Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-03
WESTERLY

terry naS resulted in the town c0un- ! cil swearing in members of the West erly Sanitary corps, Dr. Frank 1. | Payne commanding, as police consta bles, for the purpose of enforcing reg lllations to prevent spread of the dis ease. The council issued orders to Chief of Police Thomas E. Brown to notify all saloon keepers that they must not allow men to congregate in, their places of business, and that fail ure to comply with the notice will re- suit in the immediate closing of such saloons, until the prevailing epidemic is passed. The council issued orders to proprietors of soda fountains to inn mediately discontinue the use of those fountains during the continuance of the epidemic. Under these conditions the seller of whiskey and beer may continue the sale of intoxicating drinks, but the dispensers of non-in toxicants must go out of business temporarily. People are permitted to 20 into a saloon. get d drink and get cut, but are not permitted to get drink at soda fountain. not even in a drug store where the strictest sani- tation prevails, as accessory to the modern soda water fountain. The ex- iSting conditions, however, are ex- traordinary and everything intended to check the spread of the disease must be applied, in the Judgment of the Westerly town council.
 The latest transfer deeds recorded in Westerly at the office of Town Clerk Everett E. Whipple are as fol- lows: Anna L. Clarke to F. Kings hury Curtis. lot on Watch Hin road; Anna L. Clarke to William M. Greene, lot on Watch Hill road; Franklin T.
 fn Ia NlV1oe. IH 1af nf Shelter Harbor: Pawcatuck Woolen Mills to Howard E. Thorp, lot at Pot ter Hill; Town of Westerly to Vest crly Light and Power company. land n Canal street; Westerly Light and 'cwer company to Town of Westerly, and in Canal street; Town of Vest 'lly to Charles D. Ravens, land in anal street; Elizabeth R. Chester to Westerly Light and Power company, right of way in Canal street; Eliza beth R. Chester to Westerly Light and Power company, land in Canal street; Westerly Light and Power company, to Elizabeth R. Chester, land in Ca nal street; George E. Phillips to Court B. Bliven. small strip of land at Pleas ant View. During the same period there were recorded two mortgages amounting to $272S one release of lien, two releases of mortgage. one attachment and one lease.
 Articles of incorporation have been fled in the office of the secretary of state, Rhode Island. by Webster Knight, C. Prescott Knight, Sophie K. Rousmaniere, Edith Knight and Ar thur NJ. Allen for E. B. and R. Knight, Incorporated, with a capitalization of SIP 100000. Offices of the company, which was started at Pontiac in 1S46, will remain in Providence. The com pany now comprises seventeen plants and villages, including White Rock. ir the town of Westerly. The manufac- ture of cotton, wool, silk and other materials, together with attendant l backing, dyeing and finishing pro- i cesses is embraced in the terms of the incorpora tion.
 This is one of the largest incorpora tons ever filed in Rhode Island. Ot the authorized capitalization of s12,- 100000, there is to oe s2,000 900 in seven per cent. preferred stock, and remaining s9,000,0 900 in common stock
 Face masks, which have been rec commended by physicians as a means to prevent those attending influenza patients from becoming infected witt the disease. are being made by West l masks are not to be soaked in any chemical solution, but are designed to protect the wearer from hacteri5 floating in the air. Boiling for fivt minutes once a day is said 10 effec
 the masks sterilization.
 Westerly stands at the head in off
 cers' rating in the Rhode Island Statt Guard, the work being based on for mer military service in the state mi ltia. Everett E. Whipple, just pro
 noted to be major Of the First bat
 talion, is reported as the rarking cap
 tain. Abram P. Datson is senior frs
 lieutenant. Harry M. Clark, recAntl,
 appointed. stands thirteenth in tn, list of fourteen second heutenants
 The confirmation of the rating is sub
 Ject to the qualification as a resul
 of the recent eXamina tion, and, an
 ether, to be held at the end of tn
 present month, for all who did no
 complete or take the former examina
 tion. Charles + Ledward. of West
 erly, is lieutenant colonel of the stat
 organization.
 Mrs. Sarah Ward Hale died Fror pneumonia, following Spanish influen "a, in Providence, at 9.15 Tuesda
 night, exactly thirty six hours afte the death of her husband, Dr. Rober
 Carleton Hale, who was native c
 New London. Two sons, Robert c Jr.. two years old. and Nathan H.. . months old. survive their parents an
 are being cared for by friends of tn ffEnily Both children are in goo 7 health, and not afflicted with the prev alent disease.
 The large mill property located i | Do Il,
 plant of the Westerly Woolen com
 pany, and which was recently pur : chased from the Pequot Shirt com t pany by Charles E. Sherman and Ar !. thur L. Perry. has been sold to Coun ? c:lman Frederick E. Fowler, presider
 and manager of the Westerly Texti l company. MT. Fowler will transfe
 this extensive industrial plant to l company to be formed for the manu l facture of automobile tire cloth fc
 cord tires. It is expected that orgar l ization of the company will be con l pleted at an early date.
 Mrs. Charlotte Woodburn Thoms ; died Tuesday night at her home l. Liberty street. after forty eight hour . illness with influenza. Besides ht
 husband who recently recovered fro
 an attack of the disease, she is SUI
 vived by her parents. Mir. and MT
 Charles Woodburn, and a sister. Be!
 sic. Last Saturday night she W;
 helping out in a store where she W;
 clerk before her marriage.
 Other deaths from the disease
 ] Westerly and Pawcatuck are those
 William Bonner, Il West street; MT
 Rose Brocano Ferrero, HasweI av,
 rue: Mrs. Grace Grispino, West Bros
 street; Mrs. Junie Grispino, We
 Broad street; Michael Devanto,