Connecticut western news., 1915-08-05
CANAAN


comb, Sheriff Frank Huntington, i. !.
Nickerson, Court Clerk Wheaton F.
Dowd, Court Stenographer l.. Cogswell,
Judge Walter Holcomb, Howard Lam
don, Donald J. Warner and others.
The winds and rains weakened big
limb of a tree in trout of Hiram Beebe' s
residence Oh West Main street, to such
an extent that yesterday it fell. Its
weight tore the electric light wire out
of place and Frank Whiting spent part
of the afternoon re adjusting things.
with the aid of considerable folc of
men.
The Kensington Club held sale and
supper in tie Methodist church yester-
day afternoon and evening.
The Pathe Weekly films at the NOV.
ing picture show Saturday night will
give thrilling views OF the Eastland
excursion disaster at Chicago showing
the narrowing scenes Immediately fol-
lowing the capsize of the vessel and the
rescue of the drowned bodies and liv-
ing passengers who were thrown over
board.
The Winsted Chamber of Commerce
will join the Torrington Chamber, next
Tuesday in an automobile run to Savin
Rock and field day at that "little Coney
Island" The same day the Waterbury
Chamber of Commerce will have bar
becue. to which the members will bring
their wives or sweetnearts. These
summer outings are popular and prof
liable institution with Chamber Cf
Commerce and Business Mems Associa-
tions. about the state. The Canaan
Association has discussed such an affair
for this summer, but
The weather man seems determine
to forfeit all the friends he ever had i'll
this neighborhood. Evidently his rep.
ertoire is exhausted of everything ex-
cept rain, and the rain plug is stuck.
Farmers are now fearful that potatoes
will rot in the ground.
Rev. Henry Utterwick, former pas
tor of Pilgrim church, who is visiting
here, will preach i'll the East Canaan
Congregational church next Sunday.
Rev. H. E. Adriance occupied the
Pilgrim church pulpit last Sunday.
Mrs. H. D. Humphrey and daughter
Beatrice have been spending some time
at Monterey, Mass.
Another name to be added to the list
of Pushaheads Wallace w. Burghardt
has just completed stretch of cement
sidewalk in front of his premises on
Church street. Slowly but surely the
village is being "walked' to compile
ton. Allyn Fuller will have a cement
sidewalk in front of his home, after
the other important and impendil g
essentials are fixed up and out Of the
way PITT
The interior of the Odd Fellows room
in the Fuller building is being hand
somely e-painted and decorated by
Streck g. Stats, artists.
DR.. and Mrs. George @. Peet, of
Bridgeport, are boarding for the present
with Miss Cleary, of Bridgeport, who
is occupying Mrs. J. W. Peet's house
on Granite avenue.
A band concert will be given this
evening-weather permitting-on the
Town Hall Green, by Canaan Citizens
Band.
Elmer Odell, of Danbury, is visiting
his grandfather, Ovid P. Gillette, at
Mrs. S. @. Beckley's.
Because of the rain Yesterday the
sale, held by the Kensington Club at
the Methodist church will be continued
this afternoon.
Rev. James I'll. George will represent
Hiram Chapter, No. l, R. A. M, as
delegate to the General Grand Chapter
of this lodge of Masonry which will be
held at San Francisco, Cal, in August.
Mr.. and Mrs Eugene f. Marvin. Mr..
and Mrs. Emery E. Bierce and Ralph
.Bierce, of Winchester, will leave Aug
ust IL for Sugar City, Colo, for all ex-
tended visit with Attorney George A.
Marvin, formerly of Canaan. From
New York the party will 90 to New
Orleans by boat and from there to
Colorado by train. The party plan to
attend the Panama exposition before
returning home. They intend to be
absent about year.
Roscoe Benjamin's trotter, the
Doctor, 2-161, and Valante, 2-214, won
the blue ribbons and two silver cups in
the single road class and do1ble team
class at Litchtield horse show last week.
The Allyn Fuller-F Florence Hall we'd
ding which will take place in the
Chapel at Ashley Falls next Wednesday
afternoon at o'clock, engrosses the at
tention Of society, here and in Ashley
Falls, at present, and will attract a
large number of friends and we'll wish
ers of the popular young couple.
Benjamin's auto shop is the center
of attraction in Winsted these days,
with all the new 1916 models coming
i'll every week. He has some stunning
cars now on exhibition and each week
brings new bunch of cars.
1t is announced that beginning next
Monday the morning accommodation
train to Bridgeport and New Haven,
leaving Canaan at 7:51, will start from
Pittsfeld instead of Great Darlington
r and will "tie up" in Plttsfield there
after.