Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-18
PUTNAM

B Second Congregational church. is talk ing his vacation during the last two weeks in August, In his absence Ken meth C. Sharpe IS orsanist, The years had taken cottage at Crescent Beach for two weeks. is not to do so this season.
 Members of Wapaquasset tribe of Red Men. Putnam were at Phillips grove. Alexander,s lake, on Sunday for their first annual clambake and outing. There was a large attendance, and va rious contests. including a ball game, provided the entertainment.
 Funeral services for Henry K: Staff ford, 7s. who died at his home in South Woodstock last Wednesday,. were held Saturday. and burial was in Wood stock Hill cemetery.
 A Putnam furniture store had rush call for 20 cots from the Day Kimbal hospital Saturday. These were to be used in connection with the clinic be- ing held by Dr. Harry Foster of New York, who removed adenoids and tom sils from 25 children. The cots were placed on the hospital piazza. The hospital at present has an unusually large number of patients, and the Sat- urday clinic taxed hospital resources to the limit.
 A meeting of Anseln1 Mayotte post of the American Legion is to be held Tuesday. Aug. 25. in Eagles hall. The organization committed. Archibald Macdonald, Jr. chairman, announced Saturday that an active campaign for members is to begin at once so that by the time of the next meeting every en- giDle man in Putnam and surrounding towns will have signed membership card Posters are being placed about the city and everything possible done to make even more interest in the or ganization than is being shown. Put nam Is now credited with one of the most active posts in the state. and Mr. e a iV1nt fr al -n IT n a WI 100 per cent. membership city.
 x-serviee men of Putnam are being asked to go to the Chamber of Com merce rooms and there obtain from Whitman Danielson. secretary of the Anselm Mayotte post of the American Legion, blanks which are to be filled out and mailed to the Connecticut His torical society in Hartford. These permanent record of the men who served in the great war from Putnam Those who fill the questionnaires and send them to Hartford will receive in return a certificate. signed by Governor Holcombs and certifying that the own CT was in the army, navy or marines
 Talk of a memorial building in honor of Putnam men who fought in the war seems to. be growing. The proposition was first made by Miss Elizabeth C. Child, who suggested that a part of the $3.000 appropriated by the city and town for the Labor day celebrat on be set aside to form the nucleus of a H. brary fund. Miss Child believes that memorial library in the center of Put nam would be the most fitting memo rial that this city could erect. num- Der of Putnam ladies appeared before the Welcome Home day committee and made the suggestion that a part of the appropriate be used as Miss Child suggested. The committee members were all in favor of a la sting memorial but stated that inasmuch as the money ad a purpose that of celebrating on Labor day, they had no power to divert it to other uses. The matter of a memorial was again touched upon at the last meeting Of Anselm Mayotte post of the American Legion, when Rev. Boynton Merrill. addressing the post. declared that one line of work that the post could adopt would be that of securing a memorial for Putnam. He suggested a memorial park, memorial fagpole with an ornamented base or, best of all. a memorial library. MT. Merrill believes that the members of the post plans for the memorial Just what will come of the matter no one can say, but it is evident that there is on the part of Putnam citizens a we'll founded opinion that some sort of memorial should be dedicated to Put nams veterans.
 Mir and Mrs. c. M. Kent and daugh- ter. Miss Mabel Kent are taking an auIOlDODHe lTID lHTOugH lHe " Ilte mountains.
 Miss Bertha Farrows of New Lon don spent her vacation with her par ents here. MT. and Mrs. Olin D. Far. rows.
 Miss Eliza beth RafArty Is visiting al Pleasant View. R. I.
 "We are just where we were a week ago" said Warren Amess chairman of the merchants committee of the Put nam Chamber of Commerce. Saturday morning, while speaking of the trolley situation and the chamber automobile bus lines which had been established to take the place of the trolley cars. we had hoped to have service to North Grosvenordale today. but the machines are running only to West Thompson. We have plans. but just at present the whole thing is in the air" In spite of the fact that the com mittee has been working hard to bring about the service to the Grosvenor- dales and had aimed to have it run- ming smoothly on Saturday so that Put nam trade might not suffer. there was no such service. Two buses were run ming hourly between Putnam and West Thompson. but did not go further north The drivers of the buses feel that there is not enough traffic to pay them to go the extra miles to North Grosvenordale, and since they are not subsidized in any way, but are run