Putnam patriot., 1913-05-16

] New Haven on Saturday.
 Fred NJ. Cole is to build summer
 cottage at Groton Long Point. Charles H. LeRoy of Washington, D. C., called on friends in the city last
 week.
 Mrs. F. w. Seward entertained
 her nice, Miss Charlotte Leete of Bos-
 ton, over Sunday.
 M. R. Joy and Richard German
 have purchased of Eva Beaudreault a
 parcel of land at the corner of Bridge
 and Water streets.
 Louis F. Battey read at an enter | tainment given in Griswold last Fri
 day evening by the Olympia male
 quartette of Jewett City. -Lucius P. Merriam, Grand High Priest of the local chapter Royal Arch | Masons, attended the State conven-
 tion at New Haven this week.
 John J. McGarry and John B. Byrne attended the State convention
 of the Knights of Columbus at Dan-
 bury this week, as delegates from Car gill council of this city.
 -C. E. Welden, state divisional en-
 gineer, who has Holland and Wipd- ham counties to look after for the
 State highway commission, has opened
 an office in Willimantic. Albert k. Jones and wife of Ux- bridge, and Mrs. Jones' mother, Mrs. Dwight Baker formerly of Woodstock,
 were guests over Sunday of l.. H. Will Hams and wife of Woodstock avenue.
 Mrs. John Addison Porter and the
 Misses Porter expect to sail for Europe early in June. Professor and Mrs. Merriam and family of Hartford will
 occupy Mrs. Porter's house this sum-
 mer.
 The Scoutmaster and number of
 the scouts of Troop No. ? are planning
 to take a cruise out of Boston this July
 on the scoutship Pioneer. Three of
 the Troop spent a fortnight aboard this schooner last summer. -George M. Woodward and wife have returned to Putnam to reside. MT. Woodward is railroad detective for the Consolidated road and was be- fore stationed in Putnam but returned to Boston to li,e some time ago. On account of the fact that the
 Rose Maid company did not reach Putnam until four o'clock Thursday afternoon, the baseball game sched
 uled to be played with local team had to be postponed. The show came here from Torrington.
 Miss Nellie T. Burlesou of Union attended the teachers convention and spent the week end at her home on Quinebaug avenue. She entertained Miss Josephine Kneeland, classmate in the Willimantic normal school, Friday and Saturday.
 Mrs. J. B. Kent, Mrs. J. k. Burle- son, and Mrs. Clarence Pierce, attend ed the Woman's Baptist Foreign Mis- sionary Conference of Eastern Connec- ticut, which was held with the Mont vile church last week "Wednesday. An unusually interesting and profita- ble meeting was held.
 In preparation for an omnibus
 public building bill which members Ia at no nb byt
 sion of Congress, Connecticut me m-
 bers have been busy. Several bills
 have been introduced providing for
 public buildings in their respective
 districts. The latest was by Repre-
 sentative Mahan, providing for building at Danielson, to cost with
 the site of S60,000.
 Miss Gertrude w. Perry, daughter of MT. and Mrs. George w. Perry, at- tended the May breakfast of the Whea- ton club at the Vendome in Boston last Saturday, as the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Carl B. Johnson, of Frank lin. Mass, who is one of the vice presi- dents of the club. Mrs. Ella Fisher Luther, daughter of the late MT. and Mrs. Charles NJ. Fisher, also a Whea- ton girl, responded most happily to toast on that occasion. Miss Perry ex- pects to enter Wheaton college in the fall.
 Miss Minnie Daigie entertained the Circle la Violette at her home on Providence street Friday night, where
 an enjoyable evening was spent. The honors of the whist were won by Miss Antonis Guerin and Miss Anna Car roll, first prizes, and Miss Angelina Bousquet consolation prize. Refresh ments were served after sthe whist. The circle also met with Mrs. Maria
 Tetreault Friday, May 2d, when Miss Antonia Guerin and Mrs. Angelina Bousquet won the first prizes and Miss Anna Carroll the consolation prize. Refreshments were served after the
 cards.
 -Silas M. Wheelock of Church
 street went to Uxbridge last Saturday to see his uncle Arthur Wheelock, who
 was to sail for Europe Tuesday. His
 uncle urged him to join the party, iand he decided to do so if he could get booking. He received word Monday morning at 10:30 :that everything had been arranged and left on the after noon express for New York, sailing u.o.5ov Daornipu af 10 otcloek The