Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-03
PUTNAM

District press chairman of the Ma tional Woman'S Party, Mrs. w. J. Bartlett gave out the following We'd nesday: The recognition given to the women of the allied nations at the peace conference, and the two fresh were duly stressed by Mrs. H. Toscan Bennett and Miss Catherine Flanagan at a meeting held at the Hotel Strat- field, Bridgeport. The meeting was a gathering of members and friends of the Connecticut Branch of the NaGon- al Woman's Party of Fairfield coun- ty Mrs. George H. Day of Hartford presided. The chief purpose Of the meeting was to promote interest in tn federal suffrage amendment, and to arouse local women to the need of i'm pressing their senators and represen-
 tatives with their desire for it's pass age.
 The newspa pers made much, Mrs. Bennett observed, of the fact that the peace conference, had explicitly recog
 ..iZed the right of women to office in
 the league. But as a matter of fact il would have been impossible to refuse
 them office. Those countries which
 had put their women on an equal pO-
 iitical footing with the men, might
 well choose women sometimes as their
 tCStel2 tlN eS. SUCH re eSGllldti lives
 could not be refused by the league
 without inficting an intoierable insult
 on the nations which sent them. Ney-
 ertheless 1t marked distinct onward
 step that the conference should real i2e the likelihood of women being chosen ard should take steps to avoid any ambiguity or difficulty about the matter.
 The Odd Fellows worked class in the third degree Tuesday evening. One &PniicaGon was received. The lodge IS planning to go to Hartford April 5 a.d 18th Q take part in the ceichra- Ign of the 100th anniversary of the CEd Fellowship in the United States. l 9G the 26th large parade will take place.
 Superintendent of Putnam schools. l \%lt'a1a l.. Macdonald expects to leave nere about the 18th of April 10 t,o re- construction educational work COZ dGC.cd by the federal government. His [ leave OfN absence extends over q Sulli- cient period to permit him to engage in the work beyond the end of the pres aat school year hut enabling him to return to this city in time for the re- opening of schools in September. Su- parinteHdent Macdonald dces not know just where he will be asst igned to work l but he feels quite confident that it will be in Connecticut.
 The Putnam Girls club campaign has been inaugurated and it is hoped that by Saturday one hundred new | members may be added. Miss AIyra ! Smith. organizer of the club is in town ! this week supervising the work. l Sergeant Norman Warren who has 1 been spending d few days furlough at l his home in this city returned to New l York Wednesday,
 Joseph Macleod. who was arrest ed
 two porths ago for drunkenness wds
 6 gain brought before the city court on 1 Wednesday morning for the same of Gense. He was unable to pay his fine
 so was given thirty days.
 i Henry Hail, of Savannah, Ga, q wax worker was also charged with drunk euneSs. Arriving in Putnam Tuesday night he was unable to find q boarding place and this resulted in his becom- ! ing intoxicated and sleeping on a curl stone most of the night. On condition that he leaves town immediately. he was fined $2 which ne paid.