Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 12, 1916, Page 6

erly’ library, velopment, and Sketch of Founder of Westerly Library, Stephen Wilcox; address by Dr. William .A. Hillard of Pawecatuck, on Colonial Governors of Rhode Islan address, Farly Rhode Island Wilcoxes, by Ray Greene Rawl- ing, to be read by his daughter: read: infg, by Miss Nellie Wilcox, of West. erly; music, Miss Ruth Wilcox at pia- no: recitations, by Miss Florence Wil- cox _ef Milford, Conn., and Mrs. C. C. ‘Wileox, of Brooklyn, recita- Hon by Miss Gladys e, of Col- ilngville, Conn.; tableaw presenting contemporaries” of William Shakes- peare; motion picture entertainment arranged by Filla Wheeler Wilcox at the theatre conducted by Courtland Bradford Bliven: address, by Ralph Webb: Wilcox. L.L. D., surgeon United States Army Medical Corps. and pres- ident of. Thereape ety of America; address. Hon. Elias Bunn Wilcox, 'San Juen Porte T'ico: ad- dress, Charles G. Pinaey M. secretary of as tle of the Free S fluence on Ovr attet will be he n The general headquorters will be at_the Rhode Island house, The loca] committee of arrange- ments and entertainment as comprised of Pthan Wilcox, Miss Fannie Wileox, Francis Wilcox Aiken of Mystic, Asa C. Wilcox of Stonington, Frank Na- than Wilcox, Dr. William A. Hillard, Miss Abbie Hall, Mrs. Mary Coy Chap- man, Courtland ‘Bradford Bliven, Seorge R. Wilcox of Providence, Dr. Horace Wilcox of Wakefleld, Rev. F. C. A. Jones, Miss Phebe Wilcox of Mystic and Mrs. Elizabeth Hurley. The officers of the association are Mrs. Theodora Wilcox Martin, of Rockville, Conn,, president; Hon. Elias Runn Wilcox, of San Juan, Porto Rico, Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, of Short Beach. Conn, and Harry Wilcox, of Brookiyn, N. Y., vice president Charles C. Wilcox, Brookivn, N. Y. treasurer: Charles G. Tinnay secret Mrs. Jroline E. ¥ “of Norfelk, Conn. b the officera o be chosen by that body #erc named. The officers of the club for the ensuing vear as completed te: John Champlin. president; Tames M. Pendleton, vice president George V. Woodward, secretary; Frank F. Dodge, treasurer. The house tommittee js composed of the presi- lent, ‘'secretary and treasurer, and Ar- thur M. Cottrell. Arthur L. Perry and fames M. Pendleton. This club has %ow become a social centre and is es- tablished on a safe and enduring ba- is, -and its membership includes thc ‘epresentative men of Westerly. of the Narragansett fence_district, the One Hundred and Thirtieth, and the One Hundred and inth, commanded respectively by Eap! cBlgin and - Lieutenant Coughlin, have been selected for spe- Hal duty, though the actual moving srders have not been received. It is delieved the One Hundred and Thir- deth is destined for duty at the Plattsburg camp of instruction in place of coast artillery compdny orig- mally assigned for this duty. . There '® no intimation as to the destination )f the One Hundred and Ninth com- )any. At the annual state convention of the Knights of Columbus of Providence, were elected as follows: William R. Warburton, of Providence, state dep- aty; James . Lavender, Bristol, sec- retary; rd L. McCarthy, Provi- lence. treasurer: Willlam ®. Doyle, Providence, au ‘Daniel H. Mor- fssey, Wrrren,/advocate; ‘William To- 2in, of Newport, warden; Dr. Frank P. Dufty of Natick and Thomas J. Willams of Newport, delegates to su- Jreme convention; John S. Egan, Wal ler 'P. Fitzpatrick, Willlam P. Nor- lon_of Providence ‘and.John.C. Quinn )f Valley ®alls, alternates, . Delegates rom twenty-six councils in.the state were at the convention. ‘A resolution ¥as adopted congratulating the presi- lent! upon keeping the nation:-‘out of war and expressing a desire that he sop{inue by all honorable;means to fo s0. Several matters of" in- ‘erest to the order wereconsidered. — Forest fires raged between Carolina ind Wood River Junction, Thursday, ru‘ng great damage to Wwoodlan ufldings, hflenue. and consuming all fire raged rfifmfld tracks, Jut was well within the view of trein ms: . This fire was at too great L distance from the railroad to sub- HOW TO REDUCE YOUR WEIGHT Buits In the season’s best Exclusive Styl cost. At $1.95 > M;I"‘wvavn:rflv- de:fln new and tunning sts, Fetching st; [l i Tub Glll:-CW-du-ghln);. ....fl %‘u.’.’; Willow Taffetas, THESE PRICES ARE FOR ; THE WE REBATE FARES ON ALL PURCHASES = irchendiie iieel by e Warte Whore Tas gt o THREE WONDERFUL SUIT VALUES SUITS $17.50 "~ yus™ SUITS $20.00 Ay ™ SUITS $25.00 A48 sort Includes Smart Siik Sults, Velours, Pcpline and Gabardine B e ons Wt moddt Lot Seoe D MREE T mo and only one of each and cannet be duplisated at any SHIRT WAISTS Special Values MERCHANTS’ ‘'WEEK ONLY MERCHANTS’ WEEK FIRST CHOJCE IS BEST, AND SUGGEST YOU I21-125 Main St. STARTING TOMORROW Specials for Merchant's Week Only - standard of class Garments and o b oo - MER At $2.95 At $16.00 our chelee variety of |fi our regul "t.“.orf-k!‘a ONLY. QUANTITIES ARE Marhattan COATS 811,75 iy ™ COATS 815.00 g™ ~ COATS 818.50 Vi35 ™ uly. wonderful showl Coats for S g A SILK DRESSES a ces were rom to 835, most un- usual let of very smart Dresses at a great ustion. S0 SHOP EARLY. “The Fashion Store of Norwich” ry eccasio) A N e B WE CAN-ONLY SAY WE GIVE “S, & H.” GREEN STAMPS stantiate the prospective claim that hington Trust company “it was caused by a spark from a|the business building in Broad street, passing locomotive.” A large area was |known on the Wells. block. He will burned over and the fire had not been | make several improvements, and build extinguished late Thursday night. The [an addition at the rear so that the woods back of the main street in the | building wiil cover all the ground village of Carolina were ablaze and|space. The building is of brick, three all the houses in'the village proper|stories and includes the annex occu- were endangered. The houses com- ' pied by Stanton Bazaar. The ground pletely burned in the village are those|floor is occupied by Fisher brothers, owned and occupied by Iver Tucker,|the second floor by offices and the Ezra Rogers and Fred Kenyon and lo- | third floor by the Westerly Business cated in the Wood River road. —The | college. ' Baptist church Fasalso burtibd,tafd — omerset hall. Other dwellings along MYSTi e main street jwere damaged and c e occupants oved_their belong~ Ings to places of safefy. There is no fire protection in the vil- lage, but the villagers fought the fames as best they could, and with more or less success. The fire was favored with-a strong wind and once started it spread rapidly, and did S damage than ever befell the Vil- ge. 2 In response to request, Chief Engi- neer iCottrell of !Westerly went to Carolina_ with the Cyclone ., motor- driven chemical and hose wagon, but was unamle to render much service, as only chemicals could be used, there be- ing no hydrant service. When the chief returned to Westerly Thursday evening he reported that thie fire was under control and had not reached the Bap- tist church. He reported that the house and barn of Ezra Rogers, the barn of Frederick Kenyon and the house, barn and gristmill of Jobn C. Tucker and the barn of Mrs. William G. Cross were destroyed. The estimated fire loss is $12,000. Frederick Richards also lost a large guantity of sawed timber. He moved his portable sawmill to a new loca- tion on Wednesday, but the piles of finished stock was left and was burned, Weavers’ Strike Ends at Mystic Manu- facturing Co’s Plant—Funeral of Herman Maine. The strile of the weavers of the Mystic Manufacturing company was settled Wednesday afternoon after they had been out ten days, the man- agement and-weavers coming to satis- factory terms. The men left Monday, May 1, after they had demanded more pay. The company in February gave them 5 per cent. time promised 5 per cent. more May 1, and also 5 per cent. Sept. 1, which was supposed to be satisfactory to ail. On May 1 the weavers demanded an in- Crease of 10 per cent. As the com- pany. could not see it that way, the weavers walked out. Finally it has been settled—the men are to have 5 per cent. increase from May 1 and on June 5 to receive an additional 5 per cent. increase. -Over fifty weavers are employed at the mill and many fami- lies have felt the effects of the strike already. Leaves for Norwich. Everett Noyes, who has been a resi- Local Laceni That special election to decide the sewerage question in Westerly must be held on or before June 15. Today is ‘Arbor Day and the banks will close in Rhode Island. Special exercises will be held in the Westerly schools. There has been presented in the Uniteq States senate a memorial from the Washington County Grange for “postalizing the wires.’> Rev. d Mrs. John G. Dutton vis- ited their son, Dr. Frank K. Dutton Springfleld, Mass., Thursday. Mrs. Dutton continued on to Albany, Bl-l:. @another son, [Rev. 'Charl utto: Miss Mary Lawrence Vose has pre- sented the Westerly library a thirty- volume set of Masterpieces of Music. These will be bound into six volumes for the conmvenience and patrons of the library. AN ENGLISH LASSIE WEARS THIS SERGE the semi-annual - conclave dence, Thursday,.of the grand com- mandery of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, "Knights ynew ui}ding:: for ok, E |Methodist church, at 12.30 o'clock. The dent of this place for the past year, has left for Norwich, where he has secured employment. He has resigned as bass soloist at the Union Baptist church. Funeral of Herman Mai The funeral of Herman Maine was held Thursday afternoon. Prayer was said at the house by Rev. William Crawford, pastor of the Old Mystic attend school for a year. Deacon Nelson Brown of Waterford is a guest at Mrs. M. E. Wilson’s and Mrs. Augusta Ray’s. Herbert Gray is suffering from an attack of indigestion. Andrew McNicol and Farl Hiscox *em in New London Thursday attend- ing the semi-annual conference of the New London County Sunday School assoclation as delegates from the Con- gregational Sunday school. Mrs, J. C. Atterbury of Greeneville and Miss Lilly Wolf of Norwich were guests Thursday of their brother, Charles_D. ‘Wolf. Mrs. W. H. Whiteman attended the Hanover conference Wednesday. NORWICH TOWN Close of Season for Home Missionary Society—Miss Pullen Gives Inter- g Address at Scotland Road Hall—Personal Interests. service was largely attended by rela- tives and friends. The body was taken to the Miner meeting house in North Stonington, where services were held at 2.30 o'clock by Rev. Mr. Crawford. Burial was in the Miner meeting house cemetery. The bearers were Harold Williams, William Mitchell, Bllery Davis and George Welles. Social and Personal. Mrs, Edward Judd and Mrs. Ray- mond Crandall and child are visiting in_Greenport. William L. Maine has purchased from Mrs. Ralph Passamore the house and lot now occupied by 'Walter Knight on East Main street. Anthony Marseille is building a bun- | the Home Missionary Society was galow on Bruggerman avenue. R s held Wednesday afternoon in the First Willlam Dousbach have retumedm;gom a Ma- | Congregational chapel. The president, sonic meeting in Bridgeport. . | Mrs. G. H. Bwing, had prepared a pro- gram full of interest. The last meeting of the season of After the devo- JEWETT CITY tional service and minutes of the last Aid Society. Serves Supper—Miss Amy meeting, there was a vivid account of an address given last Sunday ev- L. Cogswell of Lowthorpe School of Landscape Gardening ening in Dr. Cadman's church in Brooklyn, N. Y, by Warden Osborne of Sing Sing prison. He spoke of the ; Mutual Welfare League and of how ¥niaaK Gredade: much good it has dene for the men. One member of it made his escape from prison a few weeks ago, thus drawing unfavorable comment on the league. Mr. Osborne was late at the Sunday evening meeting, detained by the return of this man, who sald he would father serve ten years more in prison in order that the others might have the privileges of the league. Then the work of the Springfielid International College was described. They are teaching foreigners, giving them an understanding of our gov- roment, and finding and. those who shall their own race. They are preparing for the influx that will undoubtedly come when the war is over. The clos- ing address was by Mrs. C. C. Gilder- sleeve, Who gave an account of work to Beautify The Ladies’ Aid society of the Bap- tist church served a bean supper in the vestry Thursday evening. 'The committee in charge was Mrs. Nathan Babcock, Miss Ida Foster, Mrs. J. E. Phillips, Mrs. Charles ~ Fitch, Mry Francis Campbell, Mrs. B. C. Willcox and Miss Mabel McBroome. Mrs. W. ‘H: Whiteman had charge of the dinin rocm. Miss Coswell to Beautify Grounds. Miss Amy L. Cogswell of Norwich, principal of\ the Lowthorpe school at Groton, Mass., is in charge of beauti- fying the grounds around the Aspinook bleachery. Miss Dorothy Scott is in Backus hospital, where she has undergone an operation. training ‘become leaders of She has been unable to worn Furniture and Floors likenew Come in —let us tell you about Kyanize. We will give you a can Free, if you buy a 10 cent brush to put it on wil 20 do over a chair or table. among the Tndians and negroes, and of colporteur werk on the great rivers in Oregon, all from the Baptist stand- point of missions. She spoke of the Italian branch of the Central Baptist church, and gave facts regarding the vast inroads the Mormons are mak- ing among our people. mer, tended the state convention of the Relief Corps. Customary May Devotions. Charles Crocker has returned to Washington, D, C., after a few days visit at his home on Huntington ave- nue. 5 ‘Address by Miss Pullen. Miss Hlizabeth Pullen gave a most interesting address on foreign mis- sionary work at Scotland Road hall Sunday afternoon. She told of the work of Dr. Harriet Parker and Dr. Katherine Scott in Madura, “Ondih; and showed Chinese, Turkish and In- dlan curios—among them lace em- broideries, 1dols, Chinese chopsticks and Turkish jackets. The closest at- tention _was given, the children being especially interested. At Scotland Road. ball Sunday, af- ternoon there will be a Christian En- deavor service and a session of the Sunday school Miss Amy Markham, a student at the Willimantic Normal Training 8chool, will spend the week-end with he{Laum, Mrs. George Peck of Plain Hil { Were at Conference. ‘Among those from this vicinity who were in attendance at the conference of six churches in Hanover 'Wednes- day were Mr. and Mrs. George Geer of Plain Hill. There were fourteen min- isters present and there was an au- dience of 180. Mr. and Mrs. Orrin M. Price have, returned to their home on Wightman avenue after a week’s visit with Mr. and Mrs. William Corey, in Davis- ville, R. I —~ s No New Discovery. Senator Taggart's discovery th many members of the Senate -are neither statesmen nor orators indicates a dilgtoriness of apprehension of which he has heretofore seldom been gilty. Most of us have been wise to the situation for a long time.—Indian~ apolis News. & Met With President. ‘A good number were present at the business meeting of the Woman's guild of Grace Bpiscopal church, Yan- tic, held Wednesday afternoon at the home of the president, Mrs. Bldwin H. Willard on Washington street. + Hartford.—The Hartford Silver Bay club entertained the New Britain Sii- ver Bay club at the Young Women Christian association evening. Attended W. R. C. Convention. Mr. and Mrs. James McKee of Bli place are passing several days in New Haven with Mr. and Mrs. N. F. 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