Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-05

Toskas, Dwight M. Cornell and Bernard J. Chrystie, democrats.
 The report of the overseef of the poor was read in detail divulging the names of the benefciaries of public charity and, as one councilman whispered, 1, tits not charity to make known the poor people | that are helped by the town" Presi-l dent Datson remarked that the report shows the benefciaries to be all of one class Councilman Campbell suggesteI that other poor people did not ask Tor town aid by reason of pride. | Councilman Thorpe had heard of family getting town aid, and the head of the family had $12oO in a Norwlca bank.
 tenants who paid his rent regularly, an , Italian. A charitable woman came to him and said she had helped the family with groceries, meats and fuel, having been told that MT. Campbell was to , evict them as the rent could not be raid. { "Ths same man" said MT. Campbell, ! l paid me $40 or $50 for COW only the , day before" He said the deserving poar should be well cared for, but imposters i ought to be checked.
 Councilman Thorpe said the overseer was doing his work as well as any man could, and there was no way of stopping !, these slippery professions from putting | I SOhSlnlnS over OCCdSlOuG14y ultdSI lAc : guise of charity.
 5 The cheap-looking roll of honor in t front of the town hall is to be taken ) down pending the substitution of a per- = manent memorial to the young men of , Westerly who served in the army or navy g in the world war. The ball was sent = rolling by Clerk Whipple who said the e board ought to be removed as it was : no honor for any man to have his name . on such an eyesore.
 Clerk Whipple said he was not in ia s vor of any memorial that would contain f names as it could not be made correct. From the present honor roll board some < names have been left off. and other a names are there that ought never to o lhave been on that board. He favored . general memorial for the people of Westerly in honor of the young men who participated in the world war n The council voted that the honor roll h be removed.
 + Edwin B. stiIlman told inc council
 that the three stores it the Stillman i building in High street were 10 have new 2 fronts of modern type. To do this work q it would be necessary to partially ob- . struct the sidewalk. He asked for that q permission and it was granted. This 7, will be done with the least possible in q convenience to the public.
 As required by law, polling places Q were designated; the east side of the e town hall as polling place of the first
 representative district, and the west sid e as that of the second district. r. It was voted to authorize the town s treasurer to pay the amount due for la T bor on the sewer system weekly instead of fortnightly.
 = Police Chief Brown reported twenty ' ' one arrests during September, Il for
 violating automobile laws, five for intox- cation, ono for manslaughter and four warrants for burglary.
 Dr. Samuel c. Webster, superintendent
 of health, reported two cases of diph-
 theria during the month.
 The eounciImen will meet October es, IS a board of canvassars, to prepare the voting list to be~used in the November election. Clerk Whipple statel that, in cluding the women, there are appro1;- mately 15D0 votes in the first district ana eighteen in the second, in all classes. The registry, real estate taxpayers and personal property taxpayers. The real estate voters are not required to fegister. but norder to vote they must see to it that heir names are received by he town clerk in time to be placed on the voting list. A large number of women reside and own real estate in Westerly. These have not and are not required to regis
  must be on the voting list Westerly Ledge of Moose was repre- sented at the fail meeting in Arctic Sun day. Of the EhcGe Island Moose associ- a.ioli. At the quarterly business ~ses sion the delegates voted down proP6saI to have the organ zation meet annually instead Of Gu!TtG.y. The next session will be he'd the frs Sunday in Janu- ary with Pawtuxet lodge Dictator John E1xr+f of T a5A ed secretary in place of John T. Sutton 4 of Cranston.
 N. Waldo Kennedy, district supervisor of Rhode Island, was the guest Of honor and made an address along fraternal lines
 In the afternoon there was parade of delegates degree teams and met nbers I from every lodge in Rhode Island. Prov 4 idence lodge won the banner for best
 appearance in the parade.
 The Eighty-seeond Division Associa-
 tion of Rhode Island was formed Sun
 day at the American Legion club, Ouon-
 ret Point from members of the division
 known as the An-American. Former
 menber3 from Massachusetts, and Con-
 necticut as well as Rhode Island were
 present and will be included in the new
 association.
 The officers elected are Colonel G.
 Edward Buxton, Jr., chairman John W
 Russell, vice chairman; Henry Cauchon
 Gall of Providence) secretary; Frederick
 Jones, of Pawtucket treasurer. The ee-
 ecrtlye committee is composed of the
 officers and Walter Currie of Newport
 Leo Gagner of Attleboro, John O'D2n-
 neil of Fall River, Frank Palmer ci
 Pawtucket, William Durham of Woon-
 socket; and George Feraro of Westerly
 Herbert J. Miles. gysy moth assistant
 bureau of entomology, United States De
 partment of Agriculture, for the past
 six years in charge of the Westerly dis
 trict, has been transferred to the Put
 nam district and commenced his worl
 there Monday. MT. Miles has made his
 home in Westerly, has a wife and two
 children here and will move to Putnam
 at an early date. MT. Miles has be
 come thoroughly acquainted with al
 that pertains to his inspection busi~As
 in this district. and his transfer is re
 sretted. Both MT, and Mrs. Miles hav
 many friends in Westerly.
 William J. Ahearn, who has been il
 charge of the Putnam district. the pas
 four years. will succeed MT. Miles in tn
 Westerly district
 Martin H. spelIman has been eleete