Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-27
DANIELSoN AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

An inkling of how Putnam is going to look during the Welcome Home cell ebration on Labor day could be gained late Tuesday afternoon, after dece- rators had been busy arranging flags, bunting and emblenns on blocks in the business section. The glory of color in which this city will officially welcome l home it's brave sons will flame through all parts of the business Section mad along the line of march in the resfden- t.al districts, and it is already indicat- ed that the decorating will be on a more elaborate scale than anything this city has knoBn for years. The Elks' block was- one of the first to be dressed in its decora tions, which include emblems pertaining to this loyal society.
 Decorators who came here with a host of orders for work were besieged by many Tuesday who wished to ar offered these men includes decorating many of the floats that are to appear in the big parade
 Many new flags and much new bunt- ing is being used by the decora ators, so that the work they do in Putnam should prove especially satisfying and attractive.
 State Atterney Charles E: searIs said at his office Tuesday afternoon that the prospect is for a lean docket at the October term of the Windham county superior court when persons charged with criminal offenses will be
 
 is nearly empty Mir. Searls said, and the prospect seems to be for little bus mess for the court at the October ses- sion- Of course. things may happen before October. but there is not much business in sight now. There are seven continued cases and ten new cases, so it is not likely that there will be more than n-twenty cases in all.''
 + was announced T tuesday aftsrnoon that the golf match scheduled to be Il1l cd a ha ink hor Sav G E,a- tween the Franklin Country club and Putnam Country Club members has been postponed until Oct 4. The change in date has been made, it is stated, because Sept. 6 is to be Old Home day at Franklin. When the match is played it will be on the Put nam links.
 Supt. William L. Macdonald of Put nam's schools stated Tuesday that it is anticipated that the lower grades of Israel Putnam school will be seriously overcrowded when sessions are re- stunned Tuesday next. There-are to be two sessions of the kindergarten dur ing the coming school year and two first grades in this building, so that part of the attendance should prove well provided for. The difficulty is ex- pected in the second. third and fourth grades. This was forecasted early this year. Anticipating the condition. the town school committee arranged for the equipping of an additional school
 
 north end of the city, and this room is now ready for occupancy. Pupils from the overcrowded lower grades of the Israel Putnam school will be trans ferred to the Smith street school. care being made in making the distribution to take into consideration the selection of pupils who live on streets in the vicinity of the Smith street school. By equipping an additional room in the Smith street school at comparatively small cost. the town school committee has avoided what otherwise would have been the necessary act of order ing an extension built at the Israel Putnam school a Drojeet that would be very expensive at present, so sev- erai thousands of dollars are saved the taxpayers through the arrangement that has been perfected for providing adequate quarters for the pupils by using to better advantage the school buildings now available.
 Mrs Louisa Buffon Flynn, s3, widow of Fraricis ". Flynn is dead at her home on Woodstock Hill. where she long has been resident.
 Because of lack of through trolley service to the Grosvenordales. most people who are coming into the city from villages to the north continue to use. the bus lines. There is break in the trolley. service between West Thompson and Grosvenordale, while the buses run right through
 City Tax Collector Alfred Bonneville said Tuesday afternoon that he has collected the great bulk of the money due the city for taxes on the list last completed. The collector said that, as usual, there are some delinquents. but that these are slowly coming forward and paying what they owe the city.
 MT. and Mrs. Hyde Smith. who were married on the 18th at Springfield, Mass. are expected to return to Put nam today Wednesday, from their wed ding trip.
 The new organ that has heen prom