Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-15

a week or $685. year, total OF
S31e.SO.
When asked what the poor inmate
| received for the 1923 a week, Mr..
| Cook replied: ANY citizen VINO has
| visited the town farm can tell You.
| There are no toilet facilities indoors,
| no heating arrangement other than
| large stove in q small room around
/ which the five inmates sit in cold
| weather. The ventilation is poor, the
bedrooms small and without carpet
| and heat In the Dixon house for this
! same amount they could have modern
| toilet facilities, steam neat, com1orta-
| BILE rooms and good ventilation SnaH
| Westerly spend nearly three times as
/ much for charities as Bristol, Il. J.,
when it's population is 131 more?"
Raymond H. Hisoox has been elect.
! ed captain of the Westerly high school
baseball team for the season of 1912,
and the indications are favorable for
a representative team OF Champion
ship material. At recent meeting OF
tho eastern division eff the Connecti-
cut Interscholastic league, held in
Norwich, the Westerly team was re-
admitted into @menberShfp. having
withdrawn after winning the cham
pionship two years ago. This action
increased interest in baseball at the
school and hearty support was as
sured.
Thursday, Manager Smith received
official invitation of the Norwich Free
Academy team requesting the with
drawal of the Westerly team as Bulke-
ley of New London had filed obJec-
tions and advised action to that eff
feet for the sake OF harmony in the
league. This matter will soon be Civ
en- consideration by the local school
team and the request will probably
be complied with.
Two cantatas, Hero and Leander,
and Song of Thanksgiving, were
given in high school hall, Thursday
evening, by the Westerly school cho-
rus, the leading parts being sung by
Miss Helen Weld, soprano, of North
Hampton, and Frederick Weld, bari
tone, under the direction of Robert A.
H. Clark, instructor in music in the
public schools of Westerly. The cho-
rus showed the result of careful train
ing and the pupils part harmoniZed
with the leaders, and the result was a
musical success that was pleasing to
the large audience. 1t was the seventh
annual musical entertainment given
by the school and was fully up to the
standard of excellence.
The 18th annual meeting of Pawca-
tuck lodge, No. 9, r. and A.. M, was
held Thursday evening, and these off,
GERS were elected for the Masonic year
5S12: Newman L. Tucker1nan, wor-
shipful master; Louis j. Reuter-. sem
warden; William Chapman, senior dea-
con; F. Earle Babcocx, Junior deacon;
W. d. Slyne, senior steward; George 0.
Murphy junior steward; Rev ]. w.
Ford, chaplain; Arthur n. Nash, mar
shall: Abram Lewis, tyler; Archie C. |
Thompson, secretary; Ebert w. Clarke, I
treasurer; Thomas Mckenzie, Robert i
E. Cole. William A. Hillard, trutees; |
Thomas Mckenzie, Charles A. Morgan, |
Denison c. Hinckley, finance commit |
tee.
After the election a collation. was |
served in the banquet hall
Vol 0rxrfr1
ma lders who still retain membership |
in Pawcatuck lodge: AFRO n. Lewis, |
Charles s. Hilton, Joseph Murphy, VIII |
liam H. Greene, Samuel K. Stednaan |
Orvtlle M. Briggs, Deniscn c. IIinck- |
ley, Robert A. Mason, Archie c. |
Byron ]. Peckham Frank |
L Dawley, John P. Christie, Oscar w. |
Gates. Thomas Mckenzie, Abram Lew |
is, Robert E. Cole, D. Everett Hoxie. I
Henry A. Stable, Arthur MI Nash Will !
liam A Hillard, Samuel Girven and |
w. Bromley