Putnam patriot., 1910-06-10

State Highway Mae donald was in Putnam on Friday.
 Mrs. F. E. Brunette has returned from visit to Shrewsbury.
 Mrs. George w. Gilpatrie is enter taining her sister, Miss Etta Hodges of Boston.
 Miss Harriet King of Boston, was a recent guest of her aunt, Mrs. Olive A. White.
 Rev. John W.Walker left Monday for few weeks stay in New Bruus- wick.
 Rev. B. F. Benoit,will preach at the Putnam Baptist church next Sum- day afternoon at 3:3U.
 Mrs. E. T. Whitmore and Mrs. E F. Whitmore of Willimantie, were i'll Putnam last week Thursday attending the funeral of Mrs. Etta Wilcox.
 The Putnam Phalanx are to pass through Putnam on the morning of June r., en route to Worcester, to at- tend a celebration of Bunker Hill day.
 Mrs. Lydia Hascall of Shrews- bury is making visit of several weeks with her neiee, Mrs. F. E. Brunette, Grove street.
 Mi. and Mrs. Archie Laeross of Church street, were the guests of Mrs. Laeross's $ pafente at Canton, Mass, over Sunday.
 Mrs. Charles II. Kelley is enter taining her sister, Mrs. II. Reynolds, who has just returned from a trip to the Holy Land. She is actively en- gagged in humane work, both ieeturing and distributing literature.
 Charles Parker, aged IA years, a former inmate of the Childrenis Home, Is reported to have run away from a farm in Thompson. He wore a cap, knickerbockers, double breasted coat, and is of swarthy complexion.
 Merrill P. Paine, who has taught the spring term at the Abingdon Four Corners school, has returned to his home in this city, the school having closed for the summer vacation.
 Highway Commissioner Macdon- aid is to open bids at his office in the Capitol, Tuesday, June IA, at ? o'clock p. m., for the construction of State roads. Among the bids Is that of 4, TOO feet of macadam road for Putnam.
 --The legislature of Massachusetts has passed a bill by vote of l04 to 100 authorizing the Worcester and South bridge railroad to operate a street rail- way in Thompson, Connecticut, cov- ering a technical requirement for Mas sachusetts corporations operating out side the state.
 The Twentieth Annual Exhibition of the Norwich Art School, at the Con- verse Art Gallery, will be held on Fri day, this week, from to 10 p. m. A cordial invitation is extended to citi- zens of Putnam who desire to see what the students of the Art School and Academy have accomplished.
 The ecclesiastical society of the First Congregational Church tiPut- nam Heights at the annual meeting elected the following officers for the ensuing year:
 Trnstees-Charles l.. Torrey, Mrs. Rosa P. Danielson, Thomas J. Thurber.
 Clerk and Whitman Dan- ielson.
 Auditors-Simon Adams, William D. Capwell.
 The treasurer's report showed the fund on hand to be over 5000.
 Worcester has "Piayground As sociationt ? and is raising $l0,000 with which to place an equipped and super vised playground within the reach of every child in that city, during the hot months and after school, during the year. Mayor Logan, in letter indors-
 
 By the buying of property for play ground purposes, its use Is secured to the children foreyer-and forever )s long time. Monuments will decay, trust funds may vanish, our beautiful city hall will go the way Of all the works of man, but playground, with moderate care, will become more use ful each added year. It can and will l. l. rl,.x mill n more of Mother Earth than the space two by six feet, where they will sleep their last sleep.n
 Says the Sprinfield Republican "This is we'll put-and it is as well to see municipal investments of this kind made outside of recourse to the public treasury Our city is greatly in need of a chiIdren's playground. The streets are becoming too dangerous for play grounds.
 w. H. Davis, member of the edi- torial staff of the '' Danbury News" who is also Secretary of the Business Mems Association, made the PATRIOT a call last Friday. He was returning home froma visit, and noticed our sign while waiting for his train, and took advantage of his opportunity to make us call and Ieain something about the city and i>s tnhabitants-matters always useful to editors. In the course of our conversssidh he remarked that he was the Secretary of the Danbury Bushes Men's Association. In reply to our questioning, he said that the membership of the Association is large