Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-30
PUTNAM

Mrs. Hiram Brown, of Oak Hill, who has been visiting relatives in Worcester | and North Brookheld, Mass, has return ed to Putnam
 Edmund Anderso nof South Woodstock, | who was graduated this year from Clark | college, Worcester, has been appointed instructor in chemistry at the universi- l ty of Vermont.
 Guarantors of the Putnam Chautau- qua this year will not be called upon to make up any defcit
 With census returns for cities through out the country being announced daily,
 there is considerable speculation here
 concerning what the population of Put
 nam will be- It is generally felt that this
 city now has over 10000 inhabitants, this
 being passed on the last school enumera- tioA.
 Anselm Mayotte post, of the American Legion, will meet next Tuesday night at s o'clock in the rooms of the Putnam
 Chamber of Commerce. The posts mem bership committee is making considera- ble effort this week in order to be able | to announce at that time that the num- Der of members in good standing has passed the 200 mark, for with that num- Der of members the post will be entitled to four delegates and four alternates at the state convention of the legion, to be held during the latter part of August in Bridgeport If the records do not show at least 200 members in good standing the post will be allowed only twe dele gates and two alternates. Present. plans are for the Putnam post to be fully rep | resented at the convention. It is ex- peeted that the trip to Bridgeport with | the delegates will be made by auton1o- bile.
 MT. and Mrs. J. 0. Wood, of Columbus. ohio have arrived in Putnam and have opend their camp on the shores. of Wood stock lake. This year they have about 25 boys under their care, including some from Oklahoma, Georgia and Illinois. A statement issued by the officials of the New Haven road announces that all the extra gang of men who struck last week Thursday at Webster have return ed to their work. and that eleven out of the eighteen who struck at Putnam arc working again.
 According to F. L. Davis. county agent | of the Windham County Farmers asse- citation, farmers throughout this section have begun to harvest their hay crops. Earlier in the season it was feared that the crop would be unusually light, but | according to Mir. Davis farmers are get ting a much better crop than they had expected The great difficulty in hay ng thlS year IS lack or laDor, ana many l farmers are finding themselves severely handicapped because of this fact. James E. Barnes left Putnam Monday 1 for a trip to Buffalo, N. Y. Attorney Charles l.. Torrey was in Hartford Tuesday attending a meeting | of the state board of education. L. s. Barstow of Kiliingiy, P. J. Chab- l otof Plainfield, C. B. Pomerey of Wind ham, G. s, Bowen of Eastford. Leonard l H. Healey of Woodstock and County | Farm Agent F. L. Davis of Putnam were 1 in Orange last week attending a state Ayrshire demonstration at Fairlee farm In addition to seeing some fine catle they had the opportunity to visit modern l farm.
 | L. Stanley Kelley is to arrive at East ford this week tG open the boys camr l that he conducts on Crystal lake eacf
 summer About 50 boys are to be witt
 him this season.
 Whitman Danielsen of Putnam, treas
 urer of the Windham County Farmers
 association, has tahulated the returns il
 the association drive for new member throughout this county. and has given tn
 following report by towns, the figures be
 ing>those of June 22: