Connecticut western news., 1910-06-23
CANAAN SOCIAL
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PERSONAL MENTION.
A Kaleidoscopic Record of Shifting
 Scenes and Minor Gossip.

Miss Mabel Dempsey and Miss Edith Stanton spent Tuesday in Hartford.
 Miss Carrie Hoyt of Stamford, opened her cottage at Pine Grove last week.
 Fredrick Lafargue of Darien, is visit ing his son Charles, on Pierce avenue.
 Miss White of Salisbury, was an over Sunday guests at CharlesfG. Smiths A. P. Curtiss and family were auto guests at Dr. Camps, Saturday evening.
 The Misses Brown are improving their grounds by grading and building walls.
 Miss Alicia Dunn of Lime Rock, is spending a few days with Miss May Devine.
 Frank Decker of Somerville, N. J. was recent guest of his brother William.
 Mrs. Ophelia Camp returned Saturday from four days visit with friends in Newtown.
 Mrs. P. J. Kane, the Misses Mary De- neen and Elizabeth Mccormick werein Hartford Tuesday.
 Frederick Houghtaling of Lenox Dale, was Saturday and Sunday guest of Charles O'Connen.
 Clinton D. V. Barnes of Westfeld, Mass, arrived at his fathers last week, for bis annual vacation
 Mrs. John Egan, Mrs. James McCor- mick and Miss May Devine spent Satur- day in Great Harrington.
 Mrs. William Wyatt of New York. and Mrs. Harry JspsoA of New Haven, are recent arrivals at Pine Grove.
 Miss Louise Shoemaker of New York, has purchased the Hillier place, near Falls Village, for summer home.
 Postmaster James Glynn, Henry Comstock and Attorney Higgins of Winsted, were in Canaan last week on business.
 Mrs Harry Benjamin of Falls Village, and Clayton Benjamin of New York, were guests of MT. and Mrs. George Ford, last week.
 THE NEWS is in reciept of cluster of pear blossoms picked from 8 tree this week in Canaan that already hangs quite full of pears.
 Miss Cleveland of the seventh and eighth grade of the Canaan Schools has fl pupils under her charge, p i'll the seventh grade and 19 in the 8th grade.
 Clinton Roraback is spending the week in New Haven, attending the Yale Commencement. He remains over for the Yale-HarYard boat race at New London.
 The children of the first, second and third grades of the Canaan schools en- joysd picnic on Church hill (Wednes- day) yesterday afternoon, having a very pleasant outing.
 Mrs. T. R. Wallace of New York, formerly of Canaan, sailed for England last Saturday on the White Star Line steamship Celtic" Ms. Wallace will visit friends in England and Ireland, returning in September.
 Lawrence Eddy, a.Canaan boy, son of Samuel A. Eddy, graduated from the Cheshire school last week. having been at the head of his class the past year, taking first prize for English compost ton, and being appointed salutatorian of his class.
 Charles E. Conkling's Vaudeville Tent show opens three nights engagement here Thursday night of this week, and from the success that has attended the presentation of the show throughout other sections of the state, it should draw a good house while here.
 Mrs, Emma F. Rood returned Satur- day from a,three weeks visit with her daughter in Philadelphia. She had an opportunity to see some of the sights of the Roosevelt celebration, as we'll as to suffer some of the annoyances aCb0uuduG upon SuCn NeW lOTk crowd.
 Letters advertised June 21, at the Ca- naan postoffice for J. Allett, H. S. Barnes, Johan Fingetz, Mrs. c. Hoydt, Thomas Hobin, Mrs. Walter Hatmaker, F. E. Gum. Attelio Pezzottini, KatariRa Ra- crviawkrivtis, Mrs. Frank Silvernail. Post cards for Charlie Anderson, Miss Nora Amesen, F. ". Garvin, Miss Sadie Grevers, James M. Mann, Miss Mary J. Williams.
 Harriett M. Stone, superintendent of the Canaan schools, is in town this week. Miss Stone is regarded among educators as the best school superinten- dent in the state in point of ability and knowledge of her school work. It is largely due to her efficiency, combined with the faithful cooperative work of the corps of assistant teachers here that the Canaan schools rank so we'll today.