Putnam patriot., 1920-01-02

The Ladies' Aid Of the Baptist
church society met with Mrs. Allen
Rabbit Wednesday afte noon.
Lowell Bates Of Hoboken, ". j.,
spent a few days before Christmas
with his brother, Walter Bates.
Miss Bernice Armstrong of SYRIA
cuse, N. Y, is spending the week with
her mother, Mrs. Clara Armstrong.
Lena Smith commenced work in
the local store on Monday. Mabel
Peterson is also assisting as clerk.
Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Smith re-
ceivef visit from Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
uel Knibbs Of Providence on Sunday.
The Marot school will commence
next week, the girls coming back
from the Christmas vacation this
week.
Mrs. Charles Jackson of Wood
stock was visitor with Mr.. and Mrs.
Stewart Litchfield during Christmas
week.
Several of the farmers in this sec
tion have secured their supply Of ice,
filling their ice houses Christmas
week
a preparatory lecture before com
muuion service on Sunday was hell
in the church parlor on Thurs lay af
ternoJnl
Mrs Annie Knight returned from
IN extern eI visit If several weeks 4
With relatives at Putnam Heivhts on
Saturday.
Ada Whitman Of Middietown IS
spending the week with her parents,
F. aa3 5ra. Oscar Whitman at
Bsan3y Hill
Hr. and Mrs Moses spinney Of
Providence, formerly Ct this place. are
rejoicing IL the birth Of a son the
week before Christmas.
OlHey Brott was home from Yale |.
COLLEGE and spent Christmas with his |
mother. Mrs George Brott, and mis- |
aunt, Miss Frances Omey.
Extensive alterations are in prog |
ress at the Marot school The gymna-
SUM is being remodeled. which will |
make it more up TO date in equip
ment
Vera Jackson finished her work at
the store of Mr.. Backus on Saturday
and entered the office Of the Bates
Shoe Manufacturing Co Of Webster
on Monday.
A steam heater has been put into
the house formerly oecupie by James
Ryan. A bath room is to be fitted up
before the house viii De ready for oc-
cupancy again.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pratt of Put
nam entertained their parents, Mr.. |
and Mrs. C. L. Knight of our village,
and Mr. and Mrs. George Foster and
family Of East Thompson on Christ
mas Day
4 Mr. Hall and family, formerly of ,
New York. but recently from Wood
stock. have moved INTO the George !
Foster house on the Massey road. Mr.
Hall will work for Mr. Maitland on
the J. r Gladding place
nr. and Mrs. Rainh P5ttev Of Del
ham, Mass. were guests Of Mrs Pot
.ers' parents at Christmas time Mrs
Potter was Ruby Erickson and while ,
living in the village was quite favor
tie with the young people.
Although it is reported that fishina
throurh the ice on Kings pond. Quad
ie reservoir, has not been quite up to
several catches of picker
|
also reported by local lovers of the
sport.
James L. Welch of Dover an
Portsmouth, n. H.. is spending Christ
mas time visiting his parents at Will
sonville, and Mrs. Welch miss Julia
RYAN, her father in this village, both
returning to their home the first of
the week.
The Christmas tree exercises of the
Sunday school at the church vestry
were quite in keeping with those of
former years. The attendance also
was quite pleasing to the children,
the seats being about filled. Santa
Claus anreared on the scene at the
close of the speaking. and assisted in |
distributing the presents from the tree
after which social time was enjoye
by all.
Walter Carpenter of Putnam
Heights, who has been weekly visit |
or to our community the past twenty |
five years or more as a travelling gro
Gerry man. despite his being in his |
seventy-second year, was seen about |
the village on Monday, active and |
serving his customers as usual. Ten |
degrees above zero does not seem to i
affect Mr.. Carpenter, when other con
ditions Of weather are favorable, as
was the case on Monday.
Mrs. Alexander Maitland, while do |
ing some Christmas shopping in Put
nam the Wednesday before Christmas
accidently stepped on something on
the floor in one Of the stores, which |
/ caused her to fall, receiving several
bad bruises and wrenching her left
arm and shoulder, from which she has
been a sufferer the past week. being
unable to use t. She Is assisted by
sister-in-law from Boston, who came
to spend Christmas but on account of
Mrs. Maitland's injury remains to as
sist about her household duties