Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 13, 1915, Page 6

Without nsb sums of any The costis asoli&le- is short. The-prdbcfionflpedect. ks, afternoon, the Clarks won, 7 to 1. Steamer )(ount Hope brought a large party. excursionists from Providence to W&h mn, Sunday. Dr. Albert H. Spicer has . rstusmed from a trip to Chicago, . where he vis- lt,ad his daughter, Mrs. Morton His- Th. South County Poultry-and Pet Stock association will meet Tuesday .;enlng to l.rrn.nla !ur the annual show. 'MATTERS OF WESTERLY INTEREST|s:? sbishaiis Barn: Burned Saturday Night—David Robinson on Judging Committee For State Firemen’s Muster—Death of . James Noyes Dunham—Artillerymen to Camp at Niantic Conn. Walter E. Ranger, commissioner of y Mr. Berardinello' had just harvested, schools for Rhode Island, has made an | together with harness and _general exhaustive survey of the school sys- |farming implements. ' A nearby corn tem of the state, and the schools of { crib and a smaller: outbuilding were Westerly are given a high standing | entirely consumed. [@n_the corn cribo in efficiency, ranking the second in|were several sticks of dynamite which the state and excelled only by New- | caused two loud” and very distinct Uport. ‘The period covered by _the | detonations, but without injury, as all ! school commissioner was the school |had been warned to keep a safe dis- reports of 1914 and the survey was |tance from tbat burning building. for the purpose of obtaining definite| The farm where the fire occurred information relative to the standing . known as the Walter Wheeler of the several cities and towns. | pjace and purchased by Mr.,Berardi- Where a school fell below the stand- neua 3:« years ago, The cause of jard the proper remedy was applied |the is not known, end means a that the community might obtain bet- | serfous losz to Mr. Berardinello, who ter results in return for the money |carried but little insurance. and time expended. The commissioner explains that the| David [Robinson 'of Wasterly has {amount a town diverts from the tax |been appointed one of the jlldfl.l on rate and applies to the maintenance | the contests of the hand fire engines of schools cannot always be taken |at the annual muster of the Rhode Is- as a criterion of wise liberality and |land State Firemen's league, at the resulting efficiency, For instance, the | Kingston fair next F‘rhhy The other town of Johnston ‘stands at the top in a list of 39-onthe point.of appro- priation from the"tax rate,”for:whom each $100 it diverts €3 8-4-cents to its schools, while Providence ‘with its | Provid: immense educational plant valued .up | Providences, Wi ihto the millions and expending an|ren, James B. Gould of Peace Dale, excess of $1,000,000 a. year for main-|and Levi & /Winchester of Riverside. tenanced#alone, sets.apart but 30 1-4 | The judges of the hose:reel races will cents on; each $100 of its tax rate, still | be selected on the day of thg mus- it ranks fourth in all-around efficiency. | ter"from the companiesmentering run- Commissioner ' Ranger’s survey is[ning teams. divided into ten tables of efficiency.| As the muster is io be conducted The first pertains to the length of the|under the tournament rules of the |’ school year and Westerly, Bristol, |league there is more than ordinary in- Coventry, Cumberland. Gloucester, | terest from the fact that the amend- Hopkinton, Smithfield, Lincoln, War- |ment to the playing rules adopted at’ ren and ‘Warwick rank as No. 1. the July meeting of the league, which Table 2 covers the average number | prohibits the use of plugs, snap noz- of days, the school was attended per |zles or the ing of hose to hold child. Newport led in 'this respect | back the watef, will be in force. This with a percentage of 84. "Westerly lwill be the first muster held in New was second at 815 and Burrillville )England for years at which.the plug- third at 80.8. Table 3 relates to chil- |ging of nozzles has been prohibited. dren in school and out and- Tiverton This change in rules was brought is the banmner town. about through the protest made by Hopkinton was first in days of |the Fire Kings:of Pawtucket against schooling per year if each child got|the decision at the annual muster a its share, for with 392 children of {year ago at Kingston when nozzle school age the total attendance for [plugs were used. Through the mis- the year was 63,020 days, with an|take of one of the judges the word average per child of 161 days, was given to work the Fire King be- The average salaries of teachers Is|fore its plug was drawn, with the $702. Providence heads the list withyresult that the bedplate of the machine $869, Westerly second with..$741¢and | was wrecked, and several hundred dol- Newport third with $739. lars has been expended in repairs. The summary of the "ten tests: | School year, days attended, children d Sidney Chap- in_school, school daysiper chfld, high{man’ have been appointed to the spe- school, school plant, teachers’ sal-|cial police.force.for duty at the King- aries. expense per child, per capita |sSton fair. The .other special officers vearly cost of: enrollment” and tax, |are: Arnold H. Tefft, Thomas W. Newport leads the cities. - Westerly | Plerce, George H. Hall, Joseph E. is the banner town, being? second-on | Hathaway, of North K.ingstown Dud- the list, with Hopkinton third. ley T. Rodman. James M, Tourjee, ‘The amount each town. contributes |Jr. Charles H. Gould of South Kings- to education ‘cost from 'its tax re-|town; Amos E. Whitford, of Exeter; ceipts is interesting, when- compared | Eric N. G. Barber, of Hopkinton; El- with the' per capita cost. Johnston|mer ‘A. Smith, of Richmond. Besides leads off with an appropriation of 63- | these officers, there will be on duty 1-4 cents;on each:$100 of tax, Hopkin- { during the week of the fair, Sheriff ton second.at 61°3-4 cents, and Wes- | John R. ‘Wilcox, of Washington coun- terly thiritwith €4 1-4 cents. Of the |ty, and his- deputies. cities, Central Falis leads at 47 cents, Pawtucket 44 1-2, Woonsocket 38 3-4, The statement was made at the post Providence $0»&-& and Newport 21 |office lepartment and confirmed_at the cents. o s |White House, that President Wilson et is so busy with affairs of state that Just-before midnight of Saturday an |he will probably not make any more alarni was sent in from Box 28, and |recess appointments to federal posi- the firemen responded, but before the |tions unless there is some special rea- box was reached the big’ blaze indi- |son why a particular appointment cated that the fire was away beyond | should be made, and there is no urgent the fire district limits where there|need for a change in the postmaster- was no hydrant service. The fire- |ship at Westerly. In fact, it is the men kept on, however, and rendered |almost unanimous wish of the people assistance in preventing the.fire from |of Westerly, that Postmaster Charles spreading to tae dwelling of Peter |J, Butler be retained. Berardinello, onthe Post road. The fire =~ started in Mr. Berardi-| Uames Noyes Dunham, for many nello’s . large ‘barn, which was | years in command of pleasure craft totally destroyed with its contefts, |at Watch , died Friday evening including two horses, a calf, and|at his home in East avenue, after sev- about ten tons of hay and oats which |eral months’ illness. He was born Insurance Settled ‘Wait for the Big Smoke and_Water Sale THAT'S/ALL! THAT'S ALL! . High Street, Westerly, R. L. 1 | less receipts from state, tuitlon and all e . ¢ . 287 Main St § | ihe hishway e removed; to relmibures e Vinabam Supervisor of Schools J. r Sk 15 ihe ML, e . AT : is as essential in modern houss as London, Saturday, and operat g " ] is to lighting. We g:v-nn-; for advanced case of appendicitis. i A very best PLUMBING WORK! Walter Slynn, who has been clerk { . - ’ workmen at the farlest’ at The Rhode faland during the sum- mer, wi eave y to resume his P z studies at the Albany Law school. He + e for-plans and prices. 4 ll:l)r:r?n of Councilman 'Maurice W. F' TOMPKINSI 67 West Main Street i) Captain and Mrs. Isaac Gavitt are Robert . Cochrane ‘ visiting relatives in Hesterly, mak- GAS FITTING, * ing the trip trom New ¥ork by ‘- o, presence is oordm/é{ invifed tor PLUMBING, BTEAM FITTING, 3 mand of steamship Lampasses of the 10 West Main Street, Norwich, Conn.{ S — " the premiere. millinery occasion of the g et § Aeafon.-— -exposition of.the - Town $chool Committee’s Report—| Ei % Wiing ..~ T. F. BURNS Selectmen Prepare for Town Meet- ga 4 [‘ o . Heating and Plumbing Ing—m cndfl to Hear Report. o in whuch care has been taken to oeleaf hats still by judicious mndp’medm:- Faed it Pa&r n wpw¢ W il IRON CASTINGS mittes %as saved to_the town 32,442.57 | [l g W#Mew% for the school year of 1912- FURNISHED PROMPTLY BY other sources $7,876.61. and for 1914-15 it general statement shows & total expenditure of $51,941.66, A statement is given of the amount mE l":HN "“N“k ‘:" mr‘:»x‘:'n%m July 14 SR T == VA F Y sc] to Oct. 1, - e = Street July 14, money loaned the town (which o g < WAL B e wunfler some_ other ’ulh“mnx in luI} — == year's report), $389; ree month salarsy $500; postage for one month, | cottige at Watch Hill for next season. | duties as teacher in the English High COAE AJW CUMOER ml-celh.neou!. $12.22; total,| Frank C. Lee has resigned as school, Providence, . ‘The amount expended by the|cier of Stonington lodge, A. O. U. W4. Miss Ruth Abell, who ‘was graduated previous committee from July 15 to|and Willam A. Armstrong has been |in the class of 1916, Stonington High | bt 12 11 Oct. 5 was $8,390. 7. chosen his successor, school, will take n course in & business | Buizarian ‘The report says: At the annual town | Bluefish have struck on off the Race | college in Provid s meeting held” in September, 1914, the|and all that are brought in are being Prof. William Plrk has returned to sum of $46,000 was appropriated for the | sold to local marketmen. When the|Peterboro, N. H. after a summer spent maintenance of public schools. On | fish -become ,more plentiful they will |at the Park hom-u.d. Oct. 5. when the present committee as- | be shipped fo Boston and New York| Prof. and Mrs. Waiter Wikcox leave terni- | Free Bnrnilg Kinds - and 'flh \ sumed office, over $8,000 of this appro- markets. for Indianapolis, Ind., after four weeke' g g ALWAYS IN STOCK priation had been spent, and $1,000 or Thomas Cleary, Jr., a member of the | visit with Mr. Wilcox’s pasents, Mr. - more had been used to pay bills con- | Tierney -Temperance cadets of New |and Mrs. George W, Wilcox. e = 1 tracted for books and supplies as far | London and a delogate to the recent| Mrs. Carl Cutler ipaisiting 4o North SEppiien e the . A. D. LATHROP 1 back as January, 1914, and should have | convention of the Catholic Total Absti- | Scitvate, R. I. -- Office—cor. Market and Shetucket Sts, | appeared in last year's report. Shortly [ nence umion of Connecticut, held at Impaled on a Picket Fence. Telephone 4§3-12 i after the new committee assumed |New London, will give a report of the pe ! Heve Fancy Helons New Bedford, Mass, Sept. 12—Dr. charge of the schols, Arthur Wheeler | proceedings at a meeting of the Ston- COLCHESTER Andrew Grieve of Providence fell from preseated a oIl of 342250 for trans. |ington Tierney Gadsts s evening FREPs L il - po! ion for e years 3 and | Arrangements made for the i ‘Attractive ExMibits 1914, which s Teferred to the annual | formation of & football team and after | o g, owd and ‘A - town meeting. the, meeting there will be a_drill. Fifteenth Annual Faic of Borough |im Many pupils attending school live in| An extra car is required on the| Grange. Soom the country and transportation is quite | Groton-Stonington trolley road to ac- —— NATIVE PEACHES an item. In one instance one trans- | commodate the pupils from Pawcatuck Thfi 15th annual fair of the Colches- porter was being paid $6 a day, now fto the S(cmin‘mn High lchool. e oa- ab S e b o that same service'is given Tor 34 X Sccident bappened. TOMATOES, the finest e 2o R I 4 . : % The committee. inspected all the YANTIC r with bunting, and the committees | n VoW, Haven—2fr. and Mrs. R T ETC,ETC" school bulldings. The rural school- worked hard tohave the exhibits in | ook S, eanounce the engagement of RS houses in active use weére in normal Rockwell, to Ralph William Young of ] condition save that they had not been| Teachers’ Mmu Held by Super- dem: canning eanetor resovaiad Bt e | v G Tale 1507, whose-ome 1a 1n worces- | [P@Ople’s Market mer recess. The other bulldings, the o use of which were abandoned when the Charles Brown has been filling his town school system was adopted, were | silo with extra fine corn, many of the found to be in a state of chaos. The |stalks measuring 16 feet § inches. and Randall school has been abandoned to Teacher?® Mesting. e ot s 3 was [ e seen rack and ruin; not a sash left, There was s teachers’ meeting ne o best ere. Postmaster the doors were swung wide open and Sullivan had a booth which had an ex- the building was being used as a barn. : R WORK The Liberty street school building was es and other packages in marked and defaced and but four sash- | present. Supervisor F. W. Clapp of | commodities may be sent by | es remained in the building. In adjust- illimantic outlined the work for the of post. There was a large ing the value of this property with the |month and a model lesson in Begin- |antiques, relics, etc. The exhibit of old 16th district title was assumed |Dings of Reading was given. fancy work, quilts, aprons, etc., was by the town at a valuation of $2,500.! Repairs have been qmade 1?0 thellarge and was excellent. A Weak, Several tons of coal were found in the | 5chool during vacation.. A supplyw«clos- | " One attraction which drew the at- cellar of this building and there are(et has been built in tention of the crowd was the exhidit| Restored to Health by Ly- stoves and desks in good condition, In |Other repairs noted. of the boys' and girls’ clubs, which to I’y 2 6 Franklin Street JUSTIN HOLDEN, Propristor American House FARREL & SANDERSON, Props. Special Rates to Theatre Troupes, Traveling Men, Etc. Livery Connection, ~ Shetucket Strest, ! order to preserve this building, repairs Noted Here and There, consisted of vegetables, grains \ were made that were absolutely neces- Mr. and Mrs. Williamy 'Waters of | fruit and canned goods which had been BORSE coLLAns sary. Hanover are spending some time here. | ETown and cared for by the boys and The school committee is composed of | Mra Geo: girls of the clubs. Richard A. Storrs, ‘William A. Wilcox, Dr. Owen J. Den- hey, Silas B. Wheeler, E. Everett arned - from Mai s o cah"m 't the Giaplay ang 'nfk::,'u::" 4o B nehey, as B. eeler, E., eret! 1si , | town, was in cl of the display an Watrous, Henry R. Palmer and John ;‘,‘h’:‘,.“‘}“y ) Mef“';':an‘ i | was complimentea on the resuits The| Kasots, $4.50 K. Buckiyn. = season’ at thelr; summer-home. potatoes were large and smooth, as - f Town Meeting. ‘Albert Brussette has returned to |&lSo were the tomatoes. The different p ! Holliston after-a brief stay in town |Varieties of the smaller vegetables A new line of Auto Robes,- Fur The selectmen met in special session were fine. William Gerhardt had sev. Saturday afternoon to.prepare the call | With reladves. = - 0 A BN Lo v b 8, e : Coats and Blankets just.jn. | or the annual town meeting. In ad- mas spen Bos- drllmm to the routine mw“ ton recently, attending one of the big :‘h’oz:“:?u:“:‘:;l‘fy"hkh excited many Look them over at “ these special matters w! acted | league. games. E Upom: Batition of Jerome ©. Andecson | Mias Puula Cohn has returned to| The grange had on exhiditian. the THE L. L. CHAPMAN C0. | for “p';’p{éf,'fim' of 350 cach for New .Londom, after a brief stay with e ‘rumbull ams and Hancock posts, here. o 2 G. A. R.; petition of Bourdon A. Bab-| ‘Mrs. Edward Burgess . m&mfi: s T B e iy 14 Bath Streei, Norwich, Ct. cock, $25 for Robert Brucker camp, U. 3 ey and wis beartily s S W.V.: to clect a highway comuis. M3 e dispiay. of Tivestodk and. padiivy ) oner, by appointment petition of | Bogue. ~ William A. Wilcox and others, uuzov Biwood has Wwas one of the largest seen on the - removal of rocks east side of Hinckley | Mystic,. grounds, uhblt'u;- coming T“E nEL “0FF Hill; petition of Eugene O'Neil and Elisha-Lath. Pouitey exnmt boring 8 Plan > others for acceptance of MortCn ave- nue; petition of Thomas Garity and s Pendergast prizes Rates 75 cents per day and-om { others for drain pipe from railroad 5 3 HAYES:-BROTHERS, through land of John Curtin to Onuc Pend T - | sirest maran; pefition Jeremish Purtil ; ; e that ballot:box in town elections be { opened for ballots at 6 a..m:: m of James J. lMonroe and others that of the grange.served-an 2 ; g ; DRS. L. F. and A. J. LaPIERRE cement ;walk be lald on West Broad strect dridge and iron ralling nearest e | # BRACTISE LIMITED TO Arthor G. Wheeler for transportation 3 e m P.om. of sehool daldren, 912-16-14, : Henry/Briggs teachers’ meating in Stondngton Paointera. ‘Anotherseszgo ¢f cemeact in bags has arrived at’ the asteemboat wharf to be. used in the comsiruction of the new state highway. . Yacht Mariette of Boston, owned-by J. F. Brovm, end which has nul. torri: harhor summer