Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-22
PUTNAM
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 church allow the pastor, Rev. Abiel Leonard, to remain as chaplain in spite of the fact that his enrolment had ex- pired. Sunday morning the present pas tor, Rev Fosdick B. Harrison, preached sermon that reviewed the history of the Hill church, and traced the part 1t has played in the development of this county.
 Nearly 300 graduates of Woodstock | Academy were present Saturday at the 1 dinner which was part of the program i of the alumni reunion. Starting in the morning with a ball game between two alumni teams, the program lasted until l late in the evening, when dancing was 1 enjoyed by the former students and l graduates At o'clock Saturday the dinner was held in the hall of the Aca- demy building The toastmaster was Herbert Bowen. The afternoon was spent in informal sports and gatherings of classes. At 8 o'clock a musical pro- graTnne was given in Academy hall. and included vocal solos by Ruth Shepherd, and Louise Iawton of Woodstock, and Miss Jacobs of Dudley; violin solo by Mrs Ethel Barker of New York; and a reading by Frederic Heinrichs of Wood stock Music was furnished by East | Woodstock orchestra. In the evening
 plans were discussed for the establish
 ment of fund in memory of B. R
 Han for many years principal at tht Academy Sunday the alumni of the
 school attended a memorial service a
 S30 in the Congregational church. Thi!
 was in honor of Mir Hall. The service
 was conducted by. Rev. Fosdick Harri son, of Woodstock Congregations
 church. of which Mir. Hall was a dea
 con. The sermon was delivered by Pro
 lessor A. E. Merriam of Hartford Theo
 logical seminary, a classmate of MT } Hall at Yale Former pupils of MT Hall furnished special musical numbers Mir Hall died year ago at tow meeting in Woodstock while in the ac } of writing Q resolution with referenc 5 to the academy.
 A Studebaker special, owned an
 driven by George Annas of Putnam, an e i a Ford coupe owpel by the Jones-Mc = Lean Oil company of 40 Cort stree
 Boston, and driven by William H. lone: , a member of the firm, were in collisio
 at 2.30 Friday afternoon at the corne of Wilkinson and Grove streets. Anna l was driving down from Oak Hill, an turned east into Grove street. The For
 was coming west on Grove street. Tn r corner is blind one, and neither drive
 saw the other until it was too late | - avoid the smash. No one was hurt. IT damage to both cars was about S2 ;tI Annas, about two weeks, in backing c y Pomffet street, jammed the rear of h 5, car when he crashed into the repa
 shop of J. W. BabDitt.
 'f A concrete walk is being laid entire
 around Union block, and when con Ia pleted will add to the appearance Id the largest business block in Putnam. ir Saturday morning, as Capt. John ; ;o Bulger was making his rounds, he e to countered an old-timer who was begi l. ming to show signs of intoxicatton. 1T ,n captain suggested that it would be wi ce if the ancient went to his room, al ne rested for a while To this the rep ie came, Not yet 'Cap'n; I'm having ,J good time. I'm not ripe yet, but v ce come back here at 2 o'clock and que
 you'll find me ready for a visit vi
 you over on Church street Till thu
 S long Cap'n." And he continued ] - course down the street.
 ,D With broiIing hot sun fin n cle fb blue sky, conditions were perfectly
 the track events that made up ,e. greater part of the program at the fl tn annual field day of the Manhas5et Ma ng ufacturing Company employees. Satu :. day afternoon More than 1900 gat !5- cred at Manhasset field where the evei of were run off, and saw some of the ia al est races that have been recorded
 this city in long time. The field I'd was originally planned by Agent Rt 9n 9n ert ". Boys of thu Manhasset cornpal cs and he, with commit ees from his pls of government, carried i, through. Evel this year were open ouly to employees lid the mill and members of their famili hls At the conclusion of the meet, MT. Bo
 in addressing the winners, and ava
 ing the prizes, stated that so obviS
 was the success of the field day [