Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-16
MATTERS INTERESTING WESTERLY
Proceedings at State of C. ConvenonDeath of George N. BurdicL- Almanac of 1775 Purchased In Norwich Laymen's League Eelects Oficers-Town Resolved to Exceed Its $25,OO0 Red Cross Allotment

State Deputy William Keenan in | his annual report to the convention of Rhode Island Knights of Columbus in Providence Tuesday emphasized the success of the camp fund and the nu- merous units that have resulted were | enumerated. He said that with the 1 $10,000,00O raised SS buildings were now in operation in this country ana l Ii more were under way. In these were engaged 219 secretaries, 50 vol unteer chaplains and seven super visors. There are also 20 Knights of | Columbus huts in the camps of the American expeditionary forces, in ] charge of 33 secretaries, 12 volunteer chaplains and other attaches. MT. Keenan strongly endorsed the Red l Cross and asked for the hearty sup port of the members in the drive next week.
 Secretary William P. Nolan reported a state membership of 5I5S2 on April i 1, net gain of 369 members. l The election of officers resulted as l follows: William J. Keenan, state dep- uty; William P. Nolan. secretary; Ed ward L. Mccarthy. treasurer; Daniel | H. Morrissey, advocate; Edward A. | Martin, warden; Thomas M. Casey, | auditor; James H. Holland John B. 1 Curtin, delegates to the national con- vention in New York in August; John J. Trainer, William J. Mccormick, J.. Henry A. Griffin, Edward P. Collins, | alternates.
 State Deputy Keenan announced the 1 committees for the ensuing year as follows:
 Edward P Collins, John A. Murphy, Joseph F. Wylie, Peter L. Coyle, Do- menico Conea, Richard L. Coyle, mile age per diem.
 Augustus V. Connery, William D. Grady, E. A. McElroy, Martin H. Spelman, Joseph P. Morrissey, Thom- as H. Donohue, resolutions.
 Joseph Burritt, James Brothers Thomas H Kelley, audit.
 Charles H. Beirne, Thomas B. F1an- nagan, James H. Holland, Thomas Davis, Thomas J. Tobin. James H Henry, press committee.
 George N. 5urdick, 6e, died early Wednesday morning at his home r Elm street after several weeks illness
 He leaves his widow and a son, Henry l L. Burdick, who has law office il Providence. MT Burdick was borI in Pawcatuck and for many years re sided in Potter Hill while engaged 1T business in Westerly. He was mem
 Der of the building and lumber firm O
 Sherman & BurdiclS, predecessors O
 the Robert A. Sherman company ana
 the present R. A. Sherman Sons com
 pany He was also in business on hi! own account and had interest in th' Babcock & Wilcox company. He re tired from business many years ago
 but was active in his personal affairs
 He was a member of the Pawcatucl
 Seventh Day Baptist church.
 Ethan Wilcox, librarian emeritus 0
 the Westerly public library, while il
 Norwich Saturday purchased a well
 preserved copy of Mills & Hicks
 British and American Register, witt
 an Almanack for the year 1775, cal
 culated for the Use of All the Nev
 England Provinces" On the fyleaf i
 written William Williams, 1775." Ac
 cording to the volume, the postoffice
 in Rhode Island were at Providence
 Warren, Bristol, Newport, Tower Hi
 and Westerly, and in Connecticut a New London, Hartford, Middletowr
 New Haven and Norwalk. There is 1 list from 14S3 to 1775 of the English 7 Scotch and Irish nobility, peers of tn
 blood royal, and the archbishops an h bishops The British army was com ;. iposed as follows: Two troops of hors n guards, two troops of horse grenade 5 guards, one royal regiment or hors S guards, four regiments of horse, thre g regiments of dragoon guards, eightee 0 regiments of dragoons, three regiment
 of foot guards and seventy regiment
 of foot or infantry.
 The Fourth battalion of the roys : regiment of artillery was in Americ; Il headquarters for the twelve regiment e being at Boston. Besides there wer = several commands of militia.
 The justices of the peace for West : erly were Joseph Cranda1l, Stephe
 Saunders, Joseph Clark, Joshua Vos n Elkenah Babcock and Samuel Berr,
 all familiar names in the preser g Westerly.