Putnam patriot., 1918-06-21
THOMPSON TOWN TOPICS

The Marot school will have sum- mer term.
 Mrs. F C. Wicks is among the ar rivals this week
 The schools closed for the summer vacation last Friday.
 Frank Knight has been assisting in the local store few days.
 Charles Davis, Sr., is again on the sick list with an attack of asthma.
 he Thimble Club was entertained by Mrs. Oscar Munyan on Thursday
 Quinatisset annex has been rented, the family moving into 1t on Wednes- day.
 Mrs Austin, a niece of Mrs Elmer White, is spending the week with Mrs. White
 Bates Bros have been having neees- sary repairs made to the piazza of their residence.
 Our local coal dealer, MT. Ryan. has been favored in the receipt of some coal lately.
 The tea room conducted by Miss Dora Lowree is being appreciated by generous patronage.
 MT. and Mrs. Franklin Walker of Woodstock were callers on relatives in town on Saturday.
 Dr and Mrs. Paine attended the bacc calaureate sermon of Woodstock Aeademy on Sunday.
 Mr Carol entertained his parents, MT. and Mrs, Howard Ingraham of Harrington, R. l., on Sunday. 
 Mr and Mrs Dr. Gardner Miller, with guests, have been occupying their summer home the past week.
 An all day meeting of the Ladies' Aid of the Baptist church at Mrs Halls at Brandy Hill on Wednesday.
 Miss Annie Cunning ofiiciated at the morning service as organist, Miss Knight, the organist, being out of town.
 A business meeting of the Baptist church society was held at the resi- dence of Charles Chase on Wednesday evening
 Miss Mildred Knight spent few days at Ashburnham, Mass, during the graduation exercises of Gushing Academy
 Volney Reed, the electrician of Put nam, has been engaged at his profes- sion in several residences in the vil- lage the past week.
 Miss Mildred Knight spent few days and the weekend with friends at the closing exercises of Cushing Acad- emy at Ashburnham.
 The Misses Marcia and Annie Dun ming attended the funeral and burial services of Mrs. c. " Washburn in Providence on Friday.
 Emil Bayer went to Norwich on Sunday with the truck, and assisted in transporting a circus show from that place to Webster.
 Mrs. George H. Nichols, with her sister from the west, who is visiting her, were among worshippers at the morning service on Sunday
 The streets of Thompson have the appearance of deserted village on Saturday evenings, when the city of Putnam seems to be the attraction.
 Miss Nancy Rowland, who has made her home with Mir. and Mrs. William Bates the past year, has gone to make an indefinite stay with friends Tn Pas coag, R. l.
 As there is a family moving into the annex to the Inn, Mrs. Peckham came up from Providence Wednesday to see about removing some of her things stored there.
 The graduating exercises of the Memorial High school at North Gros venordale last Friday evening were attended by many of the residents of this section of the town.
 Miss Ruth Vanorsdale of Boston stopped in Thompson to call on her aunt on Tuesday. She was on her way to New York to visit her father, who is quite ill in that place.
 Mrs. George H. Nichols got stalled with her runabout near Quadic on Friday. Paul Augur, our village blacksmith, was summoned and helped her out of her dilemma.
 Native strawberries of the kind Josh Billings used to speak in his hu- morous writings have been selling in town for thirty-five cents box. Strawberries large, boxes small"
 George F. Ross, former resident of our town but now of Putnam, passed through our village with his new auto truck several times, which indicates he is busily engaged with it.
 The entertainment to be given by the Thimble Club is to be staged at town hall on Saturday evening. The proceeds are to be given to the Red Cross Ice cream and cake are to be on sale
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