Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-25
PUTNAM

Members Of the operators at the F central office of the s. N. B. T. com pany exchanged gifts at Christmas party.
 There were many evidences Tues day that Putnam was serving as a i base of supply for practically all of l the "dry" territory in this part of the l county.
 Mrs. Delphis Landry and daugh- | ter of Franklin, Mass, afs Christmas | guests of MT. and Mrs. T. \. P. GAgne.
 The rush at the post office Tuesday | was up to the usual Christmas ten- sion and mountains of mail were be- | ing handled.
 Secretary Charles L. Tsrrey; of the | Putnam town school committee, an nounced Tuesday morning that the 1 schools will not open next week No definite time for their feopehing has been set.
 Much will be done at the Day Kim hall hospital today to make Christ mas as happy holiday as possible for all the patients. separated from home and loved ones.
 The homeward- flowing tide Of Camp Devens soldiers on Christmas leave was one of the features Of Tuesdays heavy railway travel through Putnam
 Francis RX<n, who is in the naval
  Fla. is at his home here on an Is days leave of absence.
 Irving w. Davis U. S. Marine corps stationed at Paris Island. $. C.. has visited friends in Putnam. He was 1 formerly in charge of the states en- | tomo1ogica1 work here
 ! Christmas candy at 40 cents a pound l was one of tie novelties of the season. And it was scarce and d fast seller, 1. -1z C 1.- 4 .1,y retailed for 15 cents pound. The Salvation Army is providing l Christmas dinners today for mum | her of needX-fkmilies in Putnam. The funds were obtained by using the fa- miliar red kettle, which has been set 1 in Main street for the past ten days. l Charles Ryan, who has two woun.l stripes, has written to his relatives here telling them he is in a replace 1 ment camp in France. near St. Ar l gonne.
 Mrs. E. L. Simpson is spending the
 holiday with relatives in New Lon
 don.
 Pomfret school is closed fer the hol- l idaN recess and the students have gone to their homes.
 A pledge of $100 has been received 1 toward the founding of K. of C.. | l Frank H. Cordier, who is an active
 worker for the organization. Large numbers of the parishioners i received cornmupion at the early l masses at St. Mary's church today | tWednesday)
 l Legislators elect are interested in
 the opening of the legislative session
 of 1919, lived for week from Tues
 day.
 1 Very little gold was given for
 Christmas presents this year. Instead tkere were gifts of war savings cer-
 ttf1cates and. in some cases, Liberty
 bonds.
 With rain falling at sunset Tues day evening the promise was for a
 green" Christmas throughout this section of Connecticut, where spring 1 like days have been experienced for
 the past week.
 Miss Lillian Flanagan, daughter of Mir. and Mrs William Flannagan. died , during Monday night at their home
 in West Thompson after an illness
 with influenza. Miss F1annagan was l one Of the teachers at the Israel Put nam school and one of the most eff
 cient instructors in Putnam's public
 schools The announcement of he, ,, death was a decided shock to all O i the town school committee wcri i grieyed over the young womar's deafl 1 and were high in their praise of tht l | teaching service that she had ren !. dered here. l All hope for her recovery was prac 1 tically abandoned during Monday af l ternoon, when her temperature haj = reached 107. Coming at the Christ n mas season Miss F1annagan's death i s doubly sad Both her mother and he t sister are i'll, though their condition
 was not regarded as critical Tuesday
 Philip Ducharrne, citizen of th ., world, is spending the Christmas hol V, iday at the county jail in Brooklyn ', where Judge Geissler sent him fror a the city court to serve a sentence (
 six months on a charge of theft, an
 one month additional for having bee 4 intoxicated
 Alsse Heneault. who says he is 1 5 years of age, but who does not appea
 to be much over 15, was the com
 plainant against Duchaf1ne. The yout l- told a strange story. a part of Whic IS related to the theft Of his money b l. Ducharme, whom he claims he neve ,r saw until Saturday of last week, whe ie he met him in the rilroad station z n l Woonsocket.
 ,- Young Heneault says he has bee r. working in the Globe mills in Woor ,s socket, but the work became slac le there and he decided to come to Put e nam. At the station in Woonsock, ,- he met Ducharrne and found that h
 too, was bound for Putnam D3 IS charrne, a man well along in years, f m nally was joined by aNG*her round. T., and. after some talk the three decide ,s ] to renain in Woonsocket over nigh l. They did so. going to the same boarI l. ing house for a room. Sunday Dt
 charme and Heneault came to Pu Is nam and spent the night at the san m room in local hotel. Heneault payir of the, bill,
 is When Heneault awakened Monds ", morning he found that both his nol ,e ey and Ducharme was missing. +, n, neault said his loss amounted to S4 n. He started a search for Ducharm rrl but did not succeed in finding him. -i. finally complained to the police. Sc ,r geant Cordier a,4A fTeneauit tho
 started out and finally located Dl charme in saloon. Ducharme whi r. searched at the police station had s is on his person and this was restor, ne tc young Heneault.
 -kaI When questioned by Sergeant Co le dier as to why he took the youi he mans pocketbooi, Duchar1ne said
 did not take it, but admitted havii
 removed from it all but Is cents
 money, thinking that the roll was h of he said
 of Why Henault should have so close he associated himself with a man of D ss. charme's type officials here are unat