Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-05

The quarterly meeting of the Rhode Island State association, Loyal Order sot Moose was held Sunday in Westerly, beginning at II o'clock. At clock
 there was short street parade, and then
 the paraders we1ft to Atlantic Beach, on
 special trolley cars The street parade
 attracted many and the r1archers made a fine appearance and seemed to appre-
 cite the merited applause from the spec
 tators
 At the beach refreshments were serv-
 CT by women of the Mooseheart Legion from Westerly and New London. There were degree team prize drills and neld
 sports. including standing broad jump high jump, 100-yards wash. potato race, three-legged race. fat mems race, egg
 race 60-yards dash, sack race and duiots. At the business session the lodges of Providence, Pawtucket, Woonsocket, Newport, and Bristol and Westerly were present, also visitors from Norwich, New London. President George w Smith of ! South Kingstown, presiding. The other | officers were: Patrick A. Baillagan, of l Woonsocket. first vice president; Thomas l R. Platt. of Westerly, second vice pres | ident: John F. Sutton, of Cranston, sec retary W. J. LeClair. of Bristol, treas
 urer Robert Carter of Harrisville. Frank l Mercy of Westerly and Henry NJ. Spink | of Shawomet trustees.
 | The officers of Westerly lodge. 1912.
 are; Frank J. Mercy, past dictator War
 ren T. Sheffield dictator; John A. Jones, ! vice dictator; Thomas Ibson, prelate | Thomas R. Platt, secretary; Tlert Syl- via, treasurer; George NJ. Pendleton, ser
 geant at arms George ". Stenhouse, in ner guard James Nj. Anderson. Timothy 1 J. Connolley, Frederick J. Mercy, Jr., trustees; Thomas B. Platt, James F. l Mccormick, Noia D. Morse, James Fish 1 wick, past dictator.
 l The muster committee was composed
 of James Mccormick, Frank Mercy. Thomas Platt, Warren Sheffield Frank
 Frederick Jones. James Jones, George Pendleton. Albert Bennett. Frederick. Mo
 rev Jr., George Stenhouse, Timothy Con- | noiley, Charles Lewis and William Lan- 1 phear.
 l The procession formed in front of Me | chanics hall. and marched to Elm street | then to Broad street, to Williams. street | countermarched and proyeeded ups High street to the railway station, where troll ley cars were in waiting to take the i Moose to Atlantic beach. There were l $50 men in line and the formation was l as follows: Sergeant Joseph Eros mar 1 silal, George Pendleton. aide Warwick l band. delegates from nearly every Rhode | Island lodge, Warwick lodge. Bristol 1 lodge, Waterbury lodge. Norwich and
 New London delegations. Valley Falls Features of the parade were the uni
 formed, well drilled degree teams.
 The Loyal Order of Moose is secret l fraternal society founded in 1888 al Louisville, Ky, by Dr. J.. H. Wilson. The first lodge was organized in Cincinnati The supreme, lodge administers the so. 0ia u-Ii inl1 eythn te l lodges and has e1s,0oo members. The SO ciety is beneficiary. furnishing the socia l advantages of brotherhood and without obligation to buy life insurance or the ] pIedging to any specific cause. paying sick benefits. A home and vocationa
 school for dependents and orphans of the | members of the society, with .suitagle
 1000 acres at Mooseheart, near Aurora
 Illinois. ~@.4 I Westerly lodge. No. SIS. Benevolen and Protective Order of Elks will b. represented at the national convention
 which opens in Chicago today (Monday, by Pase Exalted Ruler Joseph L. Leni
 han as. delegate. and Dr. Michael H
 Scanlon, past exalted ruler. as alternate They are accompanied by Rev. Lawrenc, J. Kelledy, and Martin H. Spellnlan,. pas
 state deputy and past exalted ruler. It i.
 set forth that the Elks' conveneion vii be the biggest event in Chicago sine,
 the world exposition.
 | Dr. Samuel C. Webster. superintenden
 of health for the Westerly, has receiv ed from Dr. Byron U. Richards, .secretar. of the state board of health. a supply 0
 anti-tenanus serum. for use in tn . treatment of wounds. incident to the eel , ebration of Independence Day. Eleve, ictS I,u selected where this serum is procurable All dealers and druggists holding fed eral permits to buy and sell liquors fo
 medicinal purposes. have been notifie that they must keep a rcord covering al receipts and deliveries of liquors by then or delivered to or received by them 7 Forms for such records are furnish ed.
 The Westerly Veteran Ffremen's as , sociation will participate in the Inde pendance Day parade and Bremen
 muster in Bristol today (Monday). A has been the custom for several years
 Bristol will have one of the biggest eel , ebrations in Rhode Island. At o'cloc
 in the morning a salute will be fired o
 the common by the Bristol Train of Ar
 tilery. and the church bells will ring fo an hour. At 10 o'clock will occur a pa l Tdue OIs lH6- military, IfdteTndl SOCfebles | fremen and other organizations. and a . noon there will be patriotic exercises 0 the common. '7ss At 1 o'clock the hand engine muster c l the Rhode Island States Bremen : League will begin on the common. wher | some of the best-known hand engines c Q Rhode Island and southern Massachu setts will compete for prizes, aggregat ing $400. During the afternoon there will be band concert and baseball games. Tn l United States submarine destroyers - i n the harbor will be open for the inspectio of the public from g to T1s0 a. m. an from l to in the afternoon There wi
 be band concert and fireworks in, tn : evening.
 e Numerous charters are being issue Il at the office of the secretary of state C some taking advantage of the ne, : clause permitting the issuance of stoc } without par value h The new corporation law contains man
 features which differ from the old lav l. The bonus which a corporatioo is rt n quired to pay to the state is reduce l. from $1 per 5000 to 50 cents. Under th g old law. the minimum charge was SIG r on stock issue up to s10o.o6o The ne i- law fixed the minimum bonus cha rge s $25. on capital not to exceed s5t, ,60I 7. Heretofore one copy of the articles 1t association was sufficient, and a chart, e was issued by the secretary of stat 'f Now the corporation must file an origin n and duplicate of it's charter, the dupl
 cate being certified and returned to u