Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-08
WESTERLY

from branches, organizations and in
dividuals in the work on refupee gar
ments, and 1405 sewed articles were
shipped to headquarters.
Another month of hard v>Srk is re-
quired to complete the 1910 garments
which must be forwarded to head
quarters by March /. All helEers are
being asked to carry on little long
or.
During January the knitting depart
ment shipped 262 sweaters, 800 pairs Of |
socks, Il pairs of wristers, five he'll |
NETS and two afghans, making a to-
tai Of .672 garments sent out. The !
work of the wool room is now practi !
cally completed according to the |
chairman, Mrs William Clark.
Mrs. Elisha Burdicl1, chairman Of |
the house committee, made a report |
upon conditions at the Red Cross |
building and Mrs. Charles Gavitt re-
ported for the motor corps 40 hours
Of service and 1874 miles covered, most
y in the interests of the sewing de-
Partment.
The Pawcatuck Valley branch re-
Ported 120 hit bags, 20 suits of paja-
mas, "a sweaters, one afghan. one he'll
met, one pair of wristers, one scarf
and IS pairs of socks completed and
/ returned
Hope Valley branch completed 10
| rairs of socks, II sweaters, "a chem
Uses, 20 children's dresses and 40 kit
| bags during the month
Miss Bessie Taylor, chairman of the
| membership committee, repu+ted a to-
| tai of 5450 members in Westerly chap
ter to date. The annual roll c9n
brought in 4731 members, and cur
! ing January 700 additional mar
were secured. Also % subscr;l
members and one contributing II,
Der were enrolled during the moT
The treasurer's report dtscloer
talance in the treasury of S69742
ter payment of the monthly bills.
The home service section V sited
| families during the month and made
, disbursements amounting to $193
Rev. r. c. A. Jones, chairman of
the committee on the prevention of
| tuberculosis in Westerly. has been 3D.
F.! Eised by the Rhode Island Anti -Tu-
! berculos.s association that an appr7-
priatton of $3.50 has been made from
! the Red Cross tuberculosis fund for
| ne work of the committee the coming
year. This is somewhat more than
the amount realized last year through
the sale of Red Cross seals.
/ The appropriation is made with the
understanding that an active cam
/ pa gn in tuberculosis work is to be
carried en- by the committee this year.
This will be done through the vista
ton and folloW-up work of the nurse
and through special educational eff
fGrtS. The Red Cross in making this
appropriat on, has stipulated that part
C it must be used in educational work
and a special committee of the or
ganization will work out this part of
| the programme. This will include the
1ttroduct on of the modern health cru
| ..rtGn
rs possible, with the cooperation Of
Willard H. Bacon, superintendent of
schools. Special literature will be
prepared and distributed as widely as
possible, and lectures and NOV ng pic
ture exhibits will be arranged. In ad-
clifton to the nursing care given TO
tuherculous cases by the visiting nurse
she will also keep in touch with all
patients who have been returned from
he sanatorium. The object of this
work is to see that the patient does
not relapse and 70 prevent anv al :
Gitional cases ari fig in the same fam
lies.
The members Of the Fourth com
pany, r. 1. S. G., of Westerly, have
6een called upon by Chief of Police
: Thomas e. Brown to assist in the
search tbs Saturday afternoon for
John W. Wilson of Pawcatucll. who
Is believed to have wandered into tho
. cedar swamp on the Burden pond road
, and died there. Wilson left his home
az about o'clock on the morning of
= Wednesday, Jan. 29. and was last seen
walking toward Bradford DR.. IT. P
Lewis reports that he saw the man al
IL o'clock Wednesday morning near
) he cedar swamp. Capt. A. P. Datsor
has ordered the guardsmen to report
at the aruory at / o'clock and fhey
will assist posse OF police, headed
by Chief Brown, in the search for The
= raising man. Wilson formerly LIVED
! III Potter Hill and before coming IL
: westerly q short time ago he wa.
working in Newport. He was scantilz
ciad When he left his home here, Over
=, & week ago.
: Major Arthur N. Nash, who recent.
: returned from Fort Adams and For
t Getty, where he was in command dur.
: 1ng the war, has been rearpo.ntet
h eistrict deputy grand master of tn
h eighth Masonic district % Connecticut
: Major Nash was first appointed t,
: that Office in 1916 and was reappoint
e ed in 1917. He resigned in May 1911
r. when he entered the service. He wa
II re apo nted again Thursd ~ at tn
K grand lodge meeting in Hartford
At the annual meeting of tire mem
S Eers of the Westerly Physicians as
x ISOLATION Thursday evening, at tn
Colonial club, DR.. Henry L. johnson
&c was elected president, ]. De we're Bar
- per. vice president; William A. Hill
lard. secretary; John Chamrlin, treas
sr urer: Z. Grant Savage auditor, Fran
81 l. Payne, censor for three years, TIL
lie meeting was followed by plank stea
supper served by the caterer, Harr
is Peckhanl.
:! At the meeting OF Phebe Green
Ward chapter, D. A. r., held in til
Memorial building Friday Afternoon
delegates to the continental congress
= were elected as follows: Mrs. GeonS
% f. Barbour and Mrs. Samuel H. d..
: Wis, Mrs. Charles w. Clarke Mrs Al
bert L. Chester, Miss Amelia Potter
q Mrs. Frank Larkin and Mrs. Eugen
% Suilman were appointed a1ternates
The delegates elected to the state con
Id ference to be held in Providence o
" March 8, are: Mrs. George f. Bar
bour, Mrs. S. H. Davis, Mrs. Elish
= G; Burdick and Miss Jennie B. Mi
ii rer Mrs. Charles W. Clarke, Mis-
+ Fanny D. Holmes, My, Allen I
!" Thompson and Mrs. Edwin A. Ha
were elected alternates.
= Senator Maurice w. Flynn of West
i. eriy has beer chosen chairman of tn
Is Joint committee on public health {
= the general assembly of Rhode Isl
and.
lie The Teachers club of Westerly is t
start the arsaual winter concert thu
J. month, when the artists will be Mar
Jordan, contralto, and Helen Jeffre,
h violinist.
. MICHAEL j. Deadly DIES