Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-04

Jews here were to have celebration I here next Sunday afternoon of the Brit ish mandate for Jewish stade in rales- ! tine, and. extended ,, iaritation to the l members of the town council to be pres ent The council voted to accept. It has | not been definitely decided where the exercises were to be held, but presumably l in tn Central theatre
 There win be no naofe fairs sr axaces, where articles or, refreshments are sold in the Westerly town hall, if the action of the town council holds good, after the present engagements terminate. Clerk Whipple announced that Jax1it0r Miteh- ell desired some change maze in the ser vices required of him. It was net a ease of more money, he said. but Mir. Mitchell could not stand the strain of being on duty until midnight or later and be back on his job in the early morning For this extra work he received $2 every night the hall is rented, but that did not change conditions and he asked that some different arrangement he made fer
 the janitor.
 Jauitor Mitchell, when cslled into the council chamber explained thai he sought relief from night work and the additional work 1t brought to him especially on the day following a fair or like ertestain- meats.
 He said a fair was heid in the han last Saturday night and he invited the c0uTl-
 cilnen to go up stairs in the han na see
 the condition, then they could better un- derstand his resons fur rfuposisg . change in the work now expected sf hiEn.
 After the inspection was made Council man Zerhrini suggested that the town hall be used no more for dnces or fairs. After general discussion, Councilman Thorpe moved that the town hall here after be not rented for fairs or dances
 where any articles are offered for sale and that the vote be e1ee4ite when pres ent engagements are closed. The vote was passed without cb3ection. The GUS
 todian of the building, Clerk W5hipsie
 was authorized to have assistance fcr the jnitot whenever necessary to clean the hall, following entertainments.
 Csunciimnn .Ges3ge Fl. HaFper wze
 elected to represent the eouneii on tho
 committee for the prevention of tubsfcu-
 losis of the District Nurse association,
 to i'll the vacancy caused by the death
 of Councilman Frederick E. Fowler. One
 arrest during April, for abandcnfnent of
 wife and children, was reported by P0-
 lice Chief Brown. The sures4xteident of health, Dr. Webster, reported enc casa
 each of diphtherfa and fnufnps and thtr- ty-three of measles.
 I Clark Everett E. Whipple reeolnaAead- ed increase ia pay Of his office force at 1 follows: Miss Mabel Saunders from $7e
 month to ,s3.53; Miss Eva Frectettt from $55 to $40. A vote to that efeci was passed unanimously. I'd. L.. Gaviti 1 was appointed a special police constable
 4 eommunicstfon was received frsrf the superintendent of the water boart l in regard to the cofnpiaiat of Mrs. L. E Peck against the overhcw Of wzter froff , the service tank upon her land, stAkint s that the overflow had been st0ppeA. je, seph Wagner was granted virtuaifhi : 15 to September I5
 Sheffield Greene was FeAppsintea for { est fire warden for the town of West , , erly, and the council approved his ap , pointnent of these deputy fire wardens George E. Egger, c. Palmer Chapfnai and David P. Calvert. The bills for tn past month were presented, approved ] and payment ordered.
 Rhode Tslana Tnaependenos Day vii l be observed in the schools of WestAri. 7 and other places in the state toda, (Tuesday). and special exercises, as rs |, i ual will be held in the state capitol, b, ;. the Rhode Island Citizens Historical as . sociation.
 At the hene of D. Hafsla Kerers, 0 = High street, Sunday evening, Mrs. Roger c and her mother, Mrs. Harriet Wells, weT a on the second floor, and heard an un Q usual commction in the kitchen Soc t the cat came running to them and the {, were at ease for moment as to tn
 noise they heard, believing the cat cause
 it. But the cat was very restive, an !, leaped back and forth from the lap ( U one lady to the lap of the other So6
 I the activity of the cat was appreciated There was a smell of smoke and the ca . had given warning that where there va ' smoke there was fire.
 A hurried investigation disclosed ths the cellar was ablaze. Mir. Rogers was : V once summoned. but before he arrive
 the fire alarm was sent fin. Fire Chi,
 Egger and many of his men came in fl, r trucks and tackled the blaze. TRrs e large packing eases wefe afre, the G y lar was filled with smoke. As the fi : was confined Chief Esger ordered the U, of chemicals and the fire was extis
 guished without water. although preca, 'e ticn had been taken by connecting a, iir 'r of hose with hydrant The packir ,. cases and contents were burned and a Al the woodwork in the cellar more or ie.