Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-17


 Der of informal dances at the club house later in the season. Work on the new float will be commenced today fSatur- day). a
 John B. Potvin Is to retire fror, ms line of his business and in the fi,t11reI will devote his attention to his other work MT. Potvin has been "a barber forty-four years and for forty years bass conducted a shop here. He was bori, 5T, Ste. Jean de Baptiste, IF. O. sfffty-fljffe years ago June fs. He came fo this citv when thirteen and secured job in the spinning room sof what was then known as Tracy,s mill now the west mill of the Quidnick-Windham Manufacturing Company. At9fhat time Doc Henry . Nungasser conducted a barber shop in the basement of the old Brainard House. Potvins formed the habit of standing bfi. the sidewalks nights and to observe Doc, in action He then would go home ant; practice shaving on some of his mill friends. He soon improved at this trade and was allowed to use the cloth room of the mill as a barber shop several nights week and in this way earned extra money. Later he started a shop Of his own in one of the placements of the Brick Row and met with consider able success. After this for few years he became a journeyman barber and worked in Hartford, Waterbury, Nor wich, Putnam, Taftville and other places.
 He married and settled down and since then has operated barber shops in several places in the city. For the past seven years he has been located at No [ Temple. street. In addition Mr. Pot yin had another line of work next door He has his sons. John B.. IT., and Al phege working for him. Both business lines increased to the extent that Mir Potvin decided this week to turn the shop over to his son John. MT. Potvin lays claim to the record for fast shaw ing. Some years ago. on a wager, he shaved William -Roharge in fffty-two seconds.
 John H. Corbett. county. ~" secretary at Putnam has sent word to Physical Director A. G. Brown of the Williman- tic Y. M c. A., that the annual tr:- county camp for boys at Black Pond will be held from July 19 to August 20 Friends of Mrs. James Moriarty. for merly Jane Elliott of this city, are sor- " to learn of her death which occurred at her home in New Haven Thursday night.
 A committa1 service was conducted
 
 grave in the Fuller cemetery, Scotland. ] by Rev. Harry s. .McCready, for Mrs. L. s. Fuller, whose body arrived here on ] Thursday from Texas.
 l Christian Science Sunday morning l service will be held at 1045 in the Wo. l mans Club rooms, S03 Main street. Sub ject of the lesson-sermon, Is the. Uni verse. including Man, Evolved by I O n ! Wednesdfay evening meeting June 21 at 7.3O.
 Brief Notes.
 The school at The Ridges closed Fri l day for the summer after a very sue cessful term. The teachers, Misses Ada | Littlefeld of this city and Belle Cham berlain of Westchester, have been very successful.
 Michael. Slowoski of No. 61 Jackson l street is having one-story wooden building erected at the corner of Jack son street and Jackson place. The 1 building will be is feet front and 30 feet 1 deep and will be used by MT. Slowoski as a shop
 l A report was brought to police head quarters early Thursday night by James P. Mustard that pair of trousers which he had left in his car while it was park ed on Main street, was missing when he 1 returned to the machine.
 1 A delegation from the A. c. Tyler Il Camp, U. S. W. ". and A. c. Tyler 1 Camp Auxiliary. left Friday for Stan. ford to attend the state convention ir i progress there.
 II About twenty five members of Ra- 1 6iant Chapter, No. II, Order of the Eastern Star, left by automobiles Fri i day at 4 D. m. from their rooms for New London where they were guests of the chapter of that place at it's meeting. A degree was exemplified for the guests l After adjournment a banquet was serv- dat G.33 o'clock.
 II Mrs. A. D. Carpenter and son Merritt Mrs. Estella Lathrop. Mrs. Mae Browr and Leander Austin left Friday by au. II tomobile for MT, Carpenters camp or Lake Memphromagog and will be Mr and Mrs. Carpenters guests for month
 Happenings in a. Musical Life tht book written by Jules Jordan. one of tht
 musical Jordan Twins, Jules and Julian Windham's native sons, is now on tht
 shelves of the Willimantis public li- brary for circulation. The book in il lustrated and treats of the wroter's ear ly days in Willimatic. his entry into tht
 musical world, the famous people he fa
 met and h:s varied experiences Man,
 people in Willifna ntic are mentioned
 during the course of the story. Jule
 Jordan is a brother of Charles B. Jor
 dan of this city and for years has rank
 ed with the leading musical director
 Of the country
 Miss Elizabeth Buck is visiting Mrs Victor Uhl (Anna Duryea) at Cose. Beach. near New Haven. Miss Janice Grant of Mount Hope is a member of the graduating class a Wellesley college this year. Mrs. c. c. Case left Friday to attenl
 the twentieth annual reunion of he
 class at Wellesley.
 MT. and Mrs. George F. Taylor lief
 Friday morning for New York and sai