Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-04-24
POST CARDS FOR WESTERLY LIBRARY
Nine Volumes Forming Rice Collection the Gift Of Mrs
Frank g. Ricea{4A4 Enfspvorer CLARK at First
Baptist Church-beath Of Mrs. James L. Crandall
Body of George T. Bacon Arrives From North Caro-
lima.

James Lewis crsndaII, Of the Anguilla
section of the town of Stonington, adj
joining Pawcatucl, died Saturday
morning in her seventy fifth year. She
was born in Stonington, September 4,
1886, her parents dying when she was
ten years of age, leaving her without
brothers or sisters. March %, 1855,
she married James L. Crandall at Old
Mystic. She was the mother of eight
children, all of whom, with her hus-
of Anguilfa. Mrs. Edward Munson of
New Haven, Mrs. Charles e. knight
of Westerly; Mrs. Amos Crandau OF
Mystic; Mrs. Clarence E. Burdick of
Bridgeport: Theodore, Andrew c., and
John Crandall of Anguilla
John Bristow, the road builder, who
has built many Of the state highways,
at present is at work on the contract
of rebuilding the Post road from its
junction with the Watch Hill road
three miles eastward, and who has
done contract work for the town of
Westerly, was elected engineer to the
state board of public works at q meet
ing held Friday. Mr.. Bristow will
succeed Col. II. L. Rodman, who has
roads for the past fifteen years. The
salary is $4,000 a year. Mr.. Bristow
is resident of Narragansett Pier.
Local Laeonics.
I'd to date, only one hundred and
twenty seven dogs have been regis
tered in Westerly
The prize speaking contest of the
boys of the Westerly high school will
take place Thursday evening.
Spanish war veterans will unite with
the veterans of the civil war in OBJ
servance of Memorial day in West
erly.
No definite line of action has yet
been decided upon by the stockholders
of the Westerly Narrow Fabric COM
pany.
There is no camp of Sons of Vet
Grams in Westerly. There was sllch an
organization here several years ago,
but it passed quietly away.
The third story of the new James
A. WEIGH building is to be utilized as
public hall, or may be leased as a
meeting room for some organization.
Brucker camp, United Spanish War
Veterans, closed a successful fair in
Hibernian hall. Saturday evening, and
divided a portion of the receipts with
the patrons.
John Franklin Blake, late of the L.
s. navy. died April 13, in San Fran
cisco. He was son OF the late Brig
Cen John Babcock of Stonington, and
brother Of Capt. Conrad Babcock, now
in the army.
A crossed wire caused the ringing
of the gong of the burglar alarm of
the Washington Trust company, Sun
day morning. 1t was fifteen minutes
before the bank men arrived and stop
ped the ringing of the gong
George III. Utter and Edgar III. Cot
trell are trustees and member of the
/ finance committee of Alfred universe
/ ty. Among the students are Charles
| Starr Barker of Westerly William Ru-
digger Wells. Anna Carolyn Crandall
and Frank Maxson Hill of Ashaway.
Big Frank Saunders. the complain
ant against Elisha FL. Hall. of diminu-
| tive stature, in an assault case. is the
| same who proposed driving his OK
| team from Westerly to New York on
| a wager about two years ago, and
was pictured in the New York news
papers.
! Orders will soon be issued for the
election of a captain for the Fifth
Z, company, Westerly, coast artillery
7 corps, to fill the vacancy caused by
1 the promotion of Capt. Bourbon a.
Babcock to be junior major of the
National guard. First Lieut.. Robert
G.. Trackeray will probably be elected
to fill the vacancy.
Edward w. Batty. Jr., of Springfield
was attacked suddenly with append
citis, Friday. and in the evening was
operated upon in the Springfield hos
pita1. He is a Yale graduate, was for
mer city attorney for Springfield, i.
nephew OF John Berry of Westerly
and has relatives in Norwich. The
case is a serious one. the appendix
having been found to be gangrenous
Bryce Wilson Quick, manager of til,
Rhode Island pharmacy. has resigned
and will end his duties with that stor,
Tuesday. He has been in Westerly fol
three years and many friends lear1
with regret that he is to leave for hi
home in Providence. where he will b,
employed hereafter Mr. Quick is al
! expert pharmacist. one of the young
! est ever registered in the state o
| Rhode Island
Frank Foley, catcher for last sea
sons Westerly high school baseball
\ championship team. student at Exc
ter college. is doing great work 70
the college team. In the game witt
I Boston college Saturday, Foley is cred
tied with three hits including a tire,
Dagger, eight put-outs. and one as
sist, and stole one of the three base:
.
playing aided materially in winning
the game.
| Westerly school pupils are among
the winners of the recent awards o.
the School Arts guild, third prizt
! going to Sallie Andrews of Elm stree
school and fourth prizes to Florence
, Leibovitz of Pleasant street school
/ and Antonio Panciera of Quarry Hill
school Special mention is given the
art work of Ida May Gavitt, Lucy
| Howard. Samuel Maine, Ernest Pan
ciera, Everill Simmons. Agnes Slcar
and Tony Visgitto.
George IT. Bacon, veteran of the
! civil war, died last Thursday in South.
| ern Pines, North Carolina. His body
arrived in Westerly on Saturday ano
will be buried in River Bend GENE
| terry, after service in Grace Methodist
church, according to the ritual of the
! Grand Army of the Republic with
members OF Hancock post present afr
Bacon was MANNED in battle. He mar
ried Mary f. Avery Brown. daughter
of the late Nelson and Harriet Thurs
ton Brown of Westerly. He is sur
! Vived by Mrs. Bacon.
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