Putnam patriot., 1918-08-02
THOMPSON TOWN TOPICS

Elmer White made a business trip to Boston the first of the week.
 Fred Hutchins has been suffering from lame shoulder the past week.
 Many from this section attended the Douglas camp meeting on Sunday.
 Mrs. George Vaughan is entertain ing friends from out of town thls week
 Warren Ryan of Worcester was a caller at the home of his father on Thursday.
 Professor Cole of Cushing Aeade- my spent the weekend as the guest of Miss Madaline Moves.
 Mir. and Mrs. Decker and daughter Faith have been away this week talk ing an automobile trip.
 Mir. and Mrs Forest Rhoades have been entertaining relatives of Mrs. Rhoades from Worcester.
 Mr and Mrs. Richard Barton have returned safely from a weeks stay at Pleasant View sea shore.
 Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Morse of East Thompson were recent visitors with their daughter, Mrs. Elmer White.
 Landlord Lyman of the Vernon Stiles is out with a new closed ear, which he uses about his hotel business.
 Miss Caroline Cranska, who has been spending the month of July at Oak Bluffs, is expected to return this week
 Mrs. Herbert Bixby and daughter from Norwich spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Everett A. Rhoades.
 Clarence Haskell of Newton, Mass, spent the weekend at Mrs. Hutchins', Mrs. Haskell returning with him on Monday.
 The Ladies' Aid of the Baptist church held an all day picnic with Mrs. Ernest Sheldon in Quadic on Thursday.
 A very welcome rain on Tuesday broke the monotonous spell of hot dry weather that has prevailed in the past few weeks.
 The Misses Wilson of Webster, whose parents are natives of Thomp son, were visitors with Miss Nellie Ryan on Sunday.
 The privilege of selling ice cream, etc at the great Pomona gathering at Grange hall on Aug. 9, has been offer ed to ladies of the Red Cross.
 Miss Ada Whitman, who has been attending the summer school, has re- turned and has been spending the week with Mrs. Arnold in Quinebaug.
 Mir. and Mrs. C. L. Knight accom- panied J. o. Fox and wife on an au tomobile trip to the White Mountains on Saturday, returning during the week
 Mrs. Darts mother, Mrs. Howard of New London, is spending a few weeks with her A sister and friends from that place were callers on her on Sunday.
 The joint committee of the Congre- gational and Baptist churches are the members of the society committees of the two churches as voted by them at their church meetings.
 Mrs. Bidwell, who formerly lived at West Thompson near the station, and her daughter. Mrs. Williams of Woon- socket, R. l.. were visitors for the day with Mrs. E. S. Lovejoy on Tuesday.
 An automobile accident at Thomp- son station last week Thursday to cars belonging to George Law of Brandy hill and Faucher the baker of Gros- venordale, resulted in slight damages to the machines only.
 Edward Scarborough, after spend ing the past two weeks of enjoyment in Thompson, the place where he gets Gas he says1 more pleasure than any other place, returned to his place of business in New York on Monday,
 Miss Edith Clement, a music teach CT from Derby, N H., played two cello solos, Miss Mildred Knight ac- companying on the organ, at the morning services on Sunday. Miss Clement is spending a few weeks with her mother, Mrs. Fred Hutchins.
 Mrs. Augustus Appelt and family of Webster are spending a week at Mrs Appelt's fathers, Thomas Ryan Mir and Mrs. J. Dumas, also of Webster, were callers there on Sunday Mir Dumas is a famous drum major, who was the only one to receive a bouquet from the state house in Boston last August in the c. A R. parade of vet erans on the occasion of their visit there Mir. Dumas is to appear in the meeting of the Tn-Pomonas on Aug. 9.
 The ringing of the Congregational church bell last Thursday evening was an il advised thing to do. and did not have the consent of the church com mittee, only so far as to promise those who were anxious to have 1t rung be- cause of the very pleasing report of a great achieverae0t and he victor of the allies in France The committee