Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-19
WESTERLY

Westerly post off1ce. While It Will not be strictly a civil service examination but rather by presidential order, the final decision will be by the civil ser vice commission, based upon the ex- animation. The appointment will be made upon the merit of the appli- cant
 So far as known Assistant Post master Thomas Lenihan, the acting postmaster, who has been connected with the office for eighteen years, is the only applicant. In the examin- | alton, experience has tEe weight of | twenty per cent. As the exaninationd nouncements and necessary blanks in connection with the examination. have l not been sent to James Spellman, To- | cal secretary from the civil service commission, but were received by the acting postmaster, Monday Applicants may get blanks at the post office or direct from the civil service commits sioners at Washington, D. C. | As Sunday and overtime work is | discontinued in government construc- ton at Forts Adams and Wetherell, | a number of civilian workmer, barred from overtime with the big nay. have quit and left for their home | town to work for normal wages which are practically the same as that paid for. the eight hour day elsewhere when away from home expenses are | considered. The soldiers at the forts will complete the work which has
 reached the finishing stage. Major ! Henry c. Brubacker, contracting qua rtermaster of the Narra gansett Bay district in view of the 1iscontinuance of further projected construction is closing his office preparatory to re-
 turning to Washington. He expects to leave within a few days and the duty of supervising the work will devolve upon Captain Robert Gladstone Thack
 cry, of Westerly, who is port quarter
 master at Fort Adams.
 "A Hartford paper makes this unjus-
 tifable crack at Westerly, conceded
 generally to be,one of the best govern
 ed towns in Rhide Island
 Eastern Connecticut newspapers tell a surprising story as to the man ner. in which the town of Westerly. R. T., celebrated the armistice news. , It was not an off-hand outbreak such
 as Hartford saw on tho Thursday , previous and which passed without harm, but one started after mature . deIiberatIor. {, fact which makes one , wonder as to whether CT not law } normally exists in this Rhode Island
 town. The disturbance centered about l q bonfire on Dixon squari, for which , blaze Westerly. citizens either will : ingly or unwillingly furnished the
 material. Vehicles, household eff fleets taken from second hand stores, settees, counters, refrigerators and 5 beer kegs were thrown on regard less of the protests of the owners , The crowd found a quantity of beer barrels and a teauster who was re- sponsible for them attempted to pro- tect them. He was beaten until friends took him to the office of a !, physician and no one interfered in his behalf The fire department nearby store and the fir" department was called upon. The fremen were : permitted to attach a line of hose to
 2 hydrart and then they were driven |, off, Apparently the police were not heard from at all during the night
 So far as can be ascertaired West
 erly is wholly unable 10 learn the
 identity of the men who controlled
 the town that evening. Westerly is v the only town of which we have :. heard which was unable to distin- f euish between a celebration and 2 q rict.
 |. Rhode Island boys and girls, to tho
 number of ar even ore hundred, eX- = hibited their poultry in a special class Q IdSL. NcSF ct IllS toOuLil IH IHIitscStOII cilII n Narra gansett Poultry show at Wake
 field. Entries are now being received : for the Westerly and West WarwieI e shows
 The allotment for the Westerly dis ? trict which includes Pawcatuck. wa! . s25'000 and by Saturday night, near . ly S35. 060 was subscrib d for th' - Tinted War Workers campaign fund 0 The returns were not all iu when thi e report close! on Monday, but z
 member of the executive committe, s said that the total sum would be nor, - than s40,00o.
 .l Latham, N. Bentley died at his res = idence. 126 West Broad street. (Paw . catuck). Westerly. Sunday morning r Through his death this community a and those towns in which he formerl, - resided have lost a man who haC " won the esteem of all with whom h " came in contact or had business rela 2 tions. He was a member of the Nortl ' Stonington Congregational churcl
 and exemplifed his love for God b
 the manner in which he treated hi
 fellowmen, always kindly and courte
 ous, charitable even beyond his means u and thereby leaves behind greate :, wealth of human respect than rich - es.
 C MT Benlev's last illness was of onl a 2 few weeks duration. He was bor o June :. 1859 in North Stoninston, tn son of the ate John S. and Mary r ], Davis Bentley. His early life ws I largely spent in that tcwn. In 1885 h ,s married Miss Martha A. Frink, als 10 of that tcwn. By her he had two chil
 dren. who survive him. In 1902 afte of the death of his wife he married Mis- ,a Mary C.. daughter of the late Orri ar R. Stedman, of North Stonington. b al whom he hal four children. three ( ri whom survive him.
 He was superintendent ot inc E. l Is & R. Knight farm at White Rock fc Ie twentyone years, leaving there il 1S 1914 when he purchased the propert
 where he died. Although always ir
 terested in local state aEG nation;
 affairs he never aspired to office a
 though he was elected councilman an s+ served the town of Westerly on ths
 board from June 1905. to June. 1s0 Ad Besides his wife he leaves five chi d dren, Howard Latham Bentley c
 White Rock. Mrs. Cliffor R. (Marc nr Stanton) Thompson of Pendleton Hi
 Marion A., and two young sons. Fol s+ brothers and three sisters also SUI
 vjve him. Wareham w Bentley
 Yantic Conn.,, Carlos X. Bentley, ? F'itchvflle, Conn., l.. Kinne BentIe
 and John s. Bentley of Natick, R.
 Mrs. William J. Maine Hills Grov Ih R. T.. Mrs. Henry Lewis of New I4o1 don, and Mrs. Silas Leffingwell of Fla ,s Great Plains, Norwich.
 The funeral will be held wedne.
 day. Burial will be in Elm Grove cen
 etery, Mystic.
 The Garden club work, carried ( u- under the supervision of the Rhot CT Island state College and the Unite is Sfates Department Of -Asrlculture, h.