Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-30
PUTNAM

Mrs. Clara GlbSOn, WnO mas been a teacher at the Smith street school for a number of years will not teach there | during the coming school year. | Postmaster Alexander Gilman and Arthur Jarvais were visitors in New 1 Bedford over Sunday
 1 Victor Erhart of New York was here 1 Saturday to confer with representa- | lives of the Girls club relative to pro- {! ducing an extravaganza recently put on in Danielson.
 l Mrs. O. c. Bosworth and daughters are going to Cape Cod Tuesday. to remain for the summer.
 All contracts have been returned by Putnarns public school teachers to 1 the town school committee, it was stated Saturday, so there will be few | changes in the teaching staff during the coming school year.
 Eugene Conference.-The of this city and North Grosvenordale was week end visitor here. He is on leave from Camp Merritt, N. J. Coutermanche was a motorcycle despatch rider in France and was badly injured when 1 his machine collided with a motor l truck. He was unconscious for three days after the accident.
 i The Polish people of this city, who are arranging for the big celebration | on the Fourth are pleased with the prospects of having a large number of representatives of our of town organi- cations in the line of march on the morning of the holiday.
 Miss Grace West. cashier at the store of Bugbee and WuIf, is patient in a Worcester hospital
 l The new building. for which exca- vatinG has commenced, for the Put | y,or ,- expected to be completed early in the fall.
 number of operators at the Put
 nam exchange of the s. N. E. T.. com pany will spend their vacations at the
 summer resort cottage which the com
 pany has provided at one of the beaches below New London. With the advent of war time prohi- bition tomorrow a decided falling off
 in the business of the Putnam city court is looked for It also has been pointed out that the county's revenue is likely to show a decided decrease as the result of prohibition. The ma jority of the prisoners who find their
 way into Brooklyn jail get there be- cause of becoming intoxicated. The
 jail has showed substantial profits
 from the earnings of prisoners in the
 past, but these are not likely to be
 made in the future. though no one 1 will object on that account Putnam people took the news that
 the peace treaty had been signed ir
 a very quiet manner. There was nc
 spontaneous outburst, as was the case
 when the armistice was signed, and ii
 seems that the cessation of hostilities
 to most minds appeared like the req finish of the war. as it was of the
 fighting. One bell rang out joyously
 Saturday afternoon to proclaim the
 glad tidings, but few got real enthusi-
 astic over the news.
 Jitney men in towns in this territory are being asked to come across anG
 pay a special federal tax that has beer
 assessed against men who are engaged
 in transporting passengers by motor Some who did not pay were called up. on to do so at the week end and were
 assessed a small fine in addition. This is "The Day." Tonight is ex.
 pected to bring the indefinite closing of Putnams saloons and the Elacine of the most rigid ban on the sale ot intoxicants that this generation o Putnam people can remember. The dealers take the situation phiiosophi
 cally and are prepared for the con. tingency. They will not dismantl,
 their places-simply lock them up ant
 await the lifting of the war time pro nibition ban. which is expected within
 a few weeks, now that the peace trea ty has been signed
 Putnam has been continuously il
 the wet" column for more than a de.
 cade and for many additional year,
 with few exceptions. Just how tn, vets are going to take the situation
 is one of the things that is interestins
 many people.
 It was said on Sunday that loca
 dealers did land office business o1
 saturday, filling big orders from thost
 who want reserve supply to carrS
 them over the dry days that are a
 hand. Among the buyers were mal , from surrounding towns. Much of tht
 buying, it is said, was done to provide
 for supplies for the coming holiday