Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-27
DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

George Harry Gray Of 11S Ealmouth street, Boston, hero of ths world war, in which he won the Croix de Guerre, the distinguished service cross and other awards of valor, and a member of the Canadian regiment popularly known as the Black Watch, was overcome, by heat at the Putnam railroad station Tuesday night as he was waiting for train that would take him to Hartford.
 Gray was rushed to the Day Kimba1l hospital, where it was said later that he will recover, though for a time his condi- tion was serious and it was feared he would not survive.
 Gray issa representative of Stone & Webster construction engineers, of Bos- ton, and had spent Tuesday in Putnam in consultation with client of the firm. He had been in his usual health through out the day and the happenings at the station were sudden. pr. Edward F. Per " was called and seeing that the man was seriously Ill took him at once to the hospital in his car.
 Gray was a member of the 47th brigade, R. H. C., kiItie regiment that won renown in the war. Of the 900 men who sailed from Canada only 69 return ed In battle Gray was wounded; each forearm bears the scars of Shrapnel He was also gassed At the hospital when his clothing was being removed in the lining of his coat was found the medals he had been awarded for distinguished service. Gray is the author of a war book entitled The Romance of Kiltie. The Drop-In class of the Sunday school of the Second Congregational church was entertained Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Genevieve Letters at Grand View.
 Allen H. Smith of Boston was in Put nam Tuesday.
 H. B. Haskell and son Moses have gone on a 10-day trip to New York and Phila- delphia.
 Edward A. Hassard of Newport, R. T.. was a Putnam visitor Tuesday. Mrs. Irving Miron of Washington, D. 1 C., is in Putnam for the summer. MT. Miron, who is an assistant bill clerk in the senate, will come to Putnam when congress adjourns.
 1 Miss Bertha e. Hy.e of Topeka, Kas., was a week end guest of Mrs Abby Child 1 and Miss Elizabeth Child of Grove street
 l Patrolman Ernest Chandler of the po- | lice department is having his vacation. His beat is being covered by Special Officer Origien Touchette ] Tax Collector Archibald Macdonald, IT., said Tuesday that there are still many delinquents on the city tax list and that unless accounts are settled by Aug. 1st legal methods of collection will be | resorted O.
 Miss Grace Child of Hartford was the guest of her mother, Mrs. Abby Child, | Grove street, over the week end.
 Henry Tetreault is substituting as or ganist at the Bradley theatre during the absence of Eugene LaViolette, who is having his vacation.
 In spite of the fact that Putnam, like every other industrial city has had sur- ing the past 12 months a slacken:ng of business, the receipts at the Putnam post office show but slight dropping off as compared with the previous year. Post master Alexander Gilman and Assistant Postmaster Edmund Gagne have com pleted compiling the statistics showing receipts from sale of stamps, which in cluded postal cards envelopes and othel stamped paper, for the fiscal year which ended June 30. The total income at the
 local office from this source was fol
 1920-1s21 S25,625.SS, which is only
 S441.55 less than for the year 1919-1920
 In view of business conditions and tn,
 slump in industry this is 8 remarkabl,
 record for the local office. For the frs
 two quarters of the year just closed tn,
 figures run larger than they diG in 1919
 1920 for the sama period, but in the thirC
 and fourth quarters they dropped behind
 the year previous
 Following is the record of receipts fol
 the two years, by quarters: