Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-08
PUTNAM

As the result of a recent meeting of | the state board of health at which Gov ernor Lake was in attendance, the atten- | 1on of the state board of education has | 5een called to the fact that 3S1 cases of | srnalLsox have been reported from eigh- | teen towns in the state since the first of | January While the cases have thus far | been mild the disease increases in severi- | ty with its progress It is also known | that the school population is the group l most susceptible to smallpox and in many l instances the least vaccinated. The state | board has urged all local boards to support 1 the movement for general vaccination. The school board has authority under section SSS of the general statutes to re- quire every child to be waccinated before attending school also to exclude all chil dren under five years when the best inte- rests of the schools will be promoted. The Putnam school committee has taken steps to cooperate with the state board and has voted that the measure priovid- ing for vaccination be enforced. It was reported some weeks ago thstt there were quite number of children in the schools of Putnam who had not been vaccinated Parents will have to attend to this matter if they wish children to remain in attend ance.
 An effort Is being made to raise suf- ficient amount of money to purchase an
 
 automobile for the use of Miss Cecelia Lessard, Red Cross nurse. Miss Lessard travels from one end of the city to the other every day and sometimes more than once day. If she had means of convey ance she could do nearly twice as much relief work, without half the present en- ergy spent in walking. The fund was started with check for $100 from man who refused to have his name divulged. The latest donation of SIP, received by Miss Katherine Byrne, chairman of the ! Red Cross nursing service, is from ! group of women who meet weekly to play | whist and by a payment of regular dues or an ante had accumulated a dozen dollars in their treasury which they have now turned over to help the automobile | fund. These donors are Mrs. B. N. | Fisher. Mrs. George Gardner, Mrs. R. E. | Ilil., Mrs. William Richardson. Mrs. Fred | D. Card, Mrs. W. W. Whitney, Miss Minnie Nuttall, Mrs. Oscar Rich, Mrs Helen Brinsrnaid, Mrs. B. H. Snow Mrs Francis Metcaf and Mrs. George Clark.
 The Psrent-Teachers' Association is to hold its next meeting in the high school assembly, hall, Tuesday evening at 7.30 o'clock. Following the business session 1 there will be an entertainment by school pupils
 Putnam Aerie of Eagles ras elected tre following officers: President, Joseph Paradis; vice phesident, Arthur Van | nose; chaplain, Edward Desauteue sec retary, John J. McGarry; treasurer, FL
 gear Curtin inside guard, Ernest La
 oonte; outside guild, Henri Dumas; trus- tee, George Lewis, Jr. delegates to state convention, President Paradis, Secretary
 McGarry and Vice President Vannose
 The Janitor of Eagles hali is Georg
 Catcher and hall manager Henry Te- treault. The Aerie has set Tuesday ev-
 ening, May 23, as the date of the annual
 ladies night. The new officers will be installed the first Sunday in June by
 State President Andrew W Johnson and
 suite of Hartford.
 Putnam has joined the ranks of daylight
 savers. This (Monday) morning the ma. Jority of the inhabitants were at work ar
 hour carrier than they were last weel and nearly all the clocks in the cit, have been adjusted to the new time. Tn, ? Israel Putnam, the Smith street and th, parochial schools an begin their session. an hour earlier. The high school ant the district schools remain on standart time for the present.
 Last year Putnam was on dayiish
 saving time but twenty-four houra Tn council passed a vote recommending th change, but there was such a clarnor iron the outlying sections among the farmer that special meeting of the council wa called, the previous vote was resc;nde det
 and the city returned to standard time This year there Is some adverse crit, cism but the change was generally de