Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-20
PUTNAM

Mrs. Boynton Merrill, of Grove street, and her mother, Mrs. Andrew ]. Wor- shan who has been a guest at the Merrill home for several weeks, left Putnam on Tuesday for Henderson, Ky, which is Mrs. Worshan's home. Mrs. Merrill ex- poets to be gone until the last, of August. During August MT. Merrill, who is ras- tor of the Second Congregational church, is to attend Harvard summer school
 F. B. Watson of Hoiyoke. Mass. was In Putnam Tuesday and called on Wal lace \. Aldrich of Chapman street
 Miss Lillian Warren, who has been spending two weeks at Juniper Point. Maine, the guest of Mrs. John J. Russell at the Russell summer home, has le- i turned to Putnam.
 Mrs. L M. Stone of Norwich spent Tuesday iN Putnam.
 William Aldrich, sen of MT. and Mrs. Wallace N. Aldrich, of Chapman street, has been visiting his cousin, Charles Carver, III Goodyear.
 MT. and Mrs. Newton A.. Ballard, et South Main street, left Putnam Tuesday afternoon for Winthrop, Mass, where they will visit Mir. and Mrs. Kenneth c. i Ballard. -Y-@s,s Y,.
 There is to be meeting of the Chau- l at the home of the president, Airs. Wal. ter J. Bartlett on Main street.
 At a meeting of Israel Putnam lodge of Odd Fellows held Tuesday evening the following officers were installed: No. ble grand Mark F. Kfebart,; vice grand Lambert L. Gustafson recording. sec retary. Herbert A. Johnson; financia secretary, I.ucius H. Fuller treasurer ILeon T. Wilson. Alfred D. Ashley O Protection lodge Central Village. wa, t..e installing officer.
 Among the 1000 people whe Saturday
 lined the shores of the Sheepscott rive
 in Maine and cheered Donald. B. Mac
 Milan he and his six adventurous fol
 lowers sailed by In the 115-ton schoone
 Bowdoin as they started from Wiscasse
 on their polar expedition were Mrs G
 Harold Gilpatric, Miss Rhoda GilpatriS
 George and Richard Gilnatric and Sidne
 Hayward, all of Putnam, and all O
 whom are at Juniper Point, Maine fo : tho summer. The summer colony ha
 been greatly interested in the expeditio and the little vessel which carries tn explorers to Baffin Land. for the Bow do:n was built nearly, at Boothbay Tn [ schooner was named for MacMillan's a ma mater. It is equipped With auxiliar power, and is especially constructed 6 as to withstand the terrific pressure ice packs. Oil engines capable of dt
 veloping sixty horsepower are include . in the equipment, as wei, as g,Do0 ga | Ions of fuel oil and 800 of kerosen' ! Provisions and stores for two years al u on board The object of the expedite is to map Baffin Land which is a va!
 arctic island southwest of Greenland l. which has caastlne of 1900 miles, a a iS ,. was in f616 when it was discovered | g an English navigator. William BafTir
 MacMillan. who heads the expedition : spoke in North Grosvenordale, at Tou q tel otte High School. several years az $ and at that time was entertained f Putnam at the home of MT. and MT o c. o~ee W. Hathaway
 ' Miss Ruth Nhite. daughter of Mir
 Lf'Fs White. of Grove street, has trecen - " been appointed an assistant princip l. iH 2 New York city grammar schor y This is 2 splendid promotion for Mi. s White. who is q graduate of Puma e schools. laGr went to Willmantic No Il nal. after which she taught the thi,
 grade at Israel Putnam school. Putnar n She then vert to New York where h e advancement has been rapid She is tn
 Isu~mer enjoying trin to California. IL Mrs Nine K Hogan. of Grove stree s is snending two weeks at Nantask
 Beach
 T Hiss Edith Bowen. of the office of u ; 08dy Silk Mill. is having her 5vacatio
 T,is week she is the guest of Miss Haz a Dav's at Lords Point. and nexf ~.,- is s-e VII snrnd with her brother Ha io ii E wen of Worcester.
 1f Mss Gertrude Jones. of Main etre. y is spending her vacation st Block I,