Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-26

Westerly post office building since it's l construction, who has been i'll for | several months, died Tuesday after
 noon at his home, No Rocket street.
 He leaves a daughter. Mrs. Harry | Davison, a widow, and a brother,
 Thomas who resides in Taunton. MT | Capron was born in Pawcatuck and | was for many years employed as fire i
 man in the local toWboat service. He 1
 later was employed by the town as
 operator of the steam road roller. l
 When the new post office building was
 being prepared for occupancy he pass ed the civil service examination and was appointed engineer and janitor of I
 the building, with an assistant He was intensely interested in fire department matters and for more than thirty years was an active member, and for several terms foreman of the Alert Hook. and Ladder company He was also secretary, of the Granite Quarrymens union and a member of
 the local lodge, Junior Order Ameri-
 can Mechanics.
 According to declaration by ciar-
 ence L. Hussey. bridge engineer of the Rhode Island State Board of Public Roads, the type of concrete arch bridges constructed in the state is re- s1ilting in 8 saving of from twenty to thirty per cent The saving was made, be said in an address before the Prov idence Engineering society, by means of the design, which was used no- where else in the country. He describ- e, the design as umbrella shaped. most of the concrete heinz used above and as little as poesible below The surface of the bridge. he said. has been constructed in a flat style instead of rounded. because of the greater cost
 of the latter method.
 I Mir. Hussey stated that concrete E hridges, the first which was built in
 Rhode Island in 1908. were rapidly
 coming Into their own They were credited with being much cheaper than steel, which is regarded as necessary X only in long spans that are not requir- ed on the srnall rivers or streams, in the state It was estirated that cost < of, uDkeeo made it worth st00 foot
 to the public for everv foot of distance E cut off on the NaSraeansett Pier road hy short cuts. It was also said that It paid greatly to cIt back a road on
 hills, reducing grade.
 E Robert B. MAike. superintendent of the Lorraine Manufacturing co1panv. . and Mrs. Meikle, observed the fortieth
 anniversary of the marriaee Christ
 n-as eve iov q Sfarai1v en II, a-fne at t+air if home No: 12 Narragansett avenue. Be-
 sides other relatives NTr. and Mrs
 lMefkTe's three sons, Robert, James nd Il Archie. and three daughters. Mrs '. William, .Laing,. Mrs Loren McLaren s and Miss Jean Meillie were in at a tendance. A feast was served. and $ there was vocal and inet~urnantal rnll-
 sic. 8Tr. and Mrs: Mei5la and all oth- IS CTS present greatly enjoyed the cele- of 5ration.
 u s;Th4 vestry Of Christ Foisoo-.l
 Echnrct extended a call to Rev. Ed sc rnu1d sJ. Cleveland to he rector of the " church and he, has accented. Rev. Mr IF Flevetand has been acting rnc+or ot
 the church since t'>a resi11atica was '- i- effect of. Rev. William r. Wi'far's u The new rector was formerly in c'aar9f j. # parishes in Hoboken and St Louis @ He resiened as rector of the churcf n in the latter city to enter the arn'v le and served as chief chaplain of t''t d Thirtv- Sixth. division in France. H. " vas discharged from the service 7 z short time when he was appointed ,.a tenporarv acting rector of Chris ,s church, Westerly.
 T. William 4. Wilcox has brought rui' or against Mrs. Clara Brainard, of We
 uuetequock, ito determine whether un- # der the laws of Connecticut a real es- -e tate agent is entitled to full com oS mission in the sale of real estate, I- where he produces a prospective pur, |. chaser, and the purchaser does no
 keen. to his agreement.
 !, Through the agency of Mir. Wilcox Major Smart. of DeyenS. Ma ass., agreed .a verbally to purchase the farm iron sr Mrs. Brainard at a price agreeable tt 11-+ all parties Without signing the agree " S1,a I.,-s rT-ha ai
 cent of the purchase price, promising
 to complete the transaction later. Thi
 has not been done.
 IS Mrs. Brainerd claims Mir. Wilcox i
 not entitled to full commission. as tn S. transaction has not been completet in and through no fault of the owner n- Judge Herbert w. Rathbun is coun ed sel for plaintiff and Samuel H. Davi l., for defendant.
 ne John Pendleton, United State 1e Cavalry, who is completing four year as iof service, half of which WAS il Oo France is home on ten days furlougl IL Pendleton of Potter Hill He is on a. Of the five brothers who served in tn
 army All were in active service an'
 John is the only one who was wound
 ed; and slightly by bursting shrapnel. lE Mastuxet Encampment, Independen Order of Odd Fellows. recently elect ,t- ed officers as follows: F. Earl Jame. o- chief patriarch: William E. Weeder he high. priest; George B. Sharp, senio re warden; Harry D. Smith, junior war es den; J. Edwin Gardiner, scribe; Fred ,ai terick Boulter, treasurer: Louis A. Jos IS lin,, Lafayette L. Foster, William er Banford. trustees.
 ITS Dr. Harold !. Gosline, formerly (
 the Medical Corps of the Unite
 States army, has been appointed
 the penal and charitable commissio
 as pathologist, at the state institution KS at Howard. pr. Gosline is a. nativ
 of Massachusetts and a graduate ( ms Harvard University and Harvar It. Medical School. He has already be ed gun his duties.
 re Dr. Gosline has made a speciality aif nervous and mental diseases. as we II as pathology and is the author of go number of published articles on the: oW subjects. His earlier work was at u ny Boston State Hospital and the Oar
 yers State Hospital. He successive - filled the position of pathologist to u
 Worcester State Hospital and to u
 New Jersey State Hospital at Trer
 ton
 He enlisted early in the war, recei1
 ing the rank of lieutenant in u
 medical service, and obtained h
 discharge from the army with u
 rank of major after 2S months of SC,