Putnam patriot., 1919-01-10

Mrs. Ella Herrick received letter from her niece, Miss Ruth Van Ars- dale, who is in the Red Cross work in France. Miss Van Arsdale does not expect her stay in France will be very long now the war is over.
 Miss Mattie Knight is visiting friends in Danielson for an indefinite time. Miss Hannah May, her com panion, is visiting her brother in Wor- cester and will stay until Miss Knights return to her home here.
 The proposed service exercises that were to be held at Christmas will be held next Sunday evening at o'clock The carol composed by Miss Granger Twill be sung A collection will be taken for the Armenian and Servian fund.
 Little Miss Vivian Lovejoy has so far recovered from her sickness as to venture out for the first time in three weeks last Sunday, and the snow that covered the ground furnished the op- portunity for her to ride on her new Santa Claus" sled.
 Mrs. E. H Thompson died Tuesday evening, having been confined in bed for over two weeks, owing to a gener- al breaking down incidental to old age. The funeral is to be on Satur- day at 1.30 D. m. in the Methodist church at North Grosvenor-Dale.
 The contrast in the weather of this winter in Thompson may be more full ly realized when one thinks that on the first of January, 1918, the thef- mometer registered ten degrees be- : low zero and had been below zero for more than sixty continuous hours. : The service flag that has hung in all weathers in its place on the flag pole on the common since it was first
 raised September 17th, was taken z down on Saturday that it might be y preserved from any further damage f by the elements and thus serve as 8 souvenir of the war.
 r Charles Chandler, son of Mrs. Hen g ry Withey of East Thompson, has en- : gagged to work for Hon. R. H Chan dler commencing Thursday after New < Years day. Mir Chandler fills the I place recently occupied by Roy Me t Gregor, who was unable to resume his work after being sick
 , The annual meeting of the Thomp : son fire engine company was held al , the Court of Probate office building ; Monday night The officers elected were: Captain, Fred Herrick; frs lieutenant, Carol Ingraham, second lieutenant, Leonard Mills; secretar! and treasurer, James H. Ryan.
 The owners of residences in our village are sorry to learn of the i'll ness of George Locke in Putnam. Mir Locke has been a familiar figur, about our village more or less fo more than twenty-five years, at worl as a painter, and is held in great es teem by all who know and have deal with him.
 Carl Peterson the faithful employr of Mrs. George Dresser for the pas fifteen years, died Monday morning MT Peterson had an attack of infuen ga which brought about a chroni trouble from which he had been a suf ferer for the past few years, whicl resulted in his death. The funera was held on Wednesday, burial il West Thompson cemetery.
 A chimney on the residence of Dex ter Elliott was discovered to be ol fire Saturday evening about o'clock Several members of the fire engin company were on hand about the vii lage and quickly brought the chemica engine to the scene and soon extin guished it without making any alarm It being slate roof, prevented tn house from taking fire as the spark from the chimney dropped very thick ly on the roof Thanks are due to tn chemical engine and the members 0 the engine company who operated ii and probably averted greater fire