Putnam patriot., 1916-10-13
CONNECTICUT

man RoseT was one of the first to arrive as the fire spread through par tittons and the flames soon burst out in other parts of tAe building An addition had recently been built, mak- ing it a two=roorn school. The fire is thought to have started from an over. heated furnace.
 At Windham High School the at. tendance at the close of the first week of the fall term was thirty-nine short of the registration of last year at the end of the first week. Of this number thirty-six are from out Of town and it is believed that some of these students have not returned to the school because of the infan- tile paralysis epidemic.
 Plans are being made for improve ments on Main street. East Hartford, which, when completed, will make that street one of the finest in New Eng land.
 Windham is to give those who de sire the opportunity a chance of SC curing further education by the means of a night school.
 Rev Irving H, Berg occupied his pulpit at the South Congregational Church. Hartford. for the first time since his return from the border as chaplain of the First Connecticut In fantry It was a happy meeting for the church family.
 Chief Robert W. Kappenberg of the East Hartford police department died at the Hartford Hospital as the re suit of injuries he received while doing traffic duty on Main street, Eas. Hart ford. on Tuesday. September 1s.
 John J. Donahue, aged 36, a mixer in Powder House No. 59 of the Win chester Arms Company, New Haven was killed by an explosion of powder He was alone. The cause of the ex' plosion is laid to spontaneous com bustion. Donahue had been engaged at mixing for four years.
 Members of the Second Congrega' tional Church, at Maple avenue and .he Boston Post Road, Greenwich were surprised when their pastor. the Rev. pr. Charles F. Taylor announced from the pulpit that he would present his resi- ignation on Nov. 5. The church has 500 members, and is one of the wealthiest in this district. Dr. Taylor had gained the name of the "hsa& ing parson."
 Work has been started on New Ravens new railroad station that will cost $1OO0,0o0 The work that has been begun Is exeavating and changing tracks. The new station will be on the site of the present one
 The receipts of the automobile de partment, Hartford, for the fiscal year amounted to $76S. S.727s1. The amount received fer the previous fiscal veal vas $536, ,970.
 The hunting season is on and hun dreds of New Haven gunners are tax ing advantage. It is generally admit ted that game will be most plenthu' this year. Quail and partridge are reported to be flying in large numbers and rabbits are likewise reported aS being plentiful.
 Hartford was represented at the second annual Morris Plan convention in New York by Hubert M. Toppln treasurer of the Hartford Morris PiaI Company.
 Waterbury is just now undergoing A serious epidemic of smallpox.
 Twenty-one hundred return postal cards have been received by Mayor
 ~fr the chamber Ol commerce several weeks ago sent ou' 20 900 to the enrolled voters ol Rridgenort, Of the total, about l,5oo favor holding the election for the vote on the adoption of the eomm's' sion charter on November T. The others agree that the mayor IS rlgh' in setting the time for the election at November 25.
 Prof. Austin D. Basset, secretary of the Hartford Theological seminary died in a hospital at Hartford, oi iniuries received in an automobile GO cident.
 Waterbury's continuation school IS making a big hit with the 2oo ap' prentices enrolled as scholars, as well as with the factory superintendehts and foremen who are closely watch ing the advancement made by the apprentices in the school work.
 Col and Mrs. Selah c. Blakeman of Shelton. and MT. and Mrs, Willlam A. Coe of Waterbury, celebrated the 6ftfeth anniversary of their respec- tive marriages in the Derby Methodist Church. Mrs. Blakeman is twin sister of Mrs. Coe and both were married on the same day and by the same clergyman.
 George Good, one of the best known sportsmen in the state, and who, py great work has boosted soccer in the Naugatuck Valley, has been honored by the members of the Connecticut State Football Association by being elected president.
 Although not officially stated, higher wages may be paid to trolleymen in Waterbury by the Connecticut Com many. owing to the inability of the company to obtain sufficient men to operate the cars on the extra shop trip.
 Two of Derby's most popular young men. Attorney P. B. O'Sullivan and James B. Brinsmade. are involved in what promises to be a historic strug. gle for senatorial honors in the Sey, enteenth District.
 The big municipal bell which ar rived in Waterbury by freight from the bell foundry in Troy. N. r., 2
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