Putnam patriot., 1909-01-29


 at the ehildren's matinee at the Brad ley theatre Saturday afternoon. Ad-
 mission for children cents. Rev John Walker, Rector, of St.
 Phillips Mission, assisted by the vest
 ed choir, conducted service at the
 Day Kimball Hospital, last Sunday
 afternoon.
 Friday evening promises to be
 banner night al the Bradley Theatre. Amateurs will be the attraction and
 already six different acts have been
 booked for that evening. The usual
 prizes will be given.
 | A teachers meeting will be held at
 Canterbury Plains on Saturday, Janu-
 ary 30, at 10:S0 a, m. Subject-Course
 of Study, Word Book, Spelling. The speakers are Charles D. Hine, Hart
 ford, and Chas. E. Pratt, Willimantie. Frank o. Davis, real estate dealer,
 who went to Florida two weeks ago on
 combined pleasure and business trip,
 returned to the city last Thursday. He found the climate delightful, and would
 have staid there longer, but was too
 desirous to be back to New England 10 remain away.
 A letter from Jerry Maiello states
 that he has been having pleasant vis- 1 it to his old home in Italy. He was l recently saddened by the loss of his fa- ther. There is an undereurrent in the l letter denoting a longing to get back to l America and Putnam, for he says: II have an idea to come back next April, so l will be among friends again. En- closed in the letter was a picture of, 1 himself doing one of his new tricks in ledgerdemain, which he learned abroad. He wishes to be remembered to all of his friends in Putnam.
 -"The Chicken Trust Company"i Is
 booked to appear in St. Johns hall
 next Friday and Saturday evenings,
 with special Saturday matinee for
 women and children. This company
 is a colored aggregation that are mak- ing hit in vaudeville and are pro- l nounced the most talented lot of colored l artists ever assembled in one perfor- nance. They give entirely different performances each night. The enter tainment is for the benefit of the C. A. C. base ball team, which will be given percentage of the proceeds. This
 compiny is playing this week Saturday
 evening in North Grosvenordaie. At the last regular meeting of Mig
 pah Rebekah Lodge, No. 33, l. c. c. F., the following officers were installed by the Special Deputy, Carrie B. Wing and staff:
 N. G.-LilIie E. Leach. Y. G.-Lena NJ. Whipple. Secretary--Lucy A. Thayer. l Treasurer-Carrie B. Wing. Warden-Fiorepc NJ. Kelley. Conductor-LenaA A. Munroe. I.G-S. A. Wing.
 0. CHI. G. Thayer.
 Chaplain-AnnieT T. Holmes. R. $. N. G.-Ida Mansfield. l.. $. N. G.-Elizabeth Chase. K. S. V. G.-Nina B. Harrington. l.. $. V. G-Minnie B. Nuttall. P. G--Edith M. Arnold. A P G. Jewel was presented to the
 retiring P. G., Annie T. Holmes, by P. G. Lena 4. Munroe.
 An excellent supper was served pre-
 ceding the lodge meeting, and very
 enjoyable evening was passed. Many words of good cheer were given
 in the speeches by different members. The operation of the local lines of the Connecticut company is now pos sible, under the new arrangement al
 the power plant at the Dyer dam,inde- pendent of other power, or i'll eonjanc- l tion with the plant at Thamesville, or again with the power station at Charl- ton City, near Southbridge. Each sta tion runs at times independent of the other two, and at other times in con- junction with them. At times the Dy-
 CT dam splant helps Thamesyille, and vice versa, and the same rule holds in respect to the Charlton City plant. In case of disabled machines, lack of pow CT from low water or other causes, the
 new arrangement will permit of suffi cient power being obtained from one of the three stations.
 -E. NJ. Wheaton, President of the Putnam Buisiness Mems Association, attended the meeting of the Board of I Directors of the State Business Mems l Association, last week, at Meriden. The meeting was for the purpose of l discussing various matters of interestto
 the organization and its l5, ,0o0 members
 whom its President represents. The I principal feature of the gathering was ! the emphatic endorsement of the Pub 1 lie Utilities Commission. 4 legislative committee was appointed, MT. F.. NJ. 1 Wheaton being member, to represent l the State Association, and to look after 1 it's interests. Directing it to appear be- fore the judiciary committee at the hearings on tue Public Utilities Com mission and other occasions when their
 efforts may be needed. As an expFes- sion of The l5,ou members the follow i ing resolution was unanimously adop- i ted:
 Resolved. That the State Business Mefaf< AS-feiztiou though ifs direct