Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-17
PUTNAM

Putflafn's public schools were order ed closed \ at noon Monday by direc- ton of Superintendent William. Mac
 donald. This action was taken as precautionary measure against the spread of inf aghza. 1t Is not to be ihs feFred from this that the situation
 is alarming here; oil tic other hand, 1t is fio5, antl officials do not intenn that it shall be; the idea is te take a threatening situation sH hcand at once--aild control it.
 !, The loss of school time Will not De
 great The closing of the schools VIII
 be until about the first of the year, and this period will include the regu- l lar Christmas vacation. 4 few extra l
 days will be lost, of course but school 1 officials believe 1t will be better to lose
 these than to have inhuchza again be- |
 come epidemic.
 Pnyats Vincent AcAyey, who has l
 been overseas and has seeh hard ser.
 vice is at his home iiefp on leave of i
 absence. He has been receiving med l
 ical treatment in a Maryland army 1
 hospital for injuries he sllst iae1 while l
 .'6ver there' Private M6At0y bought 1 as a member of the famous Rainbow division He wears :. citation cord,
 braided through his shoulder strap, the first cord Of the kind seen ff this city, and other decorations that attest the bra very of tie 0rgahizatios. to which he was attached as vel as official recognition sf the part he ifaaiViaaalls played. Private MeAvoy has aesA gassea and fassan injured hip. He Was in- jured wlferkRiAs8eil into q dasodt. dur 1 ing an activSssnome at the trent and other soldiers fell o1 tbp Of him. 1 He was gassed when his mask became 1 datanget. He was indtieted into ser vice from this district. At she tine hSI 1 registered he was in 8 Michigan to&n.s l travelling with the billing car of D 1 circus. He continued with lis work l for weeks thereafter, at all times try 1 ing to keep in touch with his local board laefe Finally he got back to 1 who were anxious to get out and get l a Whaek at the Huns.
 Elizabeth .Betsey Nichols. S3, died suddenly from apoplexy. Sunday, at her I home in North Woods-ock, She was borrf>sf1 Webster, MasssJlild had lived a great many years. in Woodstock. The 1 body Is to be sent to Beverly, Mass, for burial.
 i Chairman E. c. Morse ot the Red i Cross Christmas Roll Cal committees ] in the Putnam district, said Monday afternoon that the canvass lad started out sl,lendidly and that fire results were being obtained. Tn suc!; plants as the Putnam Woolen companH.s and the
 Waterman Wersted eenlpany's tlsere
 already is promise of practically as 200
 per cent. subscription. Eneoaraging 1 reports continued to eDTi7R in during Menday from all parts of tne district, North GrosveTer6lale lel made a call as
 early as Monday aftern,nn for addi- tDnal buttons and other supT lies,
 while over in Pemfret the workers
 were finding everybody willing to re- new their membership.
 Hefe in Putnam 200 members were l obtained just iia a small part 6f the
 1 basifiess section.
 1 Last year i1eFe. were more than 4. e00 enrolled in the Red Cress in the , Putnam district but Ciiaifnnai1 Morse
 is hoping to double tiaiat number iii the , present drive. The Caf:stfnas t6l , cali. in addition to all the good that may be said of it alprg other fines 1 offers 6 special membership in tht } worlds greatest mercy organization i. l and thefeby assure some suffering per. son of comfort and haDijiness ttlai ! otherwise cr.iid not be tleirs. Word has hsen received by his rela,
 lives Tn Ballouville of tl.e death oi , l John McCreg3r at CasDar. Wyoming , ] where he had gone to locate home site His death was caused by an at
 tack Of influenza followed by pneu. menia. Mir. McGregor was the sof ] of Mr. aud Mrs. John $. lMcGregor oi
 BallouV11e where his wife Is also a res 1 ident. Arrang gements are being made ,I to. 1<.e the tody sent beck east.
 Monday morning a spee:a! train 0 3 Pullman cars was run through this ct! s carrying New England meli. who re . gently arrived from overseas, landin; !. in New York, to Camp Devens, Wher g they will be mustered out in the nea ] future.
 . Dr. James Nj. Kent, who has beeI ! overseas for more than g. year as s msmber of the U.. s. army inediea
 corps, has been coAanissiDned a ma
 ior, according to advices received her , l by his father pr. J. B. Kent. Tn i commission dates from October 2S = l Major Kent went overseas with tn , rank of captain. .y
 | Miss Elizabeth Wheelock was re : ] ported Monday i'll with Influenza a ,, the school she is attending at AsRburn . ham, Mass.
 n The funeral of Miss En1ma Phillip: : 19 WAS held from the home of he : father, Elmer Phillips, Monday, wit . services at St: Mary's church. Buris Ii was ih St. Mary's cemetery.