Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-30
PUTNAM

|s < At a meeting held at the Congrega- .t1onal church. c. p. Sharpe was elect cd s superintendent of the Sunday school for the remainder of 1919.
 Iyer $, Nelson, who has been at the Day Kimball hospital. has returned to his home in Pomfret. Mir. Nelson had his nose broken and was otherwise
 hurt when he was accidentally struck
 brother's hands.
 Rev 1oynton Merrill, of the Con GTegntional church. will be in Hart ford Thursday and Friday of next
 week to attend a conference of 20 untn- isters relative to the campaign to be Connecticut to raise fund of $5,oo0,-
 600, before January I. The conference kwiil be held at Hartford seminary
 Rev. Mir. Merrill has been given leave
 that he may aid in the campaign
 state omcer Howard Elliott and
 RAtxoln1an Ernest Chandler left Fri- day afternoon for an automobile trip
 E w. Hirrichs of New York and
 Woodstock Spoke Thursday evening"
 prayer meeting at the Congregational church. The chapel was crowded. A
 duet, Tell Me the Story of Jesus, was
 sung by the Misses Ruth and Dorcas
 Bartlett.
 E At Pntnam's intsrests arc to be open at all times to the menace of trade losses such as are attending the pres
 ent trolley strike. by reason of the fact
 that cars running out of Webster
 come into the drosvenordales. but
 will not make connections at West
 Thompson for this city. an effort will
 be made at the next session of the
 legislature, 1t was stated here Friday,
 to prohibit by law the operation of cars from Webster across the state
 line. This means that all of the line in Connecticut must be operated over
 by Connecticut crews if Putnam fn- teresfs are to be properly Protected, as they are not at present.
 John B. Paine, a resident of Putnam practically all of his life. is dead at his home on School street. MT. Paine was born in Danielson. June 19. 1850, a son of Mir. and Mrs. Christopher C. Paine, who llveS on the Green Hollow rcz<d. He attended schools in Kill 1ingly and later entered the fish bus mess. following this Ina for about 15 years Thirty-seven years ago Mir. Paine came to Putnam and opened fish market. He conducted this en- terprise successfully for years and al- so was engaged in the meet business. MT. Paine continued active until April of this year. when hts health began to fail. He had been confined to his led for the past thres wesxs. Afr, Paine, leaves two sons, John. Washington, R. A.s anu Itoys ~uTWlCtt. ruEec uAdSuttIS, Mrs. May Patterson, Mrs: Ethel Fish CT, Mrs. Florence Bu-dick. all of Put nam. He also leaves Il brother. Georee, who lives on the Paine home stead at Danieison. ;ari1 .a sister. Afrs. Aisadia Dykeman. also of Darieison, Mrs, Paine. who was Miss Lillian Isur-4 bee. daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Dwight Bughes of this city. die in 1868.
 Hep-y Baks-. of Wilkinson str.et. that ap attempt to hcrd hun up and rob him of his money was made Thursday night while he was en his way home In the struggle that took place Bakers face was scratched and he was bitten on the left wrist, out he got in a good and effective kick hat caused the he1d-up man to weak sn and then Baker broke away and made his escape. Baker then pro- ;ured assistance and hunt for the aoid-up man was made. but without l ,ueeess. The assault was made upon | Baker near ciuHnr of bushes. out Of l which the heid-up man leaped. east of% he Israel Putnam school. Another at | enpt te held up Baker was made un- i Ter the Frent street bridge last winter