Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-01-15
DEEDS PASSED FRIDAY.
Daughters of the Holy Ghost Now Own
Morse Property. Including Baseball
Field

Deeds were passed Friday transfer
ring, the George NJ. Morse property on
Church street to the Daughters of the
Holy Ghost, Inc. This completes the
deal announced Wednesday. The price
of the property was not given out, but
it was understood to be only a per-
centage of what the cost of developing
the beautiful place was to Mr. Morse.
The sale includes the Morse field base
ball grounds, where the big games of
last season were played, as were the
games Of many seasons past. What
the SiSterhood proposes to do with this
part of, the purchase is not given out.
Steps are to be taken at once to inn
prove the property and to build new
structures and additions as required
to meet the needs of the Sisters As
soon as possible the mother house Of
the order in this country is to be re-
moved from Hartford to this city The
Sisters. have charge of the parochiai
schools in Putnam, Wauregan and
Moosup, at other places in eastern
Connecticut and at points in Massa-
chusetts, SO Putnam is a central point
for the headquarters of the order
All of the heads of the orders are to
be located in this city and the BUSH
ness transacted from the local head
quarters. 1t is said that the plans of
the society provide for enfarging and
developing the convent to be establish
ed here to provide a home for aged
Sisters, for Sisters who may be tenn
porarily in poor health and in need of
rest, and to care for the Sisters of the
order during the period Of their re-
treats. 1t is expected that as many as
200 Sisters will be here at times during
the summer season.
The purchase of the Morse property
Is not a matter that concerns st.
Mary's parish in financial way. The
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funds of the order OF Sisters and will
be exclusively under their jurisdiction
as to management and control, the
deed being in the name of the order.
The coming of the orders mother
house and novitiate, for candidates for
here will mean much to the city in a
business way to many of the trades
men.
Address by Mrs. M. Tosean Bennett.
Mrs. M. Toscan Bennett, Hartford,
one of the most brilliant Of the suf
frage workers of the state, addressed
a meeting of the Putnam Equal Fran
chise league here Friday evening, CIV
ing an address that she has delivered
in other parts of Connecticut recent
~ Mrs. Bennett was enthusiastically
received by the members of the Put
nam league and their friends. gathered
in Odd Fellows hall. In connection
Bennett and Mrs. w. J. Bartlett, presi-
dent of the local league, was held.
F. ]. Trinder, supervisor OF state
trade schools in Connecticut and Q
representative. OF the state board of
education, was In town Friday after
noon for a conference with members
Of the Putnam town school committee
relative to plans for Putnam's trade
school.
There was meeting Friday evening
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Der of Commerce to discuss matters
that may lead to important action for
the development of Putnam.
Sharp Drop in Temnerature.
The manner in which the tempera-
ture started to drop In Putnam Friday
afternoon gave promise that the long
threatened cold wave was arriving. The
temperature dropped degrees in an
hour between "a and o'clock, and
started on its way for the zero mark.
Souvenir Taylor's Quips.
Here are some epigrams turned out