Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-01
PUTNAM

Putnam and its representatives loom ed large in the doings of the twenty-fifth convention of the union of French-Amer- ican clubs of Connecticut closed at Wat erbury Memorial day
 The convention resulted in the cleo tion of former Representative Adsl.nor Brodeur as president of what is to be known as the Federation of Franco American societies oI Connecticut, N hile other Putnam men named for office are Rev. Charles F. Bedard, pastor of St. Mary's parish, chaplain; Dr. G. IT. La March, Secretary; Napoleon Jette, ser geant-at-arms.
 Also Putnam was selected as the city in which the next convention of the federation is to be held.
 The highly developed and centralized interest in Franco-American affairs by French-speaking residents of this city Is held to be the reason for Putnam and its representatives receiving such recog- nation in the convention. What they have achieved here Is possible, it is held, in many other communities in Connecti- cut, especially in the eastern part of the state and particularly in towns along the Quinebaug valley, which nave a heavy percentage of French-speaking population.
 Louis Blnckmar, 70, is dead at his home in the town of Thompson, having passed away on Memorial day. Although Mir. Blackmar was native of Thompson, he had been a resident of Boston for years and for a long time was state house empIoye, having charge of the electrical 1 equipment of the building. About two years ago he retired and returned to Thompson to live. He leaves his wife and two sisters, Miss Mary Blackmar and Mrs. John Bullard of Davenport, Ia. There is to be q conference of farmers at Bakers hall in Warrenvile today ! (Thursday) that may result in a deci- ] sion to establish a cooperative cream cry. This is of special interest in view ! of the fact that the creameries once dotting Windham county have practical i ly all been closed due chiefly, it is ssiid, to the fact t.sat milk producers found it either more profitable or convenient to ship milk to Boston or other cities than | to put itN into creamery.
 1 County Agent F. L. Davis is to attend l the meeting, and in discussing it We'd nesday he said that Warrenville seems l to be the center of a field peculiarly suited to making creamery venture con venient and profitable. While creamery might not be a good investment nor an attractive proposition in some sections ot l this county, this does seem to be true oi the warrenvflie territory. Mir Davis says that he understands that owners Q. approximately 46u dairy cows are inte
 rested in the Warrenville creamery pro position and that they will be represent ed at today's meeting. At present mucf
 milk comes out of the Warrenville terri tory for shipment to Boston and quanti ties o fcream are supplied for Williman tic and vicinity.
 A Putnam man who was a Memorla day visitor to a cemetery in Eas Thompson noted that a headstone at th' grave of Jonathan Richardson has beer knocked off it's foundation and broken.
 Mir. Richardson was a we'll known char l acter in this territory many years ago IThe fact that his headstone bears al
 inscription that runs something like thi
 may or may not have had somethin,
 to do with the fact that the stone |
 now broken:
 ''who never sacrificed Reason to Sup
 erstition's God CT Believed Jonah Swai
 lowed the Whale"
 The local man who looked at tn
 broken headstone Memorial day say
 there are indications that 1t was delib