Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-04
DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
:. PUTNAM

,.s More weavers who have been out on strike returned to their, looms at the plant of the Manhasset Manufacturing 1 company Monday. Over half the looms of thtes big mill are again in operation, and the: manner ina which the workers are returning is. encouraging to the, mill officials. stated there was no change in the strike sitution.- About 1so workers ! nearly all weavers, left their looms at this mill last week and have since been 1 idle, in an effort to force the adoption of an eight hour. day and. wage schedule | that $ described is like. that in force
 at the plants of the American Woolen
 .veniir,' iir,' w.tH.. Taylor of Hartford lhas sented the state library. at Hart l fordNeAe large picture received by him
 some time since with all good wishes l from 7Viscountess Astor, M: P, London,
 England. This week Souvenir forwarded to the yiscohntess a leather bound vol-
 tune of tiie Connecticut State Register. 1 Of local interest is the announcement
 in state papers that Miss Charlotte. H. Segur, who has been in. the, service for Ia year, has received her honorable, dis charge and has returned to, Hartford to
 spend the summer with. her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Gideon c. Segur ofFarming- ton avenue, formerly of this city. Miss Sesur was engaged as a reconstruction aid for occupational therapy and was
 originally stationed at base hospital, No. 63 in Massachusetts, but most of the year wag stationed at the National Sol diers hSne in Virginia. Her last ap- pointmeM was at base hospital No. 31, Carlisle Penn. i Henry E. Church of the Freeman
 Church company of Hartford was among the prominent business men of that city
 that attended a conference intended to reach some decision as to providing the | capital city with 8 hotel such as it
 needs to meet the present pressure for
 acconlodations. The project that is be- { ing considered and that is likely to be l pat through provides for the extension of the Bond hotel so as to provide $50 rooms. Stock of the new hotel organiza- tion to the extent of $400.000 is to be offered to the public for subscription.
 | Truant Officer L. F. Battey was mak-
 ing some visits around the city Monday.
 Among the interesting cases called to his attention to clear up is that of boy
 who is numbered among the strikers at a local mill. The boy is out of school on a
 permit, obtained at the earliest possible
 moment under the state laws. Now that the boy is not working-but is out
 on strike-he will be required to go l back to his studies.
 Mrs. Caroline Elizabeth March, e2, I wife of John March, died at their homeffi
 here. Mrs. March had been a resident of
 Putnam for many years.
 Fl DAigle brothers, who have a farm out
 near Harrisville at the upper end of the ] Woodstock avenue territory, are en-
 gazing this spring in growing potatoes , on the. same scale as growers follow in
 Aroostook county, Maine. Tractors have been used to blow the land and erly | planting has been done To date the , the growing season has been extremely 5 unfaverable, but with better weathe, g later this farm will produce a tremen- l dous yield this year. All modern 3 methods of potato culture, as followed ir } the Maine tuber belts; is being followed l on the DaigIe farm. : [''',
 While Putnam and vicinity. has beer pestered with rain storms during tn,
 past few days. Worcester and all terri tory rrounding, that city has been ex n perieHaing hail storms, and yet Worces
 ter Is, only about 25 miles to the norti . of Putnam. .t
 Lieut., Robert BridEeman and Onice1 f Philip Flynn of the state police. depart ment were in this city Monday. Tn,
 Il state officers have; been frequent visitor , here of late in order that they migh l. keep in touch with the strike situations which, however, have net developed an, : troublous times, something for which al e are thankful. .... -' A..> j. + : -Thesbig strike that was inaugurated il y New Bedford Monday may have bac 2 effect some textile plants in this ter
 ] ritory flor the reason that New. Bedfort supplies large quantities, of yarn t some of the mills in the vicinity of Put . nam It's a dull week this year tha
 doesn't develop some kind of trouble t. ' handicap industry and bring nearer tn l. day of reckoning that all thinking me, s are now worrying about
 h Baptists of this city have made a splendid showing in their campaign t c raise $22, ,4o6 as their share of the $1oo d 900. 900 apportionment, of the Mortimer l. Baptists in the inter-church world move ment.' Dr. James Bryden Kent, campaig e director. in this city, sid Mondy after
 noon that the Putnam church has re # ceived pledges shown by the latest re V' ports to amount to 317,744. That thi > sum will be increased to cover $500 le by pledgR that will come in during tn next 'fewWdays from nonresident men
 bers now seems certain.
 ..I The apportionInent of the Putnai z church was an exceedingly heavy on = when it is taken into consideration ths the membership is not in excess of 30i ,s Dr. Kent stated on Monday that th ,~ apportionrnent,. as elsewhere through lr out Connecticut. was made on a popl id lation basis which, -in Connecticut, wa ,e a basis on which over large apportio1 l. n1ents were likely to be given to churcl ,e es, for Connecticut has diversified pol
 ulation.
 The canvass here has been confined 1 E.