Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-24
DANIEESgR MD PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

Union hall, North Grosvenprdale, one of ten motion picture houses in Connec- ticut closed by the state police stnee the recent disastrous fire at the Rialto the atre fin New Haven, Is to reopen today tSaturdsy) by permission of the state pG hce department.
 It was stated Friday that a represent ative of the state police department has given a temporary permit under which the han may be reopered. Certain changes required by the department wdil have been made in the house by the time 1t Is reopened this afternoon and other changes win be carried out as pItornrtly as is possible Under the new rulings the stove that has stood on the main floor of the han will be replaced by 8 steam heating plant, extra exits will be | opened and changes made in the balcony arrangement so as to comply with the ne negotiations.
 The owners of the building are perfectly willing to make all changes necessary to meet the requirements of the state police department.
 At the freight station in the local rail- road yards nrfices have been posted of | a reduction in wages effective January i t6 The reduction will affect all of the many employees in the New Haven road service at Putnam. In some cases the reduction wfll amount to as much as $3 or s4 per week, it was stated Friday, while in other cases the cut win amount 10 only 56 cents Ter week Rednct ibns to be put into effect here are the same as win apply at other points on the New Maven system The coming reduction Nfollows another and lesser one made eff tective during the present month. Putnam lost one of it's well known cit izens through the death Thursday night of Daniel Fenner Southwick, 77. who passed away at his home in the Gary dis | srict of the town. For a great many years Mir. S,uthwick was engaged in the | livery business in this city, having a place of business on South Main street. Over half a century ago he acquire 1 what later become known as the H. H. 1 Davenport property. where L. NJ Keith s 1 business is now located, and for long period was one of the best known livery men in eastern Connecticut Included in bis equipment were big horse-draw bus es with which he journeyed with parties to surrounding towns before the days of the trolley care or the automobile F r a number of years he has lived in re- tirement on a farm in the Gary district Carns owned by Clayton l.. Pecl<ham | and Fred Berchard were in collision Fri day morning at the corner of Grove and Bradley streets Acorrding to the re port obtained by Officer William Jarvais who investigated the accident the Der chard car was coming through Grove street when the Peckham car shot UT the grade out of Bradley street, strikine the rear mudguard of the Berchard car. Neither machine was damaged tc any extent and no one was injured.
 County Agent F. L. Davis was send ing out Friday notices of a poultry meeting that has hee1 arranged to bt held at Brooklyn Friday. December 30 Mir Davis says that this is perhaps tht
 first county poultry meeting that has been held in Windham county, and offers
 an opportunity hr poultrymen not onqy to get acquainted. but tolso to partici
 pate in a program that is bound tu b, valuable and interesting.
 The close of the year finds the Trad, ] school with a a- cd enrolment in all de
 partments A number of boys will soo1
 graduate, among these being Fredericl Clemens. electrical department D9naI'
 Huntington. machine department; Georg l D. Torrey, textile department Jerom
 Andrews, carpentry department. Tkes
 graduations fr-m time to time will T. NIr 1t possible to accommodate other arpii
 cants for trade instruction
 It has beel thought advisable to dis
 continue the sixth grade nro-vocqt1 ma work, as in many instances the equipmen of the school is not such as to accommo
 date small boys. It is also felt tha
 the ann unt of lasting good that can b
 contributed at this age is negli2ible. Some slight changes have been made i
 the cooperative course between the Put
 name High and Trade school and it i , felt that these charges VII prove yer lbenefcial The course is outlined on tn