Putnam patriot., 1920-08-20
DEAR MARJORY.

How time does fly, This / know Is
a trite saying, but true. School Will
soon be opening, and vacationists re-
turning. The word school reminds
me that Miss Abbie Keith. who has
been attending a summer school for
English teachers in Middlebury, VT,
has returned and is now planning for
a few days in New York, the guest of
Miss Emma Suydam, who WIS for
mer high school teacher in Putnam.
and during the war went TO France in
Y. NJ. c. A. work and only returned
this May.
Miss Ruth White, who used to teach
in the Israel Putnam school, but who
now has splendid position in the
Brooklyn, N Y, schools, returned
this week from a several weeks stay
at the mountains.
Miss Emma Kinney, librarian at
the public library, is taking this week
TO be at home, as her sister, Mrs. VIII
lard Beard. with DR.. Beard and the
two youngest children, have arrived
for visit, from Fooehow, China.
Their daughter, Miss Phoebe, who has
been attending summer school in
Burlington, VT, Joined her parents
here on Tuesday.
On Sunday morning Or. Besrd is to
preach in East Woodstock, and in the
afternoon a .Sesper service will be
held OF Bald Hill, Union. DR.. Beard
says in all his travels he has only seen
one mere beautiful spot than Bald
Hill. In regard to their trip from
China it was in every way delightful
and the crossing was the shortest
they have ever made, it taking only
twenty days. This time they made
the landing in Canada, where two of
their daughters, Phoebe and Dorothy.
met them. Later Dr.. and Mrs. Beard
are to go to Oberlin, Ohio, where they
will make their home while on their
furlough in this country.
Speaking of missionaries reminds
me read an interesting account in a
Worcester paper recently about Miss
Bessie Gleason, sister of Mrs. Arthur
Mills of Thompson. You may be in
terested To read it. This is what was
said:
Although Miss Gleason left Wor-
cester a month ago to begin her trip
to China, she will not actually sail
from San Francisco until next week.
She is booked to go on the Empress of
Asia, which sails Aug. 26--or. at least
is scheduled to sail then. Crossing
the continent, she has made several
visits with relatives and friends, and
there will be some delay in Frisco
getting passports from the Chinese
and Japanese officials. The first stop
on the other side Of the water will be
at Yokohoms, where Miss Gleason
will start by rail for Tokyo. At Tokyo
she will take the boat to Hong Kong
and from there the party will so to
Shanghai, where they will attend the
National Y. w. c. AS Oriental con-
ference, Sept. IT,"
Another one of our suburbs that
can boast of sending a missionary, is
Eastford. as Rev. Frank T. Meacham
with his bride is to go to Africa in the
spring.
/ noticed by the Webster paper
that Delphian club had been started
in that town. You remember we
started one here in the early summer
with a large membership. 1t will be-
gin meetings again in September.
Friday afternoon at the Country
Club the winner of the clock golf was
Mrs Edward Burt, and the prize was
a nice box of stationery.
Mrs. Mary Clark, mother OF Mrs.
Newton Ballard and Mrs. Arthur
Tourtellotte, has opened an old house
on the Heights near her daughter,
Mrs. Tourtellotte, for the summer
months She has with her another
daughter. Mrs. William Fletcher Of
Worcester. This old house was built
by Jerome Teurteflotte's father and
is near where the Tourtellotte' now
live. They are all having splendid
times together with guests and family
gatherings. Each weekend Mrs.
Fletcher's husband and son Join them
and last week they entertained Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Clark and family of
BOSTON who motoned on for few
DAYS. This was the occasion for one
of the large family parties to the
number of fifteen This week ] think
they are planning to have Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Clark and son, who for
merly lived in Putnam but now make
their home in Salem. Mass.