fiRWALK
Having her-n given his honorable dis-
.flu’ge. Private Richard Raymond. o'Q
{381119 DevenS, is at his home» on Strain:
berry» Hill avenue.
The members of the Women‘s Aux-
filary of ChriSt Church \vm'c ontcrtztin-
ed Yosterday afternoon by Mrs: Arthur
Carr. at her home on Second street.
The ladies first hold their working
38831011 and then enjoyed a vmy peraS-
ant, social hour as the guests of the
metals.
All mambo” of the Rvd (‘ross Aux‘
iliary of the. East Av‘i‘muc Methodist
Church arc rc-qucstcd'to attcnd thr‘
weakly working St‘SHi(.nS ot‘ the Auxil-
iary which are hold on var-h Friday al-
ternoon in the church. Tho mpmhc's
willagwembln this afternoon to work
on the completion of tbs-so important
articles and thc larger tho athl’ldal’lf‘I'
the larger amount or work will be com-
pleted.
Several l'.2!uld(‘i'lls of East Norah“:
m comprising with great pleasurc and
thankfulnesr Ilw weathci' of a your aL'o
and that. of nday. 'l‘hp wintr-r of till?-
18 was one that will not lu‘ torth-u
in this city and the dccp SHOW“, {TN-Z-
Ing, hitter cold, frozen and burstml wt;—
1er pipes am nothing but :i nw'nwd'
now but it_i«' tlw hope 01 all that ti" y
will have no rim-anion to rut-all with
memories.
A larger llunlllt-l‘n ot [it'tlplt- than
nal attended thv sth'lal mid‘um-‘r; >1 v
Vices at the East Avpnun Mmhofifi
Church last Pveuing :inil‘listcns-d 'n a
fine sermon by the pastor, Rm: ll'tl‘
old E. “’lli-iun. Mr. \V'ilson (“050' for
his subject "New Sti‘cnglh for Martin:
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led in Franc-2 with the-valiant 56th A12. -
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.n' Emu Somali: who germ}
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tillcry are ccntcrs of intcrcst now andg
whcxwvcr one appears on tho i-trevt‘
he tr: Soon surrounded by a number:‘;
of happy and inter-calm friend: clam-é
curing for an account of what. it; and
his reginlent went through while
across the seas. The boys are alwayar
ready to accommodate and many East
Norwalk people ha\'e heard wonderful
tales of the ‘ife of an American dough-j.
boy in sunny France.
interest. is increasing in the evznz‘x‘pg
istic scrvices at the Advent. Christian;
church and the attendance was grcatlv
increased last evening. The voice oi"
God spoke mightily through his: 591"
vants, Mrs. lda Lake Dow and Miss
Ruby Sweetsar. The scripture lessons’
were well chosen and the theme of 333.,
vation wa's presented in a clear con-
vincing manner- The Lord has been
blessing theue meetings in a remark-i
able way ever since they were started
and the end is not yet. Servir-cs are
held every evening except. Saturday
and all are welcome. .
A gang of workmen were flle‘Il'lI'"
yesterday to tear upon the sidewalk
in front. of Michael P. Dunnc's hard-
warc StOI‘B on East \Vashington street
to remove the immense five hundred
gallon gasol-‘ne tank which is embodied
undrvr the Sidewalk in. front of the
t-inl't' when an injunction was served
by (‘mwtablc ilcnry Sclzor to restrain
them from this. The injunction was on
J, H. Mitch-:ll, manager of the Texas
Oil Company. and was issued by Judi“:
John J. Walsh for Judge John hcozh
who applied for such for his clipnts.
John F. and Lillian N. Griffin. A no“-
t'hmbnt sirlcwalk but recentlv laid
would lw torn up and due to tho pn-
Sour \viathbr would remain in a do
pltll'hltll- (ondition for many lllt‘tll'll‘i;
lit-t’oit- it would be repaired and hesld‘fi‘.‘
the romoval of the tank would (-ausb;
other irrvpairablo damages for whithE
no arlwznatv recompense could be: rib-f
tninwi thiouub any courts, ‘
.lort-ph Nassit‘f. of 5 Raymond sin-ct.
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t'il'csilml ycsterday afternoon LY;
Temptations" and his ('tlllll"""::i"|?l um:
was well pleased with iii» irxtvro . Patrolman .lohn Trmllllll charm-t1 “'3‘“
and thought rompclliu; (iii-‘lnlll-t' 'I‘PH- iiwrt, Narsitt‘ is alivgml to haw 6'“- .
various unit made-rs oi tho church \u-‘Ti‘
present, and at tho (-onrzlu.~ion oi It.»
service» madc a report to til!-
of the number of nit-tuber»: of ti. '
unit who wr-re in attendancc.
"Il"l'
tors-d tlic home of Gt‘nl'ge Eaton, m“
Stunt-t i'.\\'llll-' and stole a two lmrnrr
oil thVU belonging to Mr. l—Zaton. lit-f
latm- sold ”I“ move to a l'rii-nd living:
on Raymond strect.
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‘obtaining coal
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Extensive cuttings of timber are in
’ progress on Dr. Thomas Francis' place
on the King's Highway.
.fitloving pictures ,which have not
3been givcn previously this Winter at
Center .School. will be resumed to-
night. when “The Old Homestead"
will be shown.
The Ladlcs‘ Missionary Society of
. the Congregational church sent a mis-
=ionary barrvl a few days ago, to the
poor of New York city. ‘
John and Hamid, the sons of Mr.
and Mrs. William Lord of the Heights.
who have been serving in the navy,
‘havc returned to their ships, after a
‘few days on furlough.
Midshipman Norman Syme, U. S. 8.
Salem. who has had some thrilling ex-
porioncvs during the war. was a recent
' guest of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Abbe of
Leroy avenue.
Officers of the Congregational “’0-
men‘s Missionary Society recently
elected {or the ensuing year are as fol—
lows: Mrs. Edwin A. Spooner. presi-
dent; Mrs. F. V. Cantrell. vice-presi-
dent; Mrs. R. Lee. Gillette, secretary,
and Mrs. C. W. Morehouse. trnasurer.
Milispaugh, Gcist. Abcndroth and
Schlichting, Darlen's first fighters
from France to be discharged from the
survit‘c and arrive home reached town
\Vvdnesday. having made the trip from
~ Fort Schuyler in army motortrucks.
An address of unusual interest will
ho delivered at the vcspcr son-ice o!
lllc Noroton Presbyterian church. next
Sunday at‘t‘nrnoon at 4:3 Raphael
('onstantian. M. D, a natitc of Ar‘
iturniu, and a-zzraduatc of Edinburgh
I'niversity. Edinburgh. Scotland, will
speak on "The Turkish Empiri- and Its
Pcoplcs." with stcroopticon views to
illustratv tho address.
'l‘he- rvcvnt arrival of scvvral car»
lamb. of coal at tho Norolon Heights
(input ot‘ tlii- Ring's AEnd Funl Com-
pany. :‘vminds local rcsldents that last
winter. when there was no way of
in town by rail. the
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E year there is hardly any ice, and coal
is plentiful. V» ; ' 7 " M .
: The entertainment. "Ye Old Village
’ Choir of Pumpkin :Ridge,”lwbich is to
be given next Thur'sday and Friday
night at Center school. under the aus-
pices of the Methodist church‘s Ep-
worth League, promises to draw large
audiences.
‘wlll participate in the singing of the
old ballads and choruses of jormer
gengmtions. and there will be plenty
‘ot fun interspersed between the mast-7
cal numbers. -:
The fact that. some or he streets in
town bear two orflthree different»
.names is often commented upon by:
newcomers. The OldJ‘King’s Highwayii
for example bears that name down in
the Noroton end of "town. near the:
flats, and at the upper end of town,3
north of the railroad tracks, but
through the center of town most peo’
Dle know it as Maple avenue. Gracie
street is another example of misplaced
nomenclature. This name handed
down from colonial days, by some
freak of fortune. is frequently chang-
ed to Brookslde avenue; in fact, there
are signposts which bear that label.
Most people have in recent years cor.
rupted the name to Gracie utreet but
”3,0 Proper title is so suggestive that it
seems a pity to permit it to be changed
When the earliest settlers erected
their cabins in Middlesex, as Darien
was then known. it was in the neigh-
borhood of the little stream called the
Goodwives River.’ The Congregational
church was also established there, al-’
though the town has grown toward the {
south, and is still but sparsely settled;
north of the location. The male set-i
tiers were not disposed to be friendly?
with the Indians. assuming that the)"
“would he hostile. but the women en-
deavored to make friends with the red
men. Because of this attitude. the In—
dians thcrnaftcr called the stream. theé
Good‘vivcs River. and the women rc-
ciprocau-d the compliment by callingsatatc's system of street railway FPO’
the road along the stream, which was ti
traveled by indians. Gracious street,"
in commvmoration of the gracious atf
’ titudc o: the red men. Who with any;
scntimcnt desire-s to change it to then
plcbian and meaningless Brookside
Avenue? A few years ago, too. when
the new road to Tokeneke along the:
trollcy track was laid out, it was omit
cially named—with the new defunct;
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.90 Washington Street, South ’ Norwalk
;.cause' QUALITY and SERVICE have been the main policies of.the United Stores.
If you haven’t yet traded with us. be sure to come on the above days and get acquainted. IT WILL PAY YOU. '
A chorus ofxforty voices.
e of ”W, .
sponsors—Tokenekel
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Worn en‘s; ., :Ctvlc _
memory as its
Trail and a promise was made than
signs bearing the name would be.
placed along Elie street. But the Signs,
never appeared, and few people call it?
anything but the new Tokeneke roam?
to distinguish it from the former ap;
proach to Tokeneke, via Bug‘s Hill.
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Sir. and Mrs.— Bdu'in L. Stevens, of‘
Rowayton avenue. recently entertained
J. \Vardwell of “’orcester.
William W. Lyncb.'aon of Franklin
Lynch of Tokeneke. who is in the en»
gineering corps, and was recently pro-
mated to corporal, has had another pro 3
motion. and now ranks as oergcrcf. ‘
Private J. Li. Kisgflm, of Local Board
No. 14. together with the other limited
service men from Connecticut, left for
Fort Slocum. where the men Will rc-
ceive their honorable disehargcs.
MacDougal Hawkes of Contentment.
land has received the Legion of Honor;
choration from the French govern §
ment in appreciation of his services to 3
France during the war. Mr, Hawkes is?
president of the French Institute ot'
the United States. and intensely inter-‘
ested in French art, literature and his» :
tory. l
TROLLEY LINES IN
RECEIVER’S HAN DS f
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peevish partners and worked in a,
number of clever bits of “business"
cfl'cctively. Franklin Cleverly was
true to his name in depicting tho book~
keeper while Miss Elizabeth Murphy
dociares that it. is insolvent. The
Rhode Island company comprising the
)Pl'llE‘S has a physical \aluatlon oi
$29.0m‘).000.
in 1908 the New Haven Railroad ac»
quired control of the llhode island
Company.
in 1914 three federal trustees were
appointed to take over the union: and
thin board has operated it up to jhe
present. The amount of New Haven
road fundu invested in the property is
$10.(t0u.0('v0_ .
.Jiummii Want Ad- Work Wondm ?
Thursday, Friday " and Saturday
Prudent buyers of Norwalk and vicinity have taken advantage of buying at the UNITED BUTTER & EGG €038 STORES, not 01in on account of the ATTRACTIVE PRICESJmt be-
an; m. ”in! - aiming!
mm“, ,.
iwith the action of officials
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EXPRESSMEN‘TAKINc
STRIKE vore
ST. PAUL. Minn. Jan. 31.4'mktng
of a strike votc throughout the coun‘
try has been—started by tho ExpreSn—
men’s Union .it was Stated here by
Eugene J. Gardos of Louisville. chair.
1 man of the executive committee of the
organization, who announced today
the vote of the St. Paul and Minne-
' apolis branches in favor of a strike.
The men are said to be dissatisfied
whg re-
mained as holdovers from the Half of
the privately operated expresa com—
, names. in opposing the unionization of
the employes.
£3”: for strike rates .among the 50~
000 cmployes in othor cities wet-ye
mailed from here today, Gardes said.
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Week of our January
Clearance Sale
Offers Wonderful Values in
COATS
' For Men, Women and Children 1}
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gwousu COMPLAINANTS
m FIVE DtVORCE ('1...
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Uncontested Act-cm.
Heard by Judge Grfgr:
“'omen are the plenum;
of the seven lint"0n1}.~1(~d 3...,
tions to be board by Judgi- «.-
the Superior court today.
assigned are : Lnonani 7.
against Mary E. Bamum- Km- .
land against Henry Inland.
Riczu against John Rirzu. in
Stephens against Melxin .t, Sup-M
Pauline RuSSo against Pliitflw
,Bcssie E. Hinkleman
Hinkleman; Marsupiltt.
against Andrew B. Bullm'y.
Seven
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If you have traded with us. we thank you for your patronage, and we wish you would avail yourself of this SPECIAL SALE. IT 18 FOR YOU RTBENEFIT.
Owing to the change in the market on dairy products. we are pleased to bathe first deale
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rto announce the reduction of priceson butter. This recalls the prices of butter advertised in the
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:circulars. ° 3‘" 4“ ‘4? .
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Butter. fancy for table. per lb. ............ 53c Baby Limas. per lb. ..................... 12c * MAZOLA OIL , mailman“... Fishnet can . _ . , ......... We
Creamery Butter. Elgin. per lb. ............ 57c Best California Limas. per lb. .......... 15 1-2c pints ‘ 3c. Quarts 65 1-2c Salmon. Alaska. pink .................... 136 9
P‘ll‘sf Prize Nut Butter. per lb. ............ 34c Roman Beans. per 1b. .................... 10c Half Gallon $1.25. Gallon $2.25, Salmon. Columbia River. best ............ 2th.:
7, Eggs. carefully candied. per doz. ........ 53c Red Kidney Beans. Der lb. ................ 12c Sardines. American. in mustard. regular 15c. ’
.132». best selected. all guaranteed. per doz. . 59c Peac. yellow. whole. per lb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Sc SPECIAL LAUI‘DRY AND TOILET SOAPS . ' 2 cans for 2h“
Sugar-- .................. . ...... 9 1-2c lb‘. Teas. yellow. split. per lb. ................. 11c ll'Ol‘Y- Fairy. P"& G. White Naptha and G0“ Sardines. in Peanut Oil. reg. 15c 2 cans for 21x 2
DELICIOUS CHEESE Rice. very best. Blue Rose. per lb. ......... 11c 33033 - - - ----------- ’ ---------- ‘4 for 253 Milk. Evaporated. Armour‘s. Libby’s.
. ‘ iiirkman's Borax Soap .............. 7 5 for 27¢ per can 1 1.
Best American. full cream. Der lb. ......... 35c (“ALIEORNIA PRUNES f’airbanks’ Good Laundry Com) Jewel and . ‘ ’ ~ """""""""""""" . \
Lirlbl .3 n . lb p- -r _ , D ~ ~ ‘ Milk. Condensed. Eagle Brand ............ 3h
. .uher. no . ....................... 41c call-m ma : runes. per lb. ................. 9c Qanta Claus soap 5 for 24c - - 7 -
Mahala; "8.. lb. ‘1 _ . . ‘ 47 P p m : , “ """""""" ‘ Milk. Condensed. full size can. Columbia
S - .. . 5 .................... c rum 5. . _-.;0 5. per lb. ........ . ........... '20c Babbitt‘s and Ozone Soap reduced to ..... 6 1-2c 9 q , ‘
. WIN». um ll). ....................... ' ..... SIC Prunes. 56-68’5, per lb. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, \ 18¢ Hid D l. v Cl . . ' Brand """"""""""""" ‘i for "I, .
‘i 'Fnifoc. best Santos. regular price 30c. per lb. 25c ""‘ ..... iv» ,ti'ufn ‘ 9:31ng sale price """ - """""" 7c Milk. Condensed. Magnolia and Sweet um”
. Teas. USlfiZlE‘. India. Ceylon and Mixed. Der lb. 45c WASHING POWDER ”3 “m ‘“ 4"“ he?“ Cleanse" ”lemme " 4 1’29 Brand .............................. in
DRtED BEANS. SPECIAL Tfifzifglifiandiltaptha '4' . .fi ........ 3for17c CANNED GOODS Eouldej's illitstal’: ..... 1. . .1); _ .1. . , ‘_‘ . . . l.-
. ‘ , . V a - us owier .cma .4 1-2c: large. 25c Earl June Peas. best ualit ._ arise ar l us or . rcgu ar ‘c. 83 c uric-c
Bestl‘ea mam, N.‘1.State. per lb. ........ 12c Matches. OEdaBine Tip H t- -- d -— y - G y?“ can """ we ,, - . _ . . y
_ _ .Wbclc Kidney. oer lb 15c . a van an LlBEl'ty. Tomatoes. Maryland. best quality. per can _ .. 14c Muellei s bpaghetti. Macaroni and Noodles ,
I ............. - 5c or 5 boxes for 24c Campbell’s Pork and Beans .............. . 12c Columbia Spaghetti. Macaroni and Noodles I
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