Putnam patriot., 1910-06-17

~as in Putnam last week.
 -City Engineer Wright made bus ipess trip to Hartford Monday.
 Joseph Egan has been spending a week in New York city.
 Miss Lora Phinney lof Northamp- ,on. has returned to Putnam.
 Owen Barrett of Putnam was a member of the 1910 graduating class of the Rhode Island School of Pharmacy.
 Mrs. George Miller of East Hart ford. has been visiting her parents, MT. and Mrs. John L. Inman.
 Mrs. Edgar Clarke entertained Dr. James Fxton and wife of Abingdon, N.J., last week.
 Fifty Foresters of this city attend. ed the memorial services of Court Oak Grove at Danielson on Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. Thomas DeCoudres and children of East Hartford, are the enest, Of MT. and Mrs. C. F. Bosworth of Woodstock avenue.
 M. R. Joy, Past Exalted Ruler of Pa.aam Lodge of Elks, is 10 represent the lodge at the national convention of the order to be held in Detroit in July.
 At the annual meeting Of the Con- neefieat Bankers Association held at New Haven asst week, c. Harold Gil. pafric of this city was elected a mem- Der of the executive committee.
 List of letters remaining in the Putnam post office for the week ending June IF:
 entiemen-Stanieles Couture, The E. H. Hilliafd Go., James Potter.
 I.adies-Miss Eliza Carran.
 The State Convention of Spanish War Veterans was held at Niiliman- tic on Friday. Among those in atten- dance were Colonel H. J. Thayer, Ma for A. D. Mcintyre, Captain E. NJ. Carver, and Fred N. Flagg of this city.
 -The estate left by the late Claren- don NJ. Green is being settled, and it is expected that the final accounting, by Judge F. F. Russell, administrator, will be made shortly. The estate is valued at Sl15,0S4.61.
 -Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Hammond &C., eompanied by Mrs. George W. Child, made an automobile trip to Massachu- sets last week, stopping at Worcester, Springfield, Palmer, Northampton, Florence, Haydenville, and Williams burg.
 Town Clerk David Flagg Is now using a loose leaf ledger system in the town records, all entries being type written, which eondenses the matter into, one-lhiId of the former space. Under the new system the Putnam records will compare favorably with the finest in the state.
 The body of Emory Rathbun, who died in Moosup on Friday, was brought to Putnam for burial in the Grove street cemetery Sunday afternoon. MT. Rathbun was 70 years of age, and for many years had been employed in the cotton mills of the county as overseer and superintendent. He is survived by his wife,
 Theodore Ligum of this city was before Justice Randolph II. Chandler of Thompson on Thursday of last week on complaint of William Houle of North Grosvenordale, who accused him of the theft of six dollars worth oi lead pipe. Ligum, who was repre- sented by Attorney Charles l.. Torrey, proved that he was in Putnam at the time the theft was committed, and he was discharged.
 At special meeting of Division A. o. H., held at their hall, on Ihursaay evening last, the following delegates to the A. 0. H. State Convention, to De held in Bridgeport, were elected: Frank A. Murray, r. J. osBrien, Alternates,
 Lawrence P. Ryan, James Weeks.
 Thomas P. Ryan, as County Pfesi- dent of the A. o. H., will also be de- legate to the above convention.
 The Connecticut Bee Keepers As- sociation will hold its summer field day meeting on Saturday, this week, June Is, beginning at 10:50 a. m., al the apiary of Alva W. Yates ,doee Q Chapman street, Hartford. \ No.e- will follow the social hour ending with a queen hunting prize contest. Basket lunch al noon, eoiIee and lemonade will be furnished by the host.
 Rev. 4. V. C. P. Huizinga, former ly Pastor of the Thompson, congfega- tional church. was in Putnam on Tues morning, on his way to Boston, where he is to arrange for the publication ot book: Europe Through the Eyes of an American, which his publishers wish him 10 write. His book; "Belies in Personal God. is on sale al George A. shaw $ store. Price 5o cents lie Is engaged in writing on his more sehoi- arly work, Authority ie appear next spring. NIT. and Mrs. Haizsnga are sarnnering al the Old Lyme Inn, al Lyme. Conn.
 There are many former students of NIeholas Academy. Dudley. Aass.s who viii h-s interested to lsarn that an Old Home Day Alumni Entertainment