Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-26


 for the allotment needed by the guard
 at full war strength Fifth company.
 Westerly. is gradually enlisting up to
 local recruiting station is creating
 considerable interest. Among the lat
 est to enlist is Russell Burdick. who
 is imbued with patriotism sufficient to
 leave his business. don the state uni form and take his trick on guard duty
 at the Pawcatuci< river bridge, and
 ready to go elsewhere at countrys call. This young man attended the Plattsburg camp last summer and was
 promoted to be a sergeant while there Local Laeonies. William D. Celia of Pawcatuck, has enlisted in the navy. Miss Elizabeth Buffum has returned from visit to Washington. The Wichford Market and Grocery has assigned to Allan P. Peacock for the benefit of creditors. Miss Helen Louise Buffum, stu dent at National Park seminary, For est Glen. Maryland. is home for va cation.
 act in the Rhode Island house of rep resentatives Friday. to incorporate the Bradford Fire district. Rudolph Saunders captured a family of seven foxes. in the location known , as District No. 6. and received a boun- l ty of s for each fox.
 | Miss Elizabeth Champlin. daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John Champiin, is home for the spring recess from Miss Porter's school, Pennington, Conn. Island Association of Insurance Agents. D. Harold Rogers of Westerly was elected a member of the execu- | tive committee.
 ] An act has been passed authorizing I the governor to cause a military cen | sus of Rhode Island to be taken to | ascertain the number of men available for military duty.
 I MT. Jennings of Cranston has intro
 duced an act providing for annual re view of the military force of the state 1 on Columbus Day. Referred to the militia committee.
 Dr. Samuel G. Webster, will assume the duties of superintendent of healt:, for the town of Westerly today, sue ceeding Lewis Stanton, resigned It is | the first time the office has been held | by a physician.
 The Beach club has closed con
 tract tract for 2 onerstory frame bath l a9 feet. 22S rooms, and porch 151x 26 feet: also, a one-story laundry
 building 20x9S feet.
 Shelby c. Nicholas has been ap- pointed home guard recruiting officer
 for the village of Pawcatuck in the l town of Stonington. He served in the | regular army five years and will be drillmaster as well as recruiting off, I cer.
 The legislative request for a display of the American flag received general l response in Westerly. The electrical i flag of the Westerly Light and Power. | company shines at night. while all the ! others are housed according to regu- l lationS.
 The board of control and supply Of | the city of Providence have awarded l the contract for granite blocks for the 1 highway department. to Booth Broth l CTS and Hurricane Island Granite com pany, and to The Smith Granite com pany of Westerly.
 Arthur Clark. a former rural delivery carrier from the Westerly post office arrested for embedding to the amount of $3.60, by the money order route has | been sentenced to six months in jail l He had been employed in the posta! l service nearly sixteen years, Rev. Milton s. Rees, evangelist, now conducting campaign in Bridgeport soon to do Hewise in Westerly, was here Saturday. in consultation with | the pastors of the churches interested l in the coming religious revival. It is ] possible that a tabernacle will be con- structed, so that overflow meetings | will not be necessary.
 | Denis Reagan of Pawcatuck, arrest | ed Thursday by Deputy Sheriff Casey. 1 charged with stealing fowl, the prop l erty of Mrs. Edgar Sweet. was in the ] Stonington town court Saturday. Rea- sonafble cause was found and he was held for trial in the superior court bail the accused was taken to jail. Charles Richmond. junk dealer, was l before the bar of the Third district court. He was charged with not hav- ing displayed a light on his wagon, with peddling without a license, and with obstructing an officer while in discharge of duty. He pleaded not | guilty to the three counts. Richmond | furnished a hnnd nf sam fn fny- l trial next Friday.
 l Miss Alzada G. Ennis a former res l ident of Westerly. died Friday, in Southbridge. Mass. She was daugh- Tucker Ennis. and was born in Rich mond, R. l., July 13S 1875. She is sur vived by her father, who resides at Welcome C., or of westeriy, and and Frank E' Ennis of Peace Dale. Burial will be 1 at River Bend.
 For the second time within a month, Dr. Percy A. Senior. formerly of Wes- tice in Rhode Island. and moved to Stonington, was before the town court | on the charge of intodcation. He was adjudged guilty and paid a fine Hinckley warned the doctor that if he was brought into court again a jail sentence would be imposed. Herbert M. Knowles, of Wakefield, H. l., SuPerlntendent or the Inird LdIe Saving district. of the coast guard ser vice, has offered the government his Strawberry Head Island of about two acres. in Point Judith pond. as base for the motor boat scout patrol. The offer was made to Secretary of the Navy Daniels. and was accepted Fri day on behalf of the department by Rear Admiral William S. Sims, at Newport. There are two houses and
 a power station on the island.
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