Connecticut western news., 1914-05-07
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Eaven road.
 Miss Sarah T. Boon, of Pittsfel1, is visiting Mrs. J. H. Roraback.
 The meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church, which was to be held tomorrow afternoon, has been postponed for one week. It will be held Friday afternoon, May 15, with Mrs. George Oles.
 Miss Fidelia Bridges, who has been spending a few days in Boston, re- turned to Canaan, Monday.
 Mr. and Mrs. John N. VanDeusen, who have been ill for several weeks, are improving and able to be about the house.
 Mrs. Mary Peterson, who has been caring for Henry D. Reed for several weeks, has returned to her home in Salisbury. Her place is taken by Mrs. Harriet Swift, of Norfolk.
 Twelve new members. were added to the roll of Pilgrim church at the Sun day morning service. The attendance was large, more than 80 partaking of communion.
 Mrs. Moston, of Troy, N. r., has been spending the week with her daugh- ter, Miss Mabel Moston, at ThessMaples.
 The Cranford Club meets this after noon with Mrs. Preston. Roll call will be answered with quotations from Kip ling. Miss Ferguson has for a topic Ghazipur, "The City of Roses;" Mrs. Scutt, "The Plague in Bombay" Mrs. Roger, "The Army" and Oriental Child Play.'
 A union mothers meeting will be held at Pilgrim church next Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The mothers of the village are cordially invited to attend. .I
 The topic at the mid-week meeting at Pilgrim church this evening will be "The healing of the Nation"
 Rev. MT. Parsons, of the Sheffield church, Sunday evening, in exchange with Rev. w. Howard Mills.
 Miss Emeline Fields, of Sheffield, is stopping at Mrs. s. J. Hamm's.
 Judge A. T. Roraback is sitting with the Supreme court at Hartford this week.
 James Quinn has been doing an ad- mirable thing for posterity and the beautifying of the West Main street section of the village, by setting out a dozen maple trees on the Main and Reed street sides of his residence, which will prove thing of beauty and 8 joy forever. by and by.
 4o1l people at their meeting next Sunday evening at Pilgrim church on Health hints for better living" The meeting is held at 6:45.
 The brotherhood class at Pilgrim church enjoyed fine talk by MT. Travis last Sunday. The topic next Sunday will be ''The labor war in Colo rado and MT. Rockefeller's position on the matter"
 The annual offering for Home Mis- sions will be received at Pilgrim church next Sunday morning. There will be union meeting of the two Missionary societies at the Pill grim parsonage tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.
 Canaan auto owners should not for get the meeting of the new auto club, to beheld at Roraback's law office to- morrow evening, to perfect theorganiza- tion.
 A meeting of the western group of state school supervisors was held with Supervisor George, J. Vogel, at The Naples, Friday evening, Secretary of the State Board of Education o. D. Hine, who is spending few weeks here, presiding. The supervisors pres ent were Messrs. Vogel, Dakin, Clough, Alger, Chance, Chittenden, Ireland, Halliwell, Bliss, Boyd, Stone, Warner and Swift. The topics discussed in- cluded >''Model Schools" Measures of Accomplishment, "Tolerable Schools" "
 Another lot of those assorted choco- lates. Regular 40 cent quality at 19 cents per pound. Just as good but a larger variety of flavors. At special counter Saturday. Canaan Mercantile Go. Adv.
 The Odd Fellows worked the second degree on two candidates Monday hlSllus 1Ab uIlC hCAU L1CCOlllS Nl11Cc Ocbu- didates will receive the third degree.
 Dr. Ross and H. B. Ives will leave tomorrow evening for Chatiemac Lake, in the Adirondacks, for two weeks fishing junket.
 The ladies of the Methodist church have been giving the auditorium a thorough cleaning this week. They expect to have it in readiness for ser vice on Sunday, but there is a prospect that the mid-week service tonight will be held at the home of some member of the church.
 The regular meeting of David S. Cowles Post, G. A. R. will be held Wednesday evening, May 1S, at which time it is expected that a resolution will be adopted that future meetings of the Post be held in the daytime, as the vet erans dislike to be out at night. The Memorial Day services will be preached IA