIdl, LuuS SItdU4litS the local chapter to carry out ts pro- ] gram for the cou.ng year, including the support of the chapter bed at the w. Backus hospital, the use of which is free to all residents of tine Taftv.ile district. Up to Friday, the total one dollar memberships recaIvad was 1.E5G. The campaign is being car ria1 on by cJrps of canvassers, and the present result represents their ear nest endeavors. as well as the support of the residents of the village.
 Word was received in the village Fri day of the death of Agnes Bellegren, widow of Oliver Trudeau in PawS;cket, R. I. Mrs Trudeau entered a drug store at SIP Pawtucket avenue. where she collapsed and died before medical aid could be summoned. Medical Ex- aminer French was called, and he de- ciared death due to natural causes, and as her identity was not known at that time, he gave the body in care Of an un- dertaker. When 8 description of her clothing had been sent out, the body was speedily identified as that of Mrs Trudeau. Mrs. Trudeau was cne of the longtime residents of TaftviliA. resid ing at North B street for many years, when Mir. Trudeau was employed as second hand in the ring-spinning de- partment of the Ponemah Mills. Some time after his death sine removed to Pawtucket to make her home with her sister. She was a member of St. Anne's Society of the Sacred Heart church. and during the war. she was very ac- tive in Red Cross work. Sine is sur vived by one son, Aubrey Trudeau. A daughter, Miss Ora Trudeau, died here during the influenza epidemic.
 
 Noticeable in the village during the past month is the arrival of numerous French Canadian families from Canada. Years ago, when the Canadian poputu- tion far outnumbered any other na- tionality in the town, it was no unc3m- mon incident to have twenty or more large families from over the border, ar rive, find work in the local mills, and furnish the town with a fine type of cit izens. But during the war. the immi- grafton began to slacken probably due to boom times in Canada at that time. and since that period. new Canadian families have been comparatively scarce Immigrants from the land of the Maple Leaf usually hail from the country about Montreal. in the Prov ince of Quebec. In the pre-war days so large was the Canadian population that French was the principal tongue of the district, and signs and handbills were printed in that language. It was hard to get job in any grocery store unless clerk could talk French. To. day the situation is changed. While the Canadians are still the dominating na. tionality, numbers of Central EuroDeans have taken up their residence in thf town, have become Americanized ant form a fair proDortion of trv ponula tion. Perhaps this advance guard O families from our northern neighbor will swing the indicator in the othel direction and again put the Canadian! in the ascendancy.
 With the close of the hunti"R s~"soI on some varieties of game the $~HH CTS who this year participated iI thi sport are comparing records for tn | season. While some fairly good bag are recorded, it is generally concedet | that the game was not plentiful enoug1 to. go round. Game birds were. sighte, in goodly numbers on some days. an were very scarce on others, whic | leads one to believe that they wer
 mostly flight" birds, or game whlc moves about from place to place Grous
 as usual has been the king of the 192 l season. Quail has been fairly plent | i although the birds have been larg, l Woodcock is passing off. the stage en tirely. Two or three years ago, it wa
 noted that this speedy bird was on tn
 verge of extinction, and while this yea some. may have been brought down this locality, no one has claimed ths
 honor when the gunner's circle meet Gray squirrels are also less in numbe
 this year. Many claim this is becaus | the wholesale cutting of trees for flu and lumber drives them further into tf
 country, and one hunter predicted ths
 in five years the only specimen
 Of this animal in the town will be i
 Mohegan park. unless they are protec
 ed by law. Rabbit hunting w'll go c
 fer a period. Cottonta-fs are ~9uorte
 as numerous as ever, and, hunters wf
 possess good dogs. are looking forwar
 to the frosty, moonlieht nights whe
 they can run their favorite game
 cover.
 In the November 21st issue of Fibl
 & Fabric, cotton manufacturing jou
 nal published in Boston, Mass. is an a
 ticle on the organization of the Eas
 ern Connecticut Mill Mems Associatic
 at Danielson recently. One paragraI
 reads, "No less than fifteen came dow
 with little Georgie Kean from Taftvill
 Of course, he used more than one c.
 to transport them.' Included amor
 those present from the Ponenah Mil
 are A. E. Pingree, superintendent E, mund Hindle, assistant superintendent
 Joseph Wood. overseer of muIe-spi
 ming; Alfred Anderson, overseer
 ring spinning; George rP. Kean, owe
 seer of carding; William Bailey, owe
 seer of carding; John Bauer, overse
 of weaving; Thomas Greenwood. owe
 seer of weaving; Herbert P. Hoy overseer of cloth room; Charles We ster, overseer of silk room; John : Sharples, master mechanic; Carl He Ter, overseer of siashing and dressin , Arthur E. Atkins, overseer of paint q partnent E. w. Warrington, overse of outside work; George N. Bearoo
 office manager. From the Totoke
 Manufacturing Company. were Afr.
 R. Boutillier, E. Lafiesh, Thomas
 Robinson, B. Lafreinel and William.
 Frohmader.
 , 'ensorceleuse," play in the Fren e language, will be staged in the near f i, ture for the benefit of Fire Compa. No. ?, of Merchants avenue.
 Troop 3, Boy Scouts, met Friday eN ; hing in the recreation rooms of t i, Taftville Congregational church. und the direction of Scoutmaster Victor :. Davis,
 A homing pigeon that was captur
 Ison Thursday in an attic in 1oC
 house, and which had band on it's S with the letters J. B. M, Boston, V found dead in it's cage Friday mornil : The bird appeared to be exhaust 5 and was badly in need of food The
 is no way to tell how long it had be
 in the attic, where it had probably go
 for shelter.
 John L. s. Anderson of South e street has left town to make his hel y with his daughter in Springfield, Ma y MT. Anderson was known as one of t :. old settlers of the village and his ma