Putnam patriot., 1912-03-08

Miss Alice Knight of Manchester, Mass, was in Putnam Tuesday
 Miss NJ. Eden Tatem left on We'd nesday for few days visit in Boston.
 Mrs. c. Fred Waterman has been the guest of her sister, Miss Ethel Rowe, in Providence.
 Mrs. c. Harold Gilpatric of Sew ard street, entertained the Tuesday club this week.
 MT. and Mrs. Lincoln Brunn and Ermond F. Brunn of New York were guests of local friends recently. Miss Annie NJ. Sullivan has re- turned from a visit with relatives in Hartford.
 Rev. B. F. Benoit will preach in French at the Baptist church Sunday afternoon at 8: 30 o'clock.
 Mrs. John A. Morse was the gues f of her son Earl in Worcester last Thur sday.
 -Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Wright have returned from visit with friends in Boston.
 Jerome Tourtellotte and son Ar thur attended the automobile show in Boston Tuesday.
 Mrs. Isabel Perrin of Worcester, was the guest of her sister, Mrs. D. N. Medbury, over Sunday.
 Frank Warren, Edward Mullan, Jr., and Henry Howarth, were among those attending the automobile show in Boston Wednesday,.
 Miss Jackson of Norwich, who re- gently announced her engagement to Harold T. Sargent, is the guest of Rev. F. D. Sargent and wife, Grove street.
 -S. NJ. Wheelock spent the week end with Uxbridge relatives. Mrs. Wheelock is spending the week with Mrs. George Taft of that town.
 The regular meeting of the Eliza. beth Porter Putnam Chapter, D. A. R., will be held at the chapter rooms Odd Fellows hall, Monday, March 1lth, at three o'clock.
 On another page will be found the notice of the tax collector. Town tax es are due this month and the collector gives notice that he will meet all per sons liable to pay same at his office in Rich's block, March 2S, 29 and 3Oth.
 The T. A. X B. society will short ly begin rehearsals for comedy dra- ma, "Fisherman's Luck,o under the direction of William J. Brennan. The play will be staged in the Bradley the- atre in the early part of April.
 Albert Rivard and wife of Taft vile are guests of his parents on Green street. They have just returned from a four weeks stay in Canada, where they attended the funeral of his wife's father, Joseph Michon.
 -J. F. kgan, yard clerk in the local freight yards, has returned from several months stay in Boston, where he has been undergoing treatment for neuritis, he is much improved in health and resumed his duties Monday.
 Julius Cordier, who ownes a large farm in Dorothy, N. J., has been visiting his cousin, Patrolman Julius Cordier and family on Green street. The cousins had not met in fl years. This cousin is the only relative on his fathers side that MT. Cordier has in this country, all others residing in France.
 w. A. Shippee, for past ten years a clerk at the local freight office, has received appointment to position of Station Agent at Clarks Corner, Isuc- ceeding Allen Jewett, who retires from active business. MT. Shippee will assume his new duties Mach l4th, and will be succeeded in his present position by Elmer Burgess, Delivery Clerk. Mir. Shippee will move his family to Clarks Corner.
 Faint calls for help were heard in the vicinity of the Signal Tower about 9.3O D. m., Feb. 2Sth, and upon em- ployees investigating, they found the interior of caboose burning briskly, and located Ia brakeman inside, who had been sleeping there, and who was nearly overcome by smoke, so much that he was unable to arise and unlock the door. Fire was extinguished with little damage ,and the brakeman after an hour of misery, was able to thank those who probably saved his life. It IS unknown how the fire was started.
 A teachers institute will be held in the new High school building, Put nam, Saturday, March 9th. The pro- gram is as follows:
 sam, Language, May k. Davison, State normal school Willimantic.
 IOa. m., How to teach history with outlines and reference books, Jennie K. Dennehy, State normal school, Will imantic.
 Ham. How to teach upper grade reading, Henry T. Burr, State normal school, Willimantic.
 I:3O D. m., Penmanship for lower grades, Harry Houston, New Haven
 2:30 D. m., Geography, Leon c. Sta pies, Portland.
 The treasurer of Putnam Council No. $40, Royal Arcanum has received and delivered to Mrs. C. NJ. Ellis the check in payment of the benefit