Putnam patriot., 1912-06-21

Harold Sargent of Norwich wa the guest of his parents on Sunday.
 Mrs. J. B. Tatem, IT,, is entertain ing Mrs. Bishop of East Lyme.
 Kenneth Sharpe has been spend ing few days at Pleasant View, R.
 -Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Brown have re turned from their cottage at Crescent Beach.
 Miss $. Elizabeth Clarke has re turned from months visit with hel sister, Mrs. F. k. Guild, of Windham
 Misses Bertha and Florence Sar gent have returned from a weeks stay at Brookline, N. H.
 Merrill P. Paine of Clark universi. ty, Worcester, is at his home here fol the summer vacation.
 Mrs. w. H. Holmes and son Rich ard are guests of A. w. Macdonald and family, Oak Hill.
 Mrs. G. w. Gilpatric is entertain ing her father, G. E. Hodges of Somer- vile.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles Randall and son of Whitinsyille have been guests of local relatives recently.
 Mrs. k. NJ. Brunn and child of New York are guests of Mrs. Charlotte Champlin and family, Bradley street.
 Miss Laura Phinney of East Hart ford is visiting her aunt, Mrs. G. A. Hammond, Oak Hill.'
 Mrs. Perry P. Wilson is in Bridge port visiting her brother, John C. Paine.
 James B. Tatem, Jr., attended the reunion of his class at Brown univer- sity this week.
 -Dr. James NJ. Kent of New York, has been the guest of his mother, Mrs. J. R. Kent, Church street.
 Martin Griffin of Boston spent Sunday with this mother on Pomfret street.
 Miss Gertrude Hartman of Provi- dence was the guest of John Brennan and wife, Church street, over Sunday.
 John Salvas left this week for Sciasconsett, Nantucket Island, where he will open his barber shop for the summer season.
 Mrs. 5. NJ. Wheelock returned to Pleasant View Tuesday morning. She was accompanied by her mother, Mrs. c. E. Shaw.
 Louis Shaw of Bayonne, N. J., is the guest of his brother, Charles K. Shaw. His father, Fred Shaw, was also recent guest.
 Mir and Mrs. George Hathaway and son of Fremont street are spend- ing this week in Providence, en route to their summer home iniTiverton, R.l.
 Miss Josephine M. Clifford attend ed the commencement exercises at Brown this week, her brother Clarence being one of the graduating class.
 Joseph Plesis was in Worcester Monday to purchase books and pie lures which were distributed among the children of St. Mary's school on graduation day, Tuesday.
 Frank j. Sherlock, national audi tor of the Knights of Columbus, is to be in this city next week for the pur- pose of making his examination Of the books of the councils in this part Of tho county.
 -Conseil No. 47, L'Union St. Jean Baptist d'Amerique, has issued invita- tions for the entertainment to be given by them in their hall St. Johns day, June A. There will be dancing, re- freshments and general honoring Of the patron saint of the organization. Madame A. De Vive, teacher in French at the High school during the past year, left Saturday for New York, from where she sails this week to spend the summer in Germany. Mad anne DeVive will not return for the next school year.
 William Shea of the batteship North Dakota has been visiting in the city He was formerly ofWest Thomp- son, where he worked for his uncle. Rev. Fr. O'Connor, who was then Tn charge of the parish. He will also be remembered as the first baseman Of the NJ. A. A. base ball team. The members of Quinebaug Lodge of Masons have accepted the invitation of Rev. George D. Stanley of the Meth odist church, to attend service next Sunday morning in body. Members and brothers are requested to meet at the masonic temple at ten o'clock sharp.
 -Itis now assured that the majority of the stores in Putnam will close Thursday afternoons during July and August. Nearly thirty business men have signed the agreement to shut uE shop and more are signing every day Whether or not all the merchants sign does not matter, for those who have put their names on the paper will close anyway.
 The town school comm ittee has eieeled Mary k. Lowe, formerly en gagged in the millinery business here Tow a teacher at East Greenwich, K l., 10 teach the East Putnam schoo turing the coming year, and Miss Ma