Putnam patriot., 1923-03-30
g STORES DISPLAY
 WARES IN CONTEST
Spring Opening" Event Att tracts Hundreds of People
 Into Town
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 Raatf4 #a3gw 3ispiay-ner- sarssaaze# regarded collectively Ehan l thee have been ln a long tune greet Id the eyes 0f hundreds and hzndreds af nonrers when they arrived down f8&r Saturday. Every shop glne9@
 H t5Tf had been especially dressed for che occasion. as 6 Was Spring Opanae Day sponsored bs tre HleF- chants c1-Esttee ef the Putnam Chamber =f Commerce Bat che chle: reasar for ths elty-aide aiarnuEeft E ef araNs was because gf tHe WiH- dou display contest conducted among the stares at the instance of tss mrr= chants committee
 Prepared Weeks For Event
 Preparations for the event have been under way for several weeks and merchants vent to great lengths to thi5x out and gather together the .spr0u they would Use in adoru- ing & p wHd8as That their plans were carried oat successfully and only after much labor. was proven by the artistic displays they presented for people to feazt their eyes upon One of the satisfying things about the un- dertakIng is that all Of the windows were decorated by people owning or working in the stores. This was one ef the rules Of the contest that no out-of-tean window dresser would b. employed 70 adorn any store window
 Each Store Entered One Window
 Each store was allowed, under the rules. one wlHdew to be entered ia the contest. tae merchant himself to designate which &ind0w he wished to compete Rlfh against the other mer- chants The stores were divided into s classes. according t0 the window displays each entered in the contest. and blue ribbons for first and red rib bons for second prizes were awarded.
 Three uut-uf- town, disinterested people who made personal sacrifices to perform ths service. were secured To serve as 5udge= They were: Mrs. Herbert H Bowen of W Dodstock, judge H window display contest at New Haven John E Reardon. agent of the HE.i- If the Grosgen0rdale Company aad president of the Put nam Rotary eIab and Frederick E. Bitg0od merchant and banker of DanielzaH and former president of the DanielseH hamber of Commerce. These iu8ges closely serutinized every display entered iH the contest and gave tbeif decisions as follows. ac- cording t1 The classifcati0Hs mention ed Women wear, first. Diamond second kHmIgskys. Pnsnik Co: candy, first Woolworth's 5 and 10 cent store second. ptogress Gonfee- tionery s5ose
 Hand.ome Grocery and Meat Di.plsys
 Grocery stores and meat markets. First. Walter J Bartlett; second. El= ward V Mullan. Brookfield Cash Market, Direct Importing Co.,. shoe stores. first. Self Service Shoe Store :: second, Elliott'z Shoe Store. depart meut store irst. The Byrne Company. he. drug store. first, DoBahue's. az riculture first. A. Gilman & Co.,. jew elfy. first. ShaW's; second. St 0nge Iurier.s. E. l. Prince < Sons eigars and tobacco. first, United Cigar Store . fruit first. Gifaea Sons & Co.; second. CHarles BartoIomei, mems clothiers and furnshers. first Milot < Wil- iiams second. Lizotte's Smart Shop. Church Clothing Go. Colt Boomer Go furniture, first Blancnette lS Brodeur. flower shop Charrou' E { pheHsKrap aphs, Putnam Music shop, dfg goods. Duvert's 's Fabric Shop. elec- trical goods. first. Putnam Light X Power Co. second. Bates Electric . shop hardware. first. Putnam Hard ware { Mill Supply Corporations, sec oud Yankee Shop: sporting good Chandler & Morse. millinery. first, Bugbee & Wutf Department Store second Iiel, Miss Ada F Maynard , and Mss Louise Rivard Miss Nelli N Eua. Dupre's Ladies Speciality } shop
 Weather Man Kind
 The weather Was excellent. if one dI8 gof mind brisk. biting March wind Bat the sun shone in ali ifs glory and lent ts beauty to the tuiurful window adornments. l. was conf dently expected that the spring open ne event. coupled with thr display contest would sevve tu attract hun Hr-is of people uto town There is Ha question but that this very thlrs Wae arrumpI pIshed. for an unusually
 rat number of automobiles Were seefH parked in town all day long even slie streets being lined with ma6hines5 as Wel ss horse drawn vehicles The trolley ears came and went with crowds 1f people, trolleys operating Ju aHi out If the city in the after noon hour. and evening being filled f0 capacity n practically every instance.
 Through error. Che name of thr Pasmk Company was left from the iist lf advertised stores participating n the spring opening and window dis pIlF contest This was unfortunate aui regreiiable The pasnik Store was especially trimmed and beauti6ed Inside and in the contest had a hand seme display that embraced all the newest and most fashionable weara- bles for spring and summer for h. dIes and misses
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