Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-15
PUTNAM


 A citizen who is well. informed. as to what is going on in. political circles in | Putnam said Tuesday it is his opinion | that probably as many as 500 women will l qualify as voters in time to participate in he state and national elections in No vember Harold S. Corbin writer on a Wor- cester paper, is spending a two weeks va cation at his home in this city.
 Attorney Charles L. Torrey was in Hartford Tuesday attending a meeting l of the state board of education. Supt- W. L. Macdonald of the schools in Putnam stated Tuesday that 37 girls have enrolled in the new Home-making ! course at the high school, and that much | interest is being manifested
 l There are now 204 students registered at Putnam High school, four of these talk l ing post-graduates courses. l Fred William McCoTloch of George Street, this city, has transferred from the reserve list to the regular navy and left Tuesday for New Haven: He is en- titled to 30 days leave of absence, five months pay in connection with the | change.
 In the town of Thompson the repubIi- cans have nominated Leon N. Walker, l who is. engaged in business in this city, and Clarence B. Chase as candidates 1 for selectmen, while tbe democrats of that town have named Wilfred H. Belle rose and Francis J. Bates for select men.
 Frederick Dumas, Thomas P. Ryan, Otix Fox and Martin E. DuffeY will leave today for New Haven to represent Put nam in the democrtic state convention.
 Deputy Sheriff George F. Holbrook, l who has been i'll for the past ten months, | remains in an unchanged condition at his home on South Main street
 Funeral services for Clarence JosIin, :, nephew of Judge M, H. Geissler' of this city, were conducted at Thompson Tues day afternoon, by Rev, S. T. Living stone Burial was in the East Thomp- son cemetery. The child died following an operation for appendicitis
 At his home in Pomfret Tuesday after I'neon funeral service for Harry Young
 who died as the result of a self-inhicted
 bullet wound. was conducted by Rev J
 Spencer Voorhees,. uBrial was in Pomfret MT. Young, who was a telegrapher had
 been employed in Goodyear recently.
 Though he had been previously married, Mr. Young leaves a wife to whom he
 had been welded but few months William Johnson, little son of Mir and
 Mrs, Herman Johnson. fractured his arm.
 when he pitched off the: wall near where
 the big fire was at the Wheaton plant  . his miniature automobile
 Owners of group of titney lines op-
 erating out of Providence were in this , city Tuesday studying prospects for prof [ | itly operating a motor passenger service I 1 between Putnam and the Rhode Island | capital. If the line is established a rep. l resentative of the concern said, seven. passenger touring cars will be used anC ! will make the run from Putnam to Provj s denee in just over an hour. The fare vii
 be SIPS each way. This prospective 6 service has been made likely by reasoI i, of the recent advance in passenger fare - on the steam road one of the promoter
 said, for now the iitney men can profit e ably compete against the steam roads am :, offer attractive transportation at lower 7 ] rates. The same titney men plan to es . tablish 2 line from. panielson to Provi . dence.
 n At St. Mary's church Tuesday morn
 ing Miss Deloras D. Dupre became th - hride of Gerald Chagnon of Arctic I
 | Rev Charles F. Bedard performo 3 the marriage ceremony and was cel5 z brsnt of the nuptiaT mass Miss Dupr z yrsss attended by her brother. Noel ]. DJ % ore and the groom by his father, pr. .& 4. Ghagnon, of Arctic as witnesses. ' The bride wore a travelling suit 5S Laupa colered material with hat to mate R and carried bouquet of bride roses. A The music of the mass was sung b ; 8 auartette, Miss L. Lorena Gallan S Miss Elsie Gallant. Miss Louisa Ma! N hewJ and Miss Beatrice Maynard, Mi; 4 Elizabeth Byrne or"anist.
 & After their wedding trip MT and MT 4 Chagnon will make their home in Arcti 4 where the groom is engaged in bushes a >,Ytn recently the bride has been en % ployod in the store of Bugbee an < Wulf in this city.
 s At their caucus the democrats. of Put z nam made the following nominations fo 4 town officers: Assessor, George O. Boss % board of relief, Honorius Magnan select % men,. Fred Gagnon, Alfred Bonneville
 collector of taxes, Mrs. Mabel Dupr S Ryan constables, OFegne Touchettt
 Eugene Gibney, Benjamin Gagne Zepher S in Bergeon;- registrar of voters, Georg E Potvin; school committee, Willis Carroll % fsrary directors, Edward Mullan, Herber 2 Smith, James Rafferty; to fill vacancy O. @ town committee, Thomas P. Ryan. Former Mayor J. J. McGarry was tn # chairman of the caucus and George Pot H yin was clerk.
 H The caucus showed its friendliness t 2 Town Clerk David .Flagg by nominating H him for town clerk, treasurer and agen 1 Of the town deposit fund, offices he nov T fills through election as a republican. bu a these nominations should not have beel 2 made this year as these offices are file, R only bi-ennialiy.
 T It developed Tuesday morning that tn I town clerk cannot certify the democrati caucus nomination for tax collector al T legal, because Mrs Ryan is not vet legal # ly qualified as a voter. As the towr H clerk was obligated to furnish to tn.
 secretary of state certified list DO T later than Tuesday, it appeared to som
 leading democrats here that Mrs. Ryan
 name might have to be withdrawn iron 8 the ticket and some other name substi
 tuted. although there was hope here ol
 Tuesday afternoon that action might b
 taken at the special session of the legis < lature zon Tuesday that might make i
 possible to retain Mrs Ryan as the
 candidate. Mrs Ryan can be made .
 voter at the session of the registrar d and selectnen here on Saturday next
 that is not too late to servie the pur
 pose of the present predicament
 The ease of Dominiek 4, Del Pesehi ' vs: Charles E. Hopkins will occupy th
 attention of the court this "Wednesday
 mqyning when superior court sessions flo
 ths week will begin here. Judge Maltbi
 will preside.
 The renOminatisn of Senator Arehibal
 Macdonald of this city to succeed him
 self as the state senate member for tn &I twAntY-AiEht1 disfr{r4 ia 4a =.