Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-28
MATTERS INTERESTING WESTERLY
Utica Man Presents Engraving of Governor Ward Library Major B. A. Babcock in Command of Battalion Drill Thursday-Thread Mill Employees Outing Arranged for Saturday-Funeral of Mrs. Abel F. Palmer.

Thomas A Proctor, of Utica, N. Y, has presented the Westerly Memorial and Library association, an elegantly framed steel engraving of Hon. Sam uel Ward. who was born May F, 1725, and died March 26. 1776 who was gov ernor of Rhode Island and member ot Colonial congress. Framed with the portrait is an autograph order which reads as follows:
 'Westerly, January 1. 175S-Pay un- to Captain Joseph Stanton thirty-f five shillings, old tenor, for damage done to a gun of his in the late expedition.
 SAM WARD,
 ITO Thomas Richardson, Esq., gen eral treasurer"
 Governor Samuel Ward was born in Newport, second son of Governor Richard Ward. He was educated ill Newport and resided there until he was twenty years of age, when he married Anna Ray and removed to Westerly. He engaged in agriculture and mercantile pursuits and rapidly rose to prominence and wealth While in Westerly he became well acquaint- ed with Benjamin Franklin, who es- tablished a long correspondence with Samuel Wards sister-in-law, Cath crime Ray.
 In 1756, MT. Ward was elected to the general assembly of Rhode Island and represented Westerly until 1759. in 1758, he was one of the two delegates representing Rhode Island in the con ventioa called at Hartford by the Earl of LCundOun to settle the quota of New England troops in the French war. and reported the proceedings to the legislature of Rhode Island. In 1761, he was appointed chief justice of the colony, and in May, 1762 Vhile holding this office, was elected govern or. In 1t65 he was reelected gov ernor. and again in 1766 After the expiration of his third term of office, Governor Ward returned to his home in Westerly, where he remained in re- tirement until he was called to legis- late for the whole country.
 In consequence of the oppressive acts of the British ministry, Virginia and Rhode Island took the lead in estab- fishing standing committees of Corres- pondence and inquiry, in order to Ob- tain the earliest intelIigence of all the members of the British government re- lating to America, and to correspond with similar committees in the other colonies. Governor Ward became very active in this movemet. On February 2, 1774 he introduced a series of res- olutions at a meeting of the town of Westerly, as chairman of the commit tee of correspondence, which fully re- cite the grievances of which the col onies complained, and urge resistance as the only alternative remaining to them as freemen.
 Governor Ward presided as commit tee of the whole in the Colonial con- gress in Philadelphia, and until March 15, 1776, when he was obliged to leave the session by a violent sickness which proved to be small pox and he died of that disease, March 26. He was buried in Philadelphia. and in 1860 the remains were removed to the family plot in the cemetery at Newport. His wife and daughter are buried in Week apaug.
 Westerly furnished two governors of Rhode Island, Samuel Ward and George H. Utter, and both were of the Seventh Day Baptist denomination.
 While the police orders in regard to observance of traffic ruleSy in connec- tion with the keep to the right silent Ed, still there was no ordinance touch ing that point. Therefore, as no pen slty was prescribed for violation of this rule, the police would be power less to enforce the rule. should some unrea sonable driver of an automobile or other vehicle ignore the rule and question the police authority for en- 1 forcement. In order to prevent any such condition, a special meeting of the town council was held Thursday evening, at the request of Chief of Po- lice Brown, and an ordinance was adopted covering that special point in the generally accepted traffic rule. The ordinance in regard to the silent sen tinels, not only covers the compact part of the town, but all sections of the town, which includes Watch Hill, l Pleasant View, WeeISa apaug White Rock, Potter Hill and Bradford 4 sentinel was placed at Watch Hill on | Thursday at the junction of Ninigret | avenue and the Shore road.
 Major Bourdon A. Babcock of Vest erly was in command of the battalion | drill and parade of the Third battalion | after the service firing by the Rhode | Island national guardsmen Thursday | afternoon at Fort Creole. There are 1 r coast artillery companies in the |