Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-06
WESTERLY

having made a gain. according to recent returns, of 50e in the last year. State and city officers have been invited to review
 the parade as it passes city hall and na-
 tional officers of the order or expected
 to take part in the programme at Rocky
 Point.
 The street parade will take place at 10
 o clock -----s De IohoWed Dy he
 trip to Rocky Point, and, after the dinner
 long card of field events issto be held,
 including a ball game and a trap shoot
 ing contest George E. Harvey will be
 captain of ball team representing
 councils from the southern part of the
 state, and W J. Crandali will manage
 an opposing team, to be made up from
 the councils in this vicinity.
 A prize Is offered for the council turn
 ing out the largest number of members
 and another to the one making the most points in the field events. The com
 m-ttee in chagre of the plans for the af fair Is as follows. E. F. Humes, chair m an,Central Falls; Henry Back, treas urer, Lonsdale; William J. Crandlal, Cranston Everett c. I.adton Westerly i; William Booth. Providence John A. AL len, secretary, Peace Dale; Charles T. w. Crosbie, Blackstone, Mass. Chester A. Baker. Harrisville; Arnold T. Thurber Providence. Herbert A. Gates, Shamrock. Three Rhode Island hand engines took
 part in the annual muster of the New
 England Veteran F'iremen's association Saturday at Portland, Me. The Senator
 Baxter of Bath, formerly the l. w. Priest of Portsmouth, N. H., won first place over twenty-three competitors with throw of 23e feet.
 The '. ashington of Wickgord finished 1 in ninth place with a mark of PIP feet, l II 1-2 inches Nonotun, Providence. 18th. i 20S feet, 3 1-2 inches; and Volunteer.
 East Greenwich, 16th. POP feet, 5 3-4 1 inches.
 1 Governor Milliken and Mayor Charles B. Clark of Portland reviewed the pa- rade of about 2,oo0 red-shirted marchers. Drizzling rain marred the days event. 1 The annual muster of the Rhode Is- land State Firemens league was held eran Firem nes'association entered their
 Monday in Bristol, the Westerly Vete- l of Lowell, renamed Westerly. The ma recently acquired old hand engine City chine was shipped Sunday to Bristol and l the Westerly vets left on an early train
 Monday The
 | Herbert c. Babcock, long time printer, dean of the case in Westerly ,and prob l ably in all Rhode Island celebrated his !seventy-second birthday on Monday. Mir | BanCOCK IeaFucQ the pTlilteE tEddc OH the Narragansett Weekly, under the tutorship of George B. Utter. beginning October T, 1S63 and has continued in the Utter employ ever since, the present ! head of the Westerly Sun, George B. Ut ter. being a grandson of MT. Babcock's l first employer and son of tn elate gov. ernor George H. Utter. MT. Babcock is 1 actively employed in the Sun office. and accomplishes his work as satisfactorily as | other employees who were not born when
 MT. Utter was full-hedged journeyman l printer.
 | Charles Main, IT, was assaulted by tive young Italians in Canal street, late Sun- day afternoon and seriously injuNed
 Young Main was walking towards his
 home in Canal when the two fellows
 suddenly struck him and continued the assault for a few minutes and then ran away. Main proceeded to his home and dropped unconscious on the floor. Dr. l Hillard. who was summoned believed that
 the boys skull was fractured. After
 first aid was given Main was taken to l the Lawrence-Memorial Associated hos pital, New London. Main recently en- 1 listed in the navy and was to have re- ported for service at Newport Tuesday.