Connecticut western news., 1910-12-22
SHARON

The Methodist Sunday school will hold it's Christmas services on Saturday night of this week at half past seven o'clock. The program used is "The Promise Fulfilled" prepared and pub hshed by the Asa Hull Company. The program will be followed as usual, by the distribution of gifts from Christ mas tree. The Union Services will be held in the Methodist church next sun- day night.
 O. o. Williams is spending the holi- days with his daughter. Mrs. James Stoddard, at Gales Ferry, Conn.
 MT. and Mrs Frank Hotchkiss were up from New York for few days visit with Miss Elizabeth Gillette.
 Mrs. Minnie Gillette has accepted a position in a large dry goods store at Pittsfeld. Mass.
 Patients at the hospital are Tessie Toray. George Conklin, Walter Culver. Hannah Fowler returned 70 her home at the week end, having recovered snf- ficisntly to be discharged from the hos pitsl.
 Mr. and Mrs. George Kirby were in New York few days of the week past. Miss Barbara Boss of New London. Conn, is with Mrs George W. Hertzel. James Fahey has vacated his Els worth place and moved his family to his recently acquired property, the Ben ton farm
 will be held in the Methodist church, Sunday evening, Dec. 25.
 Mrs. Albert Goray last week entered the private sanitarium Of Dr. Samuel Lloyd, New York city, for treatment. An operation was found necessary and performed and last accounts report her as doing well.
 Mrs. F. B. Hamlin gathers about her regularly every Sunday afternoon at her residence, the children of the neigh borhood, for the reading and study of the regular Sunday school lesson. The class already number half dozen.
 The 79th birthday of Mrs. Robert Waitt was celebrated on Saturday by a dainty lunch served in her room to her pastor and his wife, her physician and his wife and several other close friends. The Methodist Sunday School will celebrate Christmas on Saturday even ing Dec 24th and the exercises of the Congregation School will be held on the following Monday evening.
 Fifty copies of "The Diary of an en- listed man. by Van Alstyne were ship ped to Chicago on recent order.
 Richard Roselle secured first prize on his black and red game fowls at the Poultry Show at Millerton last week. Frederick Cutlery also took blue ribbon on hls Brahma Bantams
 The annual election of the officers of Rose Chapter, No. IA, o. E. s. will be held Wednesday evening Dec. 21st at 7:30 clock.
 The stores of the village are open every evening of this week.
 The schools of the town and village close on Friday of this week for the usual holiday vacation.
 The Sharon hospital celebrated the first anniversary of it's opening on De- cember 10. During this first year of a hospital here eighty-fou cases have been treated in the wards beside large mum Der of out side patients. No contagious cases have been admitted. A great variety of cases such as are usually met with in general practice have been cared for and the large proportion have re- turned to their homes cured or much improved. Of these84 cases, four hare the ward charges, IT have paid less than the ward charges and 13 have been cared for free. There have been three deaths during the year and two births The hospital was inspected during the autumn by the secretary of the State Board of Health who expressed his approval of the place and its work. A subscription to aid this good work has been partly circulated and already twenty-nlne substantial citizens have subscribed the sum of $1, 125.O0 for the ensuing year under the heading that I've appreciate thoroughly the work that has been done and are anxious that it be continued Further contributions are hoped for as between $4,000 anc $5.000 yearly are necessary to success fully maintain such hospital. Also any donations, especially of old muslin and of reading matter will be thank fully received.
 The death of Mrs. Mary Hitchcock wife of Elmer Hitchcock. occurred at tht residence of her daughter, Mrs Willard Baker on Tuesday of thil week. The remains were taken to hel old home at Unionville, Wednesday