Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-13
DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM


 Funeral services for John B. Me- Duffee were conducted at his home here Wednesday afternoon by Rev. Boynton Merrill. pastor of the Sec ond Congregational church. Burial was in Grove cemetery. The bearers were Louis Law. Frank D. Thayer, George Young, Mayor A. W. Marcy, Attorney B. c. Morse and Judge L. H. Fuller.
 The funeral of Euclid Ref was held from his home here Wednesday morning with funeral services at St. Mary's church. Rev. Adrian Dykemans being celebrant- of the mass of re- quiem. Burial was in St. Mary's cem- etery.
 State Officer Howard Elliott, repre-
 senting the bureau of domestic ami
 mals, was in Putnam on Wednesday.
 Mr. Elliott is engaged in posting no-
 tiees in towns all along the state bor-
 der, these notices having to do with
 bringing in neat cattle and horses
 without first securing the proper per-
 mits, and setting forth the penalties
 for violation of new regulation.
 Mir. Elliott started in at Groton and
 has posted notices lin all of the border towns in New London and Windhan counties. From Thompson, he will post in towns along the Massachu- sets border clear across to where Connecticut joins New York state. There have been. some complaints during the past few months of cattle and horses being brought across the border without the required suthori- zation.
 From Hartford members of the state committee of the Roosevelt Me- l moriai association have sent to many Putnam residents requests that they become permanent members of the as- sociation. A committee has not been formed in Putnam to carry on the work of the association here. so the appeals are being made direct from Hartford William Howard Taft is chairman of the Connecticut commit tee. Rev. James H. Grady, whose home is in this city, has been transferred to Hartford from Bridgeport parish. Rev. Father Grady. who completed his studies in Rome and returned here something over. a year ago. has been assigned to- a parish that has a large number of Italians speaking residents. The new hand registers for collect { ing fares were introduced on the Put iietiiI O1tAoLOIl Ol LIl0 EJilOIG 1J1HS E4l6C- l tric Railway company on Wednesday. I The patrons of the road seemed to take quite kindly to the use of the device entirely new here, but the | special interest of passengers was | aroused by the tokens, which repre- sent ? 1-2 cent value and are used | to meet payments of fares that figure out on fsllf a nickel basis. ssa l Some of the passengers described l the tokens as Chinese money, to
 which they bear some resemblance and they were otherwise designated as beer checks and other things.
 | A meeting of the Putnam Retail l Clerks association was held Wednes- l day evening in Feresters' hall. The meeting gave consideration to the holding of social gatherings during the winter.
 The recently elected officers Of the l association are: President, A. A. Bro
 deur; vice president, B. J. McGarry secretary, l.. Charron;. treasurer. D E. Gilbert.
 Entries continue to be received fol the annual corn show of the NVindhan County Farmers association. Int l show is scheduled for Thursday o 1 next week and promises to be yer, much; of a success. although the ba, | weather that came in such bi,
 patches during the growing seasol
 had the effect of damaging the cofl
 crops of many of the farmers in thi
 territory.
 Invitations were being received her
 1 Wednesday to a song recital to b
 given here Friday evening by MI, , Alice Vorlet. the celebrated soprano assisted by Victor Young. pianist. , In towns all through this section tn Red Cross membership drive is bein , extended for few days in order ths an opportunity be given the worker to make a more complete. canvas .. Putnam chapters membership has nc . reached the splendid total recorde .. last year, and this seems to be the e2 2 perienee of most chapters in Connet |, | ticut.
 The contractors who are layin . concrete roadway in Grove street wei : engaged on Wednesday in putting E, cement on the north side of the stree :. 1 from King street eastward to u . Grove street cemetery. It seems. like . that the whole width of Grove stre [, from King street eastward to u 2 cemetery corner will be cementt n within Q week. 5s
 s Local liquor dealers have abo d given up hope that there is to be { "open" season between now and Jal I uafy 16, when constitutional prohih T tion goes into effect. There have be- a so many unfounded rumors about T r opening that no faith is placed in al U of tEese knoA.
 s It is indicated. it is said, that t :. grand list now being compiled " U show a very material increase oY T the total of the grand list last COT tu piled. There will be some addition but no great increase in revenue c > be anticipated on account of i creased valuations in town. .o Seven boys, appearing to be fri s Is to IS years of age. rode into u IS city Wednesday morning in a si 1t door Pullman. They left the trs l. here and inquired about means l. getting back to Worcester. which, th a said, was their home city. They h
 been out seeing the world. had finis le ed the job and ,.weEe going back wht y the board furnished by fond paren d is free.
 of Judge M. H. Geissler was in Ra r. ford Wednesday on business trip " The boys will tell you that Pascc of is no longer a port of call Even u oasis is rapidly drying up. IL Bristot-It is a question if sin es post of the. American Legion in | T. | state is StarfiY1p off in c cood fipauo