y&iSijifiMailsill^jiij^Mfcjli^li^KBiEftliJ^ ; _.iTi,& : •'^W 7hW- :':^o A.v THE WEATHER. 5'«^»ri ^!4 • Become a stockholder in the United P^ilfll: iff ,Stat,es—buy War Savings Stamps Fair tonl^ift;; FridWy unsettled, fol­ lowed by rain or snow. THE "PRESS" HAS A LARGER CIRCULATION IN THE TERRITORY BETWEEN HART FORD AND SPRINGFIELD THAN ANY OTHER NEWSPAPER -IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IN IT 1 ^ESTABLISHED 1880 THOMPSONVILLE, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1919 Single Copy 5 Cents VOL. XXXIX, NO. 38 Connecticut WBSm -" "i ,c *' •• -; •''mIW?' ELECTED PRESIDENT PASTOR State FIRST NATIONAL FARM IX) AN John F. Cavanaugh, superintend­ STREET BECOMES A ASSOCIATION OF ENFIELDCitif REV. DAVID C, REID TERMINATES In his message to the general assem­ ANNUAL-MEETING ent of the supplies departments for WAS LIGHTING KITCHEN FIRE WHILE WRITING A LETTER TOV > ? •'fe,.,, ONE-WAY STREET, WITH «» SAsli STAY HERE AFTER FIVE overseas, at the Knights of Colum­ bly Governor Ilolcoinli called attention WITH KEROSENE OIL FRI­ to the really serious situation through­ v bus headquarters in New York city, HIS SISTER IN NEW YORK I • f^pspi NO PARKING gppftdf|l Peter A. Crombie was elected pres­ YEARS SERVICE 't«r > * out the state of the various trolley "- m Wtewsm® jihas been spending a few days at his DAY MORNING .-. ::•••. •• —- few?®® *z- ident of the FirstNational Farm Loan' '• companies. JAMES MORAN EnPIRES. - * . At the annual meeting of the ec­ home on Prospect street. Mr. Cav­ ; ' _ P $*•' J" '. At the last annual town meeting Association of Enfield at the annuo 1 It was announced at New Haven ^ 'i \ r'V clesiastical society of the Enfield anaugh and a corps of Knights of " it was voted to adopt a code of traffic meeting which was held' Tuesday Mrs. Philomene iSurprenant, 74, that the Yale-Harvard eight oared James Moran, 55, a resident oCi?l| '• v evening in the town building. The Congregational • Church held in the .'Columbus secretaries visited the regulations for the town, which have ships of the battle fleet in New York of Somersville, died at 11 o'clock shell race would be renewed tills year the town for several weeks, died ear^% '.v) c now been other officers are vice-president, Mat­ church last Thursday evening Rev. " ' fl^p^wp;?! Practically completed by during the review the latter part of Friday morning in the Mercy Hospi­ and rowed on the Charles river at .y Friday morning at the home nt''-", : the Selectmen and Police department thew W. Dunne; secretary-treasurer, David C. Reid, pastor of the church, tal, Springfield, from the effects of Cambridge and not at New London. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cannon ' "** ""* s , :' md will be put into effect April 1st. Michael G. 'Luddy; loan committee, tendered his resignation to take burns received while attempting to Fire destroyed the Jewish synagogue i earl street, where he boarded, of : effect the 31st. He will preach his The new regulations are similar George A. Smyth, Robert J. Welch light a kitchen fire with kerosene c-il in Shapely street, New London, and an apoplectic shock. Mr. Moran, *: '#11 - farewell sermon the 26th. to those governing traffic in the and Thomas E. Dunne; substitute, in her home at 6 o'clock Friday damaged seven dwelling houses in the who was employed as a mechanic in' .'V-ljl Rev: IVJr. Reid has accepted a call ££,H§P§|^p.' cities, but some special provisions to •John D. Garrow. William J. Hughes, morning. vicinity before being brought under the Bigelow-Hartford Carpet plant \.':J to the pastorate of the Congregation­ suit local conditions are contained who had been secretary and treas­ The aged woman's clothes caught control. The business section of the worked all day Thursday in the mill therein. urer, declined re-election. The di­ al Church at Easton, Mass. He has fire and when her husband, who is city was threatened. The loss is -be­ and retired to his room at 7.30 in been pastor of the Enfield Congrega­ tween $15,000 and $20,000. l l tgii It is presumed that the authorities rectors are John D. Garrow, Matthew about a year older than his wife, the evening. He was writing a" ' *?^/ < ' tional Church for five years, coming More than 300 applications for citi­ •; , will post or publish the new rules so W. Dunne, Thomas E. Dunne, Peter went to her rescue Mrs. Surprenant's letter to his sister in New York'"^^'9- from Stockbridge, to succeed Rev. zenship papers are scheduled to be ... that the people of the community A. Crombie, T._ J. Coleman, and Mer- clothing had nearly all been burned when he fell to the floor and the i David L. Yale. heard at the special naturalization ses­ . 'will know what they are expected to vin K. Pease. V off and her entire body was terribly noise attracted a fellow boarder wno -; The following officers f<jr the en­ sion of the superior court, opening at do along these lines. As The Press burned. wont to his room and found the man J. suing year were elected: William H. Bridgeport February 4 and continuing . has nfct been furnished with a copy Neighbors who were attracted by lying unconscious on the floor. THOMPSONVILLE BUILDING Whitney, clerk and treasurer; F. H. the screams of the aged couple, who three days. The number of applica­ • -of the new rules the information tions is slightly less than at the nat­ Medical Examiner Thomas G. Al- ^ : : Abbe and F. J Pease, auditors; A. lived ^alone in the house on Main V&?'#r •which follows may be subject to re- AND LOAN ASSOCIATION uralization session last September. corn viewed the body and gave an >: ; vision. B. Hathaway, Frederick Swindells, street, Somersville, at once called apoplectic shock as the cause of L. L. Day and Edward Kingsbury, Robert Wells Joyner of 145 Atwater • The authorized parking places medical aid and made arrangements death. The .body was removed to a ' -1 A Worthy Local ' Organization, Pro­ ushers; society committee, Allen B. street, West Haven, a direct descend­ './designated by the new rules, it is for the removal of Mr. and iSurpre­ lo.-ai undertaking room and was ta- •' Hathaway, W. H. Whitney, L. War­ ant of Rev. Samuel Stone, associated said, are Main street, along both moting Thrift, Frugality nant to the Mercy Hospital. ken to the home of relatives in New . - <::.*'?».• '• k-••-• *,• ; ren j". Johnson, Levi P. A'bbe, Frank In the ministry with Rev. Thomas sides of which a single row of ma­ Mrs. Surprenant was born in Can­ Hooker, founder of Hartford, died sud­ Britain Friday morning where the '' J. Pease, A. E. Barney and Frank H. : chines can be parked, and Pleasant ; and Industry ada but had lived in Somersville for burial took place. Mr. Moran came I n Abbe. The Enfield Church has been denly in West Haven. I-Ie was the son street, where the right hand side on­ many years. Both, although ad­ of Robert O. Joyner and Sarah C. here from Whitinsville, Mass., and' ; hi a beneficiary to the amount of $12,- ly can be used for this purpose. As- In The Press last week there was vanced in years, were remarkably (Wells) Joyner and was seventy-three was unmarried. His only relatives 850 by lire will of the late Frederick li- nuntuck street, between Pearl and a half page advertisement telling of active and Mr. Surprenant had gain­ years old. arc two sisters, Mrs. Michael E. Hau- some of the advantages of a mem­ S. King, whose estate has been re­ ed a living through operating a port­ i)on of New Britain and Elizabeth "ui'i;rv;V , Prospect street is to be a one-way cently settled. An indoor rifle match by organiza­ "street only, entrance to 'be from bership in' a good building and loan able saw mill. They have four tions of the Connecticut State Guard .*".-rau. a graduate nurse of New Pearl street. ^ association, such as we have here in children, Mrs. Alfred Gagnon of So­ will be held during the two weeks be­ York city. JOHN F. CAVANAUGH Right of way is given to vehicles Thompsonville. A Building and Loan mersville* George of Hazardville and ginning March 10. Each company will W'.'y association teaches the value of CHANCE FOR APPOINTMENT traveling on the right hand side of two sons hi Holyoke. enter a team of eight principals and December and distributed cigarets, 5.51 MEN KILLED IN '^11 highways running in a northerly small regular monthly savings to the TO NAVAL ACADEMY The funeral was held Sunday af­ two alternates. To the organization tobacco, chocolates and other delica­ and southerly direction over vehicles wage earner and thereby promotes \ ternoon at 2.30 o'clock in All Saint's making the highest aggregate score RAIDS ON ENGLAND' P.* •••• • thrift, frugality and industry. cies to the men on board. Mr. Cav­ on intersecting streets going either Congressman Lonergan Announces Church, Rev. P. J. O'Reilly officiat­ will be awarded the Major General anaugh expects to be ordered over­ east or west. Any person may become a mem­ Examination Will bo Held in ing. Burial was in St. Bernard's Burpee shield, to be held until the In raids on the United Kingdom by seas within the next two or three Another special provision, it is ber of the Association by subscrib­ Hartford February 8 cemetery, Hazardville. next match. the Germans during the war, 5,511 ing for one or more shares and by weeks. said, is that in no case shall a vehi­ Mr.