Putnam patriot., 1914-08-14
Happenings in Putnam

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 -Jame, Bussey and fiule son Of Nor wieh called on friends in the city Monday.
 --Miss Elizabeth Barnes is spending 8 week vacation with friends in Will limantie-
 John A. Morse, Jrs of Worcester, spent Sunday with his parents on south Main street.
 Mrs. Lena A. Green of Fremont street and her sister, Mrs. II Dodge, are spending a week in the Berkshires.
 -Dr. Ii. l.. Pease hss returned from the national convention Of osteopaths in Washington.
 Maurice Miour has returned from a week at New London, Watch Hill. and other shore resorts.
 An unusually large number Of French Canadian !citizens are visiting at their old homes in Canada this sum- mer.
 Mir and Mrs. Charles Kane and daughter Viola of Millbufy, are guests of Charles Miron and family, Tatem street.
 Fire chief Joseph H. Maynard will attend the annual convention of Con neelicnt fire chiefs at Greenwich, Au- gust 24th.
 Lawyer Ralph ". Botham and wife of New York are guests of his mother, Mrs. I. r. Botham, Wilkinson street.
 --Mr. and Mrs. John OfBrien and children have gone to Oakland Beach, where they have taken cottage for two weeks.
 There was large attendance at the annual odting and clambake of Putnam Nest, Order of Owls, at Alex ander'o lake sunday.
 -Mr. and Mrs. II. NJ Morse have gone to Revere Beach where they will give their vaudeville sketch, "The Rube and the Hoodoo.n
 The mills along the Quinebaug river are losing time on account of low water IL is the first time this sum. mer that the water has been so low as to cause shutdowns.
 Members of the Putnam fireide partment went to lRoeky Point down the Providence river Sunday for a Rhode Island cIambake. They made the trip in large motor truck,
 Mem bers of the Twenty-sixth regi- ment Connecticut volunteers, of which there are number in this city, are in. terested in the fifty-fifst annual reun- ion to be held at Buckingham Memo rial, Norwich, Friday, the 2lst.
 Word has been received from Geo rye A. Vaughan, agent of the Putnam Manufacturing company, who is camp ed in Northern Maine, that his health k improving and he Is putting on weight.
 -C N. Woodward, general superin- tendent of the New Haven road, mo. tored to Putnam from Boston and spent Sunday with his parents, MT. and Mrs George Nj. Woodward, Elm street.
 -Mederic Maynard of New Bedford was the guest of relatives in the city sunday. His little daughter Emma, who has been the guest Of MT. and Mrs. Frank II. Cordier, for five weeks past, returned home with him.
 Sidewalks in all parts of the city are being put in repair in accordance with an order of the common council. N here the repairs are not made the work will be done by the city and the cost taxed against the abutting pro- perty owner.
 -George T. Challoner of Sehenecta- dy, N. Y., has arrived in Putnam and assumed hisiduties as perintendent of the electrical department ot the Putnam State Trade School. He will
 
 supervise the installation of the elec- trical equipment which k expected to arrive soon.
 Many Putnam people motored to Hampton to see the cavalry in camp on Sunday. IL was the hottest day ot the summer and the visitors report that they saw quite number of the boys overcome and lying iii the hospi- tal tents some of the horses too were reported as being in unfit condition,
 Two trains of Pullman 'sleepers passed through Putnam Monday night having on board passengers of the Cu- nard line steamer Mauretania that put into Halifax after crossing from Liver pool as she did not dare proceed Io New York for fear of capture Every ear was full and the passengers were without coats, vests or collars, anu ap- parently their trip overland had been warm one, The first train passed through about ten o'clock and the sec ond section an hour later.
 W. S. Johnson, State central com mitteeman Of the Progressive party, has, received his allotment of tickets for the big party rally to be held in Hartford, August 10th. There has been large number of applications for tickets and only about half thenum- her wanted was sent here. Among the