Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23

explanation of the Camp Fire Girls organization.
 Miss Katherine V. Nestor of Vest erly is a member of the committee on resolutions. William H. Holmes on nominations and on membership, and Silas T. Nye is a member of the com. mittee on educational progress.
 Charles Perry of the Washington Trust company, owner of the tive buildings on Main street, occupied in part by Berringer, Broughton and Clarke, is having improvements made in the store front of the Clarke store, so that it will harmoniZe with the stores in the adjoining building. One of the stairways will be. taken away, the Clarke store enlarged, andA There will be single stairway when the two buildings connect. It has been hinted that the banking institution would be willing to pay fair price for the Chapman building on the corner and fronting Broad street, which would give the bank control of the property from the Fenelon building in Main street to the Dixon house in Broad street, which includes the banking house. It is farther hinted that per haps some time the bank officials of that time may have ambition to build a large building of substantial mater ial on the site of the present wooden buildings in the best location for bus- mess in the town. and that the present day officials are paving the way.
 Local Laconics.
 Shirts made in Westerly are among the familiar signs in local stores.
 Mrs. James Kennard of St. Louis is the guest of MT. and Mrs. Perry Ken nard in Westerly.
 The First Baptist church has again demonstrated it's progressiveness by the installation of a telephone for the accommodation of worshippers.
 Owing to the non-arrival of the granite and marble, the work on the new postoffice is almost at standstill as only three men and a boy are employed on the job.
 Henry L. Gidson and the Temple Singers gave an entertaining lecture recital in High School hall Tuesday evening. The. subject was Opera and the Work-a-day World.
 Nash shipped carload of old news. papers to a Stonington manufactur- ing concern Tuesday. They were ship ped by the Groton- n-Stonington trolley road, the car being loaded directly in front of the store.
 The Colonial club of Westerly and the Mistuxet club of Stonington have arranged for a series of whists for the winter season. The first games will be played in Stonington this Wednesday, evening.
 Judging from the amount expended Tor advertising, the campaign fund of the Westerly no license committee is much larger than the combined funds of the local republican, progressive democratic, prohibition and socialist campaign funds combined
 Shelba Nicholas has assumed the duties as patrolman. for Pawcatuck. succeeding Michael Keegan, who was not reappointed by republican board of selectmen. MT. Nicholas was a ser- geant Tn the regular army just before entering the employ of the c. B. Cot. trell & Sons Co.
 A charter has been granted the Westerly Musicians Protective asso- citation, local No. 611. American Fed eration of Musicians. The Westerly band is within the membership, and tHS opportunity IS gwen all 1nStru- mental musicians residing within ten miles of Westerly to become charter members.
 After long illness, Mrs Sarah A. Greene-Swan died at her home in Main street, Tuesday morning. She was the wife of Major Horace Swan. Besides her husband she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Herbert B. Ellis and Miss Florence Swan a teacher in the West Broad street school. Mrs. Swan was in her 67th year. She was a member of the First Baptist church and Womans Relief corps.