Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-26
PUTNAM

Sergeant Leon Talbot who is fight ing ill France. has written that he is well. He makes the interesting com ment that girls are running loose in droves over here" This is something American soldiers have benn well warned against-as to certain kinds of girls, and Sergeant Talbot evidently stands in fear of them.
 Leander Doris, colored, a Hampton selected man, who went from this city to camp a few weeks ago, is reported as having died at the cantonment
 Alphonse Dupre, Jr., d contractor who broke his leg. is reported as mak- ing progress toward recovery.
 The police will be furnished today by the local board with list of men 10 whom questlonnaires were sent last Wednesday, Sept. IS. and who had tailed 10 return them up to this morn ing.
 Whitman Danielson, Putnam Heights, has been accepted for the Student Army Training corps at Har- ward university. of which he is grad Uate.
 County Agent B. W. Ellis and Miss Charlotte Embleton. home economics director for the county, were engaged with their duties at the fair in Brook I lyn on Wednesday,
 <! Another heavy frost Wednesday morning further cut down vegetation. i Foliage in towns in this section is now taking on beautiful tints.
 Peach pits are not coming in very i rapidly. The bottom of the barrel at i Iug0ee's corner was barely covered 1 ate Wednesday afternoon though : I'utnam must have many quarts of ! peach pits.
 Miss Gladys Bard is expected to re- turn this week from visit at Rut- and, Vt
 Donald Johnson, son of Attorney and Mrs. Eric H. Johnson, has re- sumed his studies at Yale.
 Rev. Charles F. Bedard will be in Hartford today attending a conference of Catholic pastors of the state. Judge M. H. Geissler held session cf the city court Wednesday morning. was charged with having been intoxi- cated.
 Harry Strombelis, who was engaged in business here when entering the service as a wireless man, has been transferred from Fort Laavenworth, Kansas, to Camp Beauregard, La, where he is a member of the Filth Field Signal battalion.
 Classification Of registrants of Sep tenber 12 will be commenced next week by the local board. A large number of the questionnaiTes that
 have been returned are those of men who have claimed Class IA
 An exhibit made at the Brooklyn l fair Wednesday by the Pltnan Trade shop attracted a great deal of atten- 1 ton.
 William F. Rafferty, member ot Putnams fuel committee. has been named as supervisor of the a;stribu tion Of cord wood for district tha, : includes the towns of Putnam, Thomp- son and Woodstock.
 It is understood that the commit. tee that is to pass upon whether per , sons in this district are engaged ir , essential work will begin it's duties
 here in the very near future. Next Sunday will be Rally day al the Congregational church and the Young Peoples society has arrangeG
 a special programme for the day. The
 programme will be given during the Sunday school hour
 It is said that farmers of this dis
 trict who are regular shippers of mill to Boston look for and expect a con siderably better price for their pro- duct this fall than they have been get, ting.
 No trace has been found of the
 man who smashed window at the
 Milot and Williams store during the
 early hours of last Friday morning
 and stole clothing. A man who was
 held for identification by a woman who
 saw the burglar run away was re. . leased, as he could not be positively [ recognized as the man wanted.
 Mir. and Mrs. D. C. Parks, superin. tendent and matron of the Wzindhan County Temporary Home for Children nave sent out announcements by di.
 rection of the county commissioner. ] for the annual meeting of the boary l of management and committee of wis
 itors, Oct. 10. The official crganiza. v tion having to do with the home is a. : follows Board of Management-Joh1
 A. Dady. E. H. Corttis, Urgele La l France, county commissioners; Rober |. H. Fife, Middletown, state board o S charities: Dr. John H. Newlands, o
 Hartford, state board of health; Su S perintendent and matron,, MT. ant ). Mrs. D. c. Park; committee of visi
 tors, Mrs. E.. T. Whitmore, secretary q Willimantic; committees, Mrs. Georg 70. Basch. Ashford; Q Mrs. Sidney [ q Bard, Brooklyn; Mrs. c. $. Hyde, 0
 Brooklyn; Mrs. W. B. Gallup, Chap