Putnam patriot., 1930-05-01
Thompson

Mir. Nelson Bradford spent the weekend in Springfield.
 Little Betty Lane Alexander has been the guest of Mrs. Decker.
 Mir. and Mrs. Vonsiatsky are at home after their western trip.
 Mr. Lyons father and mother from Boston were guests at the parsonage the first of the week.
 Mir. and Mrs. Oiney Broti and Mrs. Thomas whitman spent the weekend with Mrs. George Brott
 May Basket time will soon be here, the Grange will have May Basket party the evening of May 9th.
 Mir. and Mrs. John Gale who have occupied Mrs. Faxon's house this winter left for Boston on Thursday.
 The annual meeting of the Gongre- gational church was held Thursday af- ternoon at three o'clock standard time.
 Mrs. Arba D. Faxon who has spent the winter in Pasadena is now tn New York and is expected in Thompson Friday
 Next Sunday will be Communion Sunday, the subject of Mir. Lyons sermon will be When Jesus Was Scourged."
 Mrs. Frank Dearington, Miss Caro- lyn Dearington and Mir. Searls Dear ington are spending the week with Mrs. Searls.
 NIT. Andre Roosevelt with others was the guest of Mr. James Phette- place at luncheon at the Providence Art Club Saturday.
 Mr. and Mrs. John kemmerer of Short Hills have gone abroad for a short trip. They will divide their time between Paris and London.
 Mir. and Mrs. John k. Gladding will open their house here early in May. The horses and dogs. who are important personages, will arrive fri- day and Mir. and Mrs. Gladding will follow shortly after.
 Mrs. Dexter Elliott gave a supper party last Wednesday evening in honor of Mir. Andre Roosevelt's birthday Mir. and Mrs. Roosevelt motored to Rochester Sunday. Mir. Roosevelt go- ing to Chicago later to give lecture. Mr. Oliver Roosevelt. cousin of MT. Roosevelt's, was in town last week.
 The ambition of the hall team has been achieved. the Thompson team, with one from North Grosvenordale and two from Putnam has been ad- mitted Co the Y NJ c. A. League. The first game played under the league auspices was played in Thompson Thursday against North Grosvenor- dale.
 An interesting incident occurred here Tuesday. MT. Bradley Dearing- ton, q nephew O. Mrs c. |. Seafls, who recently made a spectacular flight over Thompson. flew over his aunt's house. dropping a letter which it was important she should receive at the earliest possible moment. IL be- ing the first mail delivered to her in that manner. she was quite thrilled.
 Over a hundred women attended the meeting of the State Federation of Women's Clubs at the church last Thursday. There were addresses be- fore and after luncheon which was served in the church parlor by the Thimble Club Rev. E. $. Lyon proved himself q brave man as he was the only male guest at the luncheon. There was an attractiYs program Mrs. Fritz Soderberg of Grosyenor' dale sang. Mrs. Green of Quadic i played the violin and Mrs. Henry Rob bins delighted the audience with a solo. There were a number of inter. ] esting addresses, those who spoke were Mrs. Mary Weaver, State Sen. ator from New Milford. who spoke on Road Advertising" having something to say about BiIlboards. Miss Pot ter of Hartford who formerly taught school in Thompson gave an address on "The Education of the Foreign Born" Mrs. Dudley Gaines of Hart ford talked on Women in the Com. munity," and Mrs. Nancy Danielson from Baekus Hospital gave an inter esting address on Mental Hygiene"