Collector of the Port James L. Mc
Govern has been selected as the
Connecticut member of the commit
tee to arrange for a farewell banquet
to be given John McConnack, the
celebrated tenor, at the Waldorf-Astoria,
New York, on May 4. The ban
quet is a testimonial to MoCormack
for his work in aid of the numerous
"drives" during the war. Collector
McGovern is a friend of the tenor's
and he will be associated with men
of national prominence on the committee.
MEDAL CONTRACTS AWARDED.
Information has been received at
the local Army Recruiting Station,
92 5 Main street that the contracts for
the production of the Victory Medal
have been awarded by the War De
partment to three concerns: Art
Metal Works, of Newark, N. J., which
will 'produce the greater portion:
Joseph Mayer, of Seattle, Wash., and
the F. G. Adams Co., of St. Louis,
Mo. Deliveries are to begin April
1 0. The medal was designed by J. E. j
Fmser, a 'New Tork sf-nlptor. and the I
master dies were produced at the j
V. S. Mint, Philadelphia. Deliveries
of medals by the War Department to
the Navy Department will probably
be made about May 1.
BCLTaARD ESTATE $330,000.
Inventory of the estate of the late
Alice M Bullard filed in Probate Of
fice yesterday showed an estate of ap
poximately $330,000. Most of the es
tate consists of stock in the Bullard
Machine Tool Co. Appraisers are
Augustus H. Bullard, Clifford B. Wil
son, and Elmer H. Havens. Execu
tors are E. P. Bullard, D. $B. Bullard
and S. H. Bullard.
ACCEPT RESIGNATIONS.
