Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 5, 1917, Page 6

LAYMEN'S LEAGUE AT WESTERLY . Organized. With William Clark, President—Trial of Frank Falcone For Asssulting Foreman Robert P. Day Begun —Over 1,500 Aliens to Be Registered. A decision was reached in the case of Carbeta 0f. Quattromoni vs. Aniel Materese Friday in the superior court for Washington county, Judge Brown presiding, the plaintiff being awarded $165. Dunn and Rathbun appeared for the plaintiff and Agard and McKenna represented the defendants. The case was appealed from the Third district court where the plaintiff was given a verdict for $67. A hearing was given by Justice Brown Friday morning on the petition for a divorce brought by Al Price of Wakefiold from Lucy Price of Ridgefield, N. J. Attorney George Donovan appeared for the respondent, showing that the couple were married in England May 7, 1385. The petition of the petitioner was denfed and the motion of the respondent, in thé mat- ter of a cross-petition. Alimony of $10 2 week to be paid weekly begin- ning May 11 was ordered by the court. The trial of the case of State, Thom- as E. Brown, complaining, vs Frank Falcone, charged with ¢riminal as- | sault upon Robert P. Day, was opened Friday afternoon. Assistant Attorney General Fred A. Otis represented the state and Rathbun apd Dunn appeared for the defendant. Fualoone, who was emploved at the Crumb quarry at Bradford, is allegsed to have assauited his foreman. Falcone escaped through the woods and was gone several months before the police located him. The following jury was impaneled to try the case: James C. Garrie, J. Has- kell Fdson, Christopher Browning. of South Kingstown; W, Arthur Tisdale, Bdwin H. Babcock, North Kingatown; Frank H. Tate, William C. Smith, foré- rpa Westerly:; Clifford E, Perrin, Ho ton: Frank Mills, Charlehtown: Henry N. Maxon, Richmond; George E. Tefft, Exeter, and Lewls Welbel, Narragansett. William Clark, manager of the W terly mills of the American Thread company, was elected president of the Westerly Laymen's league at the or- ganizmation of that society in Calvary Baptist church Thursday evening. Oth- er officers elected were: Vice mresi- dents, Albert G. Martin, First Baptist church; _ David Shaw, _Methodist church: Dr. Edwin Whitford, Seventh- Day Baptist church: Robert Mitchell, Christian church; George Ogwton. Con- gregational church: Willard H. Bacon, Calvary Baptist church; LaVerne D. SUNDAY SUBJECTS n meets at 57 The Holiness Mi: Main street. At the Gospel Mission meetings are held morning, afternoon and evening in the Steiner buillding. At Grace Memorial church there will be preaching morning and evening by the pastor and Sunday school at noon. At the Christian Science Reading Room in the Thayer bullding the sub- ject for study wili be Everiasting Pun- ishments. Rev. J. W. Areson and choir of Grace church, Yantic, will be at Sheltering Arms for the Sunday afternoon service The Associated Bible Students meet in Buckingham Memorial hall. There will be Bible study at 3 p. m. and the subject will be Zedekia's Dethrone- ment. At the Broadway Congregational church the communion service will be held at 10.20, and there will be an af- ternoon service with preaching at & o'clock. At Grace church, Yantic, Rev. J. W. Areson, rector, there will be holy com- munion and sermon at 10.45 and Sun- v school at 12.15. The evening ser- ice will be omitted. At Park Congregational church, Rev. H. Howe, D. D, pastor, the sacra- s ment of the Lord's supper will be ol served. The Young People’s service will be held in the evening. At the Second Congregational church there will be morning worship and communion, Sunday school at noon and eveninz service with sermon. The minister will preach morning and ev- ening. At Christ church there will be morning prayer at 9.30, holy commun- ion and sermon by the rector at 10.30 a. m, and Sunday school at noon. The isual evening service will be omitted for this Sunday. At the Greensville Congregational church, Sunday morning, the commun- jon season will be observed, the pas- tor preaching on Humanity implicated in the Crucifixion. The Sunday school i1l meet at 12 o'clock. The Young People will meet at 5 o'clock. At the McKinley Avenue A. M. E. Zion church, Rev. E. George Biddle, morning ser- noon, and a At the even- i be holy com- 2t of the sermon & Sacrament. The be The Ab At ths Church of the Good Shep- herd, Universalist, Rev. Joseph F. Cobb will preach cn the subject, Net Ashamed. ¥ be obrerved as Mother’s Day and May 20 will be ob- served as Father's Day. There will be Sunday school at noon and the B. Y. P. U. service will be held at 6.15 o’clock. At the Federated church, Rev. Ar- thur W. Burdon, pastor, there will be a morning service with sermon by the pastor. There will be Sunday school at noon, meeting of the Junior C. E. society at 3 p. m., and a meeting of the Christian Endeavor at 6.30. At the evening service there will be the usual service of sens. At the First Bapti Jenry use ister, the morning hema v 2 God'$ Masterpisce. The iord’s Supper will be observed and the pastor is expecting to welcome twenty-two adults into the fellowship of the church. There will be Sunday school at noon and the men’s class will study the third chapter of Daniel. The B. Y. P. U. will meet at 6.30. The ev- ening theme will be The First Step in a Crisis. At the Central Baptist church there will be regular morning service with sermon by Rev. Robert L. Webb of Newton Centre, Mass. The Sunday sehool meets at noon and the City Bi- ble Class for men at the same hour, led by Rev. Robert L. Webb. The B. Y. P. U. will meet at the usual hour and will be jed by the president, Har- ry A. Ghvey. The topic wiil be Fa:- vorite Characters of the Bib Rev. Robert L. Webb will preach at the people’s service in_the evening. chureh George L Langworthy, seeretary; Willlam E. Martin, treasurer. The meecting was called to order at 7.80 o'clock and Dr. Rees addressed the men for half an hour on the work and organization of the laymen’s league. “He told of what has been ac- complished by the leaguc in other cit- les and of the possibilities for doing things in Westerly. The work of the league is primarily evangelistic, al- though this is accomplished through various Gepartments within the league. The principal idea in forming the league in Westerly is to carry on the work which Dr. Rees has started, after the campalgn is over. Dr. Rees was obliged to leave at 8 o'clock in order to address the women in the tabernacle and the 70 or more men who were present procéeded immediately to or- ganize. Willlam Clark and Lewis A. Joslin were elected temporary chairman and secretary, respectiveiy. The following represententatives from the six: churches were chosen members of a nominating = committee: Samuel Gir- ven, Christian_church; I 8. Crandall, Seventh-Day Baptist church; Thomas H. Peabody, First Baptist church; Wil- lam Spargo, Methodist church; Her- bert L. Smith, Calvary Baptist church: John Thoumine, Congrega- tional church. The committee imme- diately retired and selected the offi- cers as above named. The league will meet again next Thursday evening, at the Calvary Baptist church, at which time it is expected further organiza- tion of the society will be perfected. The Westerly branch of the Red Cross with headquarters in the Rhode Island block on Broad street has a membership of nearly 1,000 at the prezent time and it will continue to grow. Those who became members Friday were Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Cran- dall, Mrs. E. Howard Clark, Mrs. C. O. Gavitt, Mrs. John Parker, Mrs. Bes. sie A. Slocum, Miss Gertrude M. Slo- cum,. Miss Alice Baker, Miss Inez Ba- ker, Mrs, S. M. Cathcart, Miss Eliza- beth A. Patterson, Miss Elizabeth Ja- net Whitford, Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Krebs, Mrs. Howard McFarland, Mrs. Novogrod, Horace Swan, Mr. and_Mrs. Charles S. Larkin, Mies Sally Eliza- beth Larkin, Mrs, Anna H. Ellis, Westerly Grange 31 The registration of aliens in Wes terly has begun at the volice head- quarters on Union street under the su- pervision of the town sergeant and chief of police. The first day nearly 50 allens took out the necessary pa- pérs. It is estimated there are about 1500 aliens in Westerly. The regis- tration will be taken up to May 19, the time required by law for all friendly and enemy aliens to register. Edward McNelly, a clerk in Bar- bour’s, has passed the ftate board of pharmacy examinations. FHe is a stu- dent at the R. L State Colleze of Phar- macy. NORWICH TOWN Eighty-second Birthday of Mrs. Wat- son a Joyful Anniversary at Shelter- ing Arms—Edward Norris Recover- ing from Injury—Whist for Red - Cross Benefit. The 82d birthday of Mrs. Watson was most pleasantly observed Friday at the Sheltering Arms. Among the many callers was Miss Abby G. Wiilard of Coichester. There were postcards, flowers and other gifts. For dinner the menu was to Mrs. Watson’s special Hking, and at supper the dining room was decorated in yellow with jonquils and crepe paper festoons. The birth- day cake with the dates 1835-1917, the ice cream and favors, every member of the family down to enjoy the sup- per, Mrs. Leavens' Bible reading in the morning, the afternoon of music when Miss Ruth Kimball was at the plano, Mre. B. Montague Hutchinson accompanying on her violin, Mrs. Ed- ward Hutchinson giving readings, all made it-the happiest day of the week. Mrs. Watson is active for one of her years and able to enter into the life about her, interested in the events of the day, and helping by her cheery spirit to lighten many a burden. Wood Thrush and Whippoorwill Heard. The wood thrush has come; its clear sweea tones are heard in the evening after other birds have ceased chirping. Often thrush notes near the home will be answered from a grove near by. Some of the birds are slow in coming this year, but the chewink, catbird, chebec and brown thrasher are here. The brown thrasher is the most useful bird, feeding upon worms and insects, his song @elightful to hear. Thursday evening the whippoorwill was heard for the first time under the windows of a home on the New London turn pike. Attended Convention. Miss Jessie Browning, who teaches in Ledyard, Miss Lillian Browning and Miss Thatcher of Jewett City, teachers in Hanover, came Thursday to spend the week end at the home of the Misses Browning on Plain Hill. They attended the state teachers’ convention in Slater hall. Recovering from Injury. Edward Norris of the New London turnpike, who has been in Backus hospital several weeks with a fractured arm, the result of an accident in the mill, Is getting on favorably, though not yet able to leave the hospital. Red Cross Whist. Miss Lydia Fortier of Peck’s Corner entertained the Red Cross whist at its last meeting. A gocd sum is being nettfid by the members for Red Cross worlk. News in General. C. M. Welte of East Town street is in New York for a few days. Annual meeting Rural association 7.45 p. m. Wednesday at Miss Kent's.— adv. A coat of tarvia and sand was put on West Town street and Town street this week. \ At the Sheitering Arms Sunday there will be evening prayer and an address by Rev. J. W. Areson of Grace Episco- pal church, Yantic, assisted by his choir. Miss Mae Plerce fo Westerly is spending the spring with her sister, a:rs, John L. Browning, of East Town street. Mr. and_ Mrs. Frank Way and daughter, Miss Ethel Way, of North Franklin, visited Mr. and Mrs. Walter Way of the Old Canterbury turnpike Thursday. So much extra plowing is being done that those who every season have a certain amount of land for gardens find it almost impossible to get the land plowed. ; Now- could ’ way HATT. Now in regard , when the whole nation’ apply it to your clothes purchases. First understand this:—The clothes we sell you are as smart as any clothes be. They lack nothing from the standpoint of appearance—the ’re made and fit—mere words simply can’t tell you how smart MAN- CLOTHES really are. g to price—you know there is a price too low as well as a price too high, to pay for your clothes. MANHATTAN CLOTHES —AT— | . TN BUYING MANHATTAN CLOTHES watchword is “Economy,” why not $15, $18, $20, $22 and $25 Seem to Answer Every Requirement Why Not 69m¢ in and See These Excellent Clothes for Yourself 121-125 MAIN STREET “The Kuppenheimer Clothing Store in Norw'ch” . JEWETT CITY Red Cross Membership Reaches 55— Pupils Hang May Basket to Mrs. Mabel Williams—Sermon Topics for Sunday. . The campaign for new members for the Jewett City Red Cross chapter which has been in force under the di- rection of Mrs. Fred Condie came to a close_Monday night, when several of the Jewett City canvassers, including Misses Marle Rose Casavant, Pearl Rock Helena LabBarre, Mabel Mc- Broome, Agnes Drickley and Annie Connell, met at Mrs. Condie’s home on Mathewson street to report. The other local canvassers, inciuding Misses M. H. Whitocross, Bella Robertson and Blanche Jodoin, were invite but were unable to be present. During the evening Mrs. Condie invited them to the dining room, where a large red cross occupled the center of the table, and she served cake, ice cream and chocolate. Starting with ‘a membership of 122, the number has been Increased to 515, and more names are gradually coming in. Of this number, the Jewett City anvassers have turned In 275; Miss Bertha Lewis, for Voluntown, 80; Mrs. R. A. Wilbur and Mrs. H. J. Cole, Glasgo, 19; Mrs. W. P. Montgomery, Pachaug, 20. o2 Tomorrow’s Services. Sunday morning the celebration of the Lord's supper will be observed at the Methodist church. Rev. J. B. Ald- rich's_topic for the evening is The Best Way. Irving Thorfiton leads the Epworth league meeting. At the Congregational church Rev. Albert Donnell's subfect in the morn- ing is The Rewards of Humility. The Lord's supper follows the service. Miss Elizabeth Eiehelberg leads the Chris- tion Endeavor meeting. Rev. J. A. Spidell's morning subfebt at the Baptist church is An Answer Concerning Kingship, and in the' evening The Primal Principle and Practice of the Spiritual Kingdom. i Mrs. A. M. Brown and son Morton and Mrs. J.E. Phillips go to Ashburn- ham, Mass, today to sperd Sunday. Received May Basket. Mrs. Mabel Willlams' pupils in the grade in which she teaches in the io- cal school hung her a bheautiful May basket Thureday evening. It contain- fruit, candy and flowers. The children were invited into the house and en- joyed games and music. The Riverside grammar school was «ed Friday on account of the teach- convention at Neorwich. PUBLIC MEETING To Be Held at Newent Center Church Tuesday Evening. A public®meeting for the people of Lisbon and thelr friends is to be held in the Congregational church, Newent Center, Tuesday evening, May 8, at 7.45 o'clock. County Agent F. C. Warner will give an economic talk on the food question, ways and means in its production and marketing to the advantage of the farmer. A. L. Young will speak on what the schools are trying to accomplish and how these aims ®ay be attained with the hearty support and co-operation of the reople. MOOSUP Pupils Hang May Basket to Miss Johnson—High School Students Sur- prise Supt. John L. Chapman—Four Moosup Boys Among Sixteen Ac- cepted for Navy. ‘ Thursday evening a May basket was hung to Miss Rossie Jordan by the members of her grammar school class. The trimmings of the basket were of blue and pink crepe paper. The bas- ket contained chocolates, wafers, can- dy klisses, nablscos, etc. The party were all good runners and the chase lasted for some time. When all had been caught they went into the house, where numecrous games were played in which all took part. Those attending were Alice Southworth, Helen Gardi- ner, Mary Parazino, Marian Medbury, Angeline Parazino, Helen Willlams, Irene Hemingway, Rose Seney, Flor- ence Littlefleld, Jessle Youngs, Isabel Howard: also Joseph Holden, Harry Waiker, James Howard, Wanda Da- ruska, Fred Sunn, John Southworth, Charles Burdick, Raymond Galup and Herbert Codlin. < Miss Blanche Douglas of Sterling HIll visited friends in Moosup Friday. Four Local Boys Accepted. It was reposted Friday that at the v a present aminations to enter the United States navy since war has been declared. Out of this number, only 16 have been ac- Deforge, Leo Mgnard, Charles Sweet and Ernest Lal another Moosup boy who offered his services, school dents assembled at the schoolhouse and artistically all sorts of good things. games were played. of Mrs. D. C. Parker Monday after- Friday. baseball game with the Jewett City grounds this (Saturday) afternoon. at the home of Miss Lucy Broadhead, Central 4 time 138 ‘men have been to New London to try and pass the ex- cepted, and four out of these 16 were the following Moosup boys: Ernest Arthur ~Wood, was not accepted because of near-sightedness. The boys who have passed are now waliting orders to leave town. Surprised Supt. Chapman. A large number of Plainfield High students surprised Supt. John L. Chapman Friday evening at his home on the Plainfield road. The stu- went in a body to his home, where they hung him a large May basket, decorated and filled with After a live- ly chase they went into the house, where refreshments were served and Short Paragraphs. The L. 8. C.'s will meet at the home noon. Clifford Kenvon is visiting brother Harold in Pittsfleld. Mrs. Parker was a Providence caller his The Moosup Cubs have scheduled a team to be played on the ' carpet Thursday Club Meets. The Thursday clib met this week Viliage. After the business meeting Mrs. Thomas Day read from the book A Diplomat’s Wife in Mexico. The next meeting is at Virs. Chipman’s. Readers, Mrs. O. W. Potter and Mrs. C. D. Salisbury. DFCUM AND VERSAILLES Mr. and Mrs. Ir g Gregory Leave for Wauregan—May Basket for Mrs. Gregory—Joseph McDonnell Ap- pointed Foreman of State Highway Repair Work. Mr. and Mrs. Irving Gregory have resigned as proprietors of the To- tokett Manufacturing company's boarding house to take a similar po- sition with the Wauregan company at Wauregan. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory be- gin their new duties today (Saturday). Tuesday evening at the Gregory home there was a pleasant gathering when members of the Ladics’ Aid so- ciety of the Versailles M. E. church, of which Mrs. Gregory is a member, hung her a May backet. The evening was spent in a social manner. During the evening the ladies presented Mrs. Gregory a hand painted china vase. Heard and Seen. Ralph Bird ¢f Nyack, N. Y., has re- cently begun work with the Totokett Manufacturing company as engineer. H. E. Learned has completed his plans for the cutting of the timber and wood on his property on the east &ide of the river directly across from the village of Occum. Samuel TLeFave is still obliiged to depend upon crutches in getting about as the result of a badly cut foot, caused by the glancing of an axe with which he was at work several weeks ago. Patrick Sullivan has repaired the damage to his poultry house caused by the overheating of a brooder. Had not the fire been discovered when it was, Mr. Sullivan would have lost his houses and several hundred young chicks. Conrad Sheafer has joined the num- ber of automobile owners. Foreman of Repair Work. Joseph McDonnell has received the appointment of foreman of repair work in the employ of the state highway commissioffi. Mr. McDonnell succeeds H. T. Gorman, who earlier in the pres- ent vear was appointed supervisor u der the same commission. Mr. Mc- Donnell's work covers the state high- ways in the towns of Norwich, Pres- ton, Lisbon, Griswold, Ledvard and Sprague. He was formerly in the em- ploy of Mr, Gorman and is wel Iquali- fied for his new dutles. Returns for Ninth Year. The return of Rev. Charles Smith to the Baltic and Versailles charges for another year is welcomed by those in attendance at the Versailles M. E. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA church. year with these charges. ing erected on S representatives of in carryinz the mail tween and -the Versailles postoffice, vears of service, remov seldom away from who was courteous to ed by served for so long. tired from the mail to Gorman, who 1§ soon to move to Nor- wich Town. attended to by Ovila Payette. pany South Coventry friends. Mr. Smith begins his ninth Modern lightning conductors are be- Joseph's church by a Boston firm. George Gorman Resigns. The withdrawal by George Gorman nad express be- the Versaiiles railroad station after 15 s one who was post of duty 1, and is miss- which he has Mr. Gorman re- and express route tEE s his both villages be able to join his brother, The mail route is being Company Supplies Gardens. The Totokett Manufacturingl com- is in the front rank in supply- ing its employes garden space and an unusual number of gardens has been prepared for planting. Mrs. Emily L. Ames is the guest of The McAll Miss Opportunity. At the annual meeting of the Bos- ton Auxifiary of the American McAll Association, recently held in _the chapel of the Old South church, Jean Alcide Picard gave a talk on the new conditions in France. M. Pleard is an Alsatjan, who served two yvears in the trenches, undergoing many hard- ships, at one time being obliged to stand six days in water up to ‘his waist without relief. Incapacitated by rheumatism for further military duty, he engaged in Red Cross work. He fs now in this country on leave. He .said that France seems to have been made over since 1914. _ At one time in a hospital 'he was reading the Bible and praying with a soldier who was a Protestant, when a wounded man who had no religion said to him, “I do not understand what vou are saying. but I feel it in my heart.” There are many like this man who do not know how to express reme Economy Special Sale Every week we shall make some special offering in a spirit of economy. You will do well to take ad- ventage of these specials, as the values will be m unusual. THIS WEEK ONLY $1.50 Shirts at 79c || 75 dozen neat stripé effects in fine quality cot- | ton crepe, madras and percale, made with smart French cuffs. Lay in a supply, as this offering is for one week only. cnsmanh hzad | their religious feeling and need help. This is where the McAll Mission can do a great evangelistic work, he said, by gatherfing the people into their halls with their Christian atmos- phere, and giving them the oppor- tunity to discuss religious gquestions At present there is no other organi- follgwed by a part-time s zation in France so adapted to meet the peculiar religious needs of the hour. During the past vear $1,564 have ac been contributed through the Bostom | auxiliary for war relief work, and $1,77% for the regu work of the mission_at Lille, which is going on 2 successfully in spite of the German )] M. A. 8. S. in The gon- 12th. conelusion the comple: 100K oft the pa country gregationalist of April IN BRITISH SYSTEM OF EDUCATION Are to be Remedied by Important Re- forms After the War. London, May 4.—One Iimportant| reform which England plans to in- augurate after the war has to do with its system of education. The present system, or lack of system has been found so full of defects, that a com- mittee has spent a year studying the problem, and its findings and recom- mendations are shortly to be embo: ied in a report to the house of com- mons by Herbert A. L. Fisher, presi- dent of the beard ef education. In attacking {its own educational problem, England naturally looks to Germany which country it is admitted faces its otherwise dublous economic et A e future with at least one advantage of which nothing can deprive them—a Female Workers i system of national education whic May 4 is not only admittedly more thoroug! ¥ in conception than the English. but Is o DEFECTS n Berlin, ta a_ working concern, which has already | as many w vielded to Germany a gich harvest of | industrial r socfal and economic benefit the number The substance of what the FEnglish|and 119,000 committee recommends is, briefly, a|ployes has 1 longer period of full-time educatfon,lyear azo = A&P S NATIVE MILK FED VEAL. 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