Connecticut western news., 1912-08-08
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OF6r OuuuaV. T16 Will Sp6uu buo hoA two weeks at the headquarters of thu State Board of Education in the Oapito at Hartford, and return to Canaan dur ing the latter part of the month. H. was accompanied to Hartford by Super visor E. w. Ireland, of the schools O. Ridgefeld, Bedding and Wilton, witf whom he was 8 co-laborer in the Hack ensack High School.
 MT. and Mrs. s. w. Barnes have beer visiting their sons in Great Harrington for several days.
 MT. and Mrs. Henry H. Rudge, o1 Great Harrington, spent Sunday at Geo L. Parsons.
 Dwight E. Dean, cashier of the Ma tional Iron Bank, Falls Village, was in town Monday afternoon.
 Mrs. Wilhelmina Stooker of Hartford, superintendent of elementary work for the State Sunday School Association will speak in the Methodist church Sat- urday afternoon at 2:45. All interested are cordially invited to be present. Miss Stooker will have something special to say to the mothers.
 Mrs. Mary 0. Oorbit visited relatives in Naugatuck over Sunday.
 Miss Hoffman aud Miss Johnston, former teachers in the public schools, have been visiting in town.
 MT. and Mrs. George Dodge are spend ing a@two weeks vacation in Bridgeport and Woodbury. This is MT. Dodge's first real vacation since he became night watehman at the Borden plant eleven years ago.
 Misses Mary and Margaret Collins, Katherine and Mabel Quinn went to New York Tuesday, where they will take boat for Portland, Maine, for ten day trip.
 The 300 acres of real estate owned by E. H. Babbitt, Kent, Conn.,, and ad- vertised in another column of this issue, is one of the finest pieces of real estate in Litchfeld County. It will be sold at auction on the 17th.
 Mrs. J. R. H. Moore and children, of Indianapolis, who are spending the sum- mer in the East, went to MT. Mo0re's mothers, in South Birmingham, last week, for 8 twoIweeks stay, after which they will return to Canaan and finish their visit with Mrs. Moore's mother, Mrs. Mary G. Adam.
 Mrs. H. D. Humphrey and daughter Beatrice leave today for Ashbury Park, where they will stay couple of weeks. The Misses Gillette, two sisters of Rev. E. 0. Gillette Mss Harriet Britton, Miss Pratt and Miss Florence Atkins, of Hartford, are occupying the Stockholm cottage at Twin Lakes, for the month. Miss Talcott, of Talcottville, is expect ed to join them this week, and Mrs. Talcott will visit at the Gillette cottage.
 The open air concert by Canaan Citi- zens Band on the Green ip front of the Town Hall, Friday evening, drew a large assemblage of people, including an overplus of noisy youngsters, and was greatly enjoyed. The concert lasted from until o'clock and the boys play ed well.
 A. s. Davis, station agent at Falls Village, was in town Monday. MT. Davis is steadily recovering strength after his recent ordeal at the Pittsfeld Hospital, where he underwent an opera tion for appendicitis.
 Canaan Citizens Band will give a dance, in Town Hall tomorrow (Fr1day) evening, which should bring out good crowd.
 John c. Beckley, of the Hartford Times, spent few days in town, with his mother, Mrs. s. o. Beckley.
 Mrs. H. l.. Ross returned, Saturday from the Adirondacks, with her sister, Mrs. T. A. Evans, of Bethel. who re- manned over Sunday here. pr. Ross will remain in the mountains until about the 2Oth of this month.
 Misses Doane and Elizabeth Peirce re- turned Tuesday, from their ten days visit in Marblehead, Mass.
 Miss Elizabeth Newton, of New York, sister of Mrs. R. D. Peirce, arrived in Canaan Tuesday for two weeks visit at MT. Peirce's.
 Rev H. I. Bodley, of New Britain, formerly rector of Christ Church, preaced Sunday, at Judge Roraback s cottage, Twin Lakes, where MT. Bodley has camp. The discourse was enjoyed by 8 considerable congregation of the Twin Lakes colonists.
 Miss Beatrice Shields, of Waterbury is spending her vacation at James Nc Cormick's
 Eugene Williams, of Norfolk. formerly of Canaan, was in town Sunday. and at tended the big clambake at Twin Lakes.
 John Bianchi is making @ visit in Syracuse, N. Y, this week.