Connecticut western news., 1910-06-02
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Miss Marilla Foster of Carmel, N. Y, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. F. s. Carter. J. Wesley Wells of Brookfeld, spent part of last week with relatives here. MT. and Mrs. E. B. Holland spent the recent holiday with the latter's sisters, the Misses Gay. / Warren Brown and Miss Ella Thomp- kins are up from Bridgeport for few days visit with friends.
 Dr. W. B. Coley, Mrs. Coley and MT, Lancaster were up from New York for Memorial day and Sunday.
 The family of s. M. Barber who have taken the VanRensellear house for the summer, arrived on Thursday.
 Dr. Charles G. Kerley and family of New York, arrived at Hilltop" their summer home on Friday night,
 The ladies' aid society of the M. E.. church will meet with Mrs. J. Hadden on Wednesday afternoon of this week. John Mcdonald, aged 31 years, died at the hospital on Tuesday of last week. Tho body was taken to Lakeville for burial,
 Luther Brown, who was injured a week ago by fall from his wagon, is at the hospital, where he is gradually re- covering.
 Miss White at the Lambert is enter taining an automobile party from Oak vile. consisting of MT. and Miss Smith and friends.
 c. s. Sedwick has become the owner of handsome new automobile of the Corbin make and is enjoying the scenery in and about Sharon.
 David H. Houghtaling of New York city, who will spend the summer at the home of his son, w. R. Houghtaling, came to Sharon Thursday.
 Union Memorial services were held in the Congregational church on Sunday evening. Rev. I. T. White preached to a large and attentive audience.
 MT. and Mrs. A. W. Lamb and Miss Grace Peabody attended the supper given by the ladies of Webutuck grange, on Friday night, at Amenia Union.
 Thomas Powers, for long time an in- valid, is having g hard struggle. His strength seems gradually failing. As slight hemorrhages continue from time to time.
 MT. and Mrs. Robert VanIderstein, Robert Jr., and little Miss VanIdersteip have taken rooms with Miss Prindle and are guests of Miss Fay at the Bartrom for the coming month.
 Many out of town guests were enter tained in the village over Sunday and Memorial day, the Inn, Taghkanic and Bartram being filed to over flowing with automobile guests.
 In consideration of the illness of Mr. Hertzel and the proximity of the church lawn to the Hertzel residence it was thought best to postpone the cake and ice cream sale that was to have been held on Memorial day. The condition of MT. Hertzel remains much the same;
 
 he is still very ill
 J. Stanly Morehouse, who entered a contest last year, received last week from Cornell University, first prize of $15 in gold. The contest consisted in raising on measured quarter of an acre the largest amount of marketable potatoes, labor, time, etc, considered, and in writ ing all essay on "How grow potatoes. The entertainment gwen by the Sharon minstrels at the Casino on Fri day night, for the benefit of St. Bernard society, drew full house. it being diff cult to find a seat when the curtain rose It was voted the best effort of the black boys. Over hundred dollars was real ized from the evening.
 The usual programme of Memorial day was carried out here on Monday. The children, gathered from the various schools of the town, met at the soldiers monument at the head of the street and, with band of veterans, marched to the cemetery, where the graves of soldiers were decorated. On their return, Rev w. A. Mackey and Rev. I. T. White ad- dressed the gathering. The residences in and about the village were decorated with stars and stripes.
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