Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-08
WESTERLY

Westerly has it's full quota of mu- |-sic loving population and arrange 1 ments are being hade by many to be 1 in Providence, Sunday evening, Sep | tember 2S, to hear the Vatican choir | isters, seventyfour in number, com l posing the individual choirs of St. l Peters Basilica St. John Lateran and l the Sistire chapel of the Vatican in I Rome, ranking as the greatest muSi- 1 cal organization in the world. Never | before has either the Sistire choir | or the choir of St. Peters Basilica | sung outside of those sacred places. | Not in the last five cen turieS, a period | embracing onethird of their history.
 has either orga nization left Rome A i notable feature of the singing is that 1 it is unaccompanied by organ or any l other instrumental music true to the
 early practice of the Roman Catholic l church. In the thirteenth century an | organ was first used in any ecclesias-
 tical building and the innovation then was opposed by large section of the 1 clergy.
 1 Sixteen hundred years have passed 1 since the Papal choir was esta blished l to give to the service over which the | Pontiff off1ciates, the highest attaina- 1 ble grandeur. From that time there 1 has been no break in the choir's con- l tinuity.
 Arrests are soon to be made in Rhode Island, based on evidence col lected by the departm ent of justice, of persons who have been violating the war time prohibition by the sale of whskey and other intoxicants. Thom- as J. Callaghan. of the bureau of in Vestigat atiaon, says:
 Many persons were under the inn pression that the government would not enforce the war time prohibition
 act and as a result have been selling
 intoxicating liquor openly. The po- lice departments are cooperating
 with the government and we expect
 to make a number or arrests within
 the next few days. We have obtained
 sufficient evidence to convict and
 bring about stiff jail sentences.
 George F. o'Shannessy, former con gressman of the new Rhode Island dis trict of the internal revenue bureau announces that the office will not be opened until October 1st. and not on September 1st as originally planned This change was made to avoid con fusion in the collection and disposi- ton of the quarterly taxes due Sep tember 18th.
 Eight harness races are scheduled next Tuesday and will continue four days. The starter wlli be 4. F. Kingsley of Westerly. who has ac ceptably filled that important posi- judges will be Henry A Fuller. Will jam T. Pe<-rson and George McKen- na. of Providence. J. $. Leonard of West Kingston will act as clerk of the COurSe- inc --lf pace IS SuOSIl- tuted for the 2.16 pace. as the latter event did not fill. Eight events are scheduled, two for each day of the fair.
 On the opening day the card in cludes the 2.25 pace with ten entries. and the ? 30 trot with nine. The purse in each is S250.
 On Wednesday,. with purses of $500 in each race. the events will be the 2.22 trot and the 2.19 pace. with ten horses entered in each.
 Six horses will start in the 2.1S trot and five in the 314 pace, for purses of $500 Thursday.
 On Friday with purse of $500 the free-for-aII is on the card with six entries. Also the 2.24 trot for $500 purse with fourteen horses entered. The purses aggregate s2,500 for the eight races.
 Superintendent Willard H. Bacon, due to the crowded condition of the Park tAtvenue school has made a new ar rangement to be in effect today. The first and third grade pupils will at tend school in the morning and the second grade pupils in the afternoon. Some of the parents have protested against the plan, claiming it to be un- fair to their children. as third grade pupils in other schools will receive full day instruction, and when their children would be at a disadvantage. ]
 At the annual meeting of the health l officers of Rhode Island the formation 1 of a State Public Health association to 1 co-ordinate with the State Board of | Health and the American Public Health ! associa ton, was discussed and met the matter and to report to