Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-17
DANIELS0N AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

Ovid Hickey Undersoes Operation for Removal of BuIIet-Windham House Fund Rsaehes $16,00o-Liberty Loan l Subscriptions Climb to $11a,o0o- | Hiah School lnterests-Seetion oi l Coming Corn Show to be Devoted to Home Economies.
 ! Ovid Hickey, the handsome bellboy who was shot two weeks ago today | at Providence by woman whose love he declined to reciprocate, has under gone an operation at the Rhode Island 1 hospital and it was said here Tuesday afternoon that his chances for recov- l cry are now considered good. The operation was for the removal of the bullet. which there had been much l difficulty in locating, and it was sue cessfu1ly performed. Hickey formerly , made his home in this city.
 Poultry cuIIine Demonstrations. County Agent Benjamin F. Ellis an- nounced Tuesday that the following poultry culling demonstrations have been arranged for this week under the auspices of the windham County Farmers association: Friday at 10 a. m., at the farm of Mrs. T. L. Allison, Canterbury; Friday at D. m. at Fred Hicks farm, Canterbury: Saturday at 10 a. m. at Frank Bacon's farm. in Killingly, near Cotton's~ bridge; Sat urday at T. W. Cartright's farm, Hampton. Roy E. Jones. Storrs col lege, Is to preside as exemption board and win pass upon the stacker hens. Windham House Fund Now $16,061 The following are the newly elected officers of the Wfndham House asso- c1ation, which is raising a fund to erect a dormitory at Connecticut col lege: President. Mrs. Rienzi Robin
 Mrs. Charles E. Searls. Thompson;
 second vice president. Mrs. J. B. Kent,
 Putnam: third vice president, Mrs. John MiIner. Moosup; secretary treas
 urer, Miss Rosamond Danielson, Put nam. The town committee chairmen
 are the same as for last year. The amount of the fund at the present time is announced as being $16,061.
 Shield to Show Where Rules Are Kept
 There is to be meeting here Fri
 day of the Home Economics commit
 tee to work out plans for canvassing Putnam, house to house, for pledges to observe the governments food con servatiOn rules. It was stated Tues day afternoon that the ambition of the committee is to secure pledges to ob-
 serve the rules from at least 75 per cent. of the housewives of the city.
 At every home where the rules are be-
 ing observed a shield, surrounded by
 sheaves of wheat will be displayed
 The campaign is to close November A.
 Miss Rosamond Danielson is interest ed in forwarding the work of this committee.
 Liberty Loan clock Marks $11s,ooo.
 The hands on the Liberty loan clock
 in the window at the store of George
 D. Shaw will show today subscriptions
 in the Putnam district of SIS, 900 to
 date, 1t was stated by MT. Shaw. on
 Tuesday afternoon. The hands of this clock will be moved forward from day
 to day as the people of this district pile in their subscriptions for the loan. and it is hoped that they will be show ing at least $411 ,000, the minimum ex- pected here. before the end of the campaign.
 A. o. n. to Attend County Reunion.
 It was stated. here Tuesday after noon that a delegation of members of Division No. 1, A. O. H., will assem- ble here next Sunday morning at S3O o'clock, meeting at Bugbee's corner and will go to Willimantic for the re- union of members of the organization from different towns in the county. Sore Arm Week for Camp Devens Men
 Letters from Putnam boys who are at Camp DeVens. indicate that they are now well started on their training period and that they are getting daily drills and bayonet exercises. Not all of the men have as yet been equipped with uniforms. but they will be issked, 1t Is stated. within a few days. It is indicated that there may be a few dis charges of men from this district on account of physical deficiency but not many. Many of the men from this city and surrounding towns have been vaccinated and inocu1ated against ty- phoid fever and these are 'enjoying'' sore arms.
 There are recurring reports that some