Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 4, 1917, Page 2

b} Murray's Boston WILLIMANTIG, CONN. NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO VISIT OUR SILK' SECTION — SPORT SILK POPLIN Regular $1.25 and $1.50 Quality Special 95¢ a Yard This week we the ordinary at special prices. The lot consist of 12 different patterns and each one will They are full 36 inches wide and the colors and designs allow for unusual choice of make up in petty Summer frocks. selection. These Sport Poplins sold regular for $1.25 and $1.50. This week you have the opportunity to buy them at only 95c a yard. - OTHER GOOD VALUES IN SILKS One lot of Windham Silk, full 36 inches wide, in navy and colors, priced at $1.39 a yard. One lot of Silk Poplin, in plain colors, full 36 inches, in a good range of colors, priced at 8c a yard. Boot Silk Stockings at 49¢ a Pair A pair of Silk Stockings is necessary to help- make your bathing attire attractive. This week we have on display a good line of Boot Silk They are a special value and under ordinary condition these stockings would sell at a much higher price, but an early purchase made it possible for us to sell them at the very low price of only;| Stockings that embraces most every color. 49c a pair. White Wash Skirts and Sport Skirts SPECIALLY PRICED The Wash Skirt during tha warm weather takes an impoi- tant part. No matter whether you are on a vacation or at home it is one of the indispen- sable garments in a woman Summer wardrobe, and this week will find the prices still lowered. For instance our $2.50 Wash Skirts are reduced to $1.98—our $3.98 quality are reduced to $2.98 and our $4.98 are reduced to $3.98. We have other White and Sport Skirts at 75¢, $1.00 an $1.50, and Sport Skirts at $1.50, $1.98 and $2.89. ITEMS OF INTEREST 'ROUND THE STCORE AT have on sale a special lot of Sport Silk Pop- lins that will interest those looking for something better than by Miss Post, of Gilead. Mrs, of Gilead, Friday afternoon. The accident occurred at the ocor- ner of Main and North streets. was struck by the car. ke injuries consisted of bruised arms. Her head was jarred by striking the pavement and She was slightly hys- terica) Accbraing to witnesses, the car was not going very fast. The occu- pants of the car were Miss Post, her mother, Mrs. Post, and_the hired bov, William Fries. Miss Post said she was sorry that the accident occured and offered to pay all expenses. Draft Exemptions Monday. Examinations for the draft army in the 17th dfstrict will commence next Monday morning at about 8:30 in the town hall~ Four doctors will do the examining and each will have a clerk to faciliate the examiinations. Ninety will be examined the first day, ninety the next and eight-eight the third day. Nearly all of the men who have re- ceived their notices have applied for exemption papers, in fact so many have applied that 100 more will be notified to appear Friday or Saturday af the week after their notices are mailed. In case the required 134 are obtained before all are examined, ex- aminations will stop. Thread Team’s Lineup. With several changes in their line- up, the American Thread Company’s baseball team is ready for the games scheduled for today and Sunday. The Hamel wilP be included in the lineup. Band Concert Deferred. The band concert which was post- poned Thursday evening on account the majority of the people. HEAT CAUSES DEATH. Employed at Storrs 1Il While Return- Jacob Boglisch, College, Taken ing Home, Jacob Boglisch of Hank's Hill, died from the effects of the heat, Thurs- day evening, on his way home from work at the Connecticut Agricultural College, where he is employed as a laborer. He had not been feeling well some time and had quit work early to go home. He becarfe worse when about opposite the home of Fritz Stein- meyer adn Dr. Cramm was called. He at once took the man to his (Boglisch) home. as he was failing fast, and he died about 6 o'clock. Dr. Cramm gave the cause of death as thermic fever. Undertaker Fenn of this city took charge of the bods which later was removed to the rooms of the family home in Mansfield. Boglisch vas & native of Austria jand had lived in Mansfield for ten vears. He i survived by his wife and three children, Myron, 7, Mary, 4, and Jacob, 16 months. SAVES A LIFE. William Gates Rescues One Girl and Recovers Body of Her Drowned Companion. William Gates, for! erly of this city a swimming pool. Automobile On Fire. STRUCK BY CAR Mrs. Douglas Wilson, Croseing Street, Knocked Down by Machine Driven Dougles Wiisonh of Seuth Coventry was struck by a Ford tour- ing car, driven by Miss Edna Post, Mrs. Wilson was crossing the street ncar a party of people and all except Mrs. ‘Wilson turned back. She stopped and car wheels luckily passed on either side of her body so she was not seriously injured. She was taken to Dr. O'Neil's office where it was found that her lowed at St. Joseph's church, the cel- ebrant. being the pastor, Rev. T. F. annon. The bearers were friends of the deceased. Interment was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. G Mason A. Bates. The funeral of Mason A. Bates was held at his late home in Windham Center at two p. m. Friday. Rev. Plumb of the Windham Congregational church officiated. Burial was in-the Windham Center cemetery in charge of Undertaker Jay M. Shepard. - . 'Brief Mention. Rev. Mr. Nelson, a missionary from Tarsus, Turkey, stopped at the Y. M. C. 'A. Friday. He is representing the American committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief. : Announcements for the Christian Scientists for the week are as follows: Services Sunday morning at the Y. M. C. A. at 10:45, subject “Love" Wedhesday evening meeting at 7:45. The trolley car from Norwich, due| Putnam Tomorrow—Automobile Trip ©of 1,900 Miles Ends—Red Cross Room to Be Open Friday Afternoons, The Moosup baseball team plays the 1hird game of the series with the Put- nam-team at Putnam tomorrow (Sun- cay) afternoon. Both teams have been defeated once, giving them an equal Lreak for the third game. The local team will go to Putnam with a few new men in the lineup. Battery for Put- Moosup, Solomon- ai CGaw. = Mr. and Mrs. Larose, Misses Regina and Emma Larose and Albert Larose motored to East Greenwich Thursday in Mr. Larose’s car. Took 1,900 Mile Trip. Ned Goldberg and family have re- turned to their home on Linnell street after a two weeks' automobile tour, visiting Buffalo and surrounding places. Mr. Goldberg had exceptionally fine iuck, as he traveled 1,400 miles and kad no tire trouble. However, other automobjlists are not so fortunate, as one local man received nine punctures going from Moosup to Providence, & distance of a little over 32 miles. . here at 7.15 was 25 minutes late, due to | a tie up in traffic at Taftville, where and stopped with one end on the side- walk. Charles Dondero, who is clerk at the Central Vermont freight office, has received three months' leave of absence to enable him to help his brother who is in the wholesale fruit business. Unclaimed mail at the Willimantic post office, ‘August third, is addressed to Mrs. Florida Couillard, Miss Lou Cote, Mr. George Crowley, Supt. H. W. Files, Mr. J. Glass, Rev. L. H. Metcalf, and A. Iowavin Mouortry. A larze bell attracted attention,at the Central Vermont freight offfce, Friday afternoon. The bell was for- merly placed in a fire house in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and wag being shipped to East Hampton. The bell weighs 1800 pounds. Some of the men connected with the recent railroad accident in this city were in Boston, Friday, telling their side of the accident. Several of those Who were injured were called on by claim adjustors of the railroad to set- tle damage claims where possible, lineup for Saturday is as follows: e Noe] If; J. Nichols, 2b: Dugzas, Xdams, 15: Donahue, ks: Johnson, sf: JEWETT CITY J. Hamel, Riley, rf; {ilourey, p. In the Sunday game at Hartford, | Herbert — Gray Stuck Pitchfork there will be several changes as fol- | Through Leg—James W. Miller lows: Van Dyke of Worcester and Dies in Wallingford—Local Notes. Noonan of New Britain will be the battery and Lefty Smith and Joe Eexhert Crav. ihe mon Tofh D el Mrs. E. M. Gra y, while working at the farm of W. F Hiscox last week, stuck the tine of a pitchfork into his knee. He though the trouble was over, and went to work Wednesday. of the weather be held next Tues- | Thursday he was brought home. Hfs day evening. After that concert, the|leg is padly swollen and inflamed and rest of them will be held Sunday eve- | the phy n has ordered an ice pack nings, which wili be better liked by |The fork wert in considerable dis- tance and some of water of the knee was liberated. OBITUARY. James W, Miller. James Washington Miiler died at the Masonic home in Wallingtord, Thursday afterncon, where he has been living for three years. Mr. Miller was born in New London, May 16, 1832, the son of William and Eliza Miller. 'When a youns man he, like his father, became a successful ship builder constructed many fine I vess Ir 51 he married Almira Josephine Burrows, of Groton, whom In 1570 Mr. parts of the he survived six years. Miller visited different st, where he became a prominent’ and influential citizen. He was well known in the newspaper vorld of the middle west and in_Clay Kansas, where he lived for { years, he published and edited ependent, a fine old republican Various tereste what n employed by matters of importance in- d him at different times during vy in the West. He was a some- rted travel and in 1857, while A. A. Low PBros., whole- of New York, he was sent hia, China, in the interest of gunboat construction. He returned in 1860. He often spoke to Jewett City friends about his interesting life in Kans: hich extended over.a per- most of which time ster and judge of the iod « Le now working at the Greenfield tap and | local court. die company in .Greenfield, Mass., He was a d degree Mason, hav- saved the life of Miss Harrette Cou- | ing taken hi degree in Cen- ture and recovered the body of her|ter in 18 after returning East he companion, Miss Ethel M. Flurie three | affiliated with Mt. Vernon lodge, No. minutes after she went down in an |75, F. & A. M., of Jewett City in 1901. accident in_the Deerfield River near | He was also a member of the Knights Greenfield, Wednesday. of Pythias. Neither of the giris could swim and | One of Mr. Miller's most prominent were walking in shallow water near | ifts his journalistic capabilities. the shore when they stepped into a a ready and compre- hole. Gates rescued Miss Couture 01 almost any sub- | ana then brought up Miss Flurie's ¢y His letters appeared in The | body after diving for it for three | Bulletin from time to time for vears. | minutes. Medical aid was summoned | They were alwavs noted with inter- | but the girl was dead. t and their original humor, enjoved The next day, the manager of the y many reader: The latter part of Weldon Hotel offered to head a ib- s life ha bee: spent in quiet and scriptio paper withn a gift of $25 for | happiness, living with his son, Olin, ot . City, th occasional daughter 3 Myra, in I hi; A then it was wish to enjoy AUGUST PRICES What might have been a serious fire b of i Aaptc: was prevented Friday evening, when | e abo e whn Women's Seamiess Black Boot | One lot of Flovd Willett's automobile, parked in | ted their fiftieth wed- Hose—Special at 24c a pair. fanc front of the johnson house caught fire | e * Women's e Black Gauze Lisle on the under part. = The fire was con- | Skt i Hose—Special 17c a pair. o Haelaien o the WOt iiWalter S stol, Conn,, three . e 2 = leading to the lights, probably caused|cons, Olin ion agent at Jew- Women'’s Knit T'nion Suits by short circuit or else by the heat| .ty (vity: W. B. Miller, of Providecne. weight, fancy yoke, ki of the engine which had just been| 7 Sy S B iy Special 39 b e r i lana Jjohn, of New London: one sister, pecial 3% each. d running. At one time there was quite | Lewis Dart v London, and One lot of Men's Neoglize % : ~|a blaze under the car. Several fire| i % plain white or fa strive, vz t 35¢c and extinzuishers were procnred from the | -—Special on account of bro! i Skirts- To | Johnson house and the Thread City | 79¢ each. ar e but -the fire died a atural £ eath before the men arrived with the | > Monday, during . extinguishers. All of the lights on]the ation DOMESTIC SECTION i e Lt Gt Dt thie ot “Chantavaua at Jewett City, Aug. 14 B battery was not injured as the el 18.—adv. Percale Pillow Cases, size c starter worked Sunday morning at the Baptist inches. $1.00 a pair. . rch, Re J. A. Spidell’s s_uhje?t }s 27 inches FUNERALS i =Rt e Tl Waisting, fine === B, A = v his " on . B. Aldrich will occupy his pulpit on Full size Bed a1 S, e sty mothing. . The. Bpwirth Lea: E B The funeral of James Leo was held | zue mecting in the evening will be led gn‘- ; \’: zé;t\ regula M X Friday morning at 36 TUnion Street' hy Clarence fers T —Specia €. Couch chain ¢r fand a r iem high magh mass fol-| The (ongregational church will de Fringed Turkieh Tow rope suppo §9.00 to ol 1 during August. unbleached, 12/zc each. Se; < nds o 5 B Mrs. John Grant of North Adams Ble: ed Turkish Towe:s, size 11x34, | mer mmoc! d__c - and Mrs. ed Forrestall of Clifton- hemmed, 15c each. 15, $1.00 and up to $5.0 Children Cry dale, are guests at James McClugg- FOR FLETCHER'S s on hewson street. e T ss Carrie Palmer o iladelp! KITCHEN WARE SECTION| HOUSE DRESSES CASTORIA |[rais e cucst of Mrs. T. B Keen. = 7 e —_— R i am McDowell Standard Oil Cc t hat w = have been visiting friends in Westerly Phe - B el At Reduced Prices JAY M. SHEPARD B e T e the intense or waste of ace. A zood oppertunity is offered to buy. A and have irned home, after en- 7~flu;1;3 New Perfection Oil Cook |a good ticai House T at much Succeeding Elmore & Shepard o ina i rip. Stove. $9.50. elow ¢ 1 e isha o are . Fis e innty New Pertection 01 Coot| S0d enouE ot "pEE enetih U0 FuneralDirectorandEmbalmer S R tove $13.00. sit on the porch or take a walk in the equi elf- 1-Burner Glass Door Oven, $3.00. 0 o o el s 00| 60-62 North St., Willimantic | i s prevent ihe applausa of La 2.Burner Glass Door Oven. $3.50. ade o° good, sturdy sinzham, per- - Pollotte and. Gronna from ' bScoming Hardwood Fall Croauct Sots are re- | cale, chambray and v -priced_at | -ady Assistant Tel. connection | _~ ‘g“”:“q|]<“(-,afl to_embarrass those duced to B9c, $1.49, $1.98, §2.19 and | the followina low ces, 8%¢, 38c,| —— e aminent United States senators— $3.92 a set. $1.29, $1.48 and $1.93. BR o Washington Star. i . F. C. JACKSON AUTO CAFS Just what you need to go automobiling—all well made and afttractive, and besides they d¥e all dust-procf—prices range from 75¢, $1.39, $1.48, $1.98, $2.25 and $2.98. DENTIST Removed to 715 Main St., Willimantic Phone 44 Hours—% a. m. to 2 5. m. The H. C. Murray Co. HIRAM N. FENN UNDERTAKER a nd EMBALMER €2 Church St., Willimantic, Ct. Lady Assistant Telephone Shouldn’t Be Proud. The American troops needn’t get the in swell-head over their reception Par Wait until they get to Berl where the ladies will hand 'em bricl bats instead of bouquets.—Macon Tele- graph. Has oVtes in Senate. The kaiser may have lost control of the reichstag, but he is etill able to muster a few votes in the United States senate.—Boston Transcript. 1 Game Today. ofhe of the trolleys jumped the track ! The Union baseball team plays the Central Village team on the Carpet grounds this (Saturday) afternoon. Battery for Moosup, Robideau and White; for Central Village, Burke and Couture. The American Woolen company shut down Thursday noon for the rest of the week because of the poor working weather. Moosup pond resembled Newport Beach Thursday and Friday _ after- noons, bathing parties going constantly all the afternoon and evening of each day. ' Rev. and Mrs. C. S. Nightingale and daughters, Caroline and Elsle, left this morning for a visit-at Block Isl- and. Miss Ruth Hatfleld and brother Har- old are visiting friends in Boston. Francis Bibeau is visiting his grand- parents in Worcester. Miss Amy Larivere week at Watch Hill. is spending a Mr, and Mrs. John Martin are spend- ing the week end at Ocean Beach. Stre. James Wallace and daughter Myra are visiting friends in Brooklyn, N. ¥. For Red Cross Work. The Red Cross rooms will be open Friday afternoons only during this month. Tomorrow’s Service Rev. C. F. Eldridge of Niantic will occupy the pulpit in the Baptist church Sunday morning and evening. - Rev. W. C. Darby will conduct the services as usual in the Methodist church. All Hallows' church, Rev. J. E. Mc- Carthy, pastor: Rev. L. Parodis, as- sistant: Sunday masses, 7.30, 9, 10.30 a. m.; vespers and benediction of most blessed sacrament. Sunday at 3.30 p. m Miss Lillian Gelinas, who has been a patient at Worcester hospital for sev- eral werks, has returned to her home on ChArch street. Mr. and Mrs. John Fenwick are spending two weeks' vacation at Vine- yard Haven. John Lehoux and Martin Bernard motored to Rocky Point Friday. COLCHESTER Congregational Pulpit to Be Supplied for a Month—Marvin-Rathbun Wed- ding—Team to Play Gardner Lake Campers. James Kinney and son of Bridgeport are guests of Mrs. Kinney's brother end sister on Havward avenue. Rev. and Mrs. H. A. Blake left in their touring car Thursday for a month’s vacation. During Mr. Blake's absence the pulpit of the Congrega- tional church will be supplied as fol- lows: Aug. 5. Rev. Edmund C. Ingalls, a former pastor; Aug. 12, Rev. Willlam ; Aug. 19. Rev, Dr. George Aug. 26, Rev. Dr. Charles F. Ftta Lombard has returned Mrs. from a few davs’ visit with her daugh- ter in Hartford. Mise Anna Johnson left Wednesday for Willimantic, where she has entered St. Joseph’s hospital to take a course in the nurses’ training class. T.eo and Walter White lef- Thurstlay for Hartford to work in Colt's fac- tory. Sister’s Death. Grace Tiffany returned from Willl- mantic Thursday. where she was call- ~d to see her sister, who was taken to St.- Joseph’s hospital Wednesday from Hebron, and who died there later. C. C. Rarton of Hartford is the guest of his familv, who are visiting Mrs. Barton's mother on Main street. The Home guard held their meeting Thursday evening in Grange hall. There was no drill. The members were measurel for uniforms which they ex- pect to receive in a few days. Thomas P. Kinney was a Hartford visitor Thursday. Charles L. Strong. who is working in New Haven, is at his home on Broad- wav for a few davs' vacation. Ronald K. Brown of New York is at his summer home on Broadway for a few davs Services will be held in the Baptist church Sundav morning and evening at the nsual hours. The pastor, Rev. R. D. Remington. will preach. Mr. Remineton will conduct services at fhe Salem Baptist church at 3 p. m. Sunday. John H. Sherman of Norwich was a Colchester visitor Friday. To Play Campers. The Colchester baseball team will play a nire from the campers at Gard- ner Lake this (Saturdav) afternoon. Marvin—Rathbun. | . Dwight H: Marvin, &on of Mr. and fre. Herbert Marvin of this place, { married Thursdav evening Miss Celia Rathbun at the home of the bride in €alem. Rev. B. D. Remingotn of this plara officiating. Charles Clark of Marlboro was In town Friday. NOANK New Rector ta Beain Duties at Grace Chureh Tamorrow—Waiting for Lumbar at Shipyard. Rev. Frederick W. Haist. who has been avpointed bv Suffragan Bishop Acheson rector of Graze Fpiscopal ~hurch. will enter upon his duties Sun- Aav. Ae he also has charge of Bishop Seaburv church In Groton borough. he w11 malke his home in the rectory there. Hours for ser®ice mav bhe chanwad later, but on Sunday it will be at 2.30. Waitina for Lumber. About 150 workmen in the shipyard 1ave heen laid off. as the plant is in need of a certain kind of lumber which has not arrived. A great deal is here, however. and three autotrucks are transferring it from the station ae rap- idly as possible. about 20 men being at work there. In addition to the seven carloads. two others have arrived. Mrs. Harry Fide of West View en- tertainel the Silver Link =ociety this week. 3 — "“The Local Undertaker” DANIELSON, CONN. Parlors & Mechanio Street - Local Team to Play Third Game With nam will be O'Brien and McNamee; for | DANIELSON Artillerymen Plessed With Towns- people’s Kindness—Adelard Barbeau Passes” Physical Examination — Car Runs Through Restaurant Window— Mills Resume Work — Chautauqua Week Ends With Popular Play. Dr. W. H. Judson was at Putnam Friday afternoon examining men who were called by the exemption board. Rev. W. G. Puddefotte, fleld secre- of the Home Missionary society and one of the best known speakers in the service will preach at the West- fleld Congreggtional church Sunday. Thomas Monohan is assisting at the post office. . Henry C. Milburn of Pawtucket vis- ited friends here Friday. Frank Duni, whose home i here, is spending a_month in the Adirondacks. Rev. F. W. Armstrong, formerly pas- tor of the Pentecostal church, has been visiting Willlam Shippee. Mr. and Mts. Leander Gardner re- turn to their home in Easthampton, after spending a week with relatives here. Miss Mame Dunn will accom- pany them for a week's visit. Frederick Seaver of Woonsocket Is visiting relatfves in Danielson. Soldiers Pleased With Send-Off. Members of the Thirteenth Company have written to relatives and friends here expressing their appreciation of the fine send-off given them by the town's people. Annual Outing. Hundreds of the residents of Good- year will motor to Rocky Point today for the annual outing of employes in the big mills In the village. More than half a hundred touring cars and motor trucks will transfer the par- ty. Passed “Fine Examination. Adelard Barbeau of this place was one of those who passed a seplendid physical examination before the ex- emption board at Putnam Friday aft- ernoon. He is single and without de- pendents. Coming Home Today. Some of the, members of the Thir- teenth Company, who were rejected under the federal physical examina- tions at Fort Terry, Plum Island, ar eexpected to return to thelr homes here today. Excavating For Roadway. Excavating for the new concrete roadway to be laid in Main street is now underway above the junction of Main- and Norfh streets. All of the excavating has been done on the westerly side of the trolley tracks. This side of the new highway will be built first, leaving the other side open to travel. Car Runs Through Window. A Ford ear equipped with a chick- en rack plunged out of Main street, opposita the Attawaugan hotel just be- fore noon Friday and went through a big window in Andrews' restaurant aft- er climbing over the sidewalk. The driver lost control of the car, it is stated, on account of his forward ‘wheels getting caught in the ruts that parallel the inside of the rails on the trolley track, this being one of the several accidents of that kind that have happened here within the pres- ent summer season. The car was Rhode Island registry No. 27635. Failed to Appear. Max Hennan of this town was one of those who falled to appear as notified before the exemption board at Putnam on Friday. Hennan left here some time ago for Chelsea, Mass. Since the draft an attorney had written in his inter- est to the exemption board and the necessary reply was forwarded, put Hennan failed to appear. Tn such cases the exemption board has no optfon but to record the man as accepted for military service. Cooler Weather, Work Resumed. With more seasonable temperatures bringing much longed for relief to hu- manity, things got back to a_normal basis in Danielson Frifay, when the big manufacturing plants were run on full time, their schedule of regu- lar operations having been much dis- turbed since last Monday. Through all of the heat, however, few cases of prostration were reported, though a number of persons have been made somewhat ill by the strain of the hot weather. Chautauqua Clos Danfelson’s first Chautauqua season was closed Friday evening by the pre- sentation of what many considered the star number of the course, the drama, The Man from Home. Those who have regularly attended Chautauqua during the trying days of the week and who are therefore well qualified to pass upon the merits of the entertainment are well pleased with the programs that were given and enthusiastic because Danielson was afforded the opportunity of hav- ing such a series. Registration Card From British Co- lumbia. From Nelson, British Columbia, to the exemption board for this district, there came on Friday a registration card, as of June 5, filed by Norbert Oliva Choquette, 22, a Danielson boy, who is making his way in the Cana. dian northwest. His registration was filed at the American consulate. Choquette's name will be with the correct serial number, and the master list for this district, and he will be liable for draft In turn, as addea are all other men registered in the district. - No White-Bread Week. Hotels throughout New England are .to make the coming week a “no-white-bread” week. No announcement has been made that local hotels will join in the movement, which is no way obligatory on inn Ieepers, but which is being voluntar- adopted by many hotel manage- ments in_the interest of food conser- vation. The Putnam inn and the Chickering hotel at Putnam are the conly hotels hereabouts so far men- tioned as having favored the plan. Farm Help Scarce. Killingly is one of the county towns that is up against it hard on the farm help proposition. Farm hands are mighty scarce this summer, and as a result work that is vitally important to the welfare of the community is being delayed. Hay crops are waiting to be c#t, fields to be cultivated and a score of other essential farm duties are waiting upon the time when the PUTNAM Golden Wedding of Thompson Res. dents—Funeral of Mrs. William S Converse—Stéeple Tom o Repair St. Mary’s Church — Exemption Board Does Big Day's Work Friday —Lorenzo M. Kennedy Writes from Georgia Fort. by Kenneth C. Ballard, who has for the past year dome- post graduato work at Putnam High school, “is this :nlller Clark College, Worcester, fall. To Confer Degree. Cargill Council, K. of C. will con fer the first degree on a clasa Sunday afternoon at 2:30 Golden Wedding. Mr, and Mrs. John M. Cunningham, Thompson, will celebrate their golder wedding_Wednesday, August 27 Miss Blla Farrows, employe bookkeeper at the store of Balla Clark, 1s to leave Monday to two weeks' vacation with friend. a Niagara Falls. Home From M large Miss Lucy Farrows, Miss Natal Dion, Putnam: and Edith Exely Plainfield; returned Friday night from Castine, Me., where ,they have bee attending the Eastern State rma School. Because it was feared that chimney on the west end Un Block would topple over, injuring ped estrians, a part of the sidewa Main street was closed to traff day afternoon. FUNERAL, Mrs, William S. Converse. Funeral services of Mrs. Ju A Converse, 73, widow of Wulli Converse, who died Tuesda from the home in Thomps o'clock Friday afternoon. The was in Grove street cemeter nam. Hard to Get Help. Windham County - jamin W. Eilis, . he travels a_great shor Ellis states » of farm rly all ers are anxious to find m work for them, but that e: help is almost impossible this summer. Judge Edgar M. Warner w Hartfora Fri Liberal Sunday Law, Considerable interest shown in Putnam in regard new Sunday law which went fect August 1. This law, whi much more liberal than any law of a similar ur w the sale of articles of necessit 1 will allow the opening of store ing such articles on seven, Instea six days In the week. The p law requires the of small c@ry stores on in case are open on Saturc the deale having the right to e the day which they will do biisiness the new law the sale of milk products, fruit, ice, ice cream non-alchoholic’ drinks, tobacco, smok ers’ articles, newspapers, periodica drugs and automobile supplies s per mitted on seven days a we Steeple Tom to Repair Steepls. The work of repairing the stee; ot St. Mary's church, which was dam by - aged when struck lightning weeks ago, will start next week. Th contract for the repairing has bee awarded to Thomas Fitzpatr F nam, known as Steeple Tom. A ing to the contract the work must completed by September 15 spire is 150 feet high. In replac the slate shingles that were torn and repairing other damage do the lghtning, Steeple Tom wi use any staging, but will w his boatswain’'s chalr. EXEMPTION. BOARD WORKS RAPIDLY DURING FRIDAY Much Accomplished—Total of 238 Men Will Have Been Examined by To night—Men Show Splendid Spirit Dr. J. B. K Attorney 1 Torrey ard A. Sulli bers of exemption boar 16th district, continued the w day of examining before them for lecting men for, exempting from, military service in the TTnited States conscript army. The board has systematized its work, a i day were not only able to do all that had been scheduled, but wera able to dispose of the few cases had been left over from Thursda total of 238 mén have been s o to appear in the Superior cou Putnam, where the exam! being held, and up to Friday noon of this number had béen given the: physical examination, or in the c of aliens, discharged The board is pl to exa all of the 228 befo morrow and unless some 1 n diM arises_they will easily accomplish thel end. Much time is lost in the examination of men. In cass a A4 tor fafls to pass a_man, it is neces sary for a second doctor to give hi an examination before he ls all to go. This takes much extra Dr. Kent, who is chairman of board, has charge of the physical ex (Continued on Page Fourteen) over-worked farmer can a things that should have been d two weeks ago. FUNERALS. Wilbrum Pechie, The funeral of Wilbrum Rechis = Yeld at St. Joseph's church, Dayvi Friday morning. The offclating priest at the mass were Rev. lgnatius K Rev. M. J. Ginet and Rev. Peter Roux Burial was in St. Joseph's cemeter Loufs E. Kennedy was the funeral d rector. William Kerch. Friday afternoon at 2 o'clo o tuneral of William Kerch was held at the home of his brother, James E Kerch, Rev. E. A. Legg the offf clating clergyman The bearers were members of Col Edward Anderson camp, S. of V. Burial took place ir Westfield cemetery. A. F. Wood was the funeral director. DOLLAR RESERVES your defence or comfort wl you n account, be it large or small. Assets, $2,765,376.87 your own regiments of Gold and Silver men. Have them ready for them. Start now. We invite vour Deposits, $2,630,114.73 Surplus and Profits, $135,262.14 YOU CAN DEPOSIT BY MAIL BROOKLYN SAVINGS BANK, Danielson J. ARTHUR ATWOOD, President W. A. BURNHAM, Vice-Preside CLARENCE A. POTTER, Treasurer Bank open Saturday evenings, 6-8