Putnam patriot., 1912-04-19
Mrs. Bertha Brewster has been

Putnam visitor last week.l
 Miss Albena G. Dix of Arlington
 N. J., has returned to Putnam.
 w. l.. Kenneday is in the West after carload of horses.
 The new telephone directory show: an increase of subscribers and stations in the Putnam division.
 Miss Rebecca Walker of Danielson is visiting her nephew,Augustus Bart lett.
 :, Miss Beatrice Bartlett of Eastford has been visiting her grandparents in this city for two weeks.
 1 Frank D. Dunham has been in Hartford, Norwich, and New London, the past week.
 Miss Marcella Brogau of Worces- ter has been visiting Mrs. Lawrence Murray, Oak Hill.
 Frank T. Ellis of Boston, was the guest of his mother in this city over Sunday.
 Mrs. John Addison Porter and the Misses Agnes and Fife Porter return to their home in Pomfret on May 1st.
 Charles Clemons, who had his left hand badly lacerated while operating circular saw at the farm of Mrs. Frances E. Harrington, was taken to the Day Kimbalf hospital. List of advertised letters at the Putnam post office, April Is, 1912. GENTLEMEN MT. Baay, Henry Balbitt, Herbert Botham, Frank or Mrs. Lillian Car penter, Doctor J. $. Chagnon, John Lensky, Carl Shippee, R. w. Smith, C. A. Wilson, William Yuntunen 2. -The new cells for the police station in the municipal building will be re- ceived here in about three weeks, ac- cording to advices received by the committee of the common council hav- ing the matter in charge.
 A number of the members of Quin- ebaug masonic lodge of this city went to Webster Monday evening to witness the conferring of the K. A. degree on class of candidates, the work being performed by degree team from Bos- ton.
 A meeting of the officers of the Putnam High School Association was held at the home of the president, s. M. Wheelock, on Monday evening. It was voted to hold the annual banquet on the Tuesday evening of Commence ment week, June IS.
 There will be social idance in Union hall Saturday evening. Col lins' Singing orchestra of Marlboro will furnish music. George Hardy, a noted tenor singer, will render several new song hits, and there will be some special electrical features. All invited.
 Clayton Seward, son of F. w. Seward and wife, Grove street, will leave about April 20th for California where he has accepted position at Emerald Bay Camp on Lake Tahoe. His brother, Lee Seward, is manager of the camp which accommodates about l50 guests.
 Not all the Massachusetts couples who desire to evade the five days mo- tice law by coming to Putnam to get married, do so without investigating what they are privileged to do in Con- necticut. Town Clerk David Flagg is in receipt of an inquiry from aWorces- ter pair of lovers as to restrictions in this state on rapid marriages.
 The funeral of Mrs.,Mary tExton) Clarke, widow of Edgar Clarke, was held from her late residence Saturday afternoon at 1.30, Rev. F. D. Sargent, pastor of the Second Congregational church officiating. The bearers were A. w. Bowen, l.. o. Williams, E. H. Johnson, and F. J. Daniels. Burial was in the Grove street cemetery.
 The monthly bulletin of the State Board of Health shows that there were g births and l3 marriages in Putnam during the month of February, and there were deaths during March rep resenting an annual death rate per 1000 of 9.S. Infectious diseases were reported as follows: Typhoid fever ?, measles l, diphtheria and croup l, con- sumption |.
 On Wednesday, April 10th, Mrs. Adeline c. Bradley celebrated her SSth birthday with a family party at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Gascoigne. Surrounded by her children and grand- children the day passed pleasantly. She was the recipient of numerous gifts, flowers, post cards from friends, and loving messages from the absent grandchildren.
 A little girl was born last Thurs day to MT and Mrs. Henry Allard of waltham, Mass, formerly of Putnam. Mrs. Allard is the daughter of Dr. o. LaRue and MT. Allsrd the son of Jo- seph Allard and wife. The little lady was ehristened, Hermine Louise AL lard, last Sunday, Dr. LaRue and Mrs. Joseph Allard acting as god | parents. Miss Aline LaRue also went to Waltham to attend the christening. At St. Maryis church at o'clock Monday morning Evangeline Dutrem- ble and Emanuel Duvert, both of this city, were married, Rev. John Van den Noort officiating. Representative Hec- tor Duvert, brother of the groom, and Edward Dutremble, brother of the bride svere the witnesses MT and