Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-01
DANlELSoN AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

Today, December 1. brings the bi- ennial city election, since the caucuses were held. without the democrats making any noninationSfo for mayor, there has been very little. said about politics., so far as the general public is ,concerned.s Those. however. who make a practice of keeping in close touch with what Is going on in local politics have not been inactive, and day.
 As Mayor A. W. Marcy, the repubu- can candidate is unopposed, special in- terest in what would have been the mayoralty contest is lacking. Mayor Marcy will be reelected, so, the city is assured of the same able executive direction that it has enjoyed during the past two years.
 There is likely to be 8 : lively con- test over election of alderman -at+ large. John B. Byrne, a state bank
 examiner, Is the republican candi--1 date, and opposed to him is one of the prominent young members of the dem ocratic party. Willis Carroll. The balance of power in the council for the next two years hinges on this particular contest, so both the re- publican and democratic workers will make strong effort to. elect their man. ThcTe will also be interest in the contest for the treasurership. but the real battle Of the day will be over alderman t-large. The voting is to be done at the municipal building and
 the polls will be open at 6.3o this morning. .
 Peter NBensarnon died Saturday morning. at the Day Kinball hospi- tai. MT. Bensamon was a resident of the town of Woodstock where the family located a few years ago, to es- tablish summer residence. The fam fly owned valuable properties that were destroyed in France during the war. so they have since made their home in woodstock.
 Tn papers filed with the clerk of the superior court here Mrs. Anna Moflt of Brooklyn, through her at torney, Judge Harry F. Back of Dan ielson, seeks to recover damages of
 sio,ooo, alleging that Mrs. Cora Young, a married woman who lives in Willimantic. has alienated the affec- tons of Mrs. Witter's husband An attachment has been placed m prop erty of the defendant in WiIlfmantic. Announcement was made here Sat urday of the death Friday night of George s. Crosby, formerly judge of probate of the town Of Thompson, well known throughout this section. Both crews of the state department Of entomology have been working steadily during the fall in the towns or Woodstock and Eastford, scouting and doing other. work in keeping back the inroads of the gypsy and brown tail moths. Large areas of these towns
 have been thoroughly covered by the crews that work under the direction
 of Irving W. Davis, who Is in charge
 of the work in windharn county. l The last section of. cement road way finishing ID the work to be done
 on Grove street between King street and the eastern boundary of Grove 1 street cemetery was laid during Sat urday forenoon. Some traffic Is nov 1 moving through the entire length o1 | Grove street. but within week, wfer ] the newest laid cement has hardened
 the route will be much easier to ne ! sotiate.
 | Rev. ". H, Bath. of Norwich. dis. trict s'lperintendent. preached at tllt ! Methodist church in North sGrosvenor.
 dale, Sunday morning, nlak;nz one of his quarterly visits 10 the church
 Judge M. H. fGeissler presided at
 session of tbe city court held Satu-. day morning, the first time the co,Ir has been ilf session for many days ! Michael cunoff, railroad worker was fined for punching co-worl.
 csrgill council. K. of C.. eonferre: tha third degree upon a class of can didates. at a meeting hmeld Sunda,
 afternoon. District. Mui1an. of this cit va in charge of the degree: Y: | The first and second -Gegreas will lJ conferred unol candidates of Putnam
 9ran-e at this evenings meeting O
 the organization.
 <, The following. r-ake up commit 1 Ae that is engaged ip drafting a con
 fitutisn and by laws for Ansaln
 MarotIe post American Legion: Whit
 ran Daniels7l. chairman, Tohn II
 Ncss, J. J. Cha~-on. J. !. WI1itehea {
 Jr.. Archibald Ma cdona'd. Jr. .Anothe
 committAe that will collect the servic recnrd Of encil 7~enrher of the, post i
 rade m of J. F. Ryan E. J. Lam ] hert: Herbert F. NeIe9p. Lawrenc
 Backus. c. s. Shaw and J. P. Ryan. There is special interest today i the outco-pe of the contest over ia | HNflAE'A IDpliIeNIlfe- LEle cen : ocrat'c candidate and the present in ' cumbent, has been q rer arkaoly SIC !. eessfnI and effic.ent- coIiactor- IT, : reptfbiican- candidate is Attorney Ar [ chi(ald Macdonald. Jr., whose abilit
 has been recosnized by his party i , naming as candidate for the office ( collector.
 The .Windham County Suffrage con , vention scheduled to be held here 0 , Wednesday of this week will brin
 together women from all parts 0 B Windhan1 county. The convention wi D be cailede tor order at 5ttf o'clock i 7 Odd Fellows hall h-r Miss. Rosa1non 2 Danielson of Putnam Heights.
 } Putnam grange will send dele
 gation to Canterbury next Saturday 1 ! attend the meeting of Quinebau 7 Pomona grange r Windhan Hibh Schools team wi
 be the first to appear here this ses son in the Quinebaug Valley baske : ball league. meetine Putnam Hig
 school, on January 3. a Miss Edith Geesor. of LaSalleef ser e mary. Auburndale. has been spendir 2 a few days with her parents, Mir. ar Mrs. J.. H. Geeson.
 | Watch. volunteers for army se-vi