Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-04
JEWETT CITY

John Driscoll of New London Was ir the borough Thursday enjoying q yisi 10 the home town. His friends arc de. claring that he never looked filter. Mir Driscoll is a nstivs of JcTett City, ano it is believed that he holds the recOrc in this end of the state for Couiinuou. service in charge of the welfare of 9 big manufacturing plant during the nisht The stories told by 0ir. Driscoll and others who live in Jewett City. who have had long experience in this sort Of service have no element of monotony in their relation.
 They tell of how a great weave room with its thousands Of belts and uulieys presents never ending problem ty inc watchman at night.
 During the activities of the day. ih, constant friction expands the man wheels and gears. When tho speed stoPs and the great room is still and dark, then contraction begins.
 At midnight, the wstchmen say, wher the weave shop is opened. the great room is filled with low rurhblings and muffleJ groans. as the belts. from which the ten sion of operation is removed, ease up and slip slightly around the hundreds of cooling pullsys.
 With the least bit of ina gina;ion which Mir. Driscoll declares any night watch man will possess, he is almost sure that he can make out here and there slisd- owy form dropping behind a loom or dodginE under nearby frame. John DUnnelly. for years inc Watchmsn al thG Ashland mill told the other day Of unc Of the experiences that came 10 him He told of the long, covered bridge that connected the new mill with the old through which it was his duty 10 psss every hour. One night he heard soft foot falls. as though some one was fol- lowing. He darkened his lantern. waite, bit. and then suddenly opened the slids to sec an enormous raj almeSi al h'f ' feet. Next night said John. l ixe, that chap and was never followed in ihe long bridge again. , Hunters returning from inc woods re- port an almost entire absence Of chest nuts under trees where heretofore it Ws. easy to fll their pockets.
 Automobiles Fridsy rgminE from sul of town were seen. in many eases. in bear upon their wind shields ihc siick- CTS reading, Forgetme-Net Day. NoE jf. Calling attention 10 ihe pTonuse'l movement to heln disabled war veterans
 \ maR driTiHE an suts trHrk Fri day morning before sunrise, Niili hes 2
 load. tried Unsuccessfully three tiiRff Ito negotiate railroad hill Finally hs wsg' down to the level again. turned hts hcsts vehicle around, and backed up lRe entire hin and into Slater avenue tho frs time trying. Many are. the explanation heinz offered by local automobile eN' periS. as to why il is easier to back VI
 a hill.
 Mrs. George W. Wright. u diea s
 her hpme on AiathewsOn street. lsif
 ThursdaY night after a long period e
 ill health. Mrs. WTigbt was boTu n
 Puinam. She was inc daughter o
 William and Esther Nhiiesiie Smith
 Several years. agp Ar. and IiTs. WTish
 nWned a home on Aiechanir street. Lu
 sed it and went 10 Three HiSprs Mass 10 live. They returned 10 Jcweii Cii. fpur Fears ago. Airs. Wright Nas member Of the Methenist church in Jea eit City. She was Q most devoted vii and mather. She is survived by her fus
 band aRd two children. Geargf W ? Wright, IT,, af Waterbury. and Mrs \ H. Wilcox. who goes 10 Panama iR
 few weeks where her husband is sisiiaHe , for three years. \ graHddsughter, i'aT : oihy Murseh has made her home with be : glsndparegts.
 The funeral sf Michael MeGuirs, c
 y'oluntpwB was held at his sisters. Arr
 John II. Halls home. The burial xas !
 the Robbins cemetery. The bearers wer Charles Lawrence and James LawTene
 Of Providence, J. D. Hall, Nathan Bit
 good. Frank Burton and William La
 maipe. Hourigsn Bros. were in chsFg
 af the arrangements
 Ars. |. F. Stewart was the guest z Airs. T. B. Keen in Norwich on FhuF1
 day.