Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-16


 afternoon, when lunch was served to all who participated in the iremen's pa- rade, The dedication exercises were held in the evening. with Grinnells or chestra furnishing music. The donor of the building, MT. Bradley made brief speech of presentation and the response of appreciation was made by Henry Rob inson Palmer, chairman of the commun- ty committee who was the presiding Of ficer. The speaker of the evening was Rev. Joseph odell. for several years a well-known summer resident His subject was Realizing Democracy in the Community.
 pr. oden is now director of the Servire Citizens of Delaware, an association in which Pierre S. Dupont is intimately in- | terested. His close connection with community upbuilding resulted in the address being of special interest. The large hall was filled with persons in full sympathy with the comnanity work. and 1 who appreciate the ge rosity ot ;he gentlemen who presented tn community | building to the people and equipped 1t ready for use.
 During the exercises Ray Allen Gard iner bass soloist, sang The Americans 1 Come and Shipmates of Mine.
 At the conclusion of these exercises there was a dance until after midnight. | The COmmuuAtV nOuso "RS oACCeou A'A 1884 for the use of the First Baptist
 church and was utilized until 1899, when the present church edifice was built at 1 the corner of Main and Union streets. For many years it has been the proper ty of Charles g. Ryon. who has rented the auditorium for public purposes, while | the lower story has been used as town court room, lookup, etc The price which the church received for the property a generation ago was s2,5oo; Edward E. Bradley, who recently purchased it for the Community House association paid
 $5 900 for it. g fair indication of the in- creased value of property in Stonington. Mir Bradley also gave s2,500 to make
 necessary repairs to the building.
 1 In it's present state the old structure
 is very attractive The auditorium Community hall. has been freshly painted l in white and gray, a committee room
 has been partitioned of in the old organ ) gallery, with windows opening on the : hall, small stage, 7x10, has taken the l place of the larger one in use during the era of Ryon's hall. thus increasing the
 dancing space and a woman's retiring room has been built in the southeast corner.
 The basement floor has been divided , into four rooms-the reading room. witt a new and separate entrance from the l street, is finished in yellow and sagt green, with wicker furniture and cretonnt 5 cushions and window hangings. Also , on the Water street side, is a similar , room, which can be ,.sed separately o1 f jointly with the first room. as desired it is yellow and blue. In the northeast
 corner is a we'll equipped kitchen anc more than one-fourth of the entire floor
 at the southeast, is occupied by poo room with two tables. Two furnaces
 have been installed. one of which vii be used only when the hall is to bo
 heated There are ample toilet accom- modation.
 , A session of the town court was helt Saturday morning, for the special pur
 pose of the trial of the case ngains , Nicolo Diagne. of Westerly. the boy ac cused of stealing a valuable gold watcl ? Pawcatuck, November 5, 1918. Judge 2 Hinckley was in court at the appointed hour. and so was Prosecutor Hewitt ant Clerk Martin. But the boy Oh, where . Oh where, was he? The father of tn boy was in court and so was the bonds man, who put up bond of $500 for tn
 boys appearance when the case wa Q continued last Thursday. The impres ' sion prevailed that the boy had disap l peared. but as the father asked fo O a continuance it was granted to next mex t Saturday morning.
 The Merchants Limited Express mad a stop at the Stonington station. Satur ' day afternoon. and according to tn
 statement of a colored porter on tn :, train, who has been in that service O that train for the past sixteen years, de !, clared ''this is the first time this trai II has made stop here during my service. It came about in this way. Locomotiv 1858, with driving rod disconnected e one side, and bound to Readville for over s hauling, made a stop at Stonington an y in so doing the engine stopped directl on the center track. It could not b ' budged. So the Merchants Limited ha Il to be Jagged to prevent a collision.
 The train was stopped some distanc -- west of the station and then proceede d slowly to the station, coming to a flu
 stop, within a foot of the helpless 10 n comotive When all was ready the lc e comotive of the limited gave the othe r. locomotive a bump. just enough to thro
 the engine off the center The locomC y tive that had blocked the track the l. shot ahead and went onto the sidinl l. After two minutes delay the Merchant