Putnam patriot., 1913-07-04

are at Norumbega park, near Boston,
this week.
Fred Bonneville has gone to Wor-
cester where he will undergo an oper-
alton for gall stones.
Mrs. Eugene Hines, Miss Marion
Hines and Miss Constance Russell are
spending this week at Pleasure Beach.
Miss Mary Low of Danielson has
purchased the business that she for
merly owned in this city. She has
been away for about six years.
Mrs. G.. A. Vaughan, Mrs. George
Nichols, Mrs. K. B. Kent and Mrs. NJ.
H. Medbury recently motored to New
London.
Mrs. George Hathaway of Fremont
street recently entertained Mrs. Math-
er, Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Aldrieh
and daughter from Worcester.
Mrs. f. F. Bennington was in
| Worcester last visiting her son Nor
man who was recenetly operated on
for appendicitis at the Memorial hospi-
tai.
Contractor Clarence Chase is to
| build house at North Grosvenordale
for occupancy of Frank Rich, care
taker of ,TourtelIotte Memorial High
school.
Albert Guild, James Hall, Ray
mond Kennedy and Norman Kennedy
went to Hampton, Windham, Wilt
imantic and Eastford by auto last
| week.
John Linahan was presented a
handsome pipe, silver match safe and
| box of tobacco by the employees of
one department of the French River
Textile company Friday when he ten
| dered his resignation.
AS mentioned last week the two
plays to be given in aid of the Village
improvement society of Thompson on
the evening of July 18th will be we'll
worth seeing. For further informa-
tion see next weeks PATRIOT.
Rev. Whitman l.. Wood of the
Woodlawn Baptist church, Pawtuck-
ct, r. L., will preach at the Putnam
Heights church next Sunday at II
o'clock a. m. 1t is expected that he
will fill the pulpit throughout July.
&c. A. Hammond entertained his
nieces, Miss Laura Phinney, of Hart
ford and Miss Helen Hammond, of
Boston, by motoring to New London,
where they 'lunched at the Army and
Navy club meeting on Friday.
cision in the Anderson Martin Electric
Co., VS. Pomfret School ct al. allowing
eleven of the liens. The only ones not
allowed were those who failed to file
notice of intention. The liens represent
about $1l 900 and there is a fund of a
little over 81 900 to apportion pro rata.
William Mahoney, who has been
in the employ of the s. n. E. t. Co.,
in the Putnam division for the past
year, has been transferred to Norwich.
During his stay in this city Mr.. Ma
honey has made many friends who re-
greet his departure.
"A warning to celery eaters was
officially issued by the department of
Agriculture Saturday. "Break punches
of celery open and wash and scrub the
Ill L. hat hn ri
ment,n and never eat the leaves be-
cause of poison used in spraying"
sheriff P. B. Sibley went to Wilt
mantle Monday morning and adjour-
ned the session of the superior court
one week, as Judge Green could not
come to preside. The session was TO
be held for the purpose of hearing the
matter of the appointment of receiver
for the savings bank at Danielson.
Mrs. M. H. Medbury attended the
banquet served at Weekapaug for the
library association of Rhode Island.
Mrs. Medbury also attended the annu-
al meeting of the Conn. descendants of
the Mayfiower, held at Hartford. Rev.
Friedrich Hartman, of Winthrop, a
state officer of this society, is father
of Rev. Mr.. Hartman, rector of st.
Philips church in this city.
Richard w. Gibney left Sunday
afternoon to attend the fiftieth!anniver-
sary celebration of the battle of Gettys-
Ii ha haf
went from Putnam. Several others
are qualified to attend but felt the trip
would be to much for them to under
take. Mr.. Gibney spent Sunday night
In New Haven getting one of the first
special trains out on Monday morning.
He will return home Saturday. This
is his first trip to the scene of the great
battle since he was there in active SER
vice, fifty years ago. He enlisted in q
Massachusetts, regiment.
AT the new central telephone sta
! ton on Grove street the electricians OF
the company that is equipping the
| building are now at work installing
| the new switchboard that is to be put
| in use when the new building is open
| ed. This board is of the common bat
| terry type and with the service with
| which il is used no ringing by the sub
| scriber will be necessary. When sub
| scribes picks a receiver off the hook
this action by itself, without ringing,
as is necessary now, will cause small
electric light to flash on the operators
end of the line and thus signalling her