Putnam patriot., 1916-06-16
THOMPSON

The Vernon stiles holel has been taxed 10 it's full capacity the past week or account Of the closing of the Marot school.
 Mrs. John Paine of Woodstock visit ed wish Dr. and Mrs. R C. Paine last week remaining over the week end.
 Children's Night will be the pro- gram al the regular meeting oi the grange Tuesday evening.
 The closing exercises of the district schools 0f the town occur Friday after noon tn the grove near the Tourtellotte High schooi. The programme promi- seS to oe interesting and entertaining.
 An event in connection with the closing Of the Marot school for girls was the production of play entitled "Ro bin Hood " The exercises began on Monday evening continuing through Tuesday, and were held on the spa ciaus lawn on the grounds at the school The scholars went home on Wednesday.
 Fi Fl was well Patronized byThomp- suH people on Tuesday evening in Put, nam.
 Miss Wiley entertained the bridge club on Thursday eg last week.
 The old post office block is again co cupied family moving in the first I the week.
 Cards are cut for the wedding of Miss Ruth Scarborough to William Martin Nugel, Saturday, June 2+th, at l. o'clock in the Cong alionai church in this place.
 Mrs. \ B Ream is in town al Caro. iyn Hal.
 X meeting of the QuinBatisset golf club was held last oaturnay at the town hall.
 Miss Annie Cunning is home from BHarclifl for the summer vacation.
 Miss Josephine Jencks of Providence is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Dexter Eli ott.
 Mrs. Washburn and Mrs. Bennett, and children Peter and Richard, came Friday and are occupying their home on West street.
 Mr. and Mrs. Russell have been spending the past two weeks in town.
 Mrs. Wesley Vim has had part of her barn shingled.
 pr. Gardner Miller's family are oc- cupying their home on Providence street.
 No services were held At the Congre- gational church Sunday, Rev. MT. Moore being i'll with throat trouble caused by cold he suffered from in the late winter. The committee were disappointed in procuring supply Several of the cougree ation attended the services at the Baptist church in the morning and the baecalaureate eX- ercises at the Tourtellotte school in the afte moon.
 Miss Jennie Johnson spent Sunday with her parents at Brandy Hill.
 Frank Bates has a new Overland car.
 Miss Frances Olney of Hartford will arrive on Friday for the summer,
 A guide board has been erected st Sunset Hill announcing the place also giving directions for Webster.or Put nam.
 Richard Hill, who has been quaran- tined the past six weeks with scarlet fever, is out again.
 NIT. Dart has moved into his newly fitted up house on Main stre t Two truck loads of furniture arrived Mon- day.
 Leo Welch, Mrs. Welch, and Miss Nellie Ryan, were week end visitors al Thomas Ryan's. The auto that has been standing in the pasture with both forward aXles broken hns been taken away by Louis Converse, he, having purchased It. Childrenis dny was observed at the Baptist church on Sunday taking the place of the regular morning service.
 The work on the new State road is progressing in spite of so much rainy weather and is completed about halt the distance. The stone crusher Is stopped for fewSdays while section of ieIford is being put in. A great dra back Is the scarcity of labor but the contractor expects to finish nearly on contract time. Mrs. Barton and Mrs. Knight re- turned on Friday from Derby where they attended the meeting of the State Federation of Women's Clubs. Mrs. Emagene Williams is packing her furniture preparatory to Vachting her cottage which she recently sold. She has 1 en fl lifelong resident of Thompson and her going away will be much regretted. She will make her home with her son Howard in North Attleboro, where she has spent the last two years.
 The steam roller has been out of commission for a few days md is in Putnam for repairs.