Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-18
WESTERLY

It was announced at the Brown com Emencement gathering in Sayles hall l Wednesday afternoon that George Bean- 1 of Boston and Frank ". Matteson of Providence had been elected by the 1 Alumni to fill the Congregational and 1 Episcopal vacancies respectively. on the board of trustees of the university. Mr. ! Bean received Ts2 votes and Henry Rob inson Palmer, of Stonington, 766. Mir: Matteson received s96 votes, against 6s@ least for George 4. Gaskill of Worcester | In the university catalogue, NIT. Palnfer's i residence is given as Providence as he i spends much of his time there as editori- ] al writer for Providence Journal. Some 1 members of the, Alumni in Boston and
 vicinity who voted for Mir. Wattersof as the Baptist representative, favored Mir. Bean rather than Mfr. Palmer for the Congregational vacancy, as they did not favor having both vacancies filled by Providence men.
 The oldest Brown graduate at the com nenceTnsnt exercises vas Albert c. Utley, l class of 1858 of Phoenix, Arizona.
 The men. of classes 1889 back to 1880
 marched to the First Baptist nesting house, under the direction of August A.
 Greene, 80, of Providence and James M. Pendleton, .'s5, of Westerly.
 The degree of bachelor of philosophy, was conferred upon Miss Car1elia Pa- paiia, daughter of Mir. and Mrs Michael i D. G. Papalia of Westerly. Miss Pa palia was graduated from Westerly High school, class of 1915. She spe- ! cialized in French and Spanish. Her graduation from school and college was with high honors.
 l The degree of bachelor of science was
 awarded Dutee Gerald Hall. son of Mir. and Mrs. Frederick E. Hall. of Pawea- tuck. graduate of Stonington High school.
 i Edward Nelson Smith and Walter Fish Wolfe. graduate of Westerly High school, class of 1S1e, received the degree of bachelor of science in mechanical en- gineering.
 The Fourth company. Westerly Rhode Island State Guard. recently de- mobilized and the members honorably discharged from the military service of the state, will continue as a Senli-rnfli-
 tary social organization. Plans for , formation are being considered and or , ganization will soon be perfected. The beautiful United States flag made of , silk, with staff mounted by a golden ' eagle, the gift of Budlong Post, Wo-
 mans Relief corps, has been placed in 1 the custody of Colonel Everett D. Whip . nnanent quarters are secured. The flag r has been given place of prominence ir 5 the council chamber of the Westerly
 town council in the town hall.
 After dispssiHg of the cases of eight
 Westerly men in the United States dis
 trict court, charged with stealing mer
 chandise from the freight cars in thi:
 section, the loot which will be used a!
 evidence in the trials, will be disposed
 of at public auction in Boston. Alp , pToxinlateiy s35,e00 worth of good stoIer S from cars. and recovered was shipped c Thursday to Boston. where 1t will be solc l. within the next six months. The good . recovered represents about one-fifth O f the amount of the merchandise stolel c within the past year.
 State and special highway taxes, l.
 the approximate amount of s500,160 ha s been paid into the state treasury tihi l. week, all of the cities and twenty y-nin lof the twenty-three towns having pail - their obligations on time. Remittance e from Narragansett, New Shireham, Rich T. mond and scituate have not been receiv
 ed.
 ;i Although not due until July 1. pay l- ments and the corporate excess and fran chise taxes have begun to arrive at tn u state treasury.
 ,-t Secretary John w.. Rowe, of the pubH al utilities commission has sent in hi
 resignation. Mr. Rowe has bee nsecre d tary of the board since May 1, 19I. D. when the commission was organized H | leaves to take q position with the Way
 pospet Manufacturing company. of Ger st tral Falls. George \. Carmichael (
 Shamrock, formerly of Westerly, the ir y vestigator for the board will succee a- MT. Rowe as secretary. .,. Announcement is made of the rnarriar last Saturday. of Dorothy Palmer Barbe ot of Westerly, daughter of Mir and NIT ld J. Fred Barber and Henry N. Blvien ', Mystic, son of Mir. and Mrs. Erne. a BlfTen of Mystic. Rev. George I si Stanley, offiajated at the marriage csr, b- rlony at t'7' one of the brides parent
 n Main street. H. At the tlsirty-frst annual commene at raent exercises of the Catholic uniyers
 ty, Wasl1inston. Monday, these degre of were given Rhode Island men Rev. Wa
 ter Leo Flynn. of Providence. Bachelor n, Canon Law; Thomas Francis Fa e. len, of Providence. Bachelor of Law
 William Austin Toole. of Pawtuct--+ al
 George Joseph West, of East Providenc
 Bachelor of Arts
 Louis E. Remington. s75, who was ;
 active temperance worker and twice pr ". hibition candidate for governor, died Wednesday in the Rhode Island hospit. he where he had been since May 8. I h. ripped on the platform and fell again ng a moving train at the East Providen 90. station. One leg was crushed under t
 wheels of a car, and he failed to I
 cover from the effects of the injury al = it's complications He conducted gre Ea cry business in Providence forty yea S8 and retired fifteen years ago. # William P. Thompson, who died The &S day in Providence, from acute heart d II ease, was the son of the late Alexand @ A. and Elsie B. Thompson, left weste1 8 in 1889 and entered the employ of T ;zN Textile Finishing Machinery company, s Providence. He Is survived by two brot .S CTS, Alexander C., of Westerly, and / l bert P Thompson. of Vienna, N J., a
 by tw osisters. Mrs. Frederick A. We Aa.ai... NH