Putnam patriot., 1926-10-01
PONFRET


 Pomf-et School opened for 1926 Sept 23rd.
 John Gregory NiEgias is home af- ter 8 summer spent in Maine.
 Miss Emma Sabn has returned from a weeks vssi, in Maine.
 Mrs. William Whyland 0t New York has been the guest 0f Miss N9ses.
 Miss Catherine LyuauEh has been visiting in Worcester and Providence.
 Mr. and Mrs Edmond Euverard of Pasadena, Cal. spent week with his brother, Mir Louis Euverard
 Alr. and Mrs Edmund Euverard ot Pasadena. Calf, are visiting hls bro ther Lewis on the smith estate.
 Mrs Finch. who has spent many pleasant summers with Miss Mathew son, died lR Greenwich. Conn. Sept. 2S.
 Miss Caroline Mhyland and Miss Marian Mathewson. who has just re- turned from a trip abroad. are at Fox Hill Farm.
 Miss Ester Gustafson has returned from a trip abroad. and Was ln Pom fret for few days before taking up her work for the winter.
 The Reetory School. under the man. agement of the Reverend Mir. BIgelow. opened for the year Sept. g. with the largest enrolment t has had.
 Miss Emily Dunbar IS spending few weeks at the home of Mrs. (. Q. Thompson. Miss Dunbar has been travelling In Europe for the past six months.
 Francisco Paesno, who has been working for Mir Cengdon during the summer months, intends to spend the winter m Florida with Mir. and Mrs Lapsiey
 Word from Mir. Willem van der Laau states that he escaped without injury m the recent terrible Flerlda tornado, and that his business Is not seriously damaged.
 Robert Hilyer began work iu his new field at Trinity College last week. Mr and Mrs fEillyer have established their residence for the winter on Far mington avenue.
 Christ Church held its Sunday school picnic Sept. Is. The day was delightful and the outing at Rose land Park was. as always greatly en- joyed by young and old.
 The October meeting of the Pom- fret League of Women Voters will be held at the home of Miss Katherine Moves on Wednesday, Oct 6, at ] o'clock. Erie II. Johnson of Putnam will speak on the Legal Status of Women.
 There will be bazaar next Fri day evening. October ., III Pomtret street hall. under the auspices of Holy Trinity church. \ four piece orchestra will play for dancing II you want an enjoyable evening don fail to attend this affair
 Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Congdon will close their house, Hillside Cot tage." for the summer, and take up their winter residence in Providence, returning to Pomfret for week-ends throughout the autumn. Mrs. Hayden, Mrs. Congdon' mother, and painter of distinction. will accompany thems
 The friends of Miss Mary \. Nil- merding were shocked to hear Of her death. which took place at Ridge field. Conn. on Monday. Sept. 24. Miss WiImerding has been summer visitor in Pomfret for many years past. and her loss will be keenly felt. She was devoted church woman and especially in Christ church, she will be greatly missed
 Mrs. Julia Neely Finch, 76 years old. mother of Lucine Finch and daughter of the late Bishop Phillip Neelv of Mobile. Alabama, died Sep tember % of a cerebral hemorrhage. Mrs. Finch was born in Columbus, Mississippi. She was an accomplished pianist. She also contributed poems te Harper's and other magazines. Her poem. "The Unborn. appeared in Ed mund Steadman's American Anthroi- ogy.
 Friends and neiqhbors of the Ran som family will regret to learn that the appointment of Mir. Ransom to the trade school at Stamford, has caused them to offer for sale their beautiful home. known as the Wolf Den Farm. Mr. and Mrs. Ransom and family eX- pect to leave about the 18th of Oeto- Der. Mir. Ransom is an engineer of sound training, and an excellent teach CT. and will be greatly missed m the