Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-27

Nell, WnO enlisted Wnlle unQer age, l and endured active service in France, 1 has been honorably discharged and is now home He served in the One Hundred and Seventh Field Signal battalion, which was composed in the main of national guard smen from Michigan and Wisconsin.
 Surfman George Tucker, after thirty years service in the United States Coast Guard, will be retired at his own request on June Is, and will receive three quarters of his present pay rate
 for the rest of his life. MT. Tucker has been at the Watch Hill station for
 two years, being transferred from
 Quonocontaug where he served ten
 years, with a previous service of
 eighteen years at the Point Judith
 station.
 The Mystic Shriners of Palestine
 temple, Providence, with the Palestine
 band, nobles from Norwich, with
 Tubbs' band. and also Shriners from
 New London, Stonington, Mystic and other places. will parade in Westerly in the late afternoon today (Tuesday), preceding a special ceremonial session. Band concert will be given on the bal cony of the Rhode Island hotel after l the parade. It is expected that at least 1,OOU nobles will be in line.
 The funeral of Edwin Hoyt, who was electrocuted while at work on the tele- phone line on the Watch Hill road on Thursday, was held Monday with a ! mass of requiem in the Church of the ] Immaculate Conception, Rev. Fr. Sulli- van celebrant. Interment was in St. Michaers cemetery. The bearers were James Casey, Cornelius Riley, Charles 1 Clark. Cornelius Riley, Henry Miner i and John Riley. The outside force of the Westerly Automatic Telephone l company attended the funeral in q
 body. There were beautiful floral 1 tributes.
 1 Commander Amos p. Chapman, Bud 1 long post, c. A. R.. has been busy for i two weeks in locating and marking the i graves of deceased comrades in the 1 burial places within the jurisdiction of 1 the post and also the graves of those | who are buried here and served in the i European war: A committee of Bruck- cr post are doing the same servlce Tor l the dead of the Spanish war
 George Leonard, 8 Spanish war vet eran. has been delegated by Budlone ! post to make the general arrangements 1 for observance of Memorial day. and ] special effort is being made to have l 1 participate ill the parade. with the i Civil war veterans, the spanish wal
 veterans, the Fourth company, Rhode 1 Island State guard, and F company
 Third regiment, Connecticut State
 guard.
 At tho usual ceremonial at the 1 bridge, when the Womans Relief corps of Budlong and Hancock posts cas- flowers into the water to the memory ! irfz j be offered by Rev. F. Stewart Kinley pastor of First Baptist church.
 The Grand Army exercises at Rive, Bend will be conducted by George ., Leonard and Joshua Clark. Rev. P. A Sailer of the Broad street Christian
 chruch will offer the prayer.
 The usual exercises will be held il
 the town hall in the evening. The Me morial day address will be delivered b!
 Rev. Frederick A. Macdonald. pasto of Pawcatuck Congregational church.
 Since last Memorial day ten GranC , Army men have been buried in West
 erly and Pawcatuck.
 The Anti Saloon League of Rhode } Island will meet in annual convention in Providence today (Tuesday). Al the morning session, Rev. Samuel II Davis, representative from Westerly iI ; the general assembly will speak or the subject of Legislative Conditions and Hope. In the afternoon, Rev , Frederick A. Macdonald, pastor o1
 Pawcatuck Congregational church vii There will be several other speakers
 speak on American Spirit in the war at these sessions, which will be helt
 in the First Baptist church.
 . At Infantry hall in the evening } Colonel Dan Morgan, who commanded
 the Battalion of Death" Three Hun $ dred and ifty-eighth Infantry, Nine. s tieth division, will be the speaker H. will be accompanied by representative! l of European anti-liquor societies. . Motorists will find the State road; B in fair or good condition with eXcep- 9 ton of a few stretches now under con. s struction, These places are eithel ! passible with care or may be avoided : by marked detours. The work on tho road between Wakefield and AIatunucl
 has been completed and the highway : is now in good condition. The points