Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-28

$5, 900 in each case.
 The biennial convention of the La dies auxiliary, A. o. H., of Rhode lsl- Providence. Westerly will be repre- sented by Mrs. Michael J. Burke, Mrs. Michael O'Connell, MrS John Lynch, Miss Margaret Holmes. and these di- Miss Margaret Murphy, Miss Helen Sullivan, Miss Mary Fitzgerald, Miss Eliza Fay, Miss Bridget Farrell and Miss Hannah Driscoll.
 Just prior to the opening of the con- vention. high mass will be celebrated in the cathedral by Rev. Peter E. Blessing. who will welcome the dele
 gates. The convention will be opened with prayer by Rt.. Rev. Mgr. Thomas F. Doran, state chaplain, and Mayor Joseph H. Gainer will give the address of welcome to the city. A feature of the convention will be the presentation by Miss Elizabeth T. Doyle, state pres ident, of gold cash prizes to the win ners among the parochial school stu dents who took part in the statewide competition for excellence in Irish lliS- tory. It was originally planned to con clude the convention with a banquet, but that will be omitted in respect to the memory of his holiness, Pope Plus tuc tNOT~tGFl anu westerly bTdCCiOu company has contributed a generous sum towards defraying the expenses of Labor day celebration at Pleasant View 1 under the auspices of the Pleasant View Improvement a sS ciation. In the morning there will be baseball game between teams composed of competent players. Then will follow series of aquatic events and field sports, inc1ud- ing almost every appropriate sport
 with ribbon prizes for competitors, ard a silver cup for the champion, the winner in the greatest number Of events.
 There will be no charge of admis- sion tos the ball field or TO charge made to witness any of the events of the day. It is expected that every body present will wear a tag especially prepared for the occasion, and for which the wearer can fix the price, T:,e events are free for all. but entries should be made well in advance.
 pr. Henry E. Utter, president of the Utter conpsny of Westerly, the medi- cal inspector Of schools in the town of North Providence, is at the present time engaged in the vaccination of tine school children within his Jurisdiction which covers quite an area The chil- dren from these schools are receiving the doctors attention: GreyStnre, Gen. 1 terdale, Lymansville, Fruit Hill, Allen dale, Geneva, Marievllle and V ood- vile. Dr. Utter IS a son of the late Congressman George H. Utter. The announcement of his marriage engage mcnt was recently announced at the
 Manor inn, Stoningron.
 Walter S. Price and D. Harold Roq- CTS represented Westerly at the a1nual | outing of the Rhode Island Life Under | writers associaticn held "Wednesday
 at the Warwick club, and took promi- | nent part in the field sports Rogers played second base on the successful | baseball team and won second prfzes
 in the pipe race. the 100 yard dash anG | shoe race. Price won first prize for | ball throwing and was second in the l sack race. There were nine events
 and Price and Rogers were winners in
 hVe. There were 41 members present
 and alF enjoyed the sports and the
 genuine Rhode Island clambake. 1 The Washington Trust company. as
 e<scutor of the estate of Simeon SIo- | cum, sold al public auction on Thurs | day afternoon the Slocum residence in l Moss street. The property was pur- | chased by Peleg I. Slocum, one of the | three heirs, and the price was s3,9OO. | This was the home of Aunt Betsey''
 Slocum who had a life lease of the
 property after the death of her husband Simeon. Mrs. Slocum died a few
 months ago after reaching her 101st
 year, and the place was sold for the benefit of the heirs, two sons and a
 daughter. Peleg Slocum always lived
 With his parents, gave personal atten-
 tlon to the care of his aged mother,
 especially after the death of his fa-
 ther and the place he purchased was
 really his home.
 he little matter of law that pre-
 Vented the marriage of coIored waiter
 al watch Hill and colored young | woman employed at Watch HilI and
 whose home is in Providence, just be | cause the prospective bride was only IS years Of age, only delayed the cere-
 mony from Wednesday to Thursday.
 The young man, who gave his resi-
 oence as Westerly, was granted his
 paIt or the marriage license, and then ootn went to Providence and the con
 sent Of the girls parents was obtained
 ana fuli marriage license was issued. | thursday afternoon they called at
 the residence of Rev. F. C. A. Jones
 pastor of Calvary Baptist church ana
 they were united in the holy bonds of
 ns ma trrlIIony. Before becoming the wife
 or George Washington Holland tbe
 name of the bride was Ida Carlotte l Grant '- iolla
 Capt. Elias F. Wilcox, resident os Sne !suiamhaug section of tho tovvn of
 Stonih9son, IS the possessor of an an
 clent and rare volume in a fine state I VI preservation and entitled Wilcocke's
 Works. The title pages read as foIs
 lows: .The Works of thai Re1Te-an5 ui5
 ana Learned Divine. MT. Thomas Vii | cocks. Minister of Gods Word. s~on-
 Ialnlng an Exposition Vpon the Whole
 Booke Of David's Plalmes. salomon,s
 9roVeros' 2 U' the Canticles, and Part of inc
 Roman napeer or St Pavls Epiftle to the I.Nn D..