Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-22

hotel, which is sheathed in ice. 1 R. H. Bradley returned here i'll l from business trip to New York and
 was taken from the stetion to his home in an automobile.
 l Charles Wheaton, who died at his :, home in Phoenixville Monday, was a
 member of Putnam lodge of Masons of | Woodstock.
 1 A sleet storm that came during the [ night added a slippery coating to Putnam's streets and sidewalks and made walking very difficult and haz- i ardous for those who were out early i Wednesday morning.
 l MT. and Mrs. Ely Hall, who have i closed their home in Woodstock, are visiting their son, Clarence, in 1 Bridgeport. They will return to 1 Woodstock in the spring. Though such signs have been or dered removed, in compliance. with l the terms of the Volstead act. a few ! beer and liquor emblems may be seen
 about the city.
 l Nearest relatives or the next of kin l of Putnam young men who los1 ] their live sin the war are to be pre- i scented February g, engraved certifi- l ernment. The presentations are to be
 made through posts of the American n l legion.
 Edward ". Mullan was elected a 1 director of the First National bank of
 this city, to succeed the late J. ". l Cutler.
 i On a lot in Eastford, 200, 600 feet of lumber and ties was cut for the Child Lumber company of this city.
 L. H. Healey was elected president
 of the East Woodstock Milk local. one l 0F s,,- .k
 sections of Windhan county. A meeting of the Woman's board ot the Day Kimban hospital was held at i the rooms of the Chamber Of Com ] merce on Wednesday afternoon.
 With the subscriptions for shares of the Putnam Building and Loan asso-
 citation steadily mounting toward the 1 1000 mark, it was stated Wednesday that plans were being made to interest 1 a. larger number of persons in the in- vestment-that Putnam may be help
 ed to grow.
 E. c. Rogers has been engaged this l week in harvesting ice at his farm place. west of the city, l Officers of Quinnitisset grange of
 Thompson were installed on Tuesday | evening.
 l Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Clark Hoppin. l who are at the Ben Grosvenor in
 Pomfret are to leave soon for a trip ] to South America, where they expect ] to remain for several months.
 At the Day kimbaII hospital We'd
 nesday afternoon 1t was said that Mrs. Charles Ray of Brooklyn con- .tinued to improve. though very, very slowly and her condition is still re- 1 garded as dangerous. Mrs. Ray has 1 remained unconscious since the time hwhen she was struck down with an ! axe by Victor Lipponen at her home in Brooklyn just before the noon hour on Saturday last. At times she shows ] signs of returning consciousness, but | up to four o'clock Wednesday after into which she was beaten in her ter-
 rible experience.
 The Ale of her head was crushed
 in by the blows she sustained and 1t
 was necessary at the hospital to cut
 off all of her hair. which was matted 1 into one mass with blood, in order to
 operate and properly treat the wounds.
 Should Mrs Ray recover there is
 doubt, it is said by physicians, as to
 what her mental condition will be, but
 only the best is hoped for. | The funeral of Miss Elsie Rose Kim
 Der, Mrs. Rays daughter by her first
 marriage, was held at DanieisonA on | Wednesday afternoon
 The matter of the Grosverordala "a companys being allowed to obtaia electric power from across the borler
 In Massachusetts. which desire is be- 1 ing allowed to obtain. electro power from across the border in Massachu-
 setts' which desire is being opposed
 by the Putnam Light and Pewer com :