Putnam patriot., 1925-01-09
WOODSTOCK BRIEFS
EAST WOODSTOCK

Miss Ruth Murray. the new teacher is boarding with Mrs Ezra May.
 Miss Helen Savage. teacher of the Pomfret Landing seheal. spent the weekend with A. T.. Dodge and fam fly.
 Miss Rita Stone spent the weekend with Miss Annette May She is aj tending school in the Paine district and boards with Mrs. Conan,
 Mr and Mrs, j F. Child and sons. Roger and James, of Putnam, have been spending two weeks with rela- tiyes.
 Howard Fenner and family of Springfield, Mass, were dinner guests of L. II. Lindeman and family last week Wednesday.
 Spencer Jordan and Milton Perrin expect to leave on Saturday for Psse= dena. Cal. going by way of Worcester, Chicago and fhe Santa Fe route.
 George Gee and Everett E. May have had their houses wired for cleo trieity. and l.. II. Lindeman has had lights put in his barn and cold storage plant.
 Mrs. A. C. Morse, Mrs. C. \. Weth- erell. Mrs Everett F.. May attended the MeAlister- Sheppard reception at the home of the bride last Saturday afternoon.
 Robert Pike. who was operated on 1 for appendicitis at Boston hospital last Monday. is recovering. This is the fourth case in Dr. F. R. Pike's family since last June
 The ieehouses are being filled with clear twelve inch ice being cut from the mill pond. Some come a distance of two miles, owing to the smaller ponds being dry due to lack of rain.
 A church meeting will be held in the chapel Saturday afternoon at O. clock. Reports of officers and com mittees will be given. An adjourned meeting of the ecclesiastical society will follow.
 IL is expected there will be large attendance at the regular meeting of the Community Club Jan. i4 at & O. clock. George Hamilton, recently re- turned from European trip, will give an illustrated lecture on Italy.
 George 4. Wetherell. superintendent of the Sunday school, was presented q sum of money from Sunday school teachers recently in appreciation oi his services and faithful attendance Mrs. Wetherell shared in the gift. The social last Friday evening was not largely attended, about forty be. ing present. A fine musical program was given by the orchestra and vocal solos nicely rendered by Miss Doris Lindeman. Cake and coffee were serv ed.
 A large delegation from here went tA Hartford last week Tuesday on the i Y. NJ C. A. pilgrimage Vernon and Franklyn Ncthereli. Robert Pike schuyler Phillips, Stewart Morse Einar Hanson. Roger Child. were join ed by two young men. Scranton and Stafford. from South Woodstock. They made the trip by automobile All re. port fine time.
 Mrs. Alice Steere Farris writes from Western Kansas to her sister Mrs. George A. Wetherell, of herself and family being showed in for several weeks and the only way they reached Scott City was riding their saddle horses to the main highway where their automobile was stalled in the snow. and after experiencing great difficulties reached town The horses were let loose and returned to the ranch.
 Mrs. Joseph Smith, Sr. who is boarding at Mrs j. F.. Aldrich's, was stricken with paralysis Tuesday morn 1 ing and is in critical condition, ow- ing to her age. being in her S9th year. Her sons, Fred and Joseph Smith of New Haven, were called to her bedside Miss Gladys May of Fabyan is the nurse in attendance. Joseph Smith s sons, Harry and Charles. and the for mer's daughter spent New Years and the weekend at Maplehurst. Mrs. Smith was in her usual health They returned to New Haven Sunday after noon.