Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-20
PUTNAM

It will be good news to the people of Putnam to know that the Manhass company. manufacturers of 1-e fabric is now getting along famously and that the future looks very bright for this big tex tile corporation, one of the very import ant industries of the city. Steady pro- grees has been made during the past month in getting the plant on produc ton basis Some of the departments have been running overtime and pros poets are so good as to be highly en- coura aging. Agent Robert ". Boys of the concern. has leased the Harvey place at Pomfret street and soon will remove his family from Goodyear to Ponfret. Agent Boys will travel between Putnam and Pomfret each day.
 H. N. Smith, state county work secre- tary of the Y. M. c. A., was in Putnam on Thursday for conference with c. Harold Gilpatric and others relative to the plans for doing organization work in Windham county MT. Gilpatric said that it has been proposed that a day be set aside by church of Windham county for discussion of the plans to he car ried out and to arouse the enthusiasm necessary to make the undertaking sue cessful.
 Representatives l.. M. Keith R1d Hector Duvert of Putnam are recorded as voting to overturn the veto of Governor Everett J. Lake on the measure under which pro- fessional baseball and concerts would have been permitted in Connecticut on Sunday. It seemed to be the general i'm pression about town on Thursday that the vote of the representatives reflected what would have been the result of a popular vote on the matter had it been left to the electors of Putnam to pass upon them.
 There will be plenty of business for the city court to consider at this (Friday) mornings session. This IS te day on which a number of persons, charged with | violation of the motor vehicle laws of the state or traffic regulations of the | city have been summoned to appear The ma ajority of those who have been sum moned into court, as the result of ac- | tivities of the local police are non-resi- 1 dents of the state and hail from Provi- dence, Worcester and Quidnick, R. I.
 The work ef clearing up the ruins eaus- | by the fire at the Bradley theatre wal practically completed on Thursday Rush
 work Is to be done n getting the house
 ready for use again and Manager Hyde
 Smith said Thursday morning that ht l expected that SaLuT0dV or. next WeeH
 woul abe the re-openAg date.
 l The state has not been seriously dam l aged by the fire and can be quickly re paired. The body of the house was no damaged by fife or water and needs onl, the attention of decorators.
 I The dressing room section. which wa
 considerably damaged can be repaired a
 leisure, a sits use is not required fo
 picture entertainments. to which tEe the
 atre has been practically entirely devct
 ed for long time
 Before dreams or other such enterta In ments can again be presented at tn
 Bradley. new scenery viii have to be pro
 vided to replace that wiped out in tn fire. This will not interfere with tn re-opening of the theatre, however. . This has been another week of wood
 land fires Towns all through this terr tory have experienced such fires durin the past four days and on Thursday th whole countrside hereaibout was smok
 and hazy as the result of fires of mo1 or less consequence that had broken 0, in different townships
 : It is not often that one kills two WOO, chucks with one shot but this lit
 stunt was accomplished by Arthur Ba stow, con of William Barstow, res dents at South Woodstock The boy pul |; ed on one chuck and the other aHntl, into range in time to get his quietus Q PinkertOn representative has he,
 in this city tht past few days seekil
 trace of diamond and other leweiry st f en from the Galdding residence at Pro idence A reward of 1000 wac offer, :. for the return of the vaIuables II
 search in this city proved to be fruitle.