Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-22
NORWICH BULLETIN
 Wnlima4tie Office sI Church Street Telephone 1869

stanton L. Briggs of Lebanon, who for the past year had been connected with eastern Connecticut district Of federal prohibition enforcement department, an nounced Friday morning that he is to be a candidate to represent the town of l Lebanon at the coming session of the legislature, to succeed himself, MT. yBriggs was. elected one of the two repre- I senatives from Lebanon to the legisla- tive session of 1921. The other repre- sentative Arthur E. Hewitt. Represents ] tive Briggs, who was the second youngest member of the last general assembly, was member of the committee on roads, rivers and bridges. He was born in Leb- anon go years ago. For number of years after leaving school he was farmer Previous to lis being elected representative he was deputy sheriff of New London county which office he has resigned. The town authorities, however, appointed Mir Briggs a constable, which office he now holds. He is a World war veteran. having served in France with Company L, 102nd Infantry, 26th diEt- sion MT. Briggs has many friends in 1 Willimantic and vicinity
 sworthmore Chautauqua will appear l here next year, due to the efforts of 2 l committee of five four members being women Of the thirty-seven guarantors who backed this years Chautauqua, only few are on the list of signers secured l for next year. The committee which I volunteered to canvass for guarantors for i 1923. included Mrs A. A. Burton Mrs. 1 Katherine Clark, Mrs Kew Stearns Mrs. 1 Charles H. Webster and Fred A. Cook. l Starting in Monday morning Superinten- dent E. w Serl and Mrs. A. A Burton i canvassed the business section with fine isuccsss and aided by the others of the ! committee in just three days an even ] hundred signers were secured to act as ] guarantors The contract has been for
 warded to Superintendent Serl at Fram- ingfam and it is expected that in a few { days Mrs. Burton, who is acting az sec l retary of the local guarantors, Will re- l ceive notification of it's acceptance. The l committee has yet to learn whether or
 not Swarthmore Chautauqua will accept
 one proviso of the local guarantors, that the price of evening tickets for the
 course be s2 in stead of $2.25, which was
 charged this year. Friday morning 1t
 was announced that the list of, guaran-
 tors had reached one hundred and five
 and that as soon as notification had
 been received from the Chau.tanqpaa as l SCclaIlOn dl scHdFlHIubIE. d.t l4lS tOIe14 guarantors would organize.
 OdelI II. Chapman, manager of the OdelI M Chapmans Continental Fife and Drum corps, received the 5dating of the corps which participated in the contests
 held at Yonkers, N. Y, Saturday, June l 18th The local corps took first prizes
 for bass and snare drumming and fife playing and the corps itself won second prize at ancient style drumming, in l which event fifteen corps entered. -sThe awards were made on possible hundred points. The average of the corps play
 ing in the contest was 95 If II. J Roberts, who won the fling contest had
 an average of 9S.7. Frank Fancher, win
 her of the snare drumming contest had
 SS per cent Joe Nolan. in his all-roun6
 execution on the bass drum brought spe- cial commendation from the judges along ! with the first prize with a mark oi , 99 1-3 The Champmon Corps next tril J will be to the Connecticut state conven
 tion of fifers and drummers at Water } bury, Saturday, August 5. Saturday : August 19, the local corps will take par in the contests for the Massachusetti state championships at Westfeld. Clara Wood, wife of William Dalton T died at her home in Bridgeport July II ! Burial was in Mountain Grove cemetery w . the only daughter of MT and Mrs lame J. Wood, former residents of Andove r and Coventry She was well know } here.
 Brief Mention
 Kingsley brothers delivered a Harley
 Davidson motorcycle, Model J. A, to tn ]: docal police department Friday morning District Deputy William E. F1iggin ie and staff, comprising Carl Afford; J. I ] Lennihan, Henry YogeI and Walter F I Ding, went to Jewett City Thursday ey lo ening and installed officers of Undaunte r Lodg, No. S4, Knights of Pythias Re
 treatments were enjoyed later.
 g, Laborers attached to the maintenanc ,a of way department of the New Have r road are engaged in e1cayating for tt
 six inch cqFbing which is to surroun E, the platform of the local sation. Frida sc morning they laid several lengths of ii
 pipe from the manhole between the fir
 and second tracks to the gutter on Raj T road street. This pipe will take chars
 of the surface water flowing down u Y lth0roughfare.
 4 complaint to the police departmel
 was received late Thursday afternoc
 that an automobile was parked near u
 American Thread company employe
 garden, across the bridge over the Ma
 chaug river. Lieutenant McArthur al
 Officer Mclean investigated and foul
 that the car was a Chevrolet It VI r hauled to the yard of the Willimant Lle Wet Wash company. The car bears
 registration in the name of a Hartfo in resident, and the local police are makil
 an attempt to get in touch with him. B. Chief Daniel J. Killeurey and Offic ,le I Edward F. Leahy report most enjo 5e able day at the annual convention of t