Putnam patriot., 1914-08-21
Happenings in Putnam

Miss Helen Bradley was in Spring field recently.
 -G E. Champlin has been in Hart ] ford for a week.
 Mrs. C. l.. shaw is visiting her daughter al Pleasant View, R. James o'Bden has gone to Oak. land Beach for a vacation outing. 1 Geo. NJ. Fine and 5elig Goldman were in Boston Tuesday.
 Miss Catherine rhsyer was the week end guest ol relatives at Oakland Beach.
 -Mrs. II l.. Burt has returned from a three weeks stay at Fishers Island.
 Miss Florence Sargent has return cd from few days visit with friends in Wethersfield.
 -Df. and Mrs. Emerson Of Worees. ter have been guests Of MT and Mrs. Ernest Morse recently.
 Miss Mae Tibbetts Of New Hamp. shire, formerly Of Putnam, is the guest Of friends in the city.
 Lawyer Nj. H. Geissler and Irving miron are spending couple of days in Boston.
 -Dr and Mrs. J. E. Kent, Church street, are entertaining the Doctors two nieces of San Francisco.
 Eugene Hines is having his vaca- ton paft Of which he will spend at Block Islaud.
 "A party of girls, who have been spending two weeks at 5avin Roek,r turned home sunday evening.
 Miss Josephine NJ. Clifford return ed this week from two weeks vaca ton.
 Mrs. Alice Carpenter, Misses Maud and Mary Carpenter, MT. and Mrs. C. D. sharpe and Kenneth Sharpe are spending this week at Quonoehantaug
 The 2sth Senatorial district con ventiGn will be heid in Putnam Sep tember 4th to elect delegates at large to the Republican State convention.
 Mrs. l.. NJ. Levy of Philadelphia, and Fred A. Crossman of Kingtield, Me-, have been lthe guests Of Mr. and Mrs. Charles NJ. Fenner.
 Mrs Maria Farley and son Armand will leave next week for months visit with relatives and friends in va, rious parts of Canada.
 -Geofge l.. Baldwin, recently sta tion agent in this city, Is now connect ed with the statistical department of the New Haven road in Providence.
 --Dr l.. NJ Harris, Putnam Heights, is to be one of the.spcakersEat an equal suffrage meeting to be hsld in Daniel son Saturday evenings
 Putnam Lodge Of Odd Fellows with invited guests from neighboring lodges are at PhiIipr' grove, :Alexand- cfls lake this Thursday enjoying their annual o2ting and clam bake.
 Mrs. George II Nichols o1 Inomp- sen Is entertaining John NJ. Nichols and family of Kansas City, and,her niece, Miss Eugenia Babeock, of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
 MT. and Mrs l.. F.. smith return ed last Thursday afternoon from a ten days automobile trip through New Hampshire, Vermont and Canada. The car was driven by Fred Bruce.
 William Stranss, of the Whiteside- Strauss company now rehearsing its repertoire Of plays at the Bradley the. atre, has his family with him for a few days and Is showing them the I ,,lies of the country surrounding ' on p
 N examinations for pupils desiring to enter the High school this ifall will be held in Israel Putnam School, Fri day and Saturday, September 4th and 9th. Full information may be obtain ed of Wendell A. Mowty, superintend- ent of schools School will open Tues day, september sth.
 Mrs. Philip R. Dean, who was in England shortly before war was de- clared and whose husband has been anxious about her, has reached Wood stock, She saw the storm clouds ris- ing and took passage on d slow boat and was out only day or two when war was declared. The trip was an interesting one as the wireless picked up many messages on the way across, but the ship experienced no difficulty in making the voyage
 Captain Nickerson of the Salva- ton Army held farewell services at the barracks sunday She will retire from active work for lime and does not know where her neX. assignment will be- Who her successor will be k not as yet known. Brother Baker ot Hartford conducted the services sun day and there was large attendance as Captain Niekerson has made many friends in the city
 Ali of last Thursday morning, up to noon, automobiles were leaving the headquarters of rutns0 Lodge of Elks. Ali were headed for Crescent Park down the Providence river, where the annual outing and dinner of the lodge was held al three o'clock About 5e members sat down to a regular Rhode