Putnam patriot., 1919-06-06
THOMPSON TOWN TOPICS

F.. E. olney is spending the week in New York
 The Vernon Stiles Inn was well pat ronized on Decoration Day.
 Miss Olney arrived on Monday and ! opened her cottage for the summer.
 The Children's Day exercises have been postponed one week to June b. Henry Draper of Worcester spent | the weekend at his home place m the village.
 Frank Spinney and family of Prov 1 idence visited with relatives m town over the weekend.
 Mrs. Alexander Maitland has been entertaining a friend, Mrs. Parker, ] from Everett, Mass.
 Mr. and Mrs. William Leake are | rrN---7.s---~hQuse in the tenement in the house with Mrs. Bra1r-f19.assssI .assssI.------------- i Mrs. F. s. Wick arrived the first of the week and is occupying her sum- mer residence in the village.
 MT. and Mrs. Joseph McMullen of | New York spent Memorial Day with MT. McMullen's parents at Brandy Hill.
 Edward Franklin and family of Torrington were visitors in the village over Decoration Day, returning to their home on Sunday
 Thomas Ryan has purchased of the executor of the estate of the late l.. F. Thompson tract of sprout land on the Sunset Hill road. Mrs. Russ, a former resident of this section but now living in New Hampshire, has been spending few weeks with Mrs. C. L. Knight.
 Mir. Mcconnell of Boston, friend and former partner of MT. Lyman, spent the weekend with MT. and Mrs. Lyman at the Vernon Stiles Inn.
 Miss Granger came on Tuesday ac companied by her brother, Dr. Grang- CT of Bronxville, N. Y, opening her summer cottage for the season.
 MT and Mrs Albert Hayes of Springfield, Mass, were visitors at Mrs. Hayes old home with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson.
 Newell Cutter, with several assist ants, is engaged in renovating. paper, ing and painting the interior Of the house owned and occupied by William Bates.
 At the Quinnatisset Country club Saturday tournament was held. Prizes were won by MT. and Mrs Norman P. Ream, Miss Lucy Olney and R. A Cunning.
 Mrs. Liello (nee Miss Ellen Greenl of New York was a visitor with Miss Beebe the fore part of the week, com
 
 New ' ork in her car.
 Mrs. Dr. Paine spent Decoration Day in Woodstock, going from there to Northfeld, where her daughter Prudence is attending school, and will return with her mother to Thompson. | Mrs. Alexander Maitland gave a lawn party to the members of the prl- mary department of the Sunday school and their mothers on Saturday.
 The working of the third and fourth
 Hon R. H. Chandler recently pur- chased a very nice COW from Peter Sandstrom of West Thompson. It IS not only nice in it's looks, but also has 1 excellent dairy qualities in quantity of milk and cream.
 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Basto and | in town and present at the decoration services at West Thompson. MT. Bas to is a native of our district, a son of the late Almon Basto, and spent al of his boyhood days in Thompson.
 Emory Munyan, who has, since be ing relieved from his duties in Wash ington, D. C., for the government been staying at his fathers, Oscar Munyans, has accepted a clerical DO sition with a wire company in Worces ter, commencing his duties on Mon day
 Residents of our village who keeT pets for their children are quite thoughtless of them when going away l for a while Recently some pet rab bits were found enclosed in quarters with no provision made for their be ing fed. Timely discovery by | neighbor furnished the necessary care
 Friends and relatives of Lester Greene have received cards from MT and Mrs. Jackson of Charlton, Mass. announcing the marriage of then daughter. Miss Esther M. Jackson, tC Lester Greene of Thompson June 1st Mir. and Mrs. Greene are to reside al his home in Thompson in Quadic dis triet.
 Mrs. Elmer White started for Phil ,7elphia on Monday, where she vii neet Mir. White and take a trip to Washington, D. C., before Mir White
 eturns to Thompson for the sum mer. Their son, Elmer, Jr., is to visit with his grandparents, Mir. and Mrs Arnold Morse of East Thompson, un- til their return.
 degrees occupied the lecturers hour at the Grange last Tuesday. Twenty candidates made up the class instruct ed in these degrees. County Agent Ellis is to be present at the next meet ing and give a talk on subjects inter esting to Grange workers; also Miss Embleton is expected to be present and speak on canning.
 Not because lawn mowers are spe- | ciallv made to cut grass will they re-