Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 15, 1920, Page 7

‘WEST An act favorably reported by the judiciary committee in the Rhade Ial- and general assembly, which would enable women to vote, provides for assessment of poll %x against them. An act referred to the same commit- tee authorizes the appointment of honorably discharged -soldiers and sailors to the police and fire depart- ‘ments, An act passed which woylg allow the rate of four per cent.: beer by clubs, reduces bond from $1000 to $500, reduces fees and gives toyn councils power to grant licenses. Another act passed increases $200 the appropriation for the payment of janitor service in the court house at Westerly. The act passed ‘in concurrence which increases the pay of chjef fac- tory inspector from $2500 ta $3000, deputy from $1800 to $2500, and makes the salaries of these assistants $2000 each. The salaries of clerks of superior courts are increased from $1700 to $2200. A resolution was passed providing for the use of the state armory at Westerly, by the Rhode Island Ones, of the fire department. The act permitting the drainage district of Westerly to increase the bond issue for sewerage to_the amount of $500,000, was reported fa- vorably by the committee on corpora- tions and went to the calendar. An act was passed giving the board of public roads power to condemn land for highways. Under an act passed, license fees for hunters is raised from fifteen to twenty-five cents, and provision is made for special six-days’ licenses for non-resident fox hunters, invited by incorporated sporting clubs, By authority of an act passed, the name of the Rhode Island Normal School is changed to Rhode Island College of Education, and the trustees are empowered to grant degrees. The council of North Kingstown has wvoted th the pay for double teams shall be $8 a day for nine hours, $4 for foremen for nine hours, labora®s 40 gents an hour, trucks and drivers $2 per hour when working on town roads, and $6 for nine hours a day for single teams. Mrs. Hannah M. Merritt-Chesbro, 81, wife of Elbert L. Cheshro, died on Tuésday at the Masonic Home, Wal- lingford. Funeral services were held nt the home Wednesday afternoon, and the committal serVice will be at River Band this (Thursday) -after- noon. Mr. and Mrs. ‘Chesbro have been at the home more than twelve years. Mr. Chesbro was a former watchman at the plant of the West- rly Woolen company. Mrs. Chesbro ter of the late Perry Ken- A son, Perry Merritt, is a res- She has a num- London coun- yon. ident of Voluntown. ber of relatives in Nef ty and in Westerly and vicinity, The benefit concert Blinded Soldiers’ Children fund, under the au ¢ Loyal Pride of New Englan Independent Order 0dd Fe Manchester Unity, in the town hall. Wednesday evening, wag a musical success, and was fairly well attended, The program follows: Plano selection, Albert R. Bailey; vo- Wilfred Blackburn; cornet C o RHEUMATISM in aid of the|ed. ERLY splo, Charles Q. Gayitt; sol 0 solo, Gy o‘; D:efm-,"ms. bert A ughes; dramatization ofeThe Coun- 1 i , Mrs. J. P. Sherman; :‘flln'soo, Mrs, Charlotte Maxson %tey;émlnrgno“ solo, Inl‘heMAf’teBrlil'g;" velyn Rook- solo, Mr. Black- hpa; reading, Mrs. J.q'P. Sherman; soprano solo, Bluebird, Mrs. Hughes; duet, piano and d.r!rmu, Mr. gnd Mrs. s 2 h pective donor Albert R. Bailey. The entertainment closed with singing The Star Spln- gled Banner. \ John F, Murphy, of Providence, for- merly of Westerly, president of the Rhode Islang branch of the American Federation of Labor, is closing a suc- cessful tour of Maine in the interests of the Typographical Union, in which he is an officer and organizer. At one period, while John Murphy wag pres- X?ent of the state labor organization, his father, Cornelius T. Murphy, was president of the Westerly Central La- bor Union and his brother, James C. Murphy, was president of the New XYork Chauffeurs’ Union. It is perhaps the only instance where father and two sons were the heads of labor organizations at the same time. The father is at present secretary of the Westerly Central La- bor Union. Before going to Provi- dence, John F. Murphy worked at the printing trade in Westerly, Norwich, New Londorn and Waterbury. Seventeen ten-ton trucks owned by Callan Brothers, New York, repre- senting an_ expenditure of $170,000, were in Westerly Wednesday, bound from New York to Boston. The driv~ erse stopped here for dinner and then rolled away. The big 'trucks were withou f¥eight or merchandise of any description. With the capacity of an average freight train, these trucks could have relieved the congestion in New Yurk, accommodated many New England industries and brought re- turn to the truck owners, had they carried east-bound merchan@ise direct to Boston. On the return trip the trucks will be loaded to capacity. Milkman Deutch was severely cut in the face as the result of an accident. in ‘Granite street, Wednesday. His horse. shied” al a baby carriage and 80 suddenly that the wagon was up- set. Mr. Deutch and his milk cans were dumped upon the hard roadbed. The wagon was considerably smash- ed and the harness broken. At the annual meeting of the West- erly Visiting Nurse association, these officers were elected: Mrs. Edwin B. Foster, [president; Mrs. Walter S. Price, Mrs. Thomas Perry, vice pres- ident; Miss Jennie B. Stanton, secre- tary; Robert P. Mitchell, treasurer; Mrs. Frank A, Sherman, Mrs. Clifford W. Campbell, Mrs. Charles J. Butler, Miss Harriet Cottrell, Mrs. Samuel H. Davis, Mrg. Charles E. Sherman, hoard of managers. The two medical members of the board are to be elect- Local Laconics, The minstrel troupe of the West- erly Cycle club, which recently gave a performance to members and guests, early date. Bddie Brown and Jim Moore are the extreme end men and It is will give a public entertainment at an |- they ‘are overflowing with. fresh jokes. Eugene Burdick, who has been on a visit of ten weeks with™ relatives in Stonington, returnel home Wednesday. William Culley, a former president Leaves You Forever Deep Seated Uric Acid Deposits Are Dissolved and the Rheumatic Poison Starts to Leave the System Within Twenty-four Hours. Every woman in this county is au- k d to say to every rheumatic er that if two bottles of Allenrhu, he sure conquerer of rheumatism, does 1wt stop all agony, reduce swollen joints and do away with even the slightest twinge of rheumatic pain,, he will gladly return your money with- )it comment, ~ Allenrhu has beerr tried and tested or years, and really marvelous results daye been accomplished in the most evere cases where the suffering and \gony was intense and piteous and vhere the patient was helpless. Mr. James H. Allen, the discoverer of \llenrhu, who for many years suffered he torments of acute rheymatism, de- ires all sufferers to know, that he does 10t want a cent of anyone’s money un- ess Allenrhu decisively conquers thig vorst of all diseases, and he has in- tructed Lee & Osgood Co. to guarantee t in every instance. of the Westerly town couneil, is grad- ually reovering from a severe siege of illness. . & R In three storesiin Westerly, all in a row, garden sceds are on sale. ; There is a coal shortage in Wester- y. The Westerly religious survey has pegun. To fill vacancies caused by thé res- ignation of Donald G. Cottrell, as senior vice commander of Merrill Post, American Legion, Daniel F. Larkin was promoted to senior vice com- mander . and Linden Coombs was elected junior vice commander. Merrill Post, American Legion, has accepted the invitation of Budlong Post, to participate in Memorial Day exercises, also to attend Memorial Day service in the Congregational church. 2 The Monday club has elected Miss Amelia Potter president; Mrs. John Ohamplin, vice president; Mrs. Edwin B. Foster, secretary and Mrs, C. By- ron Cottrell, treasurer. Ansonia.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edwin Steele of Ansonia annpunce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Dor- othy Steele, and Edward Bradley An- schutz on Monday at Christ church, Ansonia. Why Measles May Dangerous This is No. 3 of a series of advertisements, prepared'tg a com- petent physician, apcilfmnz how certain whict Be. the air o L e i i e, thus favorable foothold for.‘mvm_fi'ng germs, § And_‘how Vick's Vapo- o Rub may be of value in this condition. %~ -~ " - these in an | o o e | Pew of us escape measles—it Is one of the commonest of child- hood diseases. Every mother knows the symptoms, but the imistake that most mothers make | much is in failing to realize that the child is not ful\g' recovered after the eruption and fever disappear. IThe air passages are still mguud pnd if this inflammation is not cleared up, the air passages may be weakened,,thus paving the lway for pmeumonia or serious disease of the lungs. i ol | _Nightly applications of Vick's VapoRub * will aid nature: in rftlicving this inflammation. ¢ Be- cause Vicks acts locally by stim- {ulation thru the skin to draw (out, the inflammation, af the /blood away from the lspots and relieve the coligh. g In laddition, ' the medicinal ingre- |dients ef Vicks are vaporized by the body heat. 2 These vapors Lt! breathed in all night_lon A TS ; ] diseases attack Influenza, Whooping Cold—often leave ording a b s gt bringing the medication to bear directly upon the inflamed areas. 3 Children’s digestions are deli- cate—easily - disturbed by too 3“dosing.” Vicks, there- fore, is particularly recommended : since it is externally applied and g0 can be used often and freely without 4 the . slightest * harmful Vicks 1 should } be ¥ rubbed in over the throat and chest until the skin is red—then spread on thickly and;covered with hot flannel cloths. % Leave the cloth- ing loose around the neck and the bed clothes arranged in the form of a funnel so the vapors arising may be freely inhaled. If the cough is annoying, swallow a small bit of Vicks the size of a » Samples to new users will be sent free on request to the Vick Chemical Company, 233 Broad Street, Greensboro, N. C quate. f that the modern town when it was tion f priation for t-h,‘I date to This is the ealthy gentleman to step nt @nd cen e & Mr aud Pawecatuck, were married at a nuptial n St. Michael's church, Wed- fsday. by Rey. John J. Fitzgerald. mass hey were attended by Mrs. Minnie earns of North Adams, Mass., and atthew Leahy of Stonington. the marriage there warrecepnon(an'd breakfast at the home of the bride's parents. Stonington Pointers. The members of Nina Council, K. ., have accepted an invitation to visit Narragansett Council of Wester- ly, Saturday evening next. : Louis D. Boynton, professor of Erm- lish in Chicago university, has pur- the John R. Babcock farm, bordering on the Mystic river, from William A, Wilcox. prises ninety acres and will be the summer home of Professor Boynton. A baseball team composed of mem- of C chased bers of James ican Legion, has been organized, with John Frates managing player, Patrick J. Gilmore captain. It is being planned to observe the 145th annpiversary of the First Baptist ‘There are people in the town who position to the purchase of ner imfliiut \: mu" c‘ f-wiwx;; eL ury at the structure is inade- %& mfifi'eggsewlce,. and tion: b s are asking. what has become of gut proposed gift to the town of a| hall, plans : were exhibited at .a town meeting e construction of an up ) %"gfiet Mallon, daughter " NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1320 ‘| church of Ston mz; \pril 22. The Wednessy Acistnoon ~ Bridge club met at the home of Mrs. Gilbert H. Chesebro. 2 The price of cider has jumped from $5 to $50 a barrel in this section, and scarce at that . 4 ‘There were four marriages, fourteen | deaths and sixteen births in Stonidg- ton during March, % GALES FERRY The Village Improvement associa- tion, which holds its meetings by courtesy of the officers and trustees of the Gales Ferry Country clib at the ciubhouse, met there Monday evening with a good attendance. The presi- dent, Rev.’ Allen Shaw Bush, presid- ed. The minutes of the last meeting were read by the secretary. A sug- gestion was made to the committee on landscape gardening that a memorial tree be planted by the association for ¢ach man from this place who during the world war served in uniferm, as weli as for those who made the su- preme sacrifice, this to be known as a “road of remembrance.” This mo- tion was' carried unanimously. A | report made by the committee on by- laws was accepted, the laws to be in- corporated in the constitution of the | association and to be given to the public later. Other reports were giv- en and announcement made of a series of entertainments to be arranged for, | tue first event taking place May day. It was also stated that a chemical fire extinguisher had been purchased and will be placed at the village postoffice for the protection of the village. The educational department announced that the books donated the Gales Fer- ry library numbered 730 volumes, as | reported by the library committee. Suggestions for a cleanup week and fire drill were discussed. A prize was | offered to the juniors by Walter M. Buckingham for tha best flower gar- den shown the coming season. Mrs, John Finegan, wife of Tax Collector John Finegan, of the town | of Ledyard, was at the village post- %:e Sd‘fg- home. Fred Mrs. Finegan. Mr. and Mrs. e. Oth- of which ed to make appro- uilding. It was stated York. that a site had been e building was sure to e name of the pros- s not made public. ortune time for that to e Stonington borough Henry Mallon of After The farm com- daughter, M: . Harvey post, Amer- and of conference, | opening of o’fl}lceck’htxesday“ momrnins mfi:o to 12 “clot 0 COl 5 - Savers in this Tocaltty, substtuine Tor Mr. Finegan, who was-ill at their lectman of the ‘town, accompanied Leolin H. Keeney were re(fent dm;)der gu;n;i of Mr. KEéney'g relatives, Mr, and Mrs, C. E. Colyer, of the submarine nn?i s left Wednesday to of the advancement of higher educa- tion of the Near East, with office at the Foreign Missionagy society in New Rev. G. H. Wright from Niantic was {appointed at the New England South- ern conference at Plymouth, Mass., to succeed Rev. O. E. Newton of the M. E. church of this Newton being transferred to the M. E. church at Old Mystic. The following boeks, taken several months ago from the Gales Ferry li- brary, are expected to be returned at once, that the numbering of the vol- umes in the library may be completed by the library committee: Ruth Field- ing of the Red 'Mill, Dear Irish Girl, Under Dewey at Manila, Boy Allles, Terror of the Sea; Miss Pat and Her Sisters, Pollyanna Grows Up, Mosses from an Old Manse. g The Village Improvement associa- tion is to hold an open meeting and smoker for the men Friday evenfng at ti:e ciubhouse to promote matters of importance to the members,and to the | community as a whole. Frank Sisson, who underwent an operation two weeks ago for a serious eye trouble at the Pioneer hospital, | Brooklyn, N. Y., is making favorable imptovement and hopes to return to his home near Red Top in a few days. Mr and Mrs. Dudley C. Perkins and s Jennie G. Perkins, at- tended services at the Baptist church Palmertown Sunday, as the village itch was closed during the session Misses Mary and Madeline Birch re- sumed their studies Monday at the Norwich Free following the Faster vacation. t] 'wn farm Sunday were Miss Marian “se- | Bitcher and /Herbert Lawrence of &rwlch, Frank af No! | Al C. Risdon of New York was a Lusiness visitor at his summer home iz _the village last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Aplin, who 've spent the winter in Los Angeles, L, returned to the village Friday ;j‘»m and reopened their ‘home here. . and Mrs. Aplin will be joined by their daughten, Mrs. Donald Irwin, from their former hame, Mr. Keeney ke up the work Vernon, ., £ ] N. Y., during the week. - - tun”:d -:-l:c-!::l: a wu):'fl'- e village, Rev. Mr. Mogtap: gq‘.& and 3 . Mr. oosup, Mrs. 7 WN Harry of Ster! M‘ mfieyrbm gu son and wmé.m B%‘fl:..otl"an recently mof Wiillam B“”W{:.m. !nw:‘l? .lt where he is employed on F. O. Atk! :ng\orlner place. No 47 o ton g 0. 47, met Saturday evening. mfiu literary program an oyster supper was served. Rav. Franl Abbott attended a church meeting in Stafford last week. Mr. Abbott left Monday for Wilkes- barre, Pa, to a pany home his wife and three children, who have spent the winter with Mrs. Abbott's parents, Mr, and Mrs. J. F. Matthews. Mr. Abbatt and family are to visit his people in New York on the return tflp‘ and return to Bolton Saturday next. Mrs. fihlflea N. Loomis is in Crom- well visiting her daughter, Mrs. Wil- liam E. Stetson. Misses Annette Muzzio and Annette Ross have returned from Long Island, where they were guests of the lat- ter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas e S Ellen F. Jordan E N winter wi k. W. 8. Burdi ‘um D Sunday in Providence.’ d Mrs. George Burdick and two :‘re at Slocum, R. L, for an b“m ime. Nu:nv:n )In‘rln and Mrs Potter of 00! eC] *’fl two sons of w.:nwenh l!'lla T, an rs. have commenced k?zbl’ps mhnn.:‘q rooms leased from Mrs O. W. Ba William Kenyon of Sterling on local relatives Sunday. -COULD NOT BEGIN TO TELL ALL “I could not tell you all th I had from the use of ¥ and Tar,” writes Misg lol:l“ Hawkins Ave, N. Braddock, Pa. i had l‘; cold in my chest 3nd would ea o s, 8. Sillano is i1l ana under the };?n‘u—/.fi‘fi"’x-.':'."fi"a‘:l;-:(:;\ ang Tl Rev. Mr. Goodsell of Andover is to | rroes feirs Sotae 00 CLREEE guit from severe colds wih try e :II:: such letters have heem writt abou this time-tried, reliable family med reach in the Bolton church April 5th in exchange with the pastor, Rey. F. K. Abbott, Academy whooping cough. cine for coughs, colds, croup Le: good Cnu - Army from General to Buck The Nearest U. S, Army United St ta task was done. victims by thousands. ice added to interesting work of United States Army men. e e e : You think of the Army as an instrument of war; CORPS OF ENGINEERS—Army enginsering is g, COME. R trade. Where the U. S. Army serves American troops are serving in Panama, Hawaii, the Phi- lippines, Alaska, China, Ger- many, Siberia and here in the U. 8. A. The recruiting Ser- geant will gladly give you all the details. Like every one else in the from now and say: years of training. Private, you're under orders share in giant tasks. and if your outfit moves and you're needed elsewhere, your duty isto go. . States Army man.” _POST OFFICE BUILDING, ! NITED § tes . FIHERE is a Canol at Panama, linking two great oceans 2nd carrying the commerce of the world. For a hundred years and more men dreamed of that Canal. De Lesseps had the dream and failed, and the bones of men and wreck of machines re- . mained to mark his failure. It seemed a task almost impossible; yet that ‘It was doneby : United States Army men. In Cuba and Porto Rico yellow fever once claimed Yellow fever is no longer a menace in those islands. A great physician and his aids helped the : people of those islands to conquerit forever. A : And they, too, were United States Army men, In the Philippines a new civilization isarising;and it® foundations are laid upon the courage and devotion and well you may; for the record of its men in F\’anee vand Flanders will live as long as history is written. But the Army has tasks of peace no less heroic— tasks that mean a safer, and a better world, It is for those tasks that the Army asks three years of the lives of America’s best young men. 5 To those men the Army promisa‘sturdy health— an asset for their business success in all the years to It offers them opportunity for training in a useful It gives them good food, good clothes and good care.. It trains them to responsibility,—it de- velopes character and mind. - It promises them travel, and the kpowledge of other lands, that will make them citizens of the world. The United States Army seeks no inferior appli- cants. It wants men of whom it can be proud, dur- ing their enlistment, and in all the years to come. Men who will logk back twenty, thirty, forty years “Those years were the most valuable of all my “They gave me health, and skill, and the capacity for managing men.. They gave me a chance to “I am proud of the record of those years, and of what they have meant in my success. *Proud that I, too, for a little Recruiting Stations are: NORWICH, CONN. - A personal infetview involves no obligation AT THE 14 ARMS OF THE SERVICE The Recruiting Sergeant can give you the information that will help you decide which branch fits you best. In all of them you will get the fine training as a soldier that the United States offers all its men —in many branches you can get highly jalized trpining, INFANTRY—The men who have made the name of “doughboy” feared and respected throughout the world welcome you to the comradeship. Fine fellows—good fun and good training in any school at the post you go to. . CAVALRY—When the horses are champing st the bit and the “yellow legs” mount up and the troop rides forth, there is a thrill that no old cav- can ever forget. A horse of your own— & good outdoor life and training for future success. FIELD ARTILLERY — “Action Front” comes the command—then watch the boys with the red bat cord snap into it. A happy outfit—with the * known the world over for its excellence and an en- listment in the engineers can be the start of & young man’s training in the various branches of engineering and in the mechanical and building - COAST ARTILLERY—Living on the sea coasts, arding cities with guns, getting time for S!:dy gndb:'wkh and technical training, the C. A.C. man is preparing for a useful life and good pay and is having a good time while he's learning. The C. A. C. also mans the mobile big gun regi- —The man who gets the early edge in experience with aeroplanes and balloons hn.mm:;: in is army training. For fiying is fi'-wm‘,;h.:d it's going to be a profitable business ORDNANCE DEPT.—Theordnancelsappesling to the studious young American. To wide oppos- tunities for study, it adds a business ag well as s technical training. SIGNAL CORPS—Whether it's laying a wire from a reel-cart at a gallop or installing g wireless station that will flash its message half around the world, the Signal Corps is there, and a man who learns radio telegraph and telephone work in the Sigoal Corps is always valuable. MEDICAL DEPT.—Good experience, good pay, and training in all branches of hospital work. Excel- lent opportunity for future svccess. The Veter- inary Corps teaches the care of horses as weil as TANK CORPS—The man who knows gas mators -Mwo}wh?’:unfimmig in- vited to join the Tanks. Radio, machine gun and ordnance work ere all parts of the Tank Cofps work. Qu. CORPS—The Corpsthat | trpin- while, was @ United CHEMICALWARFARESERVICE—Foraman who o knowledge, thg‘;-n:ninm-fln; work and rapid advancement in the C. W. S. dris well, is givenin ped L T