Connecticut western news., 1915-07-01

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 Miss Ellen Lindell will entertain a few of her friends at her home tonight in honor of Miss Elizabeth Dickson, of ThomastOn.
 Miss Ruth Landon will be off duty at the Canaan Mercantile Go. s store for a few days visiting relatives in Beckett.
 Miss Ebba Lindell is assisting at the Canaan Mercantile Co. $ store for a few days.
 Mrs. Walter Goegin and niece, Miss Marjorie O'Hara. attended the gradua- tion exercises of Miss Josephine O'H at Danbury Normal School last Thurs day.
 Miss Minnie c. Bradley, of Ocean l Grove N. J., is visiting her cousin, Mrs. N. E. Lawton on Church street.
 The Ladies Aid society of the Metho- dist church will meet, tomorrow after noon with Miss Jennie ScamerhOrn.
 Mrs. and Miss Jayne, of Bridgeport, are stopping at Church Terrace.
 MT. F. E. Kelsey, of Bridgeport, the we'll known piano tuner, was Ill town last week tuning the pianos of num- Der of his regular customers here.
 Major s. A. Bennett of Staten Island, formerly of Canaan, is visiting at Twin Lakes, the guest of Judge and Mrs. L. F. Burpee at their delightful cottage. The Major is suffering from fractured shoulder, the result of a fall in the dark in his room at Staten Island some days ago, but is recovering with remarkable rapidity considering the fact that he is more than so years old.
 The local merchants report heavy sales of flags and bunting for outside decoration next Monday and the indi- cations are that the old town will be more gaily dressed up than ever before it it's history. A professional decorator 1 from Poughkeepsie is in town, having contracts for trimming up several of the buildings in the business sections. Any person desiring his services and wishing to decorate at reasonable cost without the bother of personally doing the work or procuring material, should leave word at the Benton 6 Wright shoe store.
 Miss Frances Freeman is home from Fredonia, N. Y., for the summer.
 Mrs. Mary Corbit is visiting in Waterbury.
 Miss Mary Fitch came home from Danbury last Saturday.
 Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Foote and sons Franklin and Wilbur. Jr., of Great Harrington. were recent guests of Mrs. E. M. Collins.
 Roy Johnson, of West Cornwall, was a week end guest at Sam Reels.
 Miss May Parmelee is enjoying her vacation from her duties at the $. IN. E. telephone office.
 MT. Gibson, of West Hartford, has come to Canaan, to make his home with his daughter Mrs. B. R. Atwood.
 Rev. and Mrs. w. Howard Mills, of Ansonia, motored up to Canaan, Thurs day, and Mrs. Mills will remain at Mills returned to Ansonia the same day, but will return later to call on. friends and take Mrs. Mills home.
 All aboard for the Christ Church picnic at the Whittlesey cottage, Twin Lakes, tomorrow.
 A 50O-gallon gasoline tank has been installed under ground, just outside the Brewer garage, with an automatic measuring pump affixed, which adds greatly to the convenience of the supply department.
 Mrs. Norman Hicks went Sunday to attend the funeral of her cousin, Mrs. Heating who was buried in Mattes wan, Monday morning.
 Master Norman Hicks and Miss Florence Hicks spent the weekend with relatives in Winsted.
 o. J. Decker has been spending few days at Gravesend, l.. I.
 Mrs. Earl Coons and children have returned from a visit with relatives in Danbury and New Milford.
 Miss Ryan, of Sharon, was Sunday guest at Mrs. E. M. Collins.
 MT. and Mrs. Miles Jenks and daughter Janet, of Millerton, visited relatives here last Thursday.
 Mrs. Samuel Camp and daughter Elizabeth have returned from their visit to Springfield.
 Miss Louise Hotchkiss, of Collins vile, was a guest of Miss Sarah Holley aafew days last week.
 Miss Caroline Camp is a guest of Miss Glenn Codding at Twin Lakes.
 Mrs G. F. Fitch attended the grad uation exercises of her daughter Mary at Danbury Normal last Tuesday. Miss Mary E. Roger left yesterday to join Miss Ruth c. Manchester at Winsted, from there they will go to South Bristol, Maine, for an outing John BarleYcocn and Transportation.
 They had a Transportation Parade the other day at the San Francisco Ex- Y,octirn IF cbowa5 tho 1aua1o,,,,,a ,,I