Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1909-12-24


Oscar Conan was recent visitor
IN Providence.
Airs. PefryP. Wilson has returned
home from visit with relatives IN
Bridgeport
George Gascoig ne Of Toledo, Ohio,
Is spending the holidays with his
mother On South Main street.
Miss Louise SWEET II Syracuse
University. syracuse, y. T., is spend
Ing the Christmas recess al her home.
Walter Gahan Is home from sara.
nae Lake, =. Y, to spend the holidays
with his father.
Mrs. Ralph l.. Kenyon was In
Canaan This week instituting an order
Of the Eastern Star.
Rev.. II. Stubbert of the Baptist
church and Rev. F. ID. Sargent of the
Congregational church exchanged pull
pits on Sunday.
The Advent church of this city has
extended call to Rev. John s. Purdy
of Plainville, who occupied the pulpit
of that church last Sunday.
Walter B. Atwood will leave Mon
day for Manchester, n. H., where he
will engage in business as a heating
contractor.
-Notre Dame academy closed We'd
nesday for two weeks. The majority
of the students will go to their homes
for the holidays.
Miss Madge Rafferty, and Mrs.
William Vanderman of Willimantic
spent Sunday evening with William
Rafferty, and family, Grove street.
-Mayorelect Archibald Mae Donald
of Putnam was in town Monday on
business. He received the hearty con-
CALCULATIONS of many of his Whitman
tic Observation-Disclosures Chronicle.
John Rogerson, of Pomfret fell or
was thrown from trolley car, at Me-
chanicsville, Saturday night, and sus-
tanned number of painful although
not serious injuries. He was brought
to this city where he received medical
attendance, and was able to be about
Monday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Williams, wife of
Lorin G. Williams, died in this city
last Sunday. Mrs. Williams had been
an invalid for number of yesrs. Fur
neral services were conducted by Rev.
f. ID. Sargent Tuesday afternoon. Bu-
rial in Grove street cemetery.
Citizens of Worcester watched the
searchlight on an airship which hover
ed over that city Wednesday night. AT
the time of the airship's visit, Wallace
+. Tillinghast, the Worcester man
who recently claimed TO have invented
a marvellous aereplane in which he
said he had journeyed to New York
and returned by way of Boston, was
absent from his home and could not be
located
The French Canadian Naturaliza.
ton club held an animated meeting in
st. Johns hall last Sunday afternoon
The places on the official board were
holly contested in many instances the
result of the election being as follows:
President-Dr. Omer Lafue.
First Vice-Frederick Dumas.
Second Nice-Joseph Dupre.
Secretary-A. III. Bayeur.
Treasurer-Joseph Piessis.
Asst Treas.-Peter Magnan.
The club has nearly four hundred
members, about one hundred of whom
were present at the meeting
There are a large number Of pa
tents at the Day kimbali hospital,
and preparations are being made TO
give them as enjoyable Christmas a.
possible under the circumstances.
the efforts of the superinten-
dent, Miss Webster, Mrs. T. NJ. Muir
ray of Washington, ID. c., and Ablng-
ton, and the Ladies' Board, a Christ
mas dinner will be served 10 all, and
presents will be distributed. The din
ner has been provided by Ars.Murray.
Many lonesome hearts will be cheered
by the kind thoughtfulness of these
ladies.
Rev. James b. King, Pastor Of the
Eastford Congregational church, Is to
deliver a series of five addresses on
Bible topics, beginning next Sunday.
The title of each subject can be found
under the Eastford news. II vill be
for those living in the vic Ii
ty to hear these addresses. Mr.. King
has bright, ruddy eountenance, the
picture of healthy, whom no one would
take TO be over SIS years old, while he
is really 10 years. He is a Veteran Of
the civil war, and wears the button.
He has been in Eastford about year
and Is much pleased with that quiet,
lovely place and its pleasant people.
--out OF a total Of IS towns making
monthly returns To the state board Of
health. Putnam had the lowest death
rate per thousand in Connecticut dur
ing November. The rate was only 81
per thousand. This i an extraordina-
nv showing and far below the average
rate for this section. The total Duln-
Der OF deaths In Putnam daring No.
xen1ber was two, and one Of these Was
OF a child less than one year OF age
The other death was that OF non-resi-