Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-25
DANTELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM


 Nothing but a paltry $500 stands in the way of the young people of Putnam having a good sized and safe place to skate during the rest of the winter. If the city, town or public spirited citizens can see their way clear to raise this amount the ice rink will be assured
 Henry Keech, who owns land through which flows the Little river, has offered it's use free if someone will do the neces- sary work of floodidg piece of meadow land. City Engineer George W. Perry has taken sufficient interest in the pro ject to look the ground over The en- gineer thinks that $500 is all that will be needed in accomplishing the desired result. The plan is to build a small dam on Peters brook, which flows into the Little river and to direvt the water so that it will flow over the meadow and form a pond cd what years ago was Putnam's first golf course and near the | swimming pool known as "Tourtelotte'S'. Surrounding the meadow are hills and the plan would include coasting and tobagganing. Electric light wires pass through the field and the pond could be lighted at little extra expense. The plan is feasible and safe and nothing stands in the way but the $500.
 l While Adelard Melanson, employed in a Main street cigar and confectionery store was dealing out sodas and sundaes he occasionally gave thought to a Brother Joe, whom he had not seen in eight years and whose whereabouts to him are unknown. The holiday season was on and Adelard.s thoughts went back to the days when his brother and himself gathered with father, mother, brothers add sisters around the family hearth in Monkton and Amherst, New Brunswick.
 At the same time just around the corner a musical comedy was staging it's show afternoons and evenings. The everlasting center of shuch shows, the Hebrew and Irish comediens, were going through their antics to bring smiles from a good sized audiedce. Joe Burkhart, the Irish comedian, while of stage. was also thinking of parents, brothers and sisters in the New Brunswick city and wondering as to the whereabouts of a brother, Adelard, for Burkhart was only Joe's stage name,' his right name being Melason. And so the two brothers, mot a block apart who had not seen each other in eight years performed their sev- eral duties.
 A couple of showmen supporting the two comedians drifted into the cigar and confectionery store for some flags Adelard waited on his customers and sensing that they were show people. he asked them if a couple of actors named Orth and Burkhart were still behind the footlights. He was, informed that the pair were not teaming together any more But the two actors said that the team was known to them and that Burkharl was playing in the same company witt them just around the corner.
 You mean to tell me-" said Adelard that Joe Burkhart is in Putnam? 9 "Yes," replied the actors, He is witt the show. Why do you ask?" The reply came quickly-"He is my brother ant have not seen him in eight years ana did not know where he was or wheth CT he was alive or dead"
 T A few minutes later there was. , small sized family reunion at the MaiI , street store as brother grasped brother !, hand and it was not until some time later that the two separated.
 In Amherst and Monkton, New Bruds , wick the two brothers grew up together Joe left his home town and went on thu stage and has circled the country as ) comedian. For eight years little has beel heard directly from him. All of tn, week after the brothers came togethe , they spent all of their spare hours witl one another and before the show closet in Putnam Saturday night they had per , fected plans to visit the old folks MT and Mrs. Dominic Melanson, whom neither has seen for nearly ten years Adelard has lived in Putnam for abou six years and his present employment i new to him but it was the means o finding his brother Joe and Joe's deligh has been madifest by the pep and %snal . he has been putting into his work eve 8 since the reunited lost brothers act wa 7 staged in the Main street store.
 One of the prettiest, gayest and mos
 elaborate Christmas observances ever ? seen in Putnam was that of the Man hasset Manufacturing Company which = through the superintendent, Johd F 1 Hanton, entertained its employees an children not over IA years of age, O.
 the top foor' of Mill No. 2, saturda : evening
 z, The large room was banked on a, sides with evergreen and the ceiling va n canopied in panel effect in white an
 green. Red strands of crepe paper add r ed bright color effect and in the cen d ter glistened a large electric star. A e the front of the room was built larg ,. fireplace at the sides of which stood tv i largee Christmas trees beautifully dec = orated. Four hundred power search ?. lights flooded the trees and transforme n them into a glttering, sparkling mas, ? Another large star far up in the fireplac
 chimney" gave the effect of a burnin e fire id the grate below. Hundreds ( q colored lights all about the room gay
 the effect of glittering stars. Nothin l., like the appearance of the whole ha + ever been seen here before
 It was amid this Christmas seen
 that upwards of 500 children were CT
 terHined by the superintendent on bt 2 half of the company There was an CT S tertainnent by twelve children and prize
 were awarded for exceIedce in present. < tion. Santa Claus came down the chin ney later in the evening and every chil 3 Ireceived gift.
 William Peehie, OVerseer in the min , o the Nightingale Morse Corporation mil
 was presented an office chair, two boxe , of cigars and fountain pen by his en r ployes. The overseers of the mill prs
 sented Superintendent Gardiner tWer
 ty dollar gold piece.
 p MidshipmAn William F. Rxnerty g the U. s. Naval Academy, Annapolis, , > the holiday guest of hi sparents, MT, an
 Mrs. William Raferty, Grove street.
 Michael J. Daigle, employed in tI
 state treasrer's office, and Mrs. Daigi
 are guests of Mr. Daigle's mother in il
 north end of the city.
 There were special Christmas pr,
 gramnes in all of the churches Sunda
 with special music
 A man with badly lacerated har
 which had come in contact with a sa at some lumber camp was in the cit
 Saturday afternood to have it dresse