Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-07
DANIEES0N AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM


 emergency coal commission of Connecti- cut There is little or no coal in Putnam | and very few householders have any in | their bins. There is an optimistic feel | ing, however that there will be supply l at a fair price before cold weather ar- l rives. Most of the mills have a supply l that will last them several weeks and all l have water power to a greater or less | degree to rely upon. The Putnam Wool | en company and the Manhasset Manu- | featuring company are the only textile | mills running to capacity. Both have orders ahead to keep them busy well through the year.
 The architects drawing of the Israe. Putnam school as it will look after the $50 0O0 addition has been built Is attract ing much attention and favorable com ment. It is displayed in Main street store window.
 Twelve U. s. army tractors on their way from Camp Devens to Branford were viewed by the people of Woodstock last week. The tractors are sent over crossroads. as they would damage mac adam roadways. Six of the tractors had heavy artillery guns mounted on them, and the other six carried equipment and supplies.
 Superintendent of Streets Frederick Dumas said Saturday morning that the new silent traffic officer at Bugbee cor ner will not be installed until next Thursday afternoon. It was found upon examination that there was a small leak in the acetyline gas tank which fur nishes the light and new tank will be sent by the company from whom the mechanical apparatus was purchased. T1,,, oh the time to complete the work. as on this afternoon the stores are closed and there is little travel to interfere with the work.
 Alfred Bonneville. one of Putnam's se- lectmen and former city tax collector has sold his store to Daniel Colt of Winsted. The store was started nearly half a century ago by G. D. Post, who went from Putnam to. Hartford. Bates & Lindsey succeeded MT. Post and G. D. Bates next became sole owner. The store then passed into the hands of the late A. c. Post and was purchased from his es- tate by MT. Bonneville MT. Colt will send his son, Stanley Colt to Putnam to operate this new store. Mir. Colt has a similar store in Winsted and is connected with a chain of stores throughout Con necticut and Massachusetts. Mir. Bonne-
 
 l which he plans to devote his whole atten- | tion.
 Allan Thayer. Samuel Brunelle, Jerome | Andrews, Roy Scott of Putnam and Mil 1 burn Boys of Pomfret are in attendance at the citizens military training camp which opened officially last Tuesday at | Camp Devens. The boys will have a | month of intensive training during the | morning hours, with athletics, including | baseball, basketball, swimming, tennis | and other sports in the afternoon. Such as desire are given opportunity to qual- | fly for the Red Cross life saving corps In the evening there will be little or nc l active duty, but opportunity to attend instructive lectures and the movies | Leaves of absence are not granted except l for urgent reasons, but friends and rela. tives may visit the boys at the visitors l house.
 Putnam has received a generous aIlot ment of trout from the state fish ana | game commission. Now the local fish anf game club have been notified that iron the same source they will receive a mum her of baskets of young pheasants to b, | released in suitable places near by Int 1 receipt of fish and game to a considerabl. l extent this year is more evidence of wha | organized effort will do for heretofor, l Putnam has had no organization of thi. kind.
 Persistency has had It's reward. Flee tric lights are to be installed on Ouine baug avenue For the past ten year, there have been periodical application ] 10 the common council by the few dwell CTS on this street to have light seryice Superintendent Thurston of the Putnam Light and Power company says that fou l nnln hooy equipment affixed thereto. The only req son the lighting of this road has beeI delayed is because it is in the outlyin, section of the city and there was not suf hcient appropriation to cover the ex pense. The road is used by those cominI 10 the city from the Pomfret Landin section. Dwellers who have been per sistent in their efforts to secure light include c. M. and Earle Kent, Fred Far mum, Miss Julienne San Souci, Mrs. Joh Burleson. George Pettis, Frank Hopkin. John Rice, manager of Putnam tow farm, and Charles Clemens.
 Miss Lessard, the Red Cross distr,, l nurse. is learinge to run the new For ] coupe purchased for her Public sut scriptions have made the purchase of
 car possible. It will greatly accelerat the work of the nurse and will enabl d more frequent periods.
 f Joseph c. Grew, U. s. minister f Switzerland, has been a Pomfret sue,
 the past week. MT. Grew visited Mi.
 Eleanor Clark of Boston at her summs , home La Plaisance. MT. Grew hs cahrge d affaires at the American en
 bassy at Berlin during the war and lat, was chief diplomatic officer of the Amer , can cop1mission to negotiate peace. ar . has recently completed two-year ter
 as minister to Denmark
 'Ihe common council has elected Nan r leon Benoit a member of Motor conpar Q No of the city fire department, to su V ceed Philip Cournoyer.
 d Building permits have been issu.5 a Leander Beaudreault for a garage in il y rear of his home on Smith street loser e Nandafe for a two-Story bungalow Stv n 1 house and garage on the east side of Xii y street and Alexander St. John to erect
 dwelling house on Providence street, According to the records of the capta
 of police, there were but Il arrests d1, !, ing July. Three of these were for i
 toxlcation and one for violation of il ', liquor law.
 - The state fish and game connissi,
 has notified the Putnam Fish and Gan i, club that another shipment of ingerIh
 trout Will arrive in Putnam this wee
 During thunder storm that pass l. over Putnam Friday evening lightni n struck the steeple of St, Mary's chur , on Providence street. The slate on O al side of the steeple was ripped off and f 2r bolt entered the church and slightly daJ pr aged the organ and one or two pillars "a number of people were passing at f
 time and narrowly missed being hit T. falling pieces of slate. The cross at f H. top of the steeple was not injured. r