Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-21
PUTNAM

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 Thanksgiving gifts for the Day Kim ball hospital bes,an to arrive at the store of L. E. Smith Wednesday, indi- eating that in this year of extraordi7 nary cause for thanksgiving the people, of this and surrounding towns will be generous to the institution. Today is expected to be the big day for sending in offerings.
 An order received by the local board cancels all calls for physical examina- ltions. This means that the men sum- moned to appear before the board in this city today are not to do 50, and l this applies also to hose who were to come before the medical advisory l the calls to appear for examination were sent ou by the local board We'd nesday morning.
 1 At the chapel in Grove street cemetery
 Wednesday afternoon there was a 1 double funeral service for MT. and l Mrs. Earl Tourtel1ote, who died of pneumonia, after being i'll with irflu- enza. The service was conducted by Rev. s. J. Rock, pastor of the Meth ! odist church. Company L. State guard, l of which MT. Tourtellotte was mem- Der, was represented by a delegation at he funeral, and there also was a [ Odd Fellows, the bearers being from these organizations. Burial was in
 West Thompson cemetery, where the service was conducted by Rev. W. B.
 Chase.
 | Victory boys and girls in this dis trict, including the towns of Putnam,
 Thompson, Pomfret, Woodstock and
 Eastford, have made contributions to
 the united war work fund toaling
 $2,3O0 plus, William L. Macdonald of
 this city, superintendent of schools } and chairman of that department et
 the work, reported Wednesday after noon. Chairman Macdonald said he would not be surprised if the final Ifgures showed the contributions to be as much as $2,500. Of this amount the schools of Putnam have contributed al
 least $1,300. High school students here are credited with $700, the grade schools with $500 and the parochia school with $500. The TourteIlette : High school at North Grosvenordale } is credited win $500.
 . The destruction of a nearly new ] fWillys- Overland Six touring car neal the state highway between this city
 and Chepachet, R. l., late Tuesday might was reported here Wednesday morning by Putnam, Pornfret and Dan. , tielson people who happened along al the time the car was burning. l The circumstances surrounding the happening are strange. A big cal owned by Mrs. G. L. Bradley of Pom fret and driven by her chauffeur Amo: L. Gardner, was coming toward Put | nam late Tuesday night when MT : Gardner saw the light of 8 fire whicf . appeared to be burning a short dis ] tance up cartpath leading off th' state road into the woods. An investi : gation showed that such a car as hay , been described i'll this story had beer
 driven up the rough and stony cart I path and evidently left here. Wha 3 happened thereafter must be left tt ; the imagination of the reader, for thu 7 car was afire, the blaze seeming t, $ arise from the interior of the tonneal . and, climbing up the curtains on tn s sides, was licking at the top of tn
 car. There was no one about except f ing the members of the party in tn n Bra d1ey car. At his time an avail f aAle fire extinguisher or pail of wate
 1 would have sufficed to extinguish tn |, fire, but there were no such means fo q fighting it about, so the fire continue I to spread, finally enveloping the ca = in flames.
 + Meanwhile another automobile
 
 . kthe direction of Providence and stop f ped, the scene of the incident f1ein s about four miles on the Putnam sid II | of Chepachet. In the second car t
 arrive were Dr. and Mrs. F. T. Bald
 Twin of the city and Dr. and Mrs. F. N ' Page of Danielson. Dr. Baldwin sai !. Wednesday that when the party h 'l was a member of arrived the burnin !. car was beyond the possibility of say II ing and all those about could do wa 1T watch it burn.
 IS No one who owned the car or wh i1 may have been in charge of it arrive -s during the time they were about, nc II did anyone else. MT Baldwin said th .L registration on the car was R. V 1216S.
 Y The circumstances surrounding u ! destruction of the car created muc speculation in circles in this cit 1 where there was knowledge Of tt ~ mattre.
 , William E. Smith, 2s, noble gran ,i of Israel Putnam lodge of Odd F'e I lows, died at 5.30 Wednesday mornin
 at his home on Chapel street. He ha I, been i'll with influenza and pneumoni
 MT. Smiths death came as anotht If ]