Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-05-20
DANIELS0N And PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM


Judge Geissler presided Mondayl
| morning at long drawn out session
] of the city court at which automobilsI
cases were heard and disposed of.
These cases resulted from the operat-
| ing here on Saturday night and Sun
/; day of inspectors of the state auto
mobile department assisted by Deputy
| Sheriff Charles E. Aver of DayviIle |
Stephen S. Colvin, Providence, fail !
ed to apear and thereby forfeited a |
| bond of $751; Willis II. Perrin, Jr., Of
| this place paid $40 and costs for driv- |
| ing a car having glaring headlights. |
For being without his registration Oc- |
1 car Sanstrom paid 81 and costs; Phil !
| ip A. Barton of Worcester was fined
| $40 and costs for driving a car hay |
| ing glazing headlights. Willis Van
| cellette of this city paid SO and costs
for operating a car without having a
drivers license. James Caffrey, Put
man, driving a car with glaring head
lights, $40 and costs. Morris Fisher
driving a machine without any lights,
| $40 and costs. FISHER insisted that it'll
was not time, according to sunset and
the period thereafter for his lights to
be on, but inspectors claimed that it
was dark, that the streets lights were
burning and that all other automo-
biles were showing lights
Myrtle Jordan of Woodstock paid
! 1889 for not having a license She
! was under the impression that a IL
cense issued to her last July was ef-
!. fective for a year Warren S. South
, wick Southbridge, forfeited $40 bond.
, He was charged with being without an
/ operators license. but did not appear
to defend his case. Philip B. Hob
, by Worcester, for driving without
tailight paid $40 and costs. Everett
, White, Providence, forfeited a $40
; bond He did not appear to answer
, to a charge of driving without an op-
orators license. Thomas A Hanley Of
) Manville, R. L.. also forfeited his bond
by failing to appear in court.
Il NJ. d. Lewis of Eastford was an
{ other man who did not appear to
, answer to charge of violating the
4 light law. He forfeited a bond of SIS.
John r. Schelser of Southbridge, no
, operators license. paid 81 and costs.
Priests from all Of this section and
many other parts of New England will
gather here today to assist at the silver
jubilee of Rev. Charles +. Bedard,
pastor of St. Mary's church. There
! will be a solemn mass at st. Mary's
church this morning and entertain
ments in Father Bedard's honor this
afternoon. when the children Of the
parochal schools will assist and this
evening at the Bradley theatre.
e Memorial day the Putnam Country
e club will formally onen the season OF
2 1919, though some matches already
have been played at the links which
t are in better condition than ever this
n year. The course is now getting con-
n SAINT attention and by Memorial day
. should be il splendid condition
AS Putnam young men who have
| been in service continue to return
here there is increased agitation for
a celebration of a public nature il
y their honor This subject was being
discussed on Monday and July 4 was
), being suggested as a tentative date
for holding the celebration. which it is
n proposed shall he elaborate in nature
y as befits the response of tho towns
= young men to their country's call.
= A grand sight for motorists is at the
i Lapsley orchards in Pomfret this week
= The road running past the. orchard
. Is not in good condition, but can be
| negotiated, and the trouble will be we'll
= worth the effort. for the trees are
| white with blossoms, one of the most
e remarkable of the seasons nature pic
4 lures.
: Just what Putnam escaped when the
Estate took upon itself the burden of
t restoring the big wall that collapsed
4 beside the state highway in Pomfret
e street is indicated by the statement
4 that the state highway department
f has contracted 20 have the walt re-
= built at a cost said to be in excess
a of $4,000. Had the state not assum-
l. ed the burden the city would have, and
it would have meant considerable in
l crease in debt and. probably a boost
e in the tax rate.
|. Late May is bringing back to Wood
= stock and Pomfret and Thompson Il
/, considerable number of the wealthy
/ summer residents of these places. Last
Y wear the war was responsible for a
falling off in the number of these Wis
l itors, but they are fiocking back this
= rpring for what promises to be a
e brilliant season. with no war to wor-
= ry over
. Manager Thomas McDermott of last
years Putnam baseball team stated
g Monday that he is preparing to give
= Putnam some fine baseball this season.
1t is likely that the first game will
f be played here on Sunday, June /.
a Manager McDermott has not as yet
\ announced the makeup of his team
a but gives assurance that it will be a
f corker and up to the standard of the
q | teams he has given Putnam in the past
4 few years
6 County Agent 8. w. Ellis described
Monday what he considers his besr
: days work since he came into the
n country when on Saturday, with E
II party of county stock raisers, he travel
ed UP into Massachusetts, to visit farm
n where a specially of raising thorough
'r bred Ayrshires is carried on Th
'd main idea back of the journey was t,
$ bring onto the farms of this count,
an increased number OF head o
> thoroughbred cattle, and a step il
rs that direction was made when tin
re members of the party purchased eigh
N head of pure bred stock. At the farm
of Arthur Sagendorph in Spencer. Z
&c NJ. NJ. Marion of Brooklyn purchased
IN bull calf and heifer calf L. S. Bar
stow of East Killingly purchased
~ heifer calf and c. V. Chase of Thomp
Sc son purchased bull calf At tn
at Gray Rock farm at North Uxbridgt
l. where the party later visited Mr. Mar
q Tor purchased two thoroughbred heif
ne ers and yearling bull and Pete
c. Chabot of Wauregan purchased
rk yearling bull all Ayrshire.
or Other members of the party tina
lg made up the trip were Clark Pierce @
re Thompson, Warren Root and Leste
p. Williams of Brooklyn. Charles "
90 Williams of Danielson and w. A. Ra,
extension dairyman at the Connection
Agricultural college at Storrs.
y This is the second pilgrimage G
the kind that has been carried out thi
spring and another one is arrange
for May q. when Mr. Ellis will &C
company some of the Guernsey farm