Putnam patriot., 1918-09-20
THOMPSON TOWN TOPICS

Miss Beebe is visiting in New York.
Mrs. Paine has been i'll several days
this week.
Miss Rusher of New York is visit
ing with Miss Wiley.
Norman Ream and family are Wis
itors at Carolyn Hall.
Mrs. Leon Hill has been somewhat
indisposed the past week.
The Red Cross held all day meet
ings on Monday and Thursday.
Postmaster R. A Dunning spent
Sunday with friends in Webster
Miss Jones, the teacher of Brandy
Hill school, spent Sunday with Miss
Nellie Ryan.
DR.. and Mrs. Gardner Miller enter
tanned friends from Windsor Locks
over Sunday.
Mrs Marion Bixby of Brandy Hill
is spending few weeks with relatives
in Worcester.
James H Ryan, Jr., is attending
the ninth grade of school in North
Grosvenordale.
Mr.. and Mrs William Leake re
turned from their vacation in New
York on Sunday.
Miss Frances Elliott is in the hos
pital for appendicitis. She was OPP
Grated on Saturday.
Ellsworth Chandler of Montreal,
Can, was a weekend visitor with
his father, Hon. Randolph H. Chand-
Ter
George Law took party of friends
consisting of John Johnson, Thomas
Ryan and Frank Hall to Brooklyn on
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Russell
have closed their house at Hillcrest
and returned to their city home in
Providence.
Richard Peterson of Southbridge
spent the weekend with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Peterson, at
Brandy Hill.
Robert johnson motored with
party of friends on Saturday to
Plainfield and visited the historic
place called Squaw Rock,
George Foster, employed at the
store of E. S. Backus, injured his left
hand quite badly Wednesday, while
putting ice into the store refriger-
ator
The schools were out Wednesday
expecting the Woodstock Fair, but the
storm of that day caused a stay at
home of those who had intended to at
tend.
Otis Allen of Walpole, Mass, visit
ed with Mr. and Mrs. Amidon over
the weekend and few days this
week Mrs Amidon is a niece of Mr..
Allen.
Miss Mary Elliott is to attend the
boarding school in Westover, Conn,
going on Tuesday. Her sister Fran
ces, who is at the hospital will join
her at the school later.
Mr. and Mrs Lyman of the Hotel
Vernon Stiles closed up the hotel and
went out of town Friday. They are
to take a vacation and rest at Mrs.
Lyman's home in New Hampshire.
William Broughton has been off
cially informed that his son Lester
was killed in battle July 25. Lester
enlisted from Southbridge, where he
had been working the past five years.
Quiet indeed was last Sunday, as
through the village. Approximately
six would be the maximum and most
of these were used to take people to
church.
Raymond Bixby, who graduated
from the Tourtellotte High school in
June, has entered the employment of
the Union wire works in Worcester.
He is at present engaged IN the cler-
zeal department.
At the Democratic caucus, Marcus
ID. Elliott, the present member of the
board of selectmen, and Ira Munyan,
were nominated for selectmen, and
Rev. FIR Donnelly to succeed himself
on the school board
Rev w. H. Siye, director in Sun
day school work, will occupy the pull
pit of the Congregational church on
Sunday, both morning and evening.
At the Sunday school hour he will be
present and give special talk to the
workers in the school.
Thompson was well represented at
the Sturbridge fair last week. Fri
day being rainy many who had intend
ed to 90 on that day. it being what is
called the big day" were disappoint-
ed, but went on Saturday. A good
fair is the report they give.
A large truck loaded with lumber
bound for Worcester got stalled on
the road between Brandy Hill and
Thompson about midnight Saturday.
1t did not get away on its journey I'M
til o'clock Sunday morning. Rob
ert Johnson assisted them out of their
trouble.
1t was an unfortunate occurrence
that the service flag raising was the
same evening of the meeting OF the
Grange. 1t also being Neighbors'