Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-11
PUTNAM

PUTNAM Judge Burpee will preside at this mornings session of the superior court | in this city.
 Hyde Smith was in Milford Monday ] on a business trip.
 Mrs. Nellie M. Earle, 36. of this city, ! and Charles Weatherbee. 39, of Web | ster, were married here by Justice | Howard c. Bradford.
 1 Miss Edna ChapdeIaine left Monday 1 for Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. where she is to have charge of the reconstruction work, as an army worker. Miss Chap delaine will have a number of assist ants.
 Captain J. B. Bulger is entertaining l Miss Margaret Bulger of Burlington, l Vt, and Lieut. Harry Heinsberger of Camp Devens.
 Raymond c. Stiles of New Britain was a visitor with friends in Putnam l Monday.
 1 A large delegation from Putnam lodge of Elks will go to Danielson on Thursday evening to attend the open ing of the tournament with teams of the Bohemian club.
 Funeral services for Donald Paul Jacques, F. son of Mrs. Charles Y Jacques of Putnam Heights were con- ducted Monday by Rev $. J. A. Rock of the Methodist church. Burial was 1T, Putnam Heights cemetery.
 indications are that liberal amounts Of money will be made available dur ing the present year for road con- struction by the state in towns in this vicinity.
 Sarah c. Gage, g, widow of Moses i Gage, died Sunday night at her home in Woodstock, in which town she was
 born, a daughter of MT. and Mrs. John .. Cnamberlin.
 1 Charles Fletcher, who has just been mustered out of the service after hav- ing been overseas for eleven months
 home in Central Village. MT. Fletcher is to re-enter the employ of L. F. Smith. MT. Fletcher was originally assigned to an infantry regiment of the 32nd division. made up for the most part of Michigan troops. Later he was transferred to the medical corps and served at the evacuation hospital at Dijon, France. There he saw many of the thousands of wound ed American soldiers arriving direct ly from the fighting lines. During q long period Of his service he was in the surgical dressing hospitals depart ment of the big hospital at Dijon and came to know by personal observa ton 1 what hosts Of brave youths suffered for their country. Terribly mairned. though some of them were, they were almost universally cheerful, Mir FTet-
 cher says.
 Four men who were not strangers in 2 strange land faced Judge II. H.
 Geissler at Monday mornings session
 of the city court. They'd all been
 there before. The men were John
 Gilchrist, John McNally, Charles Me , faced charge Of having been intoxl- cated. All were found to have been guilty. The court gave them an op-
 portunity, in view of the fact that all of the men had previously faced him
 to answer to similar charges. to state reasons why they should not be sent to jail. No satisfactory reasons were forthcoming so the men are at the
 county jail in Brooklyn this morning
 handy for the beginning of the sprins
 work. Each will serve a sentence O ! 90 days and work out the costs o l $S.09.
 This city's woolen and worsted in. dustry is ill the midst of a slack pc.
 r;od this week. Less than 100 ~oDer | atives are employed in the two plants !; hut it is felt that this condition vii u be only temporary, as there are indi s cations of plenty of new business il ae the not distant future.
 Il A number who went to the railroa U station Monday morning to see tn 5 suffragists' prison special were disap = pointed, for the car bearing the cam C paigners in the interest of the suffrag t amendment was attached to the reg ular morning train leaving here fo
 Hartford at about 10.30, almost hal '-' an hour before the announced tim y for the special to pass through. Mir J. w. J. Bartlett and daughters, Msse y Ruth and Dorcas joined the part
 here and went to Harrfdfd.
 Frederick c. Bourne, a leading fig le ure in New York financial circle
 who died Sunday afternoon at hi
 country home at Indian Neck Hall, l L; was for many years a trustee
 Pomfret school, in the welfare (
 which he was deeply interested an
 which he was a generous donor,
 One of MT. Bourne's sons, Howar
 died three months ago in New Zea D land while on a. tour of the world l the hope that his health might be re 2 stored. He was a graduate of Por
 fret school. A grandson of M
 Bourne, Arthur Bourne, is now study ing at Pomfret
 At one time Mir. Bourne was con
 nodore of the New York Yacht clu
 and was regarded as one Of the mo st enthusiastic yachtsmen in Aneric lli In 1909 he accepted the sLirton cha
 lenge in behalf of the NeEv To, le Yacht club and entertained Sir Thon 1u as during that distinguished visitor ee stay in this country. MT. Bourne ns u owned several yachts, among the be ny known of them being the Delawa, he and Colonia.
 e. In addition to his banking interest sa Mir. Bourne was at one time preside s- of the Singer Sewing Machine con ul pany, ard also was a director of tl na Aeolian company The Aeolian Web ny Piano and Piano Player Conpan IT, Atlas Portland Cement company, Si1 ia ger Manufacturing company, Ne th York and Long Branch Railroad con do pany and many others.
 To Pornfret school MT. Bourne W . a staunch friend. He had not visit
 the institution a great deal during t
 later part of his life. but had alwa
 continued on the board of trustees
 Twenty -one raw members receiv
 the first and second degrees MoEd | ! aUa0inr naPti1r If :