Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 6, 1917, Page 6

NORWICH BULLETIN. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 6, 1917 JAMES C. MACPHERSON FURRIER AND HABERDASHER Handsome Furs FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS It is wise to select your Christmas Furs early from our splendid line while it is complete. If necessary, by paying a small deposit onthem they can be laid aside till you wish to take them nearer to the holiday. _ Separate Muffs or complete sets can be selected from remarkably handsome collections of Black Fox, Black Lynx, Mink, Hudson Seal, Persian Lamb, Taupe Wolf, Silver Wolf, Beaver, Nutria, Mole, Raccoon and Opossum, in all shades. Natural Muskrat Coats, Marmot Coats, Hudson Seal Coats and Heavy Auto Coats, as well as a line of Men’s Rain-proof and Wind-proof Ulsters. Fur Headwear for Ladies or Men, Fur Gloves and Fur Lined Gloves. New lines of Bath Robes, Dressing Gowns, House Coats, Leather Coats, Mackinaws and Sweater Coats in all weights. EARLY SELECTIONS WILL SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM AND ASSURE YOU GOOD ASSORTMENTS JAMES -C. MACPHERSON'S 291 MAIN STREET, NORWICH, CONN. Opposite Chelsea Savings Bank George Babcock’s Family, Mr. and Miss lvis_Rogers, at G. H. Strong’s. Neville Syme spent the Thanks. giving vacation with his mother, Mrs. F. Purvis. Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Strong motored to Middletown Friday, H. Gates and family returning with Mr. Strong to their home in Little River. Miss Gladys Miner has finished the season’s work at J. S. Lord’s and is at Mrs. Wiggins' for the winter. Miss Frances Emily of Moodus has been visiting Miss Gladys Cone. === GASTORIA For Infants and Ghlldnn. Mothers Know That Genuine Casteria NORTH L¥ME Gatherings Abou! the lel.n For the Thanksgiving Feasts. H. A. Gates and e Trwin Fogers; Miss Minnie Gates Mrs. Mipnie Durkin, of Lyme, and ‘Walter Johns of Camp Devens, Mass., were visitors at Warren Rogers last week. Holiday Dinner Parties. C. F. Jewett and family dined at J. J. Tiffany’s in Hamburg Thanksgiv- ing; Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Ackley, Miss Ida Stark, W. M. Sisson, Jr., and fam- ily at M. J. Stark’s; Alpheus Nye at - For Over Thirty Years = CASTORIA WESTERLY FIRE DISTRICT MEETING Board of Engineers’ Report Shows 26 Fires This Year—Re- ceipts Total $23,162, Cash Balance $316.72—Board of Trade Hears of Success of Boys’ Garden Work—Child- Receive Federal Food Orders. The annual meeting of the Westerly Fire District was held in the town hall, Wednesday evening with Eugene B. Pendieton, moderator and the usual number of tax payers in attendance. The business opened with the reading and acceptance of the minutes of the previous annual meeting, as read by Secretary Everett A. Kingsley. The report of the board of engineers was received, read and formally accepted. The report follows: The department has responded to the following alarms of fire during the past thirteen months: December 15—10 a. m., chimney fire on_Pleasant street. No loss. \oDecembes 16—Chester block. oss. January $—Box 38, 4.20 p. m., grass fire on Granite street. February 7—Box 52, 10 a. m., house attached fo the Bently-Clark Auto garage. Loss small. 3 Febduary 13—Box 71, 3.20 a. m. chimney fire on Plerce street. Ser- vice of the department not required. March S—Still alarm for - chimney fire in house owned by Eliza Fay on Rocket street. No loss. March S—Telephone call fér School House fire at Bradford. Out of the dis- trict. March 13—Box 75, 215 p. m. tene- ment hanse on Plerce street. No loss March 20—Box in fentral park. Out of the asstrict. March 22—General atarm. 3.55 a. C. “W. Campbell & Co.. grist mill. West Broad street. Out of the trict. April 11 — Still aiarm, 4.30 p. m., ‘Watch -Hill_Tce_company. No loss. May 21—Box 75, p. m., chimney fire_on Pierce street. No loss. May 23—Box €3. 9.35' p. m., fire on West strect. No loss. lox 41, 6.10 p. m., fire in Warren Barber on Main street. No Joss. June 5-10.30 .a. m.. still alarm for Chimney_fire on Pond street. No- loss. June 2S—Box 41, 415 p. m. An drews Coal office on Main street. Less small. August $—Box 41, 5.45 p. m., fire house of Clarence Maxson on Main street. Loss small. Ausust 13—Still alarm, chimney fre on Hizh street. No.loss August 183—Box 21, i0.40 a. m. au- tomobile ewned by A. B. Abeterson. August 13—Box 73, 12 m.. fire in a No m., oft dis- truck, $25 for wa hen .house on Canal street. Loss small. August 18—General alarm. 10.30 .. m. for the Ashaway Clay Works. Out of district. ° September 26—Box 72. false alarm. October 11—12.05 p. ‘m.,- John W. ‘Sweene)' house on- Spring street. No oss. ‘ovember 11—Box 56, 12.20 a. " m., millinery shop of Mrs. A. Walters, on West Broad street. Out of the dis- ovember. 22—Box 75, chimmey fire ‘on- Plerce loss. tern—The five cisterns are in good condition Hose—We= have 3.550 feet of hose in ~nod condition and 300 feet in fair con- aition Steamers—Both steamers have been ‘ried out during the rast month and found in zood conditfou. Motor Apparatus—The motor "appa- ratus is.in_gzood condition. Membership—Board of engineers, 4 men: Rhode Island’ Ones, 36 me Cvelone Engine Company, No. 2. 37 men: Alerf Hook and Ladder Com- pany. 32 men. Recommendations-—We would recom- mend that the salaries and appropria- tions for the ensuing vear be as fol- lows: . $600.00 100. 5.40. a e street. No Chief engineer Assistant engineers (oach) 0 engineers of steamers (each) .- “eee Two assistant steamers (each) Janitor Treasurer an e Rhode Istand Co. Cvelone C 2 Respectfully submitied. LEMUFL G. COTTRELL, HARRY COYLE, M. H: GREENE, GEORGE_E. FGGER Board of Engineers. Treasurer Everett E. Whinple ore- sented the annual . report of recei and expenditures of the district for the year ending November 30, 1911. o cially audited.” = It was officfally audi ed and approved by vote of the dis- trict. . The report is as follows: Receipts—Balance on hand, Dec. 1, 1915, $604.73; sale of hose reel $47. sale of hos> house and junk $32; from notes at bank $13,000% from taxes $ 436.19: interest on' taxcs $31.62: inter- est on_bank balances $11: total re- ceipts $23,162.95. Expenditures—Frank Ahern, paint- ing $1: Akerman & Co,, tax and check book, $27.50; Alert Hook & Ladder Co., $450; Alling Rubber company fire tub. etc., $7.10; American Surety company, treasurer’s bond, $12: Thomas J. Ban- non, sponges, 31.15: _ Bentley-Clark company. 'varnishing - trucks, $188.0: Gharies F.. Barry, sponses. ot AL Louis_W. Bills, work $101.51: James Bovd. rod' sw Chas, J. Butlér. coal, $49.63: Purroughg Add- ing Machire . - company,. .inspection, $5.50: Irvine O. Chester, . insurance. $27.57: Elwood Clark, engineer. $7 H. H. Coleman, electrical work, $77.73; Chief Samuel G. Cottroll, salary, ‘ete., $403 Assistant Harry S. Covle. sal- o et labor, $60.50; Atvert H. Cran- $9;.Cyclonn Postmaster John A. Farrefl cards and postage, $17.50; L. L. Foster, repairs, $3.74: -Asgistant William ~ H. Greene, sulary, $50; Greeter Bquip- ment company, searchlight. $13.44; J. M. Hardy, respirator and _ noazles, $361 John M. Himes, labor $3: Ethel T. James, typewrmng, $1: ¥ P. Ken- yon company, labor and _-materials. 318839 Everett A, kmxflgv record book and assessor. $14.% | buster bars, $9: englnaer salary, Maggs, care of hwm- $33.20.. F. A. Manchester, y:lumbhg; $49.50: Howard ' D. McFarland, fireman, $25. Joseph W. ;usgnflua. o;mn‘m vl.lrs sv:o fire exunguunsr, etc.. well and Brown, . opera $130.30; -Charles A. Morgan, $455.14; John H. . Murphy, su. A.rlhwrg ; o:asn. . H. e company, u’ri: m,t‘ Palmer, 5 p.m. ice house| tc | town hall -mqu Abel P. Randall, pol- 18: John Reardon, fir : Rhode Island $300; Rhode Island . gasoline, etc., $158 disinfect- ants, $17.50, Rogers Brothers, freight and cartage, $12.74; William Segar company, supplies, ; Samuel M. Sharpe, :anitor, $15 Smith _ and Maggs, work -on lawn, $3.60: C.. S. Stanton company, painting, $237. James C. Stewart, watehman, $237; 0. C. Stot, toilet paper. $8.80; Thom as S. Totien, operating truck, $20 Willlam F. Totten, Jabor; Utter com- pany, advertising, etc., $ ington Trust company, notes paid, $1: 500; Washinston Trust company terest on notes, $299.1 tomatic Telephone Westerly Furniture company shades, 40 cents: Westerly Light and Power company, $154.5%: Westerly Tire Repairing compan town of West- erly, hydrants and water, $2.010: Wal- ter E. Wheeler, assessor, $1 BE. Whipple, treasurer, work on tax bs cox. coal, $44.19) 3 pany, -fire extinguishers, Updike Whitford, operating truck, cash on hand and in bank $316. tal Debt statement—Note at bank, $6.- Eugene B. Pendleton was elected moderator for the ensuing year, and Everett A. Kingsley was elected clerk. this -prior to the reading of the mi-~ nutes of the’ annual meeting of 1916, and immediately after reading of the official call for the meeting. A: board of engineers were elected, compri: ed of Chief Samuel G. Cottrell, Ha ry S, Coyle, William H. Greene and George S. Egger. all relections. Ever ett E. Whippl> was reélected treasur- er and collector, after the reading acceptance of the teamsters’ re- port. After the reading of the recom- mendations of the board of engineers, which included - an increase in the salaries of the board of engineers, and that - of treasurer-collector. Mr. Whipple, the holder of the latter office, said ths proposed increase was new to him. That the present salary was 8100 and the proposed increase would make the salary $200. FHe ob- jected to an increase of 100 per cent But wodld, accent a0 per. cent. Th. crease. ed were Eugene B. Pendletan: was reel auditor, and these assessor: chosen: - Walter C. ‘Hiscox, ~ Walt Wheeler and’ Everett A. Kinssle: The treasurer's bond was fixed at $3,000, the same as last year. It was voted to fix the tax rate at 15 cents on each $100 of taxable property. Samuel G. Cottrell, Harry Coyle and George Egger were reelected as the stove pipe committee.. The treasur- er was authorized to hire such sums of money as may be necessary for the | eonduct ‘of the district business. The recommendations of the board of . engineers, which carried with gt an increase of $500 in salaries, was adopted. The meeting then dis- solved. At the regular meeting of the West erly Board of Trade, President James M. Pendleton presiding, Jesse T. Carr, jthe well known horseman and favorite driver in the Norwich fair srounds track was elected to membership un- dér suspension of the rules. Willard H. Bacon, of the committee on’ gar- den work by school bors made report 0]of the general success of the move- ment. The boys had paid back the $150 advanced them in the early spring by the board of trade Frederick C. Buffum, of the fire pre- ention’ committee reported that the 0 | i'chool _children have reduced the fire prevention movement to u sci-nce, and their work has been successful. Fe said that Chiet Cottreil informed him that there had not been a fire of any consequence in Westerly during the past - thirteen mionths. Text books on fire prevention are now used in the scheols of Westerly. The entertainment committee report- ed that they had engaged Gilbert Mc- Clurk, a noted lecturer, to speak in the on_Saturday . evening, De- His subject will be the The Invitation. of the cember 22. Happy Farmer: Soil. A motion of Irvine O. Chester pro- viding for the appointment of a com- mittee on river and harbor, Wis t: bled for future mnsxderation under the rules. Rev. A. Edward Ksisey, Rhode Is- land representative of the American committee for Armenian-Syrian re- ef, was given permission to address the meeting. He told of the suffer- ings of these people and that a fund: of $30,000,060 is required to mieet theéir actual needs during the winter. He said he was in Westerly to inaugu- rate a-drive for $2,800 the allotment to the town. ' He asked for the en- dorsement of the board of trade. The matter was left to the executive. com mittee : with power. Every cent sub- scrib®1 will be.used for the purpose intended. and the costs of the cam- paign will be borne by individuals. Retail grocers .and marketmen of sard to the conservation of sugar and ‘flour. which: reads as follows: “The' Food Administrator expecu all dealers to -exercise -every means within their power to. resirict pur. chasing of whea: and wheat products, beer and beef products, fats and su gar, -to the actual necessities of cus-] tomers from day to day. Al other food - commodities should .under no consideration be sola in greater quan- Sitjes than two weeks Suppiy per fam- 1y “Sugar should not be soid in h}:m quantities than two pounds per ily, excepting to hospitals aha insti- tutions. A list to be Kept of all sales in_excess of two pounds. “Flour not.to be sold in h-va at lqn one veek'- supply. Th' nuna and address of every one bag or more sh«lll ‘be mecrded lnd k.p‘t ‘rh]:::dto ’ul;'.hi.:r :‘Pqulm- of the administrator, ““Combination sales’ of - | Democratic_ Institufions 1 We believe, A NEW CAR TO MEET REW CONDITIORS An entirely new line of Scripps-Booth cars will be exhibited for the first time at the New York and Chicago National shows. when you see these new Scripps-Booth cars you . will agree that they accentuate, by their locks, the good impression that Scripps-Booth cars have always made. When you come to examine them you will also ke convinced that they represent a decided superiority in market value—in locks, in utility, in performance, in economy. CS’crz'ppS -YGoofth War conditions are going to mzke people analyze values and thrift features in motor cars more closely than ever. The new Scripps-Booth line has been designed pqrt'culax“y to meet these new conditions of more discriminating selections. We are going to ask you to judge the salability of the Booth lin= from the viewpsint of comparative features. We know it will be worth your timc and trouble. will not be disappointed. Our 1918 contract will be a valuable assei for any live dealer. SCRIPPS-BOOTH CORPORATION. Grand Central Palace. New York City, N. Y. Coliseum Apnnex., Chicago, Il value and w Scripps- mely thrift We know you Detroit ~ e B-16 has normaily enjoved upon that par- ticular commodit. Local Laconics. Italians of Westerly are raising fund for the Italian boys from West- erly ‘stationed at Camp Devens. The fund now amounts to $145.1. Blair W. Neatby and Alired Kemp, of England and Jose: Lhiladelphia, told of the w zland, as it concerns ends, al street, Wednesday . The reflection of the burning of the tumrill mansion at Goshen Point on Tuesday night was plainly visible in Westerly. The mansion was built for J. A. Rumrill, of Sprinsfisid, by the C. Maxson company, of Westerly, 40 vears ago. Major John W. Keofe of Providence l:as_appointed Captain Johr Champlin, of Westerly, on the board of examin- ing physicians for the Rhode Island Medical Reserve Corps, to take the place of Captain Wheaton wno has been called into active service in the army. The Woman's College club met with Mrs. Aiexander, Ferzuson of Highland enue, Wednesda: afternoon. Mrs, "hols gave a talk on The Reign of Queen Victoria and the Spread of English Colonies. Mrs. Briggs spoke on The Great Charter anJ Simon d2 Montfort's House of Commons. William_A. Weineich. T denly of heart afiction he was boarding an electric car Cranston, Tuesday. The body was taken to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ernest W. Barnes, in Auby ides Mrs. ¢ three sons, iGence, and H., of New died sud- | “and’ Edward Under the new draft reculations ) alling for the creation of a militar; office in each statc for the adminis tration of the selective service la Colonel George . Webb, director of the in Rhode Island, has bean rpointed a captain of infantry in the national army, and wiil enjoy the} emoluments. While this is a demotion in title, the pay makes it worth while. NOANK G. E. Andrews Badly Scalded—OQueen| Esther Chaptor Busy—Second Nom.- | ination of Liberty Coun G. E. Andrews, buined about the back and which struck him w severely at the freight vard of the New Haven road; Is more | comfortable. Washington colncil, Junior Order of TUnited of voung women Ame bave a new pl Front street. Barlow and Frank < i “hoomaker, charge of its purchase. Busy Dressing Dolls. BEsther ( of togeth. The Queen ch banded work, dame, work is ér Mr. and Mrs tertaining th WA, tircle, the = The z dolls Hopes to See France. to] in| = is in composed | present | ie expects to be tra forrad om b be sent acras:. The meeting of 1. hters of America there being th on_ of officers. Mrs. ‘George Porter Silver . Link society W noon. Sidney Butson. a in Lawrence hospital, ing, is not expected home until about Christmas time. Packed Missiona met at the home of « - eveninx and pack fha Rlakesic: Clothing, vegetahios, serves formed the zifts. MYSTIC Judd-Donovan Chapman —Arnual Company. Meeting The m Donovan and Hibbard 1 Wednesday the rectory AL The attendan Haput and After the wedding eveninz, of St. er on Broadway. Mr. are to residé in Myst a_ drafted man and the examining and called to Camp Devens i Bindloss-Chapman Engagement, B azement Mr. unced Zhte: Le: and Mrs. the Miss r R. A, £ Helen telephone office. ¥ graduated recent versity of Pennsy tising dentistry the con-of Mr. and Chapman of West M3 Stonington Lodge, home i1 grea; Engagement has Cbapman. No. iberty [E o seco ertertui edn surgical though ry Barrell. The women of the Methodist church | 1. Libby : barrel New and part fru et Marriage — Bindloss- | Announced { of iage of Miss 1dd - t i held at the home of the br and ic. Bind M. B M Mystic. Mrs. stic av 26, Mr. been’ el short time, | hip scon and hopes to, council, patient improv- | Tues- | for| Faven | res of the Irdustrial Mary T, ook place loss have of their ndloss to iss Bind- | 4 rator in Chapman | is ‘prac- He is John W. enue. 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