Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-22


Westerly High school were held in the |
town hail. Wednesday afternoon. with |
fully 800 friends OF the school In at |
tendance. Aside from some large |
palms at either side Of the stage, and
the class motto, Mill Nisi Optimum,
IN the class colors, blue and gold, |
there were no decorations. None were
required. as the class presented a very
pretty stage picture, that paled the
ordinary decorations into insignifi- |
canoe. Nothing But Good the class
motto, characterized every number on
the program, which was as follows:
sMinuet, PadereWski, High School
orchestra; chorus, Triumphal March |
from Aida" Verdi, High school cho-
rus; prayer. Rev. John g. button;
pears. Mary Clark jolly; Henry Fifth's
Speech on Ceremony, Shakespeare,
Walter +. Wolfe; Shakespearean
songs-You Spotted Snakes, MacFar-
Girls Glee Club; Queen GATHERINGS
Plea from Henry VII, Shakespeare,
Clara Bell Black; He Was Not of an
Age, but for All Time-valedictory
Eiwin Brown Allen; presentation of
class to school committee, Israel r.
Sheldon, principal; awarding of diplo-
mas, Chairman Thomas Perry, of the
school committed; Singing Of Class
Ode, Class Of 1915.
Awarding OF Martha G. Babcock
Memorial Fund prizes, the interest of
a fund OF $1,000, divided into three
parts, one-half, one-third and one
sixth, for the best essays on subjects
announced by the principal Of the
school, the subjects to be given out at
least four weeks prior to the last day
Of the school year. The judges were
Silas T. Nye, principal of Elm Street
school; Mrs. Harvey Perry and Rev.
william F. Williams. The awards
were as follows:
First prize. $40, to Mary Dayhood;
subject, Why Read Shakespeare? ?;
second prize, $685. to Marie Clara
Black; subject, Principal Events in
the Reign Of Queen Victoria; third
prize, $6.67, to August Harrington;
subject, Alaskan Possibilities; chorus,
The Days Gift, MendeIssohn, High
School. chorus: orchestra, waltz. Faust
High School orchestra.
The ushers were Lester E. Gavitt,
rs; Tony r. Ruisi '18; Howard w.
Taylor, '19: Reginald Dean. '18; A.
Edwin Paterson, is; Sidney Blake, 49,
The officers of the class are: Dom
aid William Kenneth. president; John
Raymond Burke. vice president; Doris
Elizabeth Burdick, secretary; Eva
Marie Frechette treasurer.
The graduates-Edwin Brown AL
len. Leonord Everett Benson, Clara
Ella Frances Bray, Helen Louise Buff
FUN, Doris Elizabeth. BurdielS, John
Raymond Burke, Ernest George 3.
Champion, Wallace Charles Craig,
Harry Franklin Crandall, Anna Wv
ian Donovan, Eva Marie Frechette
Rose Gildea, Robert Henry Havens,
Julia Madeline Healy, Helen Louise
Hill, Paul Noyes Hillard, Lucy John
son Howard, Margaret Katherine
Hughes, Mary Clark jolly. Donald
William Kenneth, Howard Vernon
Kenyon, Edith Louise Krebs. Harry
Edward I.edward, Philip Richard Lei-
bovitz, Moses Christy Lowry, Eliza
beth Anna Mari. Oeipe Ernest Money,
Owen Albert Niles. John Fremont
Geer Palmer. Philip Papalia, Mae Isa-
bella Patton, Marguerite Stanton
Pearson, Charlotte Percy, Mary Eliza
beth Quinlan, Margaret Buchanan
Riddell, Abraham Schuman, Edward
Wilson Smith. Diana Stanton Eliza
Nathaniel Dewey Wells, Walter Fish
Honor Students.
Four Years Edwin Brown Allen.
Mary Clark Jolly
--Senior-Edwin B. Allen,
Clara B. Black, Mary Clark Jolly. Eli
zabeth StiIlman, Walter F. Wolfe.
Junior-Mary Dahood, Augustus B.
Harrington, Alfred C. Ravens. Fran
ces NJ. Money. Selena G. Veal
sophomore - MARY II DamereI,
Martha C. Eaton, Marion Hiscox,
Louis Mathews, Helena r. Papalia,
Ruth M. Peterson, Hazel Randall
Marjorie 2. Smith, Elizabeth H. Til
linghast.
Freshmen = Mary Stuart cottren,
Mary g. McVay, Dorothy N. Perry,
Lima N. Potter. Dorcas NJ. Williams
An expert In the BUILDING OF qood
roads will be sent to Westerly from
Washington to cooperate with the new
highway commission in road con-
struction, according to information
given to Congressman Stiness by the
Department of Agriculture Wednes-
day.
Mr.. Stiness had requested the bu-
reau Of roads in the department to
furnish an expert to advise the Wes-
terly authorities in road construction,
and the bureau has promised to act
favorably on the matter as soon as
the application of the commission for
a road engineer is received.
The state tax commission has eer-
tired to the state treasurer for col
lection its assessment upon the COR
porate excess Of manufacturing, mer-
camille and miscellaneous corporations.
franchises tax and taxes in bank
shares and public service corporations
eAAADb4ALAbS 70 pSOosoVo.uO, an increase
over last year of $16O, 645.22. The
steam and electric roads are taxed 1
per cent. Of gross earnings. The gross
earnings of the New York, New Ha-
ven and Hartford Railroad company
were IS, 486, 1851 and the tax is S64. :
$685. The Wood River branch. $12.-
TOPAZ and the tax $12H02 The Nor-
witch q Westerly Traction company's
gross earnings were $72, 6O6.96 and the
tax S726. The telephone Companies
are taxed 2 per cent. of the gross re-
ceipts and the Westerly Automatic
Telephone company is assessed S792. 81
on $780, 627.33. Under the / per cent.
plan, the Westerly Light ana Power
company is taxed $1,107 on gross
earnings Of $110, 700.45 Rank shares
are taxed at the saroe rate. The
amount Of tax to be Laid by the Ash
away Nationa. bank is s25s.2S. the
Kingston Trust ccIripany S328. SO. the
Wakefield Trust company S55S16, and
Washington Tr.zsE company Of West
erly 1850.
In the Est Of manufacturing, mer-
camille and miscellaneous corporations
Of local interest having q corporate
Be Young Looking