Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-21
PUTNAM

PUTNAM
 Word has been received in Putnam that Lieut.. Harold s. Corbin, son of Mir. and Mrs. E. M. Corbin, of Fremont street, who has been stationed at a camp at Waco, Tex, has been trans ferred to the motor transfer training school at Camp Johnstone, Fla. The motor transfer service was formerly a part of the quartermaster's depart- ment, but has recently been made a | separate unit. The work consists in rushing all kinds of supplies and ann intuition to troops at the firing line | It is necessarily dangerous and excit- | ing.
 Friends here have just received word | that Miss Emma. Suydam has arrived | safely overseas. Miss Suydam was formerly head of the history depart ment at Putnam High school She is to do Y. M. c. A. canteen work in France
 Because of the influenza epidemic, the Woman's Relief corps will not meet this week.
 Vincent McEvoy, son of D. F. X. McEvoy, Putnam, has returned to this country from France, where he was gassed while in action at the front last July. Since that time he has been convalescing in a base hospital behind the lines. Private McEvoy is not able to return to his home yet, but is in New York.
 The republicans at their caucus a week ago nominated as one of their candidates for justice of the peace At torney Archibald Macdonald. He is now serving as a private at Camp Devens.
 The directors of the Putnam public library have organized as follows: President, John G. Johnson, vice pres ident, Frank X. Lucier; secretary, Eric H. Johnson; treasurer, Mahlon H. Geissler. Miss Emma Kinney has been l reappointed as librarian. An assistant 1 is also to be obtained for her. Among the new books recently put upon the shelves at the Putnam public 1 library is volume of short stories for children written by Miss Gertrude c. Warner, daughter of Judge Edgar M. l Warner, Putnam
 William Wright, son of Mrs. Ed ward G. Wright, formerly of this city 1 has been called into the service He was a student at Harvard medical school and has now been assigned as
 company doctor ill the $. A. T. c. at I that college.
 Horace J. Backus, 2e, brother of Representative Edward S. Backus of Thompson, who died Thursday at his i nome in Andover, was a member of the 1914 session of the legislature, and | at that time was seated beside his
 brother.
 1 Ten bushels of peach stones, prune 1 pits and nut shells rave been collect ed in Putnam and have been forward i ed to the proper government officials. | These shells and pits are reduced to
 charcoal and are then used in the con- l struction of gas masks. The collection 1 in Putnam was made under the di-
 rection of the war bureau and by the
 children of the public school system. 1 Sewrad Lowe, who formerly lived
 on Farrows street in this city, married
 Miss Mary Davie last week in Dedham, Mass MT. and Mrs. Lowe, on their wedding trip, called on Putnam 1 friends.
 There was no session of the Putnam city court on Saturday morning, a
 rather unusual occurrence.
 1 The influenza epidemic situation
 seems to be rapidly improving in Put nam. With the exception of last week ported to Health Officer Peter A. I Gardner, there has been a daily re- duction in number of cases. This is
 shown by the figures given out by MT. Gardner for the week, which are as
 follows: Sunday 16 cases, Monday 27, Tuesday 33, Wednesday IS. Thursday AS, Friday 23. There were seven
 deaths last week reported as due to
 the influenza or pneumonia developing from it. There were no deaths on Friday, which, with the large decrease | nro1 A1a off
 cials. It is also stated by MT. Gardner
 and physicians that all cases continue
 to run in much lighter form.
 In view of the apparent subsiding of
 the disease, Health Officer Gardner
 gave permission on Saturday for the opening of Putnam theatres. Theatre
 managers were instructed to take ev-
 cry precaution and to see that no
 sneezing and coughing was permitted
 at performances. This was strictly
 adhered to.
 It was decided by the school authori- ties not to open the public school on this Monday as was originally an- ! nounced. The authorities are taking , all possible precautions and think it
 advisable to wait a few days longer
 before commencing classes. This clos ! ing applies to all schools, rural high and grammar.
 Clark college students whose homes ) are in Putnam returned to Worcester this (Monday) morning to resume their school work which has been suspend ed for three weeks because of the epidemic Before returning to the city Kenneth c. Ballard and Byron Wilcox were indEcted into the service by the local draft board. They are to | become members of the s. A. T. c. Other members of Clark from Putnam will be inducted i'll Worcester on Tuesday. Putnam is proud of its record in the fourth Liberty loan. While it was an impossibility to tell the exact total of the subscriptions for this district they are assuredly well over one-haI1 | tS million Saturday morning Loea. z Chairman G. Harold Gilpatrfc stated that he did not believe that the $6o0,- 600 mark would be reached, but he 2 thought that the grand total for the | | loan would be close to this amount.
 Funeral services for Albert Lambert
 who died Wednesday, were held at St ] Mary's church Saturday morning . Burial was in St. Mary's cemetery. V Patrolman Rosario Mayotee, wht