Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-31
PUTNAM

town Saturday and told of his plah hs for l a large camp for girls on the shore of Black Pond, Woodstock next summer. Mr. Kelley already has a fine summer camp for boys on Crystal Lake, East | ford. The new camp in Woodstock will | be in charge of his sister. MT. KaleX | states that this year he expects over l one hundred boys at the Eastford camp. | During the remainder of the year, MT. | Kelley conducts a school for boys in | Pomfret which he says is full to run ming over. This is the first year in | which the school has been in existence
 Mrs. Catherine Wood. ss. of North Grosvenordale, widow Of Daniel Wood died at her home there Friday. Burial is to be in Grove street cemetery, Put nam.
 At the meeting of the city council te- morrow (Tuesday) evening. the council men will listen to the annual message of the mayor.
 A campaign for funds for the Near East relief has been started at the Putnam High school. The drive will continue until June, a pupil going around with a bag for contributions twice a week until that tirne.s
 Although they have been on the alert expecting an alarm any minute, the men have had no fires to trouble them for several days. They were busy the early part of last week suduing chimney fire or two every day and this vacation from fires is as pleasing to them as it certain ly is to property owners. The police f<tcc seems to find little crime anound lately; the captain of po- lice states kat thfe has been no arrest for two or three weeks.
 l Since the suspension of the service be- tween Putnam and Webster given by 1 Gagnon's bus line the territory between, ! the two towns is being covered by a fl. from Wooster, Which runsjlarge 'buSSeS eV. , cry half hour. MT. Gagn5n suspended the service of his buses about two weeks ago, declaring that he could not operate the line at a profit.
 | For the entire past week, Putnam has been without trolley service, caused by the breaking of a large shaft in the pow
 H'-'' "+ +hH Over Dam, below Daniel- scu. 10 date the break has not been re-
 ,-4-- -,-ftIvt on tiiS branch will not ba resumed until it is. The trolleys run ming from Danielson south are getting power from another power company, but nothing is known as to the date when the cars in this section will run again,
 
 the citizens of last winter, when the cars were unable to run because Of the mass of snow and ice That seems to be about the only particular in which
 last winter can be compared to this, however.
 la>ge crowd of Putnam High school
 packers who went to Danielson Friday evening were badly disappointed, when
 Putnam High was badly beaten, to the tune of twenty-two to five This is the first league game that Putnam has lost
 and the Putnam boosters expected to
 see close gome and then have Putnam
 forge ahead at the end. Killingly was too alert. however, and Putnam never
 got chance to do any forging.
 Work on the addition to the Day-Kim-
 ball hospital has progressed to such a
 point that the principal men employed
 in the construction work there at present are plumbers and electricians The ad- dition has been in building all the fal ; and winter. The dining rooms and kitchen have been moved from the orig. : tnal structure into the addition, but nt
 patients are there yet. The hospita has been badly in need of an addition and at times has been so full that cot: have been set up in the corridors. Rev. Boynton Merrill. who was operat. , ed on last Wednesday for appendicitis at
 the Day Kimban hospital, continues tt
 show improvement.
 Chautauqua will probably come to Put nam about the first of August this sum {, mer, according to a letter received by tn,
 lHcal president Mrs. W. J. Bartlett Thi.
 date seems to be as good as any, as eMr
 Her in the summer many people woult ho RNr. f1oo
 l The juvenile population of the city ha,
 turned more than ever to skating. sine %% %% the local theatres have decided to enforc rules forbidding children to come to tn Il theatres unless accompanied by a paren or guardian. Skating is fine on al y ponds about town so the regulation vii Il be minded So much until warmer weath a CT.
 a Putna' troop of Boy Scouts has bee, l. without scoutmaster since the Rev, ( 2 c. S. MacKay, formerly pastor of tn ] Baptist church left Putnam to accep n the pastorate of the Broadway Baptis q church in Providence.
 e Putnam Council of Union St. Jea '- Baptfste, No. AT and No. 114, is to hol e a whist and reception. t Attorney F. c. Morse spent the week g end in Boston.
 
 III visitor in this section for the New Have II road, now engaged on government worl Is which takes him to all parts Of the cas-
 ern United States was in Putnam owe i'd the weekend. Today (Monday) he wi m return with his family in Philadelphia, -e the vicinity of which city he is now loca le ed.
 Funeral services for Mrs. WiIlia, C. Gauthier, A, will be held this (MondaJ 70 morning. Mrs. Gauthier died la $, Thursday from pneumonia She leav,
 her husband and five children. MT I'd Gauthier was born in Putnam and was ne lifelong resident of this city fy Sidney Hayward of Chapman stre at was in Providence Saturday. Ils Ice harvesting is still going on in Pu
 nam and surrounding towns. A few mo or days Of cold weather, will fill the house cn and insure lower ice prices next summt IFS Two of the Putnam high players VI '!- were slightly injured in the basketb; Is game with KNlingly Friday evening, a h. parently suffered no lasting i'll effects f ca they were about town as usual Satu le' day.
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 ho James J. Charron, vice commander .h. Ansefm Mayotte Post of the Americ ,s+ Legion and the local adjutant Joseph
 F1agg, are the delegates from this p<
 to a celebration in Hartford this (Mc .ss day) evening in honor of the visit of t