Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-08-10

PUTNAM NEWS


isaac Champeau IS among the
buyers in New York.
DR.. William Safetzki motofed 10
Hudson, y Y over the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph McKaehnie
are visiting in Norwood, Il. /.
George Blythe and family are at
Gales Ferry.
Major A. ID. Mcintyre and family
are ut Pine Grove, Mantle
Irving Davis Of the Connecticut Ag-
iicultural College, 5torfs, was IL the
city Monday
Miss Constance Russell, daughter Of
Judge and Mrs. f. +. Russell, Grove
street, is To enter Nassar this fall.
Misses Marion and Eleanor Carpen-
ter are the guests Of the family of Har-
fison q. Fay at Winsted-
Joseph Lucier and wife, Green
street, spent Sunday al Rocky Point,
r. L.
The Ballard family reunion will be
held in Nichols grove, West Thomp
son, Wednesday, August l5th.
John b. Byrne, state bank examiner,
j. IN Chicago attending the National
convention of the X Of G.
Misses Elizabeth and Louise Hall
Of New Haven are guests Of Reuben
Naples and wife, Grand View.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. J Daniels have
gone TO their summer home at Gambia,
Nh.
Henry Merriam of Boston is the
guest Of his brother, bucius 7. Merri-
am, South Main street.
Miss Florence Tourtellotte, Of the
Ghampeau store, is having her va
cation. Cyrill Remillafd has return
ed from Sound View.
Mrs Del Tibbetts and daughter,
Mae of Newport, Vt, formerly OF Put
nam, have been visiting relatives in
the city.
ovid st. Onge has resigned rs book.
keeper for Whipple " Gilpatric and
accepted a position in the office at the
freight depot
In the absence of Captain of Police
Joseph Ryan, who was out of town
Wednesday afternoon Officer Rosario
Mayotte was on duty.
Miss Minnie kenafy, bookkeeper
for w. f. Rafferty, and Miss elsie
Rouse, boodkeeper At the Tatem
handle factory, are having their va
cations.
Dr. Lee Seward, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. +. w. Seward and graduate of
the Putnam High school, is expected
to come on from California for u visit
with his parents.
The Hampton silk mill has been
shut down this week. Samuel Rich,
who is at the head of the mill, has
been spending his vacation at Quono-
contaug.
Miss Marion Warren and Miss Edith
Bowen Of Putnam and Miss Ruth
Austin of North Grosvenordale, are
spending two weeks at Pfovinceiown,
Cape Cod.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Blackford and
daughter of Newark, y. j., are the
guests of Mrs, Blaekfofd's mother,
Mrs. II. Monroe Randall, South Main
street.
Kenneth c. Ballard, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Newton a. Ballard, graduate of
the Putnam High sehool, class Of 1916,
is To enter Clark college, Worcester
this fail, This year he look post
graduate course at the High school.
Twenty seven candidates, the largest
class that ever appeared at one time,
were given the first degree by Curgill
Council, *. of { last sunday after
noon.
states Attorney and Mrs. Charles f.
Senrls, who have been in Great Bar
rington, Mass, for the past several
weeks, have left there and are now at
Lindenhurst Inn, Norwalk. They are
expected home in about ten days.
Lester Winslow of Putnam, who has
been messenger at the Western Union
telegraph office, went to Mantle AS OPP
orator at the soldiers camp. lie has
now been transferred 10 the general Of
flee of the division at New London
The local hotels observing mo
" hite Bread week are experiencing
no difficulties. Occasionally there is
call for the lighter colored variety
but when the matter is explained the
guest cheerfully accepts the rye, gra.
ham OF brown bread,
Thoughtfulness on the part of the
employer was evidenced during the
hot wave VIXEN the operators at the
telephone exchange worked with the
thermometer orowding Ter degrees.
Each day ice cream was served by the
management which was much appfe-
cialed by the employees.
Dr Edward f. Perry OF Putnam,
Who made application 10 enlist in the
Medical Reserve Corps, and who pas
ed the medical and physioa eNami
lation at Hartford, has received word
hat the board OF examiners for the
state OF Connecticut has recommended
him to the surgeon general Tor COM