Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-06
DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

 l vacancy in the inspection department of l the state motor vehicle organization caused by the death of Ralph c. Young of pa1ieson it was announced here on ] Tuesday.
 | At this particular time of year the duties which the department inspectors are called upon to perform are reduced I to minimum, it was said Tuesday. and | the commissioner is about to temporarily | lay off ten inspectors. The duties which MT. Young has been performing in Wind l ham county will be taken over by anoth ! CT of the department inspectors, and no new appointment will be Alade for this territory earlier than May l, if then. It l is understood that about 20 applications i | for appointment have been filed. Dur i | ing the fall and a~1nter season the state i l motor vehicles department will be repre- |
 sented in this territory by one of the | present staff of inspectors, who will issue | drivers licenses and perform other duties | 1 at the times and places heretofore deslg- | mated by the department. l Consideration of cases the criminal list of the superior court for Windham county scheduled to have taken place in l. the superior court here Tuesday was de-
 layed and court adjourned owing to the | illness of State Attorney Chas. E. Seeis,
 who is still confined to his home in
 Thompson. Deputy Sheriff Charles F.
 Aver, of Killingly, came here and ad- jeurned court Tuesday morning. It is l expected thH Mir. Searis will be able te be at his tce here bFiday of this week, to confer with attorneys relative to cases
 on the criminal list and Saturday of this
 week will be at the office of Attorney
 Samuel B. Harvey in Willimantic for I the same purpose.
 Republicans in the town of Thompson ; elected their candidates in Mondays town ] meeting in that place. For several weeks l past warm contest at the polls was fereeasted following the democratic Q sweep of last year. As the result of this weeks election the republicans have fully 2 regained any ground lost last assr and s now have mjority on the board of se lectmen and in other important places in - the town government. The detail of the
 election is as follows Assessor Edward Desaulniers, r, 354; Oscar Munyan, d, e iee; for one year, Fred L. Hutehins, r, r 40s; F. T. Rose, d. 1892 selectmen, Leon c N. Walker. T, 423, w. H. Bellerose, d, ,- see, Charles V. Chase, T. 3s6, F. J. Bates F. d, 1s4; auditor, Otto F. Sward r,-405 : q Marcus H. Elliott, q, 166; collector of IT taxes, E. H. Corttis. 416. Philip Coderre, L. d. 3S7: registrars, T. L. Bonin. r, AT, C.. l. A. Stevens, 159; school committee, Grace e E. Moves r. 4o2, M. J. Kinney, d, 4o1 {;
 Richard Baron, d, S01; Frank Beaure-
 gard, q. 2ss.
 . Included in the re-hash of Mondays ,e election talk in Putnam Tuesday was d s- It eussion of the strong showing made by D. Mrs. Mabel Dupre Ryan, the democratic 2 1 woman candidate for tax collector "a against Attorney Ernest c. Morse, the re- ! publican eneunnbent, who was reelected . Mrs. Dupre the only woman named By ,a either party for any office of importance h other than school committee in a Wind ~ ham county town, came within 21 votes = of election out of total of over 1900
 -. | o1r rao1 = scare into republican ranks, where she sn is regarded as strong future contender ,, for the office.
 Former Principal E. R. Hall, of Wood stock, who died suddenly while attending :. the town meeting at Woodstock Monday . afternoon, as told in Tuesdays Bulletin 1T was a native of Dannemera, N. Y, wher, ,9, he was born on January 2s. 1S47, soI ~ on Jonathan and Lavonis Hayward Hall , at Mr. Hall was a brother of Judge John M he Hall, who was well known in Connection , legal circles.
 Ia Analysis of the votes cast in Monday ,f election in towns hereahouts has indicat m ed to the more than casual observers o
 things political that the coming of womel
 of the state into full rights of franchis VII and participation in the results, so far a n- party viewpoints are concerned In here III n tofore strongly republican towns the ma ol jority of the new women voters hay up shown their preference for the republical
 party. In towns like Putnam. where tn Ter democratic party is stronger than in oth ila CT nearby towns, the democrats hay nf- about held their own, as regards the to De- tai vote. Throughout the county tn iu- women seem to be following in the foot lld steps of the male members of their fam nt- lilies as to voting, at least in the tow in elections. This is as shrewd political ot VII servers have predicted would be the eas ion when women voted on equal terms wit lT men, and the net result of the hundred ad of extra votes, with all of the extra dt he tail required of officials in handling then lti- has been to give the counters more wer ity to dc.
 the Captain and Mrs. C. W. Chatfeld ( to VeIuntewn were visitors in Putnal on Tuesday.
 led Attorney Charles L. TeFrey was 2 tor Hartford Tuesday, attending a meetin gas of the state board of education, of whie did he is a member. ack Miss Elizabeth Barnes is visftin the friends in Millbury, Mass, for sever
 it weeks.
 CTS In Tuesdays report of the Puma ig- election Leon T. Wilson, republican cal ten didate elected auditor, should have bet ase credited with SAT votes, instead of TAT. too State Attorney Charles E. Searls va hat reported Tuesday as resting more con do fortably. It is expected tIllt he will ay ablt to be about and attending to h ak duties within a few days.
 en- regular nesting of the Putpam ci and council was held Tuesday evening, by which time matters pertaining to u ex- heck and ladder company was among u ght principal subiess discussed.
 Selectnen Luther M Keith is beil see- mentioned as one of the city's repub ,me cans favored for nomination for repr au- sentative, CaUcuses to name eandidat will for representative from this town " told be held within q few days.
 rain storm that swept unexpecte wed ly out of the northwest Suesday nornh cen brought the hrst real touch or fall vice Putnam and vicinity.
 Is Owners of woodland properties a ,on- hurrying choppers on to their properti, -hat sensing the impending coal shortage al sat the promised high prices for cord wo