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Putnam patriot., 1917-06-01

Seward Lowe, formerly of Putnam,
was a visitor here Wednesday,
q Stanley shaw WIS in Worcester
Wednesday.
John o. Buen, Fishers Island, was
at The home Of mis- parents, Hammond
street, over the holiday.
Miss Addie Tucker, Bellvue avenue,
has been visiting In Abingdon aud
Pomfret, aud is now in Worcester.
Mrs. = Diamond and children,
Minnie, Maurice and Robert, moiofed
10 Boston Decoration day.
Miss Minnie Diamond was in New
York York Thursday aud Friday of
last week,
H. T. Levitt of New London WINS
avisilor here among relatives Wed
nesday.
Miss Lillian, and Marion Warren
passed Sunday in Worcester with Mrs.
George Il. Perry, formerly Of Putnam
Martin Griffin of Boston spent the
holiday with his mother and sisters,
Pomfret street.
Herbert sSmith, School street, has
gone to Swampseott, Mass, to train in
an aviation school.
Leo Daigle, a weaver in the Water
man Worsted Company's mill, lost
two fingers of his right hand while
cleaning his loom while it was in
motion, last Tuesday.
The Champeau Company store has
secured the services of Mrs. NJ, G.Piek-
ard, an experienced saleslady who
speaks English and Polish, who will
look after the interests of the Polish
customers.
@ DR.. flames Manning Kent, of New
York, son of DR.. and Mis-. }. Dryden
Kent of this city, has been called to re-
port at Fort Benjamin Harrison, In
diana, and will leave Tuesday.
Putnam Aerie of Eagles conferred
the degree upon Class of thirty-tve
candidates in their hall last Thursday
evening. There was music, whist.
| ling solo and a drill by the e, A {.
guard. James 0harron, president,pre
sided.
No appropriation was made by the
common council for traffic policeman
ut Bugbee corner this summer and IL is
assumed that the silent policeman will
do traffic duty alone at this congested
corner.
The whole fire department was cal
LED out this Friday just before noon
for fire at the home of Timothe
Tetreault, Cleveland street. The fire
was put out with little damage result
ing. The alarm came in from box 30
which was recently installed.
Frank Ill. Cordier spent Memorial
day in New London and called on
George NJ. Fine and family in their
new home on Montauek avenue. Mr.
Fine, formerly proprietor of the Brad
ley theatre in Putnam is now running
the Empire theatre on Bank street in
New London.
Putnam patriot., 1917-06-01
Memorial Sunday at Woodstock

Al the Sunday morning service the
church was Appropriately decorated
and the choir singing WIS much en-
j0yed After the m"rning service the
ruin made il necessary that the Vet
Grams day service intended TO be out
doors, should be held in the church.
After which flowers were carried TO
the cemetery by the children. In the
evening An unusually interesting stere-
optican lecture by Dir. Patton, des-
cribing and illustrating trip across
Africa, was read by Herbert Nelson.
Miss DeHud, home missionary in
Idaho, who spoke in North Woodstock
Monday was guest of Mrs. Harrison
while in town.
The Harrison family are guests of
friends at Mt. Holyoke this week.
Next Sunday in Mr.. Harrison's alb
sence, Mr., Miner who is working In
town will tell of the work Of the Con n
ecticut Bible Society.
Invitations are out for the family
wedding in Providence of Miss Dorothy
Bannister and Mr.. Nichols.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Bracken were
in town Sunday.
MIS-. Percy Mcclellan and five chill
oren from Andover, were at Miss Nc
Cieilan's recently.
Mr.. and Mrs Rollins attended fu-
neral in Providence Thursday.
Walter Lindeman was home over
Sunday and his mother and aunt re-
turned with him for the day.
Gardner Richardson has returned TO
America after two and a half years
abroad He has been engaged in re-
lief work, much OF The time associated
with Mr.. Hoover. He has been in
Woodstock recently and is now in
Washington.
Harry Child molored To Woodstock
FROM Everett Memorial Day. Il L..
Child was also bone.
Mrs Bingham spent Sunday in
Woodstock.
f. FL. Lyon visited his mother and
brother last week.
Mrs. Dr.. Palmer and daughter Of
Providence, and Frank Palmer and
wife of Worcester were in town Memo
rial Day.
Miss AIeta Prescott WAS bridesmaid
at friends wedding in East Orange,
n. j., last Saturday, and next Satur-
day she will attend wedding in Law
renee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hall left Tuesday for
Bridge port 10 attend their soR's wed.
ding.
Mrs. Bessie Carr Gros Jean and sons
are ia Woodstock for few weeks.
Putnam patriot., 1917-06-01

At the meeting of the grange next
Tuesday evening, The lecturers hour
will be in charge of theWoman 'sChris-
tian Temperance Union.
Visitors in town on Decoration Day
were: John r. Dexter and wife of
Everett, with Mrs. c. l.. Knight; John
Mills of Boston with his brother, Ar.
thur Mills; Charles A. Dexter and
wife, Mrs. stephen j :. Dexter, and Hor
ace A. Reach, of Valley Falls, callers
on Mrs. James Ryan; flames Cranska
of Manehaug, with his sisters, Misses
Helen and Caroline Cranska; Mr.. and
Mrs. e. A. Russell and Mr.. Lemon at
Hillcrest.
The old large flag owned by the rep
resentatives Of the Republican party,
purchased in the Garfield and Arthur
campaign took the place of the new
one on the flag pole Decoration Day.
The setting out of the ounce orchard
on the DIR. Miller property is nearly
done. The holes were blasted with
dynamite.
G. l.. Gerould leaves Saturday for
Norwalk, where he will manage a
hotel
;. Nj. Ioweree was visitor with his
father few days this week.
Report of school in Paine district of
Thompson for May; the following were
perfect in attendance for the month:
Judith Ask Sigrid johnson
Howard Foskett Oscar j Johnson
Harold Foskett Eric Norman
Arthur Hunter Henry Norman
Wilbur Hunter George Rosene
Harold Hunter Pauline Strand
The percent of attendance was 94.15
Flora b. Alton, teacher
Putnam patriot., 1917-06-01

Deans Rheumatic Pills for Rheu.
matism and Neuralgia. Entirely veg
etable. Safe. adv
Putnam patriot., 1917-06-01
Attawaugan News

A number OF men went to Danielson
Tuesday evening 10 join the Home
Guard.
In spite of Sunday afternoons rain
seve al people from this village attend
ed the patriotic exercises in Columbia
hall, Dayville, and many more went
on Wednesday TO witness the parade
at Danielson.
The new club room put up by the
Attawsugan Company is greatly up.
preciated by the village folks. The
men can be found In goodly numbers
every evening, save Wednesday, when
The women enjoy their night In games
and chat.
Putnam patriot., 1917-06-01
Advent Christian Church

Sunday services. Morning service
at 1890. Sunday school noon. Young
Peoples service at 6:15. Evening ser
vice at I.
Prayer meeting Thursday evening at
730.
Rev. G. Fl. stones subject for sun
day morning will be "a Three-fold
Proposition to YOU"
In the evening "W With Jesus IN
the Fl Dme.n
Putnam patriot., 1917-06-01
Woodstock Academy Notes

The program for the last rhetorical
exercises presented NJ any Of the poeti
cal greetings of the poets to their
friends. 1t was as follows:
ongfellow-Heroes of Elm wood
Anna Chilkott
Naturalization
Frank Harrington
Lowell-To II. w. l.. Vera j Jackson
Lowell-To Holmes Louise Lindeman
Lowett-To Whittier Ethel Lowe
Whittier-The Poet and the Children
Roland Lowe
Whittier-Our Autoerat BeEthaNyers
Whittier-Lowell Ethel Lowe
Whittier-W Welcome TO Lowell
Gaien Pike
Holmes Whittier Hobart Sanger
Holmes-To Longfellow Mary Wilcox
Mr.. Hall visited the Academy FRI
day.
The next and the last rhetoricals
will be essays from the Senior class.
The first year pupils are ,reading
Talisman now.
The Seniors were unable to secure
the lecturer on Japan.
The library is open now twice
week.
Putnam patriot., 1917-06-01
BaIIOuYiIIe Happenings

Last Saturday afternoon Mrs. s. A.
Caffrey, uperintendent of the Junior
League, gave a pleasing Mayday
party on the grounds of the village
athletic club. The children danced
about the Maypole, singing patriotic
songs and winding paper steamers Of
pink, blue and yellow ABOUT The pole.
Some fifteen children TOOK pact.
The Baliouvilie nine and the nine Of
the aanhHsset mill at Putnam had
the first game of the season Saturday,
the latter defeating the former by the
score Of s TO l.
Putnam patriot., 1917-06-01
MARRIAGES

In Putnam, May %, by Rev. G. j.
Hartman, Lewis Z Champlin and
Ethel Kent White.
In Putnam, May 2s, by Rev. Adrian
Dykeman, Napoleon Robitaille and
Anna Latour.
In Putnam, May 2s, by Rev G. f.
Bedard, Lionel Chauvain and Rose
LaRose.
In Thompson, May %, by Rev. 5.
Wolcolt Linsley, Harry @. tesher OF
Webster and Miss Nellie Rich OF
Thompson.
Putnam patriot., 1917-06-01
Wants Post Office Quarters Enlarged

Postmaster Alexander iGilman Is in
communication with the post office de.
partment at Washington relative TO
having the floor space at the local or
flee increased to relieve the eramped
condition under which heIis laborine
Mr.. Gilman says that the condition
is so crowded that efficient work can
not be performed. At least 1000 feet
of floor space is needed and at present
there is but 1850
Mr.. Gilman has drawn plans show.
ing the crowded quarters and he Will
send them to Washington and point
out how relief can be had.
He believes that this can be reme-
died by adding to the present location,
the stores now adjoining and occupied
by Tizotte's barber shop, Cor adding
the store occupied by <. t. Tucker.
The first will give $40 additional square
feet and the latter 1890.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Maryotte motor.
ed to East Providence for Memorial
day, and with them were Mr.. and
Mrs. William Warren, OaksHi
John O'Brien, Hammond street, who
has been severely i'll with double bron-
chilis, was able to be out Of doors for
the first time Thursday.
Putnam patriot., 1917-06-01
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DEATHS

In Putnam, May q, Calvin Arnold,
aged "a years.
In East Killingly, May 18th, Albert
W. Greenslit, aged 80 years.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1917-07-06
The Red Cross At Curtis Chapel

No finer spirit of loyalty to oui
nation in its time of stress has
ever been shown in this county
than was manifested last Sunday
afternoon at a meeting held oil
Curtis Chapel under the general
direction of Miss Jerome Sage,
representing the extension work
of Oktikbbsha Chapter of the Red
Cross at Starkville.
Brief devotional services were
conducted by Rev. r l.. Ellis,
of Mayhem, after which forceful
and telling speeches were deliver,
ed by DR.. B M. Walker and Hon,
3. L. Bell. Miss Sage then out.
lued tue plans and methods OF
Red Cross work. An Auxiliary
was organized with 10 paid up
members, the following officers
being elected; Miss Sammie
Thompson, Chairman, Miss Bessie
Speed, Vice Chairman, Herman
Bankenship, Secretary, and Trea,
sure. Practically every family in
the vicinity was represented in
in the membership. If there is 6
|slacker' III the Blue Thomp
son neighborhood he was not il
evidence on this occasion.
Curtis Chapel is about a mile
south east of Hickory Grove, where
an enthusiastic Red Cross Aux
iliarv, OF which Mrs. Foster Camp.
bell is chairman, was organized
by Fiss Sage Sunday before last.
1t now has a membership of 21
Should the Hickory Grove ano
Curtis Chapel organization be
combined they would be the banner
Fed Cross Auxiliary of Oktibbehs
County.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1917-07-06
Odd Fellows and Robekah's Install
Officers.

A very pleasant affair took place
at the Odd Fellows hall Thusday
evening when the officers elect of
Ridgely Lodge No, % | o o F
and of Ridgely Rebekah Lodge
No, 3S were installed. Several
instrumental solos on the piano by
Mrs. Kitty Bush and Mrs. Will
E. Ward, a vocal solo by Mrs. E
M, Ranch and a recitation by
Master Jesse Buntin constituted
the program, and ice cream and
cake was served as refreshments.
l'he officer were installed by
p s; Grand VIM Ward, acting
ID, putty Grand Master, and H, Il.
Skies, acting Deputy Grand Mar
shsl,
j. R. Nickels was installed as
Noble Grand of the Odd Fellows
and j. A. Mckee as Vice Grand.
Mrs. Edgar Buntin as Noble Grand
of the Rebekahs and Mrs. Maggie
Miller as Vice Grand. The ap-
pointivs officers of Iboth Lodges
were also Obligated and inducted
into office.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1917-07-06

Prominent ministers of the state
in attendance upon the Ministers
Vacation Conference which has
been in session at the A. & M.
College for the past ten days were
DR.. W. II. Grafton, Of Union
Church, DR.. j. b. Lawrence, OF
jackson, Rev. j. R. Countiss, OF
Grenada, and Rev. j. L. Phelps,
of West Point Each Of these
ministers haye delivered splendid
addresses before the N emaI School
Much good has been derived ( Oh
this vacation conference; two ses.
sions each day have been held in
which the ministers have had un,
usual opportunities for discussing
and studying the vital community
paoblems that touch both preachers
aud teachers,
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1917-07-06

| tlsm. Sixteen little boys and girls
of the Campus. white clad with
sashes of red, white, aud blue
took part in au intricate flag drill
Ten young ladies Of the summer
school, with powdered coiffures
and beautiful costumes of "ye
olden times,' very gracefully ex-
ecuted the Virginia Reel. e" THE
Garden of My Heart" solo by Miss
Mabry, vocal teacher of the sum.
mer school, showed her beautiful
soprano voice to good advantage,
and was much enjoyed by the au-
dience. John Herbert and Evelyn
Carpenter sang patriotic songs we'll
suited to their juvenile talents,
Mrs. Coulter and Miss Reed, stu.
dents in the summer school, each
added to the interest of the
program with talented readings.
Near the close of the evenings
entertainment Prof. Rumble an
nounced the winners of the numer-
Gus contests that had place earlier
in the day, and in his most happy
vein delivered the prizes.
A distinct artistic success was
the musical tableau representing
The Allies which constituted
the closing number Of the program
Eight young ladies in couples i'm,
Epsrso onated England, France, Italy
aud Russia, each couple entering
to the strains of the national air ol
the country represented. After
the Allies were grouped, a squad
Of Uncle Sans regulars im-
personated by visiting patrol oI
Winston Cnu-t, bo, scouts, anC
two students representing the tw,
branches of the service, the arm,
aud the navy. took their places il
the bu, kground. Then the patriot
tism of the audience was deeply
stirred as Miss Mary Olive Jen
nings of the Campus, stately ant
beautiful, Columbia" came upol
the scene, bearing that starspang:
-. led flag which now ihsans SO much
;otas.. democrauies !s Ct the world
Coming last aud attendant upul
"Columbla' was dear little Rec
Cross nurse in The person OF Els
telle Foreman, little daughter Of
Capt. aud Mrs. A. W. Foreman
of the Campus. The complate(
picture was very beautiful and IN
spring, and constituted most tit
ting end to a Fourth OF July holi
day replele with pleasure and pa
triotisln.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1917-07-06

Perkins, Miss Alice Perkins, Mrs
M d Broadfoot, Miss Fannie Dell
Eckford.
Purchasing Commitiee-Miss
Mildred Barr, Chairman, Mrs John
Stiliman, d L Slaughter, Mr. B
Blumeufeld, Mrs w w Scales Jr
Committee on Civilian Relief
DR. B M Walker, Chairman
Subcommittee; Foreign War
Relief Non Combatant. DIR j Q
Robert, Chairman, f j Gray, l.
B Camp.
Relief of Dependent Families
E l. Hogan, Chairman, A M Max-
well, R c Bridges.
Town and County Nursing-Dr
j W Eckfori, Chairman, DR. q l.
Scales, DR. L M Ranck.
Distribution Of Relief Supplies
w Fl Sudduth, Chairman, Writ
Carpenter, Raymond Goodman.
Disaster Relief, Domestic aud For
eign--G 81 Brunson, Chairman,
7 W Davis, g d Hartness.
Rehabilitation of Discharged
Soldiers and Sailors-F j Waddell
Chairman, Mrs | D Sessums, Mrs
n : Chiffon.
Committee on Headquarters--
Mrs r j Gray, Chairman, Mr.
George Turner, Mr. John Stillman
Mrs Ames Saunders, Miss Annie
Montgomery, Mrs N w Pulier Jr,
Miss Louise Saunders, Mr. Baker
Harrington.
Con- mittee on Enlistment--Mrs
j J Gill, Chairman, Mrs II l.
Scales, Mr. John Stillman, Mrs W
H Smith, Mrs Carl Leake. Miss
Mary Olive Jennings, Mrs Jodie
Beverly, Mrs j W Eckford, Mrs
Fl A Kleban, Mrs Geo Mc1ngvale,
Mr. M K Fulgham, Mr. T g James.
Committee on Extension-W w
Magruder Sr, Chairman, + l. Wier
r & Bridges, Miss Jerome Sage,
Miss Mena Blumenfeld.
Committee ON Cooperation
Mrs I W Woodward Sr, Chairman
Mrs d 4 Slaughter, Mrs w A
Ames, Mrs Boyd Smith, Mrs f L
Hogan, Mrs H R Weston, Miss
Fannie Kennard, Miss Mena
Blumenfeld, Miss Susie B Powe |.
Committee on Cooperation,
Con'td--Mrs W j Jennings, Mrs
j y Wallace, Miss Emily Gay,
Mrs ] A Glenn, Mrs FL d Oakley,
Mis- Annie Dele Perkins, Mrs H
II Reynolds, j V Bowen Mrs
Edgar Buntin, Mrs | Freeman,
Mrs + Weddell.
Committer Oh Entertainment
Mrs Eyie Nash Hand, Chairman,
Mrs W H Smith, Miss Jerome
Sage, Mrs Allie Rives Woodward,
Mrs Will Hartness, Carl Leake,
Mrs Carl Leske, Mr. ] L Caldwell,
Mrs A j Foster.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1917-07-06

The many friends of Circuit
Clerk M. II. Fulgham will regret
to learn that he is sick at Shinb
Springs He went up to that
health resort for q week. vacation
thinking that he would improve
but at last reports he was not
doing well. 4
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1917-07-06

Mrs. w. F. Hand has returned
from Washington, where she has
been visiting her aunt Mrs. Anna
Hudson for tho past month,
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1917-07-06

DR., Bourhand, of the depart
ment or Education at Washington
delivered a service of very inter.
esting and IN instructive lectures
on the developement of community
life iin Europe, at the summer
school last weak
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1917-07-06

Hon. John H Wellborn who Is
In Meridian and has just been op.
Grated on for appendicitis is doing
we'll soon return home.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1917-07-06

Miss Leon Gunter from Col.
umbus is visiting her sister Mrs'
r. =. Wilson on the campus.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1917-07-06

MIR. O. Lincicum, Mayor Bridges,
j. A. Mckee, and Emo Dayis
motored over to West Point on
the Fourth and sujoysd q barbecue.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1917-07-06

Mrs. Rhodes and daughter, Miss
Elizabeth, of Tulsa, Oklahoma,
and Miss Augusta Mcknight, OF
Meridian, Miss, are the guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs, David Castles,
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1917-07-06

They say Billie Sunday has
converted a coal specu4ator. If
this is true Billy should have a
star In his crown,
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1917-07-06

Mr.. and Mrs r. P. Gains have
returned from a delightful pleasant
trip tc Washington, New York and
Richmond,
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1917-07-06
NORMALITES CELEBRATE THE FOURTH
ON The A. & M. COLLEGE CAMPUS
Fine Entertainment of Games Patriotic Music and
Addresses. Fine Dinner Served to
all Present.

The five hundred members of
the A. & M. College Summer School
enjoyed a most GLORIOUS Fourth"
and the memory of it will linger
long will all those who had the
pleasure of particibatsng in the
various celebrations that marked
the day. The round of the students
activities begins at six thirty US
ually with the bugle suunding
reveille, but on this auspicious
morning the bugle call was replace
ed by the college bands playing
the national airs and other pat
iriotic selections. The unwonted-
music at the early hour was indeed
delightful, and wakened the sleep.
ing summer school toIexcited antic-
ipations of the many pleasures
which the day held in store for
them.
Immediately after breakfast the
athletic field was the scene of in.
terest, where took place spirited
contests in running, jumping,
pole-valuting, disc-throwing, and
other similar stunts, the boys OF
the summer school on the one side
against the resident post graduate
students on the other.
After this event the next attrac-
tions were staged in the.bea utiful
grove beyond the beef cattle barn.
Under the competent management
of a committee headed by Prof.
John Rumble, number OF very
amusing contests took place. A
tug Of war, bachelors against mar
ried men, was very narrowly won
by the bachelors. Barrel and
sack races we're: ::run bv the small
boys of the Caigntls -tpurh to The
amusement of'asS Ak egg race,
run by six youhg faafess and walk
ing races for both fnen and: <wo>
men, added their share to the fun
and interest of the occasion, De-
cidedly the most amusing pfaA the
stunts was Il hog calling contest
entered by ten lusty-lunged FARM
er boys" who woke the echoes
with voices all trained in this par.
ticular branch of vocalism, De
serving of special mention was the
flag relay race participated in by
three teams of five girls each from
the counties of Holmes, Winston,
and Oktibbeha, in which the team
from our own county was the win
ner.
After these interesting contests
q most delightful and bountiful
dinuer, provided by the Mess Hall
management and supplemented by
many dainty basket luncheons con-
tributed by the Campus ladies'
was served. When all the tables
were in readiness the eager crowd
was called to attention and q rev
erent blessing of God upon this
outdoor feast was invoked by Dr.
n. w Grafton, of Union Church
Miss. This was the signal for ev.
cry one to fall to-" and fried
;.chicken, sandwiches, homemade
cake, and many other good things
disappeared as il by magic
Following the we'll tried plan OF
saving the best for the last, the
social committee, having al
these pleasures In charge, re-
served until after supper the splen'
did entertainment that took place
In the Chapel. Prof. Leake''
we'll trained orchestra presented
the opening number, a medley OF
patriotic airs, after which th'
large audience joined in singins
America Prof. Melton thef
gave q tsp.minnte talk on pstrlo'