Connecticut western news., 1916-08-03
The Wurra Wurra Club

The attendance was perfectly lovely, and all were present who wished. It is so much better that way-that is to say, it is generally so as hypothetical proposition, as it were- Consequently nobody was very much astonished when the meeting was called to order by the president, MT. Joseph l.. Par sons. AS matter of fact, there was no reason for astonishment, for that was what he was there for. Neverthe- less, he called the meeting to order, as aforesaid, and commanded the secretary to call the roll, and that duty was per- formed. The minutes of the previous meeting were then read by Henry Scutt, in tenor, and the Opening Ode was sung by Lew Rhoades and Henry Ives as quartet, MT. Rhoades singing the soprano. bass and contralto parts, and MT. Ives the tenor, alto and mezzo. soprano. which they done so with in. different success, although President Gillette, of the Canaan Choral Union, said he never heard anything like it. They were accompanied, part of the way, by John Armstrong. on the fire alarm siren, but the last half was sung without accompaniment, as the siren lacked the necessary volume. After the echoes of the Ode, and the thunder. ous applause, had ceased reverberating, the chair declared the fore.part of the ceremonies at an end, and proceeded with the hind-part
 Mir. Rob. Peirce took the floor to offer motion that the chair appoint a vigilance committee to suppress the sidewalk bicycle nuisance, and his motion was seconded by Charles G. Smith and unanimously carried with whoop. The chair appointed as such committee Messrs. J. Clint. RoIaback, John s. Reed and Dr. Ross.
 Mr. Creevey got up and moved that a joint standing committee be ap- pointed to conIer with the railroad company with view of making it pleasant for the train crews that stay in Canaan over night. ''At present there are half dozen train crews re. manning over night here," said he, land from all accounts there are likely to be good many more before there are less. The chief difficulty, from the local standpoint, is going to be the housing of such railroad men as have families, and who will naturally want to move their households to Canaan, Where are they going to live? What we need to do is to induce our local capitalists to build suitable tenements for rent. and-''
 That's easy," said the fat member. putting in. "Mebbe all we've got t do, perhaps, is t. go to man that's got money, an tell him t put up half dozen houses-an' up they go quicker'n ye can say scat That's a skinch. I'd like t. mend tn motion with 'mendment that tn members O tn comity on gittin' new houses built be men that's got money t. build 'em. !"
 The amendment was rejected and the motion carried. The chair an nounced that he would name the com. mittee later.
 MT. Farnum moved that the com mittee on contested elections, or some other committee, be authorized to find out why the billy cop is not re.instated at the Railroad street corner, where he is needed this year more than he was needed last year, in view of the In- creased number of automobiles that whirl around that corner. The matter was referred to the committee on billy cop, with instructions to report at the next meeting.