Putnam patriot., 1908-12-11

Ills pttttltc ut APa VtAi4ts ~. dss IdS Ie turned to the city.
 MT. and Mrs. Walter S Arnold o GFosvenor- Dale, announce the engage ment of their daughter, Ethel Mae, tg Arthur c. Clarke of Putnam.
 The RailToad Commissioners have ordered the elimination Of two cross. ings north of the East Thompson sta. tion.
 At St. Philips church the vested choir, composed of fifteen boys, sang for the first time at the service held on Sunday morning last.
 -Mr. and Mrs. William Case, School street, entertained their daughter, Miss Maud Case, of Worcester, over Sun. day.
 A Teachers meeting will be held in the High School room, sharon, Fri. day. December II, at p. m. Subject: .Practical Teaching"
 Charles D. Hine, Hartford.
 III. J. Richard, who has been in the employ of Charles Seder, as salesman, for the last four years, resigned his po- sition Saturday to enter the employ of A. Weisberg at Danielson.
 Owing to a severe attack of tonsoli- tisiG. C. Spratt, Principal of the High School is confined to his home. Chas L. Torrey is substituting for him dur ing his absence.
 William Sharpe, son of MT. and Mrs. C. D. Sharpe, has received the appointment of meter inspector of the NY, N. H. & H. R. R. Co.'s electric train service between Stamford and New York.
 The regular meeting of the Eliza beth Porter Putnam Chapter, D. A. R. will be held in the Chapter Rooms in Kent Block, Monday December IA at p. m. A meeting of the board at 2.3O p. m.
 The. annual sale and supper, by the Epworth League, of the Methodist Episcopal church, will beheld Friday evening, Dec. l1th, from to o'clock. sale and oyster supper will be sery- ed Tickets 25 cents. Fancy work and homemade candies for sale. Enter tainment at 8 o'clock. Admission free. Monday morning northeast rain storm set in and gave the parehed country good and welcome drench- ing. and helped fill up the shallow riv- CTS and ponds, and start dependent mills and factories. On Saturday there was a fall of snow which barely cover ed the ground but was sipated by the bright sun at an early hour
 A surprise party was given MT. and Mrs. Walter E. Barrett of School street on Friday evening. About twen- ly.tiye young people were present. NIT. and Mrs. Barrett were presented with 8 silver candelabra. Ice cream and cake were served. The evening was pleasantly spent in playing games, ,and was much enjoyed by all.
 Putnam Division, No. l, A. 0. H., has elected the following officers:
 President-James O'Brien.
 Vice President-James Wieks.
 Recording Secretary-Frank Mur- taugh.
 Treasurer-James Rafferty.
 Sergeant. at at-Arms-Lawrence Ryan. Sentinel-John J. McGarry.
 The basket ball game between the Putnam High School and the Wind- ham High School, played in Armory hall, this city, last Friday evening, re- suited in a score of 30 to 26 in favor of the Putnam School. This was the third game in the Windham County Inter- scholastic League Each team has won and lost game.
 Major A. D. McInty re went Tues day to New York to attend banquet that evening as the guest of Charles R. De Bevoise, President of the Corset Company, of which he is travelling representative. The banquet is to mark the fifth anniversary of the organiza- tion of the firm, and will be attended oy the travelling statesmen and heads of departments.
 At a fire in Willimantic last Sa- turday morning an aged couple, named NIT. and Mrs. John Sullivan, were sui located by the smoke. They were among the older Irish American resi- dents of the city. It is thought that the fire originated from burning lamp tn their room. The fire did not gain much headway as the department soon sxponded and squenched it, but not soon enough to save the old couple. At the annual meeting of the w. K C., held on Tuesday, the following officers were elected:
 President--Mrs. LiIlie Leach.
 s- N.-Mrs. Anna Gilmore.
 J. V.-Mrs. Mira Perry.
 Ihaplain-Mrs. Julia Finchan.
 Ireasurer-Mrs. Mary Perry.
 tonduetor-Mrs. Lena Green.
 gaard-Mrs- Esteila Nick achnie.
 Delegate to Convention-Mrs. Mary Ferry.
 Alternate-Mrs. Elizabeth Howell.
 This year the Corps have paid for slading and seeding the burial lot of Ars. Anna F. Lay, one Of the deceased aenbers.
 -ihe enormous quantity of leaves sais year is making unusual work for sas street cleaning department and on s''s rall tracks. Al the foot of one hill a~e cart loads of leaves had to be re- AlaxSd to clean out the gutter, washed