Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-18
Westerly Golden Wedding Surprise
Friends in Calvary Baptist Church Visit Mr. and Mrs. John B. Brown With Handsome Gift Arguments in Case s of Boqle Estate ys. Light & Power Company-Odd Fellows Ritual at Funeral of William H. Taylor Dog Bites Tip Off Tip of Chid's Nose.

The golden anniversary of the we'd ding of MT. and Mrs. John B. Brown was reached October 5th, but was not observed, as members of the family were at the Panama exposition. But associate members of MT. and Mrs. Brown in the Calvary Baptist church and congregation, did not propose to permit the anniversary to pass unob- served and they gave them a surprise ! party as a pleasant reminder of the golden wedding day, although not on the date of the event
 { Over one hundred assembled at the a church and proceeded to the Brown residence in Grove avenue, Friday night, finding MT. and Mrs. Brown out T calling upon their arrival: but the vis- s itors were admitted by the maid. who ( had been let into the secret The wis 2 itors immediately took possession of < the house and turned on all the lights, \ attracting the attention of MT. and | Mrs. Brown, who were at the home of 5 a1neighbor, causing them to cut their visit short It was a real surprise k and :, very agreeable, NIT. and Mrs. Brown, being entertained in their own home In. behalf of the church and congregation Rev. F. c. A. Jones; pas- E tor, presented magnificent silver cof- fee urn. suitably inscribed. to MT. and Mrs. Brown. MT. Brown responded apprsciatfvely Then all sang Blessed Be the Tie That Binds, with Mrs. Edward B. Coy at the piano. There were several vocal selections. includ- ing solo by Willard H. Bacon. Rev, Joseph L. Peacock, a former pastor of the church, read a poem E written for the anniversary by-a friend 2 of Mrs. Brown now in her 72nd year s and Mrs. Brown was presented a. large s bouquet of golden ward roses. Re treatments were served. and, as near : as possible, made to conform to the : golden occasion, the cake being of $ gold and white, with orange sherbet : and even the ice cream was of gold- 2 en hue. ,
 : MT. and Mrs. Brown felt disappoint- Bed when all members Of the family could not be present to help celebrate : the golden wedding. bit that disap- spointment was MspeH-d when the Cal svary Baptist church members visited sthe Brown home.
 The casc of tte administrator of the Eestate cf<Ser.is A. BogIe against the shrnught undsr the workmens compen- Ssation nc: was tried at the May ses- Ssion cf the superior, court for Wash sinEt6n. county. The arguments were srn+ mace at that time but were to 5have been made before Judge Barrows sia Providence soon thereafter. The Smatter was delayed, however, until sFrfday afternoon, when arguments swere made by Attorney Samuel H. EDavis for plaintiff and Attorney yCharles R. HasIam of Providence for saefendant, the insuring company. Mir kBogie had been in the employ of the sWesterly Light and Power company sfor. several years and he fell from a kretort in the local plant and was in- 7jured. He was away from work for sgeveral weeks by reason of the injuries sreceived and then returned to his em- sployment. A month later he became n .t1n avaA @nir &z 0 fIsIand hospital, where he died October s16, 1914.
 : Counsel for defense claims death swas due to cerebral spinal meningitis, and not by reason of any injury while an the employ of the defendant com spany, and that he had the ailment of (which he died prior to being injured. sThe counsel for plaintiff claimed that sdeath was accelerated by the accident The amount of damages sought is $1,b0O. There are no compensation commissioners in Rhode Island. there lore all cases under the sworizmen,s compensation law are brought to the Superior court. Judge Barrows re- gerved decision.
 V The. funeral of William A,-TavIor
 who died of typhoid fever in New Haven, took place Saturday afternoon
 soon after the arrival of the body
 with services in The Shelter, at River Bend cemetery, Rev. C1ayment A. Bur dick officiating. Narragansett lodge o1 Odd Fellows ritual. The local lodge sent a floral tribute with the three links fin red and white roses Another
 handsome floral token was a broker
 shaft of pink carnations from shop
 mates at the. Winchester Arms com.
 pany. New Haven. The bearers were
 Bert Joos. James c. Finley, J. Att
 more stedman. Edward F.' Gard
 Archie Mckenzie and Neil Mckenzie
 
 Maria Kenyon, age i've, daughter O
 MT. and Mrs. Walter Kenyon, o
 No. 16. Morgan street. was playins
 with a neighbor's dog through the di
 viding fence of her yard, Saturday, a, she had often done before. when tn,
 dog in play snapped at the littl
 girl and nearly severed the tip O
 her nose. Dr. JoEn~I. May was call
 ed and closed the wound with twi
 stitches. This wound will not prob
 ably. result in permanent disfgure
 nnent
 That depression in the sidewalk q
 the corner of Broad and Main street
 which the jury of the superior cour
 For Washington county, declared wa
 a defect and awarded Mrs. Mary G
 Knight damages of 5000 for alIege
 Injuries received by falling at tha
 point. has been covered over and nov
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