Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-15
WATCH HILL SUMMER
 SEASON WAS SUCCESSFUL
Special to The Bulletin.)

Special to The Bulletin.)
 Watch Hill R. l., Sept 1.-The very successful season at Watch Hill closed on Saturday, Sept. II. All the hotels and cottages have been full all summer
 The golf club always keeps open la ter than the hotels and no date has yet been set for it's closing
 MisQuamcut Inn and the Narragan- sett usually keep open house until after Oct. l.
 Many cottage families are planning to remain at the Hill until after the mid dle of September and the usual old guard will keep their homes open until October 1st There is no use denying, that September brings wonderful wea- ther to the Hill and those who need rest and the tonic value of the seashore will do well to stay
 The ideal weather on Labor Day brought a very large crowd to the beach which was a very lively place most of the day. It was merry crowd They enjoyed the fine bathing and then when the flying horses went round and round and the music began to play, the chl- dren put their pails and shoveIs aside and ran to get ride. The aeroplanes and hydroplanes which have been fly ing around all summer have been well patronized, and have attracted much at tention. But the most interesting was the teromarine, which called two or three times. This giant aircraft, the largest of the kind ever constructed in America, carried a crew of four men who lived on board, the same as on yacht The carrying capacity was six teen people c.nd one day they took a party over to Long Island where they dined, played golf and were back at l Watch Hill in time for supper
 It seems far cry to harken back to the days of the Nashes and the Larkins, the Proctors and the Andersons, Gov ernor Catlin and Governor Howard who made possible the development of this beauty spot on the Atlantic coast, which combines every requisite for a summer home by the sea. In 1860 Jonathan 1 Nash was the owner of much valuable property at Watch Hill and he was per- suaded, after much urging, to take 1 Doarders in his home for a few months in the year. Realizing that he had fos- tered the beginning of a business that might mean much in years to come he
 built hotel, and later one of his en- ployes, Daniel Larkin built another and larger hotel. George Nash built the Ocean House, which is now the leading hotel and the recognized social centr. for the Watch Hill summer colony. Mir | Nash also gave the lot on which the chapel was built in 1876. Nathan Nash
 bulA the Narragansett House. which
 is still running, the site having beer
 in the possession of the Nash family fol
 some seventy five years. Could any ot
 these worthy people return now they
 would hardly know the place there hay,
 neen so many changes and great i'm provements, for which full credit should be given to the ladies who compose thu W. H. I. &, which was organized ii
 1900 There, was great need of reg ular cleaning up of rubbish from th beaches and walks. There was need fo
 adequate police protection and for tn
 fostering of a community spirit whicl
 would induce the summer visitors to no
 abuse the place while enjoying it's beau
 ty. These things the women of Watc Hill went at with spirit and persistenc :. and the present fine sidewalks cleane :, up beaches, policing and more than a other. things put together-the cleal
 moral atmosphere that has made Watc
 Hill a place desirable to bring youn people-these are all due very largely the activities and influence of the Watc Hill Improvement Society.
 The writer remembers that at on 7, time there were ten hotels here, and br ] few cottages, now there are but thre l hotels, all the others having been tor down or destroyed by fire. But thel