Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-10
PUTNAM

Navy Recruiting Farty coming oday
 Legal Advisory Board Organizes Congregational Church Day Com
 nittee Named-AutomobiIe Inspee- tor Investigates Law Violations War Rallies Arranged For County Towns-Junior chautauqua Prize For High School.
 Alfred Brunelle. Battey street, is to enlist this week in the navy. Charles F. Donohue. 13 Lee street, and Joseph C. Houghton, Thompson, have enlisted in the aviation signal corps, and are at Fort Slocus, N. Y. gational church Sunday in memory of Henry Wheaton
 One Above Zero.
 A temperature of one above zero | a new cold record for the winter, was reported here Saturday morning. Navy Recruiting Party. A navy recruiting party will arrive 1 here today and will be at the rooms of | the Chamber of Commerce throughout the week. Men who enlist here will be added to Connecticut's quota in the | war.
 Rafferty Automobile Damaged. 1 An automobile owned by William F.. Raffertg was somewhat damaged Sat | urday morning while it was standing in Pomfret street near MT. Rafferty's place of business, an auto-truck owned | by a Providence bakery company starting of it's own accord from across 1 the street and crashing into it l To Be Collected After Holidays. 1 An announcement from Camp Devens printed Saturday, indicates that this districts final IS per cent. of the draft 1 quota will not be called into service until after the holidays, but will prob ably go to camp during January. ! foI faf D01 | route from New York to Halifax ran
 through this city Saturday during the very early hours of the morning. | Legal Board Organizes.
 The legal advisory board for this district has organized with Judge E. NJ. Warner of this city chairman and
 Judge Sabin s, Russell, of Danielson attorneys of the towns of Putnam and killingly to unite with it in serving the government in the draft work.
 war ralS to be heid in m the 6 sPSa to@n
 hall in Danielson Thursday evening of
 this week.
 Judge L. 1T. Fuller presided at a
 session of the city court Saturday morning, when one case-intoxication f-came up for consideration.
 , Reaistrants Must Fill Out Forms.
 Rcgistrants who receive the ques-
 tionnaire forms that are to be sent out in this district within the next
 few days will be required to fill then
 out and return them to the local board
 within seven days after receiving
 them. In accordance with law, the
 names of registrants who make no re-
 turns will be handed to the police. II Church Day Committee.
 F. }. Daniels. F. W. Seward. Mrs H. l.. Pease and Miss Mary Wheaton
 were elected a committee of, the Con gregational church to arrange for thu
 annual church day and Mrs. ". R
 history begun by Mrs. F. w. Barber who has removed from the city. Saving of Wheat Flour. Investigation has shown that the in
 structive work and lecture by Mis-
 Charlotte Enbleton, home economic
 director for this county. has resulted
 in a great saving of wheat flour il
 scores of homes in towns hereahout !. and that corn meal has come int much wider use.
 Married Members to Furnish Grana
 Programme.
 The married members of Putnam grange are tostfurnish the entertain
 ment at this evenings meeting. Law Violations investigated. Automobile Inspector R. C. Youn, of Dauielson was in Putnam Satur | | to do with reported violations of tn automobile laws.
 A special troop train from Caml l Devens ran through this city Saturday conveying men to their homes in town l in western parts of the state. Magazines to Go to France. At the high school q committee o , boys has been organized to collect olC |. magazines to be forwarded to soldier in France Notification at the schoo that maga zines are available will brin; :, the collectors to homes iE the city. II Last Gall For Volunteering! } This is the final week which regis j trants have of volunteering their ser vice to Uncle Sam for the duration O I the war. After next Saturday mel in the draft lists must await their turf . to he called. This is the reason wh! the rush to enlist will be greater il this vicinity this week than at any tim
 since the declaration of war. The ma w recruiting party that is in tow1 will have many visitors. Every da! last week there was a constant de
 nand from young men for certificate
 showing they have not been called il !: the draft, so that they could enlist il I army or navy. These young men hay s appreciated that they are certain t. ' be placed in No. class under the nev classification: and soon called so ar going in low to pick their own brancl [ of the service. This thinning out O the young unmarried men in this vi