Putnam patriot., 1917-02-02
Open Meeting ThlmDsOn Grange

The next regular meeting of the grange, Eco 9th, will be an open one to which all not grangers are invited The lecturers hour to which the public will commence at s 30, when Mrs. Val lerie H Parker will speak on "rhe Need of Statei Care for Delinquent Women.n Mrs. Parker is a facinating speaker as some of our residents who have heard her in other places report. She has booking to addrese the wo. mems club of this town in early April under the auspices of the fhi mbie club, thus furnishing an exceptional opportunity and treat to our com munity of hearing her twice.
 The transforming of the George Comins house from tone and half story cottage to two story house k well advanced, which with wide jet and piazza of suitable dimentions acress the front gives it very at traetive and home like appearance, the outside being nearly completed Painter Fred Hernek Is putting on q primeing coat of paint.
 A bout all of our residents who store ice have their ice houses filed. Frank Knight and Wm. Govell were the l4sf ones and finished the last days of lHsl week.
 c. A. Russell with chaufier, Joseph Andrews, were in town on fhaIsd y
 Joseph Houghton of Hartford spent the week end in the village.
 Mrs. Larned, who has heen the guest of her cousin, Miss Sherman for sev eral weeks, returned to her home in New York, on Saturday.
 Augustus Appelt of Webster was a visitor at Thomas Ryan's on Sunday
 Rev pr. Jones was entertained by MT. Backus while i'll the village.
 A number of poles are being cut from the wood lot on the premises of the Carolyn Hall property for the Put nam Light x Power company and are being delivered by the teams on the place.
 Clifford Greens mother died in Worcester last week. MT. and Mrs. Green attended the funeral on Frid ". Burial was in Staff ord, Conn.
 Arthur AspinwaI of East Provi- dence, a nephew of E F. Thompson, is engaged with force ot men in ii ling Mir. Thompson's ice house. A call on MT, Thompson by your cores pondent found him very much better and sitting up.
 F. H. Decker was in the village on Saturday.
 MT. and Mrs. Nathan Prince of Dan. ielson were callers on relatives in town on Saturday.
 MT. Maitland, the pefintendant Of J. R. Gladding's property, spent Sun day with his family at his home in Midway.
 Rev. William Chase assisted pr. Jones in conducting the services at the Congregational church on Sunday morning. The congregation was not quite as large as was anticipated on account of the storm although many of those who worshipped under Dr.. Jones seven years pastorate hele were present to greet him. The service In the evening was well attended and very interesting, a service of song pre- ceeding it.
 Wm Covell is reported as ill with the grippe at his home in Providence. Harry Morse, fireman from Put nnm, who WAS at the nozzle assisting our local company al the fire WAS heard to say, "I'il take off my hat To the old tuo of Thompson fire engine comp pdny
 Miss sherman has as visitors her sister, Mrs. .Phinney and daughter of New York.
 Mrs. Geo. Crosby spent a few days in Norwich the middle of the week.
 Mrs. Henry Eiiotl and Augusta nave gone from New York to Auman, Flor ids for the rest ot The winter.
 Word comes to friends in town of the birth of da ghter, Nancy Helen, To MT and Mrs. William Scarborough, !, on January 24th.
 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew King a for mer resident of this village have gone from PfoyideG ce and are to keep house in Engle wood, N. Y.
 Mrs Oscar Munyan is away visiting her daug hler, Mrs. Robert Gay in AL tleboro.
 Avery large audience gathered at the Howe MaTot school on Saturday evening and listened To lecture by Sydney Brooke on the British Block ade.
 A tea and sale is to be given by the ladies of the school for war relief Sat urday, Feb. 10th.
 Al the meeting in the Congregation al vestry Sunday evening the follow ing resolution was passed:
 "W hereas this village has been visited by disastrous fire by which our friends of the Baptist church find themselves without d place oi worship, il is hereby voted that We extenC our heartfelt sympathy to the members of that church in Inc loss which they have sustained and that we insIte them most cordially 10 join with us in the services oi this church" Rev. Mr. Hazeiton Of the Baptist church was out ol town on Sunday. Carol Ing raham rf ceived a bad cut on the side of his face i'll q fall while working al the lire. Miss Mildred Knight is spending a few days wllh friends in Fall River.