Putnam patriot., 1909-08-20
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 t4;yh school building is now
 a..., = -g,,n4 4pIetiass. and il is said but fauehes here and there are aaes~sary 10 make Il ready to iii its And this brings us to the r~ini that, in short tune, the town F.sl hs called in special session to de ssa whether t shall vote To accept " b,ftding or not. One of the main .sings the taxpayers of lhe town Of .ra,,npson are to consider is The nature - tae eifer-when such is made-of .hs school 10 the town. This k all '-s,ortant. is can be sutAofitaiively s.a,ed that there is no definite inform .t,o, in the hands Of the town school ~s.,.n,iilee ia regard to any endox- ,ssnf fnnd to run the same. The cuestion before the taxpayers is, there f,e resolved into the difference of .s.i of maintaining the present system of High school training CT that of SUD- rer,ing High school in town. Just arhat this AiIl mean may be gathered trom the fact that upon the acceptance sf fhe school with those conditions the I'm of SI4s42.5 .5a will he lost from the stste. and 1t is conservativeIy esti- mated bv the school beard that S1.0aO viii he absolutely necessary for run- ning the institution, nearly five times !. great as under the present arrange ments. II Is reported that at a meet ing of the school com mittee principal .as hired eondilienaliy ait d salary of ,i aA0 IL can be stated that the con- dtiens as they are al present are more convenient te the residents of the east part of the town.
 Al recent meeting of the school hasrd il was voted "that (. S. Andem. E H. Gofttis and F.. F. Thompson be appointed a comInittee of the town seheol committee with authority to kgre the necessary teachers for the pur- pase of organizing and continuing the Toarteliotte Memorial High school. all eontfaels to be made subject to the pfogisi9a that the town shall accept ihe BigA school building; said con- miltee further authorized to make aftes, ary provisions to start said High sh5a n thnronga and proper man neF. These are vastly significant natier, for the consideration af the snpaXtrs inasmuch as all actions ef ae loAa school committee thus far have hae to do with private properly, sad. may, n the absence of any deli. nlle knae ledge on the part of the com miiiee as whole, at least, of any final eadaWment, he acts governed by pre- mature assumption in regard ta the legn. ] Is reported on good author ily that Mrs. Tauftellatte dur iag her last visit here made Il knoWn that definite settlement ot funds would depend upon the spirit in which the town accepted the High sehool building. 1t is for the property owners to say by their vote whether ihey wish their taxes to be increased sbout ene-fourth above the present iae, unless 1t can be irrefntably ! shown that conditions are otherwise than is now known to the school board as oody in regard to an endowment IL h also authoritatisely known that the town is 10 be asked for an appropria- lon fo run the school.
 VOTER.
 The Thompson W. C. T. T.. will hold lheif annual meeting al the home of the president- Mrs. Oscar Robinson, on 1aesday. Aug 24. The election of of- hcefs for the ensuing year is in order. l hnner on picnic plan. \ good at kndanee is desired. Invite your ldends. Arthur Mills and wife left for their hume in Chicago on Monday of last week. Miss Helen Forest of Hartford is visiting at Mrs Wm. Chandler's. Chandler Jones of Brooklyn has been q guest al Mrs. Wieks' the past wtek Rev. Arnold Huizinga has returned siler two weeks vacation. AGospel meeting was held al Miss LaFneds on Sunday afternoon and gas well attended. Miss Ruth Van Arsdale of Hyde Park is Tn town for a few weeks Frank Herrick of Boston spent Sun- day with his mother. The Congregational Sunday school held their picnic last Tuesday at Bates 6fove, Webster, and the attendance numbered about ninety. \ very en- pyable day was passed. Mrs. Wicks left in her car for the White Mountains on Tuesday. Mrs. Williams has returned from an extended trip to Falmouth, Martha's snyard, Cottage City and Revere Beach. Arthur Peterson of Brookline has oren in town a few days at his par ents' Miss Augusta Peterson spent last sunday in Providence. Rev. Chas. Ramsey is taking ya- eallon and is in Maine. The rain of the first of the week did gieat deal of good as number oi 1elis were dry. J. NJ. Addeman of Providence came @spend sunday with his family here Miss sherman has returned from aef trip away. The town of Thompson is now en- p!ing the benefits of day and night ..ecsfie power service and the advan- Ases aeeruing are very much appre- aa,ed. Recently the Putnam Light gnu gnu fowef company purchased the Tets Hill farm electrical plant al ,nonpson, and the power developed .aefe Is being used with power the spaapany develops at their plant in ssham m to drive the machinery at the ..Iia Of The French River Textile com. fAy at Mechanicsville. One Of the
 is oi the arrangements is the giv- oi 2i-hour electric service 10