Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-15
PUTNAM

 Dr. Frank E. Blake, representing the federal government, and Dr. F. T. Bald win of this city are engaged in conduct ing tuberculin tests of herds of COWS |
 owned in this section of Windham coun ty. Up to date about 20 herds have | have been tested, but the veterinarians | have not finished their work. That the | tests were needed is indicated by the l ! fact that carload of about 20 head of condemned cattle have been shipped out | | of this city to 6 rendering works at | Windsor. The tests are being conducted without cost to the owners who are inte- rested in seeing that their herds do not contain any unhealthy animals, Further | testing is to be resumed ill about ten | days, Dr, Baldwin said Friday afternoon. The newly elected officers of the Put nam Chamber of Commerce are: Presi- dent, Charles E. Dean; first vice presi- | dent. John G. Johnson: second vice president, Alexander Gilman third vice | president, Whitman Danielson; treas
 urer, Daniel J. Byrne; board of direc
 tors, George L. Padgett, John G. John | son, Alexander Gilman, E. L. Kelley, Daniel J. Byrne. Charles E. Dean. Omer J. Milot, G. Harold Gilpatric Ernest c: Morse, Walter J. Bartlett, Frank F. Russell, Whitman Danielsor- Arthur D.
 Lown, Ralph X. Bugbee, Alfred Bonne- vile.
 The organization voted to associate it. self, as a whole, in the membership of
 the Windham County Farmers associ-
 ation, and to pay $25 yearly dues for such membership.
 The chamber also voted to name A. Bonneville and Whitman Danielson as
 members of special committee to coop
 crate with the American legion in help
 ing to success the Salvation army driv6 , for it's home service fund. It is expected , that this committee will arrange witt the American legion for the appointmen
 of canvassers who will represent each , ward of the city and who will make , house to house canvass for contributions to the Salvation army fund
 It was announced Friday morning
 that a new No Hose company has been
 organized to take the place of the com . pany that resigned en masse at the first of April on account of general dissat- isfaction with the management of fire : department affairs.
 Some of the members of the new com . pany are transferred from the presen; No. 1 company The makeup of the new No company is as follows: Harry . Morse, Edward Adams, C. T. Thayer. f Walter Wheaton, Herbert Owens. Chas Donahue, Charles Weeks James McGar. = ry John Ryan Leon Gagne, Philip. Gag 9 ne and Archie Cotton. Mesers. Owen 7, and Donahue are to be the drivers for j. the new organization.
 # To replace the transferred members g, of the No. 1 company the following men {, will be added 10 that organization e Harry Cotton, Wilton Greene, WilfreC J. Chapdelaine, w w Aldrich Iscah Me e Nally, Louis Carmack.
 It is understood that the truck in ust b by the old No. company will continue = to be kept at the central fire station in |, stead of at it's old location at the Smtl s, street station.
 The program ali the East WoodstOcl
 1 Community club Wednesday evening tool
 the form of an organization meeting fo n the purpose of completing preliminar! ", work accomplished two weeks previous .S .o The meeting was arranged by Count. of Agent Davis of the Farmers Association ,s S. H. Peckham and Arthur Morse o ia Woodstock At the earlier meeting tn st different sources of agricultural in ,n come was discussed, and rated according h. to importance The problems in con V. nection with dairying. fruit, poultry, hog is and the production of hay were decided as upon Wednesday night, the Count, he Agent took up with those present tn IS solution of some of the problems tha
 had been decided upon.
 In connection with dairying, the soy X bean, corn SiIage demonstrations tha nr were already agreed upon in the tow ~ was the specific thing in connection wit ,,f lowering the feeding cost.
 n Under fruit, a demonstration of tn ,ic apple grading law on one of the Wood re stock fruit farms was recommended. nd visit to marketing organization such a ,i- the Williamsburg Fruit Growers was de is cided on trip to Providence to be fo1 fIa idar,o o- Farmers Exchange. a very successfl ne marketing organization, is a part of tn tic program.
 rlc An invitation was extended Abingto ng Community Committee to visit Wood fly stock in connection with the fruit tri lis this committee of the farmers associ; it's tion has planned for a later date. ITS The men chosen temporary commit or teemen at the first meeting were ;Ippro7
 ed and two others added making il ne full committee list: Dairying. Arthr eu Morse fruit, Dr. c. P. Perley and D 'd- George F. Mcclellan; poultry, Geore me Deane and Gunner Kalgren; mark 'ot gardening, Frank Miller; hogs, L. l aLH aI Lindeman.
 Igs It having been ascertained that Il
 appropriation for Memorial day is n -+ sufficient to meet the needs that the his ,,, cost of everything imposes upon the COT ac, nittee in charge of the arrangements f in- the affair. a request has been made th h.. owners of automobiles tender the use in their machines, as patriotic servic as on Memorial day to the end that Il ms committee responsible for the success ss the observance may not be handica pill ped in it's plans. Persons who wou tn, tender the use of an automobile for co
 a veying persons for a part or all of NJ vii morial day have been asked to get md touch with Arthur C. Keith, of the tran nat portation committee.
 ec- Announcement is made of the ma the riage of Mrs. Blanche Kennedy al
 James w Hall, both well known ol- Putnam. Wednesday evening, by Re en- c. c. S. MacKay, pastor of the Fir sy Baptist church of this city.
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