Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-30
PUTNAM

1 PUTNAM
 Funeral services for. Erastus Whea- ton were held at his home Friday af- ! ternoon, Rev. G C, s. NacKay, of the Baptist cfurch officiating. Burial was in Grove street cemetery.
 A message received here stated that Merrill Paine, formerly a principal os the Israel Putnam school was seriously i'll at southern training camp.
 Some Putnam boys who are at Camp Devens stated while here for the holi day that they expected discharges from the service, possibly by tine end Of this week.
 Valmore veigard, aS, has shown a mink pelt. the animal from which it came caught in one of the trans the boy has had set.
 At some points along the Putnam division the Shore Line Electric Rail- way is having new rails put in. but he amount of this work being done is limited
 Reports received by the police indi- cate that some here. or hereabouts found way to reduce the cost of the Thanksgiving dinner-by going out and stealing chickens.
 Putnam students at Clark college have been informed that. their S. A. T. c. work will be suspended and that they will get back to their normal col lege work by Dec. 20.
 Fred Watson. Pomfret ycuno man. has been cited for bravery in action. according to reports received here by his friends.
 l A recent death in Worcester was
 that of Samuel Morrell, father of Ed ward Morrell, formerly manager of the Bradley theater. Mr. Morreil came
 through this section for years as a.
 Woolen cloth buyer at mills.
 l Members of Putnam lodue of Elks
 from all of the surrounding towns will
 be here Sunday to attend the annual
 lodge of sorrow. New names have
 been added to the necrology list of the lodge during the past twelve months.
 Afer completing the work to be done
 at the office of the local board, Pri-
 v2te Frank Phillips, of Hampton. will
 go to Fort Slocum to be mustered out
 Of the service. He is limited service
 man, and all such who are engaged
 as clerks are to be released from the
 army in the very near future. prob
 ably early in December,
 Everett A. Davis, son of Mir. and
 Mrs. Everett A. Davis of Pomfret road, and M. Gould Beard, son of MT. and Mrs. William Beard, have won com
 missions as second lieutenants in the
 United States aviation service. Both
 are graduates of Putnam High school.
 The work of preparing two stores in the Union block for use as postoffice
 quarters is now proceeding steadily
 and considerable progress has been
 made. It will not be long after the
 close of the holiday season before the
 office is located in it's new quarters,
 probably about February l.
 Talks with persons who have rela- tives in the army in France seem to : indicate that the casualty lists are
 more dreaded now than they were |, while actually fighting was going on. , Here in Putnam at least there Is a ; feeling that it would be worse to hear , of relative or friend being killed or wounded now than during the time
 whe nthe war was in full swing, this due the hope for the safe return of the boys, now that the fighting is over
 Dr.. w. H. Holmes, formerly prin- l cipal of Putnam High school and also an educator well known to Westerly 2 people, is on his way to France as a representative of the Overseas educa- !; tional commission. In France he is to l be regional director. This commis- } sion has charge of all the educational work undertaken by the American forces overseas. Dr. Holmes is to be director of one of the eight regions : into which France has been divided by : the commission in charge of this edu- al CationaI work
 Dr. Holmes was superintendent oi schools at Mt. Vernon, N T., resignina his place to go across. He is a son ir-law of Mrs. A. W. Macdonald, ot ? Oak Hill this city.
 The Victory celebrations have de 9 Teloped practice that is coming to bt s regarded as SomheWhat of a danger agid already a well established nui.
 sance, S it is seized upon at tn; -' 1 slightest provocation for use on holi
 days or when merely out for a goot V l time'',,-and that is dragging old oi | cans and other such metal container = behind speeding automobiles. Ere quently the big cans break away iron . the machines to which they are at Y tached and remain in the highway, 0 menace to all motorists who happel ' along the route.
 h Letters addressed as follows are un a claimed at the Putnam post office: C
 E. Reynolds, F. Sendrian, A. G
 Knowles, Eva Bal1,y Mrs. Emma A il Howard, Mrs. Linsey, Mrs. Joseph La
 valle, Mrs. William Paige, Miss Flor . ence Rhodes, Miss Rose Macdonald . Miss Clara Smith.
 Robert Seoviile, federal aruiuistra {, tor for Connecticut, is to speak in Put : nam Friday. Dec. 5. upon the subjec = of The Food Situation and Connection
 Agriculture After the War. The oc ]. casion of MT. Scoville's visit to thi n city is the annual meeting of tn
 Windfam County Farmers Associa . t;cn which is to be held in Red Men q hall.
 s The all day session of the associa = tion will open at Il o'clock with a bus
 mess meeting, at which time report S will be read and officers for the com }. ing year elected. At noon the asso
 ciation will serve a lunch. e Following the lunch. at l o'clock e Miss Marie Loveness will speak ol o l The Woman's Programme of a Earn
 Bureau. Miss Loveness is now tn 2 home demonstration agent for tn # Litchfield County Farm Bureau. Sh g g1 las had a wide experience among ru : rA people as a county superintendent
 of schools in Minnesota, and as in 1. structor of rural education at Colun = bfa University. Her message will b V well worth hearing.
 ,r At 1.3o MT. ScoviI1e speaks. H a has had broad experience as food ad . ministrator and is thoroughly ac VI quainted with the food situation Ii
 this state. MT. Scoville knows how t R give practical talk to farmers an
 what he has to say to Windham Coun
 ty farmers along agricultural line
 will be worth listening to.
 At 2.15 Richard Pattee, manager C
 the New England Milk Producers As
 sociation, will speak on Selling Mil