Putnam patriot., 1912-03-01

Warrenville several days on business.
 Edward Favreau of Boston, for merly of Putnam, was in town recent. ly.
 Miss Mary Moulton of Cambridge has been visiting C. k. Pratt and wife, Bradley street.
 Attorney Charles L. Torrey and Chester k. Child have purchase d new automobiles.
 Miss NJ. Eden Tatem has returned from visit with relatives in Provi- dence.
 Mrs Gaspard Nerron and son are expected home from Canada the latter part of this week.
 Mrs. Joseph Labossier -.returned Sunday from visit with relatives in Woonsocket.
 About fifty feet of the fair ground fence was blown down during Thurs day nights gale.
 Henry k. Church of Hartford, for merly of Putnam, called on friends here Friday.
 -J. Harold Bowen of Worcester spent Saturday and Sunday at his home here.
 Miss Edith C.. Bowen and Miss Helen Thompson were Boston visitors over Sunday.
 -Linemen were kept busy last Fri day ,and Saturday repairing the damage caused by the high wind.
 Ernest l.. Wilcox of Putnam Heights was remembered by his friends with postal shower on his birthday, Feb. p.
 Mrs. Israel L.insley, Worcester, has been visiting Mrs. Ellen Bugbee, Elm street.
 Miss Lauretta Allard has returned to Boston to resume her work in the millinery department of k. H. Stearns.
 The Rebekahs have elected their delegates to the meeting of the State assembly to be held at Bridgeport, April r.
 -The ice on the Quinebaug river, which has been frozen solid for several went out after the rain last Tn ursday.
 --Augelo Rita returned to Putnam Wednesday. He has been in Italy where he was called to .serve his time in the army.
 -E. c. Jewett, freight agent at Nor wich for the New Haven road, and for merly of Putnam, was guest in town Thursday of last week.
 Fred Leavens has been appointed by the select men as the new overseer and superintendent of the Killingly Town farm near Dayville.
 Miss Frances Warner, head of the English department in the Newton High school, spent Sunday with her parents, Judge and Mrs. Warner.
 At the meeting of the w. R. C. on donation of S25 wasreceived from a veterans family for the monu- ment fund. It is hoped that other do- nations will be received to help to de- fray the dedicatory exercises of the new Soldiers monument.
 Local railroad men were interest ed Friday in a report that a dozen car loads of coal were aiire and burning up in the Hoosac tunnel which, 1t is said will probably be blocked for several days.
 The current issue of the Telephone Bulletin contains an account of how aid was summoned by telephone to combat three fires that have recently occurred within the limits of the Put nam telephone division.
 The French Mission held at the St. Mary's church every evening this week at 7.15 o'clock and in the morn- ing at 5 o'clock for the benefit of those who cannot attend the 8 o'clock morn- ing devotions are receiving large at- tendance. The mission this week is for the, women. Next Sunday even- ing the mission for the men will begin at the usual hour and will last all week. The sermons are preached by the Missionary Fathers and are very 
 Maintaining the fine record that this division has always had, the elec- tric car service from Central Village to West Thompson did not slip a cog dur ing the weather turmoil that started out Wednesday night by coating the overhead wires with ice and then handed out series of rough stunts that threatened momentariIy 10 dis turb the schedule. There were mighty few passengers to take lhe late cars, but they went out on time in gale and under a deluge that was surely a sight to behold.
 A local coal dealer said Friday that it Is probable that 20 per cent t.more coal was burned in Putnam this win ter than is usually the case, due to the extremely low temperatures that have prev ailed since the first of the new year. This statement, of course, means that heating expenses have been in- creased one-fifth overyears with less severe winters. Dealers have had great deal of trouble of getting coal to meet the extra demand, partly because ha