Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-05
PUTNAM
Golden Wedding of Mir. and Mrs. John Petsrson-$1o,5oo Needed to Grade About and Furnish New High School Extension of R. F. D., No. 3.

John Foran has returned to New York after spending two weeks with his father William F'oran, of this city.
 Misses Mildred Carver, Leila Morse and Alva Adams were recent Worces- ter visitors.
 J. B. LHeureux of Marlboro, Mass, is spending a few days in Putnam. To Teach at East Putnam.
 Miss Meda Morse of Upham, Mass. has been engaged to teach the school at East Putnam in place of Miss Mill dred Armstrong, resigned.
 Jonas Lawson has purchased the May property in East Woodstock.
 Dr. Robert c. Jaine of Thompson is house physician at the Day -Kimball hospital this month.
 Bertram F. Wilson of Worcester was in Putnam Tuesday.
 Celebrated Golden Wedding.
 MT. and Mrs. John Peterson of South Woodstock celebrated their golden wedding at the Swedish church at large number of the friends and rela- tives of the couple attended and had a very enjoyable time. Among numer- ous other presents, MT. and Mrs. Pe- terson received $S0 in gold.
 Unclaimed Letters.
 Letters addressed to the following persons remain uncalled for at the Ii. John Gilliad, Stowell company, Miss Ida Brown, Mrs Ora Manley, Mrs. R. N. Ream, Mrs. Lil1ey St. John. A Fourteen City Court Gases in March.
 There were 14 cases before Judge Fuller in the city court during March. In six cases the offenders went to jail, six more were fined one case was nolled, and one continued. Of all the cases were for intoxication, 2 for theft, chicken stealing, and as sault. In March, 1910. there were IS cases before the court and two ,cul- prits were committed to jail.
 $10,5oo Needed.
 The committee on furnishing and grading of grounds of the new high school has voted that $10,50 will be needed for these purposes and have directed the secretary of the school board to request the selectmen to call special town meeting, which has been done. to vote an appropriation of this amount.
 Frightened hv chiId's Hoop.
 About four o'clock Tuesday after noon. a horse belonging to D. F. x. McEvoy, hitched in front of his bar Der shop, was frightened by a hoop rolled on the sidewalk by a little boy and dashed up Main street. One of the employees of the Putnam Light & Power Co. who was working on pole at Bugbee's corner, attempted to stop the runaway, but the horse swerved to the right and headed down Pomfret street, where it was stopped without any damage to horse or carriage.
 Rural Route Extended.
 Rural route No. from the Putnam postoffice has been extended so that the carrier, after leaving the office, instead of proceeding down Pomfret street in a westerly direction, as here tofore, turns easterly along said street Park streets to Wheaton's farm and returning along Park street reaches Pomfret street by way of Arch and South Meadow streets, thence contin- uing as usual This extension makes the route PIP miles long, the maximum Patrons along the route have nearly all erected posts and boxes as re- quired by the postal laws and regula- tions, and everything is working sat- isfactorily. Representatives of a let ter-box manufacturing firm have been canvassing within the city limits, and about half the patrons of the city de livery service are now supplied with suitable receptacles for mail.
 Orchard Demonstration.
 Today (April 3. committee under the auspices of the Connecticut Agri- cultural society will prune and spray an old apple orchard belonging to J B. Stoddard in Abingdon, with the idea of demonstrating to the farmers in this vicinity what can be done with orchards in this condition
 Seniors in Boston,
 The senior class of the Putnam higI school are spending a few days il Boston. Principal Spratt and his wife are with the class.
 Miss Louise Davidson was in Wor- cester Tuesday.
 F. V. Libby of Orange, Mass. was 1T Putnam on business yesterday