Connecticut western news., 1916-01-06
FALLS VILLAGE
HENRY H. WOLFE.

MI. IlOhl H. "ollC, ohO oA bliO OANA est and most highly respected residents of this place, died at his home in Amesville. Thursday morning, Dec. 80, at I o'clock, at the age of S3 years, 10 months. Death was due to the in' firmities of age. Deceased nad be en in failing health for some time, and his death occasioned no surprise.
 Mir. Wolfe was a native of the town of Salisbury, son of the late William Wolfe, who was known as "Uncle Bill. ." He was employed by the rail road company for many years, and worked in the repair shops in Amesv1lle until they were removed to New Haven.
 When he was a young man he was employed by the late Horatio Ames, manufacturer Of cannoD, where the car shops afterward stood. and operated trip hammer, at which he was excep- tionally skillful It was related of him that he had such masterly control over the pondelous trip hammer, weighing a ton or more, that he could crack walnuts with it without crush ing the meats.
 The funeral was held Sunday at his late residence and was largely at- tended. Rev. E. A. Hazeltine off, ciated. The body was placed in the vault in Grassy Hill cemetery. He is survived by his widow, one son, Henry Wolfe, of Mansfield, Ohio; a brother, John, of Middletown, N. Y., and three sisters-Mrs. Jabez Brewster, of Hil- Mi1tn1, Tha1or1o n of Sayre, Penn, and Mrs. Lydia Sher- man, of Falls Village.
 Miss Marguerite O'Hara, of Twin Lakes. has been engaged to teach in her former grade in Hunts school, suc- ceeding Miss CoDore, resigned.
 Game Warden I. P. Hornbeck had eight deer reported to him as killed in the county, between last Friday and Monday. Another ''crack shot" hunter. Charles Buck, of New Milford, killed two deer at one shot. At this rate all the deer in Litchfield county will soon be cleaned out.
 Coasting is the favorable pastime, these days and nights, and society generally IS entering into the sport with all the gusto of the youngsters.
 On the morning of the marble works fire in Ashley Falls-Monday-the engineer of the north bound. night freight saw the light on the sky, as he left Lime Rock Thinking the fire might be ill Falls Village he blew a constant alarm on his whistle coming into this place. Our new fire company, hearing the unusual noise, turned out, at 3 o'clock in the morning, and re- ported for duty. Of course there was no duty for them to perform but to answer roll l-call and return home. But the incident gave them an opportunity to prove that they are on the alert and ready.
 The schools re opened Monday after the holiday vacation.
 John T. Bartle and Dave Everts went to New York, Monday to attend the auto show.
 Harold Russell has been spending few days in Bridgeport.
 William O. Baldwin, of Lee, was in town Sunday to attend the funeral of MT Wolfe.
 Miss Anna Rogers returned to New Haven, Sunday afternoon.
 Will Carroll has one to Lime Rock to work
 The remains of Mrs. Alkaline Bunce were brought here Tuesday for burial from Buffalo, N. Y. Mrs. Bunce was Captain Bunce.
 Pupils perfect in attendance in the public schools of the town of Canaan for December: Beebe Hill-Jacob Abramovitz, Kathryn Andrews, Will liam Argall, Anna Bacon, Nelson Bryant, Mabel Dings, Beatrice Malnati, Esther Malnati. Walter Marcy. Maggie Sanglio, Marine Sanglio, Elizabeth Noble, Mason Noble, Lee Palmer, Edward Silvernale, Mary Silvernale, Frank Wilms, Marie Wilms.
 D. M. Hunt, Room 1-Ellen Carroll, Jessie Carroll, Mary Dean, Laura Dickinson, Ellen Hickey, Elizabeth Holcomb, Loren Palmer, Lucy Sanglio, Bertha Schreiber, Robert Schreiber, Charles Sedgwick, Ennis Silvernale, Winifred Smith, Fred Wilms, Francis Wright.
 D. M. Hunt, Room 2-Helen An drews, Minnie Carroll, Dorothy Dean, Walter Decker, Wallace Dickinson, George Dings, Lucy Malnati, Harry Schreiber, John Sedgwick, Francis Sil- vernale, Clara Wilms, Flora Winters.
 Huntsville -Auguste Boibaux, Helen Boibaux, Mariange Boibaux, Yoome Boibaux, Alice Bushey, Harry Dean, Vernon Lorraine, Wallace Mallory, William Mallory, Alice Passini, Dorothy Nichols, Malcolm Nichols, Walter Wedge.
 Canaan Mountain-Helen Passini, Herman Passini, Doris Swift.