Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-15
Local Laconies.

The police depar 5nent reports Westerly as being on good behavior.
 The sugar famine is still on in Wes- terly, and only promised relief is in sight
 The heating apparatus al the rail- way station is out of commission, pending repairs
 Dudley Stewart has enlisted in the army aviation corps and went to Fort Slocum Thursday.
 Naval reserves are now subjected to the same training at Newport as is given apprentice seamen.
 MT. and Mrs. Thomas B. Segar are en route to Florida where they will spend the rest of the winter.
 It is planned to invite every person in Westerly, of eligible age, to be- come a member of the Red Cross next week.
 The retail stores are being deco rated for Christmas time and the usual temporary increase of business is expected.
 The sum of s1s55 has been sub scribed in Westerly, towards the self allotted S2S00, for the Armenian-Sy- rian relief fund. The Westerly Camp Fire Girls co1- Iected more than 1000 pairs of kid gloves which will be used in making vests for soldiers.
 During the high winds of Thursday night Westerly volunteer firemen were alert for a call to service, in the event of their services being required.
 Miss Abby Sullivan. who has been seriously ill for several weeks, was taken to the Rhode Island hospital Friday, to undergo an operation
 The town snow blow clears the sidewalks of Westerly from much of the snow. leaving it to property own CTS to put on the finishing touches. More passengers arc received and discharged at the Westerly station than at any other railroad station between New London and Providence.
 In the past-thirteen months the fire department has been called out 27 times. and the total loss in the Vest erly Fire district during that period will not exceed S200.
 Miss Marion Barns, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Everett Barns, left Friday evening, for Greensport, Pa, where she will visit her sister; Mrs Waiter Doll during the holiday season The narrowing of the concrete plat form at the Westerly railway station in order to widen the trackage is progressing as rapidly as is possible. This work is being done to accommo- date larger type locomotives than the largest now in use.
 Tn line with conservation of coal and light. some local manufacturing plants have new rules concerning the ! time of arrival and departure of em- ployes. Leeway is given at time of commencement. but there is no time to wash up before quitting.
 At meeting of the Rhode Island Society of Mayflowef Descendants, a resolution was adopted and forward ed to the United States senate, asking that Senator Robert NJ. La Toilette of Wisconsin, be removed from sen ate membership because of his dis loyal utterances."
 Two young men, plaintiff and de- fendant in a case of damage to au- tomobile,a heard in the superior court this week. are now in the military service. One is a soldier, the ether a sailor. and latter was given judg- ment to recover $500. Both are of draft age. one is at Camp Devens and the other at Newport.
 There is no decision in the superior court yet, for a new trial, in the mo- ton of counsel for Miss Alice Sar- gent, who was found guilty of man. slaughter. at the November session of the superior court. This is the case where the automobile owned and operated by Miss Sargent struck and fatally injured the Shea boy. when on the Watch Hill road