Putnam patriot., 1911-05-26


 from Atlantic City, Monday evening.
 Charles W. Tryon of Willimsntic was Putnam visitor Monday.
 Mayor Macdonald called on friends in Willimantic Monday.
 Mrs. Isabel Perrin, snd,daughter, Miss Jessie Bacon Perrin of Worcester, were visitors in Putnam Sunday.
 The Fitchburg Air Line special Is to be restored when the summer time table goes into effect in June.
 -F. A. Libby and wife, Ring street, left last week for their summer home at Squirrel Island, Maine.
 Mrs. W. H. Holmes of Westerly, has been visiting her parents, MT. and Mrs. A. w. Macdonald, Oak Hill.
 The w. c. T. U. will meet with Mrs. Mary Gardner Friday afternoon at o'clock.
 A meeting of the Tuesday club was held with Miss Bessie l.. Champ lin of Bradley street Tuesday evening.
 The new bridge is fast nearing completion. The walks are all laid, side rails two-thirds finished, and the roadway is ready for the macadam.
 Miss Grace A. Taylor, who has been spending several months with relatives in Springfield, has returned home.
 Milton Feltman, the 15 year old son of Rev. Thomas Feltman, was op- erated upon for appendicitis at the Day Kimball hospital on Tuesday.
 Charles Miron, IT,, is employed in the freight offices of the Consolidated road at East Hartford. He spent Sum- day at his home here.
 The cottages at Alexander's Lake are being opened for the season, some being already occupied. No new cot tages are being erected.
 MT. and Mrs. Richard German are to attend the National Convention Of Elks at Atlantic City In July, MT. German being a delegate from Putnam lodge.
 Comment Is made by train crews on the prevalence of track walking In this section. The practice is most com- mon between Putnam and Pomfret, where the risk Is especially hazardous.
 At the meeting of the selectmen Monday 90 names were selected for jury service. This list will later be re- duced ,one-hslf by the jury commis- sioners.
 Mrs. H. Sandel and son Willie left last Thursday for New Orleans, where they will visit relatives. The doctor left Sunday afternoon for Oregon, and will spend at least year on the coast, and will possibly locate there. His wife and son will join him later.
 While the thermometer was crowd. ing the hundred mark Monday after noon, City Clerk F. w. Seward re- ceived letter from his son Lee, in California, saying that he had just been caught in blizzard, and snow drifts were ten feet deep.
 Monday, the 29th, being the S0th birthday of Judge Thomas Jones Thur Der. of Putnam Heights, the public are hereby cordially invited to visit Hope Lodge from 8 to 5p. m. on that day. and personally extend their con- gratulations to him.
 Monday was the warmest day this season, the thermometer registering between 90 and 100 degrees all day. IL was so warm at the Israel Putnam school that the children were allowed to go home an hour earlier than usual.
 The third degree was conferred on a class of twenty five candidates rom All Hallows Council, No. 27O, Knights of Columbus, at Moosup Sunday alter noon, by District Deputy r. J. Hurll- he and his degree team Of Whitman tie. assisted by State Advocate Jerome !. Collins of New London, and State Warden Edward A. Sullivan of Dan- ielson. Large delegations Of Knights from Willimantic, Putnam, Daniel son. Norwich, and New London, at- tended and witnessed the work.
 In the unexpected death of Henry Hntchins Sykes, General Manager of the Southern New England Telephone company, which occurred in New Ha- ven. Thursday, the 18th, the telephone company sustain great loss. In May, 1902, MT. Sykes was elected Gen- eral Superintendent of the company, ybieh office he filled until his death. MT. Sykes was well known in this VI. cinity, his mother being native Of Thompson, the daughter of Henry Hutchins.
 The following circular letter has been issued by F. P. Fenton, depart ment commander Spanish war veter- ans; On the 3Oth day of this month Is Memorial day. On this day the graves of the soldier dead throughout the land will be decorated as token of notion,s tribute to those who have fonght her battles. The United span isb War Veterans should assist the G. A. R. in every way possible on that day, willingly and cheerfully accept, inc and performing any act that VIII
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