Putnam patriot., 1929-08-22
Eastford

Most of the summer camps close next week.
 Township schools open Tuesday, September 3rd
 This vicinity was well represented at the School Tor Bible Study at Ash ford.
 ] A food sale given Friday by the ! Community Club m town nall netted l Si4.ou.
 orriu B. Atwood, ex-fire chief of Manchester, called on local friends sunday.
 Mrs. John Whitford is at her daughter m New Haven Tor medical treatment.
 St0weli Walker has been visiting his great aunt, Mrs. Eva Bugbee, at Stanord Springs.
 Mrs. George Barlow and three sons of west Stanord were at Archa $. Walker sunday.
 Warren, kdward and Dana Keith have returned from a motor trip to the White Mountains.
 Harry Buell. or Petersham. Mass, was fdol ANtk lttt bHtHb LII MI anu Mrs. Charles N. Clark.
 0. B. Carpenter, recently injured by a horse, was taken to 6 Hartford hos pital last Thursday tor observation.
 Mir. and Mrs. theodore Smith con template dlsposing of their Eastford home and moving to Sutton, Mass.
 James Neville visited his brother John of New York State at the old homestead near Stafford Springs last week.
 Mr. and Mrs. William Warren en- tertained Sunday Mir. and Mrs. Stuart May and MT. and Mrs. Ezra May of East Woodstock.
 Carlton Tatem and family, after a month absence visiting relatives and friends here, returned Monday by mo- tor tO their new home in keidvilie, M. (.
 Mir. and Mrs. N. Waldo Kennedy celebrated their twentieth wedding anniversary by giving an informal re- l eeption Co guests and friends at the ! Inn last evening.
 David James Boswell of Ridgefield Park, N. J., celebrated his fifth birth day Sunday, having Buster Strippel, | William Katz and Howard Boswell as dinner guests at the General Lyon Inn.
 Last Thursday evening Camp Yam kee furnished a program at town hall for the benefit of town hall. A meri- torious entertainment was given by the summer visitors at Crystal Lake, and an acceptable sum was realized
 Warren r. Keith, Edward s. Keith, Miss Alice L. Rindge, Mrs. Alice B. Stevens, Mrs. Helen C. Joslin. John Whitford, Mir. and Mrs. Thomas King, Augustine M. Bartlett, Mir. and Mrs. George French attended Old Home Day at Union Saturday.
 Mrs. George A. Shepard entertained yesterday at the General Lyon Inn the following guests Miss Jessie L. Eos ter, Fall River, Mass; Hilda II, Mar cy, Buffalo, N. F.; Frances Morse, l Washington, D. C.. Barbara Shepard Janet Shepard. New York City.
 A responsive, delighted and ediiied assemblage listened attentively to the address of Dr. Hamilton Holt of Woodstock, president of Rollins Col. lege, Florida. at the sunset meeting on the village green Sunday. His theme concerned Modern Problems and World Peace" Miss Catherin, Tatem read several scriptural quota. tions. Miss Prudence Deane presided at the piano. Previous to the meet ing there was music by the Eastford Band.
 The funeral of Henry Kent, aged S6 last April, whose passing away was chronicled last week, was held Friday at the chapel The casket was drapec with the American flag, and William Warren, Grant Trowbridge, Charles Clark and Frederick Bowen acted : paii-bearers. Rev. Walter Lanpheai ofiiciated and paid a glowing tribute to the Stars and Stripes, dear to tho aged veteran who, as a member of tht l4th Connecticut Regiment, had seer active service beneath it's folds. Tho church quartet rendered several selec tions. Burial at Abingdon.
 The old Fiddlers' contest in towr hall Tuesday night attracted capaci ty attendance from nearby towns. Ex actly S9650 was cleared. Nine con testants were entered, seven appear ing as follows: Frank Hall of Mans field Hollow; George Nef, Holland Olin Whiton. Mansfield; Herberf Chappell. Mansfield Center; Henr, Richardson, North Windham; Henry Carpenter, West Willington; Johr Whitford, Eastford. The first prize S5 in old, was awarded to Mir. Hall and the second, $2.50 in gold, to MT Neff. Judges; Fred Ash, Pomfret George Sumner, Abingdon; Alexandei Bassett, Warrenville. Rev. Waite Lanphear was announcer. Following the entertainment all the contestant and their families were served witl ice cream and cake under the auspice of the Community Club at Genera .sn.. Inn