Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-02-07
PUTNAM

PUTNAM 1
A short calender session of the Winham
county superior court will be held in
this city this (Monday) morning at II
a m. The Hon. George E. Human of
: WillirnanttQ judge Among the cases
of interest here which will be assigned
are:
Fayette L. Wright of Pomfret VS..
n. Y, N. H. & Hartford R. r. Co. De-
fault for failure to answer.
James H. Hutchins of Pomfret W. N.
Y, N. H. & H. R. R. Co. Default for
failure to answer.
Ferdinand Gagnon, of Putnam VS. N.
H. n. H & H. r. R. Co. Default for
failure to answer.
Peter j. Murphy of Pomfret VS.. Will
lam B. Olmstead of Pomfret. Default for
failure to answer.
Charles H. Richards vs. Jasper A. |
Holmes, both of Putnam. Default for |
failure to answer.
Jacob Alpert of Putnam, ct al, Nazaire |
Peloquin. Motion that plaintiff be re- |
quired to file Elk A. Motion for addi- |
tional bond of indemnity.
The only uncontested divorce of inter- |
est here is that of Adelbert L. Wilson |
! VS.. Lottie B. Wilson.
The case of Ferdinand Gagnon vs.. the
| New Haven road arising out of an acct
dent which occurred at the West Tho1np-
son grand crossing several weeks ago.
A truck driven by one Of Mr.. Gagnon's
| drivers was returning from Worcester
with a load of provisions for Bradley's
Meat House on Front street, when it was
| struck by the northbound 2 p. m. pas
| senger train. The truck was thrown in
to the river and badly damaged, and the
! driver received injuries which, however,
| have not proved serious
| The case of Peter j. Murphy of Pom
| fret vs.. William r. Olmstead of the same
| place arises out of a collision on Hos
! pital Hill some weeks ago.
About a year ago, an accident when
| Richards grocery wagon an 44O...--- 4
car were in collision, leads to the fifth
case
| At the Memorial hospital in Worcester,
Mrs. Jacob Alpert wife of the Victory
| theatre manager and their infant son
| are doing well.
At the exercises at the High School
this Monday morning the first in a
series of inter-color typeyrning contests
! is to be held. The students to represent
each side have been picked according to
proficiency. There will be two contests,
one for beginners, or first year students,
and the other for advanced students
! Each team will consist of four typists,
| with two alternates. This contest is
preparatory to the inter school contest
4 to be he'd February II in the High School
hall, between high school teams repre-
| senting Tourtellotte, kiilIngly and Put
nam High schools. This is the first of
| these inter-schooI contests scheduled and
it Use hoped that it will be the means Of
establishing a wide interes't in Lhe wo1I.
of the typewriting departments of the
high schools.
Mr.. and Mrs. H H. Ellis of this city
spent the week end in Torrington.
Miss Gertrude Jones was in Worcester
for the week end.
Judge E. NJ. Warner was in Wilt
mantle Saturday.
Frank r. Whitman of Mechanics street
has left for Washington, D. c., on =
Arthur Pepn has puprdnased from
Miss Helen Sumner the house at the cor
ner of In4ervlle and Mechanics streets
known as the Sumner place
For this week Putnam High has form
ed one of the finest basketball pro-
grammes for any of the weeks so TAR
telotte Memorial High Of North Grosven-
ordale sends down its quintet to play.
Putnam High went to North Grosvenor-
dale some time ago, and brought back
the bacon to big figure, and the local boys
ought to do better on their own floor
Wednesday evening, after this contest
which will probably be little more than
a practice game for Putnam, Killingly
High comes up. Killingly took the ba-
con away from Putnam down there a
couple of weeks ago, and Putnam is GO
ing to try its best to get it back again.
Then the latter part of the week. Tflay-
er Academy of South Braintree, Mass,
sends its warriors out to Putnam. Put
nam also succumbed to this team and will
do its best to revenge itself on the
Massachusetts, team.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Carpenter spent
the week end in Worcester.
The Junior prom, one Of the social
events of the year was held at the
High School auditorium Friday evening
The hall was filed and many had tt
| had left The attendance at this en-.
vious events Of this kind, and 1t is esti
Z mated that there were at least six hun
dred present AT. all times until tn,
, dance hall was closed at twelve o'clocl
. | there were more than one hundred cou
. pue dancing. Owing to the illness o
1 the class president, Sidney c. Hayward
the grand march was led by Earle Spen
1 Ger, and the vice president of the elias
1 Elnora Fisher. The patronesses wer
l Mrs. w. L. Macdonald, Mrs E. H Snow
/ Mrs. j. N. Plat, Mrs e. N Fisher. Mrs
L. S. Hayward and Mrs. L z Wilson
II The officers of this class are: President
| Sidne:' C Hayward vice president, LIE
roy S. Ames treasurer Esther L. Rous,
Ii The committee in charge was Sidney {
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