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LXXVH E.t.bli.hedl872 TWENTY PAGES THEPUTNAMPATRIOT, PUTNAM, CONN. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1,1949 Singie Copies Six Cents
To Greet Kiddie.
GALA PRE-XMAS
PARTY SATURDAY
FOR PUTNAM TOTS
A monster pre Christmas party
for community chiidren wiii be staged
here Saturday morning at 9:30
o'eiock under auspices of the Mer
chants Committee of the Chamber
of Commerce.
The program wi!) include a visit
from Santa Claus, distribution of
candy (half-ton), several major
prizes and a motion picture perform
ance in Bradley Theatre through
kindness of Mgr. Wilbur Neumann.
Mayor John X. Dempsey, Police
Chief Henry Mathurin and Fire Chief
George Harper have been invited to
assist Santa Claus. Outdoor activity
will be along Main street between
Canal and Pomfret, which will be
reserved for the affair. Special music
will be provided under supervision
of Glenn Mauer.
General arrangements for the gala
program are in charge of Raymond
Brousseau, chairman, assisted by
Fred Furman, Jerome Peebles, J.
Gerald Lapointe, Carlton Nemec,
Bernard J. Sandys, Philip Shafner
and Simon Kaminsky.
HONS TO HOLD
"CHARTER MGHT"
CEREMONY TOMGHT
A special "Charter Night" cere
mony, featuring a dinner and dance
at the Grove Club tonight at 7:30
oclock, will be conducted under aus
pices of the newly formed Lions
Club.
Program arrangements are in
charge of Napoleon A. Bachand, com
mittee chairman. Among special
guests for the occasion will be Mayor
John N Dempsey of Putnam, Lieut.
William E. MacKenzie, district dep
uty governor; Charles W. Naylor, dis
trict governor; Mitchel Brissette,
president of the Jewett City Club
which sponsored the local organiza
tion.
Presentation of the Putnam char
ter will be made by the dmtrict gov
ernor to President G. Stanley Shaw,
Jr.
Other officers include Dr. Rene
Desaulnier. first vice president; Na
poleon A. Bachand, second vice presi
dent; Arthur J. Ryan, third vice
president: John E. James, secretary;
Earl W. Gagnon, treasurer; James
A- Ranicar, Lion tamer and Walter
Tyburslti, tail twister. Club directors
include Martin Adleman, H. Wallace
Crook, Camille Carroll and James J.
Char ran
In addition to those above the fol
lowing are listed as charter members:
Lionel H. Charron, Stanley R. Evans,
Nicholas J. Farro, William J. Ge
Hnas, Michael P. Grusas, Herbert
Grube, Dr James W. Hall, JT., Wil
liam Hanley, John F. Herlihy, Joseph
A. Lucas, Glenn E. Mauer, Jerome
N. Peebles, -Philip Shafner and Rich
ard T. Waters.
PHS Honor Society
Meeting Tonight
"Scholarship as a Hobby" will be
the theme of an address tonight by
School Supt. Albert Murphy at a
special meetmg of the Putnam Jfigh
School Honor Kociety. The meeting
is scheduied for *8 o'clock and parents
are invited.
The society i! under the direction
Miss Evelyn Johnson, faculty meat
ber and William Mansfield is presi
dent. Refreshments will be served
after the special session.
—Mr. and Mrs. Leon T. Wilson of
Laurel street have returned after a
visit with Captain and Mrs. Charles
W. Maynard of Pittstown, N. J.
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a! Political Parties Confident Of Victory At Polls Monday
MAYRS!\. iPSEY
!NV!TED SPEAK
AT UNION CEREMONY
Mayor John N. Dempsey has been
invited to address a [fathering of
textile workers Saturday evening at
V.F.W. hati on Main street after a
speciai meeting and induction cere
mony, according to Henry J. Kullas,
regionai director of the U.T.W.U.,
C.I.O.
The meeting is scheduled at 7:00
o'ciock for the Eastern; Connecticut
Joint Board and wiit be in charge of
President Paul Bonoscohi of Put
nam. The board inciudes 28 local
unions representing some 10,000
workers, the director revealed. ^*
.After the board meeting, newly
elected officers of Local 1084 of the
Uncas Printing & Finishing) com
pany in Mechanicsville will be in
ducted by the director. OHlcers to
be seated include Willard Xewell,
president; Larry Parker, vice presi
dent and Anita Langlois, secretary
and treasurer.
A social will follow the special
program.
SEVEN APARTMENTS
STILL AVAILABLE
AT CITY SITE
Only seven of the original 18
apartments in the development along
Memorial Terrace, off Eden street^
remain available as a result of action
taken upon applications Tuesday
night at a meeting of the Putnam
Housing Authority.
The announcement was made yes
terday by Probate Judge William St.
Onge, chairman of the group in
charge, who stated that some 25 to 30
applications had been received of
which several were from non-veterans
and others with "excessive incomes".
Eleven veterans have been al
lotted apartments, it was revealed
and occupancy is expected within two
weeks.
Meanwhile the chairman has urged
all other veterans who may be inter
ested to hie applications as soop as
possible at 80 Main street- Accord
ing to State law veterans will have
preference and complete information
is available at the law office of the
chairman.
BULLARD COMMANDS
TRANSPORT UNIT
OF RESERVES
Several hundred of the U.S. Air
Forces new corollary Reservists were
told Saturday at Westover Field that
their role in another war would be
that of a springboard. Their new,
intensified training makes them a
sort of cadre which may be called
to active duty in an emergency, form
ing a nucleus from which highly
trained soldiers will emerge.
Professor Walter T. Bogart of
M iddiehury fVt.) College was the
speaker He is a coionei in the Re
serves and held command posts dur
ing the war in Greenland and the
Azores. He holds an M-Day assign
ment to the office of Chief of Staff,
headquarters of the Atlantic Division,
Miiitary Air Transport Service.
The ds^y of large numbers of
loosely trained Reserves is over, said
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HOSPITAL BIRTHS
Births recorded at Day K.mbail
hospital the past week for area par
ents and announced this morning
fiuliow: Movrrmher 22, a son to Mr.
and Mrs. Preston Bristow of Put
nam, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs.
Leo Jacobs of Putnam and a daugh
ter- to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Zio
browski off Putnam; 28, a son to Mr.
and .Mrs. Clarence Gagne of Putnart
and a son to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Dowgiewicz of Putnam; 29 a son to
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Gobin of Putnam.
ORDERS RECEIVED
For
RF7EX S7X770JVERy
By Saturday, December 3
WiH Arrive !n Time for Christmas
PLACE YOUR ORDERS NOW
THE PAIR!0I PRESS, !NC.
Principals In City Election
JOHN N. DEMPSEY
EDGAR J. LABON1E
(Rep«b!ic*n)
Democratic
Viewpoints
(From Headquarters)
Although there has been little ap
parent political activity in anticipa
tion of the City election to be held
next Monday, Democratic party lead
ers predict a decisive victory for their
candidates. Various reasons are given
to confirm this optimistic Democratic
prognostication.
To begin with, the registered Demo
cratic voters are a clear majority of
the 4600 odd electors entitled to vote
in the City; and, the Democratic
party* demonstrated its strength in
the recent Town elect on, whereas the
Republicans have already shown an
inherent weakness in that they have
nominated only two major candidates.
They have no candidates for the of
fice of Treasurer or Tax Collector.
Another cogent reason for the
Democratic optimism is the fact that
all the major Democratic candidates
are incumbents who have demonstrat
(Continued on Page Seven)
Veterans On-Farm
Training Material
Now Available
The instructor and members of the
area advisory committee are in re
ceipt of valuable information in con
nection with the Veterans Farm
Training Program, it was announced
this week.
Types of training offered under
Public Law 377 which amended P.L.
346 as well as ali necessary data
and information connected with the
^ courses are available through the in
structor. Kay Andrus or members of
the committee. They include Henry
Joy of Woodstock chairman; William
Warren, Eastford; Raymond Wing,
Pomfret; Henry Dunleavy, Putnam;
Henry Robbins, Thompson and Fair
man Howard, Union.
Facilities foT classes at Putnam
High School are provided by Supt.
Albert Murphy and the Board of
Education.
Thompson School
Architect Named
Appointment of Car! Malmfeldt
and Associates as architects for the
new proposed consolidated school in
Thompson has been announced by
members of the special school build
ing committee.
The firm has been authorized to
submn preliminary plans at some fu
ture meeting of the committee in
charge, it was reported. They are
schoduh-d to make a trip to Walling
ford on Saturday to inspect a new
school building in that community.
NEW RAfLROAD FARES
Reductions in the present prices
of railroad fares in parlor cars and
coaches, through the sale of new
forms of round-trip tickets are of
fered by tne New Haven Railroad
today as the 12%% increase in rail
road fares goes into effect, officials
revealed.
The New hlaven, together with
other railroads serving the country,
increased its one-way fares M coaches
and all railroad fares in steeping
cars, effective Wednesday ztt mid
night.
ANNHURST
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Sponsored by TAe fastness Chtb
Wednesday, Dec. 7
8:00 p.m.
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Republican
Viewpoints
(From Headquarters)
The Republican Party approaches
the coming City Etection to he held
on December 5, 1949, with much con
fidence and with the conviction that
it witl recapture the City Administra
tion from the Democratic Party. This
confidence and conviction is the out- j
growth of a wetl-baianced ticket and
the elimination of two contests in
the election.
Beiieving that pubiic servants who
have gained the confidence and trust
of the people, the Republican Party
has not nominated any candidates
for the offices of CoHectc of Taxes
and City Treasurer. Instead, it has
emphasized the importance of select
ing outstanding candidates for the
major offices.
The candidate for Mayor is Edgar
J. Labonte of Woodstock avenue. Mr.
Labonte was a Teller at the Citizens
National Bank for a period of 12
(Continued on Page Seven)
No. Grosvenordaie
Man Arrested !n
Webster Raid
A resident of North - venordalc,
William Joljeoeur, * - other
Bay State residents we _uuled to
appear- in WPbster Diet! Court this
morning as a result of a raid by
state police in Webster on Monday.
They were arrested on eharges of
promoting and setting up a lottery.
Jolicoeur was arrested, according to
poiice, at Village Diner, Worcester
road.
State poiice, under direction of
Lieut. James Ryan of the Holden bar
racks. seized 17 pin hall machines
in 13 eating and drinking establish
ments. The raid was the result of
complaints by residents. ofUciais dis
closed. Previously Webster authori
ties had ordered removal of these
machines, according to Chief Delphis
Nadeau.
New Cable Project
Nears Completion
Work is nearing completion on a
$1,200 telephone cable construction
project to provide facilities for new
telephones along Providence road, it
was stated by W. C. Johnson, manager
for the Southern New England Tele
pone company.
A new cable has been placed along
Providence road for a distance of
1.500 feet east from the Putnam
Webster road. This will supplement!
the present cable of simliar size and
will be ready for service early next
month.
SPECIAL THEATRE CONTEST
SCHEDULED SATURDAY
Mgr. Wilbur Neumann of the Brad
ley Theatre aanounced this morning
that an ice cream eating contest will
be staged Saturday afternoon at the
Front street playhouse in connection
with the regular matinee performance.
SUSTAINS HIP FRACTURE
Charles Barrett, 85, of 28 Sunny
side street is a patient at Day Kim
ball hospital as a result of a fali
Saturday, ife suffered a fracture of
the hip, attacks revealed this morn
ing.
—Gordon Bickford of Burlington, j
Vermont, spent Thanksgiving Day }
and Friday with his mother, Mrs.
Vina Bickford of Woodstock avenue.
CARD PARTY
Fwe Station 2 (Ab ngten School?
Friday, December 2nd
(and every Friday thru December)
Prizes — and Grand Prize Dec 30
Bene/tf Pom/ret /?td. Fire Co.
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EXPECT VOTE ON
SCHOOL REQUEST
Honest City Lady
Finds, Returns
Purse, Money
Mary Rogers of Grove street,
prominent PUS tassie, had severa!
anxious moments tate Monday
afternoon.
White on a shopping tour in the
business sector she apparently tost
her purse which contained almost
$20
Meanwhite, Mrs. Raymond Brous
seau of Ring street found the wat
tet and notified the girt s father at
his place of business.
!t was a retief when Mary
catted her Dad to report the ' mis
fortune when he informed that an
honest tady had found and re
turned the purse and money.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
PLANNED SUNDAY
PUBLIC INVITED
The annual Memorial Service, open
to the public, sponsored by Putnam
Lodge of Elks, will be conducted this
Sunday afternoon at three o'clock in
the Main street quarters of that
organization.
George D. Crasser of Wallingford,
past president of the state Elks as
sociation, will deliver the awlogy.
Special instrumental music will be
furnished by the Woodstock Trio
under direction of Nelson Frink.
Vocal selections will be rendered by
Mrs Antoinette Marion.
The special BPOE ritual for the
service will be conducted by lodge
officers, headed by Exalted Ruler John
M. Flaherty. Departed brothers dur
ing the past year are Harry W.
Sharpe, Percy A. Wentworth, Louis
L'Homme, Arsene Dion, N. Earl An
drews, Timothy Tetreault, Jr.
Selections by The Woodstock Trio
are to include: Overture "Exuber
ance" (Hayes); March "Friendship"
(Talnott); "Reverie" (Arthur); "Ber
euse" (Merkler); Mafch The MC-f
(Bigelow).
The talented vocalist will sing
"Danny Boy" (Weatherly); "O Jesc
Deus Pacis" (Hayden); "Oft in the
Stilly Night" (Moore).
The general public, especially rela
tives and friends of deceased mem
bers. are invited. Genera! arrange
ments are in charge of Chairman
John Smonzi, John Flaherty, Charles
Drew, James Madden, William Mc
Coy and Nelson King.
Virginia H. Perry
Engaged to Marry
(Special to The Patriot)
New York, Nov. 29—The engage
ment of Mrs. Virginia Hoffman
Perry, widow of Lieutenant Charles
H. Perry, USAAF, to Thomas A.
Edington, son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Michael Edington of Pomfret,
is announced today by her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hoffman of 1185
Park avenue, New York.
Mrs. Perry was graduated from
the Todhunter School in this city
and from Mount Vernon Junior Col
lege, Washington.
The prospective bridegroom at
tended Norwich University, and in
the war served as a special agent in
the Military Intelligence Department
of the Army.
Jacqueline Kunitz
Named Set Designer
(Special to The Patriot)
Miss Jacqueline Kunitz, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kunitz of
130 Mam street, Putnam, Conn., a
junior at Barnard College, is a set
designer for the play, "The Little
Foxes", to be produced December 2nd
and 3rd by Wigs and Cues, Barnard's
dramatic group. Miss Kunitz is co
chairman of set Resigning with Juli
ana Davidow of Stratford, Conn.
Cosmos Club Session
Scheduled Tuesday
Members of the Cosmos C!ub wit]
be entertained at the home of Mrs.
Chartes Drew, president, on Kitlingty
avenue next Tuesday evening at 8
o'clock. Mrs. Edward Speiiacy will :
serve as co-hostess.
Reports of activity for the past
year wii! be given by club ofheers and
a report of the nominating commit
tee will be given in charge of Mrs.
Henry Gerardi. Odicers are to be
eiected.
ReRntth Your Floors Now!
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MONTGOMERY WARD CO.
Putnam Conn.
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TELEPHONE 1200 til! 100 a.m.
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Finance Board Authorizes
Town Meeting; $800,000
Sought Bv Educators
i
Setectmen are expected to cait a special town meeting for
December 12 at which time voters wit! be asked to appropriate
the sum of $800,000 for a new budding site and high schoo&
budding.
The matter was cleared through
the heard of finance after receipt of
a tetter from the board of education
asking that the above appropriation
be made at a special town meeting
and stipulating that the polls be open
from 9 a m. to 6 p.m.
In receipt of this overait request,
which inctudes estimates for new iand
and construction of a buiiding, Whit
man Danielson, finance board chair
man, authorized Witiiam J. McCoy,
clerk, to inform setectmen of this
request and to prepare a cai! for the
town meeting.
Selectman Ferdinand Gagnon was
notified of this decision and is wait
ing for Wiiiiam P. Barber, town
counset, to prepare the warrant. The
latter was not avaitabie today as he
is a member of the state senate and
in Hartford on the special school bill
before the legislature.
Action was sanctioned by the fin
ance chairman, as previously voted
pending a complete financial picture
of the project proposed by educators.
The latter group had offered figures
for purchase of the so-called Lucier
property. In special meeting Monday
I afternoon the board of education
! voted to include the overall figure of
; $800,000 and recommended the spe
j cial town meeting as well as vote
i by ballot during the nine-hour period
stated above.
FORMER CITY GIRL
COOKS MEAL FOR
PUTNAM HIKER
Severs! interring e^nts devel
oped in the—ht!Mi ts -\rkansas for
Robert J. Benoit of Van den Xoort
street over the weekend.
A letter from the young man. dated
Sunday evening in Nashville, Tenn.,
reveaied that he had supper the
I same evening with Mr. aud Mrs.
. ClMTord Geisecke. She was the for
; mer Heten Josiin, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Randoiph Josiin of Grove
street.
Benoit informed he was very happy
to accept their kind invitation. He
added, "t ate tike a horse; best meai
on the trip: she is a sweii cook.'' He
conetuded he was in excellent con
dition and weighs 160 ibs. Expects
to reach Arkansas in three weeks.
Meanwhiie a wire dispatch from
i that state reveaied his estranged wife
prevented a newsman from taking a
picture of his four-year-oid daugh
I ter, and the Arkansas scribe re
^ ported that the mother, when asked
' about the hike, repiied, "The whole
thing is stupid."
Red Cross Plans
First Aid Course
Classes are now being organized
j in connection with pians of Putnam
.Chapter, American Red Cross, to
conduct a spcciai first aid course
for interested residents.
!t has been suggested that prospec
tive students apply at the iocai of
ftce, Main street or hie an applica
tion with Clarence Lamondy of Wal
nut street, first aid chairman.
Ciasses will open next month, of
ficials reported.
Authorities in the production de
partment revealed that Miss Mary
Wheelock has knitted and donated a
lovely afghar. to the local chapter
for transmittal to a Veterans Ad
ministration hospital.
Financial assistance for the period
November 13-19 through the home
service department, amounted to
$37.50, according to Alice R. Whea
ton, executive secretary.
Masons to Elect
Officers Tonight
Atty. Arthur Kaminsky, Master.
wiH preside at the regular meeting of
Quinebaugh I^odge, Xo. 106, A.F. &
AM., scheduled tonight at 7:30
o'clock in the Masonic Temple. Grove
street.
Nomination and election of officers
will be held after which refreshments
wi!l be served. Ail members are urged
to attend.
Clearance of Entire Stock
—at—
DRASTIC REDUCTIONS
December 2-3-4
JOHNSON'S APPLIANCES
GMT S//W
We*t Woodatock, Conn.
ARGUMENTS GIVEN
FOR NEW SEN!OR
HIGH PROJECT
School Supt. Albert Murphy, after
a preliminary survey of public epn*
ion. iisted 10 arguments in favvr o#
the proposed new high school 6ui!#
ing site and also presented the san*
number of arguments against tlw
present high schoot site.
Arguments in favor of the nee
high school building site are:
11 Endorsed by the State Depart
ment of Education, the Putnam
Board of Education, the Architect
and the Superintendent of Schetna
2) State aid would be forthoonsmy
because of plenty of land (50 acTes)
3) Adequate land for building n
well as practice football Held, gam*
Held for football, baseball diamond,
softball Helds, four-lap track an#
facilities for tennis, swimming, skat
ing. winter sports and nature trails.
4) The adjoining recreation Held
with a value of from $80,00# t*
$100,000 is partially developed far
ali the above mentioned activities.
5) Adequate parking facilities for
all occasions.
(Continued on Page Twelve!
LDilH M. CLARKE
TC G!VE PROGRAM
AT "GUEST N!GHr
1 "puest Xignt" wilt be featurm
u)fder auspices of the Putnam *W*
mans Club at the next Monday em
' ning meeting in the high school au<&
torium, according to Mrs. Fraud*
Curran, program chairman. EaA
member is requested to bring a gueah
I The program wiii start at 8 p.m.
I Miss Edith M. Clarke, noveity re*
strumentalist. wiii provide the as*
tertainment with Engiish hand beH*
xylophone and French iyre with her
accompanist, Miss Rose Richman.
The guest artist was heard first
in Boston. Mass., at the age of free
and since has played in every state
in the Union. Her wide experience
together with a dramatic sense fay
above average give her a rare artiste
in presenting her recitai. The pm
gram wiii include appropriate Xmm
selections as weii as coiorfui interpm
tation of operatic and concert ren<&
tions.
After a recent program in Boston
Mass., one official remarked: "Ya*f
versatility and varied repertoire rep)
resenting the finest in music, maA
your program adaptable for any that
of year or occasion. You brought ue
a program iaden with charm and sen
sitive beauty. Your Christmas canA
imbued us with the true joy of U*
Xmas spirit."
FIREMEN PLAN 50th
CONCERT AND BALL
Pians for the 50th annuai Rromeah
concert and ball, scheduled February
!7th, 1950, were iaunched this wed
by the committee in charge.
The affair wi!] be staged in the
new Cacciapuoti recreation center on
School street, according to Chamraa*
Henry Mayotte. It is hoped the pm
giam will be the best in the history
of the fire department and an out
standing orchestra wi]] be engage#*
for the occasion.
Other committee officers include*
Randolph Joslin, treasurer and .Pad!
Harper, secretary. Other members at*
Lionel Dusseanlt, Antonio Forciet.
Emery Tetreault, Ernest Guertin, AJ
fted Beaulieu, James Bartolomei, Ed
t uaueui, eonrad Reausoleil, E&
wax} Reynoids. A!bert Labonte. W&
iiam Jarrett. Nelson King. Thom*!
i^tcKone, Camide Beausoieil. Rau^
Cahan.
OKAY MtLK PRtCE CU7
Dairy farmers wti; ra.se no serious
objection a one Cert a quart dr.,
'i the mdk pnce on January 1, ^
to a further one cent drop on Aprtl t
representatives of the Connecuc^
^ ^ Association etc
- tate Mdk Admmistrator Donaid O
Hammerberg at the public hear.ng ^
ond Hotei tn, Hartford Tut^a^
t he two p. tee drops have baa, 1*.
quested by the Connecticut MU
Deajers^Assocration. it was report^
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