Connecticut western news., 1914-06-18

 re-appointment to his present position under the U. s. Treasurer in the depart ment of corporation tax collection. He is one of the very few republicans to be thus recognized by the present adminis- tration, and his re-appointment is due to the exceptionally efficient manner in which he has performed his duties.
 Mrs. J. R. H. Moore, of Indianapolis, Ind, and her sons, have arrived in Ga naan for protracted visit with Mrs. Moore's mother, Mrs. Mary Geikle Adam. MT. Moore will arrive after the close of the summer schools in h. dianapolis. of which he is principal.
 Sunday evening Canaan Lodge No. 50, I. O. O. F., and Queen Esther Re- bekah Lodge will attend service in body at the Methodist church. AS this is in observance of the annual memorial day, all members are requested to wear appropriate badges. Members will gather at Odd Fellows hall at o'clock to prepare for the service, starting for the church not later than 7:20.
 Mrs. John Parmelee and daughter Gertrude, of Great Burlington, visited in town the last of the week.
 Floyd Knight and Nelson Parsons were home from Mount Hermon school over Sunday.
 Howard Hatmaker is on the Mercan tile Go. s delivery wagon for the sum- mer.
 Sterling A. Lacey, of Hillsdale, and Miss >Hilda c. Thiele, of Copake, N. Y, were married by the Rev. E. c. Gillette at the Pilgrim Parsonage, Tuesday af- ternoon.
 The Pilgrim church and Sunday school picnic will be held at Twin Lakes on Thursday, June 25, at the Stockholm and Gillette cottages. John Fuller will be transportation manager.
 J. Clinton Roraback took, to Norfolk to attend the Litchfeld County Univer- sity Club dinner at MT. Stoeckel's Fri day evening, Messrs. c. D. Hine, of Hartford; Rev. E. 0. Gillette, Joseph L. Parsons and John Rodemeyer.
 George J. Vogel has been engaged as State Supervising agent of schools of North Canaan, for the year of 1914-1915. The schools of North Canaan are to be congratulated.
 Secretary of the State Board of Edu- cation c. D. Hine, who had spent sev- eral months at the Naples for the bene- fit of his health, returned to Hartford, Sunday.
 Miss Regina Adams has accepted a position with Clark 6 Dickinson at Twin Lakes.
 R. P. Lane, of Westfeld, Mass, spent Sunday with friends in town. MT. and Mrs. Miles l.. Jenks, Mrs. Marion Traver and Miss Marion Traver motored over from Millerton, Sunday and called on relatives.
 Dr. Ross will be absent from his office the entire month of July. Adv.
 Miss Edith Greene is spending a week at Rivers Edge, New Jersey.
 Mrs. Eliza Barreotis and son Eugene went to Twin Lakes, Monday, where Mrs. Barreotis will entered the employ of Mrs F. A. Thompson at the Twin Lakes House..
 Misses Doane and Elizabeth Peirce are home from their schools for the summer Miss Belle Lorraine is visiting rela- tives in Pittsfeld.
 Perrin Stanton, of East Chatham, was in town Saturday.
 Miss Adella Graney, of Winsted, spent Saturday at her home here.
 Mrs W. H. Decker is visiting at the home of her parents ill New Britain.
 Miss Helen Hanlon is visiting Mrs. Samuel Brinton in Hartford.
 About fifteen of the members of Esther Chapter No. 72 O. B. s. visited Rose Chapter at Sharon last evening and report most enjoyable time.
 Miss Ella Brown visited in Pough- keepsie last week.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Schunder, of Great Harrington, spent Sunday at J. H. Lansing's
 R. R. Phelps, a popular brakeman on the Berkshire division, will on June 19 complete 24 years of service as brakeman on the New York and New Haven road. He has served under Sup erintendent W. K. Lyon when this branch was the Housatonic and under Superintendents W. K. Lyon, Hopson, Lake Fitzmaurice and Miller of the New York 6 New Haven road. For nine years he served as brakeman on Conductor c. P. Lanes train, and is now on the same train under Conductor Scott. Bee.
 Miss Mary Burns, of Millerton, spent Sunday with the Misses Mccormick.
 Principal H. w. Strayer, of the Ga naan High School, left town Monday, for Reading, Penn., where he will re- main for about week and attend the marriage of classmate, after which he will proceed to his home in York, Penn, to finish his summer vacation. He will resume his duties in Septem- 1 ber-and his many friends here are glad of it.
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