Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-08

son, Joseph H. MCGuinne 5S George A.
 Wheeler Frederick E. Wilson, regis trars. The town committee selected is l composed of Christopher J. Ledwith,
 Thomas L. Donohue, George A. Wheel CT, Charles H. Foley and Wilfred B. l Brown.
 l Local taconfes.
 | Carl Jaeger. son of Foster Jaeger, ! is here from Virginia on vacation.
 The dental parlors of Dr. John M fO'Conneli were entered recently and 1 gold to the value Of 3100 taken. | Six state prisoners. of the gang at 1 work on the public highway in Cum i berland. made a successful escape on l Thursday afternoon.
 The Rhode Island state Branch of i the American Federation of Labor l will meet in annual session, at New port, Saturday and Sunday.
 Maurice W. Flynn, president of the l Westerly town council, and son, Az | torney M. Walter Flynn. are spending I a week with relatives in Lynn. i Miss Mary M. Scanion, daughter of i Dr. and, Mrs. M. H. Scanlon, will leave l Monday for Roxbury, Mass, to begin 1 her studies at Notre' Dame academy. i Rev. Clayton A. Burdick of the Paw | catuck Seventh Day Baptist church
 will supply the pulpit of the First l Baptist church in Stonington Sunday | evening. I Dr. John Champlin, of Westerly, as president, presided at the quarterly meeting of the Rhode Island Medical l society, held Thursday afternoon in l Providence.
 The Rhode Island contingent of III | men, including two from Westerly,
 nave been assigned as D company. 301st Regiment Engineers, at Camp Devens, Aver, Mass.
 Gustave T. Bochman of Hartford spoke for no liquor license in Ston- ington, Friday evening, in Wedawa- 1 muck park. The Imperial band ren- dered a concert program.
 After next Monday the present steamboat service between Stonington and Watch Hill will be discontinue and for all time, so far as the present management is concerned.
 Police Chief Brown was busted cn Friday making measurements from fire hydrants, to designate the pro- hibited space for the parking of au- tomobiies and other vehicles. Edward Fenelon. Jr.. a Westerly High school athlete. has entered the Haverhill High school. He expects to go from there to Andover and then
 to St Johns college, Fordham.
 The members of the s. D. B. society
 of the sbreS M bsys sap Pleasant View. Sunday, at the sum-
 mer home of Mrs. Herbert F. Clark.
 The big motor truck of the Andrews
 company was driven from the yard ir
 Main street onto the trolley tracks
 There was a collision but only slight damage resulted.
 The East Greenwich Iron and Metal company plant and two garages were destroyed by fire, from some unknown cause. Thursday. Seven other build 1 ings were more or less damaged by l fire caused by blazing embers.
 Company c, Connecticut Home I Guards of Pawcatuck, Captain Shelby | Nicholas, will hike to the North Ston- | ington fair grounds. Saturday. encamp | there over night and remain during Sunday. Major Charles P. Williams will visit the camp Sunday.
 It is expected that at the annual f. | nancial town meeting that appropria- | tiors will be made for the salaries of for general expenses of the depart ment. Lack of funds sometimes hin ders the detection of criminals.
 Rev. Clayton A. Burdick conducted Maxson at her home in Main street on Friday afternoon. Interment was in the family plot at River Bend. The bearers were Ira B.. CrandaH, Albert H. Langworthy, John T. Edmond and Albert N. Crandall.
 Dr. Joseph A. Higgins. of Manches- ter, who recently entered the army as first lieutenant in the officers medical reserve corps, spent Friday at the home of his mother. Mrs. Mary Hig- ] gins in West Broad street, and re- turned to Washington Saturday. He has been assigned to hospital duty in England. preparatory to going to France.
 Although several alleged clues have been followed to the end. there is no trace of the Watch Hill burglars or the stolen silverware. The half dozen spoons, of rat tail pattern, stolen from the Battel cottage were not only an- tfque, but heirlooms of very long heri- tage- They could not have been pur- chased from the owner. but she fixed the monetary value at $1.o00 each!
 At the Narragansett Baptist asso- ciatfon meeting in Westerly, Thurs , lay afternoon. a resolution condemn I ing the proposed acceptance by a of money. derived from benefit dance , was defeated: Rev. F. Stewart Kin ley, pastor of First Baptist church, ! was elected a member of the commit 7 tee on a uniform accounting system ' for churches
 There will be a session of the West j srly probate court today, and one of i he matters to be considered is the { of a guardian for a young i l, school teacher, and minor. She was C n a charitable home in Norwich when r Westerly family eleven years. Now r he mother appears on the scene and demands possession of a daughter she abandoned twelve years lgo. It
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