Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-11
.TWETT CITY

The republican caucus was held in the |
| town hall at o'clock Tuesday evening |
with large attendance. Arthur L. |
| Brown was chosen chairman and L. @, |
Buckingham clerk. The following were |
put in nomination for borough officials: |
Warden, Arthur D, Trip; burgess, En-
nest French; assessor, J. H. Tracy COL |
| lctor, Richard Herbert; auditor, G. H.
| Prior, The members of the borough COM
| mittee are R. ]. Guy. William tombstone
and Earl E. Gilbert
| Funeral services for Prosper Grenier
were held at st. Mary's church Tuesday
| morning. Requiem mass was1ceIebrated
| by Rev. J. H. Seiferman. The bearers
| from the order of St Jean de Baptiste
were Joseph Cloutier, Alphonse Foun-
! tame, Homer Morancy, Antoine Lama
| rine, jerry Morey and William Chamber
| lain Twenty other members attended
| in a body. Burial was in St. Mary's
| cemetery Lisbon. Hourigan Bros. were
| the funeral directors
Passengers between Jewett City and
| Taftville over the New Haven railroad
| are finding plenty to interest them in
| observing the many sheldrakes that at
| this time Of year find daily feeding
| grounds in the icy waters Of the Quine-
! baug. This bird is fond of plunging be-
| meath rushing currents for its food and
| should it encounter an ice cake it will
| readily pass underneath It. It swins SO
deeply as to afford the gunner but a
| small mark, and dives SO quickly at the
snap or flash Of his gun that he stands
but a small chance Of killing It.
On being surprised, the sheldrake may
rise directly out Of the water, but more
! commonly pats the surface with its feet
for some yards and then rises to the
| windward. A whole flock, as is the case
Just in the bend below Jewett City,
rising from the foarning current affords
a spirited scene. Once on the wing, the
fight is straight. strong and rapid
Mr.. and Mrs. f, H. Gilbert arc in New
York for few days.
| Many went to DorrviiIe Tuesday to
watch the activity on Shea Bros ice
| fields. The day was fine for ice cutting
| and shutdown saw 1000 tons safely
stored away in the big houses All day
| the mercury stood around 40, which made
no appreciable difference in the thickness
Of the ice In the houses it makes It
much harder to slide the cakes into posi-
ton with the temperature above freezing,
| When at 25 degrees q push from the pike
sends the big cakes many feet. One OF
the old-timers was there and recalled the
days when Ira Lewis old white horse,
by dint Of many days of continual going
| ahead and backing up, laboriously drew
each block up to the platform with a rope
and tackle. Now a gasoline engine keeps
four or five cakes on the move UP the
runways all the time
After routine business Of the chaoter
is completed Thursday evening, the
| members of Faith chapter, No. so, o. E,
. | S, have been invited to spend a social
/ hour playing whist Refreshments viii
be served by a special committee ap.
6 pointed for that evening by Worthy Ma
; | tron Dorothy c. Durfey.
According to authentic reports Il never
5 | showed harder than 1t did between mid.
: night and 1 o'clock Monday morning
The flakes were as big as goose feathers
3 | and objects were made out a few feet
) | away with much difficulty.
Three men in certain high powered
5 machine were coming down the stat,
0 road As they neared Bishops CROSSING
little after midnight the storm was al
5 its height. Suddenly what appeared to b,
i | a great snow man or polar bear stood
up IN the road and waved its paws O,
: hands-the men couldn't well make GU
x which. Ordinarily q lone driver woult
do anything but stop. but there wer,
= three OF them in the machine, all husk,
young fellows, so they slowed down t,
take closer look and investigate The
appaTitfon mumbled out from amidst hi
7 snowy Goa: 'Hey Give us a pull dow,
as Tar as the next burg. will yer?" An.
they did. Now when the young fellow
goes up to Pfatnfield again he will max,
sure Of the last car for Jewett City
Miss Rosina Allyn's condition after al
3 operation for appendicitis Friday nigh
II was more favorable Tuesday.
The meeting of the executive committc
= OF the Red Cross chapter was held Mon
day evening, Chairman D. l. Ph.olp
- presiding. Thanks were received from
Mrs. Baker, director of production, TO
the pledge to make 100 pajamas and t.
Y knit. sleeves fcc the same number o
sweaters. These are for the use OF dis
:, abled ex-service men In hospitals. It wa
=" voted that 800 be contributed toward
school nurse in Lisbon. as was done las
year. Miss Noodle reported on the ma,
A ter OF Red Cross nurse giving frs
y, aid instruction, as SO many have spoke
a. OF such class. a nurse viii be pro
II V1deo by headquarters to instruct ciasse
~ In Norwich. Gales Ferry, Wauregan, Cen
- trail Village. Moosup, Pfainfeld, Daniel
~ son and Jewett City. each chapter to b
~ responsible for the amount OK money re
quired to make up the sum Of s4o0. Thj
chapter voted to appropriate ST5 for tf1'
y institution, each pupil being allowed
~ pay 81 The class cannot number owe
az 20. 1t is planned to start the first ri
ct class this month, Mfss Noodle to HAY
IN charge OF the arrangements.
q, An average woman can get more re.