Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-09
PUTNAM

offices.
 Three cars of overseas soldiers, members of the 69th division, passed 1 through this city Saturday morning | en route from Newport News, Va, to Camp Devens. where they will be mus tered out They had been overseas several months. but not in action. All were New England boys.
 Two Trade school teams of this city lost in their games at basketball 1 with teams of Killingly High school, the games played in the town hall at Danielson.
 Saturday morning was the coldest of the season in Putnam, with the Temperature standing at 12 degrees above zero. The afternoon brought much warmer weather
 Several Putnam parties were in Providence Saturday to see the spec tacular production of Gnu Chin Chow at the Schubert Majestic theatre.
 Mrs August Blanchette has been spending a few days with relatives in Lowell.
 Putnam merchants are considering requesting the Shore Line Electric Railway company for more adequate trolley service during the shopping season.
 The first degree was conferred upon class of candidates of Cargil1 coun- Gil, K of C., at their rooms here on Sunday The third degree, it is ex- pected, will be conferred on New Years.
 Miss Sadie Boyle and Miss Margaret Cullen, Providence, spent the week end with Reuben Naples and family of Grand View.
 Arthur Pepin, who recently disposed II engaged again in business for him. self.
 pr. and Mrs. J. B. Kent are leaving Tuesday for Atlantic City, where they will remain until just before Christ mas, which they will spend with Mrs. | James M. Kent and children in New York
 The coming of snow storms has re- duced automobile traffic by more than half in this city, as many owners 1 have stored their machines until spring arrives
 Rev. James B. King of Hopkinton, | Mass, preached at the service at the Congregational church Sunday morn | ing. Rev. MT. King formerly was pastor of the Congregational church at Eastford
 The E. A. degree is to be conferred | l Quinebaug lodge, A. F. and A M, at 1 Masonic temple.
 The annual cradle roll was held at l the Second Congregational church 1 Saturday afternoon.
 Town Clerk David Flagg continues i to give attention to the compiling of an authentic record of Putnam boys 1 who served in the army or navy dur 1 ing the war now drawing to a close. Mir. Flagg said Saturday that he has more than 250 names. Assistance, by making certain lists available, has | been given him by the local board in completing his record which will be | of real historic value. Mir. F1agg has I given much thought and time to the l tedious work of compiling the record, and thereby has performed a patriotic service, in preserving for the future
 a record of the men who have done so 1 much to make Putnam prominent in l Connecticut's contributions of men for
 the service.
 Railroad officials here would like to
 know the identity of the man who
 nearly sacrificed his life Friday fore
 noon, when he opened one of the gates in the fence between tracks at the | railroad station and lodged across
 track No. on-a short cut to get a
 train about to leave on track No. 2 for Boston. His crossing through the
 gate was just ahead of an incomine
 train from Boston, and the locomotive l of this speeding train ripped off the
 gate, observers of the incident in the
 switch tower believing for the time being that the man had lost his. life
 in an enleavor 'to save a few steps,
 He got away unharmed. however, anG
 is believed to have climbed aboard
 the Boston-bound train, ready to leave at that time
 The engagement of Miss Alice Ed.
 son, granddaughter of MT and Mrs
 Charles A. Wilcox of Putnam Heights, to Randolph L. Joslin O Putnam has been announced. MT Joslin is employed as a plumber il
 this city.
 At Fridays meeting the following
 report was made;
 The Farmers association has assist f ed in the organization of rather ;
 unique cooperative association in tn
 town of Plainfield. A dozen farmer , got together and agreed to put il
 capital covering the purchase of corn husker, and also to assist eacl other in corn husking. The plan ha , worked out very satisfactorily so fal The farmer using the machine pay
 three cents per bushel for it's use am
 also pays the going wage for labo
 which his neighbors furnish. In con Q sideration of the amount of work thi n machine has done and the labor situa
 tion at the present time, it has prove n a valuable asset to the farming i n this town. There is also good pos 1 sibility of the association developin
 into something broader which woul
 take care of buying and selling.
 The county agent has furnishe = various reports for the government : also headed up the threshers' report for the county. These are not all i = at the present time, but in an are ?, which as a rcle grows a small amour it of small grains one man reports ths ,ti he has threshed ten thousand bushel l Telephone calls in connection wit A our work have been 1 51S at the office r and it is safe to say that an eau: II number of inquiries have been take I- care of by the county agents hous = telephone.
 ,4 The association has taken consider if able interest in the cost of milk pro
 duction question, and committt IA composed of Henry Dorrance, chail r man, L. H. Healey, secretary of tf I. | olootS UOdAl O1 cSlICutLuI N. ID. 1O11lt = roy, president of the Connectic, = Dairymen's association. w A. Rhe ,1 extension dairyman at the Connecticr sr Agricultural college, Spencer ]
 Childs and B. w. Ellis, was appointe ar The object of this committee was l. draw up a system of getting at u n cost of milk production which cou ,- be made uniform for the county. ar copy of the system as adopted is a
 tached It would be well to say he 1e also that the general form of this co CT sheet was adopted by a committee
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