Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-13

six monthe and Barnes and Nuseht | were placed on probation.
 Sunday a team from the South Coun- tv Rod and Gun club is planning 10 go to Providence to take part in the regis tered tournament at the traps of the Providence Gun club at Greenwood. Ine shoot will start at Il o'clock. In me shoot held at the Nooseneck Inn traps Sunday. Alfred Chapman of the South Comfy Rod and Gun club was high scorer in a field of 25 crack trapshoot- CTS Chapman broke 4S out of 50 at the 1e yard targets and A out of p in the distance handicap at 20 yards.
 The case of C. M Shay Fertilizer Co. is II. D. Palmer growing out of an au- tomobile accident near the Hopkintown town farm of the Hope Valley road March 30, 1921 was before the super | for court Thursday. Attorney John F. Gallagher was council for the plaintiff company and Attorney, Clarence E. Roche represented the defendant. The ! plaintiff alleges that to avert an acci- | dent the driver of the c. M. Shay com pany's truck was. obliged to turn the 1 truck sharply to the side of the road and the machine was ditched, to ayoid | hitting the Palmer machine, the Shea l truck being considerably damaged 4 verdict was rendered against the Shea Fertilizing company. Court adjourned Thursday until the first of the week. On | Monday a session will be held at Kings | ton. There was no court here Friday.
 The Third District court was not held
 Friday owing to it. being, a legal 'hoii- | day. .' - Attorney John Gallagher was ir
 Wakefield Friday. .4f '-.a '' i George B. Utter. county chairman of | the recruiting campaign for the civilian military training camp to be held at 1 Camp Devens, Aug. 1st to 31st, has nee l essary blanks for these who desire to 1 join. A radio message is to be sent out
 this Saturday, evening. May 15. by ! Colonel B. A. Franklin. formerly U. S. A, from the Springfield station
 At May basket social the Royal Neigl1bors Wednesday evening auctioned 1 off thirty baskets, s2O being netted. Danc- ing and music was enjoyed later. The banks in Rhode Island closed. Fri i-day as it was a legal holiday here, being 1 Arbor day. -~ May 20 will be field day for the Boy ] Scouts. The winners will be taken to Providence for the state field day May 1 27. Dr. Payne gives as a prize for the best first aid examination a free trip l 10 camp to the boys of Troop No. f oi Boy Scouts, of Westerly.
 The funeraI of William ]. Latham was held Friday at one o'clock at tia home
 of Charles Crandall on Dixon street. Rev Clayton A. Burdick. pastor of the Seventh l Day Baptist church officiated. Burial
 was in West Plains cemetery.
 The Walter L. Main circus is to visit
 Westerly
 ! Westerly town council met the sewer .
 Lin5erg Thursday The contractor:
 stated their side of the case and asked
 that they be released from building tho balance of the sewer for couple of years until the labor question became more
 reasnable and staple. LiBberg & Stree
 asked to be let off of the contract en tirely for their company. After con sidering the question the town council de cided to suspend work on the sewer am all such work necessitating common Ia
 bor. The sewer will not go on [or twi years at least, it is thought
 The new school building which tn town proposed building has been post
 poned or these lines it is understood also The new parochial school will probabI : not be built for another year anyway The contractors have been release from the contracts as desired.
 Joseph Garden has been given the eel , lar work of Edward Simonson's new hous ! in Stonington. He has begun excavatin ] for the cellar on Elm street and Meadol
 avenue
 Q One of the largest forest fires In thi . part of the state broke out at 930 p. T l Thursday, and burned rapidly in tn
 Hope Valley woods, the whole section c
 1 woodland, north and northeast of her
 was swept by flames. and continued a
 1 night and Friday was still reported burr
 ing. Back fires were started and man e hundred acres have been already totall postponeod. The fire it is believe 7 started by a cigarette butt being throw
 1 into the leaves from "a passing autc i, mobile. At the Long Bridge there wa | another fire of the same kind rspidl ; l spreading through Hopkinton and ", ,i | oming The people of Hope Valley an
 Wyoming fought the fire but a barn bl n longing to Mrs Samuel Wright wa i | burned. While Charles Lewis was ol | helping extinguish the fire his home W;
 burned to the ground. Miss De We're f house was threatened. Every one wi ' owned swoodland lost manly cords ( cord wood. The fire reached to tl Q 1 town farm at Richmond and the fire Il = partment from Westerly and other fl . companies from Richmond worked faitl i, fully to put out the flames. theid excellel 70 work saved many buildjlsa
 Friday morning the Visiting Nurse 4 0 sociation's Ford car which the nurse VI .o driving came out of the Rhode Islal l. garage driveway on Dixon square. wh,
 Buick car driven by Mir Butler tur ed into the former car breaking the fen ,, CTS of both machines.
 I Albert Handy of CIark's Falls W l. here Friday afternoon
 Id Mrs. Richard Steinway of Norwich ,e spending few days in Westerly. l. Charles Colt of Detroit is spending [ ss weels. end here.
 T. The drive begun this week by q t. Church of the lmmaculate Conception f I. funds for the new parochial school is pr