Putnam patriot., 1909-07-02
Samuel and William Walsh are visiting relatives al Lawrence, Mass.

Miss Grace Hayden is al her home in Plymouth, Mass, for the summer.
 Miss Bernice Paine is is spending 1 her vacation in Wakefield, Mass.
 Frank Bennett, of New York city, Is visiting his parents in this city. Last Saturday Miss Marion Titus left for Somerville, Mass, where she will spend her summer.
 Miss Florence G. Deedy is spend- ing her vacation with her mother in Worcester.
 Miss Amy wallen Is spending the summer with her parents in Forest Hills, Mass.
 Mrs. William Wheaton, Grove Ter. race, is entertaining her sister, Miss Barbara Brigham, of Macon, Ga. Mrs. Edgar Clarke, Elm street, has been entertaining her daughter, Mrs. Frank Guild, of Windam. Mrs. F. D. Sargent and Miss Flo renee Sargent, are at their summer home in Brookline, N. H. MT. Thomas Rawley and wife en- tertained MT. Charles Pengelly and wife, of Webster, last Sunday. The W. C. T. U. will meet at the home of Mrs. Gardner, on Friday after noon, July ?, at 3:80 o'clock. Sec'y. Two deaths in Hartford, on Tues day, celebrating the Fourth. It should admonish parents.
 -Dr. Morrell, wife and daughter, Miss Isabelle, are attending the Yale commencementex exercises, Fred Morreil being a member of the class of '09. City Engineer Wright is spending the week at his parental home in New Haven, and is attending Yale com mencement.
 Miss Frances Warner, of Mt. Holyoke College, is spending her vacation with her parents, Judge and Mrs. k. NJ. Warner.
 Dwight Thrall, of Hartford, Agent of the Connecticut Humane Society, was called to Thompson on Tuesday to view some horses whose condition need ed looking after.
 -Geo. NJ. Lowry, of Pomfret, will leave for the West Saturday, going to Iron Mountain, Goldfield, San Francis co, and possibly will visit the Alaska. Yukon Exposition.
 Miss Caroline Borhaeur, of Wor- cester, who has been the guest of Miss $. Elizabeth Clarke for the past week, left Wednesday for Nindam to visit Mrs. Frank Guild.
 Mir. George Gilpatric and wife, and G. Harold Gilpatric are attending the commencement at Amherst College this week. F.. Raymond Gilpatric is a member of the class of '09.
 Geo. Miner, Geo. Webster, Percy Waterman and Daniel Reynolds of this city, attended the annual outing of Pa lestine Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, down the Providence River, on Monday.
 The Town School Board has elected Miss Edith Kent to be principal of the Smith street school. She has been a successful teacher at the school for sev- en years. Miss Kent is graduate of Putnam High School and of the Will Iimantic Normal School.
 --The School Board has hired Wm :. B. Whittemore as janitor at the High School; compensation to be s4oO, com- mencing July l. The contract requires his attendance at the school all of each day during the time the school is in yearly session.
 -Dr. James +. sheppard, the New York throat specialist, whose summer home is in Woodstock, visited the Day kimball Hopital, al,iprofessionaliy, Mon- day, and removed adenoids and tom sis from l4 patients,i most of whom were children Dr. Sheppard makes these visits once or twice each sum- mer.
 The camp of Sons of Veterans be- ing organized by Commander Wm. B Whittemore, of A. G. Warner Post G. A. R.. is meeting with good success in the number of signatures to join of those who are eligible to become mem- bers. As soon as the requisite number is obtained an organization will be formed.
 There must be land suitable for a park, but not profitable for cultivation, within . mile of our post office-say of from five to ten acres. If parties having such piece of property to dis pose of, and will le. us know what price they will sell it for, 10 be made into a park, with any conditions they may desire to place upon, we will try and set the ball a.rollings to get public park. The city greatly needs such park, not only for children's play-gFounds utfor base ball, golf, tennis and such like uses. It should also be so improved as to be- come resort for persons desiring to find quiet recreation or for riding in vehicles. Such park would greatly improve adjoining property, aisd lead to Improvements to make il pleasantly accessible from all parts of the fiiy. Ii should interest others besides those who may have such a piece of property 10 dispose of. Any one who knows where s.,eh {. riece. ef land may be had fer q