Connecticut western news., 1910-06-02
EAST CANAAN

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 Roy Johnson, who is clerking in dry goods store in Hartford, was home for a few days last week,
 The ladies' aid society will meet to- day at she conference room.
 Mr. and Mrs. E. w. Giddlngs made flying visit to this place Sunday, attend ing church in the morning and calling on friends. They returned to Wethers, field in the afternoon.
 Mr. and Mrs. Edward Goodwin and little daughter, of Torrington, were at G. K. Goodwin's a few days ago, also Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lawrence, of West Stockbridge at 0. H. Goodwin's.
 Mrs. Feathers was seriously hurt last week. her arm being broken twice.
 Pupils present every day for month ending May 27, at No. school: Anna Beebe, Elwood Beebe, Benny Bottum, Harry and John Condon, Edward Dings, Helen Sisson, Sophie, Anna and Helen Warner. .....
 Everyone has been watching the comet the past week and have beenfully repaid as it was very plain for several nights. 1 The children on Memorial day are to be commended for the parts they took, ] the recitation and singing from all the schools being done remarkably we'll. William Hayes, who was seriously hurt last week at Canaan, while unload ing monument. is getting along com- fortably well. His hip was broken and ankle injured. Dr. Reidy, of Winsted, was called in counsel with Dr. Hamant Norman Moore moves into the house with Mrs. A. B. Garfield. O. H. Wheeler moves this week to the long house near the church which he purchased of the William Adam estate.
 Miles Lamb, of New Haven, is visit ing friends here. -
 M-. and Mrs. James Casey, Jr., of Torrington, visited over Decoration Day at Daniel Keefe's. /
 Katherine Wilson entertained lady friend from Hartford the fore part of the week, s# Cyrus Rowland has moved from the l B. R. Co., 8 house up to Miss Fosters in No. 5. The house he vacated is occupied Sy Ava Fuller and family.
 James Keefe, of Bridgeport, and Mary of Torrington, visited Sunday and Mon day at thelr home here.
 Charles Mccarthy, of Bridgeport, wis., l ited friends here from Saturday until Tuesday. He was in his old place on the baseball team Saturday and gave his usual good account of himself.
 The B. R. Go. shut down their No. 1 furnace day or two last week to remove zinc. ~ ...-
 1 After residence here of over thirty years Daniel Keefe and family will move to Bridgeport next week. While we are all sorry to see them go we wish them the best of luck ill their new home.
 Mrs. Hannah Roger visited her daugh- ter in Winstsd over Sunday.
 MT and Mrs. Virgil Miller visited friends here and in Canaan over Sun- day.
 A Norfolk and Winsted aggregation of baseball players visited East Canaan Saturday for tho purpose of taking a victory back to Norfolk, but the locals were little too much for them, as the score will show. At the finish the score was TO in favor of the locals. Poole and Adams were the battery for Norfolk, [, while Tierney and Sweeney acted for the home team, Poole striking out six, while tIlerney retired fifteen. Poole entered the game with smile, but when the hits commenced to come, the smile came off. Poole allowed eleven hits, Tierney only allowed one hit.
 Decoration day brought large crowd to East Canaan in order to see the game between Winsted aud the locals, but at the end of the second inning the game was called on account of the rain, with a 1 score of 20 in favor of the locals. Lake vile is expected here next Saturday.
 Edward Beebe is wearing 7x9 smile. It is girl.
 East Canaan Cemetery Association was organized according to the laws of Connecticut and was designed to improve the appearance of the cemetery. The membership is $1.00 per plot, making the Der is assessed $1 .00 annually. There is the perpetual care, fund; the member pays $50 and the association guarantees that the plot shall be cared for, forever. The interest of the money is used. This is especially good, for then one knows that the plot will be cared for after all the members of the family are gone. There are now ten perpetual care mem bsrs. The membership fees, assessments aud interest from the perpertual care fund is all the assoclation has to pay for the work done; moving plots and avenues and roadside, filling in graves and resoding and whatever other work is necessary, if it can be paid for. Many plots have been moved before this year, that have not been paid for, that the general appearance might be improved. Everyone thinks the cemetery's appear ance is greatly enohanced, but if the plots that have not had the assessment paid, were not moved it would soon change this appearance. Last Friday, the directors met with the president, H. O. Stevens at the cemetery to plan the work for this summer. It was then de- cided that if there were plots whose owners were living that could pay but did not, such plots should not be moved. But if there were plots that had no owners or friends living, that they should be cared for the best they could with what the association has to do with. S1 % a year from plot owners to pay for