Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-05

cy when real modern up-to- date motor driven hook and ladder truck is substituted for the present anti quated horse drawn apparatus. Tn the morning. and for two hours in the afternoon after the parade was dismissed the quarters and apparatus of the several cOTnpanles were open to public Inspection, and the cleanli- ness of well-furnished quarters and the polished apparatus showed that there was interest among the hremen in good home conditions as well as in actual fire duty.
 The procession was in line and ready to march at two o'clock and moved over the announced line of march in this order:
 Westerly Fire Police
 Captain John Hines
 Westerly Band, Charles o. Gavitt,
 Leader
 Board of Engineers
 Cyclone Fire Engine Company
 Steam Fire Engine
 Rhode Island Ones
 Steam Fire Engine
 Stonington Fife and Drum Corps Alert Hook and Ladder Company,
 With Apparatus
 Carriages with Chief Engineer and
 Guests
 Cyclone Motor-Driven Hose and
 Chemical Wagon
 Rhode Island Ones Motor Driven
 Hose Wagon
 All along the line the firemen were commended for their fine appear ance. The fire department officers are:
 Board of Engineers Samuel G. Cot trell. chief; Harry W. Coyle, William H. Greene and George Egger.
 Alert Hook and Lated Company (IA0Tco GtaT1T0Yl foreman Holm Sutcliffe, first assistant; Guy Page, second assistant; George Williams, secretary: Herbert Hoadley, treas urer; William Hill, steward.
 Rhode Island Ones-Howard Swan, foreman; Thomas s. Totten, first as- sistant William Bonner, second as- soistant; Howard Mcfarland, seere- tary: Elwood Clark, treasurer; Mitchell. Roberts. steward.
 Cyclone Company. No. 2-Charles first assistant; William Fl. Pendleton,s second assistant; George Kempt treas urer; Harry M. Kingsley. steward.
 When the procession started the sky was overcast and the atmosphere, was moist This coupled with the in perhaps the smallest assemblage ever to witness the start of fine parade in Westerly. At the conclu- sion of the parade the firemen form | ed in double lines and were reviewed | by Chief Engineer Cottrell, the band playing. Hail to the Chief during the ceremonial After the parade was | dismissed the firemen proceeded to quarters, where they entertained themselves and guests. as only volun- | teer f1rmen can.
 John J. Dunn, of Westerly, is to continue as secretary of the state board of agriculture, having been reelected for the tenth consecu- tive, term at the annual meeting of the board, Governor BeeclSman, pre- siding. Other officials elected were: Prof. A. E. Stene, state entomologist; cattle commissioners: Henry s. Tur- ner for Providence county; Philip A. Mooney and Tristan D. Babcoclx, for Washington county; John Manchester. \ for Kent county; William K. Boyd and George T. Howard for Newport county; William Williams, for Bris- tol county.
 Howard Barnes, member of the coast guard service at Watch Hill Life Saving station, did not fancy l two months of compelled likeness ac- cording to the rules of the service, so he resolved to engage fn the auto mobile public service business He secured an operators license, Friday morning. leased an automobile from { James Thorp and went into the so- called jitney trade, on a taxi cab basis. In driving along Granite street, ] Friday evening, the steering geer be- came disarranged when in Granite street, near Newton avenue, and the automobile ran onto the sidewalk and crashed through a picket fence. Mir Barnes escaped injury, the automobile was damaged only slightly. but the | fence must be rebuilt
 pr. RusseI Brown Smith, 5e, one of the best known physicians in Wester- ly, who has been seriously i'll for two home in High street He had been l practicing medicine in Westerly for 1 the past twenty five years and was deeply interested in educational af- fairs, serving many terms on the l school committee and for the past schools. Dr. Smith was a prominent Mason and was connected with all the Masonic bodies in Westerly. He was a past master of Franklin lodge, F. and A. M., and Palmer chapter, R. A. M., and past commander of Nara gansett Commandery, K T., and a member of Palestine Temple, Noble Order of Mystic Shrine. He was raised in Masonry in the lodge at Vergennes, Vt, and affiliated with | lr4d1AhA441 AO0S0 June 41, I6Sl, ana was master in 1908, and of Palmer chap- ter Nov. 2. 1897. He became tnem- Der of Narragansett commandery July 3, 1902, and eminent commander in 1907. Dr. Smith served in the Span lish-American war as first lieutenant and assistant surgeon of the First R. I. Volunteers and up to the time of his death was medical examiner for the Fifth company Coast Defense. R | N. c. Dr. Smith was born in Ad- dison. Vt. June 6, 1887. He is sur vived by his wife. There will be no Masonic funeral
 Trolley cars are being operated in Westerly at irregular intervals, but with very small patronage No at tempt is made to run the cars on schedule time, and the walk for jus tice" scheme has been endorsed by To- cal unions. In Westerly proper there has been no interference manifested lwith the operation of the cars. but over the bridge in Pawcatuck there I were several demonstrations of riot. ous nature, but which did not deveIoT into serious action. On the arrival ol | fle1 A.