Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-09
PUTNAM

A fire of suspected incendiary origin Friday evening burned to the ground a bungalow located on the road to Put nam Heights, owned by pr. George A. Shepard of New York city When discovered about nine o'clock by James Page, who lives near the place, the fire was blazing ,fiercely in the region of the woodpilel on one side of the house. By the time the fire department ar rived, the building was mass of flames, and as there is no waterpower on the Heights the fremen could do nothing more than save small shed near the dwelling. No one was living in the house, and as the fire started near a woodpile- and not in the interior it leads people living in the section ana others to think that it was set The doctor uses the bungalow as summer residence only, and it had not been oc- cupied since last autumn. No estimates of the loss are available, as few knew anything regarding the furniture and other things which the house might con- tain and all of which were totally de- stroyed. A large number attracted from Putnam by the glare of the flames thronged to the fire, and 8 large number l of automobiles were assembled there. The l flames could be plainly seen from the grounds of the carnival, and many anus | ing themselves there came to the fire. The | K, As one there went back to Putnam about
 ten o'clock, when the fire was begin i ming to die down.
 1 Chemical truck No. 1 had fire lo | attend to about seven o'clock Friday ev- | ening, when small building in the | railroad yards used to store tools, be- l came ignited, probably from a stove This
 building. known as the car inspectors
 shanty was also going rather fierceiy before the firemen arrived, but before long the blaze was under control. The inside of the bilding v"s badly dam. aged by the flames. prac lily everything
 except the stove being destroyed.
 The programme committee has out lined the plans for Memorial day ob ! servance in Putnam this year and thes. are radically different from the plans o previous years. Instead of visiting bot
 the Catholic and Grove Street cemeterie
 in the line of march, these cemeterie
 will be visited before the parade is form
 ed, and decors ed with flags and flow
 CTS. The line of march will also b
 shorter, as it will not he necessary to g to the cemetrrias. The column vii!
 form at nine thirty in Union squar from which place the Ene of march wi be down Maine street t0 Bridge. Wood
 stock avenue. Marshall street Provi dence street. School street, Grove stree to the soldiers monument. At the mon ument exercises to the unknown dea } will be followed by speaking. The pa
 rade will then return to the square fo dismissal. The parade VII be unde
 the charge of John NJ Moss marsha , and his staff of aides. A. D. McIntyr
 will be the officer of the day.
 Ella Gagcr Ot Franklin, New Londo r county, has sold to Dora Diamond c II, o;4, 1a1 T , them in the Grove Street district an Q the Wilkinson Street section.
 2 Because of the uncertain weather Fr t day afternoon, Putnam High did nc
 play Plainfield at baseball as expecte. ? The baseball team representing the I V K H. Silk Co.,, of Putnam, defeate f the Thompson Town team on the Hig
 School field, Saturday afternoon, to tf . tune of six to three Putnam starte . well by getting two corcuit drives 1
 the first to their opponents one. On
 of these was home run by Court, s marche, H. K F. third baseman \ 8 more scoring was done until the sixt t inning when Thompson put two me d around. One of these was also a hom, l. by Sexton. This three to two lead !
 their opponents did not exactly suit u n local team, so in the seenth the scol Il was tied. The first half of the eight h was uneventful but in their turn Il J. silk mill boys hit the ball for three run
 and making the score six to three. as e stood the rest of the game. Tetreau
 for the locals and W. Johnson were u v twirlers. Peterson caught for the wis l. tors, while Caffrey was behind the b n, for the home team. TetreauIt score .o sixteen sfrikeouts to W. Johnson's eleve Ia Mark Lewis, despite his fifty odd year a was on hand and held down the fir .d sack in good style for the H. K H.
 The score by innings
 Thompson =. ...1 0 0 2 0 0 O.
 H. K. H. Silk So. % 0 0s13 K D. For the benefit of the Woman's Boa
 of the Day Kimbal hospital pla