Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-03
WESTERLY

I Mrs Fleishman of Pawtucket, who at- 1 1 tended Mrs. Myron Plympton at the time | T of her illness, was the first witness to | take the stand Monday morning in the 1
 case of Myron Plympton vs Dr. J. De We're Barber being tried before Judge | George Brown at the Westerly session of the superior court for Washington coun ty In her testimony, Mrs Fleishmann said that Mrs. Plympton's physical con- dtion was normal at all times following the birth of her child. in March 1919. T Under a grilling examination by T Attorney Pettine, she clung to her state , ment. and refused to admit that she had any personal interest whatever in the
 case.
 |. Following a short recess at 3.3O, Dr.
 Barber took the stand in his own defense.
 He also testified that Mrs, Plympton's physical condition was normal during her 7 period of confnment, and went into detail ! to tell of the various examinations he made at that time. He said that she was always subject to headaches and vomiting ; spells of short dura tion, and that he in ferred that she suffered from such slight
 maIady at the time he was called to treat her before she died
 Dr. Barber was stia on the stand at
 the close of Mondays session, and he
 will be cross-examined today (Tuesday) f by Attorney Pattine.
 Work was once more resumed on the [ Westerly sewerage system Monday morn 9 ing on Main street, opposite the opera | house. Due to the refusal of local la Il borers to work on a sliding scale of wae- es, laborers from Leominster, Mass, form CT employees of d'Onfro Bros, Inc, the ! local contractors have come here to com plete the job About 80 were at work II M. 4ha tror rr ror- : plan to add to the number daily. The
 old boat house on Margin street has been a renovated and Rxed up as a barracks . for the out-of-town laborers.
 An ordinance making daylight saving effective from the last Sunday in April to u the last Sunday in September was passed = at the May meeting of the Westerly = town council Monday morning in the = town building But five of the council o oo men were present, A. P Datson. Howard Thorp. George H. Harper, Clifford w ', Campbell and George c. Moore. The r daylight saving ordinance was proposed l. by George Harper and seconded by "a George c. Moore. Clifford Campbell vot- "a ed against the measure and Howard ,- Thorp refrained from voting, giving a d vote Of 2 to 1 for the measure. Y Permission to play Sunday baseball at , Douglas Park Bradford. was granted the Q Bradford Dyeing association, and Narra- vi gansett council No. 21, K. of C., were -+ granted permission to play Sunday ball Q on Riverside park.
 ,s Tavern licenses were granted the Ocean
 House. the Plympton House, the Oaks il and Charesc H. Murray for a boarding n house at Atlantic Beach. Charles John n son and Harry Trefes were granted a Il license for dances at the Atlantic Beach d casino and a shooting gallery subject to the approval of the chief of police
 The report of Chief of Police Thomas v E. Brown showed two arrests and two fire l. alarms during April. l. The report of Dr. Samuel Webster,
 health officer showed one case of humps -e and two cases of scarlet fever for the In month of April.
 zs Recommendations from the Westerly m Board of ire Underwriters for a sane i'd Fourth of July were received. ,r Seven milk licenses were granted. of Chairman Datson said that meeting of of the taxpayers to discuss the tax rate in would he he'd at an early date. a. The following bills were voted paid: s Water works, s4,S39.7o: sewerage, $2.-
 584; overseer of poor, s641.o5; Russell :, L. SIocum S2; Westerly Auto. Tel. C.c n, S3.60; town hall lights s22.91; street !, lights sSs3.6s; H. P. Clark s12.75; Traf, ie fc Sign Co.,, s15.S0; Edna NJ Saunder: o- s3; Burrows Adding Machine Go. s9.30 1- Southern R. I. Farm Bureau s2oo; Chas
 Butler coal s716.29 Utter Co.,. adver a. Using S325; Alexander Mitchell, s1s as William Duguid S2 Alexander Thomson s- S1S.90! Herbert Coy, ST; Alexander Ait r. ken s1S Mary Quinlan $2,5O. e. In an effort to discourage violations 0 to the Connecticut state automobile laws 'n several officers of that state patrollet es the state highway Sunday night betweel
 Stonington and Mystic, and si violator ut fell into the net Four were from West O. erly, and when the cases were tried Mon ed day morning in the Stonington town cour CT before Judge Frank H. Hinckley, tn b. following fines were assessed. F. Peter Bernasconi of Westerly. Defec he tive lights. Fined s10 and costs, amount es ing to s22.06.
 at Walter Broadfoot of Westerly. De
 fective lights. Fined s10 and costs Of amounting to s22.oe
 ng F. Mcleod of Usquepaug Defectiv s', lights Fined s1o and costs, amountinI
 to s22.Os.
 of L. J. Edwards of Westerly Defectiv, O. lights. Fined $1O and costs, amounting tt Sd s2206
 tn Charles Coon of Westerly Reckles ', driving. Fine s25 and costs. amounting all to sS6.91.
 Elmer DOyte or NTr0tOn. De1eCt1V TX lights. Fined s1o and costs. amountin ITS to $22.o6.
 he The state drive to raise funds for tn
 Society for the Prevention of Cruelty t of Children is under way and James NJ in Pendleton ha sbeen appointed chairman or of the Westerly committee to soloci of funds here. He has chosen a body of co es workers, and an informel meeting wa lat held Monday afternoon at the Memoris ids building. at which it was decided to con he duct the drive as for other causes. b
 teams. It is expected that conditions wi ld- be favorable for the opening of the loca cid drive next week.
 The occupants of the Nash touring ca ng which turned over Sunday morning nea eA- Somers, Conn.,, arrived in Westerly Sur sl- day night at about 11.30 o'clock in tn 'Ht ambulance of the Westerly Sanitar pull corps. Upon examination by Dr. M [ we Scanlop, it was learned that Mrs. Lall m was suffering from a blow over the le aIS eye, believed to have been received frol on colliding with the side of the car lre the time of the accident, and Miss Gel the trude Lahn suffered cuts under her Ii me from broken glass. The other occupant
 of the car escaped without injury.
 According to an account given h es- David Lahi, one of the occupants of tt ent car on the trip, his sister Gertrude va or driving along near Somers, whe na for ess horse lumber wagon approached. or turning out to escape a collision, tf lst car went into the gutter, and then Mi. les Lahn gave a quick jerk to the whee of which made the ear skid and turn oy.