Putnam patriot., 1918-11-15

hf. and Mrs, Lyman were in the village few days last week.
 Miss Wiley has as guest Miss Fheteplaee of Providence, R..
 A project is being forwarded te in lage :" '"e N"-
 Our local painter. Ned" Herrick Is quite busy at his profession in Put, nam ''9'''' Ill ut
 Miss sherman is spending tho week with friends in Cambridge l Deacon Josiah Dike is having a few aays of staying indoors on account of
 A service flag with a star is to be seen Tn the window of the office of
 The Baptist ladies' sewing socie+v met me. with Mrs. Winthrop Ballard on Wednesday
 Mrs. Arthur Elliott spent the weekend m Aver, returning by the way of Boston. '''e
 The great call with the housekeen- CTS Is sugar. The answer with the groceryman Is no sugar Mr. and Mrs. Barton attended the production of the play. Hearts of the world Tn Webster on Tuesday.
 Roland Bernclough of Hartford and Lawrence BackuS of Providence Ya,a weekend visitors with their parents. The Thimble Club met at Mrs Hutchins' on Thursday. Mrs. Pettis and Mrs, Foster were the hostesses. A social dance was hold in town hall op Saturday evening. The Ideal orchestra of Putnam furnished mu-
 Meetings for the children at the li- orary Friday afternoons at 4.30 are to be continued each week for a while.
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 The victory celebration at Webster on Tuesday evening was attended by many of our residents who had auto mobiles.
 A large truck from Providence was in the village on Wednesday, taking away load of vegetables and apples from the residence of pr. Gardner Miller
 Miss Crosby, after six weeks va cation on account of the stoppage of her school caused by the epidemic of influenza, returned to her duties on Saturday.
 Charles Elliott of Brooklyn, N. Y. spent the weekend with his mother. Mrs. Marion Elliott, who has been i'll for several weeks, but IS reported to be much better.
 MT. and Mrs. Thomas Reed. for meriy of Putnam. accompanied by MT. and Mrs. Whipple of Warwick, R. l., were callers on Mrs. Allen Bab- bitt on Monday.
 The butchering of pigs among the farmers has begun, one farmer send Ing three to market this week, ap- proximately about seven hundred pounds of pork.
 The residence occupied by Everett Lovejoy has been wired for electric lights. William Bates. an electrician from Putnam, did the work and fur nished the fixtures
 Contractor Knight IS engaged in making storm shutters for the win dows to the residence of J. R. Glad ding, to be put on when the house is vacated for the winter.
 Mrs. Brunette is having the plumb ing in her residence overhauled and made frost proof. An air pressure tank is to be substituted for the pump arrangement now in use.
 The annual meeting of the Foreign Missionary society was held in the church parlor on Wednesday, Miss Porter, missionary from Austria, was present and gave an address on her work in that country.
 Thompson was in it in celebrating the report of Germany's surrender our village has rejoiced over such good news. and only regret that the news was not official
 Edward Rabbit has received word by letters from his son Edward. who in fighting the Hun in France was wounded in the leg and foot He writes his foot Is very sore, but he is having excellent care in the hospital
 Albert Martin, who died at the hos pital last week, had worked in our village through the summer season for Mrs. Henry Elliott as assistant to Carrol ingraham about her garden and grounds, and was a faithful and reliable man to work
 Fred Hutchins took a party to Wor- cester on Monday in his auto. Ii be ing the day the news of Germ any's surrender was received he had an opportunity to witness the jolEGea- tion in that city at the reception of the news. He reports. .'It was great day in Worcester"
 The band from Grosyenordale passed through Thompson on Thurs day evening on tour celebrating the surrender of Germany. IL halted and played the Star Spangled Banner and was lighted up with a big bonfire made by the burning of about fifteen tar barrels
 The news of the surrender of Ger many was announced in the early morning by the ringing of the church bell and preparations were in order the day and at night the eel ebration began at 730 by a gathering in the town hall, where addresses were made by Hon. Randolph Chand- Ter, who acted as chairman, and Hon. Charles E. Searls, Rev. William E. Chase and Joshua Nj. Addeman of Providence MisS Raaha raad on =