Putnam patriot., 1913-05-30
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Hon. George A. Hammond passed his 72d birthday Tuesday.
 Cards have been received from
 Miss Ellen E. Osgood ,..besring date of
 May :, Tangier, Morocco.
 Miss F. Marjorie Richardson of Brown was at her home here over Sunday.
 1 -Lucius P. Merriam, who has been 1 confined to his home for number of days with bronchitis, is improving.
 Mrs. Carrie Northrup and MT. and Mrs. John Letfingwell of Southbridge were guests of their cousin, Miss Angie M. Kennedy, several days recently.
 William Welch for many years a member of the Bradley theatre staff assumed the management of the Elm l pire theatre Monday.
 Miss Maude Simpson is entertain ing Mrs. Connors of Providence who lived in this city while her husband managed the Empire theatre. | Samuel Donovan and family, Har- rison street, entertained Miss Florence Lacroix and Harry Lacroix of Attic boro, last week.
 | The organ recital by George H. | Ryder in the Congregational church at Wauregan announced for last We'd nesday evening has been postponed to June 11th.
 Mrs. John J. Dimon of Hartford has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. | Ray C. Bosworth, and her sisters, Miss l Emma Barrett and Mrs. John A. Da- 1 dy.
 Judge E. G. Wright and wife, 1 Chapman street, are entertaining the formers nephew, Ernest Page, with his wife and little son, of Berkeley, | Cal.
 Rev. William B. 0lmsted and Ad- miral Caspar F. Goodrich are to be the Memorial Day speakers at Pom- fret, where services are to be conduct ed under the direction of the Pomfret | Neighborhood association.
 Misses Sylvia and Elizabeth Whee- lock, daughters of Mir. and Mrs. $. NJ |. Wheelock, Church street, have scarlet fever in mild form. MT. Wheelock is in Europe, letter received Wednes- day telling of his safe arrival. l Daniel J Byrne of Boston spent 1 Sunday with his mother on Wood stock avenue. Miss Isabelle Byrne matron in the operating room at Rose, welt hospital, New York, who has been at home convalescing after an opera tion for appendicitis, has regained her | health and strength.
 There was large attendance at the patriotic exercises of the Putnam | grange Monday evening. The G. A. R. and kindred organizations attended and enjoyed the able address of Hon. Randolph H. Chandler of Thompson. Refreshments were served. -Steeple Tom Fitzpatrick is still in the city. He painted the flag pole on the bank building and many people stopped to watch him as he sat in his bos'ns chair at the top of the slender pole. He also removed a ventilator from the top of the high chimney of the Manhasset company. He is doing H. -fN.,f1 To hx I dressed at the PATRIOT office. Manager George NJ. Fine of the Bradley theatre, was a recent visitor | at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury, Mass. After registering he was engaged in conversation by an aged man residing there, who evinced great interest in Putnam and it's citizens. He was MT. Paul, custom tailor formerly in the employ of H. A. Farnsworth 6 Co. A Worcester paper of Wednesday had the following: Mr. and Mrs. F. l.. Kennedy, 99 West street, this city, an- nounce the engagement of their son, William H. Kennedy, to Miss lBernice |. Tattoon, Putnam, Conn. The we'd ding is to take place in the Episcopal church at Putnam, June 9. The cou- pie will make their home at 99 West street, Worcester.
 The senate adopted the teachers pension bill, Wednesday, also the bill which commits the state to a broad policy of trade schools, leaving to the discretion of the state board of educa- tion the opening of schools on small scale as there is only a small amount of money available, and should the house adopt the bill the start will be made with the proposed school at Putnam.
 Chester k. Child, administrator of the Albert Converse estate, Thompson, sold the home farm at auction We'd nesday. The farm was appraised for S4, 100 and sold for ST, ,950. There is some good timber on it and it contains a water privilege. MT. O'Dell was the purchaser, but he bought as agent for Lawrence keegan of Wilsonville. The Long Branch farm, appraised at s1, GOO sold for $2,200. MT. Child acted as auctioneer.
 The matter of judge and deputy judge of the city court of Putnam was reported by the judiciary committee this week. The committee was divid- ed along political lines, the six demo- crats favoring candidate J. Harry