Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-04
PUTNAM

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 Goodyear Mills officials and employ 1 es gave this city an enlivening spec | tacle Saturday morning. when many l scores Of the residents of the neigh
 boring village passed through here in l motor cars. en route to Crescent Park. R. l.. where they held their fifth an- nual outing. There were over 50 cars in line, headed by Agent Robert w. | Boys machine with the big Goodyear | Mills band. next in order. The band ! left the bus Front street and head 1 ed a short parade of the whole line Of 1 machines up through Main street and 1 around the fountain in Union square ] and back through Main street to l aboard the bus and started on the | journey down the river.
 Many of Putnam's citizens. watched 1 the parade. which was an indication l of the fine. spirit that prevails at l Goodyear and of the whole hearted I manner in which things are done in l that town.
 Incidentally the little parade gave ] Captain Bulger something special to 1 do in handling the jam of traffic that i piled up at Bugbee's corner while the 1 line was crossing at that usually con- l gested point.
 l Goodyear was almost deserted vil- l lage Saturday, for nearly all of the officials and large number of the l workers were away enjoying what has 1 come to be big annual event Charles Holland, of this city, had an | almost new motor truck damaged by | fire Friday while he was travelling be- tween this city and Providence, the | misfortune befalling him a few miles ! west of Chepachet.
 1 It was stated here on Saturday that the fire, starting about the engine, finally communicated to the gas tank, endangering Holland. who was sorne what burned in attempting to extin- guish the blaze and save his big ma 1 chine. Ray Bosworti, of this city, l happened along while Mir Holland was having his troubles, and rendered in valuable aid by assisting with a fire extinguisher to put out the fire. The truck remained during Saturday at the place where it was damaged by the fire MT. Holland is protected in his loss by insurance covering such an ac- cident as occurred. It was stated that it was not known just how the fire started
 Members of the order of Red Men in this city are looking forward to what is going to be a real event for them-an outing and cfambake at Phillips grove. A1exander's lake. on August IT, There is to be verita b1e feast of good things, and practically all of the 125 members of the order here are planning to be present.
 This city has become the center of an
 unusual amount of motor traffic since the trolley strike began. Almost any
 
 in the business section of the city of
 a larger number of cars than is found in similar district in most towns, this
 due in measure to the large summer
 colonies in the surrounding towns, but
 now. conditions have become much
 more .congested. so much so, at times, to suggest the need of traffic of
 ficer. although the silent policemen are d great help to keeping automobile traffic moving in the right direction.
 Next Wednesday. August 6. will be Farmers Day at the Connecticut Agri- cultural college at Storrs. and Coun
 ty Agent Benjamin ". Ellis and a mum bers of farmers from Putnam and other towns in this vicinity are to be present. An institute opens at the col lege today and will continue until Thursday. Among those who are scheduled to speak at Storrs during the week is Joseph Baker of North Grosvenordale. His topic will be- Will It Pay Our Farmers to Grow Pure Bred Swine? and he will speak Thurs day before the Connecticut Swine Growers association.
 Putnam rounded out another week under trolley strike conditions without {! many changes from what has been theI rule for the past three weeks. This i week is expected to bring some inn 1 provements, however, in the transpor- tation situation.
 Chief A. A. Boursier, of the fire de- l partmeht. stated Saturday morning i that the fire department will turn out in force to participate in the big Vel | come Home parade in honor of Put :. nan's service men and women on La i bor day. The fire department is ex- 1 pected to make one of the finesh show l ings of any division in the parade.
 Captain Erie Smith, in charge of the 1 Salvation Army work in Putnam, has l made a request for gifts of used clothing and shoes, to be distributed i in the local district.
 c. H. Killam of East Woodstock has one of the finest crops of apples grow l ing in this section of New England i this summer.
 Aside from entry day, Woodstock | fair will be a one-day fair again this | year, as has been the rule in recent | years.
 Lewis Battey and D. B. Gilbert of this city gave an illustrated lecture on | the Morgan Memorial, of Boston. at the Methodist church in Attawaugan Sunday evening".
 A lawn festival was held Saturday at the parochial school grounds in | the Grosvenordales. The proceeds are to be added to a fund for the purchase of an organ for St. Jeseph's church.
 Miss Mary White, of Woodstock, is Making preparations to go to France. where she will be identified with tho National Catholic Service club work for girls.
 Supt. William L. Macdonald of Put nams schools is expected to return here this week to take up work pre- | paratory to the opening of the schools in September. There are some teach ing positions yet to be filled.
 From midnight until after 4 o'efoek morning. there was almost a parade of heavy night express trains through the yards Of this city, bound from New York to Maine re- Sorts.I These trains sections of the State of Maine and Bar Harbor ex- preses carried hundreds of passengers northward during the night and were running within 15 minutes Of each other. The traffic was about the heaviest of the kind ever to pass through the Putnam yards.
 The lecture recently given at Academy hall. in Woodstock, by Ham ilton Holt of New York in the interest of the. Day Kimban hospital netted