Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-10
HOPKlNTCN.
Quarterly Meeting of School Commit
 tee-Many Transactions at Meeting of Town Council and Probate Court.

of Town Council and Probate Court.
 The quarterly meeting of the school committee was held in the town hall Monday morning. The chairman and superinter dent were presnt. Bills were ordered paid to the amount of S6O.65. The superintendent presented hiy quar- terly report, showing that two new teachers were employed in town for the spring term Miss Evelyn Palmer, at Canonchet. and Mrs. Harry G. Ken yon. at Hopkinton City.
 Probate Court and Town Council.
 The doings Of the probate court on
 Monday afternoon were as follows:
 Job Thorp. administrator of the estate
 in Rhode Island of the late Amelia C..
 Thorp. was granted permission to sell
 the real estate of the deceased at pri- vate sale. Charles c. Howe, guardian
 of Marion H. Howe, was given per-
 mission to sell the real estate of his
 on the estate of Rowland R. Rathbun,
 was given permission to sell the real
 estate of said Rathbun. Inventories
 of the estates of Mary Barber, placed
 under guardianship, and of Mary Ade-
 line Collins, deceased, were received and ordered recorded. Upon waiver of
 notice all of the heirs at Jaw of the v
 Briggs and IeVeret. A. Briggs were ap- pointed administrators; Frank Hill,
 Elisha C. Stllman and George B. Langworthy were appointed apprais-
 CTS. Mary H. Crandall was appointed
 commissioner on the insolvent estate of the late James w. Bitgood. The
 executrix of the will of the late Homer
 A. Clarke was ordered to present an
 account to the court.
 The town council at the same time | referred a petition for a safe railing along the highway leading from Gen. l terville to Moscow to Councilman J. F. 1 Palmer of Rockville. George N. Gran
 dall was appointed a fence viewer. Nathan c. Wilbur, Everett PN Palmer, | Alexander c. KeRyon and George N. Crandall were appointed appraisers of 1 damage done by dogs. Paul M. Barber. | Abel P. Kenyon and Silas k. Barber were apointed a committee to arrange | for the observance Of Memorial day. l The committee appointed to survey, bound and mark out new highway | at Ashaway presented a report with
 plats, and the council ordered notice i to owners of land crossed by said
 survey to appear and be heard for or | against the reception of the report May
 3, next John s. Cole and Herbert $.
 Lewis were appointed to arrange for | the grades of streets approaching the | new state highway at Hope Valley. | The council made list of jurors. as
 required by law annually in the month | of April. Bills were ordered paid to | the amount of si9a.25
 Miss Mary K Thayer has sold her i farm to Henrietta Avery wife of Will l liam V. Avery of Westerly who will | soon move onto the place.
 Mrs Coon. widow of the late Row. | land Coon, who lived just over the | state line in North Stonington, died | Monday afternoon.
 l Miss Rotha W. Lewis is home fro n | her studies at East Greenwich acade- my for the Easter vacation. Her | cousin. Miss Inez Riley of East Green | wieh. accompanied her and is visiting | at the home of Roger W. Lewis. 1 Housecleaning and farming occupa- | lions begin to engage the attention of | people in this vicinity