Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-30
PUTNAM
Thomas MeNamara Of Boston Com pIetes Nine-HoIe Golf Course for Country cIub-Sessions of Teachers Convention Today-H. K. Baseball Team to Play Dudley Tomorrow.

' 1 player and representative of a Bos- l ton sporting goods house. one of the best known in the country, completed Thursday the work of laying out the | golf course at the grounds of the Put 1 nam Country club.
 When he returned here in the after noon MT. McNamara expressed his opinion that the Putnam Country club Is to have an excellent golf course. | He dismissed positively the assertion heard that the grounds were not of sufficient area nor suited to golf play ing and says that the grounds will | provide a course that will be ideal in
 many ways, having some advantages
 possessed by very few courses. | The course as laid out and to be | built is of nine holes in a distance of 2,9O0 yards of beautiful undulating
 land. The contour of the land, MT. l McNamara says, is adapted to good golf There are a number of water | hazards that are to be utilized to good
 advantage. One feature that is partic-
 ular advantageous is the absence of l trees on the course, so the players will not be bothered by leaves in the fall. There is, however, plenty of 1 shade On the grounds of the club. The holes have been laid out as fol- | lows: First. 40 yards; second, 140 I yards third, BIO yards; fourth, $40 yards; fifth, 390 yards: sixth, 400
 yards; seventh, 400 yards; eighth, 1SO | ydTuSS nInCn, SUI yards.
 The first hole is guarded on the
 right by out of bounds and by a stone | wall for pulled tee shot and pulled | second shot by a brook. The second is
 very good short hole. This requires l all carry, starting on left by rough and brook. The third hole requires carry l from tee over a marsh, 150 yards;
 the back of the green is guarded by
 water for an overplayed second shot 1 and trees on the right.
 | The fourth hole is guarded on the right by out of bounds and a. ditch that will catch poor second shot, The l fifth hole, on the second shot, is | guarded by water and a brook; the | second shot here must be very accu- | rate
 The sixth is the best golf hole on the l course. It requires two long shots,
 the second being all carry. A half top ped second shot will ricochet off the l bank to green and leaves an exceed ingly difficult third shot.
 I At the seventh hole the tee is across | the trolley track to the west and is guarded by the Quinebaafg river on l the right and by a pond for pulled
 second shot. The eight hole is a water hole-a very fine one-shot hole. There
 is nothing left here for player to I do; it's all carry.
 The ninth hole is guarded by out of I bounds on the right and presents a very difficult second Shot, as the green | is elevated
 MT. McNamara's work was com- pleted Thursday. It was said by a l club member who spent the day on the l links with him that the course could be made temporarily ready for use in about a fortnight. Another expert whose services are to be had by the country club in developing the course is Leonard MacComber. His speciality l is turf and will live advice and in
 formation that will be of much value in building the course as it should be.
 Big Auto Chemical from Norwich. The big American-LaF auto
 mobile chemical, bumper and hose wagon that was in Norwich for the fire department demonstration Thursday morning, came here in the afternoon The men in charge of the truck made l an inspection of the machine furnished | the city of Putnam by their company l last January gave it a test spin and found it O. K. The bigger truck that the men brought to the city was crit | ical1y inspected by members of the fire department and many others. It 1 remained here about two hours leav- I ing then for Boston.
 Cars from Distant States. The annual appearance in this city of cars from distant states is again being noted. Among those seen in the
 
 was big machine bearing a CaIifor- mia license number over 113,000, a few more cars than Connecticut can boast of as yet. During the afternoon a ear | with an Ohio registry whizzed into town and later a New Hampshire car
 was added to the list. A man who kept tabs on automobile license plates last year claims to have seen cars 1 from 26 different states in Putnam. Ex-Postmaster Letters Had Restless Niuf1t.
 Former Postmaster Frank G. Letters
 was reported Thursday afternoon as | holding up well under his attack of pneumonia, although he had a restless Wednesday night
 Miss Hazel Converse will have the members of the Young Ladies' Mis- sion club of the Baptist church at her home for a meeteing this evening. | The Scuthbridge high school team will be here to play the Putnam high
 school team this afternoon. This Is l not a school league game
 Teachers Convention Today. Scores of teachers from eastern | Connecticut towns will gather at the high school this morning for the ses- sions of the Eastern Connecticut ert K. Bennett of Ki11ingiy high school, as president, will preside. Miss Eva LaCroix has become an
 operator at the telephone exchange. To Open Season Tomorrow. The H. K. company baseball team is making arrangements for a notable opening of their baseball season here tomorrow afternoon, when tho Dudley A. A. team will be here. Home from Florida. MT. and Mrs Jerome Tourtellotte have returned from Linona, Florida,
 where they have been spending the winter.
 c. Fred Waterman and Percy Wa ] terTaan were in New York Thursday | on a business trip
 Town Clerk David F7agg continued 1 to receive dog license fees Thursday, but there are many delinQuents. It'll
 ricultural clubs for the cultivation of many little gardens this summer. Interest in License Fee Advance.