Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1915-12-31
THOMPSON

i pete The trunk line iOf state road 10
| Worcester has been let by the state
road commissioner. Work zill prob
ably not be commenced until spring.
Mrs. Richard Barton has been i'll for
the past week.
Carol Ingraham is on the sick list.
Mrs. james Frauiey and grand
/ daughleT, Miss Clara Maihe9son,
spent iChtiStmaS in Hazardville with
/ Clara's mother.
Arthur Elliott is sick with the grip.
Miss Nellie Ryan of Webster was Ia
/ town and attended the Christmas tree
festivities of The giauge on Tuesday
evening.
Hawkins steam sawmiil moved from
| Brandy Hill last week Wednesday 10
/ a woOdlOt ia West Glocester.
C. \. Russell OF Providence WIS
| recent caller al his summer place, Hill
crest.
Mr. Mosher. foreman for the Bishop
| Company OF Worcester, having iiuish-
! ed some work at Carolyn hall, which
| he has been experimenting for the past
six weeks. will be missed ut the Yer
non Stiles where he was met by many
OF our residents who made his acquain.
lance and enjoyed his genial, pleasant,
manner.
The skating on Ream's pond Christ
mas week furnished fine sport for the
| boys and young people of the village
generally who improved such favor.
able weather conditions for skating.
| The fine condition of the roads invit-
ed many or our residents who are own
ers of automobiles TO visit Worcester
| during Christmas week 10 see the hoii-
| day display and do some shopping.
+. +. Thompson spent Christmas
weekend with relatives in Providence.
One of the real pleasing and enjoy
| able things that was done for the
chi iren ut Christmas season was the
taking of a number of them TO Nor-
| cester on different days, beginning
two weeks before Christmas, by.one of
our lady residents, Mrs. +. +. Reed, in
| her automobile. The program OF en-
! tertainment while in Worcester was
visiting the several stores, viewing and
| purchasing Christmas things amusing
To the children and giving them an in
| PRODUCTION to Santa Claus. A treat of
ice cream and confectionery was also
part of the arrangement. A very salts
| factory thing about ii all WAS that not
| the slightest accident occurred 10 mar
| the pleasure in the carrying out of the
project to which the hostess, gives great
credit to the careful operating and
driving of the car by the chauffeur,
| Frank Ramsey, who seemed TO feel
| and show while on the journey TO and
| from Worcester as much interest in
| caring for the children's safety as
| though they were all his own. Such
| things in the life of children furnish
| landmark in life for them TO look back
| to with pleasure in future years The
| names of those who participated in
| the treat are: Earle Ramsey, Louie
| Smith, Prudence Paine, Hamilton
/ Paine, Margeret Moore, Winthrop
| Moore, GLADYS Hermanson, Marion
| Erickson, Helen Ingraham, Jack
| Gerould, Fred Bernklow, Charles
Weaver, Ray mond Gutter, Richard
| Hill, Raymond Foster, Viola Pratt,
| Phillip Hazelton.
| Mrs. Frank Peterson entertained on
| Christmas, Edward and Arthur Peter
| son and a young lady friend, her
| daughter, Mrs. Joseph Grandall AMI
family, and Mrs. Charles Sandstrom.
| Fred Herrich and Mr.. Newell are
| pninting the inside OF q cottage on
| Brandy Hill to be occupied by Mr..
Gutter taking his house.
Mrs. Wilson and grandson spent
| Christmas with her daug hter, Mrs.
Hall, Whitinsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo W elch OF Dover, N.
| H., were Christmas visitors with Mrs.
Welch's father, Thomas Ryan, also
with Mr. WEIGH 'slparents in Wilson
| vile.
A company of our village residents
were entertained at the Vernon Stiles
on Christmas Eve by Mrs. Charles T.
Seats.
| The Christmas tree exercises Friday
evening by the Baptist church SundBy
school were pleasing and well carried
out by The children. The cantata
"Who is Santa Claus?u which WIS st
perfectly learned by the children, evil
denced lots of work by Mrs. Chase, un
der whose training they were rehears
ed. Santa Claus suddenly came in,
and by furnishing something for every
mem Der of the school, satisfying them
that he was "a cheerful glver."
| c. l.. knight and wife visited Provi,
dence Friday. They report the cts
| was crowded with shoppers.
Miss Bernice Armsuongsof Syracuse
is spending the holidays with her mo
Their, Mis-. Clara Armstrong.
Arthur Mills and wife entertained
his sister, Mrs. John Lowe ,of Wood
stock and other relatives Sunday.
Miss Wiley is the guest of Miss
Edith Sheldon.
The entertainment on Christm as
night at the Congregational church
did not draw out quite as large gath
ering as in some previous years The
weather conditions, besides exercises
| in other nearby sections OF the town
" as the probable cause. The play 81
ven by the children entitled "Fathef
Time and the New Year. was most
excellently carried out and was conn.,
plete in every particular, hessuperin'
tendent, Robert Dunning, taking the
| part of Father Time,
Wesley VIM and wife returned
from their wedding trip Friday and
l were entertained ON Christmas by MIS-.
! Roland Mills.
Miss Whitehouse is spending the
holidays with her cousin, Miss Angus
Ia Elliott
Mrs. Hutchins is entertaining her
daughter, Miss Edith Clemens OF Bos.
ton, during the holidays.
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| The Christmas exercises of the Qua