Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-07
PUTNAM

Mrs. Edward :, Perry remains i'll
a. Bridgewater, Mass. where she is
under the care of a nurse.
Ice cutting is going on at various
small ponds in This territory, many
farmers being engaged in securing,
ne supply necessary Tor their needs.
Miss Edna Hall will enter the state
:losp- tai at Taunton. Mass. to begin
| raining as 2 nurse.
The legislative train, which I'll
make its last run of the week OUT of
this city this morning, is being ap
Jreciated by others besides the leg
| Islators.
! William Flanagan, Jry whose ia
| Their is a resident at West Thompson,
arrived at Newport News from over
seas.
| Corporal Leon Talbot, who is over
seas with a machine gun battalion of
the regular army is now stationed in
J the Vosges region of France, he writes
| 10 his uncle, Mark Wilson.
| ]. A. ?. Gagne. who has been very
| i'll, was reported on Thursday as
! greatly improved.
| Sergeant George Pearl of Brooklyn
was a visitor in Putnam Thursday.
| One who has taken measurements
| says the snowfall in Putnam this
winter has amounted to a total OF
Just over six inches. the lowest recurd
in many years.
The Hoyt Musical Comedy com
pany closed a successful engagement
at the Bradley theater and lett Thurs
day morning for Danielson.
Oliver Messier who has been at
| Worcester receiving treatment for an
injury he received when q gun eX-
lyatl l,1- Iii in
| West Thompson.
Cotton mills that mad not previ-
oTsly done so have been posting no
ttce of a 48-hour week to become eff
fective on Monday next.
At this time last winter many of
the city water mains were frozen and
tie city was facing a serious and
| dangerous situation. This winter it
mas been a rare thing to hear OF 4
water pipe inside cellar being
frozen.
State police have been devotins at
tention this week to solving the Sc
ries of thefts that have occurred in
tie Woodstocks and that have grC@e
~ disturbed the residents of that part
Ct the county.
If the mo2ev is available. there are
many here who would like to see the
state road completed from near North
Woodstock to the Massachusetts state
line. This is the route from Putnam
to Springfield. Northampton, Pitts
field and the White mountains.
Superintendent w. L. Macdonald Of
Putnam's public school system, has
been requested to give study and con.
sideration to the proposal that ligh
hut nutritious lunch be served da ly
during the forenoon to pupils in thu
city's graded schools. This is peinE
cone in many progressive cities arc
with markedly beneficial results. /
is generally recognized that many pu
p.Is, who get up late, or who, for va
r;ous other reasons, do not obtain a.
| "dequate breakfast. begin to tire arr
, how restlessness about the middle o
? the morning session. AS a conse
[ Guence their interest in their worl
lags, they lose ambition and, conse
, nuently, do not accomplish as mucl
as they would il their whole attention
were centered on their work, as
would more likelv be with the stem
aCh properly fed.
> Boy Scouts week in this city open
today with a Scout social and enter
! tainment in the assembly room of tn
l Baptist church, relatives and friend
. attending.
ca Saturday the Scouts will con
: 1uct Tag day in their drive for 500
oatrols VIII be stationed all over tn
ity, and an effort will be made t
! ach a great number of people s
rat the sum desired may be secured
Sunday afternoon the Scouts are t
. esemble on Church street and marc
70 the Day Kimban hospital. wher
they Will distribute flowers 10 eac'