Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22

The new building of the Westerly
 Branch of the Industrial Trust com
 pany that opened for business on Monday of last week, was open to the public for inspection last Saturday | and hundreds visited the building and made a careful inspection from the
 basement to cupola, including the lat, est approved safety vaults and all | that goes to make complete a modern | banking house on a fire and burglar proof zasis. The new building has been fully described in The Bulletin. | It is not the largest building in Wes- 1 terly, but it is one of the handsomest
 and best equipped for its purposes in | the state.
 1 At o'clock Saturday afternoon, the | bank building was open to public in l spection and from that hour until six l in the evening over 1,500 persons vis- | ited the building and were welcomed by Manager Pendleton, who was sta | tioned at the right of the entrance | and passed the cigars to the gentle | men, while the ladies passed on. and
 as they entered the gallery they were ] Mrs. James M. Pendleton, Mrs. Lewis As4Auton, Mrs. Wilfred g Ward, Mrs. ys1arshan c. Darfach and Mrs. c. By ron CottreI, assisted by Mrs. Frank l Foster Dodge. Miss Margaret Cottren, Miss Angenette Cottren and Miss Es- | ther Dodge. There was music all through the reception by the Maxson trio stationed in the gallery, opposite where the tea was served. Among 1 the visitors were sthese officers of the
 Industrial Trust company, from dent, F. c. Nichols. vice president,
 Ward E. Smith, treasurer, and Hen ny B. Congdon, secretary There were also visitors from Norwich, New Willimantic. Carolina, Richmond. Wakefield, Kingston and other places
 in eastern Connecticut and southern
 Rhode Island. There was a steady
 -ieifn iY1TI Ifea
 during the hours of public inspection,
 and so gradual that at no time was
 the banking building uncomfortably
 crowded.
 The people of Westerly are natural
 ly proud of the distinction of having one of the very best banking houses in the state. and also two of the most reliable banks in the countryside In dustriaI Trust company and the Washington Trust company, the lat ter having been in existence for 117 years and the third oldest bank in Rhode Island.
 The agitation by the Westerly Board of Trade to change the date of the financial town meeting from May, to the first Tuesday after the first success The object of the change, in the main, is to make the appropriation for highways available in the early spring, so that the work may go for ward and in some instances completed before the summer season opens in June. Senator Gorton, for the judic- iary committee, offered an act fixing the time for the meeting on the first | Tuesday after the first Monday in February, and urged it's passage un der suspension of rules. Senator Mo Kenna objected to immediate consid- eration. Senator Langworthy explain | ed that it would be much more con- venient for the taxpayers to hold the | meeting in February than in May. as at present The objection was with l drawn and the act passed.
 Sunday was Billy Sunday day, in l the Baptist and Congregational l churches. In Calvary Baptist church | Rev. Frederick A. c. Jones repeated l his sermon on My Experience at the | Billy Sunday Meetings. and the sub | feet of the sermon by Rev. F. Stewart | KinIey, in the First Baptist church | L1--- ,f Inc. rE,.eail nd Q |