Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-17
PUTNAM


 | day for Columbus, Ohio, where next ] Wednesday she will begin her duties as lecturer on Chautauqua cir i cult. Miss Byrne will continue as 1 Chautauqua lecturer throughout the summer season, spending her time in l the middle west. Her subject will be i Public Health.
 1 Irving H. Miron left here Monday 1 for New Haven to be sworn in as member of the Bar of Connecticut. Mr.
 Miron recently successfully passed his 1 examinations at New Haven. Since
 the summer of 1913 he has been law l student in the offices of Torrey and | Geissler in this city and is to remain with them. He is a graduate, as an honor student, of the Millbury, Mass, high school, is 22 years of age and | the son of Charles Miron, Putnam
 business man. During the period of the 1 war MT. Miron gave up his law studies 1 to become chief clerk for the local ex-
 emption board, in which capacity he
 rendered highly efficient service. After 1 the signing of the armistice he resum- 1 ed his law studies and took his ex-
 aminations for admittance to the bar 1 about two weeks ago.
 l Invitations from the committee in l charge are being sent out to fra
 ternal organizations of the city to participate in the Welcome Home ,celebration that is being arranged in l honor of Pujtnam's service men, l The letters contain the announce ment that positions in the parade will 1 be assigned to fraternal organizations | in the order of their acceptance Prompt acceptance will permit of the committee being able to estimate the l length of the line and also to make 1 arrangements for the necessary mu- 1 sic.
 Nearly 90 already have signified their intention of being present We'd nesday evening at the banquet of the Putnam High School association, 1 which was omitted during the period | of the war. The event is to be held at the high school and will be pre- | ceded by a reception from to o.
 clock. The reception is to be held
 in the library of the school. the ban l quet in the gymnasium. The food | served at the banquet, which will bring | together a number of the alumni who 1 have been in service, will be prepared | by the domestic science depa rtment | of the high school G. Harold Gil- patric will act as toastmaster and l Major James M. Kent of New York will be the speaker of the evening Addresses also will be made by F. | Raymond Gilpatric of New Britain and l Miss Isabelle Byrne. All who have attended the high school will be well 1 cmed at the banquet.
 Steps are to be taken it was an- nounced Monday, to organize at once
 a local post of the American Legion l This will be done on the advice of 1 the secretary of the Connecticut de-
 partment to whom Lieut.. E. F. Perry, 1 M. D.. addressed letter on the sub 1 ject. A form has been prepared and | only 15 signatures will be required to obtain charter. which are now being ! printed for distribution to centerS in Connecticut where posts are likely to 1 be formed. It is hoped to organize a post in the very near future in 1 Putnam. What the name of the post will be has not been decided of course, but a suggestion heard on Monday is that it be called the Lieut.. Anselm Mayotte post in honor of Rev. Father Mayotte, the only commission l ed officer from Putnam to give his life to his country during the war. He died overseas while serving as a chap
 lain with the United States forces.
 Friends of the post that is to be said Monday that it would be a mighty fine thing if patriotic citizens of the town would see to it that the post has the gift of a nice silk flag that might be presented to the organization on the day of the Welcome Home celebration, when Putnam's service men will be
 seen together for the first time. Special city and town meetings are
 called for today to pass upon the mat
 ter of making appropriations toward
 meeting the cost of the Welcome
 Home celebration. While no word of
 opposition has been heard to the mak
 ing of these appropriations to be spent
 in doing honor to the men, and women
 that represented Putnam so well dur
 ing the great struggle, there were
 those in town who were hustling about
 on Monday to see that many go tc
 the meetings and vote favorably.
 The woman's committee has ar. , ranged for this evening 8 social fol , the members of the Putnam Girls club. The event is to be held at the , home of Mrs. Harold Gilpatric, chair man of the Woman's committee, Mrs Nelson Lown is arranging the pro- gramme of entertainment that will be , presented. Many of the girls will mee at their club rooms at 7.30, and gC , thence to Mrs. Gilpatric's home, while others will come later The event is , the first of it's kind that has been ar ranged here, Miss Myra S. Smith dis trict organizer. said Monday. , The body of Mrs. Emma Adams, 37 wife of Edward H. Adams, was 2 brought to this city from St. Vincent: hospital at Worcester, whence Mrs
 Adams died Sunday.
 , St. Mary's parochiaI school vii close at the end of this week for the summer vacation. Special exercise! that each year mark the end of the school year are to be held next Sun day.
 ,, Putnan,'s baseball team again show l, ed it's ca1ibre by defeating, to 0, tht <, fast United Shoe Machinery Com pany team of Beverley. Mass. Putnam , without doubt, this year has one O
 the greatest baseball teams that evel represented an eastern Connection . town and fans who have watched tn, 7 games so far are enthusiastic over thu outfit.
 High school seniors were hustlins on Monday to make success of thei : picture benefit, which they have ar. I ranged to help meet their graduation V expenses.
 I The graduation of Putnam Higl . School will be Thursday evening O , this week, with the exercises at tn, r Bradley theatre in the evening. Q That Putnam had a quiet week ent s was indicated by the fact that tfer, g was no session of the city court o1
 Monday morning.
 P. J. Sheridan. manager at Wild
 wood Park and who makes his hom,
 in Putnam during the summer season < will be married this morning to Mis-: = Gladys Let S<r, teacher at Attawau
 gan at St JoSeDh'S church Dayyille