Putnam patriot., 1916-09-29

Miss sawyer gave a second tea on Tuesday 10 the many who were un- able ts attend on Saturday.i
 Frank French of Sawyer district. who has been engaged from time 10 time for the past several years ia doing jobs .os mason work in the tviIlage has been in the village doing some plaster ing the present week and looking at some osher work that is oeing eontem- plated.
 Rev. Mr. Moore expects to have his goods sn0Hed on Thursday going by truck also expecting 1t be necessary to make twe trips. Mr Weeks truck from PHtpsm has been engaged 10 carry them. A trained nurse fo< AIT. Moore has been engaged and arsiYed Monday.
 Mrs Washbarn and Ms. BsrRett are expecting to close their summer home here and return 10 their Proyi- dence nome next week.
 Glen Powning entered Harvard on Monday.
 George Elliott of New York has been visitor at his mothers the past week His brother Charles is also spending | the week here with him and both are enjoying themselves :in golfhing on ! the Quinnatisset Country club grounds. Alter the midweek prayer meeting | on Thursday evening, meeting of the | church society was held to act upon | the resignation of Mir. Moore as pastor. | The resignation was accepted with | general expressions of regret that the | condition Of his health compelled him | to resign. committee consisting of | Deaeons Dike and Paine and Mir. | Backus 10 wait upon MT. Moore and notify him of the action of the church and the feeling ,ot the church in the matter. A committee of five was ap- | pointed to examine the credentials of
 any prospective future candidate for | the church. Deacons Dike and Paine, | Mrs. Searls and Miss Evans and AT. | thur Mills were named as such com | mlttee, Mrs Searles was appointed to send letter of condoance in the name of the church to Rev. Newton 1. Jones, a former pastor in the loss to him by | the death of his wife.
 l Miss Harriet Lewis returned from a two weeks visit with relatives in Phil adelphia on Wednesday.
 Miss Charlotte Russell of Providence
 has been spending A few weeks with her grandparents, MT. ard Mrs. (. A.
 Russell at Hillcrest.
 Miss Granger attended meeting of the Orphans home for colored children in Providence on Friday. She also gave tea on Saturday afternoon to
 her many friends in the village. :
 The food sale he'd by the Ladies Ali
 of the Baptist church proved quite satisfactory to the ladies as being we'll pstronized and success financially. l J. Edward Doane is a visitor with | relatives in town.
 Mrs. Francis 0leny entertained the
 Misses Weaver of Putnam Heights 6
 few days recently.
 Miss Evans is away for fes weeks stay in the Adirondacks.
 The well drillers succeeded in secur.
 ing the broken drill in the we'll on Fri.
 day having been nearly @ week about it.
 The whist clublwas entertained by 1 Mrs. Loweree.
 MT. and Mrs. c. k. Searles spent the 1 week end in the Berkshires.
 Mrs. Paine entertained the teachers | of the rourtellote High school at tea 1 Tuesday afternoon.
 meeting of the Ecclesiastical so- ciety of the Congregational church to | consider the resignation of MT. Moore l and any future pulpit supply was ! held according to notice on Saturday evening. A goodly representation of i the mem beCs were present. The prin cipal business of the meeting being the consideration of the finances oi the church in regards 10 some repairs to the building which will be neces 1 sary within few years, also the i'm mediate repairs to be done to the par | sonage before being again occupied. | An informal talk was taken part in | by all present. After fixing a maxi mum salary for the minister the meet | ing adjourned.
 Mrs. c. l.. Knight and daughter, Miss Mildred, ,,spent Friday in Wor- cester.