Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-02-27
VIII T. IMANTIC

March 4, 1921. The funeral was held
Saturday afternoon from the parents
home II Meadow street. The body was
placed in the receiving vault at St. Jo-
seph's cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ada Chase
Hillman were held Saturday at o'clock
at the home of Mrs. B. G. Thompson
275 Prospect street, Rev. Harry S. Nc
Cready was the officiating clergyman.
Burial was in Spring Grove cemetery,
Hartford. C. NJ Thompson, B. G..
Thompson, Harold Thompson and H. r.
Chapel were bearers. Arrangements
were in charge of Funeral Director Jay
| N. Shepard.
Edwin e. Fox died at $50 Saturday
| morning. at his home, "a Oak street. He
was well known brick mason and
| contractor in this city. Mr.. Fox was
! born in Hampton Sept. Is, 1853, son Of
/ Joel and Lydia Miner Fox. He resided
/ in Hampton until he was Is years old,
| when he came to this city and has re-
/ sided here all the intervening time with
4 the exception Of three and halle years
when he lived in Meriden. He has a
/ wide circle of friends here who srieved
over his loss. He is survived by his
wife, Sarah E. Shumway Fox; a niece
/ Miss Kate W. Fox of Hartford, and a
cousin. Mrs. Cora Lincoln of Middle
boro, Mass.
Joseph a. Martin. 20, died at his
! home No. All Valley street, Saturday
afternoon. at o'clock, after 1--WE weeks
: illness. He was one of Willimantic's
| best known citizens and for many years
| was building contractor, retiring
| about eight years ago. He was born in
St. Leon, Canada. May Is, 1851 When
II -rare
! he resided for few months and then
located in Willimantic He was alder
I man from the second ward for two
I terms and has held other town and city
/ offices in years past. Besides his wife
| be is survived by three sons, George
and Ovila of New Haven. and Henry Of
New York, and three daughters Mrs
Emma Laramee. Mrs. Louise Lamber
and Miss Helen Martin of this city. He
\ leaves also four sisters and two broth
ers.
Edwin Cross was the victor at tn.
end OF the class tournament which ha
i been conducted for members of thu
boys department of the Y. NJ c. A
Twenty-Five members are now engage
; in a baseball tournament which is be
ing played on the two new boards o
'pAaleagball" recently purchased. Il
I al 4.
G.. A. Saturday morning William Jack
E son was first Merrill Ide second, an
{ A. CoUtu third The teams ranked a
= follows: Giants. Pirates and Reds. i
/ the team standing the Giants have It
| points; Reds IA; Pirates 1872, and TIL
/ Yanks s.. f. Taylor is first in the in
= dividual standing With total of 12S
points; e. Cross second 1894, and
Abernethy third 1855
mass meeting of Polish and Rus
sian people was held at the Polish hal
o No. 70 Main street. Sunday afternoon
. at o'clock. The meeting was well at
, tended The speakers were from Hart
, ford, Bridgeport and New York.
The evangelistIo meeting held unds
= auspices of the Salvation Army at til
. Congregational church house sunda
- evening was largely attended. TIL
s speaker was Colonel Joseph Harmon
- Of London. Music was by the Saliva
! ton Army singers and instrumentalst
special service was held at S
| Paul's Episcopal church Sunday evenir
a $50. Sufragan Bishop E c. Ach
son Of Afiddletown administered the ri
/ | Of confirmation and preached the Sc
? mon.
n Mrs. James Madden and daughter
| -'iIii c'7tsA were III Nlil4HaHlic odlu
e day.
: J. Leo Sullivan visited friends
e Hartford Saturday
Miss Clair Loisel of Hartford ar
d Miss Helen LoiseI of New London spel
Y the weekend with their sister, Grac
:. Of Bellevue street, Willimantic
u WiIinsntie's second Dollar Day W,
2 decided success from the viewpoil
: of bota the merchants and the buyir
p public. From early morning until Ia
z into the evening thousands came in
Willimantic by train. trolley. autom
bile, or on foot, to visit the stor
where great values We're offered. "Ba
gains as We advertise" was the slogs
Of the merchants and every one of the
had bargains to suit all members
I the family.
The one hundred and twenty me
chants who cooperated in the create
4 bargain day of the year knew what Il
/ buying public wanted and the counte
I We're log ded with seasonable mercha
Z disc At prices that paid the buying pu
\ lie to search out and purchase.
hi In several of the stores were bargail
III such as have never before been offer,
in this city and in each case the doc
ways of the stores were damned VIII,
; the business of the day was begun.
70 When Willimantio merchants clala
cd their Dollar Day bargains won
show the hest bargains ever offered 4
shoppers in eastern Connecticut tn
followed their words with the good
:; and hundreds of purchasers were hea
to remark, I'm coming to Willimant