Norwich bulletin., 1920-11-15
DANlELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

Anselm Mayotte post American Legion, l holds its meeting this (Monday) evening | at the Arcanum club rooms. This is the | last meeting before the regular annual | meeting in December The Legion took | the initiative in the celebration of Arnis- | tice day and the committee in charge was very much gratified with the CO., operation of the other patriotic and fra ternal orders and the city officials, and has thanked all who gave their services at the concert in the evening.
 The junior class of the high school held Halloween dance at the high school Friday evening It was postponed from two weeks ago because of cases of measles. A large crowd was in attend ance. all in Halloween costumes The gentlemen's prize for the most outlandish costume went to John Hannfan, junior at the school, who was dressed as a Chinaman, and the prize for the most out tandish costume on a woman or girl went to Mary Child, of the freshman class, dressed to represent woman of Colonial times. Music for dancing was furnished by the Goodyear orchestra The affair was in charge of a committee from the junior class of which Sidney Hayward was chairman.
 William K. Bath has given up his of- flee in the Bradley building, Main street, and is leaving today (Monday) to open an office in Willimantic, where he resided before coming to Putnam
 Ernest Thompson of Lamont street. who recently cut his foot with an axe, is able | to be out.
 Alice Perry, daughter of Dr. and Mrs l F. F. Perry has sufficiently recovered | from an attack of infantile paralysis to be , able to sit up. The quarantine is re- l moved today. So far as known no new ] 1 Of hoy l this city.
 | Ruth Perry, who has been visiting her
 aunt, Mrs. F. M. Child, of Pomfret, has 1 returned home.
 A noteworthy feature of the Armistice i day parade was the presence in the line l of seven Civil war veterans. Six of these 1 followed the younger soldiers through the ! entire line of march. Charles Monroe, l who has carried the flag ever since the I 4. G. Warner post was organized carried I the standard at the head of their line. 1 Thomas Taylor, probably the last sur T eivor of the crew of the Monitor. Chaun- cey Morse, Joseph McKachnie, Anson A. I Buchanan, Hiram l.. Bartlett and John B. Lepire followed the old flag
 | ,Late Friday afternoon Putnam was ,l visited by a group of Connecticut state } police accompanied by a few state police from Massachusetts and two auto inspec-
 
 !, by Captain Bulger to the local police sta tion where they looked over the loot
 which has been at headquarters awaiting
 claimants. The officers from the nearby state identified three guns, box of sill . verware and a graphophone as articles I which had recently been stolen iron homes near Fitchburg. Police headquar 2 ters still looks like an auction room how ever. as there is much unclaimed materia .. tiy,rr arrested charged with stealing all thi. material are lodged in Brooklyn jail il | default of bonds.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Williams of Oxford ! Mass. spent the week end with her son : in-law and daughter. MT. and Mrs. F. E Woodis. of Walnut street
 .I Since the measles started over 300 case of the disease have been reported to thu
 local health officer. New cases are stil being reported at the rate of from five t, . ten a day. The number of new cases re , ported for the last three days of last weel . were Thursday 10, Friday and Satur ] day g.
 U The High School Cadet corps is now or j ganized and the following. officers hay N been elected George Child '21. Captain j Leroy Ames. '22 first lieutenant an 4 Alfred Barber '21, second lieutenant q Eearle Spencer, '22, was appointed to ~ sergeant.
 [ Mir. and Mrs. Arthur E. Lapsley 0 IT Ponfret Center have closed their hom f there and are spending the winte ', 1 months in Tallahassee. Fla.
 a The Patriot fund for the Day Kirnba
 l hospital amounts to S3.619.95. The Bab h fund for the same institution started a IF the suggestion of Mrs. F. c. Mors, ., amounts to S16.50.
 Mrs. James Wilson is visiting her siste
 in Clinton, Mass.
 ~ County Agent F. l.. Davis and W. r - Darrow. fruit specialist from the agr III cultural college arranged with F. | Carlyle and Eben Bass of Scotland fc ;aa orchard management demonstrations IT H purpose of the demonstration is to wor T. out a practical example of what can | s done with orchards, in one case maintain
 ing a low production. in the other cas
 building up the health of the trees e- These demonstrations are to be tl A center of the fruit work by the farmer T. association in the town of Scotlan is Pruning will be started by holding 10 pruning demonstration some time in D re cember.
 mt In raids against men suspected of ha orl ing engaged in moonshining and bootle
 ging operation four arrests were ma
 Saturday night and Sunday. The me st- all foreigners will be presented in cou ei- in the town of Thompson today (Monday e. Captain J. H. Bulger and Officer Euge ed Gibney of this city assisted Officer JoI en Kennedy of Mechanicsvi1Ia and %o- lis Coderre of North CrosvenordaIe in ,oo el- ing the raids The men arrested we It. taken or John Doe warrants and tn, ue names were not obtainable Sunday. 7'- an isolated place on a back road ne
 West Thompson the officers had to bre lis down a door to get in. In the cell m they found half barrel of warm ma ul- which evidently h2d been steaming St. while before. and several quarts of rnoc ere shine whiskey. No still was found T, af- arrests were made at this nlace AnotL he raid was made in West Thompson villa, Ias Of the men arrested some will be charg ll-
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