Putnam patriot., 1916-08-04
THOMPSON

Arrangements for the Congregation al picnic are to be made nj the session of tbe sunday school oa Sunday
 Edward Scarborough spent sunday in town Il lae Vernon stiles.
 The home and foreign missionary src5etA Het aita Miss May sherman on ' edHe d8K.
 Mss Helen Green Is visiting Miss Dof5Ay Baebe.
 2F. and aIs Pred HHtcBus a-e aNaE Qua len days mo44IIuz lllH ,o AcH HlUl hire
 E S. HIe4s is b town Wjlh His f4a- fly lar Few days.
 Miss Grace Noble, 3 former resident here, was married au =uaaaA 5aiy , Jo Robert iEeaneWay o5 Worcester. Ht the residence Ul Truman Robbins iu North Gros VenoEdaie.
 A subscription auction wHs held at the Town Hall on NednesdaN evening for the tenedt of the Village Improve ment Society.
 Tae residence of Miss Wiley is being wired for electric lights by Noiney Reed of Putnam.
 Mr. Geibe is spending few weeks with his family.
 MT. and Mrs Wesley Vim accom- panied Mrs. 8iun's brother, Leonard Mills and family in his auto to the Douglas camp meeting on Sunday.
 Miss Emily Crosby, d teacher in the schools in Providence, visited with her cousin, Mrs. Roland Mills, last week,
 Mf. and Mrs. Clinton Elliott spent the week end with Mrs, Henry Elliott.
 Mrs. George H. Cummings and her daughter were recent guests at J. ;, Lewis
 Miss Simpson of Brooklyn, \. Y., is visiting Miss Augusta Elliott.
 kloydBowen and family were among those who visited the Douglas camp meeting last week.
 The grange pic lic is to be held at Green's 5 grove, Quadic, on Friday Of this week
 Miss Julia Mcguire from Sugar Hill, N. H., is visiting Miss Mary Elliott.
 Mrs. Brunette entertained at bridge on Thursday.
 Mir. and Mrs. Lemon were guests Of her parents at Hilcrest over Sunday.
 Miss Rusher and Miss Wiley return ed from their auto trip to the Cape on Saturday.
 Clarence Ward and family of New Bfuns wick, \. j., who were motoring To Portland, Mnine, called on friends in town Monday. Frederick Green anu wife of Burlington, R. l., accom- panied them as far as Thompson.
 Mrs. Paul Williams Florence Green) and children from Long Island, are spending the summer at her uncie's, George Whittlesey, in Putnam.
 The change from rain 10 sunshine was welcome one.
 The securing of the hay crop was getting sto be quite a serious matter, when at this time in the season com- monly speaking, the farmers were nearly through having. Now many ( f them have only commenced. The nine consecutive days raiE caught those who had begun, with several acres of grass cut, which in many eases was spoiled except for use as bedding, and in one case mot being hardly suitable for that 1t was taken off the field and burned.
 Punctured tires to their automobiles on the new road was in order Sunday morning with two parties from Web ster bound for Rocky Point on Provi- dence River. One of them was delay ed awhile, having to send to Joys gar age in Putnam for the necessary equip ment before proceeding. Rev. William Chase again supplied at the Congregations church Sunday, preaching most helpful and interest ing sermon, taking his text from the Psalms, "Be still and know that l am God.D
 Rev. MT Root who is at his summer home in East Thompson is expected to preach at the Congregational church Sunday. MT. Root has supplied one Sunday in August the past few years, while enjoying his vacation In the country, and it is looked forward 10 with great deal of pleasure by the congregation.
 Jemes Read, of Providence, native of our place, is making his annual vIs- it, stopping at the Vernon Stiles.
 Mrs. Olin Farrows of Putnam is wis iting her mother, Mrs. Angeline Mills, for few days.
 The work of earting gravel along the new road is being done, preparing for the oiling of it.