Putnam patriot., 1927-12-29
THOMPSON

n Mr. Frederic Bernklow is at hom
 for the holidays.
 { Robert Ingraham fell white skating
 and broke his collar bone.
 Charlie Peckham and Richard Bur nett were in town Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. Frank Elliott of Hart ford spent Christmas in town. . Miss Bernice Armstrong from Syra euse spent Christmas in town.
 Mr. and Mrs Newell Weed have gone to California for a short time.
 MT. and Mrs. Ralph Potter of Nor Wieh spent Christmas with Mr and Mrs. Ericson.
 Mir. and Mrs Edward Page and children spent Christmas with Mir. and Mrs. E < Baekus
 Saturday afternoon the Knights of King Arthur will meet Mir Lyon in the church at ? o'clock
 Mrs. George Brott is giving a dinner Saturday evening. her guests staying to welcome the New Year.
 Miss Sarah Munyan went to Provi- dence Thurdsday to attend the funeral of her cousin. Mrs. Henry Ai. Boss.
 Mrs. Frank Legg entertained her parents. Mir. and Mrs. Marks, and her aunt, Mrs Blickensdeffer of New York on Christmas.
 Mr and Mrs. ] ] Clifford of Port land Me. James Ryan. Jr. and Law renee Ryan spent Christmas with MT. and Mrs. James Ryan.
 Mrs. Dart entertained the Bridge Club Tuesday. Miss Rosemond Dan ielson was the only guest. Mrs. E. s. Lyon and Miss Annie Cunning came in fer tea.
 Miss Jane Lewis had some very in tenestine callers one day last week. Mir. , Lyon and the Knights of King Arthur called on her. bringing gifts of varl- ous kinds.
 Mrs. George Nichols. Mrs. Brad ford Mrs. Roosevelt. Miss Lewis, Mrs. Dexter Elliott. Mrs. E. S. Baekus and Mrs. Arthur Mills all entertained at Christmas dinners.
 There will be the usual preparatory i lecture Thur day evening at 7-3O Tn the church Mir Lyons subject will l be Words of Love. Miss Sarah Rhodes will sing a solo.
 i The Quinnatisset Grange had a ] Christmas party last week Tuesday There were exercises by the children ln Mrs. Rhodes room of the Thompson ] Hill scFooi. after which santa Claus impersanated by James Maitland. pre-
 eHted each child with a present, the ] gift of the Grange.
 l Mr and Mrs.N Warren Nichols are al their old hame in St. Louis. Their ser i and daaghtar-in=taW. Mir and Mrs Leslie ! Nichols of Portland, Oregon
 re their guests for Che holidays About January ihtb Mr and Mrs Nichols expect ta % t4 Ashevilie. \. (. TheN will ret5rnto Thompson early in June
 Nf and M1s Frank Decker and chil dren were in town Sunday. having their Christmas dinner in Providence Monday N ss Betty Decker sang solo at the church entertainment Sun . day evening. Miss Faith Decker | heme for the holidays from Noun Vernon Seminary at Washington. 0i Friday she will give q luncheon aa' : bridge for thirty=six. in Providence. The Christmas entertainment of tn
 Sunday school Christmas evening Va z very successful, the attendance Wa s large and the program given by tn P children was much enjoyed. fher
 were recitations and songs, all so wei i, done that 1t is hard to speak of on without mentioning all, which woul i take most of the space allowed by Tn
 Patriot for Thompson notes; althoug
 song by little John Rhodes. a recita tion by Mark Coleman. and the Si :. Little Snow Flakes simply must D
 mentioned
 Next Sunday being Communion Sun day MT. Lyon will preach sermon Al Z propriate to the occasion. His tex E will be Jesus Took Towel. y In th Sunday school his talk to the childre ,, will be From Pig Iron to q Natc
 Spring. As Mir. Lyon is this wee f conducting campaign to raise none Q to carry on the work of the Knight of King Arthur in Thompson, this perhaps a fitting time to tell litti
 about che order for the benefit c i those to whom it is new IL is the onl i organization ef the kind in the churet i aad k 5u somewhat the lines of tn l. Boy Scouts. with emphasis on the rt
 ieiaas side + was organized thirty
 Gee3 ars age by William Forbusl
 who diad recently It is a nationi
 Hadeaomnational order although the Epizeeeal it k called the Knight of Sir Galahad. There are two grade
 tEp hoy frem tea te twelve. who ai
 Yo u If King Arthur and tine ols CT ,snty-one, who are tF EYi5zftz Arthur. Althoug
 .vp fae younger order hei
 hoy has. been called the Knights [
 King ArihGr The vow taken by tf
 Yoemgu is Obedience which is tf | keynote of the organization. fhel 2 are different ranks; badges and me'
 als are given as rewards for zoe [. deeds done. silver bars being added
 show promotion in rank. Mir Lyo | has been in this work for some t,1 s He first organized the Knights l. ,- years ago. He has a certificate show m ing the rank of Baron, and wears fot ,l silver bars which denotes the highe < rank. Money is needed to huy me- als. badges and regalia, as well { E other incidental expenses Lat,
 there will be public installation
 the church. when there will prohab
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