Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-27
WESTERLY

| " eSterly town council to prepare a | l list of all soldiers and sailors who en- tered the service from the town, or were in the military or naval service before the present war, and are still l ! engaged therein, and to secure suit | able design for a roll of honor to con- 1 tain the names of the same, will prob l ably make report to the next meeting of the council. It will be erected on
 the section of the town hall lawn at ] the corner of Broad and Union streets 1 and at the start will contain nearly
 400 names, with space left for addi- | tional names. l The special committee in charge is composed of Alderman Howard B.
 Thorp Clerk Everett E. Whipple and
 Town Sergeant Herbert P. Clark.
 The funeral of Christopher w. Sim
 mons took place Thursday afternoon
 from his late home in Lincoln ave
 nue, where a large number sof friends
 assembled. The services were con-
 ducted by Rev. Clayton A. Burdick-
 The bearers were members of Narra-
 gansett lodge of Odd Fellows. The
 service at the grave was in accordance
 with the ritual of the Grand Army of
 the Republic.
 MT. Simmons served in the Civil war
 as private in Company A, Second Rhode Island infantry, originally in
 Company c, old organization. He en- listed Aug. 22, 1862. On April 6, 1865, he was wounded in action near St. Petersburg, Va and sent to hospital and borne on the rolls as absent sick ! until Aug. 29, 1865, when he was hon orab1y discharged at Stanton general hospital. Washington, D. C., for physi- cal disability. For many years he was an active worker in affairs of the Grand Army of the Republic and was past commander of Budlong post of < Westerly.
 RaffaeIo Giorno, son of Mrs. Rose Giorno of Westerly, and who died on K Tuesday ta naval hospital in New London of pneumonia after an attack E of Spanish influenza, was buried with naval honors in St. Sebastian ceme- tery Thursday morning following a re- quiem mass in the Church of the I'm maculate Conception, Rev. Henry Bruno, ceiebrant. Nine sailors iron the state pier rendezvous at New Lon don acted as honorary escort. Int deceased enlisted in the navy about { E year ago and was general favoritt E among his comrades. His father dieC in New London about eight years agt B when being transferred in an ambu, g lance from the railway station to Me ' morial hospital after being struck b! .N a, trolley car of the Ashaway- W Westerly 'E line
 E Local Laconics.
 Ell The superior courts of the state O E Rhode Island have ordered that attor E neys engaged in the draft service ma, \ be excused from the trial of civi 5 cases during said service, upon giVin; to opposing counsel three days notic Eli writing before the assignment da, K of the case
 Henry Edward Hazard of Wakefield k and Henry Price of East Greenwich E were among the eleven colored mel
 who went from Rhode Island to Cam S Devens on Wednesday. Eleven was al E that could be recruited from the state
 exhausted Class reserve towards m quota calling for twenty-thr
 There will be no nomination pape candidates in the coming election a
 Westerly. The republicans, and tn T, democrats, too. made straight caucu II nominations. It is now up to tn 5- voters to stand by the regular caucu
 nominees, which means sure republi 1T can success.
 '4 Several criminal cases are assigne so for hearing at a session of the Thir ol district court to be held in Westerl -- Friday.
 V Charles R. Johnson has announce fl oa Of the representatives of the town ( . Stonington in the 1919 session of tn -y Connecticut legislature MT. Johnso ,u is a resident of Fawcatuck It is sai as that Joseph ". Chesebro, also of Paw ie catuck would accept the democrati ie nomination.
 -P Friends of Captain Elias F. WiIco,
 Of Stonington, representative in tt
 legislature in 1915 and 1917, are ure
 ing him to be a candidate for the ser
 atorial nomination in the Shoestrin as district, which includes Pawcatucl ~ The democratic nominee is James U" Hammond of Waterford former pro IT. fessIonal actor, and now the live vii n- of war activities in New London. m Miss Ruth Bindloss of Stoningtc
 borough was entertained by Westel ly friends Thursday evening" as A big batch of questionnaires wei nS received on Thursday in Westerly. -e- The lights on street cars and al fo tomobiles were turned On at 2 ocloC by Thursday afternoon
 ne Say, boys, do you notice there al ne rot many of us left" said a Civil wi al veteran of three score and -fourtee1 to the few Grand Army men assemble as to attend the funeral of Christoph, u- Simmons. Thursday afternoon.
 The public schools and the theat, Int in Westerly are to close during Il
 prevalence of the influenza epidemi 'd- It is expected that the movie hous sar and schools in PaWcatuck will do Iik.
 wise. Churches are included. N- Flank Cushman of Stonington bo Of ough was special guest of friends he Pawcatuck Thursday evening.
 Boys under fifteen are reading m in tres for the Westerly Light and Pow he company. Girls are doing this cla 'u- of work in New London.
 A farewell reception was given ( tly Thursday evening to Rev John sit Dutton, who has been pastor of tl
 Broad Street Christian church, f iell nearly twenty years He has accep sht ed call to Agawam, Mass. subl1rbf ,h- of Springfield
 The chairman of the republics the town committee says that he nev n's did sanction the dictatorial positit ose taken by the committee in insisting ons recommending candidates for nomin ot- tfon in caucus.
 of As influenza is not a reportable di
 ease in Westerly there is no ofici D. record of the number of cases. AL Due to the reduction of the wor ar ing force by influenza trolley cars we ia not run on schedule time on Thur eek day, but the best service possible Ill md der the circumstances, was give art There was some grunbling but ur- remedy
 The juvenile department of t lad Westerly public library is closed
 children until further notice. the Influenza had it's effect in schc up attendance on Thursday, There we
 382 absentees.
 ert Late Thursday afternoon, Dr. Sar er- uel c. Webster, superintendent