Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-25

Der of the state board of agriculture, urged the abandonment of the present early schedule for the milk train and the restoration of it's former time of leaving Hartford, 40 a. m. or a little later. Un- der this arrangement the train would get over to Hampton about 6.20 or there abouts and would reach Hampton. Ab- ington and Pomfret stations little la ter. Others who spoke in favor of chang ing back to the old time were Leonard H. Healey of Woodstock Chester B. Jewett of Hampton and John NJ Strom- berg of Abingdon. The commission re- served its deciison.
 Sunday, June 27, has now been set as the date for the baseball game, planned as the seasons opener, scheduled to have been played between the| Elm City Col ored Giants of New Haven and Tom Mo Dermott's North Grosvenordale team last Sunday Cold and threatening weather caused an abandonment of the plans to open the season. Next Sunday the Ash lands will go to North Grosvenordale for a game.
 Frederick Dumas of this city is a vice president of the State Firemen's asso- citation, the executive committee of which will meet in Hartford this week 10 con slider plans for the annual convention of the organization to be held in that city on September 7-s. Mir. Dumas has been a member of the executive committee for several years.
 +. 1T. Ellis, who has been engaged in trade school work at Torrington, took up his duties in this city Monday morn ing as director of the state trade school succeeding NJ J. Bentley, who is going into the New Bedford district as mana ger for textile concern.
 This years eighth grade graduates from the public schools within the city limits will number 47. Of these 40 are pupils at the eighth grade room in the high school building and seven are studying at the Smith Street school. \. A. Ballard of the Putnam Gene tery association said that no effort will be made this year 10 build the Tourtel- lotte Memorial chapel in Grove street cemetery. The fund left by the late Mrs Harriet Tourtellotte to be used for the erection of the chapel is safely invested and is steadily growing. It will not be used until the cost of materials and la bor reach a lower level than the present ! unusually high one.
 In special tests made at Putnam high school, students have shown a much higher average in use of vocabulary and in sentence work than the record made | by the Mount Holly, x. J., High school The tests used were taken from an edu. cational publication printed in New Jer- sey and containing tables showing what
 was done by students in the Mount Holly
 High school. The percentage attained | by the Putnam students was from 10 tC l 25 per cent higher than that of the New Jersey High school students
 The joint committee representing pa | triotic organizations of the city held a meeting Monday evening to further con. slider details of the plans for the Me
 morial day observance here on Monday
 of next week.
 Members of the Putnam Country clut are looking forward with anticipation tC l the program arranged for the coming i week and Memorial day at the links MT. and Mrs. G. H. Mowry of woon socket were visitors in Putnam on Mon day.
 Attorney Charles L. Torrey was ir | Hartford on Monday on a business trip 1 African golf has taken great holt
 on the young people of the city if all o the reports that are coming in can b, | credited. The games go on in out of tn, i way places and attract many players. In the dental clinic at the Israel Put nam school approximately 50 per cent. O the pupils of the first grades have ha, | treatments. The teeth of many of tn, little people have been found to be il poor condition. Many teeth have beer extracted and many filings made It i
 expected that the work on the pupils O
 the first grades at this school will b
 completed in about two weeks. Next fal
 attention will be given to the teeth O
 pupils in the higher grades of thi | school.
 Miss Annie Joy, who has been mem
 Der of the sales force at the store O
 Bugbee and Wulf, has resigned her DO l sition to take one at the office of tn
 Putnam Light and Power company. Members here of the American le