Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-16

loan sale was s3s7; 500, or se7,ooe above the allotted sum. -t Mrs. Joseph l.. Lsnihan, and two children, returned Friday from a visit to Providence relatives.
 Thefe were fifteen births. nine mar riages and sixteen deaths in. the town of Stonington during May.
 Steamer Watch Hill made the first trip of the season Friday. between Stoningtcn and Watch Hill. @
 Stonington borough steam fire en- zine vas given a semi i-occassionai test Friday evening and with satisfactory result.
 Michael J. Tdraro, Westerly, law student, and Miss Marie Carnpigiie, of New York city. are to be married on June 27.
 For giving liquor to person who had been posted, Elen Baker was pen aIized $17 and costs in the Stonington town court, Friday.
 The beautiful floral liberty bill used in connection with the EIks' Flag Day ceremonial composed of Key roses. lilies and violets, was the handiwork of Farquhar Smith.
 The freemen of Stonington borough will meet Eext week and act upon 8 proposition to lease portion of Northwest street to the Ship Con- struction and Trading company. r The officers of the Grand chapter of Connecticut inspected Ruth cf1 pter Order Eastern Star, in Stonington. on Thursday night. Two candidates were initiated. A coliation was served.
 Rev. John G. Dutton, of the Broad Street Christian church, Westerly. and Rev. Dwight c. Stone, of the Second Congregational church, Stonington, will exchange pulpits Sunday morning
 Otto Nelson. charged with not hav- ing the tail lamp of his automobile lighted. as required by law. pleaded guilty in the Third District court. The case was continued upon payment of costs, s2.so.
 Mfr. and Mrs. John MeGann. of New York, en route to New Hampshire, where they will spend the summer are daughters. Mrs. George McBride, and Mrs. James McGarv;e.
 Harold Earl Mcclellan. son of Mfr and Mrs. Alexander Mcclellan. of Westerly, who is of the graduating class of the United States Naval Academy, has sent invitations here for the commencement exercises.
 The third game in the series Of base ball games with honors even at the start, between the Westerly and Ston- InEton High School teams, was played Friday afternoon, in the Vese field. Score, Westerly 4, S.onington 1. '.-st
 The marriage engagement of Miss Lima Stuart Docking, of Westerly. to Karl Skiliman Van Dyke, Of Mont clair, was announced Thursday night at Straitsmouth inn, Rockport. Mass. where fourteen of her Wellesley class mates were at a shore party.
 Miss Helen Bourne Joy daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Henry Bourne Joy, of Detroit, summer ccttasers at Watch Hill. and Howard Barker Lee. also of Detroit. will be married this (Satur- day) afternoon. The marriage will take place in the Joy residence.
 Seventeen Rhode Islanders at Plattsburg have been assigned to the First Regiment of Cavalry, and l.. H. Robinson. of Narragansett- is includ- ed in the number. Eleven more are assigned to the Coast Artillery. and among them W. A. ManteH of King ston. and eleven are assigned to the aviation section. including Henry Rip ley and ". H.. Travis of Kingston.
 Representative Burdon A. Babcock of Stonington, has made a public ex- that the Connecticut Home Guard would never be called into ser vice. If that be so the suardslner are wasting time and Connecticut a vast amount of money. Mir Babcock is a major ii1 the Rhode Island National Guard, and in Stonington there Is belief that the majors opinion was without official knowledge of condi- tious