Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-19
PUTNAM

Peter Magnan, a former service man, had his knee injured while at work at the plant of the ManhasSet company. He will be incapacitated by the injury for some time
 Joseph Cordier, who was in the ramy for Is months and overseas much Of the time, has returned to his home here, mustered out of service. A. W. Buchanan, agent of the statf i board of education. was in Putnam on 1 Wednesday attending to matters per. l taining to his office.
 l Miss Madeline Baker, representing | the Chautauqua association, was in | Putnam on Wednesday and in the af- 1 ternoon addressed a meeting of guar antors.
 i Arthur Andrews. who is in the ser i vice, is spending a few days here on l leave of absence.
 PhoenixviIIe hill, on the Putnam 1 Willimantic state road, is reported to 1 be so slippery after an application of 1 oil that motorists must exercise great care in driving down it.
 | This Thursday is graduation day of 1 the members of the senior class of i Putnam High school The exercises will be held in the Bradley theatre this evening.
 pr. E. F. Perry, Attorney Archibald 1 Macdonald, Jr.. and James Charron, ] all former service men. are circulating petitions for signatures of those who 1 are anxious for the formation of a post | here of the American Legion. Up to 1 Wednesday afternoon more than a 1 sufficient number of signatures had | been obtained to insure the organiza ! tton of the post, an event that may be anticipated to occur in the near future.
 Wednesday afternoon a session of i the Putnam city court was held in chambers at the office of Judge M. H. Geissler to pass upon the cases of three girls, aged respectively II, IS and 14 years. They were charged with be- ing in danger of falling into vice. Two of the girls, aged E and IA, were or dered by the court to be committed to tn state school for girls. Ti"r activities of these children, dur l ine- recent weeks have been such as to direct the attention of the authorities 1 t) tlem. with the result here given. It was stated Wednesday afternoon by | one who has been in close touch with | the case that the actions of these lit | tie girls have been shocking, and so l bod in some instances. as to arouse i the ile of a whole neighborhood. It wl- also stated that the little girls | ha2e been left without proper super vision because of the fact that fathers i and mothers of them are al work daily and the little girls were left to their own devices At times, in one case, group of boys were entertained at one of the homes. where the young i people had free rein to amuse them 1 selves as they saw fit.
 "Wednesday morning the funeral of
 Eric Gagne was held from his home on Mill street. with services at St. Mary S church, Rev. Adrian Dykemans being celahrant of the requiem mass, which
 was attended by relatives and friends ;I Alr Gagne had been a resident of Put
 nam for about six months. coming here from Canada with his family.
 Uncer new statute. becoming ef-
 facti1e on July 1. Dr. F. F. Perry will II be appointed to represent the state board of education here in examining pupils of schools who apply for per
 lnitS to go to work, after completing
 such studies as the state requires o1 it's children.
 . Connecticut moth crews, operating ] out of this city and working for tht gc vernme ent across the line in Rhod.
 Island a few miles east of Putnam
 have. found heavy moth infestations | s'lnh as have never been seen in Con
 necticut border towns hereabouts
 Through determined effort the mott
 pest has been splendidly checked il
 towns hereabouts, but the borde
 towns of Rhode Island have not hat
 the same careful attention and tn,
 moths are thriving over in that sec , ton.
 One of the prettiest functions 0 L graduation week-the class day exer i cises-attracted many to the assembl. 1 hall of Putnam High school Wednes day afternoon. Flowers and nationa
 and class colors served to attractivel, l decorate the hall;
 The opening of the exercises wa
 marked by the entrance of the variou ! high school classes, this feature bein; followed by a selection by the higl : school orchestra.
 The address of welcome was deliv cred by the class president. Waite
 Clemens. Miss Lillian Maertens ore
 sented the class history and Miss Mar
 Carpenter the class will.
 Following these papers. a selection . was sung by the Glee club.
 A pleasing feature was the "Clas
 Reunion, 1929" Misses Lewis an
 OBrien. the scene being corner Q
 the Putnam High school office. Sou
 | vapIrsn hv Miss Anna Eliza beth Ar