Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-10
WESTERLY

Dr. and Mrs. Asa Briggs of Ashaw7y,
who are spending the winter at Daytona.
Florida, were held up one evening last
week by a highwaynan az they were on
their way home from one Of DaytoDa's
restaurants
| DR.. and Mrs. Briggs stopped at ?
house to leave some letters. They fIa.
continued up the road only d short dis
tance, when they saw a man approaching
who had his hat drawn down over his
eyes. Their first thought was that Il
was Leverett A. Briggs, playing q joke
on them. When told to hoip up his hands,
DR.. Briggs replied: Hands up nothing"
/ When revolver was pressed close to his
breast, the doctor realized that It was
no joke and he was not long complying
| with the demand
| While DR.. Briggs was standing under
cover Of the weapon. Mrs. Briggs started
running up the street crying for help. The
| highwayman turned and le8eled the re-
| volyer at her. saying: stop, or I'll shoot
you" Mrs. Briggs continued to run IN
| til she met cefored man on q bicycle.
| She told him Of what was happening and
| he started on with hfs wheel toward the
| location Of the hoIaup. Fearing that his
identity might be reFeaied the highway
| man dashed for q side street, but he
l n
| jaw before he departed. The blow near
| ly staggered the Doctor but he recovered
| in short time. The hoid9p proved quite
| a shock to both DR.. and Mrs. Briggs
The highwayrnan WAS not successful In
securing any cash.
The sale and euteEtaiHslent held Tees
day afternoon at Christ Episcopal church
proved a big success The sale lasted
from p m Until late in the evening and
the food and fancy work tables were well
patronized. Several ihriovations to church
entertainments were introduced and prov.
ed popular. The evenings programme cor
sisted Of solos by Mrs. Jessie Davidson and
Ralph Koelo, and s!eight-of-hand tricks
by the Havens brothers.
At an enthusiastic naeeting Of 1GefYfl
post, No. Is, American Legion, Tues.
day evening In ChampIin's hall, James J
Moore, chairman of the entertainment
} committee reported on the activities u
} that body slEce the last meeting. II.
said that plans had been made for
dance at the town hail during February
! also that the bali to be conducted Eastei
Monday night would surpass all others
In the future he promised some poppy en-
. tertainments for each meeting, and tn
rest Of the members are expecting ti1i
| committee to produc at the next regula
meeting. + This committee is cofnposet
Of James J. Moore, William Phillip,
William Fishw1ck, William Doaavon
Ernest Young ard George Mari. has be
gun its task with a punch, and the mem
bers promise to keep things moving 70
the rest of the year.
. Mrs. George Gaghon sent communi
[ cation to the legion. seeking 10 Ascer
l tain how the members would regard tn
project of starting an auxiliary He
suggestion met with unanimous approva
j and she was advised Of the sentirnen
: | of the meeting. It is expected that step
4 | will coon be token for the formation Of
n sister body to Merrill post.
! The parents Of mine studenta expelie
: from the freshman class at Etoaingto
| High School Friday last for failure {
= keep up in their studies met Superintend
ent of Schools W. r. Snyder, PrScips
J. e. Noyes and Judge L. D. Fairorothe
, of the school cotamittee, in Stonington Q
t Monday night and sought an explahatio
). of the action. q A few of the student
h came from PaHcatuek ard In interview
:. Wednesday. the parents said that at tn
:. meeting they were told that the tow
h could not afford to hire another teach,
s to help these pupils, Principal Noy,
e says. and the school committee approve
e at its meeting Tuesday night, that the,
e pupils may attend airy Eighth grade
d the town, and when they have receive
5. sufficient preparation and are uuSi,fie
:. they will again be admitted to the his
IS | school.
j. II. r. Smith Of the GOODYEAR Text;
mills, Los Angeles. Cal, who was
z Westerly for a time as represent
l. tive of the Goodyear company while CO.
Is | tracts were being filled for that conce,
N by the Westerly Textile Company al
is the N;nigret Mills company has 70
lie warded a clipping from the Los, Angel
- Evening Express under the capti,
Y SwoTdfish Captured in Fresh wats
NJ Pond"
d, The pond referred to in the artic
v. is Brightman's pond, which, by the wa
v is not a fresh water pond. but is corAec
2 ed with the Atlantic ocean by the Wee
st apaug broadway.
Y. The article follows:
al Westerly, Jan. 2S--SwordfishipR
al Brightman's pond may seem peculiar, b
n these deep sea Ash were actually caug
2 there in two feet Of water, not by I
I'd spear and the barrel method as practic
OFF the Atlantic coast, but with
, gauze seine by local fishermen seinine
mummychaugs to be used as bait 1
d. bass fishing.
m They noticed a dozen ar more SIN
!. swordfish, Identical in formation and a
~ pearance with the deep water food 4
a that average seven feet in length a
IN weigh ESQ pound and more Those sein
e IN Brightman's pond are from six to eis
VI inches long and IN circumference abe
the size of large fountain pen."
Tive minors giving the names n,
addresses of William Mcclure, aged
and Edward Flynn, aged 10, both
a Providence. were brought into Wester
Wednesday on truck They were wa
IT. ing along the Post Road when they 4,
ess ed the truck driver for a ride. I'm
reaching Westerly they were turned q,
!p- to Chief Thomas e. Brown. who INN
est dlately got into Communication w
Providence He expected to have the b.
md back In their homes by Wednesday mig
W. Stephen Pitehsver. Jehn W. Bark
Charles Gerald, Charles F. Berry, Geol
Winterbottom and Richard ]. ROOM
Of members Of Bowen lodge, No. 80, KING
Int Of Pythias, we're in Providence Tuesd
ac- to attend meeting a the grand los
it of the knights of Pythias.
of Mrs. James Maxwell of Westerly, grs
red district chief Of the domain OF Pyth
pi- Sisters Of Rhode Island, and past off
of Wilcox Temple, No. Z, of Wester
visited the grand lodge and spoke in
- gard to having the meetings Of
Knights Of Pyt5ias and Pythian Sist
come at the same time.
Mrs Rathf1un presented records of
grand domain of Rhode Island as writ
by her father, the late William A. wills
grand keeper Of records and seals
n Rhode Island.
The annual financial town meeting
the electors of Westerly hold In tha fa