Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-20
WESTERLY

 by reason of the appointment of Rich ard W. Jennings to be state treasurer
 to fill the vacancy caused by the death \ of Treasurer Walter A. Read. MT. II Jennings, representative from Gran | ston, was leader at the last session | and if he failed in his ambition to be | speaker would have retained the floor | leadership. Harry T. Bodell of Gran | ston, recently elected a member of the | republican state central committee and 1 manager of the Colt senatorial cam | paign, can have the leadership if he l wants it, but ft is said he will not ac- i cept. In that event the honor will l probably come to MT. Davis, who is | second choice of the republican lead l ership. He might have as an oppo- l nent Harold Andrews of Providence. l Upon assurance that the general as- sembly in grand committee will elect him for the two-year term, Mir. Jen- nings, will resign as representative, as secretary 6f the state returning l board and the armory- commission. Rev. Frank H. Decker, a former | pastor of Pawcatuck Congregational 1 church, now pastor at Chepachet, off, l ciated at the funeral services of Gen
 eral Treasurer Walter A. Read. Fac teries and stores in the village were
 closed and the governor and other l 6LdlC O1nCClSf JudSSS Ol LAlC GOuIL6, anu 1 public men generally were among the attendants at the funeral.
 Private George Kfnne, IT, 20 Rocket
 street. Westerly, was reported as se-
 verely woundd, in Thursdays casual ] ty list. He is son of MT. and Mrs. | George Kinney and registered in New
 Jersey where he was employed as | baker at the time of reg @ration. He subsequently returned to Westerly and
 was at work for the M0hican corn- rany, when he was called to military
 duty under the selective service law. 1 He entered the army in September, 1 1917. He went to Camp Dix. then to
 Camp Lee and sailed overseas in July l Mrs. Joseph Ozanne, POT Mechanic | street, Pawc2-1'1, who before being l called into military service was em- i ployed as plumber by the Drysdale l concern, died Of pneumonia in hos | pitaI in France. He was among the
 first to go from Westerly under the
 selective service law, leaving in Nov
 enber, 1917. was in severe active ser
 vice oa the battle front and escaped
 injury. He leaves 2 wife, and a sen
 born since he entered the army; also
 by his parents, a brother and q sister. He was born October 2. 1879. The notice received in l'awcatuc3z states that Private Ozanne died on Nov. 30, 191ss He was assigned 10 Company F. sth regiment, 2d division and sailed from Hoboken for France last February.
 As a matter of discipline two b.ly students of the Westerly High school kavo been suspended, it is alleged, for not complying strictly with the orders of the principal in regarf to giving Q public dance. The Eogs arranged for a dance intending to give the nei proceeds to the football tear. to help meet the expenses. They asked per mission to use the High School hall and this was refused on the ground that it was no dance hall. Then the boys arranged to have the dance in the Rhode Island hotel last Monday night In the mqrning Of that day the principal announced that the dance would not take place and told the two boys who assumed the management s that they must not have tho dance. Ar! orchestra had been engaged and also q the assembly hall of the Rhode Island hotel. The two boys went to the man. s ager Of the hotel. explained the con- ' dition and declared they must call the 1 dance off.
 It was he,'e where the hotel manage- q nlent ctepped in and relieved the re- 4 sponsibili1y of the boys for the pay- S ment of the orchestra and the assem- bly, hall. He agreed to take over the whole affair and give tAe dance him iI self and, the boys had nothing more n to do with the affair." So on went fine dance in spite of the objection of the 3 high school superintendent and tte E boys are disciplined. It is said the ne, 5 proceeds of the dance was just one K dollar.
 Senator Peter c. Gerry has received tlc petitions, signed by Bishop Her- a llins and two hundred priests of the ! Providence diocese. urging that Am er ican officials use their influence >tt ot1- tain for Ireland the right of self de termination Senator Gerry presented K tie petition to Secretary Tumu1ty al the White house. as it was expressed in the petition that the matter be brought to the attention of the presi- k dent. Representative Kennedy say the committee on foreign affairs hi. not yet considered the resolu tit1is in troduced urging the president and tkt American peace delegates to do wlla they can to secure for tha Irish peo. pie the opportunity to determine fGl themselves tfeir Form of government 4 The committee is engaged with thu
 diplomatic and foreign relations bill Local Laconios.
 ' Collegians have commenced to com, z home for the Christmas vacation. Rhode Island turkeys are stil
 roosting high. None have reached tn e Westerly market.
 q It is estimated that there are a ]. many seleetive service soldiers bacl Ie in Westerly, as there are origiha e members of the Fifth company tha r. were drafted into the federal service tt A Third district court session 1 y scheduled for Westerly this morning Id The Red Cross membership cam is paign is being conducted quietly an le very effectively in Westerly. 1t A Westerly storeman says the tight
 wads seem to be loosening up a r. Christmas approaches.
 le There will be special Christina 10 music in some of the churches nez Id Sunday.
 1t Early shopping is the rule in Wess a er1y.
 ct All the granite at River Bend wa er not duarried in Westerly. One of tn to latest granite monuments erected ther
 came from another state.
 n. There is no class distinctions c D. Westerly's. Roll of Hottor. IL is tn ln purpose to hava the name of ever
 man who served n the army or rdv
 anywhere during the war recorded.
 More than 2,000 names have bee
 added to Westerly Chapter, Red Crus
 thus far this week.
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