Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1920-06-07
DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

A steam roller was run over South
Main street from Grove to Front street
for fe wdays last week. The street is
decidedly improved, but the Fords still
find some rough spots.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. W. Longdon of
Lowell Mass visited the formers moth
er, Mrs. w. H. Longdon, of Grove street,
for a few days last week.
The meeting of the AnseIm Mayotte
post of the American Legion will be held
this (Monday) evening a eight o'clock
in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. The
matters of entertainments for the sum
mer months and post headquarters will
come up for discussion. The entertain
ment committee is made up of Clarence |
Shaw, Frank T. Wilson, Mark F. Kie-
bart, Kenneth C. Sharpe, Jacob Alpert. |
Zephyrin Bergeron, and John L. Wright !
and will have charge of all social fea- |
lures for the summer months. when it is !
expected that considerable activity in the |
social line will be shown. The commit !
tee finds considerable basketball mate
rial in the post and it is possible that
team will represent the post in the fall
and winter months. Regular meetings
will be held hereafter on the first and
third Mondays of each month.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Bixby, of Bridge
water. Mass, were guests recently of Dr.
and Mrs. E. F. Perry.
The following loaned their automobiles
for the use of the Civil War veterans and
other patriotic orders for the Memorial
Day exercises: w. L. Macdonald Ebert
c. Kinney. Arthur Tourtellotte George
w. Perry, James L. Clarkson, Diamond
Brothers. and L. NJ. Keith and So The
unusual demand for automobiles on this
| occasion made it very difficult to secure
| sufficient number for the parade and
the committee in charge expressed graft
tude to those who generously helped in
making the parade success.
| Saturday afternoon there was a head
on collision on Pomfret street between
| Buick coupe owned and driven by Dr.
S. B. Overlook, of Pomfret. and a REQ
| truck owned by Ernest Richard proprie-
tor of the City Produce company. The
rain which obscured the vision was in
strumental in causing the accident The
| Buick motor, mudgard, bumper, and one
/ headlight were damaged, while the truck
escaped with a damaged headlight and
radiator.
Charles j. Johnson, Justice of the
peace, had five persons before a court
held in Fabyan, Saturday. All were
, charged with assault and battery. Louis
Sofa, Francina Sofa, Joseph Thomas. and
James Thomas were found guilty and fin
ed 50 and costs of nineteen dollars and
|
. quilted. All were Albanians and are en-
ployed in the Fabyan mill. The lawyers
in the cases were Joseph P. Love ano
: Charles L. Torrey
: Chandler Morse, son of Mr. and Mrs
r E. G. Morse who was operated on for ap.
S pendicitis last week shows improvement
! Wet weather in this city SATURDAY. was
the indirect cause of an automobile ac
cident, made necessary the postponemen
4 I0P fl,a hos ahon Id 70 Il,
K played between the team OF Connection
o Mills of Danielson and the team of the
: Manhassett Manufacturing Co. of thi!
i city, and kept the Salvation Army Tas
S day workers off the streets.
d Arrangements for Corpus Christi pro
:. cessions had to be readiusted Sunday il
Z parishes in this section of the county OF
r account of the long drawn-out rain
storm. In most cases the services wer
i confined to the churches, the outdoor pro
y cessions being cancelled
s Cars owned by DR.. s. b. Overlook o
d Pomfret and the Putnam Fruit and Pro
o duce company were in collision Saturda,
e afternoon near the junction of Pomfre
# and Main streets. DR.. Overlook wa
r driving his car up the Pomfret stree
y hill and swung to the right 10 come int
= Main street when the light motor true
e of the fruit company came on, Theodor
IT Laparle driving, and the machines me
head-on. DR.. Overlock's car, a coupe
:, was considerably damaged but the ligh
e truck escaped with lesser injuries.
e, Miss Mildred SOferenkO of Providenc
and Samuel Rosoff, manager of the Put
IT nam Buick company of this city wer
a married Sunday evening in Providence
n Mr.. and Mrs. Rosoff are now away o
d their wedding trip, after which they wi
e make their home in this city.
e Thursday afternoon closing of store
l. during June, July, August and Septem
If Der was recommended to local merchant
y by the meeting of the merchants CON
mittee of the chamber of commerce, O
l. Friday afternoon. The committee fel
Il however. that more time should be allow
& ed for giving publicity to the closing tin
st in the surrounding towns, therefore rec
l. commended that Thursday, June 18th /
the first date on which the new schedu
i. will operate, continuing until Thursda
- Sept. 30Ih.
- June is one of the two or three be-
, months in the year in many lines of bu
is mess, and many merchants firmly b,
= leve that the trade which is lost viii
l., stores are closed Thursday afternoon
~ never recovered on the other days of II
~ week. 1t has been decided, however,
- give the plan a trial for the present yea
,g stanislaw Krakouski, 80, who was a
i'll rested by federal and state officers wi
made a raid on a farm place in the tow
he of Thompson where an Illicit still W;
of being operated. was taken from the p
m lice station here. where he was held aft
ra his arrest and in company with the o
ficers was removed to Norwich. VIII
disposition would be made of Krakousl
al pending his trial in a federal court
VI the charges that have been preferr
IN against him, was not known here
nc Sunday.
va Fayette L. Wright of POmfret left Sa
h. urday from Hartford on the special ira
Nv bearing the Connecticut delegation to t
republican national convention at CT
he cago. Mr.. Wright is the only delegate
~ member of the party from this section
~ Windham county
rs Attention of young people is being
rected to the prize examinations that a
to be held thia week at Putnam Hi
- school, Saturday, these examinations
- fording an opportunity to win a schols
" ship at the Bay Path institute in Sprin
-. field. where Miss Minnie A GannC
~ commercial teacher at Putnam Hi
school, graduated Miss Cannon will &C
a duct Saturdays examinations, which {
lch to be in arithmetic, spelling and Engli
W Steady rain during all of Saturd
lch nullified to very considerable extent
of effort of the workers who have been Il
no ing for weeks to raise the quota of t
Service fund The final drive was scht
for uled for Putnam and the Grosvenordal
ons 1t appears that the final figures for
. iv,I Il; Ia lanai hal