Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-10-11
INTERESTS OF WESTERLY
What is Going On in Political Circles-Annua State
Convention of the Junior Order Of American Me-
chanics-Italians to Celebrate Columbus Day-Min-
isters Freeze Out New Member-Collins- Mont
Elopement

I National Representative H. E. Hines,
| Secretary a. w. Barrus; Past State
Councillors c. L. Peace and A. I.
Thurber, A. w. Lynch, A. Germerhaus-
en-, j. j. Becker. Il. B. Thnmons, G.
Wright, p. w. Card. G. w. Chase, w.
H. Gardiner, j. w. Yeomans, George
Lewis, State Treasurer W. McCurdy;
from Woonsocket, State Council Com
ductor d. p. Straight and Past State
| Councillor Frank Sweet; from Valley
Falls, John Hodgins, State Vice Coun-
cillor G.. M. Huling and w. FL. Paine;
from Kingston. State Councillor Jo-
] seph J. Norlhup; from Peace~Dale and
Wakefield, State Council Outside Guide
| Gideon Taylor and w. G.. Davis; from
Kenyon, State Council Chaplain Charles
I Il. Dawley and Ernest Barber. There
were about one hundred in attendance
at the convention.
| Joseph j. Northrup, state councillor,
presided and in his annual report stat
F, ed that during the year he had Wis
tied every council in the state and did
| his best to encourage the principles
of the order. He regretted that there
had been no Increase in membership
during the year owing to the general
| inactivity of members to advance the
grand principles of virtue. liberty and
| patriotism.
The state beard recommended that
! the Der capita tax for the ensuing
year be "a cents; that the orphans
home tax be-paid out of the "a cents
per capita, the same as in the past;
| that $500 be appropriated for organ
izing work in the state; that 800 be
appropriated for the use of the state
! COUNCILLOR that $25 be offered as
premium for organizing new councils.
| The state secretary, Arthur W.Bar-
rus, in his report showed receipts of
| 1,065.67, which had been paid over
to the treasurer. There are eight coun-
ellis in the state with a membership
of 1884. The treasurer's report show
ed cash balance of $1S461.
Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows: Charles M. Hull
| ing. Valley Falls, state councillor; Her
! bert A. Gates, Carolina, state vice
councillor; Arthur w. Barrus, Provi-
dence, state council secretary; Lester
w. Croker, Providence, state council
treasurer; Daniel P. Straight, Woon-
socket, state council conductor Shell
| by c. Nichols, Westerly. state council
warden: w. B. Burlington, East Provi-
dence, state council inside sentinel;
| George z. Wright, Wakefield, state
council outside sentinel; Frederick L.
! Northup, Wakefield, state council
chaplain
| The officers were installed by Deputy
| National Commander Parker H. Mason
to hold the next annual meeting at
| Valley Falls in 1912.
| The Junior Order of United Ameri-
can Mechanics was established in 1855
as a feeder for the United Order of
| American Mechanics, a patriotic, fra
! ternal and benevolent organization,
founded in Philadelphia in 1S45 with
the object of safeguarding. the inter-
| ests of the American mechanic against
| the competition of foreign born i'm
| migrants. Members are required to
| be eighteen years of age or over, born
| on American soil or where the flag
flies. advocates of the public school
and OPPOSED to the union of church
and state. No colored people are adj
| inittesl to membership. The order has
| no utilization with trade unions and
| does not interfere in labor disputes. 1t
| has funeral benefit and insurance de-
| partment
| In 1885. the original purpose of the
| junior order as a feeder to the parent
| organization was abandoned, and it
| became an Independent beneficiary or
! ganization with patriotic principles.
! The Italians of Westerly will observe
| Columbus day, the four hundred and
nineteenth anniversary of the discov-
cry of America by Christopher Column
bus, on Thursday, q legal holiday in
| Rhode Island. There will be a parade
lin the morning of the Italian residents
l
which the members of the Westerly
town council have accepted an invita-
ton 10 participate. The procession will
go over the usual line of march head
ed by the Westerly band, beginning
and ending ut Hibernian hall. After
the parade, there will be an address
| by Congressman Utter and joseph
Ruissi VIII make speech in Italian
In the afternoon there will be field
| sports at Riverside park and in the
4 lT fIl0 Loo
| be band concert and big display of
\ fireworks.
| Members of the Westerly Ministerial
association assembled in the Memorial
| building for regular monthly session
Monday but all except three came to
an understanding that they would not
| mold a meeting and went away. Three
i ministers were in the regular meeting
room and soon realized that their fell
low ministers had gone without say
| ing farewell and wondered why. It
| was soon learned that one of the trio
who had been invited was to attend
meeting of the ministers for the
/ first time, and that the ministers who
| departed did not desire to sit with
| him in regular session, for reasons not
| explained.
The comparatively newcomer to
! Westerly is an eloquent and forcibie
preacher, much respected by the
| church people Of which he is acting
pastor, and is abundantly able to de-
fend himself from any insinuation, in
uendo or action, when he meets them
face to face. This little episode is
said to be only the beginning of
lively controversy.
| John J. Collins and Mary e. MONT,
both of Pawcatuck, who gave their
ages as 81 years, went into the office
of Attorney John j. Lawless at New
London Tuesday morning. and said they
wanted TO De married. As they did
not aave the necessary license they
Iwere directed to the town clerks Of
flee. A few minutes after they return
ed, armed with the license and the Ger
emory was performed.
I Upon being questioned, the groom
| stated that they had been married
| against the wishes Of his parents, who
| objected to the marriage because the
bride was of Italian parentage.
J The bridegroom gave his employ