Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-18

the Solst Engineers now at Camp Devens are expected home Friday night or Saturday. as it was learned here Tuesday that the 9Qfst is to be demobilized Friday. Most of the Wes- terly boys in the regiment were at home over the wee~ end When they left here Sunday night they expected to be home by Thursday but the. of ficer3 in charge of the demobilizing at the camp found it impossible to get the boys back to civilian life by
 Thursday. A 300-page history of the
 regiment is soon to be published. The final report of the American citizenship campaign committee just made public shows that approxi- mately 20.o00 aliens in Rhode Island took preliminary steps towards be- coming American citizens during the year 1918. The report is made by Theodore Francis Green. chairman of
 the committee and explains in detail the methods used in enlightening the foreigners of the state. The commit tees work covered the period from Jan. 1, 1917 to Jan. 31, 1917, and was undertaken as a war emergency.
 French societies in Westerly will on Sunday observe St Lohn's Day. Open air exercise sand church services are features of the celebration which is
 on the annual fete day of the French Canadian people. in anticipation of
 the actual date. Tuesday June 24th, in solemn high requiem mass for the men who lost their lives in the war will be sung in all French Catholic
 churches throughout the country and
 service men will lead in the observ- ances.
 Westerly boys are interested in the announcement that there are only seventeen vacant scholarships left in the 250 cadetships at Camp Sims. the summer training camp of the Junior Naval Reserve on Prudence Island, il Narragansett Bay. These are open to
 boys between 15 and IS years of age
 who have had at least one year ot high school training. The forma, opening of Camp Sims will be or
 July but the boys will commence to arrive this week.
 Each boy will receive two white
 working suits and a blue service uni form complete, with belt, regulation be quartered in new 9x9 tents, each cadet having a tent to himself The camp is we'll located and the work this year will be a continuance
 of that accomplished during the pas three years at Camp Dewey on the Thames, just south of Norwich.
 Local telephone rates took a jung
 June 15. The telephone company of | fcials claim that additional Irevenue i is necessary to meet the heavily in- | creased cost of operating the tele- | phone service.
 The increase, which is authorized l by the postmaster general, amount; | to 50 cents a month on single line house and business telephones and 2; cents month on party telephones. Local Laconics.
 Word has been received in Wester. | ly of the death in Haverford. Pa, O.
 Mrs. Rodman E. Griscom, for many
 seasons has been a prominent sum
 mer resident at Watch Hill. j Mrs. George B. Utter and son l Charles of Grove avenue have return ed, after spending a week with MT
 and Mrs. Donald G. Wilbur. of Eas
 Braintree, Mass.
 Beginning Thursday. June 26, thu ! state board of public roads vii
 make weekly visits to Westerly fo
 the purpose of registering motor ve
 hicles and giving examinations fo
 operators.
 John Fraser of Westerly, who re gently returned from France where h. spent thirteen months with the A. E F., has gone to Meriden where h. 1 has a position.