Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-12
HOPKINTON
School Board Appoints Truant Officers
 Meeting of Town CounciI-Business in Probate Cout-SociaI.

The December meeting of the school committee was held in the town hall Monday morning, December 3rd. The clerk was instructed to advertise for Daniel B. Blake of Ashaway, and Sam uei A. Greene of Hope Valley were appointed truant officers for the en- suing year. Dr. Edwin J. Kuerr was appointed medical inspector for the schools in voting district No. 2, to suc- ceed Dr. William T. Neal, who has moved from town Billse ewere order ed paid to the amount of s2o-52. The
 superintendent, s. Hussey Reed, pre- scented a monthly report and upon his recommendation therein it was voted that the schools of the town reopen
 January ?, 1918, after the Christmas recess.
 Town Council Meets. The town council held its monthly session Monday afternoon with all the:
 Burdick of Rockville, whose wife was
 seriously i'll with pneumonia. Seven grand jurors and seventeen petit jurors were drawn by order of the superior court. Bills were order
 ed paid to the amount of $S29.S8. of which $516 29 was expended on repairs of highways. The town clerk was authorized to purchase a filing cabinet for use in his office at a price not to exceed fif- teen dollars.
 Probate Court. The first and final accounts of Gard finer E. Kenyon, administrator on the the estate of Moses Hart, of E. Fred Ceilings, administrator on the estate of Thomas D. Main, of Howard E.. Thorp, administrator on the estate of both John and Caroline Cantelin and of George W. Crandall, administrator on the estate of William M. Wood
 mansee, were allowed and ordered rec orded.
 The petition of Silas R. Richmond, executor of the will of William M. Chipman, for authority to deposit a small amount of money, now held by him, in the Washington Trust Co.,. which sum is the distributive share of Robert c. >Chipman and Frances M. Chipman, minor children of Clarence c. Chipman, deceased, in said estate, in their respective names. was grant ed.
 ferred to January 7th next with order of notice.
 The inventory of the personal estate of John A. Corey was received and or dered recorded
 A petition for the appointment of a guardian of Adelaide Briggs Bennett, a minor under the age of 14 years was referred to January 7th next, with order of rotice and citation Community Social.
 The community social fas held with MT. and Mrs. Walter L.. Fields in the
 old Friends Meetinf house last We'd
 nesday evening. There was a large
 attendance and fine time reported.
 Clarence c. Price and family are
 moving from Knight street, Ashaway,
 into the house of Charles B. Briggs on
 Broad street, Asbaway.
 The personal property of the late
 William H. Brown was sold at public auction last Tuesday. Variety of Weather.
 Saturday evening, an incipient blis- gard was followed in about an hour
 by driving rain, then by ten o'clock
 the stars were out and the weather
 mild. Sunday morning it began to grow cold with a high wind making the day a tedious one for people to be out;
 a variety of weather in. 24 hours.
 The young people are enjoying some
 exceptionally fine skating for- such an
 early date.
 A portion of the machinery in the
 mill of the Ashaway Woolen company
 Is in operation evenings.