Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-12

to cross that country's frontier on his way to Sweden.
 Notwithstanding certain refreshment advantages that vessels of foreign regis try are supposed to have over American ships. MT. Olson elected to return from Germany to this country on a steamer flying the American flag. Its the great est flag on earth" Mir Olson said Mon day, "and after my months in Germany I was glad to get back under its pro- lection"
 At the presnt time there Is more per sistent chorus of complaint against pas senger train service on the New Haven road than has been heard here for years. Limping locomotives that seem unable in numerous instances to do better than lag along with the cars they are hauling. fall behind schedule and create all kinds of travelling inconvenience for patrons of the road. People lose connections are late in Boston. Providence or other cities for important appointments and often find the greater part of their day wasted be- cause the trains do not operate aprroxi- mately on schedule time. As a whole the public is not so interested in the opera tion of freight trains and they attract little attention. But it is interested in the passenger train service and because this is not up to the standard the public expects there is great ado about it. Pupils at the MechanicsViIle school are to be the guests on Friday of next week. the last day of the present term-ot Landlord John Kennedy of the French River inn. NAIr. Kennedy is to entertain 1 them at Christmas party and they are to be regaled with gifts and, refreshments MT. Kennedy. a member of the school committee of the town of Thompson, en- tertained the children at similar party a year ago and the children were so joy ous over the event that he, will repeat it this season.
 A half dozen or more students of the Howe-Marot school for young ladies al Thompson were in this city Monday dis posing of tickets for Christmas-time play to be given by the school, the re- ceipts to be given to the Day, KimbalI hos pital of this city for the maintenance of a child's bed. The canvassers found 8 ready response from many of Putnam's citizens and their visitation here will | materially boost the fund.
 Public schools of the city win close on Friday of next week. Dec. g, for the Christmas vacation, which will be of g little more than a weeks duration, the schools reopening on Tuesday, Jan. 2. Carrying out the usual monthly trans fers, Officer Eugene Gibney has gone or 1 night duty and Officer John Ryan ha: i taken the day trick in the business sec tion. Captain Remi Delage is on vaca | tion for the remainder of the week II his absence Serge2nt George Laird xil be in charge and Special Officer Origen' Touchette will go on night duty in tn, Providence street section of the city.
 Monday brought real cold weather t Putnam, numbers of thermometers abou the city showing 5 degrees above zero a g a. m., while others touched zero. Tn
 mercury climbed rapidly during the fore noon, however, and in sunny places thaw i ing had set in at the noon hour.
 As in other communities in the state Putnam people are being called upon t use 20 per cent. of substitutes mixed witl such hard coal as they may be able t. l procure. This means the use of pes
 buckwheat or soft coal mixed with tn I hard. A real pinch in the fuel suppl situation has been reached and the stat
 fuel administration has issued the orde
 herein referred to and-it will be trans rnitted to every coal dealer in the stat<
 Attorney Arthur $. Macdonald is visit
 ing in Boston. He will return here O
 "Wednesday. & l Rev. s. E.. Cozad. new pastor of tn
 Congregational church. in this city, wi
 take up his duties on Sunday,-Jan '.
 The tenth annual presentation of tn
 Nativity play will be made at Pomfre
 next Sunday evening. Almost every rol
 will be takeneb by person who has mad
 the impersonation during the past decad
 The Pomfret Nativity play Is now we
 known throughout New England and expected to attract many visitors.
 Mrs. Isabel R. Teft recently was cleo
 cd worthy matron of Jessamine chapte
 O. E. S., of this city.
 years, the Ellzs of this city viii dIstribut