Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-28
PUTNAM

were to pc mustered out Ol tue SS1- vice.
 PUTNAM
 Miss Bertha Farrows of Lawrence hospital, New London. spent Friday at her home here.
 Miss Sonia Shefforts of Springfield is the guest of MT. and Mrs. David A Smith of Wilkinson street.
 The army aeroplane that was seen over this city Christmas day and which descended at Brooklyn, again came down during Thursday at Hall vile, below Norwich, carburetor trou- bie cause interruption of the flight to Mineola.
 Malcolm M. Wiley, who has been will return to Clark college, Worces- ter, Sunday evening.
 Although the fighting has ceased, Putnam Red Cross chapter has an all lctment of 400 sweaters to make. for there are millions of boys still in the service, and they will be all winter.
 M M. Dwyer of Allston, Mass, for merly proprietor of the Chickering ho- tel, was a visitor with friends in Put nam Friday.
 There was no session of the city court Friday, for the first time in many days.
 The work of installing the new fix lures for the postof1ce quarters be- ing fitted up in the Union block be" gan Friday morning. The office will be ready for occupancy in a few days.
 Mrs Charles T. Thayer and chi1- dren visited with relatives in Daniel son Friday.
 Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Kent who have been visiting at Atlantic City and in New York have returned to their home on Church street
 Influenza cases continue to develop in the towns surrounding Putnam, but the cases in the city are said to be few and, for the most part, not seri GUS.
 Peter E. Bonin has gone to Canada for visit with relatives. Henry c. Place of Worcester was a visitor with friends in Putnam Fri day.
 D. A. Smith was in Milford Friday on a business trip.
 Miss Elsie Gallant and Miss Mar guerite O'Brien were visitors in Bos- | ton Friday.
 Mrs William F1annigan, who has been i'll with influenza at her home | in West Thompson, was reported Fri l day afternoon as recovering. cargiII council, K. of C., will confer a degree on a class of candidates Sun day afternoon.
 | Miss Beatrice Dwyer, formerly of | this city, was here from AIlston, Mass, Friday, visiting relatives. A new series of shares of the Put ham Building and Loan association l the seventh-is to be issued in Jan uary.
 Indications now are that the local board will not be discharged for an- other period of three months. A troop train carrying engineer l troops from southern camps to Dew ems passed through this city Friday morning.
 Willis Carroll is being mentioned as 1 likely to be selected to fill the vacan- 1 cy in the common council caused by the resignation of Alderman Edward Mullen.
 Miss Gertrude Hall has been spend 1 ing few days with relatives in Bos- ton.
 Cadet Arthur D. Mcintyre, IT,, who 1 has been stationed at Austin, Texas, has been mustered out of the service | While Putnam has been very short of hard coal the Weather Man has ! been very kindly. Tl1e mild weather of the past two months has solved a problem that was proving a great worry to many householders.
 Mrs. D. c. Park, matron at the Children's home. said Friday after noon that money received at Christ nlas-tine for the children at the home has been put into a fund that will be used in equipping a playground in the spring. Swings, sand slides and other devices for amusing the little people can be provided with the money which amounts to about $115, and which came from the basketball team of the Tourtellotte Memorial Higf School, from students of Putnam higt school and from, Moosup citizens County Commissioner Urgele Lafranct of Central Village.
 Following are the newly elected officers of Wapaquasset Tribe of Rex Men of this City: Sachem, Michae Coleman; senior sagamore, Charles Nichots; Junior Sagamore, Harry of records. Henry Hurdman: keeper o wampum, Edward D. Ellis; collecto of wampum, Peter A. Gardner; trus tees, Arthur Loomis, three years Claude E. Cotton. two years; A. Ira han. one year.
 There will not be any election 0 city officials this year, the present of fciaI organization holding over dur ing 1919 for which period they wer , elected. There will be matters of leg islative interest pertaining to Putnam however, such as the appointment 0 , a judge. deputy judge and oferk 0 the city court. though the terms c : the court officers do not expire fo
 another year.
 in the fighting on the western iron
 wrote under a date before the sfgnin
 of the arrnistice. on October 12, tha
 he was getting fat in the Germa
 prison camp, which was very goo
 news to his relatives here. It is be
 lieved that he has been released sine
 the armistice was signed, Nov. Ii, an
 that by this time he is again insid
 the American lines.
 Moses J. Chandler, a2, died suddenI
 Sunday at the Soldiers Home z 1 Noroton. He was a veteran of tn
 Civil war in which he served as
 member of the 18th Connecticut IT Nfantry. He was born in Woodstoc land had lived about all his life 1
 this section. MT. Chandler leave
 thret sons. Walter L. of Worceste
 Elmer H. of Woonsocket and Ernes
 L. of Putnam, also two sisters, MT
 John A. Carpenter and Mrs. John Cal penter. Mrs. Chandler died in Nov