Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-30

New London, representative from tlffs district, has written to Mark F. Klebert, chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements for the Legion outing to be held Labor day at Phillips grove, AL exander's lake, that he, will be pleased to deliver an address at the gathering and will use as his topic The League of Ma tions. The announcement that Mir. Free man would talk on that subject has been greeted with much satisfaction in Put nam. MT. Klebert has also prepared the program of the day, which will open at 100 o'clock, when the marathon runners will be started from Union square in Put nam. They will go down Front street, along South Main to Arch, past the old 1 fair grounds and the Country club to Whites crossing, and to Attawaugan | crossing and the grove, where the finish 1 line will be. Two silver cups have been ] offered as the prizes in this event, which | is open to all eX-service men of the country, whether they are Legion mem l bers or not. At Il o'clock the 100 yard l dash for men will be run, with silver cup to the winner. The other events are as follows: 11.30 220 yard dash for ex- service men, prize silver cup; 12, run ming broad jump, three tries for each 1 contestant, a silver cup to the winner 12.30, tug of war, open contest; 1 o'clock, 100 yard dash for women, prize a box of candy; 1.30, ball throwing con- l test for women, prize candy. Following 1 this event, there will be a social time un- til o'clock, when the chow call will be sounded. When the clambake and shore dinner is over short speaking program will begin, It is expected that repre- sentative of the Connecticut department of the Legion will make a few remarks, after which Congressman Freeman will talk. The last speaker will be Rev. Charles F. Bedard of St. Mary's church Putnam, wh5 will tell of the life of Fa- ther AnseIm Mayotte, who died in the service while his troops were marching
 into Germany, and in honor of whom the Putnam post is named. At 3.45 the Put nam and Danielson posts will play ball Igame. All ex-service men are invited to take part in these contests, and to be on
 hand with their friends.
 Lightning entered the plant of the Bowditch Dye works at East Putnam shortly after s o'clock Sunday night and
 set fire to the building, which was com
 pletely destroyed. The loss is estimated
 at more than SS,000. The concern, which
 is owned and managed by L. A. Lockwood
 of Putnam and Providence, was engaged
 in the dyeing of raw cotton and wool. Al | lIlc NlAi1S OI lIle lI6 lu6ES was nQt HuCn
 stock in the building, as the plant had
 been shut down for the last two weeks
 The fire was discovered by Mrs. R. Chap.
 man, who was sitting in window of hei
 home near by, watching the storm. She
 saw the lightning enter the mill on the
 electric wires which furnished the powe,
 by which the plant was operated. The
 Putnam fire department was called and
 made the five-nile run in good time
 When they arrived the inside of the build.
 ing was a mass of flames and there was
 no hope of saving it. The fremen con.
 fined their attentions largely to nearby
 stockhouses and dwellings which were ir
 danger. Water was obtained by pumping
 from nearby brook. Wilfred Rabbit
 engineer of the plant, was one of the first
 to reach the mill after the fire was dis.
 covered. He supervised the removal oi
 dye and raw stock from stockhouses The
 building which was destroyed was three
 stories high, of wood, and 75x5O feet it
 size. About ten men were employed al
 the works. The loss is covered by in.
 surance.