Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-20
PUTNAM

V. Of schools in the town of Putnam, was in town Monday for conferences with members of the town school committee and to look over the field in which he is to be engaged here after the first of the year.
 MT. Witham expressed himself as well pleased with Putnam, which he regards as a delightful place. The past week at Southington Mir. Witham was ten dered farewell reception by the rep resentatives of the education organiza- tion of the community and many citt- ems, all of whom are regretful that he is to leave their town to take up work in Putnam.
 Automobile cases occupied the atten- tion of the city court at Monday morn ing's session. George A. Stone driver Of a truck owned by the Worcester Rem dering company, was charged with op- erating motor vehicle in this city with out having a registration certificate on the truck or in his possession.
 NIT. Stone explained that the truck he was driving when accosted by State Of- ficer Merrill Keith had it's cab burned off about three months ago and that the registration certificate was destroyed in the flames. When he was ordered out to make a trip from Worcester to Put nam on Saturday he misunderstood the orders that were given him and started with the truck on which he was found here instead of another truck that it was intended he should drive. Judge Geissler ! imposed a fine of S3, with costs of s4.s4, total of S7.64, which was paid. In accordance with action taken by | the merchants committee of the cham 1 ber of commerce, stores of Putnam are to 1 be open Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings Of this week. 1 This arrangement will give Christmas shoppers extra time in which to do their l trading and will afford an opportunity to 1 hundreds of workers who have not time 1 to shop during the day to spend their evenings finishing Christmas buying ] Mondays reports from business houses 1 here indicated that the Saturday trade ! was excellent and boosted sales total fr 6 manner highly pleasing to the mer- chants
 Many members of Putnam lodge of i Ells gathered at the rooms of. the or ganzation here Monday evening for 2 social and entertainment at what was described as a Webster night session. ar ranged in honor of the members of tht 1 lodge who are resident in that town EIks representative of all of the terri tory of Putnam lodge were present a the session.
 The annual Christmas entertainmen by the freshman class of Putnam Higl school will be held Thursday afternoon in the assembly hall of the school. Tn committee in charge is made up O Charles Murphy. Rudolph Metty Maud Green. Ethel Chayer, Wilmet Arey. Ger aldine Frost, William Reardon. Iren
 Bernier Charles Southey. William Bar ber. Helen Smith, Ellis Pritchard, Abb
 Keith. Minnie Cannon. Elizabeth Jack son William Rice, Alfred Gallant, Lero, Thompson, Doris Barrett, Gladys Peter son. Madeline Mccoy. A Christmas Ire
 will be one of the features Of the party
 Mails were much heavier with tn
 opening of this week than has been tn
 rule uo 10 the present during the holi
 day shopping season. Postoffice worker anticipate 8 steady growth in the size c
 the mails every day during the presen
 week.
 John Walsh of Attawaugan. Josep
 Mondon Of Ballouville, Leo Mathieu c
 southbridge and Louis Lanctot or South bridge were all presented before Judg
 Geissler to answer to charges of reck | less driving These men were ordere
 into court by State Officer Merrill Keit
 of Danielson after he had taken note (
 the speed at wEich they were operatin their cars on the cement roadwa
 through Grove street. The testimon
 showed that they were charged wit having driven their cars at from 2S to 3 miles per hour, whereas they were a
 lowed under the law a speed Of onl
 20 miles an hour on this thoroughfare. Considering all of the circumstance in the case. Judge GeissIer decided tha the ends Of justice would be met if th defendants were required to pay actu; s costs of $4.64 each. which they did, an their cases were placed on file. An ss5 ladies' coat is missing from or of Patnam's best known stores and i s it's place an old and worn garment ha I been left. The coat was taken durin z the rush of Christmas shoping Satul & day. While a certain line of investig; 2 tion may result in the return of the ga q ment, the happening will serve to pi ! clerks on their guard for the remaind, of the holiday shopping period in ord, 3 that those who would take advantage s the rush and hurry attendant upon tn ! particular week may not have the ol A portunity to duplicate the incident. The projected skating rink at hig school field will not be prepared for us ' insofar as filling it with water is col q cerped, until another period of co A s.zzzz-sszz1zsszzsuz.