Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-24
PUTNAM

FO llNAtM
 Attorney and Mrs Charles L. Torrey left Putnam Friday for Crescent Beach, where they will spend week.
 The Drop-In class of the Sunday school of the Second Congregational chi-rch has been appointed to take charge of the Rally Day exercises of the Sum day school, which will be <-ld in Sep tember.
 MT and Mrs Edward Richmnd and daughter of Leominster, Mass, are the guests of Mrs. Herbert L.. Johnson at Pleasant Valley MT. Richmond is a special clerk at the Leominster post of flee. Mrs. Richmond is organist of the Fitchburg Unitarian church.
 Friday afternoon at the Putnam club, the women members of the club held contests in clock golf and putting. The club has voted to allow the women players right of way on the course on Friday afternoons.
 Adolph Guertin of the Putnam post of flee is having his vacation this week.
 John Kennedy, superintendent of the French River Inn at Mechanicsville is to give his employees an outing Sunday when fifty of them will gather on the shores of Quadic pond for a shore din- ner and clanbake.
 Joseph Potter, carrier on rural route No. of the Putnam post office is having his vacation.
 Dr.. Alfred Peel. of England, will sup ply the pulpit of the Second Congre- gational church of Putnam the first Sun day in August in the absence of Rev. Boynton Merrill who is to have his vaca- tion during the month of August.
 Friday Souvenir William H. Taylor of Hartford wrote Putnam friends that Thursday Charles LeRoy, formerly of IoI r, Mr. ;- now living in Washington, D. C., where he is special agent of the bureau of the census, in the department of commerce. MT. Taylor also writes that his daugh- ter Mrs. Grace A. Richards of Spring field, Mass, is his guest She formerly lived in Putnam.
 A hearing will be conducted in Putnam Monday by the state automobile commis- sioners at which time cases of alleged violators of state automobile regulations will be heard. It is understood that there may be as many as forty cases brought before the commission-all of them from towns in the eastern part of the state. Deputy Automobile Commis- sioner John Macdonald of Putnam will probably listen to the cases. This is the first time that such a hearing has ever been held in this part of the state, the commissioners usually meeting in larger cities. The large number of cases con- corning residents in this part of the state made the session at Putnam ad- visable as this city is more convenient ly located.
 The degree team of CargiI Council, K. of C., Putnam, conferred the first de- gree on five candidates, in the local council rooms Thursday night.
 Funeral services for Arthur c. Stetson, 73, who died at his home on King street Wednesday morning, were held from the home Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock Rev. Boynton Merrill pastor of the Second Congreg gational church officiated The bearers were members of Israel Putnam Lodge of Odd Fellows, and the Odd Eel lows had charge of the committal service at Grove street cemetery, where burial took place.
 William Lord, a of kerosene and match proved bad combination. and as a result, Willie, who is the son of MT. and Mrs. Albert Lord of Putnam Heights, was on Friday suffering from burns upon his face, which while not deep, were painful and uncomfortable playing with the match and the can of infamnable liquid, late Thursday, and William, who is about years old, was the kerosene fared up, striking the boy in the face and burning his hair, so that he was treated by Dr. Edward F. Perry c. A. Campbell, dairy specialist of the Connecticut Agricultural College Storrs 1 accompanied by Frank L. Davis, agen: | of the Windham County Farmers Asso- citation, has been visiting farmers in this l part of the county this week. inspecting herds. He also was much interested in the soy bean demonstrations that the as- sociation is conducting on Windhan county farms. Soy beans are used as ] food for cattle, and are mixed with corr 1 to give a well balanced diet In Thomp- son MT. Davis and MT Campbell called at the farms of Herbert Steele and Will liam Mayhew in Woodstock, at the farms of Leonard H. Healey, who is sec. retary of the state board of agriculture | Howard Peckham and George Dean; ir l Brooklyn, at the E. M. M. Marlor farm | in Hampton, at the farm of J. Nj. Gale and in Pomfret, at the farms of John Stromberg and Peeld & Chism. i Leodore Maynard, son of Joseph May. nard, left Putnam this Saturday morn l ing for Boston where he is to take { course in The Strength of Materials al Massachusetts Tech. Maynard will re | complete his course at that cclo1l. CdrgiIl Cornell, K. of C., pul lam, i: rianning to hold a carnival. The affeil | I'll be under the direc-:o.' of Free | Welch of Seaside Council New London a 2 old time actor who has been succes s ful in arranging such affairs as the Pu. nam council is planning.
 Nearly 100 hands employed at the mill of the Waterman Worsted Com pany Putnam, were laid off Friday night when the weave room of the plant closed | for an indefinite time. The remainde of the mill will remain in operation fo
 some time, though it is not known fo
 just how long. This is the second wool en mill in Putnam to close down, tn Putnam V@oolen company having beel shut for several weeks.
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