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WOODSTOCK Mrs. Gardner Richardson left for New York. Monday, where she met her husband who returned from Europe, his overseas duties being compteted. Announcements have been re ceived of the birth of a daughter, Shirley Ann. to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bachand (nee Miriam Child) of Wor cester, Mass. ** Mr. and Mrs. Harold C. Wylie and two children. Patsy and Donald are now occupying the Neill cottage The nursery and kindergarten schools closed on Wednesday. Classes will be resumed in the spring. The elementary teachers of the town held a teachers meeting at the Hill school Monday afternoon. Church Note* Sunday mornng the choir sang "O Come. O Come, Emmanuel!" Mr Couch's sermon was "On Being Born Again." He was assisted during the service of Communion by Deacons Will Child and Jotham Reynolds. Sunday evening an interes- ng nSeeting of the Yo\)ng Adults C un ' was held with Miss Betty Frink. The discussion topic was "Is God the Judge of All the Earth?" followed by ! a social hour. Intermediate class of the chur.!i school met at the home of Mrs. Ma rion LeBuis. Sunday evening am! ! organized a Junior Pilgrim Fellow ship. Miss Lois Minor of the Wood stock Academy faculty was in charge. Mrs. LeBuis and Miss Minor are co advisers to the group. The young people of the Fellowship are Beverly Armstrong, Patricia Child, Jacqueline Child, Phyllis Andrews, Ann Rey nolds, Donald Parkin, Charles Sey mour, Ronald Sheldon and Donald Wyle. _ . Tuesday evening the nominating I committee met at the parsonage to draw up a state of ofRcers for the j coming church year. Wednesday at the specia! associa tion meeting, hetd at MansRetd Cen ter Church, the tocat church was rep resented by the detegates. Mrs. Wit tiam Chitd, Aibert Wittiams and Mr. Couch. Saturday evening a birthday sup per wit) be served in the vestry at 6:30 p. nr. Tickets for the baked ham meal may be obtained from Mrs. Maurice Smith, Mrs. Chartes Morris, Mrs. Paut Gran, Mrs. Raymond Saf ford. Miss Ritta Chitd, Mrs. Larry Jones, Mrs. Edgar Eiiott, Mrs. Etmer C<de. Mrs. Atonzo Pinney, Mrs. Don aid Wittiams, Mrs. Hamilton Foote. Miss Atice Witder Smith and Mrs. Wittiam Vaughn. The 1950 appoint ment caiendars witt be avaitahte. Sunday morning Mr. Couch witt have as his sermon subject, "Judge i Not." Sunday evening the Pitgrim Fet towship meets at the vestry for a supper meeting. Janet Armstrong witt be the worship teader. Mrs. Harry Ray wit! be hostess to the Ladies Benevotent Society on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 p. m. Miss Constance Hott wit) review part of the study book, "Japan Begins Again." Atso, specia! sate of artictes teft over from the fair. Friday. December 23, the church famity Christmas tree witt begin with a supper in the vestry at 5:30 p. m. Carot singing and Christmas tree to fottow in the chapet. At 7 p. m. in the church the true and simpte Na tivity Ptay, "Bethtehem" by Law rence Housman, witt be presented through speciat arrangement with Waiter H. Baker company THOMPSON TOPICS j i Mr. and Mrs. Warren I.ogee have ! left for Florida, where they will spend tthe winter. j Missionary Society meeting of Thompson Hill wiii be held at the home of Mrs. Leo French, December 13th. Mr. and Mrs. Witiiam Wetherel! of Quadic spent the weekend with re a jtives in Hudson, NY. Phillip Anderson spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mr^. Albert Anderson. He is stationed at ) Fort Meade, Maryiand. Ladies' Aid of Thompson Hili i , having a parcel post sale and tea on December 9th at three o'clock. It :s to be held in the church parlors. Miss Linnea Reed dew to West Palm Beach, Florida, Thursday, to ! spend the winter. Miss Mary Wetherell spent a few days with Miss Alice Green last ' week. John Bates spent a few days in New Hampshire and Vermont this week. The Thompson Hill Sunday Sch <1 t food sale held Saturday was a huge } success. The turn out was all that ! could have been hoped for. Esther Kelley won the Xmas box. Plans ate being made for the Vik ing Lodge Christmas party. It is to be held on December 18th at 2:30 p.m. The P.T.A. peddler is on its way through the town. So far the basket is doing very well. People are asked to buy an article and replace it with another, costing from 10c to $1.00, so that the basket is always full. The executive board of Thompson Hit! church met Monday night at the ladies parlors. Plans are being made for the Sun day School Christmas party, which wiii be heid December 22nd at 7:00 p.m. Air. and Mrs. Robert Rivers were gu'-sts of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Bond on Sunday. Rev. and Mrs. Orlo Barnard at tended the rededication of the New Fairhe d, Conn., church last Sunday. Rev. Barnard is a former minister of that church. The Brandy Hill Ladies Aid are planning a Christmas party to be held at the home of Mrs. Margaret Howard on December 14th. Dorothy Ryan is in charge of the program. Twenty-two children will be present and some shall sing and have recita tions. Gifts will be exchanged. Will'am Mayhew returned to his home Monday from the hospitai. Leslie Mills has been conHned to his home with illness for a few days. Mrs. John Bates was hostess to a plastic party last Wednesday night. Among guests were Mrs. Herbert Kskclson, Miss Margaret Lindberg. Mrs. Wilbur Newell, Mrs. Rolf Swan son, Mrs. Katherine Lindberg. Airs. Kmet Wheeler. Airs. Charles Spahl, Alts. 1/niel Paul and Airs. Axel Swanson. Rev. and Airs. Orlo Barnard spent a few flays with their daughter in New York this week. Graham Bell. Jr., was a patient at Day Kimball for a few days with ) virus infection. Christmas Workshop Scheduled Sunday At City Church Under the leadership of the Hoard of Education of the local Methodist church a Chrstmas Workshop will be he)d Sunday afternoon and evening. Cooperating in the project are sev ; cral workers from other Methodist ! churches in this area, and the genera! ; p!ans are under the direction of the ! Reverend Frederick Dyckman. former i pastor and now executive secreary ! of the Board of Education of the I Xew Engiand Southern Conference ! of the Methodist Church. The purpose and aim of the work i shop is to demonstrate ways by which j Christmas may be observed in the i church, church school, and in the } home and methods of extendng the i spirit of Christmas after the hoiiday itself. The feature of the program will be workers' conferences broken down into the various departments of the church school: kindergarten, pri mary. junior and intermediates. The program will begin at 2 p. m. i with a short carol service in the church sanctuary under the direction of the minister of the church. This is to be followed by a dramatic con versation, panel discussion, in the ; church hall, under the leadership of ! Mrs. James W Hall. Jr., of Putnam, i She will be assisted by other visiting ! teachers. There will be a period of } Christmas games, a Christmas sup ! per and a program of visual aids will i Cong ! Church Bazaar Conducted Thursday; Tots See Pictures The Congregational church Christ mas bazaar was held Thursday. Those in charge woe: General chairmen. Mrs. Karl T. Phillips and Mrs. Kelson Town; gift and towel table. Mrs. Harvard Ellis and Mrs. Arthur Keith: handkerchief table. Mrs. Halbert MacKenzie; apron table. Mrs. Ken neth Sharpe and Mrs. William Bur nett; candy table. Mrs. John Ash: food table. Mrs. George Ross; plant table. Mrs. William Saretzki; ice cream. Mrs. Joseph Carpenter; grab bag. Mrs. Raymond Yerrington; "Country Store." Miss Esther Welles and Miss Gertrude Warner. Group !I. headd by Mrs. Frank Perrin and Mrs. L Bodo. served a buffet supper with Mrs. Iver Kelson in charge of dining room. Rev. Henry Robinson, pastor en tertained the children with motion pictures throughout the afternoon. conclude the event. It is expeetd the entir program will be concluded at 8 o'clock. In addition to representatives from other Methodist churches in the Kor wich District, invitations have been sent to the church school personnel of other churches in Putnam. It is neces sary in planntng that reservations for the supper be in the hands of the minister by Saturday so tnat ade quate plans may be made. ' *_ 39ecoratc jfor Christmas Order Motr CHRISTMAS WREATHS . DOOR PIECES . WINTER BASKETS . CHRISTMAS TREES . CHRISTMAS CORSAGES . Oregon Holly, Misttetoe from $2.00 front $1.00 from $2.50 from 50c from 50c * 2 3 Spruce Cone Boughs Grove St. Greenhouses j G. C. LAUN, F)oW Tetophone MO 214 Grove Street Detivery in Sorroandtny To^*rn — ORDER EARL^ j Benoit May Reach Destination Soon; To Return Jan. 5th Robert J. Benoit of Van den Noort street, widety known as the "Arkansas Traveier," reveaied in a tetter from Mitan, Tenn., ritten Sunday, that he ptans to reach Littte Rock, Ark., about December 20th. H said that he witt he pteased to hear from friends at that time. Letters may be for warded him in that city, care of genera) delivery. Benoit, who is hiking to Arkansas to vsit his youthfut daughter, atso reveated he hopes to return to Putnam not iater than January 5th. His tetter disclosed that he has watked approximatety 1700 mites since he teft Putnam in September. HIGH SCHOOL TYPING AWAAJd The folloing Junior Typing H sta dents at Putnam High School earned certificates on the monthly ofHcM typing test as fotiows: Joan Murray. 30 words per min ute, 2 errors; Ruth Stiiu. 31 words, 5 errors; Jean' Beiierose. 32 words, 5 rrors; Paulfne Lessard, 40 words, } 3errors; Mary Lou Danielson, 40 words. 2 errors; Lois Paine, 44 words, 3 errors. Miss Carmetia Gervasio, a senior, passed the 60 words per minutes stenography test put out by Gregg* Pubiishing Company for Novmber. —Jospeh Dubois of Cambridge, Mass., visited over the weekend with his mother, Mrs. Edna Dubois of Walnut street. NOW PLAY!NG JUNE HAVER MARK STEVENS "OH YOU BEAUTIFUL DOLL" InCoior SATURDAY 2 FEATURES Sh^ws At 2.00—6:00—8:30 Co-feature ALLAN ROCKY LANE s*;* AMDhtSSTAHtaH BLACKJACK SUNDAY and MONDAY SUN. AT 2:30 — 6:30 — 8:30 !PAUL QOUGLAS LtNUA OARNELL i CELESTE HOLM^ Next TUES. - WED. - THURS. ERROL FLYNN HOLDS GREER CARSON, LNHtS ARMS for the Arst time! M-C-M S exdtmg story of that Forsyte woman and the men who were such foots about her! ROBERT MM THH FORSYTE jMW EE!CH Coming FRI. EVE., DEC 16th Our Annua! XMAS GIFT NIGHT! Watch For Further Announcements