Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-16
PUTNAM


 looking forward to the fall meets. This week the trotters are at Cherry park, Avon and the following week will be at Windsor. A number of parties from Putnam are planning to attend both places.
 There Is more building activity in Put nam at present than there has been in a number of years. The most important are the additions to St. Mary's school and the Israel Putnam school. A large block is being rushed on Front street and an- other is nearing completion on Providence street. The block on Main street built this summer by Louis Welfe and s. Ka- minsky is finished and all but one store
 is occupied. A house on South Main
 street being built by the boys of the Trade school for c. Lawrence Perkins of
 Pomfret and bungalow on King street being buff by Joseph Vandaie are near ing completion. Two cottage houses on
 Sunnyside are being built, and there are
 one or two new houses being erected in
 the north end of the city.
 Owen Mister, author of The virginian
 and Lady Baltimore, also other publica- tions of note, is the guest of Vinton Free ley, actor, at his summer home, Elmwood farm, Pomfret. MT. Mister is a cousin
 of Mrs Freeley, who is a great-grand- daughter of another famous American author. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell.
 l State Treasurer G. Harold Giipatric and Silas M Wheelock, agent of the Put
 nam Woolen company, each took num- Der of boys by automobile to Boston Sat
 urday, where they saw the Harvard Bow
 doin football game.
 1 Dr. H. L. Pease went to Manchester N. H., Friday to attend the New England I nefa k s44t
 accompanied by Mrs. Pease as far as Nashua, where Mrs Pease remained as l the guest of Mrs. F. D. Sargent until | Sunday, when both returned to Putnam. | Danielson and Central Village lodges | of Odd Fellows will furnish some of a
 class of candidates to be initiated by Is-
 rael Putnam lodge, l. o. o. F., Tuesday evening
 A Haymakers' Hayloft. an organization to which members of the Red Men are
 eligible, has been formed by members of | Wappaquasset tribe of Red Men in this city. The new organization was institut-
 ed and the following officers installed Saturday night: Past chief haymaker,
 Edward E. Ellis; chief haymaker, Henry I Hurdman; assistant chief haymaker
 Frank CIoutier; overseer Claude R. Cot ton collector of strawS Peter A. Gard ner keeper of bundles, George E. Perry
 boss driver, Austin Lincoln hornblower Peter Marquis; guard at the barn door Joseph P. Larose; guard at the hayIoft
 Joseph Beaudry. The institution and in-
 stallation of the new fraternal society
 was preceded by street parade, and Ackenash loft degree band of 20 pieces , furnished music. William M. George oi New Haven, state chief haymaker; E. A Blair, past state chief haymaker, and Jacob Hagmayer, state collector oi straws, were the installation officials Refreshments were served.
 From present appearances many house holders are going to beat the coal baroni by installing oil heaters. Dealers in z 5 new device that is easily installed ant . provides heat from oil burners in thu {; frebox of the boilers of steam heate ; are busy setting up these new heating de vices. There is little or no hard coal il 3 the city and none is promised for deliver, in the immediate future. The local scoa
 administrator gives no hope for anythin, f near normal supply until after the frs Q of the year, and then it will be sold a an advance of at least a dollar ton owe r a year ago, when the price for the stow = and furnace sizes was s16.50 a ton Oi e eualling a ton of coal is said to cost ap Q proximately $12.
 s Mir. and Mrs Frank Morton of Me : cf1anics street have removed to Spring s field.
 s Miss Charlotte Champlin of Arlington c Mass. has been the guest of MT. an :, Mrs. Lewis T. Champlin of Grove stree s and calling on friends in this city, he '- former home.
 : Leon Talbot and Miss Helen Basha7 T will be married at St. Mary's church thi e (Monday) morning. MT Talbot va among the first of the Putnam boys t $ go overseas during the World war. Mis- s. Bashaw has been bookkeeper at a Mai , T. street clothing store for some years. 'e Carlton $. Blossom is the new textil n instructor at the Putnam State Trad g school, succeeding Ben Kershaw, who n
 signed to go to New Bedford. MT. Bio.
 som is a graduate of the New Bedfor +s Textile school and has varied experient . in cotton manufacturing in some of tt ,d largest mills in New England. After I !. graduated from the New Bedford scho- f. he was retained as an instructor NJ sr Blossom has practical experience, the, l., retical experience and enthusiasm an l. believes that there is a large field in u E. textile line for well equipped young me
 County Agent F. L. Davis notes an il l. creasing interest in Windham county fC ie better livestock. Those who attended tI 'n two agricultural fairs in the county sa IT concrete evidence of it before their eyi le as the fine cattle were displayed in frol
 of the grandstand. The members of u n Guernsey association are planning a fle B. trip to some well konwn Guernsey farr lo The poultrymen have mane plans in co te nection with the county poultry meetin K The raising of the best cattle and poultl