Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-04

Hold Picnic at North Stonington-
 School Entrance Rule Changed
 Medical society's Outing Thursday.
 Representative Stiness, who repre- sents the congressional district which includes Westerly, suggests that the proposition for the establishment of submarine base in Narragansett bay from the Providence Chamber of Commerce be presented to the new commission created under the terms of the navy bill. In response to 8 letter from the chamber of commerce MT. Stiness writes as follows:
 Tt is not my understanding that New London has been made a sub marine base, to the exclusion of other places, but only that the school for officers located there will be utilized in connection with submarine manoeu- vres, engineering, equipment, repairs, etc, and that for this purpose a neceS- sary number of submarines will be there, from time to time. New Lon- don, in all probability, will be one of a number of submarine bases to be established by a commission to be ap- pointed by authority of a senate amendment to the naval appropriation bill, to investigate and report as to the necessity, desirability and adVisa- biltty of establishing submarine and aviation bases on the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Pacific coasts and other possessions of the United States, and as to the cost and location thereof
 q am reliably informed that this amendment will be agreed to by the house Conferees. It would seem, there- Bore, that this commission, when ap- pointed, would be the authority before whom we should present the merits and advantages of Narragansett bay, and urge that a submarine base be located there.
 Tn order that the matter may be presented to the commission in the most effective manner possible, l would suggest that an argument be prepared from the standpoint of the many ad- vantages to the navy to be derived by the location of base in Narragansett bay. Incidentally, of course and inn pOrtant to us, are the advantages to accrue to Rhode Island; but this con- sideration to the commission will be subordinate iE weight to that of a proper location for the best interests of the navy
 The official year book of the Protest ant Episcopal churches of Rhode IsI- and, The Journal of the Diocese of Rhode Island, has just been issued and teens with matters of special interest to Churchmen. An interesting feature of the book is the statistical report of the diocese and the summary of the parish reports. The statistics of the diocese are as follows:
 Parishes-In union with the conven- ton, including mission parishes to the number of 13, g; mission stations. g: churches and chapels 80 clergy trans ferred to other dioceses, 3; received from other diOceSeS, 4; present num- Der CbishOp 1, priests 7S, deacons 5, ! S4; ordained to the priesthood, 8; or dained to the diaconate, 1: candidates for holy orders 6; deaconesses, 5: DOET1IFgnTss. law Taad1re Ti4enraH
 BapIsms-Infants, 1,031; adults, 240; l total, 1,2Il. combinations, 1,057; mar riages, 595; buria1s 1,179; communi- cants added, l,419; lost, 473; non-at- tandant 4,5lI; present number regu- | lar. l1.t@6: number registered 20,413; 1 souls under pastoral care, 49,O62.
 sunday ClODlS-OhCcrs and teach | CTS, lZl+. scholars, 1O,162; average weekly attendance, 7,608; font roll, ] e'-. -ome department, l16.
 st-t-rgs in ChUrches-Free, 14,535; | tOyal sitcings, 20.GS2.
 Estimated valUe-Of land, $127220; church buildings and chapeIs, $2,135,- @l.. parish houses, $429,230; rectories, l als6li3: invested funds, $897, ,S28.42; total value of all property, $3,16479O.- U4; parish debts, $105,O1O.
 ParJchial receipts-Weekly envelopes | and subscriptions, $111, 1,481.61; pew rents $40,430-37; unpledged offerings ' at services, $36,525.97; endowment Gin f GoT21sJ. $4Io0SO6; communion aims, . &AtS- 01; Sunday schools, $9,815.O3; other sources, $73429.88; total incomes, l E3@2s22SO.
 EEpenditures-P $33O, ,44104; | diocesan, $1I,420.S0; general, $36, PTS. TO; | total $3S4,13156.
 The Westerly band gave the follow. | ing concert programme in Wilcox park Thursday evening under the direction | of Charles o. Gavitt, leader: March, l Washington Grays Grafula; overture, | Morning. Noon and Night, Suppe; popular air, Are You from Dixie, Cobb: | waLtZes, The Wedding, St. Clair; vocal | solo, In an Old Fashioned Garden | = rn-- .