Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-28
WILLIMANTIC

first regular house was opened by liar store now occupied by John T. Ashton and the second place was the Elite in the west store of the Chamber of Com merce building now occupied by the Grand Union Tea company. James F. Clure, now deceased, was the proprie- tor of the second house which was started in the early part of 1908.
 A heartily enjoyed Christmas celebrn- tion was held by Boy Scout troops Nos. 3, 8 and 4. Wednesday evening, at which a delightful program was rem dered. Each scout brought as his guest some youngster under ten years of age and a gift awaited all comerS
 There was plenty of singing and rnu- sic during the evening and the scout band, under the direction of Bandmas- ter Wheeler rendered it's full program ot newly selected pieces. The Glee clu3 under the direction of Mrs. Michael J Farrell rendered several Christmas ca. rols, and an appetizing lunch was serv- ed by the Ladies' Catholic Welfare Council.
 A large number of parents and friends of the scouts attended the fes | tivities which were held in St. Joseph: nall on JacKSon street.
 A long session of police court wal held Wednesday morning when the con l tinued cases of Peter Gounack ant John Stenechauck, charged with vicious l assault on Kesma Dubiha, were heard Dubina testified that he was attacked by an iron weight wielded by Stene 1 chauck and that Gounack held hi
 arms. He denied using knife in de l fense,
 Ezeb Lapan and Dennis Haggerty | who stopped the fight, stated that Sten ] echauck appeared to be the aggressor l They said that they saw no knife bI found the weight In Gounack's pocket Stenechauck said that he had previ | ously been threatened with a knife q, l Dubina who had persisted in insulting him for the past two years, but tha Dubina did not use knife during thu 1 fight. Stenechauck said that he car | ried the iron weight in self defense anf | wielded 1t because he feared the knit l which Dutbina said he would use whel ! he accosted the men.
 Gournack testified that he was I friend of Stenechauck and that he lat ter handed the weight over to him af ! ter the first blow had been struck ant | offered to fight Dubina a square fAh but Dubina pulled a knife again an; 1 chased Stenechauck around the street Three fellow employees testified tha Dubina was always insulting Stene 1 ehauck by calling him bad names. Tn 1 attorneys refused to argue the case ant i 1t was left in the hands of Judge Eos l who thought that Gounack was not t l blame but that Dubina and Stene | chauck were both to blame for fighting
 and he fined the latter $10 anu cost
 amounting to $2O.35.
 Abraham Fuch was charged in tn | police court with issuing and passiu i a fraudulent check on July P, 1922 l drawn on the Willimantic Trust Com l pany and payable to H. J. Heinz com 1 pany. The amount of the check wa 1 for $13.30 Fuch stated that he sos
 out his market and grocery business | l Joseph Kennedy and that the transac tion was held up due to attachments ! He had raised what he thought wa
 enough money to pay off his debts whe
 he made out the check, but when it wa l presented some time later there was n
 money there. The court, however, a. 1 manded that a plea be made and Fuc
 pleaded guilty to the charge. The cas was then continued until Saturday t give time to get in touch with the Hein company in regard to settlemer
 which Fuch said he was willing |
 make.
 The funeral services for John F. su
 hvan were held Wednesday mornin
 from the. late home, 1S3 Thurber ave
 nue, Providence, R. l., at 7.S0 o'Ioel
 followed by a requiem high mass at S
 Mtchaers church at o'clock. Josep
 Foy, a nephew of the deceased, rel
 dered Beautiful Land On High as
 waiting hymn. The funeral cortee
 then proceeded to this city and the bod
 was placed in the receiving vault of s
 Joseph's cemetery. A committal SCI
 vice was conducted there by Rev. Joh
 E. Clark of St. Joseph's church. Tf
 bearers were Patrick Curran and M
 chael Cronin of this city; William Ms
 lone of Providence and Daniel Sulliva
 of Newport, R. I. Killourey Brother
 were in charge of the arrangements. The funeral of Mrs. Timothy SuII
 van was held Wednesday from the la
 home in Norwich at 8 o'clock, followe
 by a requiem high mass in St. Mary
 Memorial church in Norwich at 8.30 C
 clock. The remains were then conve.
 ed to this city and placed in the recei'
 ing vault of St. Josephs cemetery whel Rev. John E. Clark conducted a con ] initial service. The funeral arrang