Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-30
PUTNAM

Over 1900 shares of the ninth series
 of the Putnam Building and Loan as-
 sociation had been sold up to Thurs
 day afternoon.
 Oh. My Dear. the big musical show.
 attracted large audience to the Brad
 ley theatre Thursday evening.
 Temperatures of from S to 10 be- low zero were reported here Thursday
 morning. Observers claim that there was a drop of Sear1y 12 degrees be- tween 4 and a. Na.
 Mrs. Charles Ray of Brooklyn is slowly improving at the Day Kin1ba1l
 hospital, although she is not regarded as out of danger. Mrs. Ray is not yet fully conscious, though it will be two weeks tomorrow since she was attack Ted by Victor Lipponen the murder CT.
 Gordon Flwcett Hannby, murderer of Dewitt Peal, of Arlington, was eleetrocuted Thursday evening at Sing Sing prison in New York state. Hamby killed Henry Coons at the same time he sent Mir. Peal to death when he was attempting to rob Ahe East
 Brooklyn Savings bank on December 13, 1918. Hamby has proved to. be | one of the most unusual criminals with which New York authorities have
 had to deal f q a long time. To the last he is said to have been exceedinly cool and. collected. Hamby has all ways refused to tell anything pertain l ing to his family history or of his not want his people to suffer through his disgrace. Up to Thursday morn l ing Hamby had declined to see a clergyman of any faith and apparently did not want to discuss religion. Announcement was made4of a gift to 1 the Methodist church of $50 from a friend of the church. The money will 1 be added to a fund to be used to pay 1 the cost of redecorating the church. There is to be short calendar ses- I sion of the Windham County Superior court in this city next Monday aft l ernoon. Judge Kellogg presiding. Some 1 uncontestedt divorces will be listed for 1 trial and d list of notions
 Health Officer Peter Gardner re- l ported that a number of cases of grip exist in this city. Up to Thursday aft ] ernoon no cases of influenza had been reperted in this territory.
 1 The Stewardship of Life will be the 1 first in a series Of sermons to be de- l livered at the Baptist church by Rev
 George c. s. Mckay. this sermon at l the Sunday services.
 The past two days have made diff 1 CTS At one time on a recent n1orrine 2 | four cars wer6 stalled between this i city and the Killingly line. one of them 1 a big truck that had its front end un 1 against a fence after plunsing out of l the road. Deep snow and deep ruts and l ice have been responsible for the 1 troubles the drivers have had in
 handling machines.
 Members of the Methodist church 1 eyo Y, 1, ] D. B. Gilbert for the usual Thurs day evening prayer meeting.
 State Attorney and Mrs, Charles E l Searls are at Camden, s. C., to re- main for several weebs.
 Rev. J. J. Elty. pastor of Holy Trin. ity church. at Pomfrct. is recovering 1 from an attack of neuritis that has i kept him confined to his home. 1 Boards of relief in nearly all the
 surrounding towns have given notice that they are to begin their meetings next week. AS there has been a 1 general revaluatfon of property ir most town or stiff advances of assess ments the members of the boards oi | relief will very likely have busiei l meetings this year than usually is the ] case
 1 pr. Frank Wheaton of Bellingham I Wash. is on his way home after l spending some time in Putnam. where his, father, Edgar M. Wheaton, died 1 a few days ago.
 l Next week will bring the meeting o1 the Putnam Cemetery association. There will be special interest in any 1 action the association may take to- ward building the chapel, in Grove Street cemetery, that is provided fol through bequest by Mrs Harriet Tourtellotte, but, it is said. it is pos sible the chapel may not he built un- til conditions for construction worl are more favorable as to cost.
 AutomobiHsts who have travele6 i with their cars this week in Massa chusetts. Rhode Island and Connect. cut say that the roads in this statt tare in much better condition than art the highways in the adjoining states !! This is due to the fact that the statt highway department scrapers. driver ahead of big motor trucks have don, much to make the state roads passa
 hIe. The driver of a big motor trucl operating between this city and Fal River said Thursday that it seemed
 like getting into heaven when the
 Connecticut line was reacher, east 0
 ti's city.
 Wednesdays Midd1etown Press said At the Congregational church a Westfield this afternoon at o'cIocl
 when Miss Liefa E. Clement was unit cd in marriage with Frank W. Barber
 superintendent of the town schools O
 Middletown. The ceremony was per