Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-01
PUTNAM

Fire that broke out just after the noon hour Wednesday totally destroy ed the F. Percy Ward home on the Senexet read. in the town of Wood stock. The origin of the fire had not been definitely established up to late ! w Wednesday afternoon.
 The loss. which is estimated as high | as $10,000, includes practically all of the furnishings of the home, which had just been entirely redecorated and | remodeled, the work being completed only very short time ago.
 Telephone calls were. sent out to all Of the ncighborlroed to assist in fight 1nS the fire and call was sent to Putnam, the chemical truck and crew gcing up. but arriving too late to save the home
 The Wards are residents of Newark. N. j., and have important insurance 1 interests,
 Dr. Harry w. Sharpe dfsposed of, Wednesday,. one of the interesting ru- mors relatives to the forthcoming ap- pointment of chief engineer of the fire l department. Dr. Sharpe said positive 1 " that he would not accept the appoint ment, but is apprecia we of the good will of his>friends in suggesting him 1 for an appointment that would ga rry
 with so much responsibility.
 The funeral of Mrs. Fred Lahaie of Danielson was held Wednesday, morn ing from the home of her parents, MT and Mrs. Eugene Durocher, with a | solemn high mass of requiem at St. l Mary's church. Rev. Charles r. Bedard was celebrant of the mass, with Rev, Adrian Dykemans deacon and Rev. A A. Routhier b-deaeon. Burial was i in St. Mary's cemetery. The bearers l were Moses Durocher, Eugene Duro- | cher and Edmond Durocher, brothers 1 Of the deceased. Charles Maheu, Jerry 1 Viviea and George Roberts. Louis E
 Kennedy was the funeral director.
 Secretary Charles L. Torrey of the | Putnam town school committee, also a member of the state board of eduea- Ion. announced Wednesday that he 1 had arranged with Dr. 4. c. Zones to
 lecture in the assembly hall in the high school building here Jan. B in
 the interest of the dental hygiene
 movement that is attracting sucr widespread interest among the edu-
 cators of Connecticut. This lecture promises to be Of surpassing interest l to those who have even the slightest 1 interest in the future welfare of hun dreds of the school children of this city.
 Care of the teeth has rightfnlI, come to he regarded as an essential te
 good health. This fact, taken witt the very general neglect of children: teeth, will stril<ingly be brought to the attention of those who hear the lee.
 ture planned to be given in this city.
 It was the experience of local draf
 board members during the war tha many registered men were unable te
 pass the selective service law require. ments because Of the fact that thei1 | bad TIo teeth and their lack of prime physica
 condition on account of the bad stat,
 of their teeth kept many men out q the service entirely and prevented others from serving in branches of tn
 army, or in the navy, where they mos
 desired to be placed.
 1 ca,tain J. B. 5ulger of the polio, l deDartment received vistation iron l a Massachusetts man, foreigner whc 1 told him that there is hidden away fl this city a child that was kidnapped 1 three years 9go. Tho captain hearC
 the story with interest. hut after in vestigating established the fact tha the child is no 1oncer here. The ma1 | renresented that the enid which h, 1 claimed as his own. had been take1 ] away by woman who had cared fA
 it when it was very young. GaDtaiI 1 BN1rer advised thn complainant to ot
 back to his home town and eet tn, necessary legal naDers hefore attemn
 ing to recover the child from th'
 nearby mill village in which it ha!
 been located. still in the custody of tht
 woman who is said to have kidnappeC
 it.
 or special iocsl interest is the an, ] nouncennent that Rev. Wallace Stearns. formerly a Pomfret nasto and later a resident of this city. f
 scheduled to deliver at an early dat before the Philaloeical society of Phil
 odelnhia a lecture en the subtee
 stonehengA Revisited. At presen Rev. MT. Stnarns is member of tn 1 faerltv of Bueknell college.
 Miss Mary Dexter, whose death oc cured at Danielson "Wednesday in he 91st year. was a member of the rom mittee of visitors of the Windhan county temporary home for childre7 in the town of Putnam and for man wears she gave much time and tl,ouoh
 to the work. always in the interest 0
 the little people who came under he