Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-22


 hundreds of thousands of bales of cot ton in the south eager for sale, but with not ships to carry them across the sea, the urgent need of merchant marine must be profoundly impressed upon the people of the west and south who have heretofore bitterly opposed every effort to revive the American Merchant Marine"
 Local Laconies.
 Herbert Gaffney, of New London, was in Westerly. Friday.
 Three weddings are booked in Vest erly for the first three days of next month.
 MT. and Mrs. E. Howard Clarke have as their guest, Miss Hildred Cook, of East Orange, N. J.
 Mrs. Alexander Smith will be the speaker at the Peoples mission Sun day evening service.
 Henry McNelly, of New Bedford, is the guest of his sister, Miss Katie Me- Nelly of Summer street.
 No more hustle and hustle in Dixon square since the trolley terminal was changed to the railway station.
 Daniel J. Reardon and son, of An derson. Alabama, is the guest of John Reardon, at his home in Wilcox park.
 Rev. w. W. Harris of Chelsea Mass. will supply the pulpit of the First Bap- tist church. Sunday morning and even ing.
 Rev. William J. Smith. of North Grosvenordale, will preach in Grave Metrodist Episcopal church Sunday morning.
 John Stanton, superintendent of the farm for imbiciles in Exeter, is in Westerly, the guest of his son, John c. Stanton.
 yU1a,, +ba eI-,- 5a rl,a,a5 i,,st 1,afora three o'clock Friday afternoon. and a storm threatened, there was a sudden drop in temperature of fifteen degrees in Westerly.
 A shark was actually seen at Pleas ant View beach, Friday. It was dead one: came in with the tide and was lowed well off shore by early morning bathers.
 Rev Joseph L. Peacock will supply the pulpit of the Seventh Day church, Saturday morning. The pastor, Rev. c. A. Burdick, is attending the general conference in Alfred. N. Y.
 Isaac Jones. for many year night Watchnan at the White Rock Pumping station,- is quite sick at his home in Boston where he received the attention of a specialist.
 There's no place for lodgers at the Westerly Police station and there is severe penalty for sleeping in barns freight cars or in the open, so the unfortunate homeless try to evade Westerly after sunset.
 While golf and tennis are the pre- vailing sports at Watch Hill, there is a regulation roque ground connected with one of the new cottages on the East Side. The game has many ad- mirerS and is played at Watch Hill in accordance with the English rules.
 Once an ofhce-holder, always an office is the rule, rather than the exception, in Westerly. This is due to the dominance of one political party. that gets good men for office and keeps them in office so long as they remain good. This applies to state as we'll as local officials.
 At the annual session of the West erly Fat Mems association, these off, cers were elected. Alan A. Palmeter, of Westerly. president; Frank Whit, of North Stonington, vice president; B. Colt Bentley, of westerly, secretary and treasurer; Nathan F. Moves, of Westerly, chaplain; Henry Lanphear of Mystic, and James w. Murphy, and Charles F. Berry, of Westerly, committee or arrangements.
 Charles Arnold Porter, who died was buried on Thursday and relatives and friends from Westerly attended the funeral. He was born in West erly and leaves a widow, two daught- CTS and a son. He was a brother of Mrs. Charles w. Villain and Mrs Harriet E, Collins. and nephew of Albert B. Pendleton, Miss Harriet Pen dleton and Mrs. Adeline P. Chapman, al of Westerly.
 Mrs. George A. Clarke of Lyme, who is guest of Mrs. Sarah Darrow of New London, spent Friday with Mrs Dar- row at Watch Hill and Westerly. and enjoyed the trolley ride around the loop by way of Norwich. Mrs. Darrow will attend the annual reunion of the Sev- enteenth Connecticut regiment at Nor walk, next Thursday and will then