Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-24
PUTNAM

PUTNAM 1
 Miss Lillian Flanagan, teacher at | the Israel Putnam school, was report ed seriously ill Monday afternoon at 1 her home in West Thompson. She be- ! came i'll with influenza about a week | ago. I
 Cook Clifford Trahan, who is sta- tione9 at Camp Devens, is spending a leave of absence at his home here.
 The Christmas rush was in full swing at the postQffice Monday, when big stacks of mail bags accumulated at the office hour after hour.
 Arthur Plessis, student at Assump tion college, is spending the Christmas recess with his parents, MT. and Mrs. Joseph Plessis.
 The usual distribution of Christmas cheer by Putnam lodge of Elks will be carried out today. Good dinners will be furnished more than a score of farnilies-in Putnam, Danielson and Webster.
 A telegram was sent by the local board to the adjutant generals office at Hartford stating that the work of the board had been completed The closing up work has entailad great deal of detail work, but it has been accomplished well within the time limit set.
 Putnam lodge of EIks will be visited Feb. II by the district deputy, whose coming will be made the occasion of q special social session by the lodge.
 The body of John McGreaor, who died in Wyoming, where he went to locate a home site, was received at his home in Attawaugan. His death was caused by influenza.
 Supt. William L. Macdonald oe the schools in Putnam is out again after having been confined to his home by illness for a week.
 Frienis here have oee1 very much interes' ed in a. set of Tos-.e e.af.1 views of sections of France where I)r. E F' Perry, United States medical corps, has been located. Th.= cards were sent to Mrs. Perry.
 The body of Henry Warren, 84. who died at his home between this city and ] Attawaugan, was sent Monday to Newark, N. J., for burial. Services are to be held in Newark today With the temperature close up to 50 degrees during Monday, it seemed strange Christmas shopping weather 1 in Putnam The fine conditions brought out a host of buyers, however, and the stores were alive with activity 1 throughout the day.
 CargiII council, K. of C., is preparing to confer the second degree upon a l class of candidates. This is a part of the work of building the council up 1 to a membership of 300, which it is hoped to attain early in 1919. | Christmas carols will be sung in the city this evening, it was said Monday, as has been the custom for a number of years. The carol singers are to start out this year at 10 D. m, instead of il D. m, as has been the rule in ] the past.
 Wagoner Arthur j. Tessier of Good l year, who is at his home after being | invalided home from France, where he was wounded in action on Aug. 23. was a friend of Arthur Beaulieu of this 1 city. Beaulieu was recently reported wounded. The two young soldiers saw service together lover there.'' Woolen and worsted mills in this vicinity, though Putnam has so faS escaped, are temporarily laying of enployes. As fast as warps on gov ernment work are run out looms are being stopped for a time until new
 work can be made ready.
 1 Postmaster Alexander Gilman hat perfected arrangements for handling the Christmas mail matter and to as
 sure prompt local delivery of incomins
 letters and packages. As is customary
 on Christmas day, the rural carrier!
 will cover their routes.
 There is a big supply of poultry or
 hand for Putnam buyers and the priCe
 are not excessively high as comparet
 to many things that will enter int; | | j
 Mondays displays at the market seemed to indicate liberal supply o
 turkeys.
 Local troIIeymen are interested in
 report that the hand register is to b
 introduced on the Putnam division, a
 has been the case on many of the di
 visions of the Shoree Line ElectTi : Railway company, which has made n public announcement as to intention of using the device on the local line : There continues to be number o influenza cases in this city and vicin l ity. While each day brings a mum Der of new cases, the condition is no ! regarded as serious and the situatio is well in hand.
 Reports are being received at tn office of the Windham County Farm
 CTS association from members of tn = = Junlor fOod army Whe undertook 10 q their part in making the world saf : for democracy by aiding in the pro ductien and conservation of foodstuff! And, judging from the number of thes , reports and the results attained by tn individual members, that part was b no means small one.
 : The importance attached to the la i. bofs of the boys and girls is atteste by the fact that each member wh
 carried out the work as outlined b the state council of defense has bee presented certificate of commenda = ton and approval, signed by Governe Holcomb and bearing the great seal (
 the state of Connecticut, fin gratefl
 recognition of the patriotic servic
 rendered"
 Many of the members have sent i
 stories with their reports telling ( l their exDerienceS Some of thes