Putnam patriot., 1930-01-16
PoIllfret

Miss Dorothy Colt is spending n week at Fox Hill Farm.
 Mrs. Barthold Schlesinger of Bos- ton was a weekend visitor with Dr. s. B. Overlook.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles van Brunt Cushman will leave shortly for sew eral weeks in Florida.
 Miss Edith King and Miss Georgia Eidred are visiting Mss Kings sis ter, Mrs. Luis de Florez.
 Thomas and Margaret Foley re- turned to school after spending the holiday in New York City.
 Miss Margaret Blessing returned to her home in East Orange, N. J., after spending two weeks with Mr. and Mrs Hugh Murphy.
 Hugh Murphy Jr. was the winner of the big prize given by Mrs. Mel bert of the Allards store for writing the best letter to Santa Claus.
 Mrs Walter Johnson left for Bos- ton on Wednesday night to attend the funeral of her husbands mother who died January 9th after a long illness
 Miss King and Miss Colt are talk ing short vacation after having sue cessfully put on "The Tempest" at the Gar1-ick Theatre. The young act ors were all students in their school.
 Mrs. John J. Whitehead Jr. gave a small bridge party at Teck'a Gustaf- scn's Tea House on Saturday, follow ed by large tea. Mir. and Mrs. John Whitehead of Cambridge were among the guests.
 The first meeting of Mrs. Richard sons Contract Club took place at "Waitsfeld." Mir. Charles Swain's place, on Thursday evening. There were two tables Miss Elizabeth Thompson substituting.
 Mrs. Russell Perkins arrived from Alberta. Ala. on Friday and has been the guest of Mrs. F. Grosvenor Good ridge Dr. Goodridge is at present visiting with Mir. Perkins at Alberta. Dr. and Mrs. Goodridge will sail for a cruise around South America on February 1st.
 General and Mrs. John Carson, who have spent the past five months Al Illii ufffls Miilit litt aththA- tions 10 The Chandler Farms were in progress, left on Saturday; and, stop ping in New York and Washington en route. will pass the remainder of the winter in Tryon, North Carolina, returning in April.
 There will be a meeting of the Woman's Benevolent Society of the First Congregational church at the home of Mrs. John Campbell, on Wed nesday afternoon. January 22nd, to which the Woman's Benevolent Socie ty of the Congregational church of Putnam is invited. Miss Mary Garner of Pleasantville, Tennessee, will speak.
 There was a meeting of the Wom- ans Auxiliary of Christ Church at the home of Miss Bertha Stevens on Thursday afternoon at three o'clock, Mrs. John P. Grosvenor, the presi- dent. presiding. The meeting was opened by the rector. There were eleven members present. After the business was finished an informal tea was served.
 There was a meeting of the School Board called on Monday afternoon to meet Mrs. T. Morris Murray at which time Mrs. Murray made a tentative offer to make repairs and alterations in the schoolhouse at Abingdon Four Corners, and to improve the school grounds. The meeting had full at tendenee. No formal action was talk en but great appreciation of Mrs. Murray's interest was shown.
 Mrs. Henry S. Mathewson, sister in-law of Miss Elinor B. Mathew son. of Fox Hill Farm. has announced the marriage of her daughter, Jane Washburn, to Horace McMurtrie Bush on Friday, June 25th, 1929, at St. Stevens Church, Boston, Mass aehusetts. Mir and Mrs. Bush are liv- ing at 116 Riverway, Roxbury. Mass. Mrs Mathewson. who has been visit ing her daughter and son-in-law, re- turned fo Fox Hill Farm on Wednes-