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Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-01-12
Woodstock Academy Notes

The school reopened January 4th.
Three pupils have not yet returned.
The school extends tits especial SYM
patty 10 Walker W hite, who is still at
the hospital.
The assistant teachers returned 10
their homes during the Christmas hol-
idays. The Misses Perkins, sampson
anu Ennk were in town Tor their col
lege vacation.
The Rhetorical exercises begin again
January 18th. They will be somewhat
wider in scope this year, and will be
more closely connected with the daily
ciass work. Friends are cordially in
vited to these, ss well as 10 The regular
exercises of each day.
The third year class has begun Ge-
ometry.
Miss Whitney and Miss Rutifhauser
visited school last week.
The boys report the following items
about basket ball: "In fast and eX-
citing game the Woodstock Academy
Basketball team were defeated by the
Putnam High school team. The score
WAS close from the beginning but
when the whistle blew announcing
the time up, in The last half, Putnam
had the advantage by three points.
III score was 81 TO 20. The lineop Of
The teams was is follows:
W oodstock PUTNAM
Bowen (Capt.l rf, Luster
Healey II Baker Capt
Miller Hughes
Lowe rg Maher
White Ig Richardson
Field goals: Luster A, Baker 3,
Hughes 6, White 3, Miller2, Healey | Z,
Lowe / Foul goals: Luster 2, Bowen
Z, White 2. Referee: Wylie of Web
ster. Scorer, Swenson.
On Friday night the Academy team
played the Alumni IN Academy hall
and defeated them by the score OF rs
10. The Alumni team outweighed
the Academy team by nearly nifty
pounds to man, bnt under such diff
ficult circumstances, the Academy
boys played whirlwind game. Two
of the boys of the Academy five were
absent from the lineup on account oil
sickness. The lineup was as follows:
w. A. Alumni
Bowen Cant. IF Wells
Healey If H. Nelson
White G Aldrich
Swenson IF Eddy
Perkins ID weaver
Baskets from floor: Bowen, Healey,
" hile 3, Swenson 6, Weaver z, Al
drieh 2, Nelson 2, Eddy 3. Baskets
from free tries: Bowen D, White, Mel
SON Referee: +. Healey. Timekeeper,
Frink. Scorer, NJ. Cox. Time, Two
20 min halves.
On Friday afternoon, Jan. Il, the
Academy team is 10 play Plainiield
High school in the Academy hall. IL
will be the fourth league game OF the
year.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-01-12
Guests in Town

E7MEcHA NIcsyILLE-- Mrs Omer Bous-
quet re urneu lrom New York last
Saturday
Miss Jennie Japan spent the week
erd with friends in PlalnvilIe, Mass.
n. Reoillafd of oxford spent SIM
dAy win Alex BibeAu and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Dupre and family
of Putnam were visitors on Sunday OF
A Beoeau aud family.
A new clock was put in the primary
room OF The Mechanicsvil.e school last
week.
The night work in all parts of the
mill stopped last Friday night for
awhile.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-01-12
HOW THIS MOTHER
Got Strength To Do Her Work

Fair Haven, VT was 80 nervous
and run down that I could not do my
homework for my little family of tbree.
l had doctored for nearly two years
without help. One day / read about
yinol, and thanks to it, my health has
been restored so / am doing all my
housework once more. I am telling all
my friends what Vinol has done for me-"
Mrs. JAMES Fl. EDDY.
Vinol is combination of famous
tones which we guarantee to build
up the weak and rundown.
j. f. Donahue, Druggist, Putnam
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-01-12
"Nothinu Doinoi"

Office Boy-"De boss kin see no call
ers dis mornin'" Insistent Visitor
Say, I'll give you a quarter to take
this card in to him. Office Boy
"Aw. shucksl He gives me bigger
wages for not doin' it."-Boston
Transcript.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-01-12

An interesting lecture was given by
Peter Mcqueen in the School hall,
Jan 9, 1917. He showed lis stereopti-
can views of Mexico and described the
same.
Next week the team is to play two
games. They play Putnam on We'd
nesday. On Friday Bartlett High will
be played at Webster.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-01-12
TOurteIIOtte Memorial High
School News

On Wednesday, Jan. 9, the Tour
teiIoite Boys lost 10 the Bartlett High
school by score of 46 TO - The
shooting ana all-around play ing of La
Bonte of Webster featured the game.
One of the Tourlellotte forwards, Mer-
ton Brown, the captain, was missing,
III King substitute necessary. A
good sized crowd, one of the largest 70
date, attended the game.
Between the halves the Freshmen
defeated the Ninth Grade Is tc S. rne
Ninth Grade had mostly small men
who had never played before Paine,
Dobson and Tourlellotte starred for
The Freshmen while Prince and Bates
played good for The Ninth Grade.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-01-12
DEATHS

In Woodstock, Jan. I, Edward b.
Harris, aged ~
In Providence, Jan. 6, Mrs. Matthew
Morgan, formerly of Putnam.
In Warehouse Point, Jan. 9th, Sam
uel Nutting, aged 81 years.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-01-12
Neatly Countered.

Before l married you, you said you
had ney." See what one gets for
lying PUCK.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-01-12

Deans Rheumatic Pills for Rheu
matism and Neuralgia. Entirely veg.
etable. safe. adv
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-01-12
BIRTHS

In Putnam, Jun s, a son to Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard &. Bradford.
In Woodstock, Jan. 9th, a son TO Mr.
aud Mrs. Harry johnson.
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41e
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
or THE
First National Bank of Putnam

=
al Putnam In the State OF Connecticut. at the
close of business, Decsmber 9Th, 1915.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts ....-.-....-.-... f04,5f3 IL
u. 5. Bonds 10 secure circulation,
(par valut) 10000 40
U. s. bond. Q secure D. S. Deposits; ooo 90
Other bonds to secure postal safin.s,
''e'' bod. W ALTO 90 i4i.72o 90
''o' Banb X stock X o,l2o 90
Subscription 10 stock OF Federal Re.
sslve Bank, 1893 90
BantinQ nOua-. .......... ...2a.o0000 10000 90
Net amount due from sp 1roved re-sr
" agents ~ New YORK, Chlcago
Due IRON approved reserve iVeDis
',' in sheT re.erge ciues, 1881 10 sa,sis IL
than above o.s45 ~
Outside checks aud other cash items,
nickles and cents 81 Is s,057 %
Notes OF other National Banks...-... 5Gn 90
Federal Reserve bank notes 300 10
Law deral Reserve bank ioi ,75o 81
Redemption fund with us. Treasurer
euaiionJ - - $500 90
Total. .i3i, $50 "a
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in $4,000 90
Surplus fund .............. 10000 90
Undivided Profits 1879 81
Ltsa current expenses,
interest ana taxes paid S,l3b 70 81 bi3 10
Circulating nofes ~ 600 90
Due to banks aud bankers, 7o,I6g gz
Dividends unpaid ~ 90
cheek, s2e,sii II
10 sa,s - ''p''' 7e3
Certified Checks 1o7 70
Cashiers Chet ks outstanding, 10 ~
United States Deposits LOO 20
Postal savings Deposits 1ozs2t W
Total DemaLd Deposits, 74i ,o35 ~
dls...-
State Of Connecticut. County OF WindhaIn. IS.
L. q. n. GiipafTie, Cashier Of the above
named bank, do solemDly swear that the above
statement is true to the best OF my knowledge
and belief. q II. G1lPATkIc. Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th
day OF January. 1917.
JONI b. BYRsE,
Notary Public.
Correct--Attest:
CHARLES II. BRowS,
sILAs VI. WBEELOcR,
LEgBRUs f. SMITH.
Directors.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-01-12
MARRIAGES

In Danielson, January 6, by Rev
Clarence IL. Barber, Allan |. Dean and
Miss Eleanor Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-09
Air Service Gets Aviators.

| The Army aviation service is rushed
| with applications from young to
| become aviation officers. although it is a
| fact that some OF the applicants are seek
| ing to become ground avators rather
| than f1iers. and in spite Of the rush. it is
| a case Of many answering the call. but
| OF few being chosen. This present situa-
| ton comes from the fact that many young
! men from civil life are trying to make
| this branch of the service rather than run
| the risk of being drafted as a private in
the National Army if they wait until De-
ccrnber Is.
Imperfect physical development re-
| jects the majority of these applicants.
| and in itself is an irresistible argument
| for universal military training or some
substitute for it that makes wholesome
boys into strong red-blooded men in
stead of weaklings that cannot stand
! the strain Of the course that lies ahead
| of the future aviator The need of
| plenty Of virile young men is intensi-
! fled, because the allies must look to
| this country to keep this force up to
| full numerical strength. They have
| skilled instructors and capable fliers.
| but the material for keeping up the
| supply has been weakened by the heavy
drain put upon it in building up their
| afr service and in the terrible wastage
| at the outset of young men who sacri-
| feed themselves s Junior officers in the
4 line of the army
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-09
RETURNED SOLDIERS
STUDYING MECHANICS
Many Canadians Will Enter Anto-
mobile neutrality-suspicious.
for Their Old Tasks.

An interesting feature of the re-
turned soldier problem in Canada 10
that a great many of the WORKOUT
warriors are asking TO study motor
mechanics" in the various military
hospitals and voca tional schools
throughout the country preparatory to
the return to civil life. According to
a statement just issued by the military
hospitals commission of Canada, 3S4
returned soldiers are being given vo-
cational education in motor mechanics.
These men are being "re-educated' for
this work, because physical inability
prevents their taking up former occu-
pations In addition hundreds of re-
turned soldiers who were repairmen.
vulcanizers and mechanics before they
enlisted are taking courses in the Vari-
Gus vocational schools to give them a
fresh start in their established trades
This early situation is an indication
that there viii be many men IN can
ada after the war who will look to the
motor cycle and bicycle industries tor
means of livelihood. In fact the
places of "draftees" in cycle shops are
already being taken by returned SOL
diers who have been re-educated or
refitted for the industry. This fact IS
keeping many dealers from worrying
about the labor question
A disabled soldiers training board
examines every returned soldier thor.
oughly with view to ascertalning II
he is fitted for permanent employ
ment as motor mechanic rms ooaru
consists OF a competent medical officer,
an experienced vocational educator
and representative of the industrial
community appointed for the purpose.
Motor mechanical education is taught
IN sixteen different military IN
stitutions in Canada and the num-
Der of instructors is twenty-five.
The studies include the taking apart
and assembling of engines of all
kinds. timing and wiring exercises. the
lighting and ignition subject, carbure-
tor and other adjustments. vuicaniz-
ing and repair of tires, wheel truing.
nfr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-09
Put Into Execution.

/ Put Into Execution.
The next proposition is that the Navy
must find the means and receive the
power to put them into execution to re-
duce the destructiveness of the C-boats
| The natural enemy of the submarine is
| the destroyer; and it Is well known
that a large number of these sea lances
will soon be added TO the flotilla already
operating against the pests OF the sea.
and that there will be more OF them to
follow.
| 1t is certain that there was good rea-
! son for putting the merchant ships under
Navy control. The ships were not maxi
| ing their speed through the danger zone:
they were not following the orders of
conveying destroyers to zig-zag when
told: the crews. composed largely of aliens,
were. If not mutinous, at least in many
instances. grossly insufficient and incom-
petent. The records show that compare
lively few of the larger and swifter yes
sells that obeyed instructions while in
the smaller ships of little speed, but filed
with cargoes OF great value. heavily in
sured and earning enormous freights.
have fallen into the clutches of the
| enemy. Even IL the tonnage can be re-
placed. their cargoes of munitions and of
food that are now plastering the bottom
of the ocean means loss many times
| more serious to the cause OF the allies
than the expense OF maintaining the u
boats to the Teutons.
The Navy gun crews on the merchant
ships may not have sunk many of the
submarines but their watchfulness has
saved many ship that otherwise would
have been lost. An emerging C-boat that
finds the projectiles of a quicllfirer fall
ing about his periscope does not maneuver
as well as one that has before him n de-
fenseless merchantmen. and his usual
cours,e is hasty submergence The splen-
did work of these saNormen of the Navy
on the mercantile shipping will. when it
is fully known. be more than gratifying.
not only for what they have done in the
fight against the undersea boat. but in
deeds OF heroism that reflect the glory
of the United States Navy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-09
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals.

Schooners Josephine Smith, Joseph
7. Brennan and Five Sisters, at 18th
street wharf with oysters for the mar
ket; schooner S. Sawyer, from Currio-
men. with wood and ties for local deal
ers; tug Capt. Toby. from Quantico
with lighter laden with pyrites for the
Alexandria Fertilizer and Chemica
Company; tug James o. Carter, from a
Potomac point with wood laden schooner
in tow.
Departures.
Schooner j. p. Robinson. from Alex
andria for Upper Machodoc creek with
merchandise; barge Klondyke, from
Georgetown for Pennington, Md. To
load pulp wood to return: power boat
Daisy. from Alexandria for Ptscatawav
creek with merchandise: schooner Hal
i lie T., light, from 18th street wharf for
Blakistones Island to load oysters to
return.
Memoranda.
Schooner Elizabeth Clarke ism Mat
tox creek to load lumber for Chesa-
peake bay point: barge Mobjack is at
Norfolk with gravel from GEORGETOWN:
schooner Julian Bradshaw is due here
from q lower Potomac shore with cord
wood Tor the market; lighter Boo Hoo
is in Monroe creek, Va, loading NUN
wood to be shipped from AIexandria to
Daper-makfng plants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-09
Arrangement OF PARTS
IN CARS IS IMPORTANT
Vital Matter 1T Times When There
Is Need for Adjustment or Re-
moral for Repairs.

If motor car parts never required ad-
justment or other attention. or never
needed to be removed for repairs or re-
placement, it would make no difference
how they were arranged in relation %
each other.
In point of fact. however. they do re-
quire work done upon hem, explains
Albert l.. Clough, and have occasionally
to be detached. and thus 1t is very nee
essary that they should be so placed as
to be got at with the utmost con-
venience and to be removed with the
least labor and disturbance of other
neighboring parts.
This is especially true of such parts
the carburetor. ignition system,
starting and lighting apparatus. water
pump. valves, oil pump and strainer. a
they require quite freque.: adjustments
and other attentions.
This matter of accessibility is
therefore one that should be very close
ly looked into in selecting car. for
the following reasons: A car that pos
sesses accessibility in high degree is
pretty sure to receive better care than
one which does not because il can be
attended to with so much less incon-
venfence. less soiling of the clothes
and less expenditure of time 1t is only
human nature to put off needed work
on an inaccessible part until some dam
age may have resulted from the delay.
1t is also natural to have inconven-
iently located parts attended to at
garage, at some expense, when no out
side labor would be called for If they
We're handily located.
Cars are seldom kept well fabricated
that do not have all their fabrication
points accessibly located, for owners
are averse to assuming contorted atti-
tudes to screw down grease cups. 1t is,
however. when a part has to be re-
moved that inaccessibility is most an
noying and most expensive. for 1t often
happens that, in order to remove
broken or worn out part. many hours,
if not days. of garage labor are re-
CURED to pull down all the interfering
parts and the same amount of time to
put them together again, while the ac-
tual replacement of the damaged part
is the work of minutes and its cost is
but very small item in the bill.
A car may be out of service for days
having replacement made. when. il
it's designer had sufficiently taken ac-
feasibility into account, but few
hours loss OF use would have been in
Cured In examining cars with view
to purchasing. it is well to ask such
questions as these: In case of rear axle
trouble does the whole rear end" have
to be removed? If clutch trouble de-
velops does the whole power plant re-
uuire disassembling?
A meatless and wheatless menu was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-09
Gale Skaters Ship Bound Here,

As the schooner Mary Ann Shea, be-
longing to NJ. c. Clarke of this city.
was on her way up the Potomac Fri
day. bound here with wood, the
northeast gale tore her sails to shreds,
The vessel was forced to anchor and a
telephone message sent TO the tug
James o. Carter to come after her.
This was done and she was brought
into port yesterday morning,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-09
Only Young and virile Make Good.

And it is only the young and virile
that make good in the air service. They
must be almost perfect physically, have
at least a fair education and a keen
mind. They must be clean cut" Dare
devils have their place in the air pro-
tecting the observer and assaulting
stray enemy planes; but there is a
place also for the man of more mod
crate temperament, one who carries
out his orders as they are given to him.
An observation correctly made is of
more Importance than extra notch
for a downed German plane
The applicant for aviation honors
must have keen sight and hearing to
see an enemy in the air or to recognize
hidden hostile battery. to detect
through his engines roar false note
in the whirr of his own engine. The
canals of his inner ear must permit
that even flow Of the fluids which, like
the bubble of spirit-leveI, give the
sense of equilibrium indispensable to
the successful fiier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-09
Does Not Have Easy Time.


The candidate for a commission in
the A.iation section. after he has
passed the strict physical and mental
tests. does not have an easy time of it.
He enlists technically a private
first class to place him on a military
footing. but he is called by the more
agreeable name of cadet f1ier He is
sent a I once student to one of the
ground schools. usually at one of the
great universities, where for two
months he undergoes an intense course
in the principles and theory of flight
the operation and care of airplane en-
gines. cooperation between the air
service and infantry. artillery and the
other arms. besides lectures on collat-
eral subjects like photography and
meteorology.
After qualifying in this school he is
sent to one of the many flying fields.
where, for several months, he is taught
practical flying until he can make
cross-country fight of at least thirty
miles and take an altitude of 10000
feet. When he can do this, and not
until he can do it well and safely, he
receives his first commission as a lieu
tenant and the privilege of wearing the
single wing of the r. NJ. A. PRESERVE
military aviator). Then in this coun-
try or abroad he receives further train
ing to qualify him for any duty of the
full-fedged f1ier.
When he is pronounced fit for such
work he is advanced a grade in rank
puts on the double winged insignia of
the ]. NJ. A. Junior military aviator)
and is sent into active duty on front
or wherever he may be needed.
After further service or upon some
brilliant action he may receive the
title of NJ. A. military aviator) and
wear the highest insignia, the double
wings and star.
On entering his ground school he re-
ceives from the government pay at
the rate of 500 a month, and with his
commission the pay of his rank and
when flying an Increase of rs per cent,
besides the usual allowances
Some of the men are trained especial
| ly for flying, others for observation,
! others for photography or some other
speciality.
Reconstruction for Disabled.
| The surgeon general of the Army
under the order of the Secretary of
War is making swift progress in the
| division of hospital work for the re-
| construction of the wounded so far
| incapacitated that they must be made
again not only in their dismantled
bodies, but in their way of living both
| for work and for enjoyment. The blind
must be taught to see with the sense
| of touch: to learn games for their re-
lief from a monotony that otherwise
| becomes more than they can bear
| In France, where in the emergency
people had to make the best of things
a. they came. the care of the disabled
fell upon relief societies and local
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-09

In the first ten months of unrestrict-
ed sinkings German submarines. SO
says Edward n. Hurley. chairman Of
the United States Shipping Board, have
destroyed greater tonnage than any
nation has ever built in year. They
have sent to the bottom in this time
900 ships OF 100000 tons lightweight.
The ship construction record of Great
Britain for one year. 1913, was $685.
299; that of Japan for 1916 was 19e,993.
According to Chairman Hurley, if the
program Is not held up. the United
States in 1918 will turn out more than
100000 tons: but no one of authority
has asserted that British. French. Nor
wegian. Italian or Dutch yards are
turning out tonnage as fast as the sub
marines are sending it down.
Without definite knowledge on the
point 1t may be safely assumed that the
Teutons are producing submarines at
rate to correspond with the promised
development of the new mercantile
shipping: and hence the logical infer
ence is that unless the general increase
of tonnage is overwhelming, or some
way found of sitting their activities.
the submarines will keep up their rate
of destruction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-09

A meatless and wheatless menu was
served last night at the annual dinner
of the Indiana Society of Chicago.