Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-21
WESTERLY

Between five and six thousand peo- ple gathered in Wilcox park Tuesday evening and heard the interesting lec- ture given by Wallace R. Lane of Chi cago, H., and saw the important gov ernment war films shown by him on the motion picture screen which was stretched between two large elm trees near the bandstand.
 Preceding the meeting in the park, there was a parade in which the West erIy band, the Fourth company, Rhode Island State guard. Company c, Con- necticut State guard, of Pawcatuck, and the Westerly sanitary detachment participated. Major Charles H. Led ward was marshal.
 Town Treasurer James M. Pendle- ton was chairman of the Wake Up, America!" meeting held in the park. Mr. Lanes lecture was followed by a motion picture show lasting an hour. The titles of the pictures shown were Battle of the Somme, Training United States Sailors and Work and Play In and Behind the Lines in Italy, France and Belgium.
 MT. Lane has been conducting Wake Up, America!" campaign in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Edward Newton of Boston made an appeal for Y. M. c. A. workers to go overseas.
 While cIamming on the flats at Napatree Point in Little Narraeansett | bay Tuesday, Gordon Battey, son of William J. Battey, manager of the l Potter Hill woolen mills and a sum- mer cottager at Watch Hill, was acci- dentally shot. A .22 calibre rifle shot | lodged in his abdomen and he was rushed to the Rhode Island hospital | in Providence for an operation. being accompanied by Dr. M H. Scanlon. | With another boy, he padded out | to the clam flats, about two miles from their home at Watch Hill and were digging clans when shot came from the direction of Napatree Point, where Fort Mansfield is located strik ing Battey in the lower abdomen.
 Battey fell over into the water, but was picked up by his companion. Law renee Perrin, who placed him in the canoe and padded back to the Battey 1 home within Is minutes. Battey was in serious condition Tuesday evening | but 1t is believed the bullet can be successfully removed and that the boy will recover.
 Some 100000 cards, circulars and 1 other matter in connection with the coming draft registration, when con- gress increases the age limits, arrived | at state draft headquarters yesterday and are now being distributed to se- | lection boards by Captain George H. Webb. director of the draft. Information covering the entire reg l istration process, as previously an- nounced from the office of Provost | Marshal Crowder, is contained in the abundance of literature. Preliminaries are also being completed for the in l 1GfT Co+ Jo1r when all men who have reached 21 years of age between June 5, this year, and next Saturday, must enroll.
 Registration places have not been decided upon for all districts yet but in several at least the selection board headquarters will be the enrolment place.
 Frederick Buffum, Jr., is home from Park field aviation school at Memphis, where he has been training as a pilot aviator for the past few months He received his commission as second l lieutenant last week. His leave is for 1 10 days, when he will return to Mem 1 phis for orders.
 Dr. Charles F. Hickox and Miss Anne Lenhard, both of Philadelphia, were married by Rev Samuel H. Davis at 9.3O o'clock Tuesday morning |, Mrs Abbie Hickox, on Main street Dr. HickoX is well known here, where he attended school and was a gradu- ate of the Westerly High school. He then studied dentistry and is now | practicing in Philadelphia.
 1 Eightyone Rhode Island men who are members of the United Spanish War Veterans, association are again serving thefr country, according to the report of the Rhode Island depart ment. The majority of these veterans hold ratings today, ranging in the army as high as brigadier general. At each meeting of the eight camps ot the state the list is read and tribute paid to the comrades. The names ot Majors Arthur N. Nash and Bourdor A. Babcock are in the list. State Division No. i, which include. Washington county and East and Wes
 Greenwich has called nine men fo
 entrainment Aug. 28 to Camp Devens The registrants inducted will be: Will
 liam E. Stedman, Newport; Orine E
 Parker. Wyoming; Harold L. Sher , man, SIocums; Vincenzo Puget, West erIy; Daniel B. Remington, Eas
 Greenwich; John E. Stenhouse, West erly; Joseph Servidio, Westerly: Luig ! Urso, Westerly; Thomas s. Tefft, Pin . Hill.
 Former President William Howar
 Taft will be an honorary guest an t speaker at the Kingston fair. accord . ing tc word received by officials of tn Washington County Agricultural so
 ciety. MT. Taft will deliver an ad
 dress on Thursday, Sept 12, the bi : day of the fair. and he will be fol ? lowed by Governor R. Livingsto Beeckman.
 Local Laconics.
 At the end of the days work Tues
 day the men employed on the Ston ington cement road had completed tn highway up to the Moss house. If tn -' weather continues favorable for tn
 next two days, the road should h
 completed within that time, connect c ing with the cement road on Yves ' Broad street. The road will be keT
 closed for a week after completed fc
 the drying out process.
 f MT and Mrs. R. B. Meikle of Mar J ragansett avenue have received wor
 from their son, Sergeant James Meikl
 in France, that he is now attendin
 an officers training school in Par 5 and expects to be out of the trenche
 for at least three months