Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-17
WESTERLY POSTMASTER NAMED
President Wilson Appoints John A. Farrell Son of Andrew
Farrell, at First Candidate for the Of6ce-Poultry
Show Opens-Bowen Lodge Has Ladies' Night Fu-
neral of Mrs. William Kinney.

Nearly six hundred birds, the
choicest of many f1ocks, are displayed
| at the fifth annual exhibition given by
the South County Poultry and Pet
Thursday in the state armory at
| Westerly. The judges are Daniel +.
| Shove of Fall River, Charles A. Bal
| lou of Worcester and Daniel j. Lam
| bert of Apponaug.
In connection with the bird show,
| there is a poultry institute arranged
by John ]. Dunn of Westerly, secre-
| tary of the state board of agriculture.
which opened in the assembly room or
the Memorial and Library building
Mitchell of the New Hampshire state
college of agriculture, at Durham
gave an illustrated lecture on The
Business Side of Poultry Keeping.
This (Friday) morning John A. Kier-
man of East Providence will speak on
Pigeons and Squads. Daniel ]. Lam
bert will speak on Poultry Judging
Demonstration.
This (Friday) afternoon at the
poultry show in the armory Daniel
Elder of the extension department of
the Rhode Island State college will
lecture on Poultry Farm Manage
ment, and S. NJ. Stimson, district
agent, will speak on The Southern
Rhode Island Farm Bureau.
The attendance was as large as
usual for the opening day of the show,
but many more are expected today
and Saturday. The coops and general
arrangement of the exhibits in on
modern lines and every bird seemed
imbued with an ambition to make the
best possible appearance and to have
the Gagged quarters decorated with
prize winning ribbons. These awards
were announced Thursday afternoon:
Barred Plymouth RoCks-James H.
Bishop, first color, fourth cock; first
color, shape, second hen; first shape,
| second cockerel; first and second pull
let; John L. Davis, second, third cock;
Lester Gavitt, second pen.
White Plymouth Rocks - Harold
Doney, first, second, color cock, first
shape, second color, third hen, first
shape, second, fourth cockerel, third.
fourth pullet; John H. Northup, Apo
naug, third, fourth cock, fourth hen,
| third cockerel, first, second pullet, first
pen.
Buff Plymouth Rocks Albert z.
Spargo, first shape cock, first color,
| shape. second hen. first color cOckerel,
| first pullet, second pen; William ].
| Symons, third hen, second, third cock
erel, second, third pullet, first pen.
Partridge Rocks-Sunset Poultry
! Farm. Apponaug. first shape cock, first
color. shape hen, first color cockerel,
| first pullet.
Single Comb Rhode Island Reds
I y b
first, second cock, fourth cockerel;
Leverett A. Briggs. Ashaway, first
color, shape, second, third, fourth hen
| first color shape. second. third cock
erel first, second, third, fourth pullet
| first, second pen; William E. Cook
| Westerly, third cock; Clinton R. Davis
| Slocum, third pen.
The largest entry in the American
| class was by Leverett A. Briggs OF
Ashaway, IA single and two pens OF
single comb Rhode Island Reds. His
| son shows six single and one pen OF
rose comb Rhode Island Reds. The
| bird that wins first prize as best in the
| show is a June Matched rose comb
| Rhode Island Red cockerel owned by
Leverett a. Briggs. Jr. Henry Rhodes
| Palmer of StOnington took a first prize
| with his single comb Rhode Island Red
| cock, a prize winner at the New Lon
| don and New Haven shows.
| President Wilson has nominated
John A. Farrell as postmaster al
| Westerly to succeed Postmaster
| Charles J. Butler, whose term expired
| in June, 1914 Mr. Butler has served
in the postoff1ce at Westerly as CHIEF
| clerk, assistant postmaster and post
master for % years. He succeeded tC
| the postmastership upon the death OF
Postmaster Walter Price and has beer
! postmaster five years and six months
| He served to the full satisfaction OF
| the people, but is no exception to the
general political removal of postmas.
tiers that come with a change of ad.
ministration. He prepared for bust.
ness, SO that when his successor wa:
named he would remain in active
| business life and some months since
purchased a local business.
Mr.. Farrell, the new appointee, is {
native of Westerly. engaged in thu
granite business, is 35 years of age
and has always been active in demo
cratic politics. He is the son of An
| drew Farrell the acknowledged 1eade
of local democracy, and who, in tn
earlier days of the present admins
tration, was a candidate for the post
nnastership, but stepped aside ant
urged the appointment of his son
John A. Farrell The nomination