Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-15
DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

| After being chased by Deputy Sheriff George F. Holbrook. who was driven by Arthur Pepin in a high speed car,
 -Louise Booth of Brooklyn, N Y, was
 eeverhauled while driving along the highway neee Abingdon. Tuesday !, morning, and served with am attach : tment On her vehicle which afterwards was driven back to this city. and held as security in an action institut- led against her by Dr. Francis Down Ing of Moosup.
 the Booth woman were in collision on Tuesday morning at one of the curves on the state highway near the Chil- I4dren's home. The Booth car had a ing car rear wheel smashed in the lcrash
 Dr. Downing took action as soon as possible. however. to protect his in terests and came to Putnam and start ed legal action against the Booth woman.
 She was her way to New York in her car when the papers in the case had been made out, and the chase d ftei her by the sheriff in another ma chine was necessary to overhaul her before she could get out of the county and state r As her car is held under attachment, she. with woman companion return ed to New York by train.
 Two cars, one owned by Ratph Ihurston of this city. the other by
 Abraham Dashoff of Fall River were
 da maged in a collision. that. occurred
 stpout SIX o'clock Monday evening near
 the West Thompson trolley station
 The front end of the Thurston car was
 damaged and the left rear wheel on
 the DshoH car broken down. No one in e1tner car was injured. The Dash
 on car was route to North Gros-
 venordales at the time of the accident 1t is understood.
 Fire totally destroyed the grocery
 store of Arthur Menosh at North
 Groosvenordale. during Monday night.
 me me hfe broke out about midnight
 and had gained such headway by the
 time the fire department had arrived
 that there was no hope of saving the
 structure, which was entirely consurn-
 su. Mltn all of it's contents The store
 bulidlng had formerly been barn but
 ha dbeen remodeled for use as a store
 IL was stated on Tuesday that the loss
 is about covered by insurance amotlnt- ing to $3.5o0
 The fire department did excellent
 work in projecting surrounding build lngs from destruction. The scene of the, ire. not distant from St .Joseph,s church, is thickly built up with frame structures and had the fire got beyond the building where it started large section of orth Grosvenordale might
 have been destroyed.
 i. F. Battey has been named by the town school committee to be principal Of the night, school. which will open it's sessions next Monday evening Principal Battey's salary is to be s15 per week.
 Sessions are to be held at the night school building and the evening school will open Monday and Tuesday and Thursday and Friday evenings. study beginning at 7.15 each evening. As his assistant teachers Principal Battey will have Attorney Irving H. Mlron. Attorney Archibald Macdon- aid and Byron Wilcox. The assistants are to be compensated at the rate of $2 each for every night they teach. On account of new state law that requires that children under 16 years Of age who have not completed eighth grade work shall attend light school or school. the attendance of Putnam S night school will be very large com pared to other years
 It is. anticipated that the school will open with at least 125 pupils and the number may run beyond 15e depend