Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-01
JEWETT CITY

The sounding of the ffe alarm few minutes past i've Friday afternoon for station S3 was the result of a nteo less move on somebody's part not yet .ear1i- ed Miss Miner, on duty It the tele- phone exchange, received call say:ng there was fire in Babcock's grain store on Mathewson street To Re sure ,he 1 operator put these questions: ''Is it a 1 lire there and shall the alarm be sountl- ed?" the answer came Yes" Then l Miss Miner threw in the batteries for SS, as it is her duty to do. Then the I party yelled "Noi Noi" it's the number l of the phone I want With ready wit l the operator threw out the switches, 1 stopping the whistle gears in the mid l dle of the alarm and sounded the recall 1 at once. The fire company promptly re- l sponded to the alarm before the error 1 was detected.
 The humidity of the early morning l Friday took back seat before noon, but the mercury advanced resulting in. an i afternoon of clear dry heat at S4 and S6 l with a light southerly breeze.
 Foreman Thomas Wakeley of the To- cal fire compahy is anxious that loose papers ani light infammable material De cleaned from back yards on account ] Of the liability of Fourth of July fires. Order clans and quahaugs today for the 4th. J. c. Fish Market-adv. l A big army truck loaded with troops l went south over the state road Friday. It is said that Camp Devens is being va cated to have the grounds ready for the l boys who will visit 1t in August Some Jewett City boys are to go The gov 1 ernment pays everything, even to rail road fare there and back, giving the boys month of real army life at this great training camp
 fine afternoon audience was at tbe big Chautauqua tent Friday afternoon and enjoyed the musical program by the Boston Little Symphony with a talented soprano, and a uuintette of French r1u- sicians of the highest type. The lecture on the Philippines was of much interest Beside the history and statistics of the American governments activities, the speaker sang sorg in Luzon dialect
 When the Jewett City Textile Novelty company's employees received their weeks pay Friday evening, each one that Is entitled to receive the regular bonus given by the company. received bank book with starter of S5 in the credit column of each one. What remained oi the bonus due each one. which Is 2
 weeks pay, was presented in cash. The 1 textile company's bonus system Is ex plained in that every employe who has worked for the company three month;
 gets weeks pay bonus, four time, each year.
 Pistol firing In the lot back of thu ] Chautauqua tent during the afternoon
 Entertainment disturbed the listeners.
 A small Polish girl. about years o
 age, was knocked down and run ovel
 by an automobile driven by Mir Liberte
 near what is known as the 'b'g block
 on Brown avenue in the early evening Thursday. Dr. F. E. Rainville was call
 ed and found the little girl suffering iron
 cuts and bruises and covered with blOoC
 from severe laceration of her head Nj = blame is attached to Liberte. Investiga . tion discloses these facts. There are per
 haps a few less than a dozen familiei
 reisde in the block, with a large riumbe
 of children of all ages and sizes. Au tomobile drivers report that it has beei the custom of these children to watcl
 for approaching machines and then ru . out in body, throw bricks and bottle A in the way, and roll iron hoops out int
 the road. Then stand in front of a ma
 chine until the last minute.
 News was received in the borough O
 Friday evening of the death of Thona
 Redding which occurred at South Can }. terbury Friday. He is survived by hi
 wife. He has no other relatives. Nil
 and Mrs. Bedding came here recent from New Rochelle, N. Y. They live
 on small place near the South Car
 terbury railroad station.
 Rev. E. E. Scates commences his pas 1 torate at the Baptist church on Sunda!
 His family will not come until his house
 hold goods arrive and the home is read.
 He will be entertained at the homes = Charles F. Gardner and G. H. Prior x Rev. J. H. seIden of Norwich wi 9 preach at the Congregational churC Sunday morning At the communio
 service which comes at the close of u Y morning service, several persons will 1 a admitted to membership by letter ar there will be the baptism of childre q Christian Endeavor at 6, led by Mrs.
 H. Hiscox.
 }, Rev Herbert L. Wilber will take f # his morning topic at the Methodi ~ church Sunday morning, A Chosen Pc Y pie.