Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-05-04

and for singing music was furnisned oy
The Trio.
The meeting Of the Mems Club Of the
Methodist Episcopal church held We'd
nesday night was well attended. Follow
ing "a supper social was enjoyed, dur
ing which a talk on Some Problems OF
immigration was given by Americaniza-
ton Director G. B. Gilman.
The women,s Society Of the First
CONGREGATIONAL church met Wednesday
at the church house and engaged in max
ing congresses under the direction OF
Mrs. Robert Newton. During the after
noon a. social hour was held during which
the members listened to an instructive
and entertaining talk on Ceylon by Mrs
Edith Gates who had spent five years in
that far off island.
Finger prints Of Chester Fay and Ed
ward F cerbee. bound over prisoners at the
Brooklyn county Jail, were taken recently
| nv a LEGAL detective and forwarded to the
New York city police department The
report on the finger prints has been re-
| ceived here stating thai Fay. the younger
| OF the Two criminals who conducted a
I series OF breaks il this city about a month
ago has i crimina, record in New YORK.
Fe has teen arrested twice during the
/
| Springfield. as a dangerous gerson be-
iieved to be a gunmau but as he pos
sessed 10 weapon his case was thrown out.
November 10, 1921, he was arrested fo'
J burglary in another city. On both these
arrests his alias was Albert Flowers.
The report failed to disclose a scriInip-
| al record for Feerbee at the New York
| police department Fays picture, how
ever is in the .Eogues' Gallery. Both
men were bound over Ito the criminal
| term Of The Windham county superior
court fo. the week of May 10th. They
| We're given a hearing in the local police
| court Saturday, April Sth.
Federal Officers Congdon and Briggs
Visited the old Clark Allen farm in the
| town Of Spraguc "Wednesday afternoon
and seized still having a capacity 81
| seventy gallons, which was in operation
| when the cificers arrived at the farm
No enc was "a the house when the Officers
/ entered nut the still was in operation II
! the kitchen, while the men folks were
in the fields. Besides The still eight bar,
| rais of mash were seized a five gallon
| demijohn of newly made moonshine, and
five other jugs partly filed. The officers
| found a great qauntity of mash and il
| took them ever al hour to destroy it. Tffe
| farm ie operated by Anfelne Tangpas
missioner Earl Mathewson al Norwich
/ at a.. early date.
The yyhittemore block, formerly tilG
| Hills block, which was partially destroy
ed ny fire about three months ago is
! rapidly being renovated and when finish
ed will be che Of the most modern apart
| ment houses of the CITY. The buiidinl
both INSIDE and out has been greatly I'M
proved over tie first plan of DR.. T. Nor
ton Hills who built the house for resi-
dence with hospita; quarters or The fourt,
floor, Many of the partitions within TIN
house excepting Oh the = I'd floor 49,
5ecn tern Ont and rehnlshed while o.
other floor more ronls have been added t
make the floors suitable for apartments
There are two apartments on each foe
! excepting thu second which is retained b,
Mr. Vhittemore in its entirety. The OLE
winding staircase has been removed an
iii its place Il new entrance made on tn
north side with an outside iron staircas
with concrete .treads, reaching the tire
upper floors. The west entrance has beel
done away with also the veranda. tn
space being used for the first front apart
ment. A new entrance TO the south i
recessed under the porte cochere. usini
the former handsome vestibule This nc
commodities first floor apartments TIL
| building has been repainted, a Colonis
roof built on and the large dormer win
dows add to the general beauty of tn
| house which is one of the biggest woode
structures in the city.
Windham Center residents had vision
Of fire Tuesday night. shorty after sun
down. when the bell of the Congregation
al church fpealed out in heavy tones TIL
Windham Center fire brigade was in read
mess 10 start for the fire and people Wer
piling out Of the houses to learn the new
when WORD reached them that Rev. Arthu
| w Clifford had caused the ringing of tn
bell to notify them that the lecture sche6
uled to be held at the church Tuesda
night would he carried out as schedule,
Tho people knew the lecture was on tn
ticket for the evening but the bell rims
ing WAS more of novelty feature an
coming as it did after several weeks {
fro fighting i'll the woodlands the though
Of a fire came before the thought of ii
lecture
The lecture was held as scheduled thi
| ty people being present. The speakt
was Rev. III. c. Diclzey, a Congregation
missionary from North Dakota, who to
Of the work of the Congregational demon
ination in North Dakota during the pa
| four decades and by the use of maj
vomiting out the new locations of church
i'll that state during each decade.
The May term of the Windham com
: ty superior court was scheduled to Cd,
in this city Wednesday morning, but wol
received by Sheriff Charles A. Gates fro
Clerk Edgar NJ. Warner was to the effe