Putnam patriot., 1929-11-27
ALL PROVIDED FOR ON
 EVE OF THE HOLIDAY
Special Dinners For Inmates of Public Institutions.--Many
 Family Gatherings
Turkeys Cheapest in Years-Mueh
 To Be Thankful For

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day. On the eve of the holiday Putnam finds many blessings to be thankful for. The community is healthy; all are well employed; there is little if any real want among our citizens.
 fhese in public institutions will be made to realize the significance of the holiday. An will be served spe. cial Thanksgiving dinners.
 At the Children's Home Mother Park has arranged for q fine chicken dinner for her family of Ila child ren. The youngsters are well and are looking forward to the midday meal in joyful anticipation.
 At the Day kimball hospital tur- key dinners wrll be provided. ln- eluding the hospital staff the number at the institution, Wednesday, was seventy-fve. The dinner is made possible through the generosity of thoughtful friends of the institution. Turkeys havebeenreceivedfr Mrs. William V. Rafferty and family, Grove street, Mir and Mrs .. n. Arnold. South Main street. Mrs. Char.es Q. Thompson and Charles Swain of Pomfret.
 There are seventeen inmates at the town farm. twelve men and five women. They will be served d chick en dinner by the superintendent and matron.
 Those incagcerated iu the country jail at Brooklyn, few in number. will also have special fare Roast pork Is the dish served on Thanksgiving Day. to the county's involuntary guests.
 Throughout the city dinner parties and family gatherings will be he'd. Visitors will be entertained and others will leave the city to be enter tained elsewhere.
 Turkey for All
 One aid to the Thanksgiving dinner is the low price of turkeys. Not for years has the National Bird" sold at such a low figure as this year. Good turkeys can be purchased at below fifty cents pound while fancy birds are selling under sixty cents. Native turkeys are more plentiful The raising of turkeys in Connecti- cut is being revived and encouraged.
 In the morning there will be a un- ion Thanksgiving service at St. Phil ip's church, the rector, Rev. E. r. Wright, will preach the sermon. The service Is at nine o'clock.
 For diversion there will be football games in the morning and in the af- ternoon special movietone vaudeville at the Bradley thea Ire.
 This city has much to be thankful for as the year 1929 draws to a close. The community has been free from epidemics the people have been prosperous; the water supply has been adequate. This last blessing Is scarcely realized The harhships ex- perienced in the surrounding coun- try. where wells and springs have gone dry. has only caused passing notice.
 4 New Industry
 Putnam has added to it's industrial life during the past few weeks. A new factory, which will become an important asset Co the manufaetur. ing life of the city, is about ready to start operations. This industry was secured tc the city by the Putnam Chamber of Commerce.
 Putnam's building program has been enhanced during the year by the addition of a new bank building, home of the Cargill Trust Company. soon to be completed. and the start ing of operations on a new business blcck by Charles Seder, whose efforts in this line have done much to im- prove the importance and appearance of putnam's business section.
 Perhaps an outstanding blessing is the solution of the water works improvement project. This matter which has dragged on and on for months. into years. has at last been settled and work will soon be begun on the adopted plan.
 These, and many more matters that tend to make a bigger and bet ter Putnam. and q healthier. safer, more contendod. community. might be pointed out Co the citizen who is pessimistic enough Co fail to realize the many things Co be thankful for and to note the constant progress of the city