Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1920-04-30
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the ounce tree orchard on Dr. Miller's
place.
| Mrs. Moses Spinney was a week
end visitor with Mrs. Carol Ingraham.
Mr.. Spinney's sister.
Piano Tuner Morse of Putnam was
in town recently tuning the Grange
piano at the town hall
Miss Wiley is quite ill, being cared
for by d trained nurse in the home of
her aunt, Mrs. c. E. Sheldon.
| Post Master r. A. Cummings severe
Icold, spoken of last week, has been the
cause of his absence from his duties
at the postoffice.
The annual church meeting and roll
call was held in connection with the
preparatory lecture on Thursday af-
ternoon at o'clock
Notices of the annual meeting of
the Thompson Public Library Corpor-
alton are out for meeting to be held
at the library rooms Monday evening,
May Srd.
! Miss Ada Whitman and Miss Minnie
Jones of Middletown, both members
of the Grange, were present at the
minstrel entertainment on Friday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Morse, who
have resided in the village through
the winter, are preparing to return to
| their home place in East Thompson
the last of the week,
Joseph Adams, who since returning
| from service overseas, has been work
ing out of town in a manufacturing
plant, has returned TO Thompson and
at present is employed as teamster for
Thomas Ryan.
Six boys were intercepted in their
rowing around near Thompson Station
last Saturday, coming from Putnam,
and where they were taken to by Off
GERS of the law, they having broken
open freight car containing fruit
and taken a generous fill 1t is re-
ported that they were not Putnam
boys but runaways from Massachu-
sets.
Letters of dismissal were granted
upon the request of Rev. John X.
Moore and Mrs. Moore. Mr., Moore
| in his request desired early action as
his son Winthrop and daughter Mar
igaret are to join the Congregational
schurch in Sharon, where they reside.
they desiring to unite with the church
in Sharon next Sunday, May 2nd, with
them.
The people Of Thompson Centre are
accredited with being law abiding
community of people, and propose to
hold it in such repute, and now the
daylight saving law having been re
pealed the clocks Will not be changed
end everyone who desires can have al
of the daylight possible by going K
work earlier in the day and thus keel
in accord with nearby commanitie
Iwhe are doing the same.
1t is not wholly necessary to wal
fer our village to look clean and tide,
up for the coming of those who ow1
! residences here using them in sum
liner time only. Among those VIII
make Thompson village their home
| staying through the whole year an
ltake interest and pride in making an
causing it to look attractive and b
admired by the many auto tourist
passing through it, is to be noticed tn
places of Charles E. Searls, j. Vinto
Dart, r. H. Chandler, DIR. Paine an
Dexter Elliott, whose grounds an
lawns give evidence of the thoroug
raking and cleaning up they have re
'ceived this spring.
In the items of your correspondent
Hast week, he was misinformed in re
gard to there not being any membe
school making the trip to Washingto
from the Center district. 1t is yer
gratifying to have the privilege t
|correct the error, by stating that Ri
pert Geissler from this district wa
one of the class and party making tn
excursion, and to further say tina
young Mr.. Geissler is a nephew o
Judge Geissler of Putnam, who
claimed as one of Thompson's boys
having spent his last student day
here with his parents while attending
the Putnam High school.
Thompson Hill may be said to hav
"blossomed like the rose" last Frida
evening, when the Grange member
staged their minstrel show which ha
been in rehearsal the past three weeks
Although weather conditions were no
favorable for full hall, the commit
tee was not disappointed as their eff
forts to give good time were reward
ed by between two and three hundre
filling Town han far beyond it's seat
J ing capacity. Mr.. Maitland as mid
die man, supported by William Leak
and John Bernclough, Thomas Bel
and Lawrence Backus as end men
Mr. Backus and Mr.. Bernclough witt
the bones, Mr. Leake with tambourine
filed their places in the troupe to per
lection, with their witty jokes, man.
of which named members of tn,
} Grange, coming in for their share o.
the cracking of the jokes as they wer,
made. A special feature of the enter
tainment was the soft shoe dancing