Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-28
DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS

ing south from Webster to do some work in Connecticut He was riding along peaceful and at normal and safe speed when his car suddenly swevved out of the state highway and brought up against the wall. The hiv- yer shuddered and collapsed from the shock, a later examination showing that the machine had suffered damaged wishbone and that the wheels were dish ed. making It impossible to operate. The owner of the machine, who was uninjured. except in his pocketbook, and that apparently was a vital hurt, stood about looking at the machine when a party of Danielson people happened along In another machine and stopped to offer aid They pulled the damaged car away from the wall and out paral- Tel with the highway and told the driver where he could get in touch with a ser vice station
 How did it happen? = one of the Dan ielson men inquired.
 Just like this" the driver said, lean | ing far over, T stick my head out of the car to spit-and see what happen Never again! I spit on the floor the rest of my lifet'
 In leaning out of the car the driver had pulled around the steering wheel, heading the car into the wall
 The wlndham County National bank, in honor of its 100th anniversary, has l declared dividend at the rate of per cent. per annum to all depositors in their savings department, dividend to be payable on December 1, 1922. It Is therefore recommended that citizens of all surrounding towns take advantage of this dividend and deposit on or before l Ar4v dividend.-adv.
 A Studebaker bix six sedan, driven by William M Tones, president of T. A. Scott Co.,. Inc, of New London, figured l in a head-on crash with a north-bound trolley car in Main street opposite the | public library at 5.10 Thursday after noon. Neither MT. Zones nor Mrs. Fones, who was the only other person in the car, was injured in the accident, although the front end of the sedan was | crushed in, lenders bent and the big machine otherwise damaged
 The trolley car that figured in the 1 accident was northbound just after leav- ing Dnaielson and the Zones car was | coming south along the street, the pave nent being wet and slippery, as it was raining at the time. The wet pavement | is believed to have been chiefly respons- ible for Mir. Zones failing to get his machine completely clear of the trolley track in time to avoid a collision. The damaged automobile was lowed to local garage and left for the night It will be lowed to New London today for l repairs. Motorman William Barton and Conductor John Holley were the crew in charge of the trolley car. On what Is known as the Robert Lor- | Nwarr location of the new high school building for the Plainfield has been staked out and excavating for the cellar will begin within a few days. The building is to be of brick and an appropriation of | s175,000 has been made available for its construction and equipment. The site selected for the new structure is be- ] side the state road just north of Cen | tral Village on the route to Wauregan The new school will be built by con- tractors of the town of Plainfield and il is promised that 1t will be one of the finest high schools in this part of the state.
 Further delay in rebuilding the foot. bridge across the Assawaga river near the state armory, has been forced by the rise of the stream following recent heavy rains. The selectmen were prac | IACdily AC1uS IO uHueTLdkS the WOrE when the near cloudburst of last Sunday night brought such an amount of water that there Is nothing to do until the wat. CT again subsidies. So much high wate. at this period of the summer Is very un- usual and has not been matched in many years 1t is stated by old times who are familiar with the river
 Rev. Walter B. Williams expects tc leave the first of the week to spend his vacation at Canaan, N. H, returned oc?; casionally to keep in touch with the ex. tensive improvement work being done at the Congregational church, of which he Is the pastor.
 Wireless sets in the borough were tuned in Thursday evening in a number of cases to get returns from the Leon ard-Ttendler bout at Boyles 30 Acres in Jersey City.
 The union evening service next Sunday will be held at the Baptist church.
 Postmaster Raymond Alien has added