Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-05-30

with garage in Main street, and was in
that business until his death.
He leaves his widow. Mrs. Blanche
Carpenter Bentley, his mother, al
brother, John s.. of Elizabeth. N. j.,
and two sisters. Miss Bertha Bentley
of Westerly and Henrietta Bentley,
wife of Frank w. Smith, of Plainfield,
n. J.
Mr.. Bentley was a sportsman with
rod and gun and had many friends. He
was pronounced in his views of mat
tiers of public interest and was quite
active in political matters. He was a
member of Franklin lodge, F. and A.
| NJ, of Palmer chapter, r. A. and of
| Westerly lodge, B, P. o. E.
| Samuel Patton, valuable utility man
| at the New England Granite works,
was the whole Westerly fire depart
ment, as he extingaished unaided a
| fire within a couple of hundred feet of
| the central fire station. He happened
to be in Union street at 7.30 Thursday
morning when fire was discovered in
the jitney office located in a building
owned by the James Welsh estate. The
place was filed with smoke and when
| the door was opened fire could be seen
/ on the floor. Sam was told there was
a sink in the office. He rushed into
the dense smoke and took position near
that sink He turned on the water,
| held his cap under the faucet and
| threw the water on the blaze and the
danger was soon over The Alert Hook
/ and Ladder rushed to the rescue but
| service was not required.
/ one of the jitneyrnen was about to
/ vulcanize tire and had some heated
I material on the stove and had left the
/ office on d business call. In some way
fire communicated with the waste
! paper basket and papers strewn on the
! floor Had the material consumed it
self probably no damage would have
resulted AS Sam Patton put it; Had
! known the floor was of cement, I'd a
let the scraps of paper burn; as we've
I been told a scrap of paper is of no ac-
! count, merely a German treaty"
1 Representative Stiness has two va
!, cancies to his credit at the West Point
>. Military academy TO, which he is re-
ceiving applications. He will probably
nominate several young men of this
district as principals and alternates to
take the examinations preliminary to
entering the academy The winners IT
I. the competitive examination will be
selected.
!, The Westerly town council has ac-
, cepted as satisfactory the reduced ser
i vice rate offered by TIE Westerly Light
and Power company, subsidiary to the
. Narragansett Electric Lighting com
2 pdny, and the contest that was liable
, to reach the courts has been called off
+ The reduction is from II to cents pei
, kilowatt hour, and means a saving tt
, consumers of about $4,000 year.
Local Laconcs.
Tho procession moves at 1.30 this
afternoon.
1t is expected that 200 or more re.
, turned soldiers and sailors of the
world war will participate in the Me.
mortal day parade.
The guy ropes of the Old Home weel
! banner in Dixon square parted Wed
i, nesday when the banner impede thu
! progress of the strong wind.
That so many high school boys arr
on the streets during school hours ha!
created comment.
Extra trolley service will be given OF
the Watch Hill line friday. Saturda!
and Sunday.
Westerly is the only town in Rhode
! Island to go 30 per cent. above tn,
quota for the Salvation Army.