Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-07-05
HOW WESTERLY CELEBRATED
Tame and uet Holday-W he Rock Defeated In Double
Header-Two Liquor Raids the light Before
Albert f5oward's ea,h-Postma ster u Ter Rece YES
Official appointment.

Charles J. Butler, for twenty years
assistant postmaster at Westerly, act
ing postmaster upon the death of Post
master Waller Price subsequently,
nominated for postmaster and con-
firmed b. the senate just before the
recess. has received official appoint
ment to the office by President Taft.
He viii now complete his bond and as
soon as that is accepted by the gov
eminent Mr.. Butler will receive his
full commission as postmaster 1t is
certainly a deserved appointment and
gives full satisfaction to the people
who are served from the Westerly
postofhce, which includes the residents
of Pawcatuck that section of the town
Of Stonington being within the juris-
dictiOn of the Westerly postoffice. 1t
was an appointment of merit and fit
ness rather than politics and is there
fore satisfy ing to all except the pro-
feSSional politicians, and even they
have no exception from a personal
viewpoint.
The first necessary official act of
Postmaster Butler was the appoint
ment of his Successor as assistant
postmaster. Having been promoted
himself Le considered it advisable and
Tor the best interests of the service
to adhere 10 the rule that applied in
his own case. So he appointed as
assistant postmaster Thomas +. Len
ihan, who has been a clerk in the
Westerly DOStOffice for ten years Mr..
Lenihan is a resident of Pawcatuck
and known favorably by the old Third
regiment men before and during the
Spanish war, as he was connected With
Company B. Third regiment, c. n. G.,
for several years, and by reason of his
clerical ability and fine penmanship
was detailed company clerk and at
headquarters in the Spanish war be-
ing discharged corporal Like
the postmaster Mr.. Lehman is a COM
petent and courteous official and his
appointment is received with general
favor.
The promotion of Mr. Lenihan leaves
q vafant cierkship which will probably
be given. to one of the letter car
ySers privileged to take the position
without examination. This promotion
will result in one of the substitute
carriers being assigned to the reg
ular list ar0. the appointment of an
eligible to the list of substitutes.
Therefore the promotion of Mr. But
Ter carried with it the promotion OF
others in the office and is an exempli-
hcation of civil service reform and
the general betterment of the service.
The safe and sane epidemic struck
Westerly forcibIy on Independence day
and were all the noise of twenty-four
hours bundled it would not amount to
as much as was made in the home
coming reception given the Westerly
high school as winners of the cham
pionship of the InterSchola site Ieag
in New Haven in half-hour. There
was practically nothing doing in the
noise line and but for the pair of base
ball games there would have been not
the slightest interest or excitement
from sunrise until nearly sunset. In
the evening there was much interest
in the ball scores and very much
more in the returns from the ringSide
at Reno which We're bulletin boarded
at Nash-s Here hundreds congregat-
ed in the early evening and discussed
the chances and now and then one of
-,
small bet on the result of the worlds
champion ship scrap, odds for JEFF
fries as against Johnson al a ratio of
ten seven
The sports assembled long before
any news came across the continent,
and remained until it was announced
that the free news service was at an
end for the night.