The Newtown bee., 1909-09-24
West Cornwall.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Misses Bertha and Ida Cole returned last week. to Meriden, N. H., for their second year in the Kimball Union Acad- | emy.
 Frark Dean and family of Torring. sted recently visited Mrs George H. Beck
 MT and Mrs Fred Bosler and infant son, Kenneth, of Port Jervis. N Y, J spent the past 10 uays with Mrs Bos- Hers parents, MT and Mrs J. H. Adams. returning to their home this week.
 MT and Mrs William Schmitz of Wap- children recently visited at Elisha kora- backs and A. l.. Malleltes. This week Miss Lillian Roraback has gone to Wap- pington Falls to visit her sister, Mrs Schmitz.
 Just before school began Miss Ruth Whitney spent some little time with her grandmother at Kent.
 This week Helen Sturges, Edith Mil Ter, Alice Roster and Conrad Doty graduated from the primary to the grammar department of the village sch aol. One would have thought judg ing by the chlldren's hilarity, that noth- ing less than circus had struck town. The joyous event had to be noticed and chronicled.
 Mrs Charles Huxley left for York s,.,e, last Saturday, to visit twin grand daughters, children of MT and Mrs Daniel Watson.
 Nelson Hart has recently entertained a houseful of children and grandchil- dren. Mrs Finkle, Mrs rlelds and son of Torrington, Mrs Lee and two sons of Brookfeld and Mrs Brennison and two daughters
 Mrs Charles Bate and MT and Mrs Irwin Bate of Cornwall visited over Sunday with Mrs R. N. Cochrane and at William Divers.
 Mrs Helen J. Page mas so far recov- cred her health as to resume her school duties, again teaching in Ellsworth.
 Mrs L. J. Nickerson has been enter
 Mrs Harriet N. Cochrane has returned from visit with relatives in Thomas ton.
 Mrs George w. Read returned Sunday from the Hillcrest Surgical hospital at Pittsfield, mucn improved in health and is at present with her sister, Mrs Ellen R. Smith,
 G. Leo Listman and family returned some little time ago to their old home at Plainfeld N J., after their summer so- journ in town, at the old homestead with Charles Listman.
 The family of D. B.. Carse removed to Yonkers, N. Y, last week. For about a year and half they have resided on the old Smith homestead below this vil- iage, which they purchased, but felt obliged to return to the city for school ing advantages for the children. They expect to make their summer home here.
 Eugene Hart of this village, who has been employed by D. B. Carse, went to Yonkers with the family.
 Theodore Sturges, the local plumber, has placed d new metallic roof on the residence of Mrs Letitia Mallinson. Myron Curtis & Son, with several volunteer helpers have put fine silver gray dress with white trimmings onto the chapel. This puts the building into good shape rof entertaining the Litch- field Northwest Conference which meets with this church Thursday next. There was TO prayer meeting last week. In reading the notice the pastor said he was giving those who attended a vacation, as he thought it was needed but it was strongly mistrusted that the main reason was paint, notwithstanding the advisability of a vacation to those who do not attend. Mrs Marsh, who for over a year past has been housekeeper at the parsonage, with her daughter, Althea, has returned i to Sharon, where she expects to reside with a married daughter and the par sonage is turned over to honeymoon housekeeping. This doesn't mean the kind that mother used to make" but the blessed quietness of just I've two"
 The Sunday School is planning to ob serve Rally Day the first Sunday in October, when special exercises will make pleasant diversion, and general inventory be taken preparatory to the winter activities.
 Smith & Sons unloaded this week two carloads of high grade shingles from | the far West.
 The initial dance given by the Young Mems Club, last week. while not a great | financial enterprise, succeeded in cover | ing expenses, so the boys are encouraged to try again, and in about three weeks expect to give another, this time em- ploying Turner's Orchestra, which gave such satisfaction last winter. | About 20 from this place attended | the dance at the Memorial Library in | Cornwall last Friday evening, and some were heard to remark that they would go every week if there were an oppor- l tunity. everything being so nicely ar ranged for the comfort and pleasure of | the guests.