Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-08-10
DANIELS0N AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

Captain John Murray On Annual Va
eation-Roeky Point Popular With
Local PeopIs-Putnam May Get
Series With Dudley and Webster. Il
Captain John Murray is. having his
annual vacation this week Sergeant
Chafree and O'Brien viii divide night
duty during the week.
Sister n, Leontine of Hartford. for
merry directress OF music at Notre
Dame academy in this city. is visiting
here. Sister M. Chrysostom Of Nor
witch, sister Of Patrick Brady, is also
visiting at the local convent.
To Have Military Band.
Manager Sheriden of Wildwood
park while in this city Monday after
moon, announced that he is arranging
for the appearance of the band from
/ Fort +. G. Wright for q conceS at
the lake on Sunday in the near fu-
ture.
Larry Mclean, catcher of the Put
nam baseball team, has returned to
New York for the week.
Vietrola In Absence of Choir.
In the absence of the choir, away for
i a vacation period. an anthem sung by
/ the Trinity choir was rendered by the
IVictrolas at the service at the Congre-
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proving quite an acceptable innova-
/ ton.
/ Attorney NJ. H Geissler appeared in
the bankruptcy court in Willimantic
Monday, as counsel for Regis Bouthi-
lette of this city.
Council Meeting of Special Interest.
/ This evenings special meeting of the
common council will be of very special
interest, for 1t IS expected that some
Il def inf q
and agreement as to the proposed
street paving will be taken.
No Quorum-Meetinq Adjourned.
At q meeting of the Ecclesiastical
society of the Congregational church
called to consider new heating ap-
paratus for the church, there was no
quorum, this being due to the rain.
The sense of those present was to
replace the heater under the body of
the church with a diyerent hot air
furnace. The meeting adjourned I'M
til Thursday Of next week.
Named As General comnitee.
John B. Byrne, Napoleon Jette, J.
B. Daigle, Thomas p. Ryan, Frank H
Cordier and J. B. Daigle have been
named as a general committee Of st.
Mary's parish to make arrangements
dates that have not definitely been
selected, though the latter part Of this
month and early October are under
consideration.
Water Damned BY Hay.
80 much water poured across adj
| Joining land On which cut hay had
been left to cure that the hay was
washed along until 1t reached a fence
near the Barstow farm in South
Woodstock. The hay made a dam
sufficiently strong to get q water
pressure that eventually resulted in
all the fences along that section of
the brook being knocked over.
Reading BY Miss Marjorie Burgess.
The surprise given by the Mems
welcome class at the Congregational
was a reading by Miss Marjorie Bur
CESS giving the author, history and
description OF the two favorite pieces
Of n1usic-Narcissus, and the Rosary.
After the reading each selection was
played upon a fine Victrola loaned
for the occasion by George q. Shaw.
| Rocky Point Popular.
-Four motor trucks carried many
Putnam and North Grosvenordale
people to Rocky Point Sunday. for
what IL getting TO be q routine pleas
ure trip on the day for many in this
vicinity. Some Of these trucks carry
more than q score Of people.
Another Severe Thunder Storm.
Putnam was visited by another
Thunderstorm Of unusual severity. as
have been most Of those Of the sum-
mer, Monday afternoon. The light
ming was very brilliant, 90 much 20
as TO be appalling TO many timid peo-
pie. Water commenced TO pond un-
der the Front street bridge within q
few minutes after the storm started,
but conditions there did not become
, anywhere near 50 aggravated as was
the case during an afternoon thunder
} shower last month.
J No serious damage from the light
J ming was reported in this immediate
north. where clouds Of inl<y biaci6nesa
were fncessantly pierced by downward
dartinG shafts Of lightning, show that
villages in that direction were de-
, luged. North 0rosvenordale reported
one Of the worst electrical storms IN
years.
; In that Village lightning struc.
, near the big manufacturing plant
Rain fell in sheets and In tho vicinity
/ located the street was flooded. Ir
that vicinity hall peIted down at thu
height OF the storm and served 70 In
hict additional damage 20 crops thai
have already suffered BIZ summer
| storms.
Crop damage reports came in from
: all Of that vicinity OF Thompson
, !, which felt the severity Of the storm
!. In created degree than was the cas-
= here In Putnam.
The telephone service was given an.
: been frequently the case this sea.
! son.
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