Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-20
PUTNAM

Donat Houle and his little friend, Will lie Mahoney, have returned from Christmas week visit to Providence. Their brief adventure in the Rhode Is- Hand capital came to an end at police station in the Rhode Island city after they 7entured out of. Putnam Monday
 morning while ostensibly bound for school Considerable hue and cry. was raised over their absence when it was found that they. had gone on an an- fnounced trip from Putnam, but this was stflled when a message from the Prov idencs police told of their whereabouts l; They, were warmly received upon their rethrn to their homes-franklS, with greater. warmth than the near-zero tenn
 perature outside would indicate possible, considering the shortage of fnel and every thing. -'i7-
 1, santa Claus. will reappear. in the | ing and will be about more or less dur ing. the remainder of the week. Santa has created very considerable Interest throughout the city and the. children have displayedE depth of curiosity about him that atteSts the age old belief in the goodness of the Christmas saint
 t His mentality being O K'd by physi- l3ciah as O, K, George Chaffee was pre- Esented before the city court to answer to charge of having been intoxicated
 and was assessed the usual fine of $20 1. and costs. Chaffee stirred things up after his arrest on Sunday by rigging
 himself up, in his cell, with a moose made of his suspenders and other essen tials to passing out of. this life on his town initiative: The opportune arrival
 of Officer John Ryan put an end to CraEees pians, though ne eterwards
 declared in explaining his, contemplated lsaction that there was nothing left to llive: for-this even before there was any
 report on the dry conference between ffteen or more governors and President Harding, at Washington. Cheering to
 all who are discouraged is the informa-
 tfen that the optimists are already
 throwing away their suspenders.
 1 Jeanne Chaffee, 5, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. A, c. Palmer, of Pomfret, is
 dead at her parents home. The loss has saddened the community, particularly
 those who have been associates of the Eparents during the years that Mir. Pal
 mer has been teacher at Pomfret fschool ''f5.s
 If, you haven't made or acquired g Ewreath to be sent to the Day Kimball Hospital, you still have the time to dc lthis as a. contribution toward making
 the institution brighter and happier or lltG IIOuudy. Vnduy pdtlGll0 lHUSI, SpGnC i Christmas there, away from home and
 friends, and all who do something tc i'll the hospital with the spirit of Christ. mas will have contributed to the wei
 being of many. Wreaths and Christ. mas greens. for. delivery, 0 the hospita tmay De left at Mansheld's store,
 At the. weekly meeting and Iuncheor tof the directors of. the Putnam Cham.
 Der of Commerce at, the Putnam inn
 Monday hoen, Henry A. Reach present
 ed a plan whereby there can be created lgenerously offered to donate the use ot sabout five acres of land, that he owns
 within a few rods of. the locally-famous
 Tourtellotte swimming hole. The land il Equestien can be readily, flooded for this tand as a result an area of approximate. Fly four acres can be +transformed into
 a skating rink, with not more than three