Putnam patriot., 1912-03-29
VOL. XL
pr. H. B. Wright spent Sunday in

Miss Helen Bradley of Berlin is spending the week with local relatives.
 Miss Gertrude Hall spent Sunday in Boston.
 Mayor Macdonald was in Boston Wednesday.
 -Alva Proulx and Wilfred May nard spent Monday in Worcester.
 Miss iLemyra E. Ellis was the guest of friends in Worcester over Sun. day.
 Miss Anna Kent of Manchester, IN H., was the guest of Miss Josephine NJ. Clifford over,Sunday.
 -G. E. Hodges of Somerville, Mass :, is the guest of his daughter, Mrs. Geo. W. Gilpatric.s
 MT. and Mrs. C. A. Root of Ux. bridge, were week end guests of Mir. and Mrs. Silas NJ. Wheelock.
 MT. and Mrs. c. H. Bixby of Bridgewater, Mass, were week end guests of Dr. K. F. Perry and wife.
 Frederick H. Stone is in Winsted, where he recently purchased manu- featuring business.
 Justin E. Green has purchased a Buick automobile of the local agent, NJ. R. Joy.
 Charles Kenyon of Boston has suc- ceeded MT. Jones as clerk at the Put nam Inn.
 -B. w. Carpenter and wife of Som- erville, Mass. spent the week end with relatives in this city.
 Mrs. Charles Corrier of Worcester, spent Sunday with her son, Adelaide Corrier, and family, Woodstock ave- nue.
 Thomas Quinn, for AS years collec- tor at St. Mary's church, has resigned, and has been succeeded by Thomas P. Ryan.
 There will be . civil service exam ination held in this city, Saturday, April 13, to fill . position of rural car rier at South Canterbury.
 Fritz Hanson, the wrestler, well known in this city, was recently mar ried in Brattleboro, Vt., to Miss Helen B. Thrasher of Claremont, N. Il.
 Harold s. Corbin of Worcester and F. Raymond Gilpatric of New Britain, spent Sunday at the homes of their parents in this city.
 Clarence A. Stetson and wife Of New York, spent Sunday with the formers parents, Mir. and Mrs. A. C. Stetson, Providence street.
 Seth Macdonald of this city, for merly an engineer on the Central Yer mont railroad, is now filling similar position on the Rocky Mountain and North Carolina road.
 The w. c. T. U. will meet With Mrs. Mary Gardner Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The meeting will be the annual free-will offering and Francis Willard Memorial combined.
 The engagement of Miss Annie Wheelock of Uxbridge, to Donald RoD- inson of Springfield, was announced last Saturday. Miss Wheelock IS daughter of Arthur Wheelock and niece of E. A. Wheelock of this city. Next Sunday is Palm Sunday. There will be the usual service of bles- sing and distributing the palms at the 1915 o'clock mass at St. Mary s church.
 The French River Textile compa- ny, Mechanicsville, gave notice oi voluntary increase of 5 per cent Tn wages, by posting notices to that el- feet in their mill last Saturday.
 List of advertised letters at the Putnam post office March 26:
 LADIES
 Miss Pauline Smith.
 GENTLEMEN
 William Yuntuned 4.
 -Dr. F. H. Wright of New Haven, who was called as a specialist to pass upon the nature of the small pox cases in Wilim antic, was the guest of his son. State Engineer F.Walden Wright, in this city Thursday.
 Peter A. Gardner, dog warden, mas received notice that the dog he Killed at the Johnson place last week had ra- oies. The dogs head was sent to Mid' dletown for examination.
 About a score of candidates for ap- pointment to a clerkship in the Dan ielson post office were in Putnam sat urday afternoon at the Israel Putnam school. to take the civil service eXaihi- nation req uired by the government Mrs. Melvin Baker fell while com ing up the stone steps at the ron' street bridge Monday afternoon frac- turing her arm in two places above the elbow. She was taken into hoiei Chickering and later was taken to he' home Tuesday morning she went so Jewett City where Dr. J. E. sweet re- dueed the fractures.
 -Editor Carl B. Johnson, of the Franklin tMass.) Sentinel, Is chaii' man of the School Board there ana secretary of the building committee which is to erect new s30,Vo gram mar school this spring. MT. Johnson is also chairman of the Repuohean town committee, and president oi 'he Mems class of the Congregationai church. Last year he was vice pfesi-