Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-06
PUTNAM

PUTNAM \
 Mrs. Mary (Bates) Bugbee,, for over half century a resident of Putnam, dieS Tuesday morning at the home of relatives in West Thompson where she went a few days ago. Mrs. Bugbee was boR4 m Packerville S5 years ago and came to Putnam as young woman. Her husband, Dwight Putnam and will be well remembered by older citizens of the cI1Y. He died 20 years ago.
 Mrs. Busbee has been in failing health for some years and for ten years has been blind. She is survived by three daughters Mrs. Rufus Dudley of Whitinsviile, Mass; Mrs. Benjamin Greene and Mrs. AlonZo Skinner of Put nam, and one son, Bert L. Bugbee, also of Putnam.
 Thak the AreAnum club may die but that 1t will never surrender was evidenc- ed at a special meeting Monday night to see what action the club would take rel atfve to meeting the enforced vacating of the quarters they have occupied for years. The building is to be torn down and new bank building erected on the site.
 
 the club would go out of existence or whether the organization should be kept intact in other quarters. The only place suggested to the meeting was the so-called Gardner property on South Main street now owned by the town of Putnam.
 There was considerable free discus sion of what was best to do and every member was called upon to express his opinion. Out of the members in the room all but two stated that they would stick to the club" and 1t was voted with little dissension, that the club re- move to the Gardner house. The vote was made unanimous by exclamation. There are many possibilities in the new quarters. There are two verandas, a spacious lawn and the building contains good number of rooms. Some changes will be necessary in order to make room for the clubs pool and billiard table but this can be accomplished by tearing out partition. The. greatest drawback which the club faces in assuming this new responsibility is the fact that the property is on the market and if sold would mean the removal of the club to other quarters. This was discussed but it was unanimously decided not to go out Of existence, that the club was filling it's own niche in the city and that there was a unity, of spirit that would assure the future of the organization for many years to come. "
 The building in which the club is To- cated is to be; sold at public auction the 18th of this month and is to be sold with the condition that it is to be torn down immediately. This necessitates the i removal of the club almost immediately
 Hendricks of children, and not a few grown ups, will await with interest to- day an announcement from the nier. chants committee of the chamber of commerce as to what it will have done al ! it's meeting relative to arranging with Santa Claus to spend ~part of the ore. Christmas season in this city. A sug. | gestion that Santa be invited to come here for. a visit prior to the great holi. day was heard at the weekly luncheon Of the directors of the chamber and the matter will be taken up by the mer. chants committee today. There appears to be no deubt that Santa will come if invited and travel about the ,city,,in. vestigating as to what the little people want and how. much of it.; He is booked : for appearances in number of New ; England cities during the next fort night: ..r s-
 For getting out of tight panees, vii. ! liam !Kempl is establishing a record that places him in the Houdini class. will Hams second escape from Brooklyn jail as told in The Bulletin of, Tuesday. hal attracted widespread attention and th, police will have the assistance of many 1; citizens in landing him back in the jug Interest @centers in the Kempl Case in thi, 1 city because the escaped prisoneE wal bound over to tn esuperior court iron the Putnam city court after 1t had beer established that he is guilty of thievins from automobiles. No trace of the slin pery and elusive young man had beel found up. to late Tuesday afternoon. I is assumed that he has made his waS out of the territory through solicitin5 rides from passing automobilists. He i said to have been wearing a sweatA] with large letter K.when he got away
 It wss AaAte Tua0Ay that the nex building of the Putnam Savings bank i ito be two-story brick structure, will the second floor devoted to- office space ] In addition to the quarters that the banl will occupy on the street floor of thu new building there win be space for 5< store. The frontage of the property tn, bank has acquired on Main street ii about 46 feet and 1t has mean depth O 33 feet.
 Preparations for the construction of .h, buildings are now under way and aetna operations likely will be taken as sool as the building at present occupying tn, site has been raSed, which work will b. undertaken immediately after its sale a. auction on Saturday of next week. Tn new bank building will be conp3etes during 1893, possibly by early summer. | eocEeAaEy AIbeEt F. RAIuton ss tn, Putnam chamber of commerce has beer authorized by the organisation he repre- l sents to investigate as to the howagt rights and the availability of certain land near the Little River bridge fol use as q skating area during the win ter season and for, the creation of : swimming pool for next summer It il suggested that a brook that flows into Little river near the point mentioned can be damned 50 as to flow consid erahle area for the purposes mentioned HegoeiAaGORS are underway fer fA, establishment on School street of one o | the well known Go gas stations such al have been put up dn numbers of New 1 England cities. The station Is to s.s es tahliHhed Et what is known as the Nor ris Patterson property, it was statel here on Tuesday. Establishment of tn plant will involve the expenditure 0, many thousands of doliarh It is under ntafsd f1af Cha 1FSa FfS.g, &i.a siSSst...a