Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-03
WESTERLY FIRE PARADE SATURDAY
Plans for Annual nspecon-Eks to Celebrate Flag Day
John Hudson CO. Found Dead in Bed After Visit in Nor
wich-Two~ Widows Left by Joseph Gorno-William
H. Doane, in Feeble Health, Arrives at Watch HILL

The annual parade and inspection of
the Westerly fire department will be
held next Saturday. The quarters OF
the several companies will be open LOT
public inspection from 10 O'Clock IN
the morning to in the a1ternoon,
Chief Samuel G. Cottren announces
that the parade will form on Broad
street, right resting on Elm, and at
o'clock will move down ElIn TO cross
street, to Main, to Broad, to GRANITE
street and Grove avenue, to High, TO
Pleasant, to Canal, to High, to Broad.
Here the ceremony of inspection VIII
be held, and the companies dismissed,
to return direct to the central fire
house.
The procession will be in this order:
Westerly band; fire police; Pioneer
clone company, No 2; Rhode Island
Ones; Westerly Veteran Ffremen's as
ISOLATION; carriages. The hook and
ladder truck and the two ire engines
will be in line with the companies but
the two motor driven fire engines will
be in the rear of the procession.
The annual outing of the New Eng
land Cemetery association will be held
next Monday and Tuesday. The dele
gates will arrive in Providence Mon
day morning and after brief business
on an inspection trip to the st. Fran
els cemetery, the North Burial ground
and Swan Point cemetery. The dele
gates will be entertained at lunch. On
Tuesday the delegates will come to
Westerly on invitation of the Westerly
branch of the Granite Manufacturers
association, where they will be shown
the local quarries and granite cutting
works. The party will then visit
Watch Hill. On the return trip to
Providence a stop will be made at Mar
ragansett Pier. AS soon as the num-
engagements will be made for their
proper reception in Westerly.
Westerly lodge of Eiks will have
public observance of Flag day in the
town hall June IA. There will be the
alistic Flag day services of the order,
and a programme Of patriotic vocal
and instrumental music, and addresses
by speakers to be invited to Westerly
for the anniversary. This action was
taken at a meeting of the EIks Tues
day evening, and a committee was APP
pointed to make the required arrange
ments. The exercises will be public,
without special invitation. 1t will be
the first public observance of Flag day
for Westerly aside from the exercises
that have been held occasionally in the
schools.
John Hudson, go, one legged weav-
err. who has been employed at the
White Rock mills at intervals for the
past two years, was found dead at his
boarding house at White Rock Tues
and Sunday in Norwich, returned to
White Rock Memorial day, but did not
go to the mill Tuesday. He remained
in his room all day and was last seen
alive a about o'clock in the after
noon. At $50 at night George Yates
took a pitcher of water to the room
and discovered the lifeless and partial
~ dressed body of Hudson lying on
the edge of the bed. Constable Dono-
hue was notified and he summoned DR..
Michael H. SCanlon, medical exam
iner.
DR.. Scanlon after inquiry into the
circumstances and examination of the
body decided that deaf hwas due to
natural causes and permitted the re-
mcVal of the body to an undertal1er's.
Nothing is known of the history of
Hudson at White Rock and effort is
being made to locate relatives, but with
little chance of success.
Charles Palmer, 60, successful
farmer OF North Stonington, died Wed
nesday at his home in that town after
a comparatively brief illness. He was
of the best known farmres of that sec
ton Mr.. Palmer was unmarried He
was a brother of John P. Palmer of
Westerly.
William H. Burdick died Wednesday
at his home in Ashaway in his S1st
year He was a farmer by occupation
and during the Civil war served in
Company B, Ninth Rhode Island in
fantry. He is survived by Mrs. Bur
dick, a brother, Eugene B. Burdick, Of
Westerly, sister Mrs. Charles H.
HoldredSe, of Pawcatuck, and another
sister, Mrs. Charles H. Cowan. of
Stonington. Mr.. Burdick was char
ter member of Narragansett lodge of
Odd Fellows and a member of Bud
long post, G.. A. R., of Westerly.
Miss Harriet c. PendIeton, daughter
of the late Capt. William C. Pendieton,
died Wednesday at the family home
stead, corner of Main and Cross
streets, in her list year. She leaves
a sister, Mrs. Sarah Adelaide Chapman,
and brother, Albert P. PendIeton.
1t appears that Rosie Giorno, widow
of Joseph Giorno, who was killed by a
trolley car near the Sweeney switch
April "a. is not the only widow of the
deceased, and is not the one who ap-
piled for and received a marriage Ii
cense on May %, less than a month
after the death of Giorno. The woman
connected with the marriage license is
Carmencia Giorno, who claims to be
the widow of the man killed, and has
declared her intent to marry Antonio
Pignatori, with whom she has been