Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-05
WESTERLY

lHe tlnS SlFinS attention to the SIckJ some going beyond their endurance limit and enforced to rest in. conse- ouence, while some are i'll with the disease, and directing the care of pa tients while they themselves are in bed. The superintendent of health is in consultation with other physicians frequently planning to check the spread of the disease and every known precaution is being taken.
 Two days ago orders were issued to discontinue the use of soda water | fountains, and Friday all liquor sa- | looms were ordered closed until fur ther notice The barbers have been requested to wear masks while at work on patrons, and all who are car i ing for the sick have also been re- duired to wear the regulation muslin i mask.
 | The Westerly Sanitation corps mem | bers, underN command of Dr. F. l. Payne, are patroling the main infect | ed section and rendering all possible 1 aid to the afflicted. The corps is also in charge of the emergency hospital in the Beach street sehoolhouse; the ambulance was busy Friday transfer ring patients. to the hospital in cases where home surroundings did not war rant proper care. This is notably true l of the section of the town where there
 Is dense population of large Italian | families
 In addition to the sanitation corps, 1 women volunteer workers are alleviat-
 ing the sufferings personally or uh- | der the direction of the Red Cross
 afflicted families, nurse the sick and
 apply preventive measures in the
 hope of checking the spread of the disease. An active physician gave an 1 opinion Friday that there were at feast | 1000 cases in the town of Westerly, | which included mary serious cases of pneumonia. There have been more than thirty deaths. and known cases
 where there is grave doubt of recov-
 cry.
 In order that the precautions taken
 health officer of the town of Stoning
 ton has ordered the saloons of Paw
 catuck closed also.
 Charles E. Clarke died Friday morn ing at his home, 32 Cross street. from i pneumonia, after Spanish influenza. He was a chauffeur an automobile
 mechanic, and at one time managed a
 garage in Pawcatuck. His last em-
 p'oyment was in a Norwich munition
 plant. He was the son of Mrs. Azel Clarke, and is survived by his mother
 his wife. two daughters; Jean and IT,
 ma, and a son. Dallas Clarke. He al-
 so leavse two brothers, Cleveland and
 Wilbert Clarke, and two sisters, Mrs Harry Williams Of Westerly, and Miss
 Harriet Clarke. of Plainfield, N. J. John Holland, Jr., 22, died from pneumonia during Thursday night. He
 was manager of the Sherman store in
 Stonington borough.
 Edward Tailon, 31, died at his homo
 in Greenman avenue. He leaves wi dow and three children. The veteran fren1en Of Rhode Isl I land will have a big tryout of their
 tubs in the Dexter Training grounds Saturday afternoon, Oct 12, when al the veteran associations of ti1< state
 have been invited to enter for an old fashioned squirt for fun, glory, a bi.
 cup and a substantial sum for ths Cur Boys in France Tobacco Fund Advantage will also be taken of the occasion for a talk on the Liberty joan. Through the efforts of tht Providence, East Providence and War wick veterans the contest was ar ranged. Walter Hi!dreth, secretary 0 the Providence Veteran Flremen's as e soclation. was appointed secretary tt Il GeiVed not later than next Thursda! cl ening. Governor Beeckman has of 4 fcred a cup as trophy for the win I ming tub.
 Ell Previous to the squirt there will b. no parade, but competing eompanie are requested to park their machine oii the training grounds and to leay a them there to take part ir the b; l Liberty loan parade to be held il q Providence. the following day. A lon < fire of red -shirted fremen and thei 4 ancient fire machines will add to tk a .piCturesquenes of the parade. 1T The superior court for WasI1inetoi 5 county, Judge Elmer J. Rathhun pre- ? 0ing, in sessien at Kingston, va < djomned on Thursday to' Monday { i2T reason of the sickness Of Micbae { Tu1anO. off Westerly, a juror, bein 3 un3l'ie to report for duty. being af E i. cfc1 with influenza. The case c E :iial s that cf J. C. Tucker compan z .-eins George Samuel Tucker of Mar J eensctt which was started On Fri Z uas of last week.
 E T "a'vc Westerly women have en j ted in the motor corps Of the West E el15 Red Cross. All are experience \ drivers and it has been arranged have at least one car ready for ser Wee at Red Cross headquarters at a
 times. Mrs. Charles H. Gavitt is car
 tain and the other members of tn
 corps are: Mrs. Frank Fulton, MT Robert H. Farnum, Miss Marjori Buffum, Mrs. Arthur Trotman, Mfs
 Katherine Foster. Mrs. Mary Damera Miss Elizabeth Champlin, Mrs. Waltt \ $. Price. Mrs. Jean Bryson. Miss Rut
 Davis, Mrs. Frank Sullivan, Mrs.
 C. Babcock and Mrs Dorothy Drew.
 Renaissance in Italy is the subjet
 of study for the winter season of Il
 College club. of Westerly. The topic
 Of the first meeting to be held at tf E home of Mrs. Albert E. Phelps, arc \ Social Intellectual and Religious Cor b ditions of Europe in the Fifteen Ger S tury, by Mrs. Nichols. and also u Influence of the Papacy in Italy ar 3 the Italian Renaissance, by Mis h Lynch.
 Major Arthur N. Nash, in eomnar IS of the motor transport organizatic w nobilizing at Fort Adams for ovel ii seas service. is Ill with pneumonia r. his home in West Broad street. fap r. catuck. Walter Snyder. manager
 the Nash store, was taken with il