Putnam patriot., 1920-07-09

Miss Caroline Cranska and Miss
Hannah Tracy have arrived from
Mcosup and will occupy Miss Gran
ska's house in the village through the
summer.
The common has been moved and
the national scenery so attractive in
summer time to the village is one the
automobilist in passing through can
not fail to admire
The carrying of the mails on the
route from the postofficS to the rail-
road stations has been awarded to
John Bates of the firm of Bates Bros
He commenced his duties on Tuesday.
A sister of Mrs, Gardner l.. Miller
Doctor Li2beth Howard, and her moth
ford, Mass, have been visitors with
Mrs. Mllier, her mother remaining for
an indefinite tame.
Mr.. and Mrs Albert Noyes of
Springfield, Mass. and Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Johnson and family are
spending the week with Mr.. and Mrs.
John johnson, parents of Mrs. Noyes
and Mr.. johnson, at Brandy Hill.
Thomas Ryan and visiting friends
we're visitors to Rocky Point on Mon
day and on their return trip were wit
K. l., where two persons were killed
by tiR. car skidding and turning over.
Or account of the burial service for
Mrs Emogene Williams last Friday
the preparatory lecture was not held
as previously announced. Many of
her associate members of the church
desired to pay respect to one OF their
number who had passed away,
At the evening service Sunday Miss
Bessie Gleason, who is soon to leave
the country for China, spoke very in
terestingiy about the work she is to
engage in in that country, aftes
which Rev. S. T. Livingston gave =
report of his visit as delegate to tbs
world convention of Congregational
churches in Boston A goodly NUN
Der was present
Evidence of the disturbance Great
ed by the use of daylight saving time
and standard time was fully shown a
the burial service of Mrs. Emogsn,
Williams. Word was received that j
would be at 4 o'clock, which meant
O'Clock standard time, which is uset
in Thompson. consequently many VIII,
intended to attend were late for tn,
service.
State Lecturer Professor Wheele
and Mrs. Wheeler of Storrs, were il
attendance at the meeting of tn,
Grange on Tuesday evening. Thei
! presence and that of County Agen
Davis of the Farmers Institute fol
/ Windham County was the cause of tn,
meeting being very interesting, as the
talks on the subject of agriculture
were the principal object of their visit
The services and burial of Mrs EN-
ogene (Elliott) Williams, who died il
Attleboro Wednesday, June 80, tool
place at West Thompson cemetery or
Friday afternoon, Rev. S. T. Living
ston conducting the committal service
Relatives and friends who had known
Mrs. Williams nearly all of her life
were present for the occasion. Mrs
Williams was native of Thompson
and spent her whole life in the Center
! District, until about six years ago she
disposed of her property on MAR
street to F. A. Decker of Providence
and purchased a house in North At
! tleboro, where she has son, Howard
/ living, in whose home she died. Hel
death resulted from a shock received
some five or SIX weeks ago. Mrs. Viii
liams joined the Congregations
church here before her marriage, un
der the pastorate Of Rev. Andrew
I Dunning. Her ancestors on her pa
/ ternal side had been identified al
members of the church since 1851
Few in Thompson are able TO trace the
church relationship of their ancestry
a longer time than this in one church
membership