Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-13

will participate in the parade and re-
view to Governor Beechman in the
| state armory at Providence next We'd
nesday evening. Prior to the parade
and review ceremonial there will be
| drill features of special interest, two
| companies being on the floor at the
same time. The Third company will
give a street riot drill while the
| ton Of Butts calasthenics. The
Thirteenth company will go through
the manual Of arms the Eighth com
| pany will indulge in bayonet exercises
order drill. The Seventh company
will give the manual Of arms and the
| Twelfth company a platoon drill, and
| the Tenth company extended order
drill There will also be an artillery
| drill range section of the Sixteenth
| company drilling at big guns, and a
| section of the Second company on NOR
| tars.
The First and Second bands will fur
nish the music for the review and the
| regimental parade. The fourth bat
| talon composed of the Fourth, Seven
teenth. Fifth and Fourteenth COM
panies will be under command of Ma
jor ArthIT N. Nash. of Westerly, with
Lieutenant Lester S. Hill, Jr., as adj
| jutant.
1 During the evening the medals and
! trophies won in the state rifle range
I by the various companies and indi-
viduals will be presented, as well as
| the service medals to the men entitled
thereto The Fourth company, Cap
| tain Cyril L. D. Wells, of Providence,
| and well known in Westerly won the
| Senator Beeckman trophy for extended
| order drill, the First Honor Du Pont
! trophy for qualifying the most men
with the rife, the national trophy
| given by the federal government for
| highest figure Of merit in rifle prac-
ttce in the state, a certificate for the
highest average number of MEM
/ bers present last season, and a certifi-
| cate for second best at district inspec-
| ton last year. Captain Wells has re-
| cruited his company UP to the limit
allowed by law and has a waiting list
Miss Matte p. Babcock of Pawca-
tuck, with her travelling companion,
Mrs. Starwkeather, has returned to
The uptown hotel in New York, where
they have resided for a long time,
from a trip to California, and other
western points, visiting the expositions
at San Francisco and San Diego The
ladies will spend the summer months
| at a resort suburban to New York. as
has been their custom During their
| recent pleasure trip they also visited
Spokane, Washington, and Portland.
Oregon, and met several people from
| Westerly and some former residents
of this section. Miss Babcock does
not expect to visit her home town or
nearby Westerly for the present.
catueket Seventh Day Baptist church
these officers were chosen: Ira B.
Crandall, president; Herbert NJ. Swim
ney, treasurer; Allen c. Whitford.
clerk: Charles P. Cottrell, George
Benjamin Utter, trustees; John II.
auditor; John H Austin, collector;
William Healey, Charles B. Barber,
Herbert M Swinney. Jared Sutton, T.
Edward Peabody, c. Starr Barber,
Charles Church, ushers; Edgar P. Max
son declined reelection as collector
and he was rendered vote Of thanks
for efficient service rendered The re-
ports of the pastor, Rev. Clayton A.
Burdick. and the several officers were
received and approved.
Allen C. Whitford, Ira B. Crandall,
and Rev. Clayton A Burdick were ap-
pointed a committee to compile a COM
plete list Of the church members and
to have same printed in book form.
Rev. E. 3. Saunders, of Ashaway, a
leading missionary of the Seventh Day
Baptist denomination, in writing of
the church in the Great Neck, Water
ford, says of the pastor. Andrew
Potter: HE was once an infidel by
belief and fisherman by occupation.
When he was saved, some twenty
years ago, God called him to the SaIbN
bath and to the pastorate of this
church, the only one he has ever had,
and he Is the only pastor this church
expects to have while he lives to
serve. He is eighty years young. His
eyes are too dim to read even his
Bible, but he has it so indelibly writ
ten in his mind and heart that he
still breaches the word with power,
and he is usually able to keep his ap-