Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-07

cal corps unit. and went immediately l into active service.
 James keene, formerly a carrier for l the Westerly post office, sent a tele- | gram home, Thursday night, an- nouncing his safe arrival in New York, with Camp Merritt. N. J.. as his des- tination He expected to be mustered out of the service within a week. He was assigned to military police duty in France.
 Richard Parkinson, of Westerly, for merly of E company. 14th Railway Er i-aers, for aiding in saving an am- mL...uon train from destruction, at
 the risk of his life, has received the
 British War Medal, the highest award
 given by the English government The
 medal, the first of it's kind to reach
 Camp Devens. arrived Thursday from Washington, and will be sent to the owner without delay.
 The medal is of solid silver, bears the British national eAest and the royal insignia. It is inscribed. For
 Bravery in the Field" The heroic act took place when the regiment was brigaded with the English directly af- ter arrival in France. Members in good standing of the Fourth company, Rhode Island State | quet in the Rhode Island hotel, on Thursday night, June IS. The ban euet committee is composed of Frank l G. Ahern, Herbert P. Clark, William V. Currier. William Smith, Carl E. Burdick, Fred N. Robinson, Charles Nudge and David Lowry. The com pany has voted s25 to the Old Home Week Fund.
 There will be public dance in Dix on square Thursday and Friday nights of Old Home Week. There will i be field sports. Friday morning. in | Broad street and Dixon square The out of door sports wilis be under the | management of a committee composed of Herbert P Clark, Fred N. Robinson, | Walter s. Price. Donald Cottrell and l H. Russell Burdick.
 Local Lsconics. No cases were ready for trial at | Fridays session of the Third district I court in Westerly.
 The Fourth company, Rhode Island State Guard, drilled in Wilcox park Thursday night. The park policemen ] had received no orders to allow the soldiers to drill in the park. This lit l tie crimp was smoothed out and the l drill proceeded.
 | The exhibit of articles of historic in 1 terest in the Memorial and Library I building, during Old Home Week. will | be an attractive feature.
 | The Westerly. Board of Trade ban quet will form no part of the Old | Home Week celebration.
 l Carloads of baggage are arriving daily, indicating the opening of the social season at Watch Hill.
 The Westerly firemen will observe
 Firemens Memorial Sunday. Headed by the Westerly band the fremen will march to River Bend where the me-
 morial service will be held. l The Friends. in yearly meeting will
 commence their sessions in their
 meeting house in Elm street today l (Saturday). At 7.30 ?. m. William B
 Harvey of Philadelphia. will give an
 address on Friends Reconstruction
 Work in France.
 The H. T. S. society held it's annual
 dance at Wequetequock casino Friday
 night. It was a complete success.
 The Old Home Week fund has
 reached a total of s3,S6527
 Colonel Arthur N. Nash, with Cap tain Donald Cottrell as aide. will be 1T l charge of the parade on Welcome i Home day of Old Home Week. All sol diers and sailors are to register in ad- ! vance, so that proper provision can bs
 made for the dinner after the parade
 The rooms of the Westerly Chapter Red Cross, are closed for the summer II Phebe Greene Ward chapter, D. 4 R.. has donated $25 for Old Homo II Week. Miss Mary Elizabeth We1ch of Wes
 terly, class of 1920, was awarded tn, Rose of Excellence at the commence ment exercise sof the Academy of Mi St. Vincent on- the Hudson. His emf hence, Archbishop Hayes, made tn al presentation.
 st The Crompton band will furnish tn music for the Alert Hook and Ladde 4 company, in the Old Home Week pa q rade, on Firemen's Day.