Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-16
NORWICH BULLETIN
WIlIimantic oRice sl Church Street Telephone lo6:

All business in wnIimantic will be suspended Thursday when the clerks and merchants hold their annual outing at Connecticut Agricultural College in Storrs. From present indications the outing promises to be the biggest Clerk Day ever. Practically all the merchants and clerks are to be there. Transpor- tation to and from Storrs will be fur nishsd by the merchants. At noon the college will put on clam chowder, al- so provide a steak barbecue at O. clock. The B. P. o. E. band, Charles N. C. Wheeler. director, will play all day Field sports will begin on the college track at II o'clock and will be followed by a baseball game in which the clerks and the merchants will battle, The batteries for the clerks will be Ray Comins and Charlie Hill. with Rick Downer and Rod Jodoin for the mer- chants. The imposing traffic officer wha vill watch over all for the day will be George Remington Bartlett and ex-May- or Danny Dunn will referee the game. All departments of the college will be open for inspection by visitors. Automo- piles will leave Lincoln square at 9.S9 a. m and there will be a concert by the band previous to the departure. The outing will be held regardless of wea- ther conditions. as Storrs armory is cap able of sheltering all who attend
 Iyindham Center residents were disap- pointed on hearing that the new school building that has been in course of con- struction for the past three months will not be finished for the opening of the fall term, Tuesday, Sept. ,. The delay IS attributed to the scarcity of bricklay- CTS in this section this summer. A great majority of them have gone to other parts where higher wages attract ed them. In addition to this, the sew eral stormy days of the summer added to the delay The brick work on the building is practically completed and Contractors Doyle and Murphy at pres cut have carpenters building the htr roof of the structure. Next week the rooms will he plastered. According to the terms of the contract the building was to be ready Tuesday for the install Ing of the furniture and other fixtures
 The contractors who also have had men digging well for the. water supply of the school have encountered unlock ed for difficulties. The well is being sunk in the boiler room of the schoo building and must be twenty feet deer and five feet in diameter. Rock was en- cOuntered five feet below the surfact and drilling has had to be resorted to The well has been sunk thus far thr- teen feet Water has been struck but not of the required quality The remain dey ot the rock is to be blasted to the required deptn. It was said that in al probability the new school would not be opened until December.
 Business Is increasing in the town oi Scotland, the sixth smallest toNn ;n the state in point of population. The only store of its kind conducted in that towr for many years has been that of Jamc' H. Johnson who recently disposed of the business to B. Amidon of Pomfret Com. petition. however has now entered al Mfr. and Mrs. Luther B. Clark hay, started building a one-story wooder structure 25 feet front and 40 feet deer with basement 20 by g feet which the, will use for a store. The structure vii be ready by Sept. IS.
 Rev. Frederick C. Baker of Whitman Mass, secretary of willimantic Cam Meeting Association. arrived at tn grounds Tuesday morning and will re main there until after Laoor Day. H Is also collected of rents on the ground: 6peaEinE Of the coming camp meetinj week services which will open Sunday Aug. 20. MT. Baker said the program will be the best since the beginning O the World war. He announced that tw well known former pastors of Wili naantic Methodist church would be un able 10 take part in the program nex week. They are Rev. John H. Newland superintendent of New Bedford district and Rev. Louis M. Flocken. pastor of tn Memorial church at Plymouth, Mass Both are suffering from nervous break down.
 very enjoyable party was held a the home of Mir. and Mrs. Edward Be lek of South Chaplin recently. Games music and dancing were features. Nil Cavansugh showed his ability at car tricks, 10 the amusement of those pres ent- Refreshments were served. Anon those guests were MT. and Mrs. B. Cav anaugh. Miss Margaret Cavanaugh Mis- Katherine Cavanaugh, Patrick Cava naugh Mir. and Mrs. Johnson, Mis- Mary Shea, Mir. Chamberlin of Chaplin Mir. and Mrs. Amos Breault, Mir an Mrs. Harry B. Harrington of this city George M. Harrington of Windham Ger ter Grover Suuan and Mrs Appas P,s