Putnam patriot., 1911-12-08
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Turkeys weren't much in evidence
 Thanksgiving.
 Cold weather Monday and Tuesday. Thermometer but 10 above Tuesday.
 Many are the prophecies of an open
 winter.
 Qaite a number Of visitors in town
 over Thanksgiving.
 Henry Harrington of Mansfield
 spent the day with friends here,
 Mrs. Gobu,n and daughter, Dorothy,
 are at their home here for the winter,
 il k reported.
 !. J. Young and family have moved
 into their new home, and Charles Will
 hams and wife have taken charge of
 the Eastford House and will be pre-
 pared to serve the travelling public i'll
 satisfactory manner very shortly.
 Welcome Davis and wife celebrated
 Manufacturing day their 40th wedding
 anniversary. It had been planned to
 have all the members Of the family at home for the event, but business and other matters prevented one or two from coming. and enly one of the daughters, Mrs Carrie White of Paw. luXet, R. 1 :, with her husband Robert White, and their two children, was able to be present. The other mem befs of the family are Mrs. Mary Mar cy of Eastford, Mrs. C. F. Leavitt of Spencer, Walter Davis Of Boston, Ar thur Davis of New York, and Ralph Davis of Norwich. Mir. and Mrs. Da- wis were married onThanksgiving day, Nov. 30th, 1871, in the house in which Mrs. Davis was born i'll Kenyonville. They are both in excellent health, and their many friends wish for them many more years of useful life. MT. and Mrs White brought fine Is pound Rhode Island turkey as wed | ding anniversary present, and Arthur | Davis and vile sent beautiful carV. | ing set Mir. and Mrs. White remained
 in Eastford until sunday afternoon. Mrs. Amy Miller of Ashford, widow
 of the late John R. Miller, celebrated 1 Tn quiet way the Blst anniversary of her marriage on Thanksgi wing Day. l The writer visited her last Friday, and 1 found her in excellent spirits She was | married in the house in which she now l lives with her youngest son, Joseph
 Miller, in Ashford. She has lived there | 63 years She together with her hus- | band, who died three years ago at the 1 age of s0, have been members of the | Methodist Episcopal church of East l ford, since March, lS48 One Fof her | sons is a Methodist preacher, the Rev, | !. k. Miller of West Thompson. The eldest son and only other living child
 is Charles Miller of Summit, R. |.
 An event of unusual interest to East | p n l gregational church Friday evening, | Dec list, by the vested choir of the | Second Congregational church of Put l nam, under the direction of l.. Q, | Williams. Each number was heartily l applauded by the audience, and that | the choir was genuinely appreciated is l certain. The solos were all we'll rem l dered, and the numbers by the choir were very pleasing. Mi Williams 1 work at the organ will be long remem- l bered here. 1.-The affair was conducted
 under the auspices of the Mems Club
 of the church.
 The Ladies Aid society of the Meth
 odist Episcopal church are having the l sale, which has been so extensively nn- H0aneed, at the church yestrN this Fri 1 day evening, Dee. sth The Indies haNe ransacked the entire region for friends l with q willingness to give articles | suitable for sale, and as a consequence 1 they have an abundance of things for l the tables, especially those suitable for | Christmas presents, from pincuShi0nS ! to hedQuilts, home mad eeandN Christ mas books, tags, cards, etc. In con neetion with the sale will be served a 1 chicken pie supper. The supper tick cts will be 25 cents for adults, lo cents l for children.
 Representative J. NJ. Tatem ana wife l went to Milimantic on Wednesday to remain until the latter part ot the win ter. MT. Tatem owns mili in Ntnd- ham and he travels in the interests of that mill and of the mill here, when not occupied with his judicial and le- gislatiVe duties. MT fratem k Judge of probate here and arranges his buSi- ness in such way that any time, he ! Is wanted on matters pertaining 10 his | office brief notice by phone or letter l brings him here, at once. MT. Tatem' $ sons are engaged with him in the han | de business. and their wares are favor i ably known ali over New England. l Mir Tatem travels much hy automo- l bile in the summer, but the winter 1 weather in this region precludes much 1 of that mode et transit, and during l the winter months 1t k much more convenient to gel home to Wilhmanuc 1 nights than h tastford, but both dr
 and Mrs. Hatem prefer EasttoFd where 1 they have lived 50 many years.
 An old fashioned Thanksgiving was 1 celebrated at the home of William S. l Warren. The entire family Of Henry l X. BasWorth including his two sisters, i twelve children, five grandchildren ] and other relatives to the number of twenty nine sat down 10 a beautiful turkey dinner. Those present were
 Mrs. Edwin F, Bass, Union HiN, N.
 \. Mrs. Ida II. Derby, South Mey-
 mouth, Carrie l.. Besworth, Geo, II. Bosworth, Edwin D. hosworth, Harry | A. Bosworth of Southbridge, Adeline Nj. Sumner, West Woodstock, Henry | A. Bosworth and wife, Judge J. NJ.
 Tatem and wife, Mrs. Mary l.. Warren, l $, Florence Warren, Mr. and Mrs. l Geo. S. Bruce and family, Mir. and Mrs. l Wm. ;. Warren and family, Mir. and
 Mrs. Chas. D. Tatem, daughter, Ben
 jamin A. Bosworth, Edgar B. Bos-
 worth, Burton D. Bosworth, Wendell
 R. Bosworth, Marguerite Bosworth all