Connecticut western news., 1912-08-15
SHARON

two weeks motoring through the White Mountains, have returned.
 Miss Grace Hollingsworth, of New York, is spending the month of August with her sister Mrs. Ralph Milburn. Misses May and Bertha Prindle are spending a fortnight in Buffalo.
 Miss Mary McCann is progressing nicely toward recovery, is the recent re- port from Bellvue hospital, where an operation for appendicitis was performed last week.
 MT. and Mrs. Wm. Mow are spending q few days with friends in Naugatuck.
 Mrs A. D. Lewis, of Troy, and Miss Wolfe, of Bridgeport, are visiting Miss LOttie Lucas.
 Miss Aida Bristol is spending the week in Sharon.
 MT. o. W. Bassett has been spending .a few days in New York. Miss Ida M. Lee, of Knoxville, Tenn, is visiting at Dr. Bassett's.
 D. N. Eggleston and family motored to Hotchkissville last week.
 O. J. Ralph, of Schenectady, N. Y,, is a guest ct W. A. Ross.
 MT. and Mrs. John G. Currie, of Hart ford, are visiting relatives here. Mrs. Cnrrie was formerly Miss Edna Liner.
 Miss Marion Howes, of Waterbury, is visiting Miss Ethel Klebes.
 Mrs. Joseph Souls, of Leland, Miss. i; Mrs. Leonard Bouton, of Grand Junc- 1ion. Tenn., and Dr. R. L. Bouton, New Albany, Miss, are visiting MT, R. St. John Bouton.
 Dr. k. R. Ryan and Mrs. Ryan, of Scarsda1e. N. Y, returning by motor from a vacation ln Vermont, paid brief Risit to relatives last week.
 Mrs. A. E. Wilbur and Miss Bessie Wilbur, of New York city. are visiting at J. B. Wilbur's.
 Mss Anna Murphy, of New Haven, is q guest at P. J. Kenney's.
 A good many people have been over to Pine Plains Carnival during the week past and report it as great success.
 4Amepia Field Day comes on Saturday next and many Sharonites plan to attend &his unique celebration. Unique be- cause it is not for the purpose of raising anoney-everythlng is free. Last year Ehe Field Day was tremendous success and greatly enjoyed by great crowd of people from many Harlem valley towns. Jon them this year.
 A bridge party for the benefit of the Golf Club, will be held at Hilltop" on Friday, August 23, tickets $1. Mrs. Kerley and Mrs. Sedgwick are joint hostesses.
 The ladies' bridge club was entertain ed by Mrs. Lester last week.
 The Grangers-Sharon, Amenia Union and Amenia-picniced at Indian on Tuesday last Needless to state the oc- casion was a jolly one.
 As these news items are despatched, preparations for the Methodist church fair, held annually by the Ladies' Aid Society and the Epworth League, are complete. A report next week.
 The baseball club have two victories to their credit since last reported 1n this column. On Wednesday. very one sided game was played at Salisbury in which the players representing that vil- 1age were defeated Il to O.. Salisbury must strengthen up. practice. Last Sat urday in drizzle and occasional dash and rain big crowd of enthusiastic fans, both masculine and feminine. watched Sharon play very poor ball against a team from Dover, hastily summoned to fill date cancelled at a late hour by Falls Village. It was the poorest exhib- ition of bail our fellows have given this season and not until very near the end of the game did they rally. Final score 5 to 4, but judging by the relative strength of the two teams, Sharon should have won by @ much greater margin and not been obliged to play the last ball of that ninth inning either, On Wednesday the team goes to Millerton xAlO CFludy ml1l6IIOA COuucS u616. A different sort of ball must be played if they get the victory every one is longing to cheer.
 The annual fair and dance of St. Der alard's church is to be held at the Casino Friday afternoon and evening August 23.
 The. vOunp people of the village are 4devoting great deal of time (two young men in particularly to preparations which it is believed will result in most enter faining minstrel show. Good lively songs, up-to-d date features and jokes are arranged and so great is the public in, terest already that it has been decided to hold the entertainment two evenings, Tuesday. Aug. 27 and Thursday, Aug. 29. There will be dancing after each