Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30
Local Laconics.

The Appreciation of Music. Local Laconics.
 MT. and Mrs William Clark of New London are visitinr relatives in Wes- 1 terly Charles Goldthorpe, of Bradford, was a saloon passenger on the Empress of Ireland.
 Rev William Lippitt. of Minnesota
 will preach in the Congregational church, Sunday.
 MT, and Mrs. Carroll Smith of Pnmptonvf1le, Mass, are guests of l Miss Helen Segar.
 | Arthur L. Perry. who was recently 1 operated upon for appendicitis at Brookline. Mass, has returned home. NRev. IL. A. witter of Hopkinton will supply the pulpit of the First Baptist church, Sunday morning and evening. Mrs. Edna Toilette and Mrs. Mary E, Perry, who spent the winter at Arnelds Mills, have returned to their home in School street
 Congressman Gerry has presented a petition for residents of Westerly urg- ing the passage of legislation provid- Ing for national prohibition. Albert N, Brown of Providence, and sister. Mrs. Mary E. Bacon, of New Bedford, both formerly of Westerly. are here on a brief visit to relatives. United States Government Inspect
 ors Withey and Stewart of New Lon don, inspected steamer Watch Hill at Westerly Friday.
 George Grinnell of Mystic, for forty years with the Standard Machinery company, now retired, was a visitor Friday In Westerly.
 In the Westerly High school prize speaking contest, the winners were Adelaide A al Ter HatI, n;c
 set and Isaac G. Smith and Howard P. Knight.
 Members of Phebe Greene Ward 1 chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, in accordance with the l annual Memorial day custom, will place flag on the graves of thirty
 two soldiers of the Revolution.
 An operation for an affected gland
 was performed upon Rt- Rev. Bishop Harkins. by Dr. John W. Keefe, in Providence, Thursday. The operation was successful and the condition of the bishop is favorable.
 There was some complaint during Friday, just because oil was sprinkled | in Elm street the day before Memo will be required to walk in that street in going to and from River Bend. Mrs. Mary Barton, employed at The
 Rhode Island, slipped and fell Friday
 Nfternoon while at her work in the hotel. She was accompanied to Back us hospital Norwich, by Dr. Scanlon, leaving on the 3.15 trolley car for oNr- Wich.
 Teams representing the Westerly and the Stonington high schools will play
 the second game in the cup series and
 baseball championship in Vose park i this morning. In the afternoon at the
 same place there will be game be- tween the CottrellS and Stoningtons
 of the Manufacturers league. i The comptroller of the currency has l just announced the voluntary liquida-
 tion of the First National Bank of | Hope Valley, which is absorbed by the | Washington Trust company of Wes- terly. The liquidating committee con-
 sists of Charles Perry of Westerly
 Henry C. Nichols of Hope Valley and
 Ralph c. Watrous of Providence 1 Erastus Barber. chaplain of Bud-
 long post, G. A. R., died a year ago 1 today and now Paul H. Hillard fol
 many years adjutant of the post, is I dead at his home in West Broad
 street. Sad reminders for Memorial ! day. few weeks ago another old
 soldier. Colonel Thomas D. Sheffield adjutant of Hancock post, answered
 the final summons.
 l The following named Westerly High l school students will take the college | board computations the third week ir
 June: Edward Butler, Isaac Smith
 Raymond Heath, Herbert Chappell
 Raymond Spargo Jane Peckham, Han-
 nah Stillman and Adelaide Kellar | seniors; William Critcherson Marjora Young, Camelie Papalia, Esther Pear l son. Carl Burdick, Leverett Briggs Barclay Robertson and Elliot Thorpe 1 juniors.
 In addition to canvassing the vot- l irnr jSf fnr VI, al. | the councilmen at the canvassers meeting voted $36.30 to the Peoples
 Mission for the care of transient poor i Druggists liquor licenses were grant ed Willard M. Dean for the Rhode
 Island pharmacy and Louis A. Bar l bour for Is Broad street. Tavern n- 1 cenSeS were issued to the Kenneth Ridge company to Charles H. Fay and ] to D. A. Dick. Watch Hill. A vic | tualing license was issued to Henry | s. Littlefield for a place in Bay street l Watch Hill.