Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-01
.JEWETT CITY

Jewett City baseball fans were much ] interested in the intelligence that be- came known here Thursday that Frank 1 Chance, 3 former bal,s5Iayer of note. is , to take over the management q tlia.! Red sox, st2r.&I3tilE Hugh Duay.
 The fact that Hugh .ourfy. th'r-y-fve years ago. lived here, earned to play baseball here, where he ran an ice cart one-sQqnnl4r for-I.,F. Lewis: gained for still his admirers. After Hugh left Jew ett City and became identifed with the big bae6oall teams, many of his friends went to Boston or New York to see him as player, captain and manager. Never did he fail when aware of their pres erice to take pleasure in renewing old friendships
 ;, Once when G.. A. Barter 5ourneyed to see him at the time of big game with New York in Boston, Hugf5e took George right over into the dugout, i B0ston's best cigars. Managers and owners passing. saw George, and be- reying him a possible new stockhoIder. 1offed their hats in recognition. Although not clear all day, yet Thanksgiving in the borough was mild l and fair, with the mercury up to 50 1 during the middle of the day. The people who were out oe town for | the holiday were comparatively few. ] The custom obtaining, more than ever before here, Of local family gatherings.
 A glance through the open door at some of the united families, - as they i sat at dinner made a joyful pieture l The fact was noted by several that the borough streets were practically desert | ed. In the afternoon walks and auto mobile trips were in order. with as 1 much comfort as in early September. l John Chadwick, a student at East Greenwich academy, was home for Thanksgiving. Miss Marion Johnson, chief operator 1 at the WTllimant5c telephone exchange was at home for the holiday. She and her mother were guests of ". H. Brown :. and family.
 1 As far as known only one Jewett City man saw Clemenceau. the Tiger of
 France. L. B. Bhss was In the crowd
 that gave him greeting as hs passed
 through Providence.
 One man living away over a the | eastern border of the town wants 3o
 know if anyone could beat him for q
 Thanksgiving dinner. In one of his line
 of Skunk traps, by the merest chance
 he thinks, big white rabbit was
 caught one night recently.
 ! This breed of rabbit IS not met with
 In the woods in this section. Some time
 ago local hunters here, occasionally or
 ganized parties to 90 down in the Mt.
 Misery country. below voluntown, to
 hunt white rabbits. The man said the
 pounds. He was going to have it stuffed
 and roasted.
 MT. .aTd Mrs. Gilssr& MdRrcohne c,
 Fall River spent Thanksgiving day at
 MT. McBroome's mothers, Mrs. John
 McBroorne,
 Mt. and Mrs. Lewis Hewitt enter < tained at dinner Thursday MT. and Mrs F.. M. Gray. MT. and Mrs. 4. R. Bab.
 cock and 4. R, Babc0ck, IT,, Herbert
 Earl. Waker, Arthur. Lewis and Ruby
 Gray. k. I MT. and Mrs. F. H. Gilbert entertain.
 ed Thursday Mrs. Harrtett GTber4, MT
 and Mrs. Walter Gilbert of Derby. Mr
 and Mrs. Frank D. Spaufdtfx. of Rrook
 fyn, Conn, Earle E. GiEsrt ana soy
 BarI6 of JeTett City.
 Mrs, D. 3. GiS6eft and daughter MI
 dred were dinner guests 6f MT, ant
 Mrs. George Babcock in Ptainheld ., Miss Lausa Latafcp 6e Prov,dssc, and Miss Julia sayiss a Jswet4 Ct, were s71ests at the Gets home In IAs Mf. and Mia. k F. ezisnsy naSs i. weekend guests MT. and Mrs. s. T. R Cheney a9d Miss Ida Bailey 6f Afs Vernon. N. Y.. and MrS. Estelh Chene. and Helen and Albert Cheney Of NeS L6ndon.
 Francis '. Brown of Da+tmouth Col i, lege, Morton Brown 6f Cushin3 Acad ezny; Frank and Claude Durfey and Da } yid Ballou ox Brown university. Eils; ;. Faust of Ahbo3e Academy. Edmar,
 Faust of Yale university, Harold Faus of Loorris IhstAnts. Verna Railie, Ma, Barry and Josephine ,Ruzenas of Bal ! tn Academy and Nellie Robinson frdel St. Jose6h's hospttal, W.Ifmantsc, ar . holiday visitors at taiedf homes here. ] cd Thursday Mss EIlzabesh Clarke !