Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-04
WESTERLY

| were in service, in army or navy, in the present war. Councilman Thorpe, who with Councilman Fowler, Clerk Whipple and Town Sergeant Clark made a report and presented design with room for 4S0 names. or about lS0 more names than are now aballaVle. Councilman Thorpe reported that such a board could be erected at a cost of i $S9, and that it was planned to erect l same on the lawn of the town hall
 Councilman Robinson stated that | such an honor roll to the men in ser vice was not wanted by the people of Westerly and that suitable honor 1 roll could not be installed for at the price quoted After considerable dis Icussion, motion by Councilman Roo- inson prevailed which authorized the committee to erect a suitable honor roll regardless of cost. with full con
 fidence in the committee that there would be no extravagant expenditure.
 It is underst stood that now the honor
 roll will be constructed to conform to the architecture of the town hall, as suggested by President Flynn, will be surmounted by a brass eagle with spread of five feet. and will be iliun1i- mated at night by electric lights. The eagle to be used is the property of the water board and was originally 1n- tended to surmount the water tower on Quarry Hill It is intended to have on this honor roll the name of every
 resident who entered the service. in l cluding those who reported to do their | bit and were rejected for physical or other reasons The matter whether ! those in the army and navy would be separated was left to the discretion of
 the committee.
 The report of Thomas E. Brown, l chief of police, showed ten arrests dur l ing August, six for intoxication two l for violent assault, and one each for
 being an idle person and common | drunkard Dr. Sasauel C. Webster su-
 perintendent of lAEalth, reported one case of contagious disease. scarlet fever. during the month. Two milk licenses were granted. The voting
 list as prepared by the clerk was ap- proved. Bills for the past month were approved for payment.
 Robert A. Wilcox, 15,. son of Fred R.
 Wilcox, Park avenue, Westerly, shot
 and accidentally killed his playmat te, Albert Newman Champlin 14, at the
 letters home ill Kingston Sunday af- ; ternoon. The boys got hold of an old shotgun that had been on the Champ lin farm for years and it was supposed that the gun was not loaded. The
 boys were playing al robbery, first one
 boy using the gun and then the other each in turn assuming the role of rob- ] Der, one running away and the other chasing and snapping the trigger While the Wilcox boy held the gun ii was discharged and the shot pene- trated the heart of the Champlin boy killing him almost instantly. He was the son of W. E. Champlin
 The fatality occurred shortly after :, , clock in the afternoon and it was seven hours later before a medical ex- aminer could be located, and then Dr } Samuel H. Long was called and pro- } nounced the death purely accidental
 George H. Webb, director of the draft for the state of Rhode Island announces that 30 limited service reg 5 istrants will become clerks and stenog- l raphers at draft boards and draf l headquarters, will be sent to CamI l Devens next Saturday. Only men witt , Those with exceptional ability will b. given rank of non commissioned off l cers. I The men will go to Camp Deven i for equipment and clothing and will b. - sent back within few days, Whel ] they will be assigned by Captain Web 3 to draft boards Three men will prob
 ably be detailed to draft headquarters . while the rest will be assigned to SC : lective, medical advisory and distric e boards. They will be assigned tt :. other military duty when their ser s vices will be no longer required a
 draft boards. The nature of this dut, l. is not given.
 7. Under this call, volunteers are aske t for and applicants should consul 5. draft headquarters or selective board: q With subsistence and other allowance l, the pay for privates will amount [ q sS750 per month and for sergeant $ s117.50. The hours will be from = a. m to noon, and from to 5 p. II . daily.
 I, E. Fielding Jones of Providence, n Watch Hill cottager, strictly observe l. the federal request that automobile }. be not used Sundays in order to con S. serve gasoline. He arranged for tt h hire of horse and carriage to tax [ his family to and from the bathip W beach Sundays, so long as the reque: l. be in force. Last Sunday only for l. automobiles were used by summer res m idents to go to and from the bathin of beach and these made the return tri m on fiat tires. It was noted that tf
 majority of transient automobiles {
 the Hill Sunday were operated by me ,~ in federal uniform. and PoliCema a Chase remarked that they ought ,t ~ lead in the observance of the reques w rather than be the open violators. ,Iy Judge Edward M. Burke, in u ,g Westerly probate court Tuesday afte ,e noon, accepted the inventory or tl re estate of Desire c. Denison, showir D. valuation of $6,250.32. and it was al D. proved for record. The first and fin
 nf %ha ta If 4 I
 derson, with valuation at $2S,a47.7 ct was received, examined and ordert re recorded.
 In the estate of Mary J. Cranda of petition for the probating of two vii M, was continued to the next regul C session of the court, Sept. IT; a ded
 mas protestatem having been issu al to take deposition of Mary J. Crave h- ing of Whitehouse Station N. J., a. witness to one of the wills The d
 position will be taken before Jol nt Stone, and the original will in questit nv was attached to the commission.
 photogra phic copy of the will is T 2 tained by the court.
 en The residence of William Burdiek
 AvondaIe was destroyed by fire ear Ie. Tuesday morning, the blaze startil g in the ell from some unknown caus
 The Burdick place is not within eith ed the Watch Hill or the Westerly er district, and is therefore without fl ts protection As there is no hydra he serVlce Tn the seellon' the Wester i'll department could render no assistan v- if called. Assistance was summon ed from the Watch Hill olstr1ct. m she
 order the triple action apparatus fire
 the Hill had two streams of water he the burning building. through lo les lines of hose from the river. T