Pulling Together on Aquicfneck R. Pell Goes to Washington Fto Seek

Pulling Together on Aquicfneck NEWPORT DAILY NEWS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1960 Newport, Middletown and Ports- mouth'are feeling their way slowly toward effective pooling of re- r. Pell Goes To Washington sources for common objectives. For the first time since colonial fTo Seek Advice, Ends Giving It days, it is reported, officials of the three communities on Aquidneck J SPECIAL TO THE NEWS player from Newport", some of [sland have gotten together to dis- [WASHINGTON — Demo- my advisers wanted me to strike cuss areas of common governmen- |cratic strategists here took time back. We didn't do it — and it tal interest. worked. At a meeting the other night, of- pff from Kennedy-Johnson cam- "I think people are sick of this, jpaigti matters the other day to kind of business. I believe they • cials of the three communities jet some tips from a political want to know what a man's ?greed to report to Mayor -James wvice who walked off with philosophy is, how he feels about ... Maher of Newport by the third Rhode Island's Democratic sen- the issues of the day. This is the week in February just how their way elections are conducted in Town and City Councils feel about atorial nomination by beating a other countries, not in an couple of veterans. atmosphere of name-calling and forming a permanent committee to ; ClaibornePellj the wealthy criticism. keep in touch with each other on a yotthg Newporter, came to town "I hope this is the trend number of common problems. to see — and be seen. He wanted throughout the country" I be- o know more about national . The meeting was called by .egislation and to check with lieve that's the way people want Mayor Maher in line with a reso- solicy makers and researchers at it." said Pell. he Democratic National Commit- He says he intends to pursue lution by Councilman Erich A. ee on some background material the same policy in the few weeks O'D. Taylor which had been ap- 'The island is a unit . . .' or his campaign. But, Pell spent remaining before the general elec- proved by the Newport City Coun- nore time answering questions tion. (He refers to his opponent, cil. All three communities were fective use of tax dollars in such ibout his "surprise" victory over Republican Raoul Archambault, represented by local officials, and a former United States Sen, and only in the most amiable terms areas as education and even of Attorney General J. Howard as a "very able and hard cam- number of local delegates to the school construction. Three com- jVUcGrath and four-term Gov- paigner"). Pell will talk mainly General Assembly also took part munities pooling capital to build a Dennis J. Roberts. of Rhode Island's depressed econ- in discussions. high school, for instance, will get :. In at least two respects, and omy and the federal measures he a far higher return in educational probably several more, Pell con- will support to create more jobs The areas of immediate common vinced party leaders that a man in the state. He will also stress the concern were listed as schools, values than if each built its own can depart from ordinary cam- importance of strong defenses, es- water supply, civil defense, waste smaller high school. paign techniques and win an pecially greater reliance on con- disposal, airport facilities, water? Just what kind of regionaliza- election. Pell told his questioners ventional military forces, as a fronts and recreation. As Mr, Tay- that he refused the advice of weapon in the hands of our peace tion will take root on the island is political veterans and conducted a negotiators. lor told the 18 men present at the uncertain now. Mr. Taylor suggest- "positive campaign" — that is, he As for the question of his wealth, meeting, "This island is a unit ed a "very loose but very real" co- says he stated what he would do, Pell says: "I am a man of inde- whether we know it or not. Com- operative agency to serve at least if elected, instead of criticizing pendent means. I spent my own mon sense, says we've got to stop a as a clearing house for the ex- his opponents and engaging in money, paid my bills with checks lot of individual expenditures." personal attacks. and I'm keeping the cost to my- change of information about plans ' Furthermore, he made no self. It is highly interesting that gov- and problems of the three com- apology for his private wealth nor "Very few candidates disclose ernment costs appear to be at the munities. did he appear bothered by allega- what they have actually spent. root of island action seeking a Perhaps it would be just as well tions that he had spent money Some are not too honest and they common solution of common prob- lavishly. Pell had some candid toss out a figure but it doesn't if the first venture in regionaliza- comments on both points, both for mean anything. Under the law, I lems. It is a truism that money tion were kept "very loose" so that party officials and a group of could spend $10 million if I had it. talks, and apparently rising pres- tighter relations could grow from reporters. sures of government costs are sell- "We were, unorthodox," he said. (Rhode Island law has no statutory the demonstration of real need. "I felt the people were ready for limit on spending and reports need ing silently the idea of joint at- There is plenty of time to work a campaign fought on positive not be filed with the state enumer- tack on common problems. out a more formal grouping, and issues. When one of my opponents ating election contributions and outlays.) But it would be a mistake to ex- experience at the proposed level Pell is blunt enough to say what pect that a common approach to may serve to shape the nature of a everyone knows about the Federal common problems necessarily will more formal grouping. Landmarks Corrupt Practices Law — that the mean a substantial saving in spend- (Continued from Page 1) limit of $10,000 — in some cases in any event, it is heartening to $25,000 — on individual spending ing. There may pe some savings, of find three communities, tightly in tVio United States in continuous " course, and that purpose ought to Sknit by common interests and prob- nore ume aii&weuug yucoLiuna ICCllVe UbC 01 leen closed for repairs and im- can forces from the north end historic items on display in the Story." The latter ran as a serial Open house 'was held today by •rovements for several months. society's rooms. in the Journal, told his experi- of the island of Aquidneck to the Portsmouth Historical Society John Pierce will exhibit ar- seize Newport which had been Recently erected on the ences as a reporter in the Rhode at its building at East Main Road grounds were the new sign with Island General Assembly. ifacts found recently near occupied by British troops since r and Union Street, following a 'ounders Brook during the exca- Dec. 1776. its unusual eight pointed stars He has written articles on Foun- ! ribbon cutting this morning which vations for the new road. Before any action took place which was made by Jethro H. ders Brook and is vitally interest- j opened the reconditioned museum After the meeting of the board a terrific storm damaged the Peckham and also a flag pole ed in the preservation of The and marked the 325th anniversary of directors, the 325th anniversary fleet to an extent it was neces- which was a gift of Howard A. Founders Brook site. of the Battle of PJiode Island. ball committee of the society and sary to sail to Boston for re- Pierce. -Tonight the Rhode Island Soci- :the Chamber of Commerce con- pairs. ety, Sons of the Revolution, will '.vened and continued plans for Bloody Brook observe the anniversary of the that event. Miss S. Alice Birkett, The American forces were in ~ f\e n ^ vfKkfP fr v • •> l- r /. i • t- battle with their annual dinner co-chairman with Leo McAloon, as far as Green End Avenue, it and meeting at the Hotel Viking. will be in charge of designing sou- ce Lt. Cmdr. John M. Jones of the venir programs for the Ball. near where Kempcnaar's is now Story Ut Portsmouth Compact o- Naval Supply Depot, who will The ticket committee, which in- located. When informed of the et speak, will intertwine the history eludes Richard Carreiro, Robert withdrawal of the fleet, they re- rf of the Battle of Rhode Island with Hamilton and William A. Chase, treated northerly to the vicinity Unfolded So All Can Be Experts le modern armed force procedures. will distribute tickets next week to of Union Street. The Hessions o 20 The ribbon cutting ceremony members of the chamber and the proceeding from West Road en-'i- By JAMES T. KAtLL ,Tr. . | Tney pledged to honor this morning in Portsmouth in- society. countered some of them near 1 Coddington's edicts and he in cluded a concert by the Cogge- A guest list was discussed and If it isn't an economy-sized car, ; turn swore to do justice Lawton's Valley. he shall Continentals and brief talks will include Governor and Mrs. Hearing the action from East what is this Portsmouth Com-1 impartially according to the laws by Erich A. O'D. Taylor and Da- Chafee. Mrs. Virginia Wallace as- pact — one of those things the j 0£ QO(J til Road, the British forces turned vid Patten, both historians; J. sisted the committee as publicity girls powder their noses with? j The ;.om|)llct can't be called a x3. west on Union Street and were :re Fred Sherman, president emeri- consultant. Another meeting was Not at all, sir. It's an historic j doctrine of "religious freedom,": tus of the historical society, and set for Sept. 4 at 8 p.m. at the faced with devastating fire of document jn which Portsmouth's | as Sl)mp havp described it The le. Jackson's regiment. The battle town officials. Pocasset Country Club. settlers pledged ttemselves in 1638 , topic XVHsn't mentioned. And it's i continued all day in the area After the opening ceremony, to set up a government without i doubtful that Coddington and his the lower floor of the building, from Quaker Hill westerly to the rigid restrictions of Puritan; Eriends would .even recognize the Turkey Hill and the valley below housing historic exhibits, was Massachusetts. ,r.n|term in the same sense that we opened for public inspection until where Bloody Brook runs. It is The other day, the Gn«t Mill Id o 4 D. m. : so named because of its color column in this newspaper told j gut a latpr document, uniting after the killing of 30 Hessians about the new highway sign? that j Portsmouth and Newport in 1641, who were buried nearby. proclaim the town as the Home did proclaim a democracv in Portsmouth To Mark 1778 Battle Trumbull Participates of the Portsmouth Compact. which nobody ,vould . be Bought Taylor told of the part that Everybody well-versed in Aquid- to account foi, matters of doctrine, The 182nd anniversary of the neck Island history knows what] Llo d A nobson. in his history tne supporting French John Trumbull, aide-de-camp of Battle of Rhode Island will be General Sullivan, took in action the Portsmouth Compact is ac- ,-N rt Begins," points out that , to sea. Then a storm ' celebrated today in the commun- damaging the French fleet at Quaker Hill. Trumbull was ; cording to the erudite Grist Mill th Portsmouth Compact really ity where the famous Revolution- the painter of many revolution- JBut how many of those expert; set u theocracy, governed by 1 . headed for Boston and ! even-bodies are there? ! fte lapw of the -Blbfe. but not ary War engagement took place. repairs, tnus leaving the Ameri- ary War scens which are familiar icans without support to most school children. ! For tlie benefit of everybody | making membership in the Puritan The Portsmouth Historical Soci- The American forces withdrew else, heres the story: i church a condition of citizen- ety plans an observance at 8 p. Discouraged but 'still deter- j Puritan - controlled Massachu-i shi as Massachusetts had done, m. in the town's new recreation mined, the Americans withdrew! from the island the night of Aug. building at the top of Quaker Hill. 29, 1778, and the British occupied setts couldn t stomach the doctrine i That was a big dif£emicc and f llts Hi!1 in Portsmouth. On' of Mistress Anne Hutchmson. who mad(, the compact something David Patten, retired managing A-ag. .9i 17(8. British and Hessian the island for another year. was preaching a "covenant of j important jn infant America. editor of the Providence Journal- troops moved out of Newport and The speaker in telling of the grace, rather than of works. To, ^ new sott,Pment (ared well. Bulletin, will speak. attacked the fortifications at the. founding of Portsmouth, and its the Puritan clergy, that smacked | H isl d' of Aquidneck was Continental forces hoped, in Au- l-'i • Je* Americans held firm un-! connections in Boston and Eng- of revelation, an approach they | n,,,v.1lasM,H fmm the Indians in a gust. 1778. thai thp British micr>it nl nightfall and then withdrew to I as far as Green End Avenue, uaiue wiin rneir annual dinner t co-chairman with Leo McAIoon, 5 and meeting at the Hotel Viking ,•>will be in charge of designing sou- near where Kempenaar's is now Story Of Portsmouth Compact £6 Lt. Cnvdr. John M. Jones of the located. When informed of the R venir programs for the Ball. 0- Naval Supply Depot, who will i The ticket committee, which In- withdrawal of the fleet, they re- et speak, will intertwine the history treated northerly to the vicinity •] eludes Richard Carreiro, Robert Unfolded So All Can Be Experts rf of the Battle of Rhode Island with ] Hamilton and William A. Chase, of Union Street. The Hessions I fie modern armed force procedures. ;l will distribute tickets next week to proceeding from West Road en- By JAMES T. KAfLL Jr. | They pledged to honor 20 The ribbon cutting ceremony g, members of the chamber and the countered some of them near | Coddington's edicts and he in ; | this morning in Portsmouth in- If it isn't an economy-sued car, c society. Lawton's Valley. j turn swore to do j u s t i c e j cluded a concert by the Cogge- A guest list was discussed and Hearing the action from East what is this Portsmouth Com- i impartially according to the laws ' shall Continentals and brief talks pact — one of those things the 'ft will include Governor and Mrs. Road, the British forces turned I of God. •til by Erich A. O'D. Taylor and Da- Chafee. Mrs. Virginia Wallace as- girls powder their noses with? ! The compact can't be called a' vid Patten, both historians; J. west on Union Street and were Not at all, sir. It's an historic sisted the committee as publicity faced with devastating fire of .doctrine of "religious freedom." Fred Sherman, president emeri- consultant. Another meeting was document in which Portsmouth's las some have described it. The he. tus of the historical society and Jackson's regiment. The battle settlers pledged ttemselves in 1638 P set for Sept. 4 at 8 p.m. at the continued all day in the area ; topic wasn't mentioned. And it's; town officials. Pocasset Country Club. to set up a government without I doubtful that Coddington and his After the opening ceremony, from Quaker Hill westerly to the rigid restrictions of Puritan Turkey Hill and the valley below ; friends would . even recognize the ' the lower floor of the building Massachusetts. j term in the same sense that we housing historic exhibits, was where Bloody Brook runs. It is The other day, the Grist Mill so named because, of its color do. opened for public inspection until column in this newspaper told ' But a later document, uniting i ** TY1 after the killing of 30 Hessians about the new highway signs that i Portsmouth and Newport in 1641, who were buried nearby. proclaim the town as the "Home I did proclaim a democracy in Trunibull Participates of the Portsmouth Compact." j which nobody would • be brought Taylor told of the part that Everybody well-versed in Aquid- I to account for matters of doctrine. Portsmouth To Mark 1778 Battl< John Trumbull, aide-de-camp of neck Island history knows what ! Lloyd A. Robson, in his history The 182nd anniversary of the General Sullivan, took in action the Portsmouth Compact is, ac- "Newport Begins," points out that Battle of Rhode Island will be I and lured the supporting French at Quaker Hill. Trumbull was cording to the erudite Grist Mill. the Portsmouth Compact really celebrated today in the commun warships to sea. Then a storm the painter of many Revolution- But how many of those expert set up a theocracy, governed by Ke, damaging the French fleet everybodies are there? - so that it headed for Boston and ary War scens which are familiar the law of the Bible, but not took place to most school children. For the benefit of everybody making membership in the Puritan repairs, thus leaving the Amen else, here's the story: The Portsmouth Historical Soci- cans without support The American forces withdrew I church a condition of citizen- ety plans an observance at 8 from the island the night, of Aug. Puritan - controlled Massachu- ship, as Massachusetts had done. Discouraged but: still deter- 29, 1778, and the British occupied setts couldn't stomach the doctrine That was a big difference and mined. the Americans withdrew the island for another year. the to Butts Hill in Portsmouth gn The speaker in telling of the in Aug. 29, 1778. British and Bessfcn roops moved out of Newport 8"rS founding of Portsmouth, and its in, will speak. connections in Boston and Eng- h n ^d iho SprtMcattw at the of "revelation," an approach - - nil. The Americans held land, paid tribute to Sir Harry thought was blasphemous. -... e British might then Vain for his part in the estab- Anne was banned, along Yankee bargain (the be Aslodged from their stron" lishment of the colony and im- holds on Aquidneck Island. Arnet-- proved form of government. A . , ican and French troops were read- baltle was "ot an American statute" of Vain is in front, of the and had j fed. The British, faced wfth tte , but it demonstrated the Boston Public Library. then an large array, drew back into Ne - courage of Continental troops Individual Rights Indian settlement known broadly i a haven for Massachusetts, He said the inherent rights of as Pocasset. , dissidents at Providence in 1636: istend 6 S°Uthern Cnd of ^e this became the colony of Provi- the individual wi_rc the foremost On March 7, 1638. probably in' _guj_g__B'1't_ish fleet shovied up consideration in the action of Boston, although some think it was dence Plantations.1 : j done in Providence, 23 prospective ] In a year's time. Coddington Ann Hutchinson, William Cod- and several of his followers* had dington, • Roger Williams and ' founders of Portsmouth signed a i brief compact. Among them, a falling-out with the rest of the Samuel Gorton in the settling of settlers and sailed to the southern Portsmouth, Newport, Provi- were William Coddington, who was designated to run the settle- j part of the island, w here they dence and Warwick. ment as judge; John Clarke. John ! founded Newport in 1639. Not long '.' He told of William Coddington j Coggeshall, William Dyre and oth-! afterwards, the two communities moving from Portsmouth to the voluntarily associated in one is- | ers whose names still live in these i *r.,-wro S-,1? aCw'S-s r~5-3c south end of the island in 1640 ; parts. i land government. co .. o 5 O 2 £"£ . o § _„ £ .= = 3, . ~x and founding Newport under a | They wrote that "We in the! Middle-town broke away f r o m separate government. Later the j presence of Jehovah incorporate ' Newport in 1743, incorporating as two towns operated as a unit. 1 ourselves into a body politic and a separate town, but that's an- He noted that when the three | as He shall help, will submit our ; other story. island communities can get to- persons, lives and estates • unto' This, then, is the tale of the gether again some worthwhile our Lord Jesus Christ, the King Portsmouth C o m p a c t. Read- projects will get done for the of Kings and Lord of Lords, and ers who want to see the list of benefit of all. | to all those perfect and absolute signers can find it in the handy, Girl Scouts Sing I laws of His given us in His holy ' tourist brochure which the Ports- A group of Girl Scouts from the i word of truth, to be guided and • mouth Chamber of Cmomerce pub- j Bluebird troops sang under the 1 judged thereby." lished this summer. direction of Leaders Mrs. How- An Honor Suggested For Julia Ward Howe Portsmouth Historical Society We hope that the suggestion made by patriotic compositions. She was the first Richard Crane, blind newstand operate* woman member of the American Acade- Elects; Early School? Described in the post office, that the Post Office De- my of Arts and Letters, was a deep stu- Miss S. Alice Birkett was re-, gi partment issue a commemorative stamp dent of philosophy and a leader in the elected president of the Porte I BetoWtein Harry in honor of Julia Ward Howe, receives intellectual life of her time until her favorable attention. death at "Oak Glen," in 1910. Ilutchinson School. =.ssL,^cs,a:hsThe slate of | lionorary member&"±ir. The rcsign^a Mrs. Howe, who spent much of her life She was a pioneer in women's causes in officers was presented by Mrs. tion of Mrs. Gertrude in summer at the family dwelling, "Oak this country. She was one of the principal Charles Frentzos„„, chai, uairmar n of received. Klliott was workers for suffrage for women, being a the nominating committee, which Glen" in Lawton's Valley in Portsmouth, included Miss Kathleen Hclgesen Jethro M. Peckham reported on is associated with the Newport area in founder of the American Women's and John Pierce. renovations to (he society building, and estimated that the outside many ways. While here, as well as at her Suffrage Association. Others elected were J. Fred work will be completed within a home in Boston and on extensive travel, We believe Mr. Crane's proposal for a Sherman. president emeritus; month. Miss Birkett will name a commemorative stamp for Mrs. Howe has Henry W. Wilkey, vice president; committee to pack and move the she labored for a host of humanitarian Mrs. Charles Obor-ne, secretary; antiques in the building when this projects. merit. She deserves a place in the postal Arthur !'!• Freebom. treasurer; is completed, so that work may John Pierce, custodian; Mrs. She was an author and a poet. Her Hall of Fame which is, of course, the begi'n on the interior. The TOem, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," collection of commenorative stamps that William A. Chase, librarian. Weyerhaeuser Lumber Co. has Named directors for three years offered a shed to store larger s one of the best known and loved of has been issued over the years. were Miss Helgesen, Miss Vir- items during the renovations. The society authorized the treas- urer to use building funds as needed to pa. _.y„ fo._r. th.„-e. renovation work. Peckham expressed appre- ciation 1lo0 WilliaWilliam A' . Chase~~ , William H. Peckham. and the Another Historic Landmark Weyerhaeuser company for Historical • assistance with the project. The federal government has taken a house, colony house, state house, court j The members stood in silence i in memory of Mrs. Marion Of Maud Howe Elliott fitting step in designating as a national house and now is a treasured relic. I Anthony, George White and Mrs. Mrs. Thomas Clark Howard of historic landmark the Old State House, From its balcony, great events have ! Marjory Hicks Tallman, deceased or as many call it, the Colony House, at been proclaimed. There Rhode Island's ' members. Newport eesterday told the James- • The Society will notify the state town Historical Society of the un- the head of Washington Square. Act of Independence of May 4, 1776, was Department of Public Work's of usual interest her late aunt, Mrs. If any structure in Newport, or any- read. Then came the Declaration of Inde- I'tiie agreement made with the Maud Howe Elliott of Newport, j former administration to avoid the where else for that matter, is entitled to pendence. The first Roman Catholic mass ! Founders Brook area in any layout had in people in- all walks of life. that recognition, it surely is this fine ex- was.conducted in the building for the j of roads, and will ask that the Mrs. Howard also c-ommented on ample of brick construction designed by soldiers of France during our Revolution. | agreement be renewed by the new jvarious books written by her aunt, j administration. i I including "This Was My New- Richard Munday, a foremost Colonial As a state house, every Rhode Island | Richard Donnelly led the ob- architect whose untimely death left com- governor was inaugurated there for more servance of Flag Day. and the port," which is still in demand. national anthem Mrs. Elliott's leadership in the pletion of the building in the hands of than a century. Where President George was sung, with Mrs. Howard J. Earle as |Art Association and the naming of 11 accompanist. [the Newport Order of the Ahepa Peter Harrison, another planner of great Washington stood in 1781, President 'in her honor were told by Mrs. buildings. Dwight D. Eisenhower stood nearly two j Miss Birketl read an account of The Old State House, or Colony House, } the town's early schools and noted I Bertram Lippincotf. a centuries later. j that in 1733. with -a population of /'town colonist and author ui if you will, has seen so much of Newport's The Old State House now joins other I 628. the town had built more lhan idians, Privateers and High great history unfold, from colonial days memorable Newport monuments designa- I one school, and it was known that Seiv" was commended for i four schools had been built by to the present, that space forbids other ted by the United States as national his- 117-18. when the town population than a cursory glance at this great old toric landmarks. No structure of which I was 932. The first account of a public school wa. —s mentione."^nuwllCUd iIUn building now restored by patriotic people we know better deserves this appella- Town Council records on Aug. 31. | members. were elected to its former grandeur. It has been town tion. 1716. when 20 pounds were John Ji. appropriated to build a school. who conducted tte'tSL;??'?**. Contributions of the citizens , Mathew's parish were used to assist in the con- that progress was struction of this building, and con- with plans for the For the final chapter of our tributors then owned a part of the of the Jamestoum Stamp Would Honor brief history of Rhode Island school. In 1723. the town voted governors we point out the first funds to repay these free contribu- William KingTovelTS™ split between upstate authori- tions, and to make the school presented the society with Julia .Ward owe town property. ture of the east feT4v ?c" ties and this island, starting 313 around 1880. Ty years ago and, \VP helievp, con- This first school was known as j At the next tinuing even in this day to n the Southernmost School, and from for AIIIT 1<1 i \\~Asmvr: certain extent. In 1651. a SPD- records available mav bnvf h<«>,. house, coioay uuuov,, Anthony, ijeorge White and Mrs. Historical BoS/Told The federal government has taken a house and now is a treasured relic. Marjory Hicks Tallman, deceased members. fitting step in designating as a national From its balcony, great events have The Society will notify the state Of Maud Howe Elliott historic landmark the Old State House, been proclaimed. There Rhode Island's Department of Public Works of or as many call it, the Colony House, at Act of Independence of May 4, 1776, was the agreement made with the Mrs. Thomas Clark Howard of read. Then came the Declaration of Inde- former administration to avoid the , Newport eesterday told the James- the head of Washington Square. Founders Brook area in any layout I town Historical Society of the un- If any structure in Newport, or any- pendence. The first Roman Catholic mass of roads, and will ask that the [ where else for that matter, is entitled to was.conducted in the building for the agreement be renewed by the new usual interest her late aunt, Mrs. administration. i Maud Howe Klliott of Newport, that recognition, it surely is this fine ex- soldiers of France during our Revolution. Richard Donnelly led the ob- had in people in- all walks of life. ample of brick construction designed by As a state house, every Rhode Island servance of Flag Day. and the '• Mrs. Howard also commented on national anthem was sung, with Richard Munday, a foremost Colonial governor was inaugurated there for more Mrs. Howard J- Earle as i ! various books written by her aunt, architect whose untimely death left com- than a century. Where President George accompanist. j I including "This Was My New- pletion of the building in the hands of Washington stood in 1781, President Miss Birkett read an account of j iport," which is still in demand. ! the town's early schools and noted !Mrs. Elliott's leadership in the Peter Harrison, another planner of great Dwight D. Eisenhower stood nearly two j that in 1733, with -a population of Art Association and the naming of buildings. centuries later. j 628. the town had built more than the Newport Order of the Ahepa The Old State House, or Colony House, The Old State House now joins other i one school, and it was known that Jin her honor were told by Mrs. I four schools had been built by Howard. if you will, has seen so much of Newport's memorable Newport monuments designa- j 1748. when the town population | i Bertram Lippincott, a James- great history unfold, from colonial days ted by the United States as national his- 1 was 992. The first account of a' jtown colonist and author of "In- public school was mentioned in dians, Privateers and High Soci- to the present, that space forbids other toric landmarks. No structure of which Town Council records on Aug. 31, ety," was commended for his than a cursory glance at this great old we know better deserves this appella- 1716. when 20 pounds were book. building now restored by patriotic people appropriated to build a school. Mrs. Dickinson Nevin, Mrs. Har- tion. Contributions of the citizens bld B. Bemis and the Rev. and to its former grandeur. It has been town were used to assist in the con- !J Mrs. Merle L, Jones were elected struction of this building, and con- « members. tributors then owned a part of the John II. N. Potter, president, school. In 1723. the town voted •who conducted the meeting in St. For the final chapter of our funds to repay these free contribu- • Mathew's parish hall, reported brief history of Rhode Island tions, and to make the school s'that progress was being made Stamp Would Honor governors we point out. the first town property. with plans for the new "bonnet" split between upstate authori- Tliis first school was known as of the Jamestown Windmill. ties and this island, starting T13 the Southernmost School, and from William King Covell of Newport Julia Ward Howe years ago and. WP believe, con- records available may have been presented the society with a pic- ' tinuing even in this day to a located on the Oakland Farm site ture of the east ferry taken certain extent. In 1651. a sep- on Union Street, where the state around 1880. aration occurred between the police barracks now stands. i WASHINGTON,' Legislation au- towns of Providence and War- At the next meeting, scheduled thorizing issuance of a special The second school built was ! Ifor Aug. 14 instead of Aug. 21, wick on one side of the bay and known as the Northern School and ' Mrs. Frances Birch will show commemorative postage stamp in Portsmouth and Newport on was 16 feet square, with a chimney movies of Guatamala and Cam- honor of Julia Ward Howe, who 1h<3 other. These towns com- in the center. bodia. lived out her last years in Ports- prised the state at. that time. This historical data was Mrs. Robert Morris was chair- mouth, was filed Friday by Sen. Providence and Warwick con- compiled by Edward H. West. man of the tea table, assisted by Ciaiborne Pell (D-R.I.i. tinued (tie government estab- Miss Birkett read a second his- Mrs. Lucius Collins and Mrs. Ed- The measure proposes that the j lished in 1643, and Newport and torical paper on the activities of ward G. Lyon, at St. Matthew's ' stamp be issued in 1962—the 100th '. Portsmouth a new government Jane Hawkins, one of the early parish hall. anniversary of the first publication ! established under Coddington settlers, who was a friend of : of her famed "Battle Hymn of the ' Commission, probably the first Anne Hutchinson. Republic." of hundreds of commission? ap- \d in this state since then. Pell said his father knew Mrs. i , Howe, who died in Portsmouth on | William Coddington became | Oct. 17. 1910, and her daughter governor of Newport and Ports- I Maud Howe Elliott. The senator mouth in 1651. The title changed said the fame' and memory of again 1o president and John Julia Ward Howe are ''still very Sanford of Portsmouth was . much alive" in Newport. president from May .1653 to May He noted that a great grand- 1654. In 1654, the union of the 4 [ daughter of Mrs. Howe who now towns of 1he stale was reestab- lished. . | !ives in Washington. Mrs. Julia The presidents of the state un- Ward Howe Stiokley has been in der that new system started : touch with many members 'of the with Nicholas Easton of New- ! Senate and has found them "sym- port, then Roger Williams of \' to issuing the special Providence, Benedict Arnold, ; postage stamp. William Brenton and again .Arnold, all of Newport. Then in Block Island Bids Goodby Ok •-<£./ Pi Is GiYfs Showered on L@a< A Cifizen of Shoreham, Eng. THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1961 Block Islanders showered during the island's Tercentena- flu« gifts on The leading citizen of ry celebration. ter. He will be flown to IdJewild Oth : Shoreham by the Sea, England, Three Hundred Years On Block Island Airport in New York today, Se' last night during a farewell re- from where he will take a plane ception in his honor at Spring of "Circled by waters that never freeze, summer, hosts to the ever-increasing re- to return to his home. He was cis House Hotel. sent by his community to take Beaten by billows and swept by breeze; sort population which finds "this lovely Albert L. Ford, president of part in the Block Island ob- we Lieth the island of Manisses." island fair," as Whittier described it an the Town Council of Shoreham, servance. So wrote the New England poet, John from which Block Island got Among the many gifts pre- ideal place for informal vacations. its formal name of New Shore- ed! sented to him Jast night by fail Greenleaf Whittier, of Block Island whose When Block Island was first seen by ham, has been a guest on the John F. Gray, Block Island island since last Wednesday incorporated name is New Shoreham. No civilized navigators is only a matter of council president and co-chair- tier matter what name though, is used to de- conjecture. The hardy Vikings of old may man of the Tercentary commit- 1 signate this island township of Rhode Is- have cruised along its coast, and traded tee_ on behalf of the island JUG land, more eyes than usual will be on with its Indians before Columbus was community, were a set of plates exc with pictures of the island, a La Rhode Island's outpost in the Atlantic born. But nothing definite was known of commemorative plate fashioned tifi. this year as it celebrates its tercentennial. the place until Verrazzano, European ex- of Block Island clay by Herbert tioi Smallest community, population-wide, plorer, saw it shore in 1524. Then came Fisher, island potter, and con- tioj in Rhode Island, Block Island has had a Adrian Block, Dutch navigator, who ex- taining the seals of the two 7 turbulent history over the 300 years that towns, a copy of the history of art plored it, hence its popular name. Then the island by Livermore that is lict have passed since it was purchased and came 1661, when the colonists from the | no longer in circulation, silverond occupied by 16 settlers and their families mainland settled there. 'cuff links made with black Me from Massachusettes in April, 1661. In The Indians name for the island was [Block Island sand, a collection Gili fact, its known history antedates the of pictures of the island, a wal- ano Manisses. The first civilized name given nut carving of a shore bird, a asst official settlement by many years —- it was Claudia, by Verrazzano. It was in- copy of Block Island Law and fenc centuries in fact. corporated as New Shoreham but custom, Legend by Mrs. Ethel Colt Tl Over the last 300 years, Block Island, stronger than all these, has given and pre- Ritchie, a Maizie Scrapbook has in spite of its insular isolation, has been served to it the simple appellation, Block made by Mrs. Melvin Rose, an Tl a worthy part; of the state of Rhode Is- islander, a life membership in 'ncl Island. the historical society and mem- Rev land and Providence Plantations. Never As "Adrian's Eyland" proceeds with its bership in the island Chamber net a large community, it reached the peak of the celebration of its 300th anniversary, of Commerce. Ro; its permanent poDiiJation in 1900 when its Sixteen Tercentenary medal- Ser through all of this year, we send it our lion.s containing the island „,..! census showed 1,396 souls there. Now it is bet wishes with the hope that "the wine and a map of the Atlantic out-,' he down to fewer than 500. of life in its pleasant air" will serve to post were presented Mr. Ford But those 500 are a sturdy crew of attract more people there to build it back for presentation to the 16 coun- fishermen, seafarers, farmers and, in cil members of the English com- to its earlier days. munity. The island's original settlers numbered 16. He also $: was given a special medallion (inscribed with his name and A. ! the date of his visit. A pen .f ! made with island sand was pre- yesi sented to him for his wife, who tali remained in England. mo; In his turn. Mr. Ford pre- 62? sented the island with a history of the English town and dr; scrapbook put together by la townspeople from all walks 01 life. It included the signature of the town's oldest inhahitant from Massachusettes in April, 1661. In The Indians name for the island was Block Island sand, a collection fact, its known history antedates the of pictures of the island, a wal- Manisses. The first civilized name given nut carving of a shore bird, a official settlement by many years —• it was Claudia, by Verrazzano. It was in- centuries in fact. copy of Block Island Law and feni corporated as New Shoreham but custom, Legend by Mrs. Ethel Colt Tl Over the last 300 years, Block Island, stronger than all these, has given and pre- Ritchie, a Maizie Scrapbook has in spite of its insular isolation, has been served to it the simple appellation, Block made by Mrs. Melvin Rose, an Tl a worthy part of the state of Rhode Is- Island. islander, a life membership in incl the historical society and mem- Rei/ land and Providence Plantations. Never As "Adrian's Eyland" proceeds with its bership in the island Chamber a large community, it reached the peak of netf the celebration of its 300th anniversary, of Commerce. RoJ its permanent population in 1900 when its through all of this year, we send it our Sixteen Tercentenary medal- Sm census showed 1,396 souls there. Now it is lions containing tne isiano ^o.ji fol bet wishes with the hope that "the wine and a map of the Atlantic out- the down to fewer than 500. of life in its pleasant air" will serve to post were presented Mr. Ford But those 500 are a sturdy crew of attract more people there to build it back for presentation to the 16 coun- fishermen, seafarers, farmers and, in to its earlier days. cil members of the English com- Y munity. The island's original ettlers numbered 16. He also $: vas given a special medallion nscribed with his name and A. he date of his visit. A pen of made with island sand was pre- yes] ented to him for his wife, who tal •emained in England. mo| In his turn, Mr. Ford pre- 62? sented the island with a history of the English town and a scrapbook put together by la ;ownspeople from all walks of ife. It included the signature tb of the town's oldest inhabitant, r< who is 101. The book is hand le lettered and hand bound. K A movie of life in Shore- il ham, England, in the process of P<\h being made, will arrive at the end of August, those at the re- ception were told. As a personal gift to Mr. Gray, Mr. Ford presented a pic- ture of a lifeboat. Mr. Ford also presented the islanders with a map of Shore- ham as it was 300 years ago and dai a post card showing the com- munity 100 years ago. ink A movie, Block Island, A Liv- ing Legend, made by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. Carpenter, was Cor shown to the approximately 300 to present at the affair. Slides of the English town were shown. Mr. Gray was assisted by fm Leon L'Heureux, Mrs. Weldon Rs Dodge, Mrs. John Lee, Samuel H< D. Mott, co-chairman of the Tercentenary committee, Mrs. Russell Bosworth and Edward Blane. Linus E. Dodge represented Sen. William P. Lewis, who was |unable to attend last night's fay- »ert! ~Ztu*f \ heir Washington In Rhode Island ice. 6,000 Wafch is the nation marks the 229th them to the glorious achievement of op- Pow-Wowaf victory at Yorktown. •Pd: of the birth of George Wash- ;an- • aptly called the Father of His There is little new that can be said the Char/esfown is fitting that our General about George Washington. His life his- to tory is about as well known to school !•. a An estimated 6,000 r-srsons I should continue its annual I be boys and girls as any national hero. But watched Indians from eight I recalling the birth and the life in these days of foreign attempts to j icit American tribes render their I ed of that illustrious man. influence our national life, we like parti- • ;, nee heritage in song and dance at idst of his busy life as solider cularly to recall his remarks in his Fare- i use the closing session of the an- nan, Washington visited the well Address when he reiterated his ad- :' .-ot- nual pow-wow of the Narra- 1 this state on four different 1 ,di- monition "to fear the foreign influence •ep- gansett Indians in Charlestown )n three of them he visited that night insinuate itself into our ard yesterday: * We have, on Washington counsel." That admonition is just as : be The crowd, unprecedented in ppropriated marker recording timely today. , be the long history of the event, ington Travelled This Route." Much has* been said in praise of Wash- was three times the population ecords that his third visit llr. of Charlestown. ington. Thomas Jefferson's tribute to The crowd estimate was made spring of 1781, was devoted him, in a few simple words is most ap- by Raymond Richards, Charles- :es with General Rochambeau, propriate. "His integrity was the most town police chief, on the basis 1 5 French forces. It is worth - pure, his justice the most inflexible I have of the number of cars. abering that as a result of ever known. He was, indeed, in every Chief Richards said 1,500 I--, cars took every available park- the French forces made sense of the word, a wise, a good and a ing space over four miles of advance that eventually led great man." road leading to the old Indian church grounds off the South County Trail where the event •vr i- .--.• • was held. Additionally, all park- ing lots were jammed, he said. Indians In Rhode Island Participating in the festivi- ties were about 75 Indians from hoole Island has no Indian reservation, modern world, they retain tribal names Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vir- uch, but once a year the town of with their American names. When it came ginia, Pennsylvania, New York rlestown takes on a semblance to one. Massachusetts and Canada. to the weekend pow-wow, they were Tall Activities began yesterday old Narragansett Indian Church Oak and Chief Clearwater and Chief with church services at 10:30 '.nds in that town is the gathering Strongheart, Stone Hatchet and Owl's a.m. The Rev. Harold Mars, a ; for hundreds of men and women of Head and Laughing Water. Narragansett Indian from in descent. They gather to recall their Rochester, N.Y., officiated. Only a few hundred who call themselves About 100 persons attended the age with a program of native songs service. lances and religious services. On last Narragansetts remain out of the thou- sands who comprised the tribe in the days The afternoon was devoted to . •day and Sunday; was repeated a a long program of dances, songs ng that, history says, has been held of King Philip. And of the hundreds, rare and ceremonial rites. August for the past 280 years, is the individual who can claim pure Among the colorful events Indian lineage. But those in whose veins was a turkey dance by Everett cendents of the once powerful Narra- Weeden (Tall Oak) of Charles- tt Tribe sponsor this memorial to there is even a trace of Narragansett and town, and a hunter's dance by incestors at the spot in the Great other Indian blood are proud of their Seymour Stanton (Chief Clear- |p where the renowned King Philip's heritage. water), and Kenneth Smith Without a doubt they and their (Chief Strong Horse), both rs were slaughtered by the white Narragansetts. E. Participating this year were descendants will carry on their annual Arrangements committee 15 Indians from eight tribes. celebration, which recalls the days before chairman, for the pow-wow e the sons and daughters of the their South County trails were obliterated which began Saturday, was by the wheels of the white men. Cassius Champlin . (Stone ties are all absorbed into the Hatchet), Narragansett chief sachem. Chester Brown (Owl's Head) was master of ceremonies, and Passing the peace pipe in a gestura of friendship between two nations is Chief Bird Canoe of the Caughnawa., Conducting the Indian dance Saturday at the Nar Reservation in Canada (standing!. Seated men are all chiefs from the U.S. east coast tribes. - ifll fagansett Tribe's powwow in Charlestown were (l-ri •\ . . Stone Hatchet, Chief Sachem, Owl's Head of West Ji\/rr. t^O^j Kingston and Laughing Water, tribe secretary Illlllllllllllffillllllllllllllllllll!1"1"1"1" 2,500 Attend Second Day Of Powwow Indian Pilgrimage in R.I. Sunday More than 2,500 persons wit town, an,«,di Princesss NashNashaa- nessed the second day's activi Descendents of Indian tribes will be Princess Running Water weena (Mrs. Sadie Barne) ties of the 289th annual Nar I in southern New England will (Miss Helen Attiquin) of Gay Apponaug, completing arrange- ragansett Powwow yesterday conduct their annual pilgrim- Head, Mass., and Chief Strong ments for the program, are in- 8t the Indian Church Yard age to the Great Swamp Horse (Kenneth Smith) of viting all Indians of southein Charlestown. Memorial, South Kingstown, Portland, Conn. Dancers will New England to participate Police Chief Raymond Rich- with full ceremonial dress. Sunday. be Tall Oak (Everett Weeden) ards said that hundreds of cars A memorial service at 3 p.m. were parked for several miles will precede a speaking pro- of Peace Dale, and Owl's Head on the dirt road that leads to (Chester Brown) of Usque- An estimated $260 damage * gram. paugh. the powwow grounds and it Speakers will be Princess been caused by vandals who took several hours for every- Winona of the Wyandotte Princess Redwing (Mrs smashed ' the ' windshields o one to leave. Mary Congdon) of Charles- three 1958 model cars in the lasi Tribe, Worcester, and Frank two nights at Arcands Rambler Yesterday's gathering com- Minisc-alco of North Provi- Conducting the Indian dance Saturday at the Nar- Passing the peace pipe in a gesture of friendship between two nations is Chief Bird Canoe of the Caughnawaonl ragansett Tribe's powwow in Charlestown were (l-r) Reservation in Canada (standing). Seated men are all chiefs from the U.S. east coast tribes. -3i,| Stone Hatchet, Chief Sachem, Owl's Head of West / ' r' L> ~L . h*t. Kingston and Laughing Water, tribe secretary. 2,500 Attend Second Day I State News Of Powwow t~ i More than 2,500 persons wit- Indian Pilgrimage in R.I. Sunday nessed the second day's activi- ties of the 289th annual Nar- Descendants of Indian tribes will be Princess Running Water town, and Princess Nasha- ragansett Powwow yesterday in southern New England will (Miss Helen Attiquin) of Gay weena (Mrs. Sadie Barrie) of st the Indian Church Yard, conduct their annual pilgrim- Head, Mass., and Chief Strong Apponaug, completing arrange- age to the Great Swamp ments for the program, are in- Charlestown. Horse (Kenneth Smith) of Police Chief Raymond Rich Memorial, South Kingstown, viting all Indians of southern ards said that hundreds of cars Sunday. Portland, Conn. Dancers will New England to participate were parked for several miles A memorial service at 3 p.m. be Tall Oak (Everett Weeden) with full ceremonial dress. on the dirt road that leads to 1 will precede a speaking pro- of Peace Dale, and Owl's Head the powwow grounds and it gram. (Chester Brown) of Usque- VANDALISM TO AUTOS took several hours for every- paugh. An estimated $260 damage has Speakers will be Princess been caused by vandals who one to leave. Winona of the Wyandotte Princess Redwing (Mrs. Yesterday's gathering com- mashed ' the windshields of Tribe, Worcester, and Frank Mary Congdon) of Charles- three 1958 model cars in the last memorated the annual August Miniscalco of North Provi- meeting of the tribe and sen/- two nights at Arcands Rambler dence, chief landscaper for the CYO MEETING Service on Washington Street, it ices were held in the 103-yard- state division of parks and rec- The Catholic Youth Organiza- old stone church by the Rev. was reported to West Warwick reation. His subject will be, tion of St. Madeleine-Sophie police yesterday. Patrolman Harold Mars at 10:30 a.m. and "Recreation Parks Instead of Church, Tiverton Four Corners, John Bruno said heavy rocks0 1:30 p.m. As part of the sen-- Battlefields." will meet tonight at 7:30 in the had been used. ices several babies were given Singers during the program church hall. Westerly 1st Indian names. Most Eastern tribes were I repr sented and displays of In- diar.: lore, costumes, and hnnd- Explaining the designs on a Narragansett Indian tee- crafted items were part of the pee is Mrs. Owl's Head. Eddy Alexander, son of Mr. program. A turkey dinner was served and Mrs. William Alexander of Sunny Cove Drive, and handmade articles were Warwick, listens to her explanation. placed on sale. —Journal-Bulletin Photos by RUDOLPH'A. HEMPE Highlighting the day's activi- ties were the various danres presented in full Indian dress to the beat of tomtoms. In charge of arranging tr" powwow were Cassius / Champlin, chief of the tribe George Watson, first council, man; Little Beaver, second councilman; Nettie Davis, church treasurer; Lillian Champlin, stewardess, and A. H. Stanton, secretary. oouTnerinosT Newport's Old State House To Be Historic Landmark \. ~ _&— i . .. -> / ) .. I* £•> T— the sucLin. .„ . and port, known as the Colony __. nail up the doors to prevent fur- will be designated a national his toric landmark by the Historic ther damage. The follow'/^ May, Sii.es Division oF the National the jail in the- state house, found Parks SeiTic.e at a public cere- to be in "a ruinous conditiin," imony Friday at 4 p. m. in the was ordered repaired. But it was I building at. the head of Washing- i not until 1784 that repairs began i in earnest. Meanwhile, the courts ton Square. used Touro Synagogue, also now Governor Notte will accept cer- a national historic landmark. tification from Dr. Sydney Brad- Carpenters on the iob are re- ford. Historic Sites historian of ported to have received three the National Parks quarts of rum a day in addition guest speaker. i to hard cash of the realm.

[nation. Uatmg oac.s ^- --^ - f-- ; j°™epiciiv M second only to tlir. - • T , occupied Newport after the U?™ I vas rsed "s one ot i British-evacuation. From the front J hm*L£ bv the Rhode ' steps on July 20. 1776 Major John , capnol bui.dm s^. read the Deciaration of In- Island Geneial Afe™31;.d d dependence, and for more than a The building, long consultefl,^ Rhode Igl d gov. lone of the finest examples ot co , ^.^ ^ atcd here. , lonial brick structures. YJL^hiv ! Colorful ceremonies attended the arrival of Gen. Geoige Washing-, made'avail- U-1 ton in 1781 and his meeting wu to oversee ii.Rochambeau. who presented him c:.^-.. „ a committ, ^ ..„ .. " with the baton of a marshal ol consti-uction. Tt was designed by j France. s\-mbolizing his right to I Richard Munday~" . whT- o"LTr tals v.oon take command ot French forces. Many other distinguished person- alities have been entertained In the 19th century, several major interior alterations were made. From 1900 to 1926 the build- ing was used as a county court . house, and after a new court house the steps glass was built, it was retained by the state as a historic building. In 1.926 a commitee incorporated eplaces. The building re- as Old State House in Newport, he tw-n house which stood j Inc., was formed to take charge, nn the «amp spot. and under its guidance the build- ° It actually served as a com-. ing was restored to its present m nitv house, housing tne courts. condition, and stands as a monu- Sdwrvink as the first armory; ment to the linest in colonial arch- oMhe Newport Artillery Company, I itecture. Miss Edith M. II. Wet- which was chartered in 1741. more, honorary president, and The buildins was also used for; John Nicholas Brown, both char- inhibitions and programs by ter members, are still serving Hinerant entertainers, exhibit? of with the group. paintings and courses by lectur- i General officers of the state and ers The first lectures on medi- ' members of the General Assem- cine and dentistry in America bly have been invited to attend 'were delivered in the Couacil •the public ceremony Friday on the 'Room by Dr. William Hunter of ' front steps of the building. Ai^o Newport' in 175fi. present will be a delegation of the T,, +I-IA ^.evolutionary \\ar. it »' .-,,.<• .\rtiltorv r'nmnanv 4" by the General Assemmy ! arrival of Gen. George Washing- February 1739, when an ton in liai andu hiiu»s n.^v-....meetin»g priation of 'Sl.OOO was mad with the baton of a marshal of . .viistruction. If was -^ j France, symbolizing his right to Richard My. r* j take command of French forces. signed. Trinity v,um^,...... - ^'[ Many other distinguished person- about S100 for his design. 80 fee ' alities have been entertained by 40 feet and ?>0 feet high. Tin there. gambrel-roofed structure has wit- In the 19th century, several nessed much of the history of the | major interior alterations were state and nation. It was not completed until 1.749. made. From 1900 to 1926 the build- at a cost of S50.000. a very large ing was used as a county court sum for that day. Connecticut house, and after a new court house stone was used for the steps,, glass was built, it v;as retained by the wa purchased in Boston, and 34 state as a historic building. Dutch tiles were ordered to decor-/ In 1.926 a commitee incorparated pie. -fireplaces. The building re-» as Old State House in Newport, placed the town house which stood) Inc., was formed to take charge, on the same spot. I and under its guidance the build- \t actually served as a com-1 ing was restored to its present • : munity house, housing the courts, : condition, and stands as a monu- ' and sewing as the first armory; ment to the finest in colonial arch-! of the Newport Artillery Company, I itecture. Miss Edith M. II. Wet-; .which was chartered in 1741. \ moreThe , buildinhonorarg way s presidentalso used, foand'r ; John Nicholas Brown, both char- j exhibitions and programs by ter members, are still serving! itinerant entertainers, exhibits of with the group. paintings and courses by lectur- i General officers of the state and ers. The first lectures on medi- '. members of the General Assem- • cine and dentistry in Ameitca , bly have been invited to attend [were delivered in the Council | the public ceremony Friday on the | Room by Dr. William Hunter of \ Newportfront step, ins o1.f7 jfith. e building. Alsoi i present will he a delegation of the i In the Revolutionary War, it I Newport Artillery Company in

was occupied by British and (coloniaiCOKMllrtI uluiVLlii.;l uniforms, ".-v,4 an... d the CruDes- 1 Frenchh soldiersoiaiei-ss whunou useu.^...d. i.t. as 'Lant ban• d' of' th.ue, TV-,,,.,Navy,. ', | barracks and hospital. At the end of the war it was found to have, suffered materially from this use. When in October. 1779. the British troops were ordered back to New York City, the General 6 NEWPORT, R.!., DAILY NEWS, FRIDAY, NOV. 15, 1963

THE HALL AT "WAKEHURST"—Treasured objects of art are set against a many in Nancy Sirkis' recently published book, "Newport, Pleasures and rich background of paneling and carving in the spacious entrance hall of "Wakehursf " Mrs. Louis Bruguiere's palatial home. This photograph is one of Palaces" Newport's Colonial, Gilded Ages, Present Day, Too, Pictured In Book

I Past and present glories of (her camera the changing social cusing not only on the fading Newport, its Colonial heritage, season. She has arranged her glories of the gilded age but the material in three parts, Coloni- vigorous revival sparked by the its "Gilded Age" of great man- al Nwport, The Gilded Age, sions, its present-day society, Preservation Society of New- and Modern Newport, without port County, the raucous incon- and such current interests as (trying to rehearse the city's the Jazz Festival, Tennis Week, gruity of the jazz festival with 'entire history. Prefacing the its breezy public appeal, a bow yacht races and the antique car book is a collection of old pho- tn tVip Nnw nnrt 1hp mnffl "Newport, Pleasures and many in Nancy Sirkis' recently published book, Palaces" graph is one of . r: Newport's Colonial, Gilded Ages, b( di bu te. Present Day, Too, Pictured In Book ha to . :_i!,,,,^v,,, rt /*nr [to the Navy, and the muffled yj "" '—:«:«*-• KoViinrl

scrioeo in ii--,.r— ures annad Palaces,Palaces" by NancNancyy isishehedd liflife ovnf. th«.iiestarreu d• "Juli ,a War.,. d. HnweHowe.. r ,«„ £.=..,,!„ m-,,0= tribute to Sirkis. It will be published Fri- A very readable text supple- ,Mlss s.lrkls Bjves tribute to day by the Viking Press. The ments tire pictures, but the *e survivors of this grandeur |book carries an introduction by uic pictures• M., . „ ,,5 OTOI[carryin carrying onn iann spitOH..e^ o„f, hig-^h a view - ' -«»-mv.f4, CV)n Louis Auchincloss, novelist and bOOU iISs primarilpruncuiiyj <* taxes and elusive servants. She [short story writer. through a~n« artist'oi*fict'sc 1lens, in praises the "grand dames," In her preface. Miss Sirkis nign mood, of Newport's chang- [whose original tenancy dates ing scene. AUUUUI^V.^.Auchincloss, i..n. „his back to the days when Newport [admits to a special interest in --11. +K^ ^nlnme —*"-' -* ~f «!„ 'MOO " I Newport, dating from her art introaucuuiintroduction1i- call^cuij_ u_;«ss th">tt.e~ ^nrvolumi more. war>acKs TH^ E resort of the "400," "a textbooktextnooK, in brickunlives, an„ d mor-!was, ^^ _I.<»"K« .vit..." "What intrigued me about Old Stone Mill. . .the Colonial Newport was the fact that in a Many Newporters may locate vprv small area one could walk houses of the sea [themselves in the human inter- **. 3 est shots of the final pages, de-

with voted to the mammot•"•••-- h- Iauctio "TV,,n, a great castle that cost . . .its genteel scnoli ^11,1* in the summer 1962. lha'n a million dollars to phere. The author'auo s gift for photo- re an a 40 Nexext com . 4 artis build andd requirereq d a staff of 40 4 as grapgraphic desige n and composition appears especiallespec y in a group of i Ksylv'i".. ••...•,;.',., •,••••--•.>'«minr"« . impersonal studies near the end!! Mr. and Mrs. George H. Hull are shown at i~-__ if «,tv,ai.ti tVi^v have of the book. strengthened, by the fact that Bel ue . e monstrous

LOUS cU^iltl-'-'v'"~— \ *, !| of Richard Morris Hunt;j i faded photograph.' !throug« h the centuries of Euro-|« i The eerie quality is conveyed pean grandeur." . • |in Several ofqthe current photo- By far thp largest section is ;l out devoted to n ~n N' rt, to- NEWPORT, R. 1., DAILY NEWS, ~ Baptist 300th Anniversary Tour Views Artifacts, Grave THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1963 v Early Colonial and Indian arti- of the several layers of earth, facts, from the collection of John Upon digging they unearthed bits An Important Anniversary T. Pierce of Cedar Avenue, Ports of pottery, lead used to set glass ' before the use of putty, nails, at the United Baptist Church. glass and some arrowheads. When, on Sunday, a special service is In 1946, Touro Synagogue was desig- They were viewed by members Carrying their excavation to held to inaugurate the bicentennial nated by the United States as a National of the Genera! Council of the Am- greater depths, the father and Historic Site and it is expected that re- erican Baptist Convention. The sens found axeheads, red clay celebration of the dedication of Touro pipes and bone needles, which presentatives of the federal government council members, from all over have been identified by officials at Synagogue, Newport Jewry will look back the country, met here in the after- the Haffenreffer Indian Museum will participate in the months long pro- noon for one of the sessions of in Bristol as relics of Indians and on more than three centuries of useful gram that will follow Sunday's service in their two-day conference, in a prehistoric man. lives in one of the nation's oldest towns. this New World shrine of the Jewish gesture honoring Dr. John Colonial artifacts, some of Clarke, statesman, one of the which have been verified by the The Jewish people of Newport trace people. founders of Newport and, lor c8 Birmingham Museum in England, back their existence here to only a few As Dr. David de Sola Pool, that eminent years pastor of the Baptist church are dated between 1640 and 1750. he founded here. After striving for Among them is a Revolutionary years after the town was founded. In the Jewish divine who is well known here, has 13 years, Dr. Clarke obtained musket ball found at Fort Butts, spring of 1658, 15 Spanish-Portuguese said, the Jew who walks through Touro from King Charles II the Royal and a piece of slate pierced with Jewish families, of the branch of Judaism Charter of 1663 which set up here a hole the exact size of the musk- Street is quietly conscious of inheriting a the first government in the world known as Sephardic, arrived in Newport, tradition both of American political and to guarantee religious liberty to et ball. all. The charter is considered one Members of the Baptist General to start a new life in a land where they religious liberty and of Jewish idealism of the world's great documents Council, which came to Rhode Is- could live as free men and women and and religious faith. The synagogue, which and was used as a guide by land to honor t.he 300th anniver- Thomas Jefferson when he was sary of the granting of the Char- practice the religion of their fathers with- has stood for two centuries and which has writing the Declaration of Inde- ter of 1663 to Rhode Island by out hindrance or fear. The freedom of withstood the alarms of war and the pendence. King Charles II, obtained by Dr. worship that was denied them elsewhere fatalities of swiftly changing time, is a Pierce's relics were discovered John Clarke, were special guests by himself and his sons, John and last ni!*ht at a meeting in the was found in the colony of Rhode Island, witness of Newport's liberality of spirit Richard, within a quarter mile of First Baptist Church of Provi- It was not until more than a century and reverence for the ancient Bible and Founders Brook in Portsmouth. dence, commemorating the char- had passed, and the original 15 families Walking in the path of a bulldozer ter anriversary. The Rev. Dr. Israel's loyalty to the teachings which it nearly four years ago, they no- Edwin S. Gaustad, associate pro- had grown in our community, that the has borne on its centuried pilgrimage to ticed white clay pipes sticking out fessor of humanities and philos- ophy at the University of Red- Jewish colony undertook the building of a the four corners of the earth. lands, Calif., gave the main ad- synagogue. It was no mean achievement Touro Synagogue, the home of the dress on "A Livelie Experiment." to accumulate the funds to construct Governor Chafee greeted the as- ancient Congregation Jeshuat Israel, well semblage. this, for which the plans were drawn by deserves the tribute that is to be paid it The Rev. L. Edgar Stone Jr., the renowned architect, Peter Harrison. during the coming months. Indeed, pastor of the United Baptist Church here, and the Rev. Homer The actual dedication was on December 2. certainly it is the most important shrine L. Trickett, pastor of the First 1763. of Jewry in the New World. Baptist Church of Providence, ministers of the two oldest Bap- tist churches in the country, were marshals for the processional. Members of the local church chartered a bus to attend the ex- ercises. The Council sessions continued today at the Sheraton Biltmort Hotel in Providence. A Notable Anniversary•/ Ahead Special Events Here To Mark The 150th anniversary of the memor- Island man, born in South Kingstown but able victory of Commodore Oliver Haz- educated in Newport where he subse- Rhode Island ard Perry's fleet over the British on quently made his home. Here he was Lake Erie should not be allowed by New- married, here his children were born, Rhode Island Heritage ' Week a British colony, will be on cxhib - port to pass unnoticed next September actually extended to a 19-day tion at the State House in Provi- 10 It should be observed with fitting here he returned to be greeted with great highlighting of the 1963 theme, dence on May o from o to 6 p.m. T.U» ^i,.,,.*o». cnrupfl the state ceremonies, just as the 100th anniversary acclaim after his victory and liere he is pendence. Pierce's relics were discovered John Clarke, were special guests by himself and his sons, John and last night at a meeting in the was found in the colony of Rhode Island. witness of Newport's liberality of spirit I Richard, within a quarter mile of First Baptist Church of Provi- It was not until more than a century Founders Brook in Portsmouth. dence, commemorating the char- and reverence for the ancient Bible and ! Walking in the path of a bulldozer ter anniversary. The Rev. Dr. had passed, and the original 15 families Israel's loyalty to the teachings which it I nearly four years ago, they no- Edwin S. Gaustad, associate pro- had grown in our community, that the ticed white clay pipes sticking out fessor of humanities and philos- has borne on its centuried pilgrimage to ophy at the University of Red- Jewish colony undertook the building of a the four corners of the earth. lands, Calif., gave the main ad- synagogue. It was no mean achievement dress on "A Livelie Experiment." Touro Synagogue, the home of the Governor Chafee greeted the as- to accumulate the funds to construct ancient Congregation Jeshuat Israel well semblage. this, for which the plans were drawn by deserves the tribute that is to be paid it The Rev. L. Edgar Stone Jr., the renowned architect, Peter Harrison. pastor of the United Baptist during the coming months. Indeed Church here, and the Rev. Homer The actual dedication was on December 2 certainly it is the most important shrine L. Trickett, pastor of the First 1763. of Jewry in the New World. Baptist Church of Providence, , ministers of the two oldest Bap- tist churches in the country, were marshals for the processional. Members of the local church chartered a bus to attend the ex- ercises. The Council sessions continued! today at the Sheraton Biltmort Hotel in Providence. A Notable Anniversary Ahead Special Events Here To Mark The 150th anniversary of the memor- Island man, born in South Kingstown but able victory of Commodore Oliver Haz- educated in Newport where he subse- Rhode Island Heritae Week ard Perry's fleet over the British on quently made his home. Here he was ™ Lake Erie should not be allowed by New- Rhode Island Heritage Weel< a British colony, will be on exhibi- port to pass unnoticed next September married, here his children . were born, actually extended to a 19-day tion at the State House in Provi- highlighting of the 1963 theme, dence on May 5 from 3 to 6 p.m. 10. It should be observed with fitting here he returned to be greeted with great "Ships, Sailors and Seaports," The charter served the state of j ceremonies, just as the 100th anniversary acclaim after his victory and "here he is will be marked here by special Rhode Island until 1842, and is ! events. now treasured as a priceless docu- was observed a half century ago. buried. An assortment 'of ship models ment. It is being shown in connec- For many years, Newport claimed This 150th anniversary of the Lake will be placed on display at the tion with the 300th anniversary of Perry Day as her own. Annual homage Erie Battle is being celebrated near Newport Historical Society. Of its granting, and with this year's particular interest are models of Heritage Week observance. was paid to the honor of Commodore where it was fought, where the impres- the famous yachts Kirin, Peto, The First Baptist Church in Perry and his men. It is seldom that the sive monument stands at Put-in-Bay. Zigcuner and Kelpie; the luxury Providence, which contests with distinction of a great national victory Yet so far Newport has shown no inclin- steamer Bristol; a Block Island the United Baptist Church of New- mail boat of the 1840s; and a col- port for the title oi the first con- that changed the course of history for a ation to sponsor its own observance of lection of various Newport harbor gregation of the Baptist faith in territory almost illimitable in extent that battle. craft, catboat, water supply boat this country, will conduct its now and small freighter, made by the traditional "Forefathers' Service" rests almost entirely upon one small com- Shall such a significant anniversary late John F. Richardson. Models on Sunday at 4 p.m. The service munity hundreds of miles from the as the 150th of the battle from which of naval vessels include the USS will commemorate the 325th anni- battle. the famous message, "We have met the Texas and the USS Mobile. versary of the establishment 'of The Ancient Mariners, a fife the church in 1638. A colonial tea Yet that is true of the Battle of Lake enemy and they are ours," emanated pass and drum corps of Newport teen- and tc