Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1920-06-07

ton. The Brockton fair muster will be
held Friday, Oct 8.
The Providence Magazine, issued
monthly by the chamber of commerce for
the purpose of promoting the especial in
terest4 of the district of Providence and
the general welfare of Rhode Island, is a
sample of the highest type of printing. In
the current issue is an illustrated article
headed Rhode Island Again Welcomes
Summer Visitors. The Illustrations are:
''Westerly's Wilcox Park in the heart of
the village" lone of the fairest of Rhode
Islands country roads-Kingston hill''
charming Point Judith Point; the Esek
Hopkins homestead, home of the first adj
miral of the navy; and typical Rhode Is.
land country home; the old stone mill at
Newport; Narragansett Bay; the Ann
mary Brown Memorial, Providence the
village of Kingston Hill the great ledge
in Lincoln's woods a typical Rhode Is
land colonial residence; Block Island
harbor, and cliffs and south light at
Block Island.
Miss Elizabeth HemphiIl, of Westerly
gave 8 classic dance, representing Greece
in a community social at the Rhode Is
land State College Friday evening, which
took the form Of tour of the world and
the following countries visited: Eng
Iceland. Professor Churchill acted as
guide and the mode of transportation
was dancing. The social was given in
honor of Professor Harriet l.. Morrow,
who retires after twenty-siX years of
service as professor of botany at the
college. In point of service, sheg is the
oldest members of the college faculty.
Professor John Barlow. on behalf of
the faculty and students presented her
a set of binoculars and a compound Ill
croscope. Music was furnished by the
college orchestra. Refreshments were
served in Iceland during the tour
At the state FiremenTs League special
| meeting Friday night, in Providence, the
| application for sanction to hold an open
! hand engine muster at Bristol Monday
July 5, in connection with the Independ-
ence Day celebration in that town was
| granted. The muster will be under the
auspices of the Bristol Veteran Fire
mems association. and viii be held in
Bristol Common after the parade.
| The Westerly Veterans are consider
| ing making an entry for the capture OF
one of these prizes: First, 5000 second
| 800; third. $50 fourth S25 fifth, SIS
sixth, $40
The union granite cutters of Westerly
who have been out of work in their spe.
cial line since April l. at a meeting Fri
day night rejected a compromise offer o.
The manufacturers to pay at the rate o.
80 cents an hour until July /. 95 cent:
an hour for then to Sept. l. and 81 ar
hour from that date The union reiter
ated the demand for the rate of 81 al
hour to take effect Immediately 1t il
said that some of the cutters are at 9th
err work over the river in the town o
Stonington..
Local Lecanics.
Judge John w. Sweeney of Westerly
has contributed $1,000 in the drive TO
the benefit of Providence college. Nara
sansett Council Knights of Columbus
has voted 5000, and the quota has beel
nearly raised by the Church of the I'm
maculate Conception. This church ha
already contributed $1063.
A Westerly High school baseball play
err modestly remarked: Say, Bulletil
man, wish you'd have that baseball re
porter tell the world that Sawyers, VIII
umpired in Westerly, had nothing to d
with the defeat of the n. F. AS last Fri
: day afternoon in Norwich"
Firemen's Day will be observed mex
Sunday by Westerly firemen.
Miss Lillian Elizabeth Lund, of Brook
Ign, n. Y, and Louis Bowmen Coon fol
merly of Westerly, were married
Brooklyn. May IL.
Walter A Eells, whose body wa
brought to Westerly for burial at Rive
Bend. was born in Pawcatuck. Aug. L
1874 He died in Jamestown r. l., an
!, is survived by his wife, two children an
). a sister, Mrs. Harry r. Mitchell.