Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-25
Local Laconies.

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 Ted Gillette, who has been the guest of the Buffum family in Main street, left recently for Ilis home in Tampa, Fla.
 Miss Elizabeth Buffum has been in Forest Glen, Md, attending the com mencement exercises of National Park seminary.
 Mrs. William Langworthy of West erly and -Daytona, Fla, is representing the Daytona club at the big convention of Women's clubs in New York.
 A delegation from Westerly lodge will participate in the exercises at tending the dedication of the Elks' home in Providence next Monday night.
 pr. Asa s. Briggs of Ashaway has been engaged as associate physician private sanatorium for nervous dis eases.
 Governor Beeckman has officially proclaimed June 1 4as Flag day and asks for the display of the flag on tI,at day and for suitable exercises in the schools of the state.
 Jabez West, in the employ of the Westerly Light and Power company, l slipped and fell down a flight of stone steps Wednesday and his right ankle was severely sprained. The annual outing of the Westerly 1 Historical society will be held June 2s | in North Stonington. There will be a special programme at the Wheeler school pertaining to Lantern Hill. The winning streak of tIle Westerly 1 High school baseball team has ended. 1 The second team of the Rhode Island i State college came from Kingston and 1 returned to the hill with an Il to 4 l victory.
 l The town committees neglected to i include in their call for caucus the nomination of moderators and clerks i for the First and Second representa- | tive districts. The present incumbents will hold over.
 The Rhode Island board of food and drug commissioners have fixed as the l standard for cream in the state that l it must contain not less than IS per cent. of milk fat, and heavy cream not
 less than 40 per cent.
 Memorial day observance by the Grand Army men will be along the same lines as last year. The veterans l will ride in automobiles to Rdvel
 Bend, after marching to St. MfchaePs
 cemetery under escort Of the Fiftf
 company.
 The Camp Fire Girls will assist the Boy Scouts in raising funds to con. tinue the band concerts in Wilcox par9 during the summer months. The Cam 1 among the merchants at their places O business.
 Upon recommendation of Lieut.. Rob ert M. Freestone, commanding Ffftl company, Westerly, these promotion have been made: Corpora1s Fredericl Bowen and James Howard, to be ser geants; Mechanic Joseph J. Chaunce. !! and Privates John E. Cusack, Roy [ Dawley and Paul Defanti, to be cor ,i pora1s.
 The story of the proposed plan 0
 sewerage in Westerly has been toll
 in detail in town meeting, emphasizes |, in pamphlet form, and will be gon < over again in mass meeting, 8 { that the taxpayer can vote intelligent ! ly on the important matter when it : Iput up to them for decision in tn
 special election.
 Memoirs of the Life and Times O
 the Rev. Isaac Baclkus, A. M, writtel by Alvah Hovey, D. D., together witt , an autograph of AIr. Baclus, who wa
 born in Norwich in 1724, has been SC i I cured by the Westerly Memorial an
 Library association. Also an auto graph of Rev. Samuel Stiilman, a pas . tor of the First Baptist church il tl Boston.
 Granite City council, R. A, Of West zI erly, joined with the other councils 0 l Rhode Island Tuesday night in Eas