Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-26
PUTNAM

 Elizabeth Clark of Main street, left Put nam Saturday morning for Bostonfi
 Many from Putnam went to Dayyille Saturday morning to see the wreck of the Bar Harbor express which jumped the track near the Dayville station.
 John Moss of Lowell passed the week end in Putnam.
 Kenneth c. Sharpe motored to Worces- ter Saturday.
 Frank L. Davis, agent of the Windham County Farmers association. is receiving a number of requests from farmers in this part of the county for culling dem onstration. He will probably arrange one soon for each end of the county.
 Rev. A. B. Coats. D. D., of Hartford, supplied the pulpit at the Putnam Bap- tist church on Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. William Killian are at Oakland Beach. R. l., where they will pass the remainder of the summer.
 Carl T. Kent spent Sunday at Oakland Beach, where Mrs. Kent is passing the month of July.
 J. Harry Man of Church street passed Saturday and Sunday with his family, who are at Gales Ferry for the summer. Miss Edna Mann. who is employed in New York, will have her vacation during Au- gust and will spend it at Gales Ferry.
 Miss Lillian Maertens led the Young
 
 church Sunday night
 Every day during the summer months. when the season for automobile touring is at it's height, demonstrates the great need that there is for a silent policeman at Bugbee square. upon which are given directions to Norwich. Pomfret Hartford Wilimantic Providence. Worcester and Danielson. At present machines coming to the square: at which Main, Front and Pomfret streets intersect. are at a loss as to which street to take in getting to their destinations. The state road mark CT red band. which designEtes the Prov idence- Hartford road. is placed upon pole so far down Pomtret street that it is not visible from the square.
 Captain of Police John BuIEer and Officer William Jarvis are well aware of the need of a signcoard of some descrip tion. for they are called upon hundreds of times each day to instruct motorists how to reach neghboring cities. According to Captain Bulger, a large silent policeman which could be illuminated with an cleo tric light and upon which would be point CTS showing direction to principal cities. in the street. would be a time and trouble saver. At least, says the captain. it would help drivers of machines who now come up Pomfret street. get 10 the middle of the square, and, not knowing where to go turn toward the railroad station only to find that the road stops there abrupt 1y. They are then completely lost and are obliged to stop and ask their way out of the maze.
 This matter of signposts for the streets of Putnam was discussed al length a year or two ago by the seiectnen and city council, and as result some markers were put in place on the outskirts of the city, but nothing was ever done to rem edy the situation at the very center of Putnam traffic.
 Attorney MahIon H. Geissler, clerk of the school committee of the town of Put nam, has completed his report for the year ending July Ii, 1920. The accounts show, as had been expected. that the eX- pense of maintaining the school system materially increased during the past year. The total cost to the town for all schools from July 15, 1919, to July IA, 1920, was S49.T16S1. as compared with S4S,703.14 for the same period a year ago. The in crease is s6.062.67. The cost of main taining the high school decreased some what over the preceding year. due to the fact that in last years records coal and fuel bills for two years were paid. while the records for the present year only in- clude the fuel bill for the current year Furthermore. the repair bill at the high school in 191S-1919 was considerably in excess of the same bill for the year just closed The expenditures for the high school for the year just ended are s1S,411 as compared with s17944 in the year be- fore. The fuel bill at the high school this year was S1,902.65 as against S429623 which was the fuel bill for 191T-1S19, but which was paid so as to be included in the records of 191S-1919. The high school repair bill this past year vas nearly s1,- 800 less than the year before.
 There has been considerable increase in expenses owing to the advance made in teachers salaries. At the high school the increase during the past year in this item as over the year preceding is S2.2o2.71. In the graded schools the salary bill for the year just completed amounted to $1S,- 249.16. In the year before it was s14- zoo 50
 There has been big increase in the cost of maintaining the graded schools during the past year. These schools in 191S-1919 cost the town s25.29214. while this year just passed they cost so, 47636 The expense of maintaining the evening schools has jumped rapidly. In 19IS-1a19 they cost the town s426.6s. while this year the expenditures for evening schools has been $1.344.94. an increase of S91S 26 This is largely accounted for in the fact that during the past year the schools have been expanded so as to include courses in high school subjects as well as courses in beginners studies. During the previous year the latter subjects alone were taught in the Putnam evening schools.
 In the increase of expenditures for the graded schools during the year just pass ed a considerable part of this can be al located to the Smith street school where four teachers were employed instead of three, as has been the case in previous years In order to accommodate the pu- plis at this school another room had to be fitted out and the repair bill in this connection was large.
 The entire registration In Putnam schools this year was 996 as compared with 997 pupils the year before. At the high school the registration in 1919-1920 was 1922 The previous year it was 1s5 This registration does not include evening schools or parochia1 schools.
 Though the expenditures have been heavy this past year, there has also been considerable income which reduces the cost of the schools to the town. The re- ceipts as shown by the clerks accounts, are as follows: Tuition from pupils in graded schools, paid by individuals and not by the town from which they come. $50; tuition from individuals in the high school. s130 from town of Eastford, S5S5; from Pomfret, for high school tlli- tion, s3,26625; from Union. $65; super vision grant. $500; average attendance grant. $2.133; library grant. $S5 emu meration grant, s4.1S9.50; from Windham county temporary home, S1,174.4S; from town of Killingly for pupils at East Put