Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-09
PUTNAM

Mrs, John Laidiaw Buell., of Litch- field, state regent of the D.. A. R., in Connecticut, was the guest of Eliz- abeth Porter Putnam chapter, D, A. R., at meeting at Odd Fellows hall, Monday afternoon. Members of De-
 borah Avery Chapman of Plainfield al-
 so were guests at the meeting. Mrs Buell. very Interestingly addressed the meeting on the subject of American
 izatien. Miss Lorena Gallant enter tained the Daughters with songs. Re- freshments were served. 4 touring car owned and driven by Thomas Cannon, of Grove street was
 damaged Monday afternoon just be- fore 4 o'clock when a big Akron Bos- l ton motor truck of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company backed into it in
 Front street, at the overhead railroad bridge, The big truck had come down | South Main street and was making 1 the run around the silent policeman to come into Front street when the driv- 1 CT of the truck found that his vehicle was too long 10 make the shert turn, his front wheels gliding up against | the e1fbing. Looking into his mirror he
 saw no car following him, although the
 Cannon car was just in the rear of the big vehicle, So when he Started 1 lp bHoA ttte lfuch IL CIAstied liltO lilc Cannon car. damaging it eensidefa-
 bly, Mir, Cannon was net injured, Putnam is going to. temporarily lose two of it's best trains Wednesday, | these the Boston New York express
 es known as No. 45 and No. AZ. One
 of these trains is the one due here l from Boston at s.1e a. nl., the other l leaving here for Boston just after 1 D. i m. At the railroad station here on l Monday afternoon it was stated that I no full list of trains to be taken off had been received here, so it was not known whether other trains in addi- I ton to the two mentioned will be re- moved.
 1 Anseim Mayotte post. American Le- 1 zion, will adopt a constitution, and elect officers at this evenings meeting
 of the organization. By, vote of the post. the charter has been kept open until this time in order that every ex-
 service man or wo.ian may become charter member
 Americanization work on broader I and mare effective scale than has ever been attempted in this city may be undertaken here, if plans of the state board of education and local interests
 of importance work out as it is hoped
 will be the case. The adoption of the whole plan would mean the locating
 here of 3 man who would devote his whole time to this great work.
 William VI. Mills. s5. Of ouinebaue in the town of Thompson. is dead al
 his home. He had been il with g.eu- monia. MT Mills was well known as a cattle buyer in the region abou where he lived.
 kIl.. . formerly manager of the Peoples Ugh ], and Power Company, were he'd Mon ! day afternoon at the Congregat tiona i cLVrob. Burial was ih Grove Stree
 ceHaetery.
 yi George Grinncll has resiened as ? Te7'her of the board of lihsary df ~actors. This makes two vacancies il the board at the present time Il Deputy Sheriff George F. Holbrook who has becn i'll at his hone o7
 South Main street for the mast fey r days was reported on Monday as con e side~ably improved and now on tn I road to recovery.
 : The death Of an infant here Msnda ti was reported as due to infantile par alysis. the first case of this diseas e occ"rripg here in a considerable lengt e of time,
 - VII tHG HFSL 4IbHudS III J3HuaT c 'Hdee Y. H. Geissler will begin ney : fer79 af two years as judge of the cit = cn"rt of Putnam.
 e Many ears were n~'nked up here o n MGnday afternoon when a story tha -i rl'o vur-ti--e prol' 'biKfnn han had bee l, i'ftod through decision of the Init e e1 States supreme court gained c'reu ;, 'at'cn.
 r Grand oGlrNrs of the state will h y ae~a 6n ThurstIav even:nq to atten
 t'ao meeting Of Putnam chapter, R. / II. 1T The muIs that a1nnunced advance - ''o wages ir tl'ts v'rin'tv. la~t waek hi .e i'd rot s+afe the a7oo,int of advn9ne z g t1e tire the notices wnre posted ha- Y, 9-art:cnlly ret, tl'o adra~ca roade r si tan mills in tha hiG toxt'a ca;1to~s. ,. Monday, Harace TT Piorce sold
 dwrlli3g at A1 WaI-ut street at Th2rl Parl and Hattie F. Paul : . W"~t Thompson
 Yrs Harry Prentice was reTarted 7
 Monday as seriously i'll at her hon
 here.
 l. Coed vau1eviIfs scte attracted lar r. aid'fnees to the Bradley theatre f
 Mondav's shows.
 T. Tfl line with what hes been done ly Putnam 10 increase tea acHars' saIari CT 'saports are "7ni,'" in from surrol1n,
 'ng towns of ann"c9tia~s h. teache x. for more 'npTev. Piainfe1d is one ay II the towns v''1a~n the teachers a a l. hcping to get higher pay.