Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-28
WESTERLY

The Victory Loan campaign has been ordinarily active last week, a sort of impetus for the week to come 1 that is expected will shoot the town away over the top and into the front l with the victors in the present drive. The total subscriptions for the week 1 in this section are as follows:
 Westerly 1922, 400; Charlestown, $1,- i 900; East Greenwich, $31,000; Hopkin i ton, $2,30o; Narra gansett, $500; North /! Kingston, s11,350; Richmond, $1.s50. ! South Kingston, S14,45o. The sub scriptions ill Rhode Island amount to $4,2S2,150. The corps of trained workers in Westerly have planned for busy week and will give of their time and money for the success of the loan, and expect the cooperation of practically every resident of the town.
 Tho monthly report of Rev. Samuel II. Davis. treasurer of the. Seventh Day Baptist Missionary society for March. shows receipts for the month as $3,542.50 which includes a contri- button of $1S3.94 from, the Pawcatuck church. The expenses were $2.T42.64, with a balance of $7Y9.S6 The bills payable amount to $500. and notes outstanding of $3.O0O.
 Many in Westerly are not satisfied with the inactiity of the joint commit
 
 servance of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the town. Signatures have been re- ceived to a petition asking that the town appropriation be glen to some other committee, or instill life into the present committee, so that the anni- ersary will not be permitted to pass unobserved.
 The Westerly club celebrated it's silver anniversary by the members at tending a moving picture show, follow ! ing with supper at the Spa. The event was arranged by a committee compos- i ed of Mrs. James II. Blackler. Mrs. 1 John H. Segar and Mrs. W. H. Haley.
 The Mansion house at Rocky Point, l q famaliar mark at that resort for more than forty years, was totally ! destroyed by fire Friday night. The 1 fire originated around the fireplace 1 The strong wind carrYed sparks to the roof of the dance hall, but the f1remen saved that building from serious dam age The roller coaster toboggan railway also caught fire but without materially damage. The losses are cov- i cred by insurance.
 The next session oy the Seventh Day Baptist Eastern association will be held at Rockville. R. l., beginning on >N~%J' Burdick, of Westerly. is the delegate from the Eastern to the Central and i Western associations. It was Rev. MT. Burdicl1 who delivered the Victory Loan address from the Whippet tank last Friday afternoon. and not Rev. Samuel H. Davis.
 The Baptist Sunday schools of i Washington county will hold a con- ference next Wednesday afternoon and evening in the First Baptist church Among the speakers will be Reys. J c. Killain, of Philadelphia. B. T. Liv- ingstone, state secretary, and w. T 1 Thayer, educational director.
 Westeriy's old resident, Miss EIiz- abeth E. Champlin. known to every body in this section as '.Aunt Betsey, ;, died at her home in Maple avenue Sunday morning. She celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of her birth June 2l. last. having been born about midway between Westerly and Mill town on that date in lis. She was the daughter of Jesse and iIager Champ lin. Her father was a Ninigret Indian and her great grandmother was Dolly NiniSret. Her grandmother was Vio- let, an African slave, who was stolen