Putnam patriot., 1912-05-17
aT Beginning May 4th, the PATRI- or office will close Saturdays at p. m. during the summer months.
Miss M. Eden Tatem has been wis., iting relatives in Providence.


 iting relatives in Providence.
 Andrew Hyde of Pittsfield has been visiting in the city.
 Fred A. Morrell of New York was the guest of his parents over Sunday. Mrs. Fred Case of Worcester has been the guest of local relatives.
 -P.J. Hurlihe of Willimantic called on old friends here Friday.
 Mrs. Reuben Sykes was a recent guest of relatives in New Haven.
 Ill. c. Meinken has returned from visit to Brooklyn, \. Y.
 Miss Alice Fuller of Worcester has been the guest of her parents.
 Manager Fine of the Bradley thea- tre, and Operator Wm. J Walsh made a business trip to Boston Tuesday.
 South Main street, from Front street to the railroad station, has been macadamized.
 Mir. and Mrs. Joseph Vandale are moving from Church street to South Main street.
 Mrs. Charles E. Pratt, Bradley street, entertained the Tuesday club this week.
 The senior class of the High school give an invitation dance in the school hall on Friday evening of this week. Attorney Frank Howarth has sold his touring car to Tony Leo of Thomr. son.
 Thomas Culley, porter at the City Hotel, left Tuesday for trip to his home in Manchester, England.
 James H. Rafferty and. Bernard P. Murphy, local insurance agents, were in New Haven last week to attend meeting of their compsny's officials. Miss Florence Hale has returned to her home in Hartford, after spend- ing three months in Putnam and vi- cinity.
 The Connecticut agricultural ex- pertinent station has issued . report dealing with tests of summer sprays on apples, peaches, etc.
 --C. l.. Adams is moving his family from New London back to Putnam, and he is to resume his position of fore. man at the Observer office.
 Miss Diane Breault attended the musical festival in Springfield last Saturday, and heard the celebrated pianist, Harold Bauer.
 The Merry Maids of Putnam will hold social dance in Union hall on Thursday evening, May 23d. Music by the Ideal singing orchestra of Web- ster. All invited.
 Quite number from this city went to Pomfret Saturday afternoon to see the Pomfret School Brookline High base ball game. The game went F innings to 3 to 3 tie.
 The Misses Flynn, dau ghters of Major and Mrs, William F. Flynn of Boston, have been the guests of their uncle, Lieutenant Ambrose 1. Moriar- ty, Bradley street, the past week.
 -Rt. Rev, Bishop Milan of Hartford was in the city Saturday, and at 7.30 in the evening confirmed 320 children Of St. Mary's parish. He also preach ei two sermons, one in French and one in English.
 William G. Authier severely cut one finger of his hand while working at mechanical saw in the dorse Mill carpenter shop last Friday. The fin- ger was saved, but will be scared and stiff when it heals.
 The grand bazar for the benefit of the Sacred Heart church, ,WestThomp- son, will open in the club rooms, Me ehanicsville, Wednesday evening, May ing.
 State Divisional Engineer F. Wal den Wright is working in the town of Woodstock on a survey of two stretch es of highway that are to be improved, giving a state road from the Pomfret town line across Woodstock to the Massachusetts state line.
 -E. NJ. Corbin has resigned his po- sition with the Newport News Con- struetion company, of Newport News, Va, and has gone to Winsted to enter business with Frederick Stone, who re- gently bought manufacturing plant there. MT. Corbin came home last Thursday, and left for Winsted Mon- day.
 Before o'clock Monday morning four civil war veterans appeared at the office of local attorney and made ap- plication for an increase in eompensa- tlon, as provided for in the new pen sion bill that President Taft signed late Saturday night. During'the day dozen more local civil war pension CTS made application for the increase to which they are entitled by reason of age and service, and they have been coming ever since.
 Eugene Bonneville is steadily re- gaining his health at the City hospital in Worcester, where he has been pa- tlent for many weeks, recovering from burns that he received when lamp exploded at his home last fall He has undergone eight skin grating op- erations, no one of which has been en-