Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-21

could be purchased and the balance Of the price raised later. A motion to pur- chase was made and carried and 8 con- n1ittee consisting of George W. Baker, president of the Red Cross, and Miss ByFne, was appointed to carry the plan into immediate effect. The cost. freight paid, will be $643.
 The committee appointed at the town meeting Monday evening to carry out the plans for building an addition to the Israel Putnam school, met Tuesday eY- ening and organized, with Byron D. Bug bee, chairman. and Judge Mahlon + Geissler. clerk. Philip L. Sunderland, archeteet, will be asked to meet the committee soon, when steps will be tax en to draw up specifications on which bids may be submitted.
 Miss Ellen Wheelock has gone to Ux- bridge for a visit of two weeks with her aunt. Mrs. Emma Taft.
 Twenty Putnam boys left Wednesday morning for the r. M. c. 4. summer camp on the shores of Black Pond, West woodstock. They will remain at camp for two weeks.
 E. D. Gilbert, clerk in the Gilman store, is spending vacation at Ludlow Vt.
 Bids were opened at Boston Thursd:ssd for the construction of an addition to St Mary's school in this city. The plans cali for an extension to contain IF rooms that will accommodate from four to five hundred pupils The structure will be of the modern type of school building provided with all approved convenfences. The bids were to have been spened Tues day and Rev. Charles F. Bedard pastor of St. Mary's parish went to Boston for I that purpose but it was decided to de lay the opening of the bids to Th1cs- l day.
 1 James H. Wilbur has purchased the property on Ring street owned by M 7. F. J. Daniels and will take possession lthe first Of next month. Mrs. Danie's 1 plans for the future are undecided, but 1 SC is going to New Hampshire for 2 few months stay.
 | J. E. Talbot and son, Grover. who lee. | by automobile for Canada a week agc
 Monday have arrived home.
 l Funeral services for Mrs Margarei Meehan. of Pomfret, were held Wednes- day morning at Holy Trinity church. Sh, was the wife of Patrick Meehan. wao 1 with a married daughter, survives.
 Burial was in St. Marys cemetery, Pit . nam.
 4 representative Of the New Yort Tribune's fresh air fund has been Il Putnam this week making arrangement to have children brought to Putna'r
 and the surrounding towns again tf1i year. Mrs. W. J. Bartlett is the chas-
 man for the Putnam district, which in
 cludes besides Putnam the towns 0
 Pomfret. Hampton, Woodstock, Thonr
 son and Eastford.
 Ever since the coming of the 'fres
 afrs.9 several years ago interest ha
 been aroused andw there is spirit c
 cooperation in giving these children }
 the New York East Side tenement dis
 trict glimpse of the real outdoors i -t the country. The little ones come fo
 a two weeks stay. They arrive pal, efnaci ated and with scarce smile. The
 build up their bodies and their spirit and are returned to their parents hap
 pier and healthier Many Of the cfal
 dren who make the pilgrimage havt never seen any green grass that did nc have planted upon it a. ''keep off sig1
 Cows and chickens are unknown won !; ders to them except in picture book They find the farm and its environs a , mysterious as does the rural dwel1er tn , Iins and outs of the maze of city street The project is one that appeals to a people and in the past this section ( Connecticut has made 8 generous r. 5 sponse when requested to open hosp ftaBie homes to these children of the tcf 1 enaent districts. The exact date of tfs 7 coming has not been determined. It
 expected that 1t will be about the mi , dle of August. As many children wi : be sent to the country as provision ca
 be made for, arrangements will be mad
 to distribute the children when they reat z 1 the Putnam railroad station in chars