Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1911-01-06
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his studies 1t Yale.
DIR. E. +. Perry was In whitman
tic Wednesday, attending meeting oI
the board Of pension examiners.
The newly elected officers OF Israel
Putnam lodge, 1. 0. U. F., are TO b
installed next Tuesday evening.
Governor Weeks has approved the
payment Of the quarterly bills for hos
pitfalls, including Day Kimball hospi.
tai, Putnam, $50.
Miss Helen Bradley returned on
Monday to Berlin after spending her
vacation with her parents, MT. and
Mrs. George 8. Bradley, Grove street.
Miss Madeline Taylor returned TO
Englewood, n. j., Monday, after WIS.,
II OF week with her sister, Mrs. Wal
lace Storms, Bradley street.
IF. E. Whitney and wife returned
to Germantown, Pa, on Monday, If
ter spending the holidays with Mrs.
F. E. Burnett, Grove street.
There was . good attendance at the
second annual ball Of Putnam Erie Of
Eagles, held in Hammond Hall, Sat.
urday evening, and a good time was
enjoyed by all.
There will be q short calendar ses-
sion of the Superior Court In this city
on Monday. On Tuesday the trial Of
Sebatino Damato, charged with muir
dering fellow workman in this city,
will begin.
-Ghas. X. Shaw is to engage in the
insurance business at Bridgeport in
conjunction with his duties at the
Hammond Knowlton Co.'s mill. He
will divide his time between this city
and Bridgeport:
The regular meeting of Elizabeth
Porter Putnam Chapter, d. A. R., will
be held at the Chapter rooms, Odd Fell
lows hall, Monday, January 9Th, at 8
O'Clock. Meeting Of the Board of Man.
agement 1t 2:80.
Mrs. Welcome Tefft, aged about 50,
died In Qusdic Tuesday night after .
brief illness. Mn. Tefn was for many
years . resident Of this city. She
leaves three sons, Ralph and Fred Of
Putnam and George Of Quadic.
The twenty-sixth annual session
of the Connecticut State Grange will
be held In Foot Guard hall, Hartford,
January 10. IL, ~. Tho program IL
one Of the best ever offered, and all in
dications point 70 banner session,
says one Of the leading officials.
Harrison G. Fay of Pawtucket,
formerly principal of Putnam high
school, is to deliver the address at the
exercises to be given by Elizabeth Por-
ter Putnam chapter, d. A. R., in OBJ
servan &c OF the 192d anniversary Of the
birth of General Putnam. The exer-
cises are to be held on Monday. The
prizes to the students of Putnam high
school for the best essays on the Colo
NAL Boy will be awarded at that time.
The Putnam Thief Detecting So
ciety met In the PATRIOT rooms, Mon
day, and elected the following officers:
President David E. Clark.
Vice President-F. w. Perry.
Coliector-Arthur Tourtellotte.
Executive COmmittee.-Albigence
Al n
Ter. G. ID. Bates, G.. n. Whittlesey.
Pursuers-George Warren, Charles
Clemens, e. E. Pierce, +. b. Bruce, A.
J. Shippee.
Audiiors-H. A. Warren, Z. A. VIII
cox, r.. L. Billiard.
The new Supreme Court building
in Hartford was used Tuesday for the
first time. The first case heard was one
from this city: Jennie Dubriel VS.. Z.
Fred Waterman-plaintiff's appeal
from an award by a jury of $500, for
damages caused by being run into by
defendants automobile. The plaintiff
claims that the award should have
been doubled OF, at the discretion OF
the court, tripled, in accordance with
n statute which is claimed, governs
such cases. Decision was reserved.
AT the regular meeting OF Jessa-
mine Chapter No. So, o. f. 8. on We'd
nesday evening, the following officers
were inst ,lled by Past Matron Mrs.
Lila B. Rich:
Worthy Matron, Mrs. Edith NJ.
Arnold.
Worthy Patron, Horace F. Wilder.
Associate Matron, Miss Emma NJ.
Roberts.
secretary, Mrs. Mary E. Kenyon.
Treasurer, Mrs. Inez V. Hoyle.
Conductress, Mrs. Grill b. Green.
Associate Conductress, Mrs. Mary L..
Wilder.
Chaplain, Mrs. Mary ]. Wright.
Marshal, Miss Hattie l.. Crane.
Adah, Mrs. Lena NJ. Whipple.
Ruth, Mrs. Ella L. Hall.
Esther, Mrs. Pearl l.. Wheaton.
Martha. Mrs. Josephine Z. Whiting.
Electa, Mrs. Maria 4. Bennett.
Warder. Miss Harlie l. Corbin.
sentinel, Edward III. Payne.
Two or three weeks ago we printed
a statement, made by hunters, that
the muskrats were burrowing deep in
the ground-an unfailing sign Of . -
| yerely cold and late winter. Since
then we have had . week Of mild wea-
| ther and hear this from another source:
I.For the first time In the history Of
, lsnshberry, the festive and prophetic
, lyreundhog, more vulgariy known =
/ be woodchuck, bas emerged from hia