Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-01-31
PUTNAM

DR.. J. B. Kent of this city has just
received a letter from his son, Major
James NJ. Kent, who IS in the New
York hospital unit at Chateau RouX,
| France. Following is his very inter-
esting letter:
| Major Kent returned from Nice to
| the base hospital the Gath of Deem
| Der. The men had a real American
dinner and the officers had some real
turkey and plum pudding, in the Off
GERS quarters. The white walls of
the hospital wards were cheerily dec
OF ated with holly, which grows in
abundance in that part Of E-ance,
| Base Hospital Unit Nc. 63 which ar
rived in France last September and
| took over d group of buildings and
! proceeded to convert them for hospi-
tai purposes just had the buildings
ready to receive patients four days
before the signing Of the armistice, SO
| that all their work Went to waste for
| this unit has since been assigned to
Base Hospital No. 8, Chateau Roux.
After their arrival at Base No. .,
which is the base at which Major
Kont is stationed he. Major Kent, was
| gwen d IS hour leave in which he
visited Limoges, q, city Of about ZOO,
GOO inhabitants and two and one-half
| hours by rail from Chateau Rou1.
| Limoges, he says, is q very Interesting
cid city with many ancient cathedraiS
and bridges. One OF the oldest bridges
- one built by the Romans during
Caesars time and the stained glass
| windows of the cathedra's date back
70 the 14th and 18th century. The eli
mate at Limoges is a great deal mild
Vr than at Chateau Roux. much like
our spring for flowers were blooming
everywhere. Major kents visit to
Limoges proved very pleasant and up
en- his return to the base hospital
they received orders to get ready to
| rIbar1 for America, so that by this
12me the unit is either on its way
across or at some embarkation Fort
; and any day Il is expected 20 hear OF
Major hent'S arrival Z this country
Putnam's probation. officer, Mrs. W
, J. Bartlett, announced Thursday that
there seems TO be no end of trouble
and sorrow ana many days she has
: two or three cases brought to her at.
. t@ntion. Complaints come from wives
and mothers for abuse, non support
ard most of all drunkenness. IN 8
, few cases the husband spends rot Cnly
y his own money fer liquor but that o
: hi, wife consequently their family, i
they have any, go without the neces-
saries of life. At no time IN this small
, been SO pronounced. Mrs. Bartlett i.
. giving much of her work 30 the cause
: At the Congregational church OF
. Thursday evening Rev. Wilson Stew.
art gave an enthusiastic talk on TIL,
=, Value of Maa. Sunday evening the Y
- P. c. E. under the leadership of Mrs
q Q. NJ. Elliott will hold their servic
= with special music by Misses Ruti
ard Dorcas Bartlett.
n The new x-ray machine has bee1
e Installed at the Day KimbaI Hospital
# It is the same as is being used by tn
n Boston City Hospital and other larg
: hospitals and. it represents the high
|, est degree of efficiency attained b
n this wonderful discovery.
Leo J. Trembly of North Grosvenor
II dale, who was sent oy Local Boar
e No. 16, is reported wounded, degre
e undetermined.
n Norman Warren, son of Mr.. an
n Mrs. W. p. Warren. who has bee
5 overseas has returned to this countr,
d Adelard Salvas, another oversee
} man, has also returned to his HON
here.
N In the city court Thursday mornin
IS Fred Myers was given 30 days fo
re having been found asleep on the depc
$ steps. He had come from Attlebor
IS and wanted to go to Bridgeport an
o. how he happened to get off at Putna,
10 was beyond him. So the judge ha
le given him plenty of time to think
< over. Ovid Boullv stole $12 from Ere
r Ducharme. Monday evening they wei
iE both in Benoit's saloon and Ducharm
~ mentioned that he was looking for
u rooming place and Boully told him /
could have room up at his house
u he had any money to pay for i
re Thereupon Ducharne pulled out s.
VI which Boullv to%k and disappeare
. with. The judge asked Bou1ly wE1s
! he had done with the money and VIII
! he had taken it ne said that he ha
-, taken it in pay for Ducharme's roo
y and had spent it all. He was give
l. 80 days for petty larceny.