Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-02
WESTERLY

of Westerly, Bristol, Warren, War wick. West arwick, East Providence. North Providence, Johnston and Harrington. This is eighty-one per cent. of the population that wants daylight saving.
 Westerly is the warmest place in Rhode Island, according to reports re- ceived in Providence from all sections of the state, Saturday night. just be- fore midnight. In Providence the ther- mometer reported 1 degrees below ze- TO. Woonsocket, Pascoag and Cranston were the coide& places with 10 below. Other readings below zero were: Paw tucket 4: East Greenwich 4; Center dale 3: Newport 2; Narragansett Pier ,. Westerly was comparatively mild, says the report, with a temperature as high as zero. Tho report reads Eell, but as a matter of fact three below zero would have been nearer the mark. William Francis o'5rien, chief boatswain's mate, now on recruiting service for the navy, in Westerly, has just been recommended for a distin- gliished service medal, for saliantry and exceptional ability shown when he was in charge of the armed guard of the merchant ship Lucia. which was torpedoed and sunk by a German sub | marine. He already, has been cited.
 MT. o'Brien's home is in Lawrence, l Mass.
 Local Laeenics.
 The general assembly will meet in grand committee Tuesday afternoon to elect Judge John ". Sweeney, of Westerly. associate justice of the su- perior court.
 Judge William II. Sweetland will | qualify as chief justice this (Monday) afternoon.
 4 resolution has been introduced In the house and referred to a special : legislative committee which provides that judges of the supreme court ot ! Rhode Island be elected by popular vote.
 Juds Hugh E. Baker of the First District court, Newport, is the proba- ble successor of Judge John ". Sweeney in the superior court.
 The house passed d bill appropri- i ating $20,000 to assist cities and towns in the campaign to extermina te | mosquitoes. Under the act communi- i ties will receive an amount equal to | the local expenditure from the state, 1 but no place will receive more than i s3,000 from the state fund.
 i of coast guard men with that Of the appearance as a judge of the superior court at the motion day session of the ! SNpCA AOl COuiI 1OE 4N6h pOIl county, to- 1 day C'Gonday). i Resolution. appropriating s20,O0e for
 a yeowoman's bonus was presented In
 the house and referred to the finance 1 committee.
 A bill was passed in concurrence i urging congress to equalize the pay
 of coast jguard men with that of the navy. i There was not an automobile fa- tality' in Rhode Island during the first
 month of the year. InS January g, l six persons died as the result of be- i ing struck by motor vehicles Charles F.. and Arthur NJ. Cottrell # Of Westerly, are among, those invited I to the Brown University Campaign dinner; February 13. The campaign is to raise $S,O00,oo0 fund, not only fol i endowment, but also for further de- i veiopment of the university. i Westerly members will be dn Provi-
 denee.. tonight. s(Monday l,- .o see and hear Franklin D,0fier,, commander oi
 the American Legion. He will speak 1 in the EIks' auditorium on The Mis- 1 sion of the American Legion. 1 Westerly Red Men will hit the trai
 next Wednesday for Providence, and 1 their squaws of the Poconhontas tribe will accompany them. They vii
 greet James T. Rogers, Of Birmingham ] N. T.. grand incohonee of the res l ervation of the United States.