Putnam patriot., 1915-02-26
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--Lawyer Ernest C Morse has been in New York on a business anp.
 -Iuclus ?. Merriam Of the First Rational bank spent the holiday in Providence.
 Mrs. r. W Seward has been spend ing week with her sister in Duz. bury, Mass.
 MI. and Mrs C. K Shaw and son Knowlton, of Pawtueket, were week end guests Of friends in the city
 -wnfred Chapdelaine, clerk in the post .osice, spent Tuesday in Provi- deuee.
 -MIsses Mary Louise and Emma Reninard are spending the week in Worcester and Springfield.
 Miss Sarah Bottom Of Nofthamp- ton, has been the guest of her aunt, Ms. c. 4. Hammond, Oak Hin.
 --Lawyer Arthur Libby oi Norwich spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F 4. Libby, Ring street.
 --AIlan King, express agent at East Hartford, was recent guest Of his parents on Grove street.
 -George A. Vaughan, Jr., Is plan. ming trip through the Panama Canal to California and ihe exposition in san Francisco.
 Boulevard Terrace, north Of tbe foundry, k being developed. Already two yelling houses have been erected and the foundations for three more have been built.
 -Haroid k. Corbin of Cambridge was guest of his parents, NIT. and Mrs. E. NJ COrbin, Center street, over the holiday.
 MT. and Mrs David Hatch of Springfield spent the holiday with Na than Lavine and family, Bridge street. Mir. Hatch formerly lived in Putnam
 -Lawyer Ralph N Botham and wife of New York have been guests Of the formers mother, Mrs. T. r. Both afns w lihlfsgH hAit1ts
 Edward s Duffy of Grove street and ". L. Russell Of Ring street are soon to remove with their families to 19I school street, Into double tene- ment house owned by II. <. Morse.
 Farmers coming in from the out- lying sections report that the roads are in excellent condition for this time Of the year and that there Is moi much frost in the ground.
 --Ghsrles 5eder has purchased the property on Grove street, consisting of large double house and lot of land, formerly owned by the late J. W. Church.
 "A mission for the English speak. ing people of St. Mafy's parish will be gin Al the church March 2ist, conduct cd by missionary fathers Last year the mission was for the French speak ing people.
 Tho -t Nafy's church and sur. rounding buildings ate being repaired aud renovated and the grounds i'm. proved several large pines have been cat down to make the reelnry lighter and other changes are being made about The grounds and the paroehial school.
 About twenty Turks felt North Grosxenordale Thursday night for their mother country where they will enter the army. About as many more of their felowcountrymen were at the railroad station in Putnam to see them of.
 The city purchased new snow plow to use this winter but so far 1t has not been put in commission. The spri nglike weather of the past few days seems 10 indicate that II will not be used before next winter but there Is still March to be reckoned with and inc blizzard of 'Ss has not been for gotten.
 Many ladies gathered at the home of Mrs. C. Harold Gilpatric Friday af- iernoon where musicale was held for the benefit of Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter, D. A. K. Among those talk. ing part were Miss Catherine Seward, who played number Of piano seleo iions, and Mrs. S. NJ. Wheelock, who sang several songs There was also music on the Nielrola. Refreshments were served,
 --The school board has received no- tlee that Putnam's share of the state school grant this year will be S8, ,A53 D, payable on or after March lst The grant is based on enumeration of school children between the ages Of and i6 years, S2aa being allowed for each such .child in the town Lnst year the amount was S3,3O5,o0 so that this year there Is an increase of Sl4e.25.
 The boys of the Putnam High school, Monday, adopted novel way to advertise their basket bali game with Southbridge High Wednesday night. They marched down from the | school with a snare and bass drum, circied the fountain in Union Square | and alter giving their various school | cheers, Could Beard, manager, from l The top of a milk wagon that happen cd 10 De standing nearby, exhorted lhe l public to attend their game, Joseph l.. Ryan, who two years ago in June had both of his legs cut of 1