Connecticut western news., 1914-10-15
SHARON

Miss Mildred Baker, of Danbury Normal School spent the weekend and Columbus Day with her parents, MT. and Mrs. W. W. Baker.
 Hiss Harriett Eggleston is spending a fortnight with relatives in Pough- keepsie.
 Mrs. F. J. Kenny and son William are spending the week in New Haven
 Clayton J. Walter, of Hartford, spent the recent weekend holiday with his parents, MT. and Mrs. A. w. Walter.
 D. N. Eggleston and family motored to Hartford on Monday of this week.
 MT. and Mrs. A. B. Howes and daughters Marion, Airline and Mrs. F. E. Sperring, of Waterbury. were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George B. Klebes on Sunday.
 Gerald Eggleston, of New York, spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Eggleston.
 Misses Frances Robinson, Myrtle Thompson, Helen Smith and Eleanor Rhynus enjoyed motor trip to Albany and Pittsfeld on Sunday. ..-.
 
 weeks vacation from her duties at the postoffice and is visiting relatives in Millerton, Danbury and Bridgeport.
 Alexander Jenkins is clerking at G. B. Klebes store in Sharon Valley.
 Mrs. Robert Gray, of Millerton, \. Y., is the guest of her sister Mrs. Charles Rhynus.
 A enchre party will be held at the Sharon Casino, Wednesday evening, Oct. 21. Order Easter Star benefit. Every one welcome.
 Rev. Burlington and family who have been at the Wike cottage, Pine Grove, for the last four weeks, are ex- pected home this week and there will be the usual services at the Congrega- tional church on Sunday.
 >Mr and Mrs. 0. H. Eggleston motored to Pittsfeld on Tuesday.
 H. Hayes Robbins is spending the week with his family at c. H. Eggles- tons.
 George M. Marckres is taking his annual vacation and is spending part of it in New York.
 Harold Winans spent part of last week attending the Danbury Fair, where he had several entrees in the Poultry show MT. Winans is to be congratulated as he captured five first prizes, second and 1 fourth prize.
 Next sunday night, in the Metho- dist church the pastor will deliver lecture to the Masonic Brotherhood. The subject of the lecture will be '.Our Grand Master Hiram Abif. .' Hamil- ton Lodge, No. 5f, of this village, will attend in body. An invitation has also been extended to Rose Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star of this vil- lage. The lecture will be at once popular and Masonic since Hiram Abif is conspicuous Bible character, and the public will be welcome.
 On Wednesday night. October 28, MT. Mackey will also give a lecture en- titled "A Lantern Stroll through the Canadian Rockies. 7 It will be of the general character of the one he gave last February, on Southern California. The wild and wonderful scenery of the Canadian Rockies will be illustrated by fifty stereopticon views, in the grade of McAllister's best More definite notice will be given next week. Tourists who have made this trip, some by rail and others a-tramp are thoroughly enthusiastic over the mar vicious scenery.
 On Saturday. afternoon, Oct. 10th. the Mortuary Chapel ill Hillside Ceme- tery was dedicated to the purpose for which it was erected, Rev. W. A. Mackey, of the Methodist church officiating.
 Although no public notice of the event had been given; only those who had contributed to the cost of its erec- tion being notified yet the chapel was comfortably filled. The exercises were simple but impressive. First, Mr. Col-7 gate for the building committee, handed to the secretary of the Burial Association, the committees resigna- tion, which is here quoted. "We, the undersigned, being committee regu- larly appointed by the Sharon Burying Ground Association. and given full powers to adopt plans, to contract for and to superintend the construction of Mortuary Chapel in Hillside Ceme- tery; having fulfilled the duties of our appointment, now tender to the said association our resignation as such committee, and with it the above con- templated mortuary chapel, complete in all it's appointments, and free from claims from us. the said committee, or from any other person or persons. ...
 Signed, Laura Wheeler, R. R. Col gate, w. D. Burnham, Committee.
 Mr. Mackey then referred to the building, the purpose for which it was erected and the long felt need it is ex- pected to relieve. Then in fitting and appropriate terms, he dedicated it to its sacred use and purpose, ending by read ing an impressive prayer selected by the Rev. Dr. Morgan for the occasion the Dr. to his great regret being de- tained at home by illness.
 Thus the years-long dream of the Sharon Burying Ground Association has become reality, and the laying away of our loved ones, when per chance it may happen on a stormy day