Putnam patriot., 1926-03-12
Veteran Locomotive Engineer end Popular Member Was
 Guest of Honor
Officers Elected. Social Session. Pre-
 aeatati9n

With the thraitle a48e open ard ol= 1T3 rolling ou iHta che night. W iliiam BH Faran veteran locomotive en- gneer of WIlInartie popular mem ber af Putnam Lodge ef EIkz. was stHg pretty ss guest af honor. fues day evening %eser ir the fhousar 's fl a.les he has covered over the track
 fhe New Y sen has Bi.l ever talk such ride Rae gwen him oy - former associates and lodge mem hafa Metaph5rIr5t 7 speaking there aare bright lights burning, an switch ss were spiked special So. 57s hat rgHf of way and there was bu one passenger aboard and that Was BH
 Bl. ForaH s known al over fhs New Haven system. There are gra haired engineers today holding th6 throttle that Bili frst taught where 70 squirt oil How old Bill is is no- bodv's busiHess He is as active F= many Of the youngsters wearing theH twenty second pair of blue overall and sh0yeIing cod into type 33oQ buf az hp has beer retired on q pension the New Haven officials must know that he is older than he feels or h. would still be driving a mogul.
 Retain. Popularity
 That Bill has lost none of his popa larity by being retired from an active part ih running the road was evidene ed Tuesday evening when nearly 30s Elks. many of them railroad mel. most of them ztil active. some Of them retired hke Bill and Jimmie Bacon. who Xss there te stand uT with Bill in aH emergency gathered to do him hcnur.
 l. was the railroad contingent ef the E'lks fraternity that conceived the idea of doing Bill a little honor and giving him the surprise pf his life When the pay car came along and envelopes were sit open some of the money drawn Was set aside in d neat littie fund with which was purchased a diamond studded Elk's tooth watch charm and silver Elk's card case.
 Putnam Loage fell in line and af ranged for q soeial sessIon with hlgf class entertainHea. as soon as f %as learned what railroad men. br0fhe ElEs. were daiHe Among the fra tefnify the aHaf Uas looked upan
 "BHl Fora Nabf but on tHf announcement zeat eat f appearaf sa he just HH #aHial session af the lodge H5 Ha sured. for without I'm -HEsH-HaIelA veteran the sEaa #ealla.t aa aH Eafla special HaH Putnam fH4H SeA IaH# tHnH SHH= s5eh Weh5t# contributed 5af-z eaHtH gent
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 With H- presents n hts hand a. takeHe uf fhe esteem and fGndue- #uf tha@t gathered about bIm Bill I E HH =l#se presence 8f mind Fa- -IhR h's t0tee was nut a- sln4rluu. a. Tom and Hassihly if nhled f F, tfg II V either teaf er a bead 7f per p.ratan thar rolled down t6, FeftIa eft, as be fttH-iy ackaHN .edeed tne ibute paid hm nnA .se
 opted i6e eift. The a-staui.us euet .f fHe order at MI Bfoffer|s= Love
 Following the closing 6f tHa= =Ia.G th.rs seasa Hae# chiekHH 1rntf
 vomHfttf f.ta4a au entertainment
 Them Some Vaudeville
 Tom NH'1reu. entertainer aaa 9HCar master af eefeH.ries f1 HeH HHta aHHtnt ef#aH md i4eta th HoHalulu f#Ir.
 ui.ts. l.e Narely comedy 5lt flIef zufltur. and Al} Srta kof fHr. treHe tauslsH and k ktHe #e Gharfou, n popular song rumhs. tHtHt "a W aAH -AAaN gored. Jack Clarck was at Che p.s
 aeeamHHist The committee f harre being Brothers Henry A Nheez lock, Louis Girard keyren Cotter and Err Nelson
 Officers Elected
 During the session of the lodge off eer, for ihe ensuing years were elect ed as follows
 Exalted ruler. A. Newton Vaughn esteemed leading knight, John II Bulger. esteemed loyal knight Key ren II Cotter: esteemed lecturInR knight, Lionel Charron. tyler. Will lam Wheatley, secretary, George Lewis. J. treasurer. lucius P Mef- riam delegate to the Grand Lodc, convention James F. Murray; aE teruatt. Andrew ' Frost trustee fur thre years. James E. Murray
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