Connecticut western news., 1914-02-19
CANAAN

the Methodist Church will be held Fri day evening at 8. at the home of D. W Manvel. This is the last Quarterly Conference of the year and it is neces sary that all the members of the board be present. Dr. R. E. Wilson, district superintendent will preside.
 Motion pictures tonight and Saturday night at the Town Hall. Adv.
 Borden's harvested another cutting oi ice this week from their pond.
 Selden Downs, who is spending the Stevens. was in Pittsfield yesterday as witness in G. A. Stevens suit for land damage.
 The Cranford Club meets this after noon with Mrs. Jackson. The topics to be presented are, Great Eplcs by Miss Smith Present day literary life in India. Miss Ferguson Modes of Travel Mrs. Parsons.
 The Hawthorne Club will meet this afternoon with Mrs. J. G. Adam.
 Monday being observed as holiday. the stores generally in town will close at noon for the day. The post office will be closed from 12 to D. m. ...
 Miss Lasher, of Montgomery, N. Y, is guest of her brother, G. M. Lasher.
 Joseph Quinn was home from Hart ford over Sunday. Miss Katherine Quinn, who had been home for a week assisting in the care of her father, re. turned to Boston Sunday afternoon. , Rev. L. E. Travis delivered a splendid address on Abraham Lincoln, Tn the Methodist Church Sunday evening, which was enjoyed by large congrega- tjon. This evening MT, Travis will give an address on George Washington. at the annual meeting of the Episcopal Church Brotherhood of Shelton, Conn.
 At the regular monthly smoker of the Business Mems Association in Odd Eel lows Hall this evening the Rev. w.. Howard Mills will speak on "Opportun- ities." along lines that will be of par. ticular interest to the business men of Canaan. Every citizen should attend.
 Mrs. Jean Willis has returned to Ca- naan and is stopping at The Naples.
 At the meeting of the Art Circle this week, Rev. E. o. Gillette gave talk to the girls on the Mountain Whites and the particular needs of mules at the Joppa School. The talk preceded the jolly game of pinning the tail on the mule. Ellen Lasher won the prize, package of Twenty Mule Team Borax. Next week Amy Lansing, Rosa Reel and Luella Cudney will be hostesses.
 Miss Caroline Camp has been visiting Miss Dorothy Pease in New Britain the past week.
 The Board of Relief held it's final meeting this week Monday. Not many changes were made In the tax lists, those that were asked for were amicably adjusted. .-..
 The Epworth League business meet ing was held Monday evening with Mrs. F. H. Lee. A social hour followed the business session games and refreshments were provided.
 School Supervisor G. J. Vogel spent Saturday and Sunday in Hartford the guest of Secretary Hine.
 The Pilgrim Church prayer meeting will be held this evening at the home of George Ford in the Garfield Block. The topic will be "Jhe Heroic Age of the Church."
 Rev. W. Howard Mills spent the early part of the week in Bridgeport.
 The basketball game Friday evening between All W insted and Canaan was won by the latter team with score of 37 to 27.
 The Misses Merwin. of Torrington, spent Sunday with their mother in town.
 MT. and Mrs. H. B. Ives went to Bridgeport Friday to attend the first re- union of the Knights Templar and ladies who were on the trans continental ex CuTSlCu ldSb IlO "do held in Masonic Hall, and was delight ful affair On their return home, Sat. urday. MT. and Mrs. Ives were accom- panied by MT. and Mrs. George Ball, of .Minersyille, Penn, who were their guests, at the Garfield. over Sunday.
 The "Last Rehearsal" given by the Queen Esther circle at the Methodist church social rooms Wednesday evening attracted room full of friends of the girls. About $15.OO was realized for the treasury. All who took part acquitted themselves creditably and furnished much amusement for the audience.
 John R. H. Armstrong, who has been bookkeeper for Decker & Alvord the past year will enter the employ of The Fuller Hardware Go. the first of March.
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