Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-13
PATRIOTISM AT WESTERLY
American and Italian Flags Conspicuous Columbus Day Pa rade-Missonary Meetings Monday-Residence of the Late Evan C. Burdick Sold at Auction for $500 Carpenter Falls Twelve Feet

and will attend the Rhode Island Bap-
 tist anniversary today.
 Walter R. Stivers, republican candi- date for congress. has been mendlng his fences in N esterly, in the hope or
 swelling his expected majority over
 Congressman Peter Goelet Gerry.
 John J. Dunn of Westerly, secretary
 of the state board of agriculture, left
 Monday morning for Fort Worth, Tex as, as Rhode Island delegate to the
 American National Farmers conven- tion.
 The Wheeler school paper, The Crimson and Gray, will be conducted
 by the following: Hazel Richardson,
 editor-in chief; Ruth Main, George Kinnear, Fanny Merrill. Marjorie Cow an, assistant editors; Ernest Gray,
 business manager: Moves Wheeler, Paul Merrill, assistant managers;
 Ruby Park, collector.
 pr. and Mrs. William H. Perry en- tertained at their home in West Broad
 street, Saturday evening, the guests
 being Dr. and Mrs. George R. Pray, or
 Jackson. Michigan, and Miss Harriet
 Woodard and Miss Mary Pendleton
 Miss Lillian Hewitt, of Mystic, formed
 a European touring party.
 The residence of the late Evan c.
 BurdiclS, IA Dixon street, was sold at
 public auction Monday morning by
 Auctioneer Eugene B. Pendleton.
 George A. Golden was the purchaser
 and the price was $3,600. The sale
 the bidders. besides MT. Golden, were
 Mrs. Mary Damerell, Andrew Smith,
 Joseph T. Murphy and Richard But Ter.
 John Bennett, a carpenter in the
 employ of the H. T. Kenyon company,
 was seriously injured while at work in the garage of Frank Larkin, Mon
 day morning The plank scaffolding
 on which he was standing, broke. and he fell twelve feet. Dr. M. H. Scan lon gave the injured man attention. MT. Bennett sustained a concuSs1on or the brain and his back is seriously strained and bruised.
 There were well-attended mission ary meetings in Calvary Baptist church Monday afternoon and evening, a part of the campaign being conducted in thirty five centres of New England. The speakers were Mrs. Henry w. Peabody, of Boston, vice president of eign Missionary society: Miss Grace Colburn, vice president of New Eng land district, and Mrs. Howard Pepper. president of the Rhode Island branch. The funeral services of Mrs. Lucia Annette Price, widow of Walter Price, were held at her residence in Main street, Monday afternoon, and were attended by relatives and great many friends of the deceased. There were beautiful floral tributes. The services were conducted by Rev. Clayton A. Burdick and Samuel H. Davis of the Seventh-day Baptist denomination Burial was in the family plot at River Bend The bearers were Ira E. Cram dall, George B. Utter, Charles H. Stan ton and Edwin Whitford.
 There was large attendance at the funeral of Ruth Saunders Price l laughter of MT. and Mrs. Hobart Saunders, from the residence of her parents in Newton avenue, and the beautiful floral tributes were numer- ous. The service at the house was
 conducted by Rev. John G, Dutton of | the Christian church and Rev. Clay ton A. Burdick of the Seventh day | Baptist church. The bearers were l Lennox Bray of New York and l Charles D. Taillon. Rufus F. Stiles and l Harold Dean. Burial was at River Bend,
 l At the annual meeting of the trus- l tees of the Westerly Memorial anc Library association, these officers were i elected: Charles Perry, president; Will | liam D. HoXie, vice president; Charles P. Cottrell, secretary: James M. Pen. | dleton, treasurer. The other trustees are Arthur L. Perry and Arthur M Cottrell. The report of Librarian Jo. l during the year of 6S.511 books, O. | which 1,196 were non-fction, a tota 1 increase of 2.43S over last year. Int ! total number of volumes in the li 1 brary, exclusive of government docu ments, is 34,92S.