Putnam patriot., 1911-02-03

-Gindley Game is confined to his
home on Fremont street with an alb
scess on his leg.
The barn of Victor Chapdelaine re-
Gently partially destroyed by fire is be-
ing rebuilt.
Henry Quinn of Pawtucket spent
the weekend with Mrs. Lawrence
Murray and family, Oak hill.
The re-appointment of Frank G.
Letters as postmaster of Putnam has
been recommended to Congress by
Congressman E. w. Higgins.
Mrs. Ralph l.. Kenyon, King
street, has been elected Grand Mar
shall of the State Chapter of the Order
of the Eastern Star.
Joseph f. Egan and Charles E.
Miron will leave this city Saturday
for trip to Tampa, Fla. They will
stop over at all the principal cities en-
route.
The body of William Gilman of
Boston, formerly of Putnam and Pom.
fret, was brought here for burial FRI
day. The funeral was attended by a
large number of relatives and friends.
james Warren and Lucy f. Rus
sell, both of Putnam, were married at
the Methodist parsonage in Webster
performing the ceremony. The con.
tracing parties each gave'their age as
80 years.
Work on the High school has ad.
vanced TO the stage of lathing the in.
terror. Progress has been satisfactory
throughout the winter, and it is prob
able that the building will be equipped
and ready for occupancy before the
close of the present school year.
The committee of arrangements
has decided on Monday night, Febru-
airy 9th, as the date for the annual
fireman's ball. The Cargill orchestra
will furnish music, and the decora.
tions will be by the American Decora-
ting Company of South Framinghsm.
The Putnam Water company has
elected these directors for the ensuing
year: Moses G. Leonard, James b.
Tatem, George E. Shaw, William Har-
vey, Ebert Wheeler, w. II. Booker.
The directors will elect officers at a
future meeting.
-Judson Sanger of South Wood
He has shot his fox, big one, too,
with a fine brush. Mr.. Sanger is
septugenarian, but he is still some fox
hunter, as he has been for years. No
eastern Connecticut man loves the bay
of the hounds better than he, and no
man has heard it more often.
A meeting in the interest of educa-
ton will be held in Westfield Tuesday,
Feb. It'll, at 7:30 p. m. Subjects-Ed-
ucation, Henry T. Burr, Principal of
the State Normal School, Willimantic,
will be the speaker; The Schools-N.
Searle Light, supervisor of Schools,
East CRANKY and Suffield, speaker.
Agent G.. Fred Waterman of the
French River Textile company, Me-
chanicsville, accompanied by Deputy
Sheriff Holbrook, went to the French
River Inn, Mechanicsville, about mid
night last Friday and arrested John
Landry and Charles Guilbert, who
were drunk and making disturbance.
The men were just leaving as the Of
ficer arrived. They were brought to
this city ana locked up until the fol-
lowing morning when they were taken
before Justice Randolph IL. Chandler
of Thompson charged with being
drunk and breach of the peace. They
were sentenced to pay fines of So
with costs and to 30 days in Jail.
Elsewhere in this issue we print
notice of public meeting of the Bust
ness Mems Association in which the
Public Utilities bill is to be taken up
and discussed. 1t will be held in
Kent's Block, Tuesday next, Feb. eth.
Norman f. Allen, of Hartford, chair
man of the Legislative Committee of
the State Business Mems Association,
will be present and speak on the adj
vantages of the bill, now before the
Legislature. 1t is to be hoped large
number of our citizens, not connected
with the Association, will be present,
and those who desire are cordially in
vited TO take part on either side of the
discussion of the question. These
meetings ought not only to be made
profitable to all citizens but of deep in
terest.
The Connecticut Editorial associa-
ton held its annual banquet Monday
evening at the Cafe Mellone, New Ha-
ven, which in point of attendance was
the largest in its history. This follow
ed the usual business session. The
speakers were Gov. Simeon +. Bald.
win, who, as the POSTMASTER, Col. Nor
ris G.. Osborn, pointed out in his intro
duction, once welded the editorial
pen; Don G. Seitz, business manager of
the New York World; Prof. f. b.
Reed of Yale university; Frank B.
Tracy of the Boston Transcript, and
Rev. o. A. Maurer of the Center
church, New Haven. The banquet
room among its decorations had the
exacutive flag and rcd earn atoms were