Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-05
DANIELsON AND PUTNAM NEWS.
PUTNAM.

Lunch Served Visiting southb,idse
 Basketball Team-seore of Regis.
 srants and Some Wives Summoned
 Before Exemption Eeard-Motor
 Trucks Running From Norwich =
 Fridays ciassiTcations Announced
 --War Bureau Organized.
 Hot coffee and lunch was served the members of the South5lridge bas- ketball team that came here Friday evening to play the F. H. S. team, members of the home economics class of the local high school arranging the service.
 Summoned Before Board 's'
 Registrants, and in some eases their wives also. will appear before the local exemption board here this afternoon, that certain information wanted by. the board in these particular cases, ard not shown in the estionnaires, may be obtained. More than a score have been summoned to appear.
 The mercury hit the zero mark again in Putnam Friday morning, keeping up the unprecedented cold wave. and reducing some persons in whose homes there is only a small sup ply of fuel almost to state of despair
 It is said that there may not be any formal protest over train removals that will reduce the service from this city on the Worcester-Ne London line if it can be shown with any de- gree of satisfaction that the. trains will be restored after the coal famine is overcome. %$
 Local Branct, to Be Represented.
 The Putnam branch of the National Woman,s party will be, represented next Monday evening, in Hartford, at an important meeting at which Con- gressman Augustin Lonergan is to be present The passage of the Susan B. Anthony amendment by congress will be, urged. Among those who will at- tend. from this city: Miss Katherine Ryrne, president of the Putnam or ganization; Miss. Anna Levitt, Mrs. ". J. Bartlett who, as one of the Connecticut pickets, will appear dress ed in reproduction of the prison garb of the pickets while they were con- fined at Occoquan, Va, Resolution Adopted. The Putnam. branch of the: National Woman's party adopted resolutions urging upon President Wilson the making of the proposed Susan B.sAn- thony amendment, granting full suf- frage rights to the women of Amer ica, an administration measure Cop les of the resolution were also trans nlitted to Speaker Champ Clark and members of the Connecticut delegation in congress. rf Coal Train Object of Interest. A long coal train that moved north ward through this city Friday attract ed almost as much attention as a street parade from persons who hap pened to be in the vicinity of the rail- road station. There was little inter- est in coal trains once, but things have changed.
 Educational Film Shown.
 For the special benefit of the school children, of the city, Manager David Smith of the Bradley theatre ran an educational film Friday afternoon. showing Thomas A. Edison,s struggles toward success and the development of 8 number of his great electrical l devices. Motor Express From Norwich.
 | Notwithstanding the Arctic weather the big motor trucks that are con- ducting the overland express service between this city and Norwich cov- | cred their runs to this city Friday bringing in quantities of supplies.
 1 lnerease>in Postal Revenues.
 Quarterly reports at the postohice will show a substantial increase over normal revenues on account of the ad vance in postage rates that became l effective in November. ~ l Putnam's young people wi7o like tc dance may find their pleasure curtail: led by the plan to prevent, the use o1 fuel for heating of dance halls, as is now being considered The rule may also apply to other buildings used ir a semi-pubiic way for. what are now termed unnecessary enterprises. =. r Unless the weather moderates. it is probable that some of the rural schools
 iE smaller towns in this section of the
 county may be closed next week. |
 has proved not only difficult to keer
 the buildings warm, but the cl1ildrer
 have suffered in going to ard connins from school. ,-