Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-05-31

Miss Pearl Noyes returns TO nef
studies at Smith College this week.
Arthur Mill returned from weeks
business trip in New York on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs, Horace Morse of In
dian Orchard, Mass, are visitors in
town.
Miss Frances Olney is among the
new arrivals at her cottage for the
summer
The Thimble Club is rehearsing for
the staging of a drama to be given
next month.
One of the Kinney cottages occe~
pied By Mrs Roosevelt has been given
a coat of paint.
The scholars of the Sunday school
hung a May basket to Rev Mr.. Chase
on Monday evening.
Frank Bates of Bates Bros, while
Saving at circular saw table, cut
bis thumb quite badly on Friday.
Only few in number from Quin-
natisset Grange attended the Pomona
at South Woodstock last Saturday.
The Vernon Stiles Inn has been
kept very busy since opening this
spring accomplishing automobile
parties.
Mr. and Mrs Wesley Vim are plan
ming to leave the old home of Mrs.
Winn and move to Putnam where Mr..
VIM is employed.
Mr.. and Mrs C. f. Searls are oe-
eupying their residence, where Mrs.
Searls is entertaining her sister, Mrs.
Darlington, and children.
The grass on the common was
moved before Decoration Day, JOS
eph St Martin, the busy man of the
community, doing 1t, working late IN
to the evening.
Teresa Boyer, Ardel Chase and
Blanche Munyan were baptized last
Sunday in the little pond on the prem
ises of Mrs Henry Jacobs, by the
Rev William Chase.
While not necessary, Thompson
having already gone over the top, an
extra effort was put forth by the So
hcitors for the Red Cross fund on the
closing days of the week.
The handsome dog owned by Miss
Effie Davis was run over and killed by
a motor cycle near the residence of
Henry Davis on Providence street
George Bates was riding the machine.
On account of the shortage of la
borers in the grading of the Gladding
home, Mr. Maitland has engaged a
force of men for that purpose from
Boston. Local painters and carpen-
tiers are assisting in Fastening the
work of completing the new build
ings
A visit to the Hermanson green
house a few days before Decoration
Day evidenced that business even
with the florist, bike everything else,
is on the rush Besides the regular
Decoration Day work the filling of
boxes for piazZas and preparing for
decorating the church for the wedding
on Saturday, all go to make Mr.. Her
manson very busy man.
The summer residences are about
all occupied and the Genes of nature
IN the village are beautiful and may
be expressed by the saying, ARE all
smiling" and ere another issue of The
Patriot the social event, the Ream-
Weaver wedding, will have passed,
and June, which is the sweet rose
month, will be well on its thirty days
Journey, and as well as beautiful and
lively, is the important busy month
with the farmer.
Extensive acreage is being planted
by many of the farmers in Thompson
this season. In one particular case
is Fort Eli farm, where nearly thirty
acres are planted. Mr.. Reynolds, the
owner, is one of the progressive men
in farming. His herd of Holsteln
cows, from which he is milking about
800 quarts Of milk daily, shipping ESQ
quarts to Boston and the balance is
used in raising calves. In speaking
with him he said it did not pay to sell
any calves and he was continually re-
fusing to sell any but raises them all
More such farmers as Mr.. Reynolds is
would be great apd IN solving the
food problem
The saying painting the town red
was in evidence at the residence of
Charles Knight on Monday evening
Excepting II was his premises and not
the town, when about forty of the
friends and associates of Miss Mildred
Knight were gathered there, the oc-
casion being hanging Miss Knight a
red, white and blue May basket which
was only a trifie smaller than a fam
lily market basket, filled with fruit
ard confectionery and other good
tsings that go TO make up the con-
tents of May baskets. There being
so many in number some of them
were easily caught, and then the real
good time was on, testing the contents
ef the basket, enjoying games and
dancing on the lawn until late hour.