Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-19

en- pTuchSF camp Dy q large increase
in membership.
John f. Higgins of New London was
a visitor in Westerly Monday.
Superintendent Perry of the Ston
ington schools visited in Westerly or
Monday.
! Councilman c. Clarence Maxsor
starts Tuesday for a fishing trip in
More motorcycles than usual are
passing through Westerly during the
present season.
Mrs. Michael Burns and grand
| daughter of Stonington visited rela-
! tives in Pawcatuck Sunday.
Nicholas Craddock has recovered
from a siege of sickness and was able
to return to business on Monday.
The new and modern trolley car now
| in use on the Watch Hill line is an
appreciated Improvement OF service.
The booming of the big guns of the
| forts in the New London artillery dis
| trict are heard plainly in westerly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Zimmerman IF
| Norwich are guests of Mr.. and Mrs
| Thomas Sharvan in Stillman avenue.
| The second of the new cars for use
| on the Pawcatuck Valley street rail-
| way arrived in Westerly Monday af-
| ternoon.
and Building Laborers' union, now out
on strike, have been orderly in their
conduct up to the present time.
An immense electric sign is being
made for the G. p. CottTeH & Sons
company and is to be placed on top
of one of the buildings of the plant.
Ex-Governor George II. Utter of
Westerly will deliver the principal adj
dress at the commenGement exercises
of the New London Business college.
Elisha P. Phillips. aged S. of Hope
Valley. died Saturday at Apponaug.
.
of Ekonk, Conn. He was uncle to
Mrs. r. S. SIocum of Westerly.
There are daily complaints of reclx-
less automobile driving in the streets
of Westerly not to the police, but
people who have had narrow escape
from injury complain to each other.
Now that automobilists have become
acquainted with the EAST avenue route
TO and from Watch Hill they are in
clined to prefer it to the old establish
ed route parallel to the trolley road.
The business boomers who pro-
posed writing up the town of Westerly
under the auspices of the Board of
Trade did not receive adequate encour-
agement and have abandoned the pro-
ject.
Should the Connecticut troops as
signed to Fort Mans field be transferred
by trolley instead of by steamer Block
Island it is possible to carry them
from Norwich to the Pleasant View
Ellsworth King, aged II, fell from
the bluff on the East beach Watch
Hill, Sunday afternoon and sustained
a fracture of the~rignt leg between his |
knee and ankle. He was taken to |
StOningtOn, his home. in a power boat
An automobile without any desig-
mating registry number, as required by |
law, fitted about Dixon square Monday |
morning A woman was seated at the |
steering wheel and the machine dis |
a varNa1s 81 4
Hill when policeman appeared.
The Blue Peter V. which won the |
2S5 miles power boat race from Mar |
blehead to New York, made the run /
in p hours and "a minutes, an average |
of 1885 nautical miles an hour The |
feet. II inches in length and has a |
$3.50 power motor.
There was a general fight near the
Mantle railway station Sunday night.
during which one of the participants
INDUCED in bulldog tactics, nearly
chewing off one of the thumbs of his
1dVefSafy Owing to defective tele-
phone communication. the Westerly
police were not summoned.
The enjoining of the contractor to
not commence the work of rebuilding
he Pawcatuckt Valley street railroad |
the Pleasant View junction
md Watch Hill. was a surprise to the
,Cuncilmen of the town of westerly
IS no permission had been given to
'esume the work in the section men
toned.
Two men claiming to be interested
n amusement enterprises made exam
nation last Saturday of the property
II Mrs. -Orson Rogers in West Broad
treet with a view to purchase as a
lite for q. theater building. few
ears ago there was movement to pur-
hase the property for the establish
nent of a Y. NJ. c. A. building
In response to orders from T. w.
)inkins of New York. manager of ,
amusement enterprises, who has re-
ngaged AIR and Mrs. Anthony Ken
edy, the well known sketch artists, |
Eho have been spending their vacation
their home in Westerly, departed
or New York Sunday night. Mr. Ken
edy was requested to bring his man
scripts and it is probable that Man
ger Dinkins intends to organize an =
dditional attraction featuring some of
lr. Kennedy's sketches.