Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-13
PUTNAM

three years of 50 per cent. in the gross cost Of maintaining the public school. system of the town of Putnam is shown in the figures compiled this week by Mahlon H. Geissler, clerk of the town school committee. While there Is much political gossip in Putnam at present. and much discussion concerning who will hold ofices next year, there is also small group of citizens among which the problem of the towns financial sit- nation looms far more important, and
 to them, the statement of the cost of the public schools is a matter of con- eern For the year ending July 14 1921 the gross cost of the public schools was s5s,S12.8z, a larger figure
 than ever before in the history of the town This Is an increase of S9047.01 over 1s1s-1S20, or slightly more than
 IS per cent For 1s191920, the gross cost was $4s765S1 which in turn rep resents an increase of 14 per cent. over 1s1S-1s1s. In 1s17-1S1s the gross cost was only s2s,s72.o7 which is 50 per cent. of the gross cost for the year just ended The increase by years is shown in the following figures: 1s2O-1s21, s5s,- 3I2s2; 1s1e-1920 s49.765.S1: 19tS- 1919. $43703.14; 1s17-1s1S. s29,972o7
 The largest advances are at the high school chiefly because of increase ir teachers salaries and increase in the
 cost of fuel The actual cost to the tax
 payers s not so large as these figures indicate since they are. gross and do not include deductions for income from tuition or state grants.
 Word was received in Putnam Friday
 morning of the death Thursday at the soldiers home at Noroton Heights of Ca7tain John H Osgood. 7s. Capt 0s- good was for many years a resident of Putnam, and although for several months he has been in poor health,
 news of his death came as 8 surprise.
 He left Putnam to enter the soldiers horlo about three months ago.
 John H. Osgood was born January 24,
 Is43 in Abingdon. the son of Charles and Lucy Holorcok Osgood. Following his carly education in the town schools ne went to Norwich University. Nrrtt- , held. Vt. and was graduated from that Institution in 1864. He at 1nce entered che northern army and served as caDfain of a company of United Sta-es CoIo-ed | Volunteers infantry. in the !l6t5 leg tnent. H. served in the Army of the flames during the fall and winter of 1S62-18e5. He also commanded de- tachmont in digging the Dutch Gan ca nal. Following the Civil war he went
 west and rrosnocted for gold. This was
 m the days when every man tote1 his own gun in those regions and Capt
 0scood had many interesting tales 10 ] tell of his life in the gold regions. He 1 later returned to the east and for a l tiTn- made his home in Brooklyn. Still | later he came to Putnam. He was al
 ways interested in hunting, and devoted i many hours to that sport For the last | few years he was engaged in nursery ! .1-r ago his health failed and eventually he 1 aHcded to enter the soldiers homa. | Capt. Oseood is survived by two sis l tars Miss Ellen 0srood and Miss Mary I 0sgood both of E"st Hartford He wa
 a m an1hnr of A. C. Warner post C. A. i R.. until that organization dfsbanded. I and WAS also member of the Arcanum
 cub in this city.
 AIthonrh KeeEan. the field manager l "nd utility player on the Nightingale ' Mo~se baseball team still leads the bat i tinr list with an avera ge of 500. Ar | thlIr Nelson. captain and catcher of the
 team. as the result of his hitting in the
 zane Sunday with the T IT. Barley | taP m. of Providence jumps into second l place. and heads the list of the regular players. Keegan has been to bat only | lA timns. but has connected for , safe | ties. Nelson has been at the nlate 52 1 times. and has wounded out r hits for
 an average of .3@7 Last seaso~ Nelson
 was the heavy slle@er on the Manhas- i nine now disorranizad. hut this yoar 1 his stick work war mediocre until tho last few "amAs. He made three hits | Sunday. IiHHureUx who has haen Iea1- | ing the regulars. has sliooed into sec- n"d nlcoe. Nelson a~d T.'Faur,ux arr the onlv rH~1''2~~ No''ir~ i1 tho .Ga0 7. Faucher has dropped wav o"- and now is helnw '5o For scvora
 vNN'Ir ha led the, field The standing
 .ncludinT all games played this seasor \ is as follows: