Connecticut western news., 1912-12-05

noon With Mrs. H. E. Lyles.
 Mrs. s. J. Briggs is visiting Miss Rachel Woodbridge in Manchester Green.
 The annual fair and supper of the Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church, will be held Wednesday, Decem- Der IS.
 MT. and Mrs. W. N. Beebe and daugh- ter Mildred, are spending few days in Pittsfield. Tuesday afternoon Mildred was successfully operated on for removal of her tonsils.
 The manager of the Christian Home Orphanage. at Council Bluffs, Iowa, writes to Canaan friends his apprecia- tion of their gifts sent to him ab Thanks giving time. The institution provides for over 400 annually and is supported wholly by the contributions of it's friends.
 The Rev w. F. Hedges, who was for several years pastor of the COngrega- tional church at Colebrook and who re- signed last spring on account of i'll health died last Friday at his home on Long Island.
 At the meeting of the Sir Galahad club at Pilgrim church Tuesday evening John Beck gave an interesting talk on his experiences in the Boer War and in the South African mounted police. He showed a collection of Kaffir war i'm plements. At the next meeting he will Of Of Africa with the aid of the refectoscope.
 MT. and Mrs. James Murnane and son, of Waterbury; Misses Margaret Garland and Kirby, of Albany; MT. John Garland and Miss Gertrude Gar. land, of New York city; MT. and Mrs. George Garland, of Millerton, N. Y., were Thanksgiving guests of Mrs. Mary Corcoran and family on Barlow street,
 Miss Katherine Franks, of Bridge port, was guest at the home of MT. and Mrs. Frank Hitchcock last week.
 Of value to everyone all the year round. the ideal Christmas gift is tele- phone.
 The work of organizing drum corps among the members of the Hose Com pany will soon begin, and the corps will start with ten members, who will play drums and flies as they gaily march along.
 The annual meeting and election of officers of Canaan Hose Company will be held this evening at the Hose house
 Miss E. A. Lawrence and Mrs. E. H. Burns are spending few days in New York city.
 Miss M Louise Roraback, who is teacher in the DePeyster Home at Tivoli, N. Y. was home over Sunday. She made brief addresses to the Sunday school and Epworth League at their services on Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. T. I. Ferguson, of Bridgeport, spent Thanksgiving day at Wm. J. Ferguson's.
 Canaan members of the w H. Steven son Lodge, Order of Trainlnen-James Keenan, James McGuire, Samuel Drum ! and Thoma Mullin-attended the all nual meeting of the lodge at Pittsfeld, last Sunday. There were 83 members . in attendance. William Cronin was elected delegate to the national conven- tion which meets in Los Angeles, Cali fornia. next month. After the session the members sat down to fine dlnner at the American House.
 School Supervisor George J. VogelA been relieved of the work of looking after the schools of Sharon. and his suc- cessor in that field is MT. Edwin B. | Stone, who is an experienced teacher enabled to devote more time to the | multItudinous duties of his position as state supervisor and assistant to Secre- tary Hlne, of the state board of educa- 1 tion.
 The Ladies Aid Society of the Metho- dist church meets tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. Mary Pusey.
 Kenneth Roberts spent Thanksgiving with his parents Tn Torrington.
 Miss Vera Marsh, of Boardman. is wis iting her sister, Mrs. Earl Coons.
 Tomorrow afternoon the Guild of | Christ church have food sale at Mrs. E. L. Roberts from 3:30 to 5:30.
 Rev. w. E. Ridgeway and family of Great Burlington, were guests of Miss E. A. Lawrence and Mrs. E. H. Burns i over Thanksgiving.
 Miss Harriet Webster, of East Orange. N. J., is visiting her cousin, Mrs. N. L. Jackson.
 The minstrel troupe of Canaan Hose | Company are diligently rehearsing. each Tuesday and Thursday evening for the forthcoming minstrel performance, | which is scheduled for January B and 24. They will put on some novel acts and specialties that will be particularly