Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-01
DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

 nam and vicinity have been reported to | the state motor vehicle department as continuing to operate motor vehicles | which are equipped with headlights that are Illegal. It is expected that all of | these motorists will receive final letters | of warning and that prosecl ions will | follow for those who do not obey tho l law There was little change Friday in the | strike situation at Mechanicsville. where l the weavers remained out. More weavers | returned to work Friday at the mill of l the Manhasset Manufacturing company. 1 Mayor Marcy discussed Friday the pro- posal that white bands be painted on the pavement from near the First Ma tional bank building to the Bugbee and Wulf store, from Mansfield's corner to ! the Bugbee and Wulf store and from the | bank building to Mansfield's to make a safety zone for pedestrians, who now of- l ten have to run for their lives to keep l out of the way of the automobile traffic. Malcolm M. Wiley. who will be grad uated from Clark college, Worcester. in 1 June, is to enter Columbia university in the fall MT. Wiley will specialize in so- cial science. He is the son of Mrs. Helen Wiley of this city.
 This Saturday will be a busy one for Town Clerk David Flagg, as the day is | owners will be permitted to register their
 animals without paying a penalty of one dollar.
 Members of the Putnam Country club
 are expected to appear in force on the golf links south of the city this afternoon to play in the first of the tournaments l arranged for this season The Country club enters this season with enthusiasm and there are plans that mean much en- tertainment for the members and their guests.
 It was declared Friday that Henry
 Baker, a man of middle age, died We'd nesday night at his boarding place or Powhattan street as the result of drink ing carbolic acid The body was remov ed to the rooms of local undertaken | The police say that Baker had been de spondent for the past two weeks. fol-
 lowing his boarding mistress announce
 ment that she no longer could board him, r Baker has worked in Putnam and vicin- | Iity for years. For long time he was employed at the Tillinghast stables in
 Central Village and while in this city has been. employed by various persons. Rela- tivese q brother and sisters and q daugh ter, have been located in Providence ant were expected here Friday afternoon tc
 claim the body.
 Putnam will see a parade of member | Ola tDS I1Oyd OTdST OL NdOOSS lllS even ? | ing. a feature arranged. in eonnectio 1 with the carnival that the organization
 l has been conducting.
 Members of Elizabeth Porter Putna- , 1 chapter, D. A. R., went to Eastford Fri , l day afternoon to bring birthday greet e ings and good cheer to Sarah Boswortf { l Bradway- a real Daughter of the Revo-
 l lution, who observed her 102d anniver , 1 sary. Mrs. Bradway is believed to b;
 | he oldest person in eastern Connecticut
 Mrs, Bradway was born in Eastfort
 l kpril 30, 1918, the daughter of Mir. anC
 Mrs. Allen Bosworth. Her father fought , l n the Revolutionary war, enlisting a
 l Ashford, then a sparsely settled com
 l nunity, but rich. in patriotism.
 f June 20, 1776, MT. Bosworth became , | private in Captain Stephen Lyons com
 1any of Colonel John Chester's regiment ( With this famous force Mir. Bosworti F participated in the battles of Long Isl c | nd, White Plains, Fort Washington aht 1 'rog's Point.
 ? From May to October of ITS ho serv }. q in Captain John Summers forces an,
 ook part in the battle of Rhode Island r May of f7S0 Mir. Bosworts is record e ,d as a member of Captain Benjamin i- 1 ;uniner's company
 z This year the D. A. R. chapter con, t 1 rlittee in charge of the arrangements fo | ne pllSrmaEe 10 EaStIord was made Il ' | f Miss Ellen Wheelock, Mrs. F. J. Dan ? els and Miss Harriet Brown. The char j CT carried Mrs. Bradway prettily dec tt ,rated May basket and many little gift ? hat were very pleasing to the aged an t i lonored lady, who is in excellent healt c ] md spirits.
 as Mrs. Bradway is the last of a famil s. If II children. She is remarkab Fe Tonan, and. in a remarkable way, r, :, aims her faculties.
 " Rev. Arthur Routhier. assistant at $ .s. 1ary's, church, will be in Willimantic tt
 lay {Saturday) to assist at the golde ,o l jubilee of Mother Superior TharsiKa q l t, Joseph's convent. being one of the o IF icers in the solemn high mass of thank al lying. Mother Tharsilla has been a Si n ar for 50 years, forty of which she hs ie pent in the convent at Willimantic.h f, Q. Mrs. George S. Bradley and childrt ,m eft Friday for a visit with friends n. Minneapolis. Mir. Bradley will go we
 ] later to join his family. Returning ths hc will visit in Cleveland with George Ga ,c coigne and in Toledo with Mrs Foste st son and daughter respectively of Mir
 Carrie Gascoigne of South Main stree