Norwich bulletin., 1920-11-13
PUTNAM

The Red Cross drive which has just been inaugurated in this city and which will continue until Thanksgiving will get under full headway following the Red Cross exercises in connection with the service at the churches Sunday. The week beginning on Sunday will be devoted to the annual Christmas roll call.
 This year an innovation in this roll call will be a membership certificate pre- sented every payer of dues as well as a 1921 membership button and window membership flag.
 The organiza ton of the Putnam chap ter for the Red Cross Christmas roll call follows: Chairman E. H. Snow; assist ant chairman, Alexander Gilman; secre- tary George W. Baker treasurer, Charles H. Brown captain, Ward 1, Putnam, Mrs. Carl Kent; captain, Ward 2, Putnam, Mrs. W. R. Barber; captain, Ward 3, Putnam, Mrs. J. J. Dupre; cap tain, Ward 1, Mrs. R. s. Danforth; cap tain business section and superintendent o fbooths, Miss Katharine Byrne; cap tain of Sawyer district, Mrs. John o. Fox; captain of Putnam Heights district, Mrs. Clarence E. Pierce roll call chair man Pomfret branch, Mrs. $. B. Overlook and Dr. J. c. Hoppin roll call chairman, Thompson branch, Miss Frances Elliott roll calk chairman Grosvenordale branch Dyer s. Elliott; roll call chairman Me cahnicsville branch, Miss Frances Fl | liott; roll call chairman Eastford branch, man, North Ashford branch, Mrs. P. S. Collins; roll call chairman Woodstock branch, Mrs. George Perley
 New cases of measles are breaking out l daily in Putnam and the health situation | in this respect is not as encourag ging as | many hoped it would be by this date, il was stated on Friday by one of the city's l best known physicians. Although Quar. 1 antine regulations have been in effect Hl some time past the disease continues tc l spread and find nwe victims. Checking l the epidemic has not been accomplished l as rapidly as was expected would be the case.
 A horse owned by Edward White ot 1 Pmofret Landing started off on his owr account after being left standing in Mai1 street, near the Progress store Friday about 11.30 o'clock and had not proceed ed very far before he hooked the righ i forward wheel of the vehicle he Wal 1 drawing under the end of the rear fende I on Ford truck, which promptly start
 ed to roll down the slight grade near th
 A. & P store, finally mounting the curb | ing and heading toward the store iron | with threat of strewing the sidewall ! with broken plate glass. Nothing of tn kind happened, however, as the wagoI | wheel became released and the Fora stopped on the sidewalk. The horse va
 captured before he had gone another 5
 yards.
 Mrs. Charles Forrest, who died tn past week in Hartford, was a sister O
 Randolph H. Chandler of the town o Thompson of which she was a native, l daughter of the late William H. < ant | Martha Chandler.
 Mrs. Forrest united with the churcl | in Thompson in 1885 and for years wa
 identified with it's activities.
 MT. and Mrs. John Moss of Lowell. re
 cently married here, are to come to Put
 nam in the near future to make thei l home, it is announced.
 Putnam's former service men were we pleased with the impressive observanc 1 of Armistice day in this city. One spe
 cial feature of what is likely to be a,
 annual observance is the bringing to
 gether of the ex-service men themselve
 for what might be considered a reunion Small bodies of water were skimme over with ice and a few frozen wate
 pipes were frozen Friday morning whe
 the temperature in this cHy fell, to twen ty degrees. The cold weather started
 wave of buying of many articles tha
 find their most ready. market during tn
 cold months of the year
 Wednesday evening of next week th
 republicans of Putnam are to have l victory celebration. Leading republican
 of the city feel that the remarkable tr , umph achieved by Harding and Coolids should not be allowed to pass withoy formal observance. so plans are bein made for big demonstration Judge i
 H. Fuller is hopeful of having hundred
 of party members in line and as many a a hundred automobiles, the use of whic
 is being requested for the occasion. The following have been nominated
 be officers of Putnam grange: Maste
 Earle Thompson overseer Miss Katf