Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-15
PUTNAM

Franklin L. Knox, formerly of this city, and for years a superior coui i stencgra pher at Hartford, has resgn. cd. MT. Knox's resignation is caused l by the illness of his daughter, which | makes necessary a change in climate for her. For this reason Mir. Knox 1
 expects to move to California at an | early date.
 Mir Knox was official stenogra pher i l of the court of common pleas for i 1 thirteen years, from 1900 to 1913. Hay l! 1 ing been admitted to the bar in 1901, l he decided in 1913 to take up the &C., tive practice -of law and general
 court reporting. In 1915 he was ap- ] pointed clerk of the legislative judieia Try committee. and in November, 1916, he was appointed stenogrpher of the superior court, which place he has since held. Mir. Knox has disposed of his home on Fairfield avenue. Hart
 ford, preparatory to removing to
 ICanfornia. The text Of Mir. Knox s
 resignation follows:
 'To Hon. Lucien F. Burpee, presid } ing judge. December Criminal Term, l1ei9: Because of the i'll health of one \ of my children, necessitating her re-
 Inoval to place where conditions
 more favorable to her health prevail, II have the conviction that I should give up my position and remove to . California
 Therefore, while regretting most keen!y to sever my relations with you judges. with the bar generally. I feel obliged to and hereby tender my reslg- : nation as official stenographer of the superior court for Hartford county ito take effect on the twenty fifth of this month"
 Mfr. Knox is a graduate of Putnam High school and has made many !; friends h this city. Publications" is the word in which r railroad men sum up their opinions of ] the arrest of Conductor James M 5 Wright Of Willimantic. formerly of l th's city. on a charge of having eui l bezzied s24.45 in fares from the New . Haven road, by which he has been | employed for the past B years. Con- : ductor Wright is known among rail- } road men as one of the best and most 6 faithful men in the New Haven ser vice, and that, too, is the general t opinion of him in Putnam. where he e lived for so many years and has such : a large number of frineds.
 There was satisfactory anticipation , in Putnam and surrounding towns on l Saturday over the despatch from Washington announcing that trains =
 stored 10 their regular runs within q 4 few days The cance,ling Of certain . trains that usually ruh through this
 tcity and Of other trains that afford ' Prov de,Tce connections " th trains out \ lnf Putoan7 has prade getting about e tdifiicn't and tin.e e-destroting for many : hit,'' hr@aaHss ntaa ana others Of this !. and snrreuT ding towns. -"~."-i --.-:,i4sa fer Mrs. Mabel D f;coNn ief.a~t'oa. wife of Harry Pren-
 st'eA. r7~e led at l.4r hofno here Sun 2 da7-' '4n-'~'aoo af me o'clock Rev '-s P --'7' I" ' @-Sti et tho Capgregationai n "'a''Hel r.atib9. Burial was in cr2ve St;.4et ce-retery,
 V F"ae+e' eerv;o.s for Mrs. Emily = D. Fna th widow of sidney n. Heath.
 lTera hH'G Saturday afternoon with q $ nra.re; SerNice at the house followed ly 6 Service at the chapel at Grove : Street cemetery. where burial took | place. The service was conducted by
 Rev. X. II. Nazarin, son -in-law Of &rz. 5 Heath.
 The little hut of the Salvation Army was again erected on the square near 5 the. store Of Bushee and Tulf during
 Saturday ard its appeal was matie tha { mears of obtaining q considerable : lrurber cf co1trih,Jtions toward. agflIrd
 that will be used to buy eGhristpas 5 dinners and provide other. holiday cheer for the needy of Putnam. 4 At the plant of the Manhasset Man
 ufacturing company, brick work on
 the new addition is up to the third.
 and top. story level. on the great ter !, part of the new addition. If bad V weather does not interfere, as has been ;, the case during the past week. roof ing will he undertaken in the near = future. Considerable more time must : elapse. however. before the mill addi- n ton is completed, machinery install e ed and made ready for operation. Il < In defeating Bid Ed Pheian, of Okla y hon1a, in Q wrestling match a New $ burg, N. l. recently. Al Lundstrunl 5 the North Grosvenordale mat artist
 achieved one Of the most notable vic
 tories of his career. Strength ard
 speed were the assets that counted in f ,,Lundstrum's overcoming Phelan who is rated as a high grade wrestler in I Ithe southwestern country from which c he comes.
 2 District Deputy Edward Muilan and :. suite were at Nauregan Sunday to 1. tconfer the third degree on class of 7 Mystical Rose council, K. of C.. Next : Sunday Deputy sMullan will be at Dan i, Iielson to confer the degree twice in . one day, on a.~class of candidates num-
 bering nearly 60.
 ! Many mill workers in this. territory