Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-02
PUTNAM

brother, kenneth U. Ballard, mas been spending two weeks at Vineyard Ha- ven, Mass, has returned to Putnam. Mrs. Ballard and Kenneth Ballard will remain several days longer.
 Trade School Convention.
 A meeting of unusual importance is to be held in this city September 13 and If at which time trade school men from all over Connecticut will gather for two days convention. State Secretary c. J. Hine, his assistant, Secretary Morrison, and MT. Trinder are to be present, as well as about 75 others. A speaker, not yet selected, will address one session of the gather ing, and several papers upon trade school topics will be read by dele gates. There will be a general dis cussion of trade school work, and an inspection of the local school and work that is being done there.
 After serving his customers in this city with butter for 3S consecutive years, J. H. Converse has retired from the business. During that time, he has not missed supplying his customers for a single week.
 Putnam public schools open tonnor- row (Tuesday). Already teachers have returned to resume their duties. With
 
 are but few changes in the teach ing staff
 Vacation Contest.
 A contest. is to be held by the Y. P S. c. E. of the Congregational church in which the winning side is to receive two extra days at an outing the socie- ty is to have next summer. The so- eiety is to be divided into two divf- sions boys opposing girls, and a cap 1 tain chosen for each. Points of merit are to be awarded for attendance at meetings. for behavior and for spe- cial service done, and at the end of a | stipulated period, the side with the | largest number of merits to it's credit | will be declared the winner. The indi- vidual with the highest score will re- ceive his vacation at a very small ex-
 pense, the one with the next largest number at cost little in advance | Of the winner, and so on. Much inter
 est is manifested in the contest. Writing from France. Corporal Louis N. Girard states that recently he had the honor of seeing General ! Pershing, when the latter was in Bor- ! deaux to inspect American troops. Corporal P. Girard is enjoying the army work thoroughly and finds fault only with the French mud, which he describes as clav-like, and so sticky | that it has to he scraped from the | books with a knife.
 | Private Wilfred Therrian, North | Gresvenorda1e, who was gassed while | in action, and who has been returned | to this country for treatment, writes | from a base hospital in New Haven l that he is well on the road to recov- cry He hopes to be able to return to i France, and says that being in this nountry, doing nothing makes him restless, especially when he thinks of | his comrades overseas.
 l Master Gunner Gilbert F. Perry, son
 of Citv ERefneer and Mrs George Perry, Providence street is at the | home of his parents. Gunner Perry is stationed at Fortress Munroe, Va, where he is instrueting in surveying. l Evening School Plans.
 According to Superintendent of 1 Schools William L. Macdonald, the night school to be held at the high
 school building this fall will not begin
 until November. Mir. MacDonalH an- nounces that Miss Gladys Bard has been engaged to teach commercial subjects, and Louis F.-Battey to have charge of the elementary work. It is thought that it may be necessary tc have all assistant in this department as already there is indication that the enrolment will be large. At the trade shop the regular trade shop faculty
 will have charge of the evening class
 es.
 PomFret Leads in Community Can.
 ming.
 Miss Charlotte Embleton. home
 economies demonstrator of the Wind
 ham County Farmers association, fol the past few days has been engaged
 in tahulating the reports from the va
 rious towns of the county showins
 how much eahning has been done il
 each. Early in the spring each towI
 was given an allotment of a certain
 number of quarts of produce to b.
 canned by the women. The town O Pomfret according to figures Mis!
 Embleton has at hand. is the feadins town of the county. With a quota O 5000 quarts, already it has exceeded 5000. Other towns that have dont more than was required of them, aat the allotment in each case are: Ash
 ford. 4000 quarts; Brooklyn 5000
 Chaplin 5000: Thompson 5000: Wood stock 5000: Eastford 2500 At the Con necticut fair in Hartford this week l large map is to be on display. ant each town in this county that has ex ceeded it's canning allotment will b designated with a gold star Putnam Willimantic and Danielson will not b
 so honored. for each of these thre
 towns has fallen below what had bee expected of it. Putnam had 5000 . quarts to preserve. and less than on } fourth of this amount has been done , Danielson women have done bette l and of an allotment of 5o,o0o put ava $ 2S 900 jars of produce. Willinnanti has the poorest record in the county Tn that city out of an allotment ( y 50,0o0 only one-eighth has been com l pleted. Tn speaking of these last thr
 towns Miss Embleton states that thei e quotas were exceptionally heavy, an 3 somewhat out of proportion to popu l lation, which may. in part, excus l, their rather poor showing
 n A train of 13 cars passed throus d Putnam Saturday afternoon carryin Y noThing but trotting horses that for tf
 past week have been at Readvil1 0 Mass. and are on their way to tt = Charter Oak Park. Hartford.
 - Friday evening Miss Charlotte Em t bleton of the Windoam Farmers as e sociation was in Moosup, where
 demonstration team that she ha c trained exhibited the proper method d of preserving farm produce Wedne: n day afternoon she will give demon e stration at the home of Mrs. Carl Elk e South Woodstock. The same evenir $ Miss Embleton is to address Woodstot
 grange.
 n Dies at e5.
 -o sirn Paine. s5. retired farmer dit t Friday night at his home in Woot = stock. He was born in Burrillvi1le, 1 L, the son of Cyril and Waity (Cool ,f er9 Paine He is the uncli of Am' if Paige. of South Woodstock The boo