Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-26
WESTERLY MASONS' GOLDEN JUBILEE
Palmer Lodge Celebrates Half Century of Existence Steamer Watch Hill Gets Express Contract From Trolley Road-Young Entomoogist Matches Browntails- -$25O Awarded Plaintiff in Chase Brown Suit

More than $50 gathered at Masonic hall on High strset Thursday evening to attend the exercises in celebration of the ffftieth anniversary of Palmer l chapter, No. 2S, Royal Arch Masons. | The chapter has a membership of 21S, and nearly 200 of these members were i present at the observance last evening. Dispensation was granted Palmer l chapter on Sept. l. 1864, the petitioners being George l.. Palmer, Thomas g. Swan, Peleg Moves, John Moore, c. w. Marston, Daniel Champlin. John D. Gallup, 2nd, and John Hazard. The charter was granted on May 9, 1865, and those who had become members up to that year were taken as charter members.
 The exercises commenced at s o'clock with an address of welcome by 1 ex- Comp. Albert E. Barber, high priest, followed by Q historical address by eX- Comp. Thomas Mckenzie, secretary Of the chapter. The entertainment con- sisted of character readings by War ren Richards of Boston and instru- mental selections by the Ideal orches- tra, Charles o. GaVitt, leader. Follow ing the delightful entertainment, re- treatments were served and cards and dancing were enjoyed for the remain der of the evening. The program fol- lows:
 Character Readings-The Funny Side of Boston Life, Old Moses Counting
 
 Seeing Things. by Warren Richards; | selection by Ideal orchestra: Dr Din keISpeI in the Automobile, Be a Friend to Man. Little Brown Baby, and The l Old HOOsier and His Fiddle, by War ren Richards: selection by Ideal or l chestra: MT. Dooley on Music, The | Country School on Exhibition Day, l recitation, Rudyard Kipling, by War ren Richards
 l The anniversary committee consist ! AD1 1f EV TQoy hfer1a v7rfac cE | Charles M. Kebbe, chairman: Albert | II. Spicer. Arthur Y. Nash, Walter C. | HisCoX Louis J. Reuter- William A. 1 T3urk and Thomas Mckenzie, secre- 1 tary
 1 The officers of the chapter are: AL | bert F. Barber, high priest: Clarence 1 E. RochCe, king: Charles M. hebbe, 1 scribe; William H. Greene, treasurer; Thomas Mckenzie, secretary; Robert l Hazard captain and host; Howard D. 1 Mcfarland. principal sojourner: Carl ! F, Burdick, royal arch captain: Mel 1 Mackenzie. master third veil: Charles l n. Anderson, master second veil: Har- i old D. Livingstone, master first veil; l Herbert A. BabcOck, tyler; George Bel ! lamy D. C. Hinckley and Charles F. 1 Archie C. Thompson. Arthur iN. Nash and Thomas Mckenzie. trustees of per ma1ent fund
 The past high priests of Palmer ! tIl6B BltG are. kTtbI-e r.. E1iDlSf. O3, l 6 and '66; Albert G. Howard. CT and 1 '6S: Richard Currie, '69: Thor 's Vim cent, TO and Fl: R. Taylor Church '72. '73 and '75; James Stillnan. '74; | Joseph Ledward. '76: George X. Cham | pIfn ", '7S, '79, 80 and 'S4: Albert l ter, '83: J. Alonzo Babcocl, 's5 and '99; ! George Beilanny. Jr., 'S6: Robert A. 1 Msonfi. 'S7. '8S. '89. '92 and '97: Henry s. Gavitt. 90; William H. Greene, '91; | Charles r. Berry. '93 and '94; D. c. l FTinckley, '95: Charles M. Barbour,
 '96; Edward IT. Babcock. '9S; Thom- 1 as Mckenzie. 1900: John P Christie, l '01 and '02: Robert F. Cole, '03; Free 1 mont Nye, '04; Archie C. Thompson, 1 '05, '06 and '07: Arthur N. Nash, 'GS: | Girven, II; Walter C. Hiscox. '12; Abel P. Randall, '13.
 1 The contract for carrying parcels for the Adams Express company to | and from StoninetOn and Watch Hill awarded Capt. Hobart H. Babcock of l the vessel. During the past two years | the contract has been filled by the 1 Shore Line railroad, the various ar | ticles being transferred from Wester- | ly to Watch Hill by the railroad com | pany
 The boat is now at it's winter guar l ters in the river, just below the Paw | catuck dam.
 Some cocoons when they open are 1 found to contain beautiful butterflies, ! but others cannot be considered in that | class. This is the lesson learned by 1 a West Side youth who had been nlak- 1 ing collection of various species. 1 The boy who had taken so much in 1 terest in this phase of nature is Ed | ward Cundall, son of C. T. Cundal1. l and as the result he has been taught 1 a lesson which it would be we'll for 1 older people to master. namely, that l there are beautiful as well as danger | ous cocoons. It was mostly the dan 1 gerOus kind of which young Cundail 1 had made d collection. these contain l ing the hated brown tail moths. The 1 discovery of their character was made l by the boys grandfather, and they l were removed from the house, where 1 they had been placed to open, and were l destroyed. Now the poy, assisted by 1 his playmates. is on the warpath, and all cocoons of dangerous variety are
 being caught and given the third de- | gree treatment.
 Considerable time in the superior
 sitting i'll Westerly before Judge John i w. Sweeney, Thursday, was occupied 1 oy the presentation of evidence in the
 case of Chase Ts. Brown. The suit 1 arose over an automobile accident on
 Franklin street last summer and has 1 already been heard in the Third dis l ulct court. Among the witnesses | ThurSdav were CourtYand NJ. Chase. | D Healey. Charles W. Lamb. Mrs. l Edith T. Lamb Ethan Crandall. Mrs. 1 Otis F. Brown. Mrs. Ella M Sikes, l Miss Mildred K. Taylor. Fred D. Sis | son and Charles F. EIdredge. Most 1 or the evidence dealt with the time 1 of day the accident occurred and the condition of the weather at the time.