Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-23
PuTNAM

| 1nTS fT6QSIlCh w. 0SWdTQ IS 6nI6E- taining Mrs. Frank D. Sargent of Wer- cester.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank F. Russell and daughter, Miss Constance Russell of Grove street, have gone to Jamestown, R. l., where they are to spend several weeks
 | A number from Putnam were in 1 Willimantic Thursday attending the sessions of the school of citizenship being conducted by the citizenship de- paftnaent of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage association.
 Miss Lillian MaeFtens is to lead the Y. P. s. c. E. meeting at the Second Congregational church Sunday night. Thursday afternoon at 2:S0 in the guild rooms of St. Philips Episcopal church, Miss Mary J. Nichols of the | New London Archdeaeonry addressed 1 the Weman's Auxiliary of the church. Refreshments were served following ! the address.
 Funeral Services for Mrs. Emily Warren, S9, the widow of Edmund Warren, formerly of Eastford, were | held Thursday afternoon from the Eastford Congregational church. Rev. A. B. King, formerly papstor of the church efficiated. Burial was in Eastferd cemetery. Mrs. Warren died Monday at the home of her niece, Mrs. l James Page, Ill Dan1elSOn.
 l The engineering firm of Sanderson & Porter has been engaged by the es- | tate of Frank A. Sayles to direct the management of the Putnam Light & | Power company, which company was 1 one of the holdings of MT. Sayles, who died some months ago. The fact that l this concern has been employed to di- rect the business does not mean that there will be any change in the person nel of the organization. The engineers will merely direct the operation of the Putnam company's growing property. Sanderson & Porter have recognized | standing with public service commis- sions and other regulating bodies and have wide reputation in work of the nature which they will undertake here in Putnam. For more than twenty years they have been engaged in the construction and operation of public | utilities in this country, also in Europe. | In order that the town of Putnam may take advantage of the bequest of Mrs. Mary Gardner who left her prop erty on South Main street to the town providing a library is at all times maintained there, it will probably be necessary to call a special meeting of the town to see if the voters wish to | accept the gift. This meeting may be
 
 l initiative, or at the request of twenty citizens. If the building is accepted by the town, and a small library kept there, there is a possibility that the remainder of the house which is upon the property may be devoted to com munity purposes. Already Anselm Mayotte post, American Legion, has 1 begun to make investigation and in 1 quiFies to see if a part of the building would be available for post use, pro vided it is taken over by the town.
 Investigation has failed to reveal the cause of the fire Wednesday morning which destroyed the garage on the property of Victor Chapdelaine, Church street, also burned the Ford sedan of i Theodore WadsWorth which was kept there. The automobile was placed in i the garage at 10: 30 Tuesday night, i The fire was discovered at 2:50, four hours later. The building was wired with electricity, and a short circuit is 1 the enly explanation that MT. Wads- worth can suggest, though there had been no indication previously that the wiring was in anyway defective. Frank L. Davis, county agent of the i Windham County Farmers association stated Thursday that the late blight of potato is appearing on a few farms
 
 ease that caused the greater percent age of potato rot last year, and which caused some farmers in this part ot the county to lose their entire crop 1 According to MT. Davis it would be ad- Visable for all those raising potatoes to take out their potato crop insur- i ance by spraying with Bordeaux mix ture In giving information as to the proper manner of spraying, Mir. Davis says that those who are not in the habit of spraying more than five times during the season would do well tc put on an S-4-50 mixture for the last two sprays. This mixture is com pounded of eight pounds of copper l su1phate, four pounds of lime, anc
 50 gallons of water.
 MT. Davis has also noticed lice in potato fields, and he advises looking under the leaves from time to time te see of the insect has attacked the crop Plant eile, he says, work with xceeding g rapidity once started, but can be com pletely controlled by thorough spray | ing with Black Leaf 40. One half pint of this should be use in 50 gallons of water, and sprayed directly upon the i insects.
 Ralph E. Thurston, general manager of the Putnam Light & Power com pany predicts that the charge for gas in Putnam is soon to be increased. MT Thurston states that the company is now paying approximately twice as much for coal as before the war, and that the price of oil, which is used to 1 enrich the gas and normally was a large item in the expense of produc- tion, has increased 800 per cent. La = 1 Dor and other items of expense have also jumped fabuolously. The concern has held back from any increase in rates in the hope that the commodity prices would fall, but instead of this they continue to go up. For this req . son he is certain that the advance in 1 the price of gas is certain to come particularly when it is kept in mind that in 1919 the gas department earned no return upon the investment. A ditching demonstration by the use l of explosives is to take place on two 1 farms in the north and south end of Windhan county on August 26. Coun- | ty Agent F. l.. Davis of the Farmers Association has completed arrange- ments, and has procured an expert who i will come to the county on that date Thursday was visiting day at the i Boy Scout camp on Webster Lake where twenty Putnam scouts with their i scoutmaster, Rev. G. c. s. MacKay are passing two weeks. Parents and i friends of the boys were guests at the 1 camp.
 There is always something new un- l der the sun, and now and then some i thing jelts the regular routine of life. even in Putnam on hot summer aft ! ernoon. At least that is the opinion of a quartette of oldtimers of this community who were standing at Bug 1o1