Putnam patriot., 1916-07-21
Connecticut State Briefs

IHEADIl on 0etDb@N A3 LcEafIa laF- Ing already whipped matters into some
 resemblance of shape and exBecss 10
 oHer the people oi that town and ]. eiaIty enc of the biggest days eezebra- tion enjoyed II many years.
 Lawrence Hospital. New London.
 received a gift of S25000 from eIas. Morton F. Plant. Announcement If
 the gift was made by pr. Daniel s- livan. It is probable the money VIII be utilized for the coHstrueaaH b. a new building. together with the 55-
 900 recently donated by person H-o wished his name kept secret.
 Judge Hickey. Of East Hartford. found Nathan Sabol guilty of selling
 short measure gasoline and imr7-si fine Of $50 and the costs of court the total amount being $63.52. Judge Richard T. O'Connell attorneg tar Sah0l. stated that an appeal would be taken from the courts decision. Children under sixteen years of
 age coming from New York or other places where infaatiIe paraIgs.s Is
 prevalent are prohibited from enter ing Nerlden and heavy fine Will be imposed upon any who secretly go there and are discovered. This ruling
 was made by the Health Committee.
 Frank Mccormick, who was picked for the all-American football centre in 1906. after he had finished ,he
 season with Villa Nova College. from winch institution he was graduated 1gg7. died a Bridgeport, after an iIl-
 nass of two weeks with spinal mem i0sifis.
 Tha latest matter noted in respect 10 the scarcity of men for work comes
 rom the Connecticut company which
 states it is obliged 10 run closed cars 5a5ae this ho. weather simply be- eausa t cannot find man to do ne sI
 Tair work at Shelton on the ouu cars.
 N8rwalk fs lisad high among the eastern c.flas which have he IH
 Hesfe population in prop rtoH t7 the wh.e residents Tais is tbe
 af the many oyster companies bring ing t0 that city gro work ron from the south for the oyster opening il-
 d8ztfy.
 The hail storm discouraged many of the individual farmers in the narh- western rart of Sufield, as well IS in other parts cf tte town where the hail did not 1ake effect. The loss will probably reach $75.0d0. as farmers are
 claiming a = per cent. loss Ia the sections of the town where the hail
 was the worst
 The resignation of Charles H. John son. warden of the S5ate reform9toly
 at Cheshire. to accept a position in 8lbsny, N. r. was announced. Mr.
 Johnson came to the institution last
 laH and became is head 0eteb7r i. when Warden Garvin retired. PreTi- auzlr he had been The deputy warden
 of s.ug s ng prison.
 Arthur E. Parks. treasurer of the
 Bay State SHeIae eomany. ef F4-l River. Nass.. and Miss Anna Gushing. 3f his fancee, of Providence R. |. were killed when the fast aut1m3- bile the young man was driving crash eI into the si5e of a locomotive haI- ing a passenger train en the New HaT- en Railroad at Central Village.
 Mrs. William c. Rockefeller and
 other prominent women of Greenwich, have lent their automobiles for use | by the health defense guard organ
 ized to patrol the boundary lines and protect children against the spread of infantile paralysis. More than one hundred we'll known women are en- gaeed in the work at Greenwich
 \ farmer residing in the northern part of Torrington attracted attention in that town when he drove through Main street in a wagon on which was
 affixed a banner bearing the legend;
 Road to TorTington dangerous. No Sa.ectman lives around here The farmer declared he would keep the ! sagn on the wagon until Seleetman re- pair the road near his farm. Bathing in the canals of the Housa- | tonic Water Power company, Shelton,
 has been stopped because most of the numerous bathers failed to wear any | kind of bathing costume and com | plaints were made about the number | of nude boys and men who daily | desported in the water. The canals
 are within sight of the various mills and the trolleys.
 | The Anchor Paper Company of
 Windsor Locks has filed petition in bankruptcy in the United States Court. The petition was filed by John
 p. o'Brien, the president and treas 1 urer of the company. who specified
 that the company did not have the
 necessary money 10 pay the filing fee. The liabilities are listed at 1 SIP S0241
 The Connecticut minister won away from the pulpit by the high wages paid paid by factories has com
 panlen in Everett H. Bruce. teacher
 in the manual training department of the Meriden High Schc ol and also | the grammar schools. who has re-
 signed to take a much more lucrative
 position in the designing department
 Of the Pratt X Wi,ney Go. in Hart ford.
 4 model police system has just been perfected at the big Merlden plant
 of the New England Westinghouse Company. A barracks building has
 been erected and model signal sys- tem installed The patrol foree'
 which is in charge of First Sergeant NJ s. Wilder. consist of three ser
 geants. three corporals. three switch board attendants. six doormen and 10
 men on post