Putnam patriot., 1918-07-12
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 l. PERTINENT TO PUTNAM : PEOPLE


 Sergeant Hyde Smith of Camp Devens was home for the weekend.
 Miss Minnie Diamond is entertain ing Miss Ruth Haskell of Lynn for a few weeks.
 Clement Donais of Charlton spent Sunday with his parents on Provi- dence street
 Mrs. Alfred Cloutier spent last week with friends and relatives in Taftville and Norwich.
 Tax Collector Alfred Bonneville states that taxes due the city are com ing in very we'll so far.
 Armand Lizotte was in Boston Monday, and attended the Shoe Show at the Copley Plaza hotel. Miss Merena Proulx of Pawtucket visited Sunday with Clement Donais and family, Providence street.
 It would take flag with nearly 800 stars if the city of Putnam should decide to unfurl service flag.
 Miss Elizabeth Cornwen from Til ton, N. H, and Mrs. John Fulton of Hartford were down for the Fourth.
 Mrs. Eugene Dumas of Taftville visited on Monday and Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Dumas, Livery street.
 Mrs. Alice NJ. Douty has returned with her granddaughter. Madeline Houghton, from visit in Boston and vicinity.
 Ralph Boissoneau, who has been spending a short furlough with his parents in Putnam, returned to camp, Sunday.
 Heliker Auger of Fort Revere, Mass. has been the guest of his par ents, Mir. and Mrs. Edmond Auger, Mill street
 Miss Ida Deneault spent Sunday with her parents in Providence. Her brother Alfred. who has been drafted. visited here Monday
 Frank Charron, wife and children of Springfield. spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fran eis Charron, Water street.
 Louis Benoit, son of Mr. and Mrs Frank Benoit, has returned from New Haven, where he has been em- ployed in an ammunition factory
 Dr. William Saretzki, among the last quota of drafted men from this district, has been apponted to treat soldiers suffering from nervous dis ease at the base hospital, Fort Slo- cum, N. Y.
 Letters received from Omer Rob ittalle, now in France. state that he is we'll and hopes that the war will soon be over and that he can get back among his friends and relatives in | Putnam again.
 The annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of Elks has been in session at l Atlantic City this week. Past Grand Exalted Ruler Charles E. Dean is the representative from Putnam lodge Other members are also in attendance Arthur Butler, Mrs. Harriett L. Moulton and the Misses Gladys and Ruth Jackson, all of New Haven, l have returned to their homes after a | two weeks vacation spent with rela- tives and friends in Putnam and Web ster.
 Private Ovila Auger writes from England that he has been there six weeks training for the work over there and that he likes it very much He says he receives The Patriot and you can bet it's fine to have the home news here"
 Mrs. Harriet L. Moulton of New Haven has been visiting her brother Press C. Whittemore, at the City Hotel the past week, and attended the Whittemore family reunion held at their brothers, William B White more's home in Webster on July 4th.
 Nr. and Mrs. G. Harold Gilpatric and family, Mr. and Mrs George Gn- patrie, left early Sunday morning in Harold Gilpatrie's ear for their sum mer cottage at Juniper Point, Me They made the 25O mile trip during the day.
 MT and Mrs Joseph Dumas, with John Baptiste Lahamme and Cyril