Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-14
PUTNAM

E . Word has been receiced here that Corp. G. Stanley Shaw and Sergt. Raymond Allard have arrived safely overseas. Both enlisted in the coast artillery and for several months have been stationed at Fort Strong, Boston. MT. and Mrs. Edward Auger have received word that their son, Helika Auger is safely overseas. Corp. Nelson Mansfield, who some few months ago lost a leg in a shooting ac- cident at Camp Devens, passed through this city Friday on his way to New York; where he is to undergo treat
 ment preparatory. to the fitting of an artificial limb.
 A Putnam man, Lawrence c. Walsh,i 1 Grove street, has been granted a pat ent on sewing machine that is his | invention. It is used for sewing in. mills and is now on the market. The l machines are assembled and shipped | from building on South Main street, l Putnam
 Mrs. c. l.. Adams, Wilkinson street, 1 is ill
 The Putnam Liberty loan committee l held a meeting in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce Friday evening, l at which time it was voted not to hold a house to house canvass in this city. l It was discussed at length whether or not it would, in view of the prevailing l epidemic, be advisable to enter all l homes in the city, as has been done in previous campaigns. In deciding not l to have the canvass the committee put | upon the citizens of Putnam the re- l sponsibility for the success of the loan l drive here in Putnam. If people will
 voluntarily come forward and place
 
 the wonen's booth, Putnam will go over the top. If not, Putnam will fall behind. Putnam never has failed in a l loan campaign, and the committee are confident that it will not fail now Because there is to be no house to house canvass, the committee has de- cided to again open the subscription booth in the old Tucker store, Union block Here from until each after 1 noon subscriptions may be placed, and next Saturday, the final day of the drive, the booth will remain open all
 day.
 At the meeting Friday it was an
 nounced that Putnam district subscrip-
 tionS now amount to $374,000. The
 quota for the district is s387, 900
 Mrs. Ida Kennedy has received word that her son, Norman L. Kennedy, is i'll with pneumonia in southern camp
 Because of the order prohibiting al
 but absolutely necessary construction
 work of erecting the memorial chape in Grove street cemetery cannot begir
 until after the war. Mrs. Harriett Ar mold Tourtellotte wife of the late Dr
 Jacob F. Tourtellotte, has offered tt . build this chapel in memory of hel 1, father and mother, who are buried 1T
 Grove street. Her offer was accepted by the cemetery association and plan. have been completed for the construc tion which, however, must now b. postponed until a later date. Members of the Putnam Countr. : club were guests Saturday afternoon
 of the Woodstock Golf club.
 Mrs. Ernest c. Morse, chairman O 1 the women's Liberty loan committe, , of Putnam, has received from Mrs. M G. Bulkeley, state chairman, a tele gram announcing that the aerop1ane! that were to have come to Putnam
 Tuesday will not come until Thursday
 Already there is much interest in thi feature of the loan campaign. Putnam ] citizens have never had the oppor
 tunity to get a close view of airplane and the visit of the two birdmen t
 this vicinity of Windham county i being eagerly awaited. Residents 0 l ships as they pass over that town k [ their bights the aviators will drol hundreds of aerograms urging peopl
 to subscribe to the loan and explain ing why it is necessary that this loal 7 should be heavily oversubscribed. The only Protestant church to hol,
 services in this city Sunday was tn , Baptist church. All others wer closed on account of the epidemic 7 Health officials and physicians bega, : to feel absolutely certain Saturday tha } the worst of the influenza epidemic il l Putnam is over. Thursday Health Of 5 ficer Peter A. Gardner had 39 case l reported to him. Friday there wer t only II, and of this number only on l case was considered serious. Physi v clans report that cases of the diseas . are now much less severe and tha
 there are fewer calls. It has not ye s been decided when theatres an 6 schools will open, but if the situatio t continues to improve as rapidly in tn 1 next few days as it has done in tn t last three, permission will probably. b given to open by the middle of thi 6 week. c Fayette L. Wright and Frank 4 e Haines were unanimously nominate y for the legislature at the republica
 caucus held in Pomfret Friday {, At the republican caucus held Frida U night in Union hall the following can
 didates were nominated: Judge of pro q bate. David F1agg; representatives, I s B. Kent, A. A. BrodeUr; justices of tn . peace, John F. Carpenter, Joseph | Dupre, Mah1on H. Geissler, Archi :, Macdonald, IT,; Arthur S. Macdonal, q Irving H. Miron, Charles l. Torre, v Ernest C.. Morse, c. Dwight Sharp F At the caucus Edgar M. Warner wa = chairman and Frank X. Lucier wa # clerk.
 t At the democratic caucus, also hel s Friday, Edward Mullan was nominal $ ed as the candidate for judge of pro
 bate and George Potvin and J. Har1 Mann as candidates for the legisl5 a ture.
 II The body of William Adams, wi 6 died recently at Camp Upton, ws V brought to this city Saturday. H Y home was in East Putnam
 n Mrs. Raymond Gilpatric and SC Q Ross, who have been visiting relative ,I in this city, returned Saturday to the '- home in New Britain.
 r,i The Republican Senatorial conven F tion for the Twenty Eighth Senator 's al District was held at the city cou
 room in Putnam, Saturday, Octob ,s 12th, at noon. John F. Carpenter n Putnam was chosen chairman of u p convention, and George s. Brown V Killingly as clerk. The chairman al k pointed as a committee on credentiai al Charles L. Torrey of Putnam. D ,c Ernest R. Pike of Woodstock al
 George A. Williams of Killingly, al
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