Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1916-01-14
THOMPSON

The following is the schedule of be-
nevolence for the Congregations al
church the present year:
January-Bible Society.
Fepruary-American Missionary As.
ISOLATION.
March-Home Missionary Society.
April-Sunday School and Publishing
Society.
May-Ministeria Relief Fund.
June-F oreign Missions.
July Church Building Society.
August-Education Society.
! Observation-Disclosures Missionary AS
ISOLATION.
| October-Home Missionary Society. -
( November-To be announced.
ecember-Foreign Missions.
The icy conditions prevailing in the
streets was the probable cause of the
small attendance at the churches on
| Sunday.
A very remarkable case of strict at
tention to ones duties is the one of the
station agent at Thompson railroad
station, Mr.. Bernklow, who states in
his fifteen years service that he has
been absent from duty only three days.
| When it is considered how arduous
and responsible his pc sition is, it is
doubtful if another such an instance of
continual service without any vaca
ton can be produced in our locality.
Charles Davis, Jr., has finished
work for Lindeman, the we'll driller,
and entered the employ of the Putnam
l. ght Il Power Company as fireman
at Mechanicsville.
! Many new cases of the grip are re-
ported the past week. The families of
| Frank and William Bates, Dexter
Elliott, Warren Logee and Mr.. Segur
at Brandy Hill are afflicted.
Word has beer received from Mrs.
I Corbin, who has been sick for several
months with an injury to her leg, that
! she is much better at her son Harry 5
| in Worcester, having so far recovered
| MS to walk about the house and care
/ for herself.
| Moses Spinney and Anna White
| were married last Saturday at the Bap
/ list parsonage by Rev Mr.. Hazelton.
School was closed Tuesday to allow
! teachers to attend teachers meeting
at North GFosvenordale.
No new developments at Fort Hill
are noticeable AS yet.
/ L
/ Clark Pierce found that one OF his
buildings had burned down in the
! night. The building was one used for
bulchering and had been used for that
purpose the day previous, in dressing
/ of the hogs for neighbors, all of which
had not been delivered and were hang
ing in the building when it burned
and were total loss. Mr. Pierce was
| around his premises ur til nearly Y
O'Clock that night having attended
| The Birth of a Nation entertainment
! in Putnam, and did not notice at that
! time anything to be suspicious of fire
| and only by his gojye out in the mom-
! ing WAS he sure OF when he discov-
cred the roof all afire and falling in. A
! defective fiue or an oveTheated chin.
pey was the probable cause az 1t had
/ been used that day in the heating OF
water for butchering purposes.
| Invitations have been received bv
some of our townspeople from Mr.. and
| Mrs. Schenck of New jersey, to the
marriage of their niece, Miss Dorothy
| de Saussure .Schenck to William Bel
lows Scarborough, Saturday, January
22d, at the Presbyterian church, Engie.
wood, New Jersey.
Mrs. Joseph Small, former resident
of our village, died st her home in
Brooklyn on Monday. The burial WAS
at West Thompson on Thursday.
Miss Harriet Cranska, daughter of
Floyd Cfanska of Moosup, is visiting
her aunts, Misses Helen and Caroline
Cranska.
Che bridge club was: entertained by
Miss Marcia Dunning on Thursday.
Mrs. Oh aries Sheldon attended the
funeral of Mrs. Page, cousin,in Prov
idence on Saturday.
Miss Mary sherman is spending a
few days in Boston.
]. 5. Lewis md Miss Lewis have
gone to Allentown, Penn, to attend
the funeral of Mr.. Lewis sister.
Prudence Paine is recovering from
her sick ness of scarlet fever. DR.. Paine
is out again attending to his patients
4 With the resuming of the session of
the Msrot school last Thursday after a
/ three weeks vacation, our little com
munity was quite enlivened by the Ar
i rival OF the pupils. The post master
also being extra taxed by heavy parcel
post packages in the mails and MIR.
/ Hutchins was kept busy with his auto
mobile sdoing passenger service from
the station, besides other conyeyances
( TO transport their baggage TO The
/ school.
The Indies of the Thimble club have
I sent a comfy box to Mrs. Barton. one
of its members, who is sick, ,contain-
ing something from each individual
member having their name upon the
article She is TO have one article
every day or more, if her condition Is
/ considered to be such rs the nurse
shall decide is advisable. Her condi-
ton is very comfortable and gives
announcement 10 her friends that her
fever will not run any unusual len 9Th
of time.
Saturday and Sunday morning were
the record for cold mornings on
Thompson Hill thus far for this win