Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-09
WH1-sL.I1AANTIC

shirt Of the girls and hened that such
spirit would spread among the people OF
Wiilimantie 1t is expected that at the
meeting this friday evening at the as
ISOLATION building members of the teams
will have large amounts to turn. in,
bringing the total received and pledged.
in the drive thus far closer to the $4,000
mark At that time contributions re-
ceived since Tuesday night when over
$4,000 had been reported, are to be added
to the previous mark, and a big jump is
sure to be the result.
At recent meeting Of the Home and
and Foreign Missionary society which
was held in the Methodist church it was
voted to hold the reception for the Little
Light Bearers and Kings Heralds June
eth. The committees are: Reeeption,
Mrs. John Pearce, Mrs. Morse and Mrs
Davon soliciting, Mrs. Birmingham, Mrs,
Purdie- and Mrs, Grace Potter; tables
Mrs. Parkhurst and assistants; programs,
Mrs. Lewis and assistants. 1t was also
voted that a Christmas box should be
sent to Miss Lois K. Curtice of ,Hirosal,
Japan. the Christmas missionary. The
auxiliary is to hold its next meeting at
the Willimantie camp ground the second
Tuesday in July. at which time the cleo
ton will take place for the Home society
The election for the Foreign society comes
in September.
A. F. Roswell Of Mansfield Center.
Gather Of Leslie Roswell, 80, who is held
at Brooklyn Jail for the next criminal
term of the superior court on a charge Of
attempting to wreck q train by placing
railroad ties on the tracks on the Boston,
Willimantic line Of the New Haven rail-
road Saturday night, June Sd, has written
| a public letter in which he accounts for
| the action of his son, Mr. Roswell writes
that. last fall Leslie had the measles and
pneumonia and struggled for his life The
| illness weakened his mind and since his
illness the boy had often complained to
his mother that his head often felt
strange and that he was afraid of having
! head troubles. At times he would wander
around and upon his return home could
not tell where he had been. He was a
good boy when he felt well and worked
! hard, but the heat seemed to affect his
head greatly.
Mr.. Roswell writes that while talking
| to County Detective William E. Jackson
Monday night, June 5th, at the local
| police station, following the arrest. Officer
! Jackson said that he seit sorry for the
boy and did all that he could for his
/ comfort, not believing the boy was re
| sponsible for his acts, and that the best
| place for him was at Norwich state hos
! pital, and the sooner he could be taken
! there the better for the boy.
Edmund R. freeman, manager of the
local agency for the Singer Sewing Ma
| chine company, was notified Thursday
| morning by Chief Killourey to appear il
court this (Friday) morning on a charge
! Of violating the automobile laws. Sat
| urday of last week the Ford automobile
! driven by Freeman and a Rockville Will.
| mantle lighting company truck operated
by l.. L. Keigwin collided at the corner
of Jackson and Valley streets. Keigwir
| reported to the police but Freeman die
! not telling Chief Killourey that his ca
was the one struck and as the damag,
was slight he did not feel that it wa
necessary to report the accident. Chic
! Killourey and State Policeman Russell
Harmon while investigating the acciden
found that Freeman had his car fitte,
for commercial purposes, but had it regis
tered as passenger car.
Miss Sara A. Keevers and Miss AIic
NJ. Afford of the Red Cross public healtl
nursing service have reported activitie
for May as follows: Total number of pa
tients, "a; nursing visits made 2o4 in
FAINT welfare visits. 100; other welfar
visits, IS; total visits, 3S2 Visits fo
Metropolitan Life Insurance compan,
1874; money due from Metropolitan Lii
Insurance company, $500.
The nurses also report that baby con
fecences where babies are weighed an
mothers advised in infant feeding ar
held Wednesday afternoon at o'cloc
in the Red Cross rooms. Chest clinics ar
held on the second and fourth Wednes
days Of each month at 7.30 p, m.
Seven Ford automobiles filed wit
gypsies came into the city Thursda
morning and were met by Officer Mich
olas Orlando at High street and told t
move out of town. Again they were me
by Officer Thomas Grady at Railroa
street and told to keep going Six of tn
cars went on. one stopping as two wome
had left to make purchases in a stort
Chief killourey saw them later and too
them to the car, and the seventh lei
town. The band is the same one tina
was drive nout of Torrington Wednesda,
Funeral services for Mrs. WeaIthia I
Harries, wife of James Harrfes, were hei
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at tn
late home, IS Maple avenue. Rev job
3. Lemon a former pastor of the lecs
Baptist church, conducted the servic,
The body was placed in the Stiles famil
vault in the Willimantic cemetery Til
bearers were H. r. ChappeH. Dwight 1
Abel, John p. Carlson and Leslie Hart
son. Funeral Director Jay M. shepar
was in charge.
Walter Atkins, aged 8 years, died Wee
nesday at the home of his parents i
Mansfield. He was born in New Have
June. s. 1918 the son of Howard M. an
Mary Laurenson Atkins. He leaves. b.