Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-25

| Tuesday night at Bliven opera house commemoration exercises of the founding of the town of Westerly 25O years ago were held. The large gath ering in attendance, including many of 1 the towns representative citizens. heard with pleasure the address of Hon. Walter B. Vincent, associate jus | tice of the supreme court of Rhode | Island. The address had unusual in- terest for the people of Westerly, as | Judge Vincent is a former Westerly boy.
 The program opened at 8 o'clock | with a selection by the orchestra, led | by Charles 0. Gavitt. The invocation was by Rev. William F. Williams, and a tenor solo by Moses J. Brines a graduate of Weserly high school, fol- | lowed. Hon. Walter B. Vincent was | then introduced as the speaker of the evening. At the close of Judge Vim cents address there was another selec- tion by the orchestra and Mir Brines entertained with solo, The closing number of the program was a song by | the chorus.
 1 Seventy eight boys and girls will be | graduated this Wednesday, morning at the Elm street grammar school The | exercises are to begin at $50 o'clock, the school setting this early hour be- 1 cause of the alumni meeting and high | school commencement exercises. which | are to take place this morning and 1 afternoon. The 1S graduates will re- | ceive their diplomas from Thomas 1 Hope of the school committee MT. i Hope having been selected to make the presentation. A feature of he pro- gram will be the awarding of the cup | for excellence in athletics. The cup will be awarded by Supt. W. H. Ba l con. Another feature will be the awarding of the fire prevention medals. An attractive program has been ar ranged.
 Harry Smith of Philadelphia is being held by the local police for the Phila
 delphia police on a charge of non-sup- | port. Smith was arrested at Watch Hill. The Philadelphia police have l been notified Of his arrest and an of l ficer will come to Westerly after him.
 Today "Wednesday will be School and School Alumni day. At 9.30 o'clock this morning there will be- a gathering of the Westerly High school alumni by classes in Wilcox park. l Members of classes will assemble at places designated by class numerals.
 At 10 a. m. there will be a parade of the alumni to high school hall, where i a business session will be held.
 The business meeting of the High 1 School Alumni associa tion will open at 1915, and the program will consist of the following: Chorus singing; roll call of classes; presidents report and ad
 dress: secretary's report; treasurer S report; reports of special committees 1nTrr 11 ! chorus singing; five minute speeches | by members of the different classes
 In the town hall at 2.30 o'clock will
 be held the high school commencement 1 exercises. The speakers will be Henry
 M, MaXson of Plainfield, N. J.; Our
 Great Problem, Timothy Edward Geary
 (salutatory); The Effect of the War
 Upon Literature, Lima Nancy Potter: | Music as a Factor in Our National
 Life, Harry Nelson Gill; Obligations
 of the United States as a World
 Power, Mary Carolyn McVay (valedic-
 tory); awarding of Martha c. BabcocF
 prizes; class ode, words by Helene
 Hamblen, music by Lloyd W. Kenneth;
 selections by the high school chorus.
 At 3 o'clock there will be an informa
 alumni group and class reunions. IT
 the evening at o'clock will occu1
 alumni and school night. and an invi
 tation has been extended to the genera
 public to attend the program, wticl
 will be as follows: Music. orchestra
 address, Aubrey L. Maddock, '09, pres ident of alumni association; music
 address, Henry M. Maxson, ex-'14, su
 perintendent of schools. Plainfield, N J.; music; address, Miss Ellen F. Pen , dleton, '81. president of Wellesley col v lege; music. The senior class reception and dane
 will take place in the evening at Fig 1 School hall.
 : Promotion day exercises will be hell : at the Pleasant street sd.ool thi e Wednesday, morning. No specia 1 program has been arranged for tn r day. The exercises will consist prin = cipally of the reading of the list c e promotions by the principal of tn
 school. The sixth grade is the highes a grade in this sj lool. There was n . school session tuesday afternoon, tn 4 children enior.ng a half holiday. f One of t1>e most interesting old docu ments ts5 be seen in the historic ex d hibit 2. the Westerly Memorial librar . is t., record of the act creating tn e t0, iship of Westerly in 1869. The ac . ..as passed by the general assembly (
 His Majesty's colony of Rhode Islan Il and Providence Plantations at New e port on the first day of May. 1869.
 is entitled An act for erecting r Township in the Narragansett Count, d to be called Westerly" It reads 8
 follows:
 Il Whereas, the inhabitants of cer = tain Tract of Land. in the Narragar g sett Country, called and known by til
 Name of Misquamacuk, alias Pawca 1t tuck, bounded westerly on the colon. e and southerly on the sea. have pet
 toned this Assembly to be incorporat o ed into a Township, and there bein Il a sufficient number of inhabitants a
 ready settled thereon. and land cor q venient for the same, be it therefor n enacted by the General Assembly an n by the authority of the same, that tf k aforesaid tract of land be, and it here J. by is, incorporated a Township. ar i'd called by the name of Westerly; ar is the inha bitants thereof shall have ar
 enjoy all the rights, privileges ar d powers as other towns in this color
 have or do enjoy.
 n Nearly 400 attended the annu '' prize speaking contest held in tf
 high school auditorium Monday nigh - The prizes were awarded as follows.
 Girls: First. Miss Dorothy Bea
 second, Miss M. Louise Frechette.
 Boys: First, Norman c. Churcf
 second, William Adams, Jr.
 Tn addition to the winners thos
 who took part were: Alexander Blak
 Jr., Joel Novgroski, Catherine Nj. H.
 gan. Edward Asargo, Florence Mar .. Marion Brightman, Carroll F. Blackle
 Rev. F. s. Kinney. Miss Catherir
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