Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-25

T ' | -angworthy's Ss5. a majority for Mr. Flynn of 54. There were six votes for Francis G. Haswen and five Vpfes tor Joseph T. Murphy, candidates for representative ill the First district, l1 paced fin the senatorial box. The par ties who deposited these ballots. tie K isslIa considered, were un iouhtedly Il favorable to Mr. Flynn, and supposed ti4ey had voted for him. This would f. have made MT Hymns majority over Mr. LangMorthy 66.
 Maurice W. Flynn was born in Wa | terford, Conn. His parents moved to | Westerly from New London when he l was, quite young and he learned the l trade of granite cutter. the occupation l If his father. his grandfather and 1 pther male relatives. He became ex- | 1 pert as a letterer, an.i has teen en- 1 gagged in the granite naannfaei urina | 1 usiness on his own account for fhs l 1 last twenty years. He has been a member of the Westerly town c9un- 1 cil for nine years and is serving his third term as president of the cou-l- 1 Gil MT. Flynn is local chairman ol the Rhode Island Council of Defense. ] His son is now a- an officers rratning ] camp i The funeral of Maurice BransfeIcl l was held Tuesday. with solemn high mass of requiem in the Caurch of the Immaculate Conception, Rev. Father kelledy eelebrant, Fatner Bruno, dea- con and Father Sullivan sub leac3n. At the final absolution Joseph l.. Lea ifan sang Thy Will ce Done. There was large attendance Of relatives and friends and there were beautiful 1 floral tributes Burial was in St Mi ehae1's cemetery. Tn. bearers were 1 Maurice V. Flynn. Dennis Geary, ! Charles F'ontano, Thomas sioiiiday 1 Walter Fitzgerald and Michael Dos- Icy,
 l Raifaelo Giorna, son of Mrs. Rose Giorno, of Westerly, CT the naval re serves, died Monday m New London of pneEmonia, after an attack of tEe Spanish influenza. His mother re- sides at 2 Pearls street. This young sailors father in comirg out Of q gateway near the Sweeney quarry about four years ago, stepped directly in front of a moving trolley car on the Westerly -Ashaway line, and was fatally injured.
 The motor truck of the Westerly Wet Wash company struck ard Seri- ously injured Dorothy May Nicholas. three-year- daughter of Mr and Mrs. Shelby Nicholas, when near the corner of Stillman avenue a1-l Cherry street. The child was crossing the 1 street when struck and thrown under 1 the truck and was not in ~ontact with the wheels. She received a sever4 l scalp wound, a gash under the e;e and an ear was somewhat torn, Fus1 aid was rendered and she was thel 1 taken to Lawrence hospital, in New l London.
 1 s. L. Murison, a manufacturer in 4 Albany, N. T.. summer visitor at l W eekapaug, has presented the Nesl- erly Memorial and Library Associa- tion, The Munson Record, ia two vo.- umes. compiled by his father, MT. Munsop is a collector Of American and English aimanacs, and has the most complete collection in existence The work covers the period from 1887 to 1881. and was published at New ,3 Haven for the MunGon association. The title Of the copious work is: | The Munson Record, a Genealog.- cal and Bioers phical Account of Cap tain Thomas Munson. a Pioneer Hartford and New Haven, and His , A., with Maps. Charts. Facsimiles Of Records, AutogrFphs, Views and Por- traits. ''
 Rev. Jolan G. Dutton, who recently y : resigned the pastorate of the Broad 1 Street Christian church, will assume | his new charge at Agawam, Mass, n Get. 1. and will be given a farewell l reception Thursday evening.
 Resolutions urging the Rhode Isl and senators, Colt and Gerry, to vote favorably on the federal suffTa ge
 amendment in order that women can
 devote their time and energy wholly ito war work. were adopted at a meet ing of the legislative committee Of the
 Rhode Island Suffrage party, held on
 Sunday in Providence. The amend ment is scheduled for actien in the
 senate Thursday.
 Rev. F. Stewart Kiniey offfciated lat the funeral Of Miss Edith James
 Fray in Providence Monday afternoon
 Miss Bray was a daughter of Loren
 70 Bray of Westerly, and sister Of
 Misses Mabel and Clara Bray of Prov iGence, and Ella and Florence Bray 1 Of Westerly. She was born in Provi- Gence, and educated in the Pawca : 1 tuck schools where she resided. She
 was a bookkeeper in Fishers store and was on vacation in Eorham, Me, | where she died suddenly fast Friday
 Miss Bray was member of the First Baptist church, Westerly, and was a teacher in the Sunday school
 John Irving Shippee, 2t. of Pawca- l l Naval hospital as a result of an at tack of Spanish influenza. He was born in Voluntown and resided there up to four years ago. At the time of his enlistment he worked on the farm of Gernando (, Wheeler in the Paw oatuck district He leaves a widow, his father, Walter Shippee, a sister and four brothers.
 Miss Gladys Ross, graduate of the Westerly High school, class of 1918, and employed in the office of Hinck- 1 ley and Mitchell. and Joseph B. Morse
 boss in the twisting department of
 the Westerly Textile company, for merly of Kittery, Maine, were mar Tied Saturday afternoon in the Epis- copal church, at Stonington, by Rev | Mir. Wendan. They were attended by
 MT. and Mrs. Hampton Carr. of Vest erly. MT and Mrs. Morse will reside
 at IA Spruce street. The bride is 8
 direct descendant of Betsey Ross who
 made the first United States flag.
 Local Laconics.
 Prohibition seemed to be the issue | at the republican caucus, with the
 real contest over the senatorial nomi-
 nation and neither of the candidates prohibitionists. The gentleman back
 ed by. the prohibitionists was defeat
 ed
 master second class, at Newport, and William Higgins, electrician first class i at New London, are at their home ir West Broad street.
 Michael Toscano of the ravy, sta ] tioned at New London, is home or
 short liberty.
 There was a rumor Tuesday thai