Putnam patriot., 1909-05-28
EAST Wos,DSTOCK

L'Apres Midi Club will give an en- tertainment in the Congregational church, Friday evening, June 4, com- mencing at 6 o'clock. The club have secured the Odd Fellows Quartette of southbridge, consisting of George A. Payne, lst tenor; Arthur Gapen, 2d tenor; Benjamin Taylor, 1st bass; Le- on Lamb, 2d bass. Also Miss Ethel Grant reader of Worcester. MissGrant has made quite a hit in Southbridge the past winter, and has been there several times. The committee is Miss Sarah A. Potter, Mrs. C. (. Glider sleeve, Mrs. G. A. Wetherell, Mrs. AT. thur Morse, Mrs. Clifford Jordan, and Miss diary F. Potter. Admission D cents. Cake, candy and ice cream will be on sale.
 Mir and Mrs. Roscoe Alton attended the funeral of Mrs. Sarah Ballard in Thompson on Monday
 Clarence Peckham has entered the employ of Willard Hildreth of Pom fret.
 Mr and Mrs. Allison Potter moved this week to Lakeside, the home Of Miss Mary A. Potter.
 Mary and Morris Child of Putnam are visiting relatives in town
 Mrs. J. NJ. Paine has been entertain ing her niece, Mrs. Florence Bass of Brookline.
 Mrs. Helen Aldrich has opened her house here. She has with her Helen and Mabel Foster.
 Asa May and daughters, Florence, Irene, and Harriet, of Howard, K. l., also Charles H. May of Worcester, were guests at J. $. Mays over Sun- day.
 Mrs. Marcus Morse spent Monday in Worcester, also Pearl Alton and Mabel Eddy.
 Milton Bugbee and bride of Texas. are guests of his parents, MT. and Mrs Charles Bugbee.
 Mrs. Myron Crawford, and F.. Spen- Ger and wife spent Sunday in Union.
 Allan Upham was N orcester visit or on Thursday.
 Earl Bemis of Salisbury was sum- moDed home last week, as his father, 4. B. Bemis, is very low.
 Rev. T. A, Turner will preach Me morial sermon at the Congregational church next Sunday. All Veterans are invited to attend. The exercises
  occur Monday morning at s.30 o'clock, comrade J. NJ. Paine having charge.
 The wedding of Helen A. Foster 10 Oliver H. Lowe of South Woodstock, will be held in the Congregational church on Thursday afternoon of this week q o'clock.
 Arthur Dodge has secured a tene- ment at Meehaniesville, and is moving there this week.
 Rev Edward H. Smith of Norwich Nas listened to with pleasure on Satur- day afternoon bv forty or more ladies, and several gentlemen, who attended the missionary meeting held in the Congregational church. MT. smith and wife have been missionaries in China since 1901, and his field is very large, 100 miles by 50, divided into twelve districts, and he has charge of one. There are several native preach srs and the wives of the preachers teach the native women The preach CT IS also the teacher and medical prae- utioner. All distances are covered py walking, as the country is extremely mountainous The schools are im- proving ss they are adopting the American system. The cost of living is very cheap, $l0 paying tuition and ooard of a pupil for one year ~ boarding school. Rice is the principal article Of diet. being used at every meal with the addition of little drfed nsh as | relish The collection amount ei ta t10. which tbs ladies voted te gve to Ar. Smith tc, pay the tuition 2. Two boys or girls af his school
 IheTe are est1maied to be 4u0s sUOsOU popie in China, with lo, ,00 preachers many are nasjyes, Kratuates q the col