Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-16

2 The Washington Trust company, sby the purchase of the brick struc- v ture in Main street from Edward J. S. .F'eneion,, is the owner of the largest sfrontage of real estate In the village. land every inch of 1t is in the business seentr making 1t the most valuable in
 ,the entire town of Westerly. The tract xfour buildings in Broad and Main sstreets, the stores being occupied by iE.Arthur N. Nash, LaClede Woodnlan- -@see, Charles J. Butler, George F. Ss SsBroughton, Henry Nj. Clarke and Ed sward j.. Fenelon. The buildings are Teach three stories high and every Troom is occupied. All except the sFenelon building will be, razed to smake way for the proposed modern sstructure which the company intends .to build when labor and material Breaches reasonable level. A
 -s In the meantime, the trust com spany, will receive a good return on sss the amount invested, and there will be sno forced purchases of property at thigh prices when the building period sarTives. While verification is lacking. sit is said the bank paid, Mir. Fenelon .S22 800 for his building, which, he spurchaeed several years ago for .y16,000 Tn addition, several months 1l.aO t-E 6LEAOll SOlO tO- LIlC ssstngton Trust company whatever 7srights he had in the driveway from eSBroad street to the rear of his store, s& the trust company agreeing to furnish s2. driveway from Main street. This sagreement is abrogated by the pur-
 schase of his property.
 Pawcatuot< Lodge of Masens in an- @nual meeting elected the following of sfcers: John F. Johnson, worshipful smaster; William Spencer, senEr swarden: Henry warden; Henry Sut- .e,cliffe. unior warden; Archie c, 1@e- Thompson, secretary; Ebert W. Clark sArchie Mott, senior deacon; Frank |, .Friend, uritof deacon: Bourdon A .Babcock, senior steward; ;& John w : Wright, unior steward; < Nathan sIewls. tyler; Thomas Mckenzie sCharles A. Morgan, finance commit acee.
 r1 The officers were installed by Past {. s.-s.-.lr-s:rand Master Thomas Mckenzie. as- ! ssisted by District Deputy Arthur N . Nash as master Of ceremonies. A
 collatlon was served after the install iation. -1
 -- Miss Elsie Louis Peirce, 20, daush. : ter of Mir. and Mrs. Thomas W : Peirce of Wickford, who died sud 1CA4y 0O4Ody dI I1S AOAAlO OI " e11S IT. 2 tine Glass in East Greenwich, where [ she boarded, did not die from hear {. trouble as was at first indicated . Medical Examiner Charles '. Phillip. : after investigation. decided to perform z an autopsy and in this he was as. 1. sisted by Dr. Patrick J. Manning 0. l. Wickford ad Dr. r. c. TLggart O East Greenwich. The autopsy occu. pied nearly four hours. The hear was found normal, disproving th, theory of heart trouble as the cause of death. pr. Phillips ~stated thai portions of the stomach and other or 2 ganisms have been sent to the stat' board of health for a pathlogciai ex : animation. Until the result Of tn, 1, test is know the exact cause of deati will not be announced. The father 0 Miss Peirce is chief of police ana : town sergeant of North Kingstown.
 ' David Franklin StiIlnan who die, , Sunday, as reported in the Norwicl ' Bulletin Monday, was not only longe { in the banking business than an, , other man in Rhode Island. but hi 2 record of sixty-four years of servic . Is not equaled in all New Eng'an H . died December II, 1919, on the forty seventh anniversary of his secont marriage. His widow was Franci Banks Martin. formerly or New. Lon
 don. and their surviving daughter
 are Mrs, Ida V,llete Mar and Ms
 Edith D. Stillman. Twin sons .borl
 February 13, 1878, jed when young The one on December 20, 1881, an
 the other on January 6, 1882. Hi
 first wife was Georgia Martin, mar Tied July z, 1868 and died August I:
 1889. MT. Sti:lman was first treas
 trer of the Mantle Savings bank. an
 was the second cashier of the Ma
 tional Mantle bank, succeeding Jame
 M Pendleton, when the latter va
 elected congressman. He served a
 cashier until the National Nianti
 bank took over the Pawcatuck Ma
 tional bank, when he was succeede
 by Frank N. Bidwell.
 ' He was chief bookkeeper of the Nj