Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1920-05-20
DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM


Franklin Perry, who stood the long
est of the members of the spelling team
the graded school OF Putnam
in the contest with a team representing
similar schools in Killingly, is a student
Of the eighth grade and son of Dr..
and Mrs Edward F. Perry. While the
team representing Putnam's graded
schools won its match, the tenn repre-
setting .Killingly won from the Putnam
High school team.
An item published in a state paper
says: Because of the inability of Asa
F. Ross of Thompson and Putnam tot ac-
cept ex-Mayor Daniel p. Dunn OF Wilt
mantle has appointed Edward F. keegan
Of Thompson his alternate to the demo-
cratic national convention in San Fran
cisco. ~
Hyde Smith is visiting this week with
relatives in. Worcester, his father David
A. Smith. being in charge Of the Bradley
theatre here.
number of members of the Mystic
Shrine who are residents in this city were
in Hartford Wednesday evening to wit
ness the comforting of a degree upon
class of candidates, a number of the can
didates being from this section of the
state.
Police officials here were disappointed
in their efforts to locate stolen car be-
longing to DR.. f. F. Parry Naeni they
learned that a machine bearing that num-
Der which figured in an accident recent
~ bringing a request for report rela-
tive thereto from DR.. Perry, was a COM
mercial car bearing the same number as
the stolen car
Miss Alice Langevin, aged Z, died at
her home in North Grosvenordale.
Attorney from this city were at Wilt
mantle Wednesday attending to matters
of interest to them in the superior
court.
Up to Wednesday striking dresser
tenders of the French River Textile COM
pany at Mechanicsville remained away
fro mtheir work, having declined to
accept a compromise offer made to them
some time since by the company.
The body of Charles Potter, veteran Of
the Civil War who died at the soldiers
home at Noroton Heights, arrived here
and was taken to the roms of a Mair
street undertaken.
1t was stated here Wednesday that
there is likely to be some changes in the
personnel of the teaching staff of Put
MANS public schools during the schoo
>
the teachers have received offers of high
er salaries than Putnam sees it's wa.
clear to pay them, though school com
mittee members would like to retain
| these teachers.
For some reason that = not clear i,
any quarter, DRINKS are making their ap
pearance in greater numbers than fo
| months in Putnam's business section
TI1iIo io1y hi, III
| for beverage purposes, it is believed from
reports that persist that real red Ii
! quor is being sold in towns in Rhode Is
land and across the nearby ! Massachu
sets border. Officials do not believ
| that any liquor is being sold in thi
| city
This weeks real May weather ha
brought a boom to the planting business
| The big field where many gardens ar
planted each year, just south of tn
trolley substation, near Park street. wa
being plowed on Wednesday and will b
planted within a week.
1t was stated Wednesday that tn
Eastern Connecticut Power company
whose Transmission line runs throug
this town, bringing power down fror
Massachusetts, has some big contract
practically closed for supplying power
this part of the state. Shortage of Coz
and difficulty in getting ffreroom help ar
given as reasons for placing the cor
tracts with the new company.
Raymond Wheaton, who is in charg
of land retained by the Wheaton estat
south of the city; plans to put in q larg
; acreage of potatoes this spring.
Fire wardens are asking that person
exercise care while passing throug
! AZ
that forest fires may be avoided insofs
J as may be possible. In the past man
: destructive fires of this nature have bee
caused by careless throwing down
: matches and lighted cigarettes and C
gars.
: Sheriff George F. Holbrook, who h:
l been seriously i'll for number
l months, remains in an unchanged cond
: ton at his home on Soutl; Main stree
Mr. Holbrook is the dean of the corr
. of deputy sherffs of Windham coun
5 and is a veteran of the Civil war.
al Putnam people read with intere
: Wednesday of prosecutions carried on
the neighboring town of Webster for y
Y olations of the Volstead act, the prob
e bition enforcement measure Webst
e has been getting SO thirsty that many q
e tempts have been made to supply a b
= it is suspected.
q. Clerks are beginning to talk of t
Y summer half-holidays that have be
t allowed them in this city during t
S past few years. These holidays usual
: begin in July and last year extend
i through September, Thursday afternoo
= being the ones given by the merchan
There will be few peaches from t
: famous Woodstock orchards this We;
! it was stated here Wednesday. The e
e tremely cold weather is held responsil
Il for the prospective short crop of t
n season that is about to open.
:, Summer residents of the neishbori
n towns of Pomfret, Woodstock and Thon,
l. son are beginning to arrive, some to
l. main through the season, other to ma
Re arrangements for the opening of tn
Il homes, Some of the larger escttes in I
: country districts about here will not
n opened this season, however, on accou
y of the difficulty of getting servants a
It other workers for the estates, it is sa
u Comparatively little coal Is posi-
u through this city railroadmen stated
. Wednesday, There is some movement
le coal, of course, but nothing compa1
e with the great quantities that go throu
here when conditions are normal VIII
IL they have not been much Of the time
u a long, long while.
le Fayette Wright of Pomfret is maxi
! arrangements to attend the republic
= national convention in Chicago.
+ In the present transportation CO;
" there is what in the aggregate amou
= to a tremendous volume of freight be
= moved through this section by mo
truck. These vehicles are representa-