Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12
POMFRET
Mrs. EustAes Garratt

lt was with much the same feeling Of loss and sorrow that would have greeted the passing of lifelong mem Der Of Pomfrets s summer colony that news was received on Tuesday Of the sudden death n New York City of Mrs. Bertha Garrati. widow of the late Eustace Garratt of London. England. Mrs. Garratt had left pomfret oniV a te" days before. She had been visit ing with Mr. and Mrs. Russell Per SlhS at Ofton and had gone Co New ipIA To attend to some matters of business. Monday morning she was taken suddenly III and was removed to a hospital. She was treated there by her personal physician, and seemed to improve when death from heart failure came suddenly and without warning.
 Mrs. Garratt only recently came to this country from England, following long stay in South Africa. Prior to the death of her husband she was a winter resident of Lakeland. Fla. and each spring and fall Mir. and Mrs. Garratt were delightfully."- welcome wis. itors in Pomfret. Since Mir. Garratt's $ death Mrs. Garratt has spent much Of her time travelling abroad, but almost every year she returned for a round of visits among her Pomfret friends. She was most charming lady, whose hap. py personality will be very soreiy missed
 Mrs Garratt's funeral will take place on Sunday at Haddam. Conn. from the residence of Mir. and Mrs. lngersoll. for many years close friends of herself and her late husband
 The Misses Murray of Providence are visiting Mrs. Edward Farrell.
 A supper with entertainment and dancing is being planned by the Wolf Den Grange for the near future.
 Little Mary Bowen Holt returned from the Day kimball Hospital the end of last week and is getting along nicely.
 Mir. and Mrs Nathan Weed left Pomfret on Thursday and will spend the remainder of Mir Weeds vacation visiting friends along the Connecticut coast.
 Many of Mrs. Leonard Swain. friends were interested to hear of her trip to Hartford, Conn, by airplans last week
 MT Robert Hillyer and his aunt Miss Ella Smith, motored over from Hartford on Monday and lunched al Brisk-to-High.
 Mrs. Joseph Hoppin, who has been visiting Mir. and Mrs. Arthur B. Laps. ley at North Hatley, Canada, returned to Courtlands on Tuesday.
 Mrs. Waldo Chapman. who under. went a tonsil operation at the Day kimball Hospital last week, made a good recovery and Is at home again.
 Mir and Mrs Henry Congdon's re ception for the German Consul Gen eral did not take place on Saturday. a. the guest of honor was unavoidabl, detained iK New York
 The auction at the one time Ransom ! house on the way 10 the Wolf Der was an event of some social interest All the country side attended. Us vel as many visitors from distance
 Mrs Joseph Clark Hoppin has beer entertaining at 'Courtlands" this weel Mrs Frederick O Beach of New Yorl i City. Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt a | Newport. and Dr. Apthorp Fuller o | Boston.
 According to the school calendar fol the town of pomfret for 1927-I92s school will open Tuesday, Spetembel 6, and close it's fall term Wednesday, December q. Winter term opens of Tuesday. January 8, and closes Fri day, March 90, and spring term openl Monday. April 9, and closes Friday June l5.
 Mrs. William Peckham's treasur, hunt on Saturday last was of great interest to number of people of va ried ages. The guests arrived in au tomobiles and the chase carried then Co the Wolf Den, Massey Hollow Woodstock. Thompson. Putn d n Heights, the Boat Club. and ended ir Mir. Charles Swain's garage. Tho treasure" was in the form of pocket cigarette lighters and was discovered by Miss Ann Wicks and Master Peter de Florez. The searchers, of whom there were about twenty, were enter. tained at Mrs. Peckhams s afterWard. at a buffet supper.