Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-13
DANELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

As the case of John A Brooks vs Walter r. Wood and Levi Baker vs. Sophie Heiman were announced by Clerk E. NJ Warner to have been settled, the only case left to furnish the superior court business Tuesday was that of Mar GUS Elliott vs. Florence Elliott. down as a contested divorce case When court came in at eleven o'clock. Attorneys Ar thur Bill for the petitioner and Charles l.. Torrey for the defendant announced that by agreement of council the peti- tioner would pay S325 toward the sup port of the child and allowed 1t to remain in the custody of it's mothers parents, Mir. and Mrs Albert Dawley, of Dan ielson With this understanding Attorney Torrey withdrew from the case which was heard uncontested.
 The petitioner testied that he mar. ried Florence E. Dawley, 10 fDaniel-~ son, at Putnam, May 13. 1917 and that the ceremony was performed by the Methodist minister. After the marriage
 he. and his bride went to live at the home of his mother. in Dayville. where he was employed as a druggists clerk. Aft CT few months they moved to Dan ielson and started keeping house. Mon day morning, December 23 1918. wit
 ness went to work as usual. When he returned home for the midday meal he found that his wife had taken her cloth ing a part of the furniture and left. He found a note in which his wife stated that as they could not get along she thought she had better leave.
 Questioned by, Judge Hinman. the wit ness testified that the reason they could not get along was because his wife went out with Tots" of men. Witness said he knew of it of his own knowledge and had been told of it. Although he had seen his wife from time to time on the
 street he had not spoken to her nor she to him since she went away.
 Mrs. Blanche Barnes, mother of pet
 titioner, and Deputy Sheriff Charles E. Aver of Dayville testified that the three years. The decree was granted on the grounds of desertion, the custody of the child was awarded the grandparents l and it was ordered that $325 be paid toward it's support within ten days. Due to a rumor gaining currency that an effort, was to be made to oust a
 woman member of the school board from the town ticket there was an unusually | large attendance at the republican eau
 GUS held in the municipal building on Monday evening. The rumor proved un- l founded as no contest developed any
 where along the line and all nominations
 were made by exclamation. The only un- usual feature about the normally har- monious republican caucus was the fact | that the women present outnumbered the men.
 l Judge Lucius H. Fuller acted as chair
 man of the caucus and Attorney Ernest
 C. Morse was clerk. Nominations were as follows Assessor, Hector Duvert SC lectmen, Clarence F. Pierce. Luther NJ Keith; agent town deposit fund, David
 Flagg board <of relief, Frank H. Smith lconstables. Peter A Gardner. Nelson l Clair, Hermon c. Carver August Mar tin: auditor, Leon T. Wilson; schoc
 committee for three years, Jane c. Warn
 CT, Charles L. Torrey; tax collector, Ern
 est C. Morse; registrar of voters. Her
 mon c. Carver; library directors, Eller
 NJ wheelock, oLuis F. Battey.
 Roger Lanvenin. arrested in Worces
 ter rzflroad station for kidnappingg Vir ! ginis Mildred Kelleher, r year olt