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ey T4 e S vt E. Peckham, Themas MeKenzie, chairman of the war sevinge stemps campaign, re- ports that Monday, the first day, sum of $14,140 was pledged by 299 persons, and that the returns were not complete. As usual, Westerly will Lgc over the top in this patriotic en~ :gem'ur, as was the case in all that # preceded, s the opinjon of Chairman ZMcKensie, There will be a big dem Zenstration to ereate jncreased enthu- isiasm on next T ay, which will - consist of & parade in which the com- ¢ mittec and terms, members of the 2 town Fourth Company of -Rhode Island State Guard, Company IC Third regiment, Connecticut tSate :Guard, Camp Fire Girls, Red Cross Workers, Bov_ Sgouts, the Community orus and Westerly band will par- cipate. The makeup' of the com- “miftee in conneetion with the cam- paign is as follows: Arthur M. Cot- strell, distriet chairman: Thomas Me- ‘Kenzie, town chairman; Edgar P. ~Maxson, publieity chairman; Mrs, Thomasg try, John Ferguson. Jr., Samuel Nardone. William C, Mudge, Charles H..Nichols, Thomas Hope, Ar- thur Trotman, Willlam Clark, Rev. Clayton A. Burdick, Howard M. Bar- ‘ber and Charles F. Hammond are the iteam captains, in the order names. *The teams are made up as follows: Team No. 1—Myps. Charles D. Max- ‘son, Mrs. John Y. Moore, Mrs, George B, Utter, Mrs, La Clede Woodman- ‘see, Mrs. William Healey, Mrs. Hobart Pabeock Miss Angenette Cottrell, Mrs. “Walter 8. Price, Miss Charlotte Max- “son, Miss Esther Dodge, Frederick L. Crosse. Team No. 2—Julian Maxson, Rieh- sard Butler, Ernest H. Baunders, Wi]- ‘ham V. Currier, Sidney Alling, Clar- tence . Roche, Wilfred B. Utter, Rich- 21d Mitchell, Clarence A. Vars, J. K. Marshall. : Team No, 3—Pasquale Tuscano. An- <elo J. Cappuccio, Joseph Guarino, {Charles Devoxse, Michael Tufano, George Montalto. Team No. 4—William Mitchell, Wil- llam Monaghan, William Smith, Geo. Smith. James McKenzie, Jr. % Team No. 5—Miss Florence C. Nich- fols, Paul J. Gauvin. Team Team 1} \liam H. Clapham, . lifford . Holds- {worth. Rev. Frederick K. Hackett, Victor Geve i, J. Bdwin Gardner. i Team No. $—Wijlllam S. Crandall, {David S, Myers, Harold Higginbotham, Paul A. Smithsont, Archie Meikle, Al- exander M Blake, John V. Moore, Charles H. Niehols, Lorin G. McLaren. Team No, 9—John H, Tanner, Chas. P. Palmer, Myren A. Kenvon, Charles ‘D, Andrews Willlam H. Healey, Albert iP, Kenyon, Louis K. Burdick, Edwin ‘Whitford, Hugh J. Marshall. Team No, 10—John H, Austin, Geo. E. TLeonard, John C.Loughhead, Henry A, Stahle, C. Leo Higgins, Raymond ‘Stillman, Alhert G. Martin, James Shea, Sulvatore Grillo, E. W. Sisson. Team No. 11—Charles F. Hammond, ot R Ry N TR VT . Wil- Dr. John M. O'Cennell, commission- ed a first lieutenant in the Dental Re- serve corps of the army, Aug. 28, 1917, communicated with the - department recently, that he desired te do more for his country than a display of his commission in his dental effice. In response he received a telegram to be in readiness to report for active duty Within the next fifteen days. Dr. O'- Connell Is a native of Westerly. was honor man of his class in graduating {rom a dental college, and once taught in the scheol, of Westerly. He has been prominent in the Knights of Co- lumbus and Independent Order of Red Men. and is ready to give up a suc- cessful practice to enter military ser- Vice, Captain George H, Webb, director of the draft for Rhode Island. has re- ¢eived no additional information from YWashington relative to the entrain. !um of 17561 men for Camp Upton, N. Y., on the five days, beginning July 22. He says that no apportionment would be made for the new increment ment until the work of Class One Week, has been entirely tabulated, his is being pushed forward as rap- dly as possible and will be concluded By the middle of next week, if the lo. gal boards maintain their present gpesd, ; The reclassifications has already een commenced by some local boards Rhode Tsland, and there now re- fhains for these boards only the con- sideration of the appeals made by those who disagree with the rulings of the district boards. Other local Boards including State Division, No, L which includes Westerly, have not ¥et taken action upon the recommen- Qations of the lezal advisory com- m}:lus, and this. must be compieted fore the final details can be accom- filished. . The work of pushing forward the enroliment for service of the new res- fstrants is to be completed with the least possible delay. Orders have Peen issued to mail questionnaires to these young men in the four days @hich began Tuesday, and all must B returned to the local boards by July Medical examinations will then ha: been started in some local boards. As soon as the order num- bers come from Washington, some of the voung men will be ready for in- dyetion fn the present call. In the rpeantime no one can enlist in the ar- my or navy, who 18 in Class 1 of the eld draft, or who registered in the new draft. As soon as the orders for the call of 1751 men came this automati- cally placed every man in the class within the current quota, and ended enlistments. Special troop trains from Providence fer New York passed through West- erly Tuesday, with an incrément of 1257 voupg Rhode Island men, bound tg Camp Meade, Maryland, to_hecome ropart of the national army. The men of the state Division No. 1, entrained 3t Fast Greenwich, and was composed .‘ the following: Henry M. Barber, - PROFESSIONAL NURSE Tells What to Do to Regain Strength 1 After Sickness ‘New York City~"I am a profes- sibnal nurse—the grippe and bron- chical pneumonia left me with a cough "BUYING WAR STANPS N WESTERLY Putriote Ctie Ester Upost Week's Campaign With Liberal Argdor—Dr. John M. O’Connell’s Proffer of Active Ser- vice Accepted—State Troops Start For Camp Meade— High School Class Day Exercises—Death of Mrs. Arthur. e e apd in a depleted, anaemic condjtion l‘d no appetite. I cannot take ‘cod liver oil in any other form than in Vinol and in a short time after taking it my appetite improved, my cough left me, I gained strength and ‘Wweight. That is why I recommend Vinol to others.—Miss E. M. Walker, R. N, 35 W 3Sth St. Tt is the Beef and Cod Liver. Pep- tones aided by the iron and man- ggnese peptonates and glycerophos- phates contained in Vinol which kes it so wonderfully successful. Broadway Pharmacy; Wilson Drug Co., Willimantic; A. W. Williams Pharmacy, Danielson; J. F. Donahue, Puytnam; and Druggists Everywhere, Franeis Lynch, Joseph Ferraro, Rouse Babcock, Paul E, Thorp, Hyman Bei- zer, Dapte C. Marzoli and John I. Brlody, of Westerly: Frank Drew, Henry N, Monson, son, Clarence H. Moon, George I Remington, of East Greenwich; Fran- cesco Dartene of Barrington; John E, | Woodmansee, of Wakefield; Joseph H. O’Brien, of Arcedia; John J. Burdick of Kenyen ernard L. Mullen, of Peace Dale: Baymond Sprague, of Wickford; William R. Greene, of Hope Valley; Harold F. Greene, Daniel J, Bergen, of Hamilton: Ashley Piercg, of Narragansett Pier; Robert Smith of Wyoming: Howard S. Dyer, of Da- vigyille; Frank Dolan, of Ardmore, Pa.; and August Lucien, of Sharpyiile, Pa. It was announced that two of the foregoing didn’c leave and_ thesp registrants were substituted: Joseph L. Cavanau of FEamilton, Gilbeit E, Lindberg, Tast Greenwich. At the annual speaking coptsst of |§ the Waesterly High school the prize winners were: Giris—Dorcas Williams firet, Hilda K. Young second, Boys— | Angelo M. Gencarello first, William H. Adams second, as follows, under the direction of Miss Jennie B. Stanton: Chorus, Lift Thine Eves, Mendelssohn Girls’ Glee Club. In or In, Booth Tarkington © William H. Adams, '20. The Ballad of Sweet P., Virginia W. Clark Ruth P. Thompson, '18. Horace Greeley’s Ride to Placerville, Artemus Ward Gordon Harrington, '18, A Christmas Present for Teacher, Myra Kelly Hilda K: Young, '18. Jean Deeprez, Robert W. Service Angelo M. Gencerello, '18. Vielin solo, Hejena Papalia. De Pianner Juett, Martha S. Glelow Doreas Williams, '19. A Murderer's Confession, Edgar Allen Poe Archie I, Fain, '19. The Polish Boy, Rose Davidoff, 19, Why Are We Fighting Germany? Franklin K. Lane Henry S, Hughes, '18. Vive La France, Charlotte H. Crawford | M. Edna Niblock, ’13, Solemn Looking Blokes, Stacy Aumonier Sydney Moorehouse. '18. Chorus, When the Boys Come Home, Boys' Glee Club. The judges" were Rey. William F. Williams, Katherine D, Frankenstein and A, Ethelyn Foster. Class day exercises of Westerly High school, open to the public, were held in high .school hall Tuesday evening and, besides the musical se- lections, inciuded the presentation of gifts by Loren Gavitt, reading of prophecy by Dorothy McVey, and the will and history by Sydney Moore- house. A reception and dance follow- ed. The graduating exercises will be held in the town hall this afternoon. To date, Westeriy has 18 members | & in the Taft Limit club, the eligibility consisting in the purchase of $1,000 worth of war savings stamps, They are William Clark, Fannie E. Doane, Tda ¥. Doane, Robert Drysdale, George C. Moere, Arthur L. Perry, William D. Hoxie, Edgar H. Cottrell. Charles P. Cottrell, Miss Harriet E. Cottrell. Mrs. (-2 Cottrell, Arthur M. Cottrell, M. Pendleton, Clifford W. Campbell, Fred 8. Ople, Charles A} Sherman, - Wilfred Ward and Charles | B. Barker. Mra. Annie Amalia Peckham, 26, wife of Arthur E. Peckham, died Mo day night at the home of her Mrs. E, M, Siseon, in Stanton street ! after a-long illness. Mrs, Peckham | was born in Voluntown, and her resi- | dence was in Bradford, Besides her | husband; she leaves two children, An- nie Amelia, 4,and Arthur Ellsworth, | 1 year old; also her father, Robert Barnes, five sister. Mrs, E, M, Sisson, Miss Marguerita Barnes, Mrs. Henry Bromley, Mrs, Walter Burdick and Mys, William Malone, and a brother, { Robert Barnes, Jr, She was a member of the First Baptist church, Local Lagonics. Westerly fire hydrants are painted red, topped with white, Chief of Police Brown has regis- tered 12 German women aliens. Mrs. Anna B. Waest has begun her 53d year of continuous service in the White Rock mill. In addition to the house to house sale of thrift and war stamps, girls are offering the stamps for sale in the streets, The graduating class of the West- erly High school will have an outing at Narragansett Pier on Thursday The trip will be made by auto-truck, The Camp Devens officers’ training school has heen transterred to Fort Lee, Virginia. Edward J. Butler and James J. Moore of Westerly are in- cluded in the transfer, Frank Ahern is organizing a base- being ball team from members of the Fourth | & company, Rhode Island State guard. At the games the admission fee will be a thrift stamp purchased at the en- trance. Miss Harriet N, Woodard, former teacher of music in Stonington schools and a resident of Westerly, now teaching in Phillipsburg, N. J, is the guest of Mrs, J. W. Vincent in Lower Pawcatuck, According to_a letter received by Mrs. Margaret Donovan her son, Cor- poral Joseph Donovan, severely wounded while in action in France, has been discharged from the hospital and returned to his company. LEONARD BRIDGE Carleton A. Cummings of the U. S. Naval Reserve, Newport, R. I, fis spending 2 thirty days' leave of ab- sence on the farm. Miss Layinia P.-Kneeland, accom- panied by~ Miss Kathryn Walsh of Brooklyn, N. Y. attended the photo- play in Willimantle Tuesday, My Four Years in Germany, from Ambassador James W. Gerard's world-famed story. Mrs. Albert Wheaton and daughter, Alberta and Mrs, Rexford E. Cum- mings were ih Norwich Friday. 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