Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-30
PUTNAM

Mrs. Alice Kennedy, Mrs John Bates
and Mrs. Justin Green are in Hart
ford attending the Eastern Star con-
vention. Mrs Kennedy is matrOn of
the local chapter and while in Hart
ford will spend d few days with Mrs.
John Mcdonald.
A bill was introduced in the SEN
ate by Senator Mcdonald to author
ize the city O. Putnam to issue bonds
to the amount of $4,000 to draw in
tere!st at a rate not to exceed five
per cent. The proceeds of these bonds
as stipulated in the bill Is 10 pay the
$4,000 borrowed for the construction
of the Is inch main from Ihe Trav-
elers Insurance Co. This loan is for
one year and bears 6 per cent. inter-
est. The bonds can probably be sold
at ID Per cent. or better. A reduc-
ton of l IL per cent. would mean a
saving of 81 125 annually. The bonds
are to run for number Of years.
At the Senexet Grange social to-
night Harry E. Wells. late of the 7th
| French Morton Battalion VINO has Just
returned from France viii givE an ac-
count of his trip from Brest to the
| Swiss border and back again. He will
| exhibit his complete soldiers equop-
isnent and some curios from camp and
| field.
Putnam Town team was defeated on
| Tuesday night 24-15 by the Webster
Five. Lack CT practice was shown on
close at all times. Little" Jack o.
Brien starred for Putnam. Between
| the halves Bakers All Stars met de-
feat at the hands of the P. II. S.
| second team, II to 9. A one round
| bout between LoWn and Breault fea
tured
Putnam High added one more to its
| string of victories by defeat Pom
fret School Sc to "a in the Pomfret
gym Tuesday night. Excellent team
work counted strongly for Putnam
/ as usual.
! The campaign for new members oil
the Women's Board of the Day Kim
ball hospital which hagen Monday
and will continue until February 18th
| is progressing encouragingly. The
city has been well placarded and there
| will he four minute talks in the thea
terS Saturday evenings to stimulate
the interest in the ever-increasing
needs of the hospital.
Had not tke air brakes on a LARGE
railroad locomotive standing on the
siding of the New Haven road lead
ing to the Bradley beef house been safr
set by the engineer the engine woulC
either have backed down All embank-
ment into Front street or ran amuCl
through the Putnam railroad yard
when Charles Kingston drunk, cIinb
ed into the cab and p1 lied open the
throttle, at o'clock Wednesday
morning. Kingston appeared in tn
Putnam city court Wednesday morn
ing, pleaded guilty to intoXication ant
was sentenced to 80 days in Jail. 7 NJ
other charge was preferred agains
him. The story of Kingston's perform
tance did not come out in court bu
was related afterwards by Charles r
Browning, foreman at the ~Nouse
Browning said that Kingston appear
ed in an intoxicated condition and in
sisted upon climbing into the cab
of the engines. He was put off sew
eral times and finally went away. TIL
next Browning knew he heard tht
steam coming from the cylinder head
, of The big lon1otive on the beef hous
siding. Investigation revealed tina
Kingston mad climbed into the ca
and then in his intoxicated condition
had evidently taken hold of As~e throttl
| to pull himself up into the engineer
seat. The engineer had left his en-
CINE so that it could not he moved b.
merely opening the throttle, Drowning
VINO was appointed government
agent last September, arrested King
ston and turned him over to g pa
trolman.
: William Vandale spent Il few day
recently with friends in Worcester
5 tionrS a,oycin t. i
| W. j. Bartlett is in Boston on bus
5 mess.
r. S. Thurston attended conven
ton in New Haven "Wednesday.
Edward ]. McKenna has been spend
? ing several days in Webster an
] Hopedale. Mass.
Miss Elizabeth Clark left Wednes
5 day to visit her sister III Winsted.
The following officers were electe
f at the fourth annual meeting of Put
\ nam Building and Loan association
;, | Tuesday evening: President Lebbeu
: F. Smith; first vice president. John
4 McGarry; second vice president. A