Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-12-06

Miss Lewis has had as a guest a
lady friend from New York.
A pipeless heater is being installed
in the residence of George Foster.
The ladies missionary meeting was
/ Seld at Mrs. Arthur Mills on WedneS-
day.
Miss Reed entertained relatives
from Boston and Worcester on
Thanksgiving Day.
Mrs Fred Franklin and Miss Myr-
tie kingsbury were callers on friends
in town on Friday.
Mrs Frank Herrick, accompanied
| by Miss Ella Herrick, spent Friday
with Mrs. Herrick.
Mrs Burnett and young sons Peter
and Richard have been visitors a few
days in Providence.
Mr.. and Mrs. DIN Nichols were
| guests for Thanksgiving day with
friends in Worcester.
Mr.. Dart and Mrs. Dart spent few
days with relatives in New London
during Thanksgiving week.
Charles Davis, Jr., is having an i'll
turn and IS studying indoors. Dr.
Kent of Putnam attends him.
Hon c. E. Searls and Mrs Searls
returned on Monday from spending a
week at Poland Springs, Maine.
Mr.. and Mrs Decker have returned
to their Providence home for the win
ter, leaving town on Wednesday.
Hon. Oscar Lapham and Mrs. Lap
ham of Providence have been spend
ing few days at Mrs. Hutchins'.
The organ at the Congregational
church it is expected will be put in
playing condition by next Sunday.
Calvin Ballard and family of
Maine are making a visit with Mr..
Billiards. father, George V. Ballard.
The annual meeting of the Central
Baptist church society was held at
James Converse's on Monday evening.
Mrs Fred Reed and Mrs. ]. Scott
Lewis of Southbridge were entertain
ed by Miss Blackmar Thanksgiving
day.
Mr.. and Mrs Decker and family
spent Thanksgiving at a family gath
ering with their parents in Provl-
denee.
Ruby Erickson returned from
two weeks visit to her sister, Mrs.
Henry Crosby, in Concord, Mass, on
Sunday.
Miss Florence Rhoades, a teacher
in the schools in Central Village, was
recent visitor with Mrs. Everett
Rhoades.
School was closed on Monday af
ternoon to allow the teachers to at
tend the teachers meeting IN eros
venordale
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Morse of East
Thompson entertained their daughter
Mrs Elmer White and son Elmer
Thanksgiving day.
The roof of the residence of Hon.
c. f. Searls has been repaired and
painted the past week, Putnam par
ties doing the work.
Serelia Rhoades was best man at
the wedding of Forrest Ross. Mr..
Ross is the son of eX-Representative
Ferdinand Ross of East Thompson.
Hon. Joshua and Mrs. Alderman,
after spending two of the pleasantest
months of the season, took their de-
| narture for their city home on Tues
day
Mr.. Backus attended the Battle of
Vimv Ridge scene in Providence on
| THANKSGIVING day His son Lawrence
returned heme with him for Thanks
Giving dinner.
Linus Logee has purchased the
| chestnut wood lot east of the village
Of Thomas RYAN and will move his
saw mill en- il soon. cutting of the
timber having already be%un.
Arthur Elliott returned home from
gamp Devens for good on Saturday
having been discharged. A friend
f.ana the camn who resides In Proyi
leuce came with him ard spent tn.
| wee. end with him at the home Of
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Myron Ell
lott
An alarm ef fire was sounded las
| Fri3av forneoon which called out the
FIRE department to the house Of Pau
! tuaur which was discovered on fire
en- the roof near the chimney Tit
fire had not cot started much before
being discovered and was soon pa
cut with little damage.
Miss Helen Parker from Everett
| Mass. Albert Parker and Theodore
Webb from Watertown Arsenal, enc
Rudolph Bartsch, employment man
ager at Camp Devens, Mr. and Mrs
Allan Stevenson and baby from Ros
lindale Mass. were guests of Mr. AM
Mrs. Maitland at Thanksgiving.
Arthur Mills has learned through
relatives in Boston that his grand
nephew, Lucius Truesdale, was kille
in action Oct. &c. having been over
seas since July. 1917, as a member o
the 26th division that figured so he
roically in fighting during the wal
Young Truesdale, during his boyhoo
DAYS was a frequent visitor to HI
grandmother, the late Mrs. Sara
Mills Truesdale. while she reside
here caring for her father, the lat
Andrew Mills.
The election of officers at III
Grange meeting on Tuesday evenin
occurred the lecturers hour. and RI
suited in the choice of Charles Viii
ing as worthy master and the folio +
. ing: Overseer. Herbert Steele;
turer. Anaie Barton; steward,
nard Beleher; treasurer. Thomas
an: secretary. Hannah Bates "
keeper Edward Babbitt: Ceres,
] Ruth Smith. Pomona. Agnes ~
son; Flora &c trude Johnson = =
, Is, Grace Ingraham-
People in town to spend ThIAsz!ixi-
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