Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-13
DANEESeN AND PUTNAM NEWS

men anticipate that angling will be great ly improved by next spring as the result of Tuesdays releases in them.
 Friday of this week members of the county committee on Y. M c. A. organi- zation are to meet at Putnam and it is expected that some interesting announce ments will be made at that time rela- tive to the work, which has been under- way for some time. It is known that the campaign for funds has been suffi- ciently successful to warrant the assign ing of a secretary to work in Windham county, and he is expected to take up his duties at an early date. A detailed statement as to the progress of the or ganization work and what has been done in financing the projects under way is expected to follow Fridays meeting. William H. Putnam formerly of Dam ielson, has become the head of Putnam and company of Hartford, the firm form erly known as Richter and company, with which MT. Putnam has been associated for 9 long term of years.
 In Hartford the change is regarded as of prime interest and importance. as in dicated by the following from a Hartford paper
 Of unusual interest in the financial af- 1 fairs of New England, and particularly of Hartford, is the announcement made of the formation of a new firm, headed by i William H. Putnam of Hartford. This firm, which has the name of Putnam & l Co., succeeds to the bus ness of Richter & Co.,, headed from its inception by Fer d-inand Richter.
 MT. Putnam has brought into associa- tion with himself. as partners, Henry l,~i6 1v11 aIla 7,- former company members of the firm of l Richter & O., and F. E. Bosson, it's sales manager. Thus is formed a powerful and constructive combina ton.
 William H. Putnam was born in Brooklyn Conn. He was first employed by the Windham County National bank and later spent some time in the insur- ance business. For a number of years he was Connecticut representative of the weli-known banking house of William A. | Read & Co.,, In 1912 he was admitted to partnership in Richter and Co. Mr. Putnam has always taken an ac- l tive interest in politics, being a repubi- can. During the war he served on the Connecticut Council of Defense and was 1 in the various Liberty Loan campaigns and was state chairman of the last cam l paign when the Victory Loan was float | ed. He is a citizen member of the board i of finance of this city, in addition to be- 1 ing a member of various clubs including the Hartford Club Hartford Golf Club | Hartford Canoe Club, Union League Club i of New York, etc. and is also a Mason.
 John Mcclure, driver of the Bay State Trucking company's CProyidence) truck that to2pied over On Hopkins hill at the northerly entrance of Plainf1eld street in Planfeld Monday afternoon planes on the driver of a Ford car the l catastrop1e in which a wagon containing man and woman and three children was crushed.
 1 Mcclure says that he was coming down the hill with the truck while the horse drawn vehicle was coming up. Every thing was lovely until the driver of lnt 1 Ford car came rushlng up the hill, and 1 according to McGuire's story tried to cut in between the truck and the wag n i blocking the highway from curb to curl
 prsctica . and leaving Mcclure tht ccoice O. crashing into either the Fore or the horse and wagon or shooting hi
 car across the highway and up the em
 bankment on the easterly side He elect
 ed to follow the latter course As tn
 rather top -,eavy troucll covered strucl the steep embankment it ran up a dis
 tance and then swung about and roIle, over on it's side. McGuire was throwl
 clear. landing on a ston wall, whil
 James Mcdonald who was riding witt
 him was hurled out also Neither DC
 cupant cf the truck was more than super
 fcially aurt, and as by a miracle, tn
 persons in the crushed wagon also es
 caDed with minor hurts. The hors
 broke loose and ran.
 Mcclure was en route from Jewet City to Providence by way of Moosu, laf ha of lao soI, ( tered a load of groceries he was deliver
 ing to stores in town hereabouts
 Even in the midst of the crop-Erowin
 season farms are changing hands in thi
 and surrounding towns. the majority o
 buyers coming here, through real estat agencies from distant points.
 Practically everything in the way O supplies being used in the construction 0 the addition to the state armory is bein
 pure ased in Qanielson by the contract
 ors, the Peck-McWilIiams company o , Norwich. The addition is to be built c
 brick, as is the main body of the armorJ A rumor was persistently circulate here Tuesday that the Connecticut com
 pany, in connection with the oqeratio f of it's trolley lines, also will add buse
 to cover certain routes in this territory
 J. F. Lewis and party of friends wi
 motor to Boston Thursday.
 A. D. Blake of Norwich was in Dan
 ielson Thursday on business trip.
 James A Perrin of New Britain was . visitor with friends in DanieIson Tues
 day.
 Asa Smith has returned to East XII
 ingy after spending nearly year 1
 Iowa.
 Mir. and Mrs. Gaston A. Maindon ar
 to leave the latter part of this mont
 for motor trip to Canada