Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-09

By acton taken at the nudAlSteA town meeting it was evident that the people were opposed to the plan to confine the use of the big assembly room to election purposes, for meet ings of the Westerly Board of Trade, for Grand Army memorial and TOT high school graduation exercises which has prevailed since the new buildingahas been occupied. The town meeting passed a vote that the hall be leased for general purposes under the direction of the town council. or a committee thereof, under regulations adopted by the council George Ben jamin Utteer, who was much inter ested in the proposed change com municated with many cities and towns as to the terms and conditions Of the use of city and town halls that have rental privileges. He received many replies, which he. delivered to the town council at the Monday meeting. A committee of the council was ap- pointed to establish regulations con corning the rental of the town hall and and for its more general use, that committee to report at the next reg ular meeting on the first Tuesday in July,
 In the meantime the Westerly lodge of Elks will hold Flag day exercises in the hall June 14th, the committee being authorized to make special pro vision for that event. There was not uluCn Q1SCuSS1On over Lu0 pTOpOSGO A0W plan of the council meeting, although expression was made that there be no dances permitted. that refreshments be barred absolutely, and that the hall when rented be on a basis of sub stantial profit to the town financially. Whether the committee will consider these expressions is not known, but 1t is known that it was the intent of | the town meeting to give to the public a more general use of the publ1c 1 building, not curtailed with regulations bordering on the prohibitive. The | committee to consider the matter is Councilmen Thomas E. Robinson, Maurice w. Flynn and Daniel F. Lar 1 kin.
 Frederick O. Lanphear, a garage man at Watch Hill, paid dearly for a | mess of Holsters that were never | cooked. He had just landed Holsters 1 when the catch was inspected by Will 1 liam F. Luth of Newport, deputy com missioner of inland fisheries and an 1 assistant. Lobsters allowed to be caught and landed within the boun- diaries of the state. must be of more l than four and one-eighth inches in | length. The inspectors found 2S un- l dersiZed Holsters in the possession of l MT. Lanphear, and they were thrown | back into Watch Hill bay, although they subsequently cost MT. Lanphear | over $5 apiece.
 A complaint was issued and MT 1 Lanphear was arrested by Policeman Donald Ferguson. He was arraigned
 before Clerk Clarence B. Roche in the | Third district court and pleaded guilty 1 to having had in his possession 2S undersized, or short Holsters in his fine of $5 for each lobster. together with costs of $3.60, a. total of $143.60 MT. Lanphear paid the penalty an6 was released.
 In respect to the memory of Miss
 Margaret O'Brien, the OPie store' ir which she was employed for severa years, was closed Tuesday morning
 during her funeral. There was 2 solemn high mass of requiem in the
 Church of the Immaculate Conception
 Rev. Florence KelIedy, pastor and Rev
 Joseph Dreyer and Rev. Henry Bruno
 were the ceTbrant, deacon and sub
 deacon, respectively. and Rev. Johr iToohey, of Valley Falls, was master of ceremonies. The mass was sung by the church choir and solos were rendered by Mrs. M. F. Driscoll, Mar tin H. Spellman. Rosemary Carney ant I Charles St. Onge.
 Miss O'Brien was the daughter O
 MT. and Mrs. Michael O'Brien, anC
 a sister of Rev. Thomas E. O'Brien O Providence, who was with his parents at the funeral.
 Seated within the sanctuary wer
 these priests: Rev. J. H. McKenna, o
 Falls; Rev. J. J. Fitzgerald, Pawca tuck: Rev. Charles B. Robargef1 Prov idence: Rev. John E. Doyle, Attleboro
 Rev. A. J. O'Toole, Providence: Rev
 J. P. Kelley, Pawtucket; Rev. c. J
 Sullivan, Boston; Rev. James A. Craig | H. Smith, Rev. J. F. Reardon, Rev T. P. Grace, Rev. G. W. Brown. Rev II I. F. Downing, Rev. J. B. O'Brien. an
 Rev. J. w. Phelan, Providence.
 l There were beautiful flowers an >i there were in attendance many friend
 and relatives, including a number fror
 New York, Providence, Boston, Nor
 wich and New London. Burial was i
 St. MichaePs cemetery and the bear
 CTS were John H. Murphy, Charles
 St. Onge, Edward w. Murphy, Pat
 trick Murray and Ambrose Kenne!
 At the annual meeting of the stat . board of agriculture, held Tuesda | afternoon in the state capitol. John .
 Dunn of Westerly was reelected sec
 retary for the ninth consecutive tern
 The board also elected the followin as cattle commissioners: Henry Turner, for Providence county; Vii liam Williams, Bristol county: WI liam K. Boyd and George T. Howarl
 Newport county; Philip A. Money an
 Tristan D. Babcock, Washingto . county; Job Manchester, Kent count. A. B. Stene was reelected state er tomologist and Clifton w. Love1an
 was reelected as his assistant.
 The board also approved the follow
 ing persons selected by the Rhode Is \ land Society for the Prevention b Cruelty to Animals, to act as veter narians in the treatment of glandel
 and farcy: John T. Cunningham . Lawrence T. Dunn, John T. Richard
 son and John D. Jones, Providence \ James M. Armstrong, East Prov 1 dence; John J. Gib1in and Edward Dc