Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-09

week of the session Considerable business was introduced last week in both branches, but most of it was ta- bled as the standing committees have not yet been appointed, and they will not be named until after the grand
 committee meeting to be held next Thursday. This action has been taken so that members who might he dis
 satisfied with committee appointments | would not go into the grand commit | tee with a get-even feeling.
 The republican members are divided upon the question of state auditor, | the candidates being Senator Philip | H. Wilbour of. Little Compton and | Robert s. Burlingame of Newport. | This matter will be threshed out in | caucus, Wednesday, and caucus action l will prevail. Governor Beeckman will | on Tuesday or Wednesday send some | of the appointments to fill vacancies | to the senate for information.
 | In addition to state auditor. the l grand committee on Thursday will l district courts. sheriffs for each of the | five counties, a commission of sink | ing funds, two members of the board 1 of education, a clerk of the supreme court and two clerks of the superior | court. Until this meeting is over, | practically all other important busi- l ness will be held in abeyance. James K. Ryan, of the contractino ] firm of Ryan & keon, well known in Westerly, died suddenly last Friday of pneumonia in St. Louis. He had been engaged in railroad construction work time in the employ of the New Ha- ven road. This firm eliminated the Canal street grade crossing, cleared away Dixon hill, made the great fill l river and built the Westerly railway 1 station. They also eliminated all the 1 grade crossings at Stamford, Bridge l port, Attleboro, New Bedford, Wor- ! H. -a l latest work, under the direction of MT. | Ryan, was the building of the ap- l proach to the Thames river bridge at | New London.
 It is more than fifty five years since | the first call for troops in the Civil | war, and all the survivors of that call, l and the calls that followed, have reached or passed the allotted time of man. By reason of advanced age and | the tendency of members to remain | at home evenings. regular meetings of Budlong and Hancock posts, Grand the afternoon. It is believed this change will result in larger attendance at the meeting and increased interest in the organization and it's purposes The headquarters of both posts are in the Memorial and Library building and will be maintained there until the last veteran responds to the final call
 The building was erected as a me
 morial to the true men of Westerly and vicinity, who risked their lives for the preservation of the Union. The memorial tablet is located in the hallway of the second story of the building.
 Special effort will be made to have ] the laws so changed that regular ses- sions of the superior court will be held | in Westerly, as well as at Kingston | At present the court is required to convene at Kingston and, at the dis cretion of the presiding justice. may adjour nto Westerly. for the trial of
 cases from this town, and all divorce proceedings must be heard in Kings ton, under the present law. A bill changes and will be presented at the present session of the general assem- bly,.
 The members of the Westerly Bar
 association met with Senator Lang worthy and Representatives Haswen and Davis. held a meeting in the Me
 morial and Library building, Monday
 afternoon, when the bin was explain
 ed. and the conditions thoroughly dis
 cussed-
 Recently census was taken in Wes-
 terly and Pawcatuck in connection
 under the auspices of six Protestant churches in Westerly. The result of this census was announced at the Union meeting held in the Congrega-
 
 Rev. John G. Dutton, of the Chris
 tian church and chairman of the emu
 meration committee. The denomina- tional preference is ot given, nor is the Catholic or Episcopal population included in the census. The Catho- l lie census is taken annually and the pastors of both churches gave the committee all information desired. Therefore, the figures given applies wholly to the First and Seventh Day Baptists, the Methodist. the Congre- gational and Christian churches. The total number of cards returned is l. 300, and show a religious population | of 3,696, of this number 2.695 are over 16 and 1,001 under 16. There are LAP church members and the number re- corded as attending church regularly
 number attending Bible school regu- larly 825 and occasionally 369. No preference 150. Not at home 263; persons of a religious belief not rep Vacant house Il. Persons who refused information to enumerators 10. Church membership compared with Protestant population 1 to g.
 Rev. MT. Dutton preached the ser mon at a union service. from Acts IS: IT, And Gallio Cared for None of
 These Things. Subject: The Man Who Did Not Care
 The minutes of the Rhode Island Baptist Anniversaries has just been published, and contains these Statis- l tics of local interest: First Baptist Sunday schooITotal enrolment 4S6; average attendance, 129; members of l church in school, 191; number of ses- sions, 52- Calvary church, Westerly, ] membership, 131; average attendance, 54; number of sessions,e45. Niantic- 1 membership, 125; average attendance, 65; no church members in school, 19;
 number Tr of sessions. 62. Dunn's Cor tendance, IS; number of sessions, IT, Union, Westerly-Members 30; av- craze attendance, 12; church members in school. 10; number of sessions. 4O
 The First Baptist church of West erly, with total membership of 4ee,
 and the Union church of Westerly
 with a membership of 39, are aff1il-
 lated with the Narragansett associa-
 ton. The Calvary Baptist church, of
 Westerly, with a total membership of
 199 is associated with the Warren a.
 sociation.