Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-08
WESTERLY

doing a great work, and in addition to personal efforts in the homes of the | sick, they are incharge of an ambu- 1 lance service and the two emergency | hospitals. The corps is assisted by several volunteer nurses in u.'ect care of the sick and are also heinz as sisted by the Westerly chapter of the Red Cross.
 The members of the Fourth Com pany. Rhode Island State Guards, are on duty in the most infected section of the town, to prevent unnecessary visits to homes where sickness pre- vails, thereby materially checking the spread of the disease. These citl- zen soldiers are cheerfully giving their time for the public good. and just lv shares the credit with the sanita- tions corps and the volunteer nurses. There are a great many cases in the town and Dr. Samuel C. Webster, su- nerintendent of health. with the sub stantia aid referred to, is doing all that can be done to combat the dis ease.
 The death rate in Westerly has been very large, but Dr. Webster reports that there has been quite a decrease in the number of new cases. He de- c'ares the general sanitary condition of Westerly ought to be improved with the least possible delay, and that the absolute need of a fully equipped hos pital has been made plain. The Women's Motor corps is busted i doing work in connection with the i prevailing epidemic. There members are in readiness night and day and are called upon to take doctors on their visitation to the sock, carry materi al to and from tkn emergency hospi l tals transfer nurses and do all work i of an emergency nature. Dr. Kenyon ! Of Woodville, has volunteered to as 1 Sist in the care of patients and the ! motor corps is utilized 10 bring this woman physician to and from her i home. Dr. Anne Waite of Bradford is also actively nracticing among the poor patients and Dr. Tetlow. of Paw i catuck who has not been in practice for years, is also enEaged in the work | of mercy. Dr. Thompson retired, who recently resumed practice as a duty. is i'll with the prevalent disease and Dr. Harold Kenyon, retired. is untiring in active practice during the emergency. Three regular practioners. Drs. Scan Ion. May and Papan are ill with the disease. Still all that is possible is
 being done to alleviate the sufferirc and provide fo~ the comfort of the ?f- ficted All Westerly seems to be
 awakened to the situation and there is general readiness to render every pos
 sihle aid.
 Mrs. Ida Solomon, wife Of Lo-'9
 Solomon, died Monday, of pneumonia
 at her horne, No. Jav street. Her husband, son and three daughters. sur
 vive. The body will be taken to New
 York for interment.
 NeIina Ritacco. ? years old. dough
 ter of Pasauaie and Fnilimena Ritac- co. died Sunday afternoon, 75 Oak
 street.
 Frank serra, 22, son of MT. and Mrs Wunizate Serra. died Sunday after
 noon in Pierce street.
 Lene chivin, 9. wife of Eugen, ; Chivin. now with the American army
 7 Trance, died Monday at White Rock
 Rosa constana, 45, wife of Loui. i Constance, died at Central ESrk or Monday.
 MadeIaine Paneiera. IS, daughter O
 A. Panciera. Mystic. died Monday aft , arnoon. al 42 Granite street, Westerly , where she was visiting.
 The Westerly town council held it,
 October session. Monday. the meet $ ing continuing for an hour and q half ; fully an hour being taken up witt r desultory talk on varied topics tha
 will not apear in the records. Tn, bills received for expenses incurred il the several departments including sal aries. were ordered paid Chief of Po l lice Thomas F.. Brown, reported tha
 during September there was one fir
 alarm sounded and eight arrests made \ four Tor intoXication, two for theft 0 automobile, enc for operating an au tomobile illegally and one insane per son.
 " Dr. Samuel C. Webster made a re n DOT. of two coptageous diseases fo the month, one of diphtheria and on for whooping cough. Spanish inbuen V "a is not reportable disease Tw = milk licenses were granted.
 It was voted to meet Friday evenin , November 1, to canvass the voting lis S | t0 be used in the November election n The council appointed these super S visors of electionss First district r James IT. Hodso5. Everett A. Kings S lev republicans: Antone Toskas. Fran
 F.. Booth democrats. Second district 4 James Dunn. Russell l.. SIocum. re . rubicans; Kenyon A. Doyle, John I - Inkrahm. democrats
 Councilman Thorpe. chairman of tl7 n roll of honor committee made an in d formal report that the committee ha
 contra cted for the construction of
 roll of honor board, eight by twent Y, feet, to he surmounted by a bron7 10 eagle. life-size soldier and sailor 1
 be painted on each end of the roll ( | honor board. The street light con Il nittee went into executive session oo o consider several applications.
 Miss Anna M. WenzeI, of Fitchbur
 Mass, who has been manager of u
 local branch Of the Postal Telegrar
 Co., during the summer, has been cal u cd to service in the quarterrnaster y department of the army at Boston. ar rr will leave Westerly for her new q, t,'s ties today. Miss Wenzel was ask, - to accept service in the aero depar
 ment at Detroit last summer, but d.
 clined as she could not leave il
 company during the summer engae
 ment. Monday she was asked by tel j. phone to answer yes or no, as to fl le acceptance of the offer from fl l. quartermaster's office at Boston.
 Local Laeonics. - Three members of the local no1i
 force are off duty by reason of Spa, ish influenza
 Linemen of, the Westerly Autornat
 Telephone company, changing wir Tn Elm street are responsible for fl t occasional striking of the fire alar '. bell Monday.