Connecticut western news., 1914-02-12
CANAAN

There will be lecture at Pilgrim Church Sunday evening at 7:30 on Child ren in Far Away Lands." The new stereopticon will be used and the lecture will be illustrated with a fine set of hand colored slides. All who are interested are invited to attend.
 Miss Katherine o. Abbe, who is talk ing a course in nursing at the Charter Oak Private Hospital in Hartford, spent Friday night at her home here.
 Cards announcing the arrival of Miss Martha Ruth DeMars at the home of Mir. and Mrs. Frank H. DeMars of Win sted have been received. Martha Ruth's mother IS still 8 cousin of Miss Gladys DeHart, of Canaan. @ .... <.
 Miss Catherine H. Roraback returned Monday evening from 8 visit with friends Ill Pennsylvania. Miss Walter accompanied her home. .@.': l.
 Miss Florence Hall, of Ashley Falls, spent Sunday with Miss Ebba Lindell.
 At the Art Circle meeting this week the members were interested in lotter from the Joppa Normal School of Ala bama, which appealed for help fer the purchase of much needed pair of mules for the school, which is located among the white people of the mountains of Alabama It was decided to make the next meeting mule party" and to in- vite any people who are interested to at tend and to take hand in pinning the tail on the mule and to bring as many pennies as they wish to help the school buy the mules. The meeting will be held at Mrs. Reels on Tuesday at 3:30.
 MT. Walter Loftus, advance agent for Bought and Paid For," which appears at Howitt's Mahalwe Theater. Feb. B, was caller at The News office yester- day afternoon.
 Miss Laura Morse who has spent the past three months at Church Terrace, has returned to her home in West Corn. wall.
 The Canaan postoffice will be open to day Nincoln Day) from 7 a. m. to p. m. and from 5:45 to p. ID.
 Invitations to attend the congratula tory banquet to be given Phil. Troup, editor of the New Haven Union, Mon- day evening, Feb. 23, have been received by some of MT. Troups Canaan friends The banquet will be held in the Oneco Hotel, and will be attended by about 300 guests, including some of the dis tinguished men of the state and nation.
 Horace E. Holt is visiting his son Samuel and family in Albany, N. Y.
 Miss Mae Belcher is visiting relatives in Torrington.
 Mrs. Agnes Spaulding, of Norfolk, is visiting Miss Louise H. Bragg at The Naples.
 The Choral Society devoted most of it's rehearsal Tuesday night to "Arminius'' which they have just taken up.
 The Hawthorne Club will meet Satur- day afternoon with Mrs, Lyles.
 James Mcclure, of Millerton, N. Y, was in town one day last week.
 Sunday afternoon a delegation from the Knights of Columbus went to Lee to witness the third degree.
 The moving pictures shown at the Town Hall, Saturday night attracted a full house. The pictures were good and the patrons were we'll pleased with the program offered. The pictures shown were three reel entitled "The Boom erang," drama and two comedies.
 MT. and Mrs. s. W. Barnes, Miss Emma A. Lawrence and Mrs. E. H. Burns left Tuesday morning for Orlando, Florida. They plan to spend the bal anoe of the winter in the Sunny South,
 A very enjoyable card party was given by MT. and Mrs. George Roger to about forty of their friends at their home last evening, it being their second anniver- sary.
 Miss Margaret Hanlon, of Hartford, spent Sunday at her home here.
 Miss Ada Smeltz, of the Norfolk tele- phone exchange is for the present at the Canaan central learning the new switch board. The common battery system is soon to be installed in Norfolk.
 Tomorrow night the basket ball game at the Town Hall will be between the Knights of Columbus and one from Winsted, said to be the fastest team yet playing here.
 Letters received this week by friends in town convey the sad intelligence that the condition of Rev. T. R. Wallace is considered critical. Two trained nurses are ln attendance,
 The Ladies' Aid Society of the Metho- dist Cburch met Tuesday afternoon with Miss M. w. Manvel.
 On account of the concert at Norfolk this afternoon there will be no meeting of the Cranford Club this week.