Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-25
PUTNAM

C. Fl, Gifford oil Brookiine, Mass, was a patient at the Day Kimbau hos pital here Wednesday after having gone through the experience of having tho automobile he was driving crash head on into a tree, Tuesday night, on the state highway between this city and Ponfret in the Gary schoolhouse dis trict.
 MT Gifford's injuries while serious are not so severe as current reports about town would lead one to believe on We'd. nesday.
 It appears that MT. Clifford was driv- ing along the highway at right smart clip when a front wheel of his machine went into rougr section Bordering th improved surface and caused the car to swerve on what lis described as a shoulder of the road. The incident caused the car to swerve and get out of control and the practically new car crashed into the tree and was almost completely wrecked.
 MT. Clifford showed stamina and 5cour- age. Though he was badly battered he stood up under the strain. He was talk en to the Day Kimball hospital, where he was under treatment during Wed 1 nesday. The damaged car was lowed to a garage in this city.
 Auction sale of household goods and carpenters tools this week Saturday at II o'clock a. m, at the homo of the late Albert H. Reynolds SIS School street Putnam. Refer to auction adv columns today.-adv.
 Eli YangcI, public service ear driver. will be before the city court Saturday morning to answer to charge of having violated the state motor vehicle depart | ment regulations relative to the opera | tions of an automobile bearing an 70"
 or omnibus license.
 Detectives of the Connecticut. company worked in this territory during the past
 week seeking evidence that would indi- cate tke operators of 70" cars were tech
 nically violating the rule against jitney | competition with the trolley line unless
 cars were regularly licensed as jitneys.
 In Danielson Wednesday several oper-
 ators of "O'' registered cars were
 brought before the Killingly town court and fined for taking individual fares. It | Is understood that the trolley company constant surveillance in this territory that all illigetimate competition with | the trolleys may be reduced a minimum. A big day at the links is iR the minds l of the members of Putnam Country club i which has match play s-hole handicap 1 scheduled for Memorial day. Many are expected to participate. Play will be- 1 gin at a. m. As many of the cllIt members will spend the day at the links
 arrangements have been made for the
 serving of a dinner. Mrs. C, E. Dean
 and Mrs Edward Burt are to be in charge. l Another event that looms large In the early season affairs of the Country clut Is the scheduled appearance Saturday
 of next week. June 3. of Jesse Guiford
 national amateur gold champion. whc l will meet the clubs professional. Clar
 ence Booth, in a match that will b.
 watched by a gallery composed of prac
 tically the entire membership of thu
 club.
 sensine that the news would be of iM terest herer some resident of St. Al
 bans, Vt. town close up to the Cana
 dian border. has forwarded clippint
 from 8 newspaper of that city tellins
 of the apprehension by federal prohibi
 ton officers of Wilfred Benoit and Ar : thur Pepin. both of this. city, while tn
 Putnam men were riding in car iron
 which twelve cases of whiSkey, are al
 legged to have been taken. The clippin, l says that the car and booze were seiz ed; that Benoit who is said to hay been driving. was placed under bonds 0 $7oo. while Pepin was held in s2ot
 which was furnished.
 l be1lOlt sIeplD l4I6T~ WILL De re
 quired to appear in federal court [ answer to violation of the liquor law Their apprehension, while they wer , Putnam bound with a load of whiskey has stirred some local officials to con sider the possibility of what might hay become of the whiskey If 1t had bee , safely landed in this city-and to con
 template whether it could possibly hay been disposed of had 1t arrived in Put
 nam. where there has been no rain t ? speak of for week.
 :, Tomorrow (Fri@ay) an aL-day extibi . of childrens work under the auspices c the public schools of the town of Wood . stck Is to be held at Woodstock fair grounds
 The exhibit will show what has bee done by pupils in connection with thei work in the study of geography, iils tory, spelling and a number of othe subjects.
 Russell Lund. director of the agricuI tural department of the state board ( education is to be present and will giv 3 an address.
 Another feature will be singing by