Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-19

resident of Hopkinton, died Friday afternoon. She is survived by sister. Miss Mary r. Cole, a brother, State Senator John S. Cole, and a nephew, John $. Cole, Jr The funeral will be held from the reidence of Senator Cole and burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery.
 Rev. Clayton A. Burdick, pastor of Pawcatuck Seventh Day Baptist church, is the delegate from the East ern association to the Western asso- citation conference to be held in Little Genesee, N. Y, June 26-27 At the opening session he will extend the
 message form the Eastern association and on Sabbath morning he will preach
 the conference sermon. The Eastern association will be in Rockville R.
 l., June 12-15.
 Boardman, the daring motorcycle performer met with an accident others while performing at the Cali
 fornia carnival in Pawcatuck. Thurs
 day night. In spite of a sprained
 shoulder he attempted his difficult feat
 Friday night He was executing the most thrilling feature of the act, when the lights were suddenly eXtinguished He lost control of himself for a frac- tion of a second lessened the centri- fugal force that held him in a peril
 ous position. and fell to the bottom of the silo. He escaped serious injury but strained his right knee and will l probably not be able to perform for several days. In the interim his part
 ner will do the act alone.
 The carnival has gone and very few regret the departure.
 Firemen's Memorial Sunday will be generally observed this year. on the second Sunday in June. and the fire companies of Westerly will parade with a band, march to River Bend
 where exercises will be held and flow CTS placed on the graves of former firemen. Prior to the parade, the oth CT cemeteries in this section will have been visited and floral tributes placed on graves. The credit for the lncep ton of the Firemen's Memorial Sun- 1 day is largely due to the late John Il 1 Kenyon, for many years prominently 1 identified with the Providence Veteran i Firemen's association. Of which he was secretary. He was torch boy
 and later member of the old Gaspee
 No. g. While a delegate to the New , England States Veteran Bremen i League, he introduced the proposition
 of a F-iremen's Memorial Sunday
 which found immediate favor with thu
 other delegates and the hearty in
 dorsement of the late Chief William T 1 Cheswell of Boston. at that time presi'
 dent of the league.
 Motorists will find the state road' 1 in fair or good condition with the eX' ception Of five stretches now unde construction. These places are eithe, passable with care or may be avoided i by marked detours. The work on thu road between Wakefield and Matu muck has been completed and thu
 highway is now in good condition. Th' points under construction are as fol
 lows:
 Narragansett Pier Road-Abou 1 three quarters of a mile north o l Saunderstown extending south fo
 one mile Dangerous, especially i
 wet, but. not closed to traffic. Motor ists are advised to use detour a marked A stretch near Bonnet Poin is under construction. The road is no l closed to traffic but extreme cautiol
 is urged in passing over this section , (Both of these sections may be avoid ed by taking the Tower Hill road 1 which is in fair conditioD.
 Hartford Pike-Construction worl from Pocasset west two miles. Mo torists should drive with care. Roal
 will be closed after Tuesday. wit marked detour over dirt road in fal
 condition for speeds up to 20 miles a