Putnam patriot., 1924-12-12
DETERMINED EFFORT TO
 FOLLOW COME BACK DAY
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 "No. It is no rainbow we are chasing Putnam Has Come Back.
 But don't care how many things we make in Putnam. II Put nam people won't trade at home. we can't have a prosperous community. There is altogether too much trad ing being done out of town. With the bank closed. people went to sur rounding towns to do their banking and got the habit. But the banks are open again.
 Stores Can Sell You Anything
 "The 100 stores cooperating to make this day a success offer Co the people of Putnam anything they care to buy. But you say, I cant get this and ] can't get that in Put nam. Why? Because you don't try. Every time you try to get something in Putnam, makes it pos sible for you Co get that same thing again. Everything you buy out of town makes t harder to get the same thing in town. The stores are in business Co sell you what you want if you'll give them a chance.
 And you aY things cost more in Putnam It Is not true. Quality considered. you can buy in Putnam just as economically as anywhere in New England
 epatreuize yoar locai banks. They can do jul as much for yau as any bank in New England Patr0nize your local entertainment. No bot Ter pictures are shown iD the United States than Jake Alpert shows in the Bradley Theatre Patroniza your loeal Cha#taa4aa and the LyceHm course which tho Parent Ieaeher A Association K giving in the High School hall this winter
 Support All Institutions
 Support your local schools. We have as good schools in Putnam as they have anywhere. The buildings are modern. the teachers are exper- fenced Putnam iiiRh school pre- pares for college and gives a good bushes training. The State Trade school is second to none anywhere. They are doing n wonderful piece of work Support them.
 Support your churches. You say. Oh, l can % out in the woods and get more religion than by sit ting iH a stuffy church and listening to siaff sermon Or. We've got d radio nov. end l can hear a bet tUr sermon at home But what would Putnam he without it's churches And you can't have churChes in Putnam unless you do vour ehurehing in Putnam any more than You can have stores in Put nam and trade with mail order houses.
 "What have neouls been thinking about Putnam When the bank closed l W8s q hundred miles away. But I read about Putnam on the front page for days Our tragbles were broadcasted as far south az Florida and as far we as Califer- nia i man Has in Webster the day after ear railroad wreck He told a man of it The man ssid. T didn't suppose there was anything left in Putnam td wreck.
 But its plea ant Co know that ethar people kHaw that we have come back Here is long editorial from Che Rockville Lender called Pluchy Putnam which l haven't time to read. Hartford papers have commented editorially on our com ing back. The good news as well the bad news is going from coast to coast.
 City's Second Birth
 "Ne are experiencing in this community a Second Birth. It is familiar in nature. After the chill blasts Of October. the gorgeous leaves wither and die. The limbs are brown and bare. Snow covers the ground. But they are not dead. only sleeping and waiting for the time when spring shall come with it's gentle showers and soft breezes, and kiss the sere boughs and make them live again.
 "There is very beautiful leg end that the Phoenix. the Sacred Bird of the Egyptians. being old and weary and spent with life. en- ters the sacred temple at Heliopolis lies down upon the sacred fire. and is consumed in flames. But from the dead ashes arises a new Phoenix. young, virile. eager.
 People of Putnam, come let us worship and bow down before our new Phoenix. which Is the new spir- it of Putnam, and help her to ear t,, ofa 70