Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-16
PUTNAM

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 At special city meeting held Monday the citizens of Putnam voted to appro- priate $s,o0o to be used for laying a bituminous macadam pavement on Canal street, northerly of Pomfret street. and
 the installation of curbing on the east | side of the highway. The vote, which | was by ballot was $1s9 to 155 There 1 was considerable interest in. this matter, | which accounts for the unusually large number of votes. cast at this special meeting. 1Fifty-three women voters were at the polls. '. ! At the. same meeting, by exclamation, 1 it was voted to appropriate $se0 for the i purpose of constructing an underground concrete sewer pit screen at Arch street \ This appropriation is the result of a rec ommendation made. by City Engineer I George W. Perry at a meeting of the city k council in July when he told of the con- l dftions now existing at the Arch street
 pit. It was stated after the city meeting
 Monday that work of installing the sewer
 screen which will remove all solids, will
 be begun very soon.
 The voters turned down request for
 an. appropriation of $500 for the grading 1 of Chapman street and installation of
 curbilig on the north side. It was voted l to appropriate $61.50 for the reimburse ment of Joseph A. Gagne, which sum is | one-half of the cost, of installing con
 crete curbing on his property on Wood stock avenue. For the reimbursement of
 Louis: Wolf for similar work on Bradley street; the stun of $S450 was appropriat- ed. There were 40 citizens present to vote on these latter matters. The Canal street improvement will be generally well ,l VI. .s- |. Al-
 city. is one of the most heavily travelled.
 AS it now is, it becomes thick with mud
 with every rainstorm, and during the
 early spring is often almost impossible.
 The appropriation covers paving for the } square in front of the Smith & Walker store.
 Judge Mahlon H. GeissIer, accompanied
 by Mir. and Mrs. E. E. Rhodes of Thompson, left Putnam Monday for an
 automobile trip to the Catskills.
 Mrs. Janette Freeman of Roxbury, who has been the guest of her brother John C. Johnson, at the home of Miss
 Mary Johnson, Grove street, returned . home Monday. The trip was made by
 automobile Miss Johnson, Mrs. Helen } Wiley and MT. Johnson accompanied her . all of them returning to Putnam later in the day.
 ' Mrs. John B. Allen, her son. Raymond l Allen. of. Oxford. Mass, and niece, Miss Edna Allen of New Jersey, were callers l in Putnam Monday The Allen family formerly lived here.
 ' John Kenary and family have moved
 from the house they have been occupying ? on Farrows street to house on ChurcF [ street
 t Miss Florence Murray. Miss Isabe . Murray and Miss Tina Murray left Put . nam Sunday for a vacation at Peasur, s Beach. l Miss Grace Murphy of Providence il e the guest of Capt. and Mrs. John. Buiger 4 ball game that for two innings re- . sembled a match in water polo was play 1. ed Sunday. afternoon on Main stree
 grounds between the Nightingale Mors, ] 1 team and the Industrial Stars of New . Britain. Putnam was the victor by tt ] l. During a considerable part of tn, . contest the NightinSales looked more lik
 ducks as they padded from puddle t : | puddle. The Stars seemed slightl! II afraid of the water, consequently fel l easy victims both to the weather and t,
 Cournoyer's pitching. At Il o'clock Sun ' day morning Manager Ernest Lorrail j. telephoned the, New Britain manager - and the latter agreed Ito bring his tean . to this city and play, rain or shine . Consequently the game started in down # pour that made the fans think that olt n Jupe PluN jus main pipe line had burs t, and that the repair gang couldn't shu r on the water. Every ball was a spite l. as far as the pitchers were concerned # and the best that the outfelders could d ;. was to pray that the sliniy sphere did no 1t come to their territory. Down came tn l. rain, and deeper and deeper got the wate ,f at home plate. Captain Nelson of tn C locals called for his water wings an IS pumps as the puddle grew in which h 1t stood. And then at last the plate itsel # became submerged, and since there wer ie no channel markers available, and Unl l. pire Jack Caisse had no way of telln y whether the ball was cutting the corner
 or not, he called off play. Members c h the two teams, drenched to the skin, "a d for the bleachers, and from there, wit r the 500 rainproof fans, watched their ba a field become transformed into a sizeabl .L lake. For half an hour it was thus, the = the clouds lifted. the doEnpour ceased
 and the sun came out. With brooms an ;. shoveis, the players swept the water froI ' the field, filled. in. around the bases wit ,,s fresh loam, provided a generous suppl y of, sawdust for the pitchers, and the gam T. was on once again. y Putnann's first score came In the fir a inning. Fred L'Heureux, the Napoleo a of second base, Saturday night pul :. chased a brand new bat. On his fir.
 LTlp to lHe pldle l.e swung at. the TIT T. pitched ball. There was a resoundin ne crack and the leather could be seen saf oI ing high and travelling well above Auger IL bluff in deep left field. It was the loni eo est drive of the year, and L'Heureux ol first home. run Putnam scored twice as the third when four successive hits, or Al a double by Latour, drove the runnel
 around the circuit. It was in the eight that the Nightingales flew highest. Star ca ing of with a two-base clout by Nelso ne a series of hits and errors netted foi es marks on the scoreboard, bringing u h- total fo seven. In this inning evel KS Putnam batter made trip to the plat en and Nelson Sad two chances to increa,
 his hitting average.
 = The visitors scored their lone run in tl
 sixth when Bot1ley made a n1isplay thi
 gave sCornierT life In fielding the bs the runner had time to reach the hal t way point and from there scored on :: neat single to center. Twice>ithe Sta ' seemed to be on the point of scoring b. both. chances were cut short by doub
 plays. In the first inning Clancy single BouIey. then made a fancy dive into u
 river at sifortStop, pulled the ball |
 with a handful of mud caught Clancy
 second. and then got the runner at fir' :. LfHeureux and Bouleyt combined for | second double of the afternoon.
 Putnarn.s victory was an easy one. II s visitors were woefully weak at secon s short and behind the bat. and once
 Putnam runner reached first it was Il !. trouble at all for him to annble leisure ' to second Seven Nightingales ste . bases, the star event being in the secor when Bouley stole both second and thil dL