Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-04-11
PUTNAM


chapter, r. A. NJ, was held at Masonic
Temple, Thursday evening.
An effort is being made and with
success, George E. Shaw said Thurs
day, to increase the membership of
the Putnam Country club, which has
an attractive season of events plan
ned.
Representative E. B. Kent of this
city has been named as a member of
| the reception committee for the cen
| tennial of the Connecticut general as
sembIy.
| Consideration is being given in
Putnam and DanieIson to a movement
| for the formation of a Windham
| County Dental society, such as exists
in other parts of the state
! Numbers of Yankee Division men. en-
route to their homes in various cities
and towns in Connecticut passed
| through this city from Camp Devens
| Thursday, enjoying their first leave of
E, absence since arriving from overseas.
! AT least one big truck owned in this
| city is engaged in an efficiency test
being conducted the country over bv
| one of the well known truck manufac-
| turerS.
/ Joseph A. Copeland, e., for thirty
| years a employe of the Putnam Wool
, en- company, died at his home here.
He has been retired from active work
| the past ten years Mr.. Copeland
| leaves his wife. His body will be
taken to Pascoag, R. /, for burial,
Funeral services for Uzam Rennor
were held at his home on South Main
street, Thursday, Rev. George C. S
| Mackay, of the Baptist church ofTici-
ating: Burial was in Grove Street
cemetery.
Miss Isabelle Byrne is expected home
today (Friday) from New York. where
she has been spending the week
George c. Laird of Woonsocket was
a visitor with friends in Putnam on
/ Thursday.
| kiilins!y High School will send rep
resentatives this evening to participate
in spelling match with team rep
resenting the Putnam schools.
Parts for class day at the high
school have been assigned as follows:
Address of welcome, Walter Clemens
class president; class historian, Miss
Alice Holmes; class will. Miss MARI
Carpenter; class prophecy. Miss Elsie
Lewis; souvenirs Misses Anna Arnold
and Helen Carver: presentation of Sc
nior class gifts, Walter Clemens: ivy
Grafton, Miss Estelle Sites. The class
day exercises are set for the after.
noon of Wednesday, June Is. and ar.
to be held in the assembly hall at thu
high school. This years class mum
bers approximately so, and all except
ing, five of the members are girls
The presentation Of Miss FearIes
| and Company. under the auspices o
the Epworth League of the Methods
{ church was a very fine success il
every respect. The entertainment at
, tracted d large attendance and tn
| programme was presented with excep
| tional1y fine spirit and finish. Cake
land ice cream were Sold and the re
ceipts from the entire venture will b.
t considerable.
: No definite figures were obtainatE
here Thursday as to the success of tn
: drive that the Windham County Farm
ers' association is making for Loo
| members this week but Whitman
I Danielsoi7 who is in charge of tn
campaign. said Thursday afternoo1
J; that early reports are encouraging
= The drive is proceeding in all the fif
: teen towns OF Windham county an
t the canvassers are not bothered TO
2 reports of progress. The result q
t the drive will not be known in detai
S until sometime during the comm
f week.
e 1t has not escaped the attention O
e his many friends here that Solvent
/ W. 7. Taylor is doing lot of hustIin
over at Hartford in behalf of the Cen
n tenial celebration of the Connection
general assembly, and his work has at
. tracted the attention of Hartfor
| newspapers, which have been libers
in their writeups during the past fey
\ days.
II Edward Guertin, formerly of thj
city ana Of Dayville, has been serious
| ly i'll with pneumonia at his home i
1 Woonsocket, but 1t was reported o
I Thursday that he is on the way t
/ recovery. Mr. Guertin is reIatvi
of Patrick Brady of this city.
II Putnam people who are anxious
see the Yankee Division and who hay
failed in their efforts to secure Crane
II stand seats for the Boston review hay
turned their attention to getting
II Camp DevenS for the final review
the division, scheduled for April q an
%. The division will be reviewed b
Major Generals Hale and Edwards.
N The Victory lean drive will open
this city on Easter Monday and ever
effort will be made by the organizs
ton that will be in charge Of the can
paign here to put Putnam over the tc
by the same splendid margins as hay
marked previous loans.
G. Byron Morse has reported catcf
ing the largest trout taken in this V
| cinity this season. beauty tn;
weighed one pound and three quarter
- The fish was one of a string of thr,
nice ones.
However the general public may fe
about it, the jitney drivers are III
worrying over the precariousness
the trolley service situation in cas-
not operate, the jitney men viii ha7