Putnam patriot., 1913-08-01

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 MT. and Mrs. Howard Roby of Boston are guesrs of Mir. and Mrs. F F. Russell.
 Samuel Walsh has moved his fam fly to the Episcopal parsonage on Grove street.
 -E. NJ. Wheaton is to rebuild the brick building on School street that was destroyed in the big fire.
 MT. and Mrs. George NJ. Fine are to occupy the house on Grove street, formerly rented by MT. Walsh.
 Joseph Plessis left last Friday for St. Annie, Canada, called there by the serious illness of his mother.
 The Ballard family reunion will be held at Nichols grove, West Thompson, Wednesday, August 1Tth.
 MT. and Mrs. F. J. Daniels have gone 10 Candid, N. H., where they are to spend the remainder of the sum. mer.
 Horace F. Wilder of Warren, R. l., formerly proprietor of the Observ- CT, was the guest of C. l.. Adams on Sunday.
 -C. E. Pratt spent Sunday in Will limantic. He is to move his house. hold goods from Bradley street this week to New Britain.
 Miss Dorothy Beard is making fa- vorable recovery, after undergoing a serious operation for appendicitis at the New London hospital.
 Mrs. $. H. Seward is visiting friends at Twin Lake, after spending few weeks with Mir. and Mrs. F. w. Seward of Bradley street.
 MT. Mansfield, who taught last year in the Putnam High school, has accepted a position in the Medford High school for the coming year.
 M. M. Dwyer was in Boston Sum- day attending the final meeting of the committee of arrangements for the na- tional convention K. of c. to be held in that city August 4th.
 Raymond c. Kennedy and Miss Verna Fuller were guests of Rev. J K. Stubbert and family at CreseentBeach Wednesday and Thursday of last week.
 pr. J. B. Kent and wife return August I from their cottage at Cres- cent Beach. They have been enter- taining Dr. James Manning Kent and family of New York.
 --Steeple Tom Fitzpatrick, well known in this city, is doing some work for the American Optical Com pany, ,in Southbridge. Part of the contract is to paint flag pole, the top of which is 175 feet above the ground.
 Base ball fans in this city are watching the major league career of Jo- seph conolly with interest. Joe is with the Boston Nationals and has made good in the outtield. He is hit ting in the three hundred class and has five home runs to his credit.
 Every presidential post office in the United States will be postal sav- ings depository on September 1, by an order just issued by Postmaster Gen. eral Burleson. The newly designated offices include Lyme and North Gros- venordale.
 Putnam telephone division em- ployes were hosts at the telephone dance given at the pavilion at Wild wood park Friday evening, with visit ors present from Danielson, Williman- tic and Norwich. Invitations were also issued to friends of the telephone employees, many attending.
 -Herbert D. Pollard of the Wind ham National Bank has been named as stamp clerk for the Danielson and Putnam tariffs of the fire insurance companies doing business in those sec tions. The new arrangement goes into effect Friday, August 1, all policies written being verified and stamped by MT. Pollard. This plan is adopted so that no errors will be made in fixing rates.
 Alderman Clarke of the highway committee was in Hartford last week conferring with State Highway Com missioner c. J. Bennett relative to the improvement of Elm street. The com- tification that the rails for the trolley road had arrived and when he found that they had been here two weeks he expressed surprise. The contract was awarded a Meriden concern some time ago and it is thought that the work will soon be common ced.
 Attorneys for the Smedley Compa- ny of New Haven have given notice to the town of Putnam of damages to one of it's auto trucks received when it went through a bridge over the Five Mile River on the evening of May g, claim ing that the injury was due to the rot ten condition ot the bridge girders The auto truck was loaded with furni- ture, bound for Providence and when nearly across the bridge the rear wheels went through, tilting the ma- chine into the ar, throwing the three men to the roadway and spilling part of the load. Four men were sent from New Haven to extricate the machine and it was not until midnight of the following day that they were able to proceed. No damage is claimed for in- jury to the men but injury is claimed