Putnam patriot., 1918-11-29
THOMPSON TOWN TOPICS

Mr.. and Mrs. Amidon are away fol-
an indefinite stay.
Miss Granger was a visitor at heI
house in the village on Sunday.
The Junior Red Cross met with
Miss Lewis last Saturday afternoon.
David Peterson from Camp Dew
ems spent the week end with his par
ents in town.
Mrs. Dexter Elliott visited her
/ daughters Frances and Mary in West
over on Saturday
Richard Patterson is in Grosvenor-
+ Dale for tar and gravel roofing COM
4 pany of Pawtucket
Representative-ele Thomas Ryan
has been indisposed few days this
week, having a severe cold.
Clifford Green and son Lester at
tended the funeral of Mr. Green's nm
Gle in Leicester, Mass, on Tuesday
Miss Mcclellan entertained reia-
tives of Mr.. and Mrs Decker from
Providence for the day on Thursday.
Mr.. Martin is working in the in
terest of the improvement society,
cleaning the leaves off the common.
Ardell Chase is confined indoors
with bad cold which at first it was
feared might be an attack of infuen.
"a
One of the trees on the lawn at Mr..
Searborough's place on West street
has been cut down by Florist Her
manson.
Miss Sherman closed her house for
the winter on Tuesday and has gone
to her sisters in New Jersey to spend
the winter,
Relatives of Miss Ruth Van Ars-
dale have received word of her safe
arrival in France. She is to engage
in Red Cross clerical work.
Rev Otis Fay called on friends in
the village on Saturday, coming from
Somerville, Mass, to officiate at the
funeral of Deacon Munyan.
Fred Hutchins is very busy man
just now with his car, making trip
to Fall River on Tuesday and on Sun
day to Worcester, also to Whitman
tic.
Some of the local Red Cross mem
bers are assisting at the Putnam
meetings since they gave up meetings
here in town, while others have tax
en- work home to complete.
A sale for the aid of the war re-
construction fund was held at the
Marot school on Saturday A special
feature was a punch and judy show
and dancing by some of the younger
girls of the school.
Mr. Smith, painter from Provi-
dence, who had charge of the paint
ing about the Gladding buildings
when they were built, is in town doing
some incidental touching up at the
mansion house on the Gladding es-
tate.
Louis Smith, the young son of
first it was feared he had the infuen-
"a, which fears were happily turned
to Joy when he soon began to get bet
ter, and still is giving evidence that
he will soon be out with his play
mates again.
Truck loads of native timber are
frequently seen passing through the
village for market, which would seem
to indicate that fear was entertained
by the owners of timber that on ac-
count of the war being over lumber
might take a drop in price, or like the
government their contracts would be
cancelled.
Many from Thompson attended the
funeral services of Deacon Munyan,
which were held at his residence in
Quadic on Saturday. The Rev. Otis
A. Fay. a former pastor of the Bap-
fist church in Thompson, now of
Somerville, Mass, conducted the SER
vices, assisted by the Rev. William
Chase, now minister of the Congrega-
tional and Baptist churches of
Thompson Many of the deceased's
present, which evidenced the respect
and esteem in which he was held by
them. The burial was in East Put
nam cemetery, of which his father
was the founder.
The Thimble Club was entertained
by Mrs Maitland on Thursday eve
ming, it being termed by the club as
gentlemen's night. The house was
aglow with light from the many cleo
trio lights, which together with the
flowers which adorned the tables,
added much to the enjoyment of the
evening by the large company pres
ent, which numbered over fifty Very
few were above sixty in years and
fewer if any members were younger
than thirty If the club was seeking
for one Of its members to set a pace
as an entertainer it had no need to
look farther than Mr.. and Mrs Matt
land, Everyone present was in the
best of mood for a happy, social good
time by taking part in the many
games, some of which were novel and