Putnam patriot., 1919-02-28
THOMPSON TOWN TOPICS

The Thimble club met with Mrs. G.
l. Knight on Thursday.
The Baptist Ladies' Aid society
met Wednesday afternoon.
Hon. r. II. Chandler returned on
Thursday, having been out of town a
week.
AIonzo Stevens, former resident,
was a caller on friends in the village
Tuesday.
The Misses Jackson of Charlton,
Mass, spent the weekend with Les
ter Greene and his father.
Sheriff William N Bates is among
those who have been confined to the
house by bad cold the past week.
Mr. and Mrs Alexander Maitland
entertained friends from Everett,
Mass, Washington's birthday and the
weekend.
The preparatory lecture was held
in the parlor of the church Thursday
afternoon. Communion service will
be on Sunday.
Hon. Charles E. Searls has been
confined in his rooms at the Hutchins
house the past week, suffering from a
severe grip cold.
Samuel Krebbs and lady friend of
Providence spent the weekend with
M Krebbs' parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ephraim Smith.
Elmer White started on Monday
for commercial trip through the
west. expecting to be away two
months or more.
Mrs. Stevenson and granddaughter,
Elizabeth Maitland, arrived home on
Tuesday after a six weeks visit with
relatives in New York state.
The trolley cars between West
Thompson and Webster were out of
commission on Monday afternoon.
Want of power was the cause.
Helen Chase, daughter of Rev. VIM.
and Mrs. Chase, has been at the Day
Kimball hospital for an operation for
appendicitis the past week.
The buckskin horse belonging to
Oscar Munyan sickened and died last
Wednesday. The cause was supposed
to be the rupture of blood vessel.
Representative Thomas Ryan had
SO far recovered from his illness with
a grip cold as to be able to attend the
session of the legislature thursday
of last week
The saving attributed to the lndl-
an. that "the winter never rots In the
sky" was proven by the snow storms
of Friday and Saturday nights, when
about seven inches of snow fell.
The funeral cortege with the re
mains of the late George Briggs, who
died in Crossword last Saturday
nassed through the village on Tues
day on its way to Washington, r. l..
where the burial services were neio
M Knottyoak cemetery.
At the adjourned town meeting held
ON Friday afternoon to levy a tax or
The Grand list, it having been perfect
"A bv the board of relief, the grand
list amount was stated by Selectmar
Leon Walker, as being, with the ex
ira county tax of two mills, as being
eighteen mills on dollar II was
voted to accept the same.
The dance under the auspices of tht
new Thompson orchestra held OF
Wednesday evening at the town hall
was well attended. Seventy-hve eou
niles were present, who seemed to ap
ureciate the enjoyable occasion a.
well as a needed variation from th'
ouietness of the village at this season
Of the year The new orchestra 1ur
sished excellent music.
A case before Justice Chandler OF
Washington's birthday brought by
the game and fishing warden OF Dan
ielson against four men from Worces
her who were caught fishing on King
pond. resulted upon plea of guilty
being entered, of fine of one dollal
and costs being imposed, which wa
paid. Some grumbling and fault md
ing was shown by the guilty one
when the costs were put up to them.