Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-31

orange colored figures on black back ground.
 4 holiday schedule of hours vill be in force st the postoffice tomorrow, New Tears day The office will be open from a. m to II: a. m, thcn closed for the remainder of the day The rural service will be suspended and the n,oney order and postal divisions closed for the day. The last outgoing mail to all points will be at e:45 ?. m. Postmaster Alexander Gilman has znnounced that the new issue of Pilgrim stamps is now available at the local office,
 Captain Bulser snd two ether officers would have been needed Thursday to, watch all the children who were bound to. get the most out of their opportunity to coast during the vacation season. Though sliding on some hills was, forbid den, young people gathered for good time and frequent warnings were needed to keep them in check and to protect them from injury from passing traffic at points where streets intersect
 It isn't at all bad idea, If s,ae esnsid- CTS safety in these trorblous days to halt if a police officer happens to order you to do SO This was demonstrated here during the very small hours Of Thursday morning when Sergeant George Laird observed two young men sprinting through Livery street His order to them to halt was disobeyed and they sped on into Main street and were headed north past Bridge street when Officer William , Jarvais saw them and gave chase. Disre- garding an order on his part that they halt the officer fired a shot over their heads and this brought them to abruptly. l Very naturally the officer thought they were escaping crooks. but they proved to | be two youths hurrying along from a restaurant to catch up with members of their party who had gone on before. It Is no news to any well informed per son to state than an unusual crime wave l Is now prevalent in many parts of the
 country. The Putnam police are especial l ly alert at this time and a man who runs l ed to halt is ta king long and foolhardy chance. Refusing to obey such a sum- mons may mean being made target for l a bullet and most Of the officers can shoot well enough to be dangerous with l their guns
 Secretary NJ. H. Geissle~. ef the Putnam
 Building and Loan Association. said l Thursday that the organization will close l a very successful year today. A dividend
 at the rate of five per cent. has been de
 csared Applications for loans exceed the amount of funds on hand An5ther series of shares-the eleventh--will be ts-
 sued in January. Some shareholders have dropped out during the past few months
 of industrial depression. but the .organi- zation is in splendid condition and has a very brght future ahead of It n Is
 work for the development of this city. I Three degrees will be conferred sn can i didates this evening, at a meeting O I Putnam charter. R. A. M.
 Attorney Charles L. Torrey was al
 Hartford Thursday attending meetinl
 of the state board of educaton. i Miss Alice Caron, whose home Is l.
 Danielson and who is a graduate of ,; I Worcester. hospital is. to succeed Mis-
 Margaret Carney as district nurse in thi | city.
 New Years eve there will be a Christ
 r,as party fer the children of St. Philip'
 Sunday school in the guild room at tn
 church.
 New Years morning there will b masses at 5, 7,s and o'clock at 5, Marv's church.
 Miss Esther S..~rine will leave Parnfre
 within 2 tewsdays to spend the winter T the south.