Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-21
PUTNAM

Deacon Charles C. Brown. TT, for many years a resident of Putnam and Thompson, is dead at his home on King street. While he had been in failing health for some years he was up and around until about seven weeks ago. He had retire3 fror. active work hay ing been farmer nearly all his life.
 Mir. Brown was born in Thompson, November 24th, 1842, the son of Lemuel and Phoebe Hall Brown. He attended the school ir Thompson, now the Saw yer District school of Putnam. He fin ished his education under the tutoring of an uncle in Vermont.
 MT Brown went west in 1885 and To- cated in Kansas His wife died in 1893 and in1S94 he returned to Putnam.
 MT. Brown was three times married His first wife was Miss Sarah Terrill of Vermont, whom he married in 1865. She died in 1893 and the following year he married Miss Emma Fenn of Put nam, who died about five years later. His third marriage was with Miss Ella
 E. Waterman of Providence, who sur wives. Reinzi Brown, a nephew of MT.
 Brown, has made his home with his uncle since 1880 and has been as a son
 to him. During the later years it has been Mir. Browns custom to spend the winters in the south
 Mr. Brown was for years a member
 of the Second Congregational church and was a deacon and for some time sup erintendent of the Sunday school. When he came to Putnam he became a member of tn Second Congregational church and served as deaon. He was an ardent advocate of temperance and active in the prohibition cause although he voted the republican ticket.
 4 fire of unknown origin that was discovered at three o'clock Friday morn ! ing totally destroyed the two story
 frame building next to the PoHfret post office occupied by Leon Allard as a gen. eraI store. The building and stock were | a total loss, estimated at $15,0Og only partially covered by insurance. Miss Helen Byrnes, daughter of the post mistress, was awakened by a light in l her bed room. She looked from the | window and saw flames bursting from 1 the second story of the next building 1 She quickly gave the alarm. There 1 is no fire department in Pomfret but a l bucket brigade was rapidly formed. 1 This was ineffective and the fire de- 1 partment in Putnam was notified and a i truck responded. By the time the Put
 nam department arrived the building was mass of flames and nothing could ] be done except to protect nearby build 1 ings.
 i MT. Allard, proprietor of the store, and l his wife were in Providence. Joseph Allard, father of the proprietor. locked l up the store for the night about ten o'clock. There was no fire in the Id- l ing and everything appeared to De all | right at that time. In the second story 1 were thousands of dollars worth of
 general merchandise, automobile tires
 and accessories. MT. Allard remembers | that there were several cases of matches stored there and thinks that possibly rats were responsible for the blaze This is the only solution offered as to l how the fire could have started. With
 out means of fighting fire had there /! been high wind there might have beer
 a greater loss as the Allard store is
 surrounded by several other wooder i structures, including the post office ant the large store of Smith Brothers. The | building was owned by Richard Glenn ems, the village blacksmith. MT. Allard l has occupied it for the past six years | He states that he will erect some knt of a structure immediately, to take care | of his trade.
 Il Following the completion of thei1 | work, the registrars of voters Hermor
 G. Carver and George Potvin, announce
 that "A names have been added to tht
 caucus lists. Of these 51 were mall
 republicans and 19 female republicans III total of four new names were adde.
 to the democratic list. When asked l
 many voters changed their politica faith and asked to be transferred iron l one party to the other the registrar!
 said, "A few These they said wer, transferred from the democratic to tn republican list. It is announced by Health Office ! Peter A. Gardner, that the samples 0 city water he sent to the state labora
 tory, at the request of members of tn
 state board of health, have been analyz ed and reported to be suitable for drink ing purposes. Some weeks ago, mem
 bers of the board came through Put nam and went to Roseland lake, tn source of the citys water supply.
 was on one of the warmest days an e the lake was well filled with bather
 Following this visit the request fc samples of the water were made. Tn
 samples were taken at the pumpin g station at Harrisville. The water ser e for analysis had run through the filte
 beds. It is believed that complaint o were made by citizens that persons wei bathing in Roseland and that reque
 was made to have the matter invest g gated. In all probability this on ' bathing place will not now be close It this year at least.
 All over this little northeast corner
 the Nutmeg state and clear over into u
 Bay state, in Southbridge and Webste
 to be exact, the dyed-in-t -the-woo! ba h ball fans are talking about but ol 7, thing-the coming of the Boston Anne r. jeans to Grosyenordale for an exhibitit d game Sunday afternoon. And Manag g McDermott guarantees that it is u
 regular Red Sox first string outfit, il d cluding Karr, Walters, McInnes, M W Nally, Foster, Witt, Harry Hooper, ShaI ld and Menosky. Manager Tom will le course strengthen up a little and W lg have either Regier of Pittsfeld or Dols
 of Portland, Me, on the bench to su m ceed Davies should it be- necessary 'e take him out at any stage of the gam The North Grosvenordale grounds W ,s see the largest crowd in their history 1i the day proves pleasant. For mil l. around the fans will gather and a ,e engagements are being made to hand I several thousand spectators. While b I leaguers have been seen from time 1 time Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb for il , stance, in Putnam and hereabouts, tn " is the first time that major league a i'd gregation as a unit has ever invade 6 this semi-rural district. They will fiji k great reception awaiting them and W
 also find that Manager McDermott h T. assembled a base ball team that W n- make them go their paces
 The governors of the Putnam COu sS try, f1h haU Tota ad n 1In