Connecticut western news., 1916-12-21
FALLS VILLAGE

J. s. Tracy found but little difficulty in making the trip by automobile to Winsted, Monday with his daughter, who is a student in Gilbert school.
 Something over 200 children will re. celve presents at the Community Christmas tree exercises at the hall Monday night. A very generous re. sponse for contributions was given the committee in charge.
 Bernard Smith is still on the gain and hopes to be able to sit up this week.
 Wesley Andrus is home from Mount Hermon school and Ward Andrus is home from Sheffield for the Christmas holidays. s
 Miss Minnie Jacobi will spend the holidays in Winsted.
 Archibald Barney is home from Waterbury sicK with rheumatism., He is reported a little more comfortable at this writing.
 Miss Helen Eggleston of Salisbury was a guest of Miss Clara Sabin from Saturday to Monday.
 The Community Christmas tree was set up on the hotel lawn Tuesday morn ing. It is tall, graceful cedar from c. l.. Smiths place. Arthur Wagoner, A. F. Gibbs and MT. Smith were the committee to secure the tree. Willing helpers were on hand to help set it up.
 Three young people. Mary Dean, Olive Marsh and John Wright were re- ceived into full membership in the Methodist church by Rev. T. W. Haven, Sunday morning.
 The postof1ice will close at 1O:30 Christmas and will not be opened to deliver mail after that hour.
 Howard Egleston and Fred Andrews took the examinations from the R. F. D. route at Great Burlington.
 The town schools will close Friday for one week.
 Mrs. J. H. Stringer has closed her house and returned to the city.
 Officers elected at the annual meet ing of the Falls Village Volunteer Fire Department. December were Fred E. Egleston, chief; Thomas J. BaTtle captain; Harry B. Frink, lieutenant; F. Richard P. Smith, secretary and treas urer; J. K. Mackie, C. W. Burkett, H. B. Egleston, standing committee: T. J. Bartle, B. c. Heinz, H. E. Brink, finance committee. The following committee was appointed to see about furnishing the club room, which has been rented in Citizens building by friends of the fire department for the benefit of active and associate members of the department, J. K. Maekie, R. F. Smith, H. c. Frink, H. R. Brinton, Harold Bray. The room is being equipped at this time, and it will be made an attractive gathering place for all the members. The rooms are to be open every evening. Any person IS or more years of age may join the depart ment as an associate member, paying $2 dues per year. Active members have to live within the fire district and be capable of doing any fire duty There will be special meeting of the company Friday evening, Dec. 22 to receive new members and plan ways to raise funds.
 The program for the Community Christmas as arranged by the commit. tee in charge provides for the singing of carols shortly after 5 o'clock at the houses on Main and Prospect streets. by party costumed as "Waits. " It is hoped that the houses will be illum. mated to show the appreciation of the singing. At 6:15 everybody is invited to gather round the tree on the hotel lawn where carols will be sung as fol- lows: 70 Come, all ye Faithful, '' i've three Kings of Orient Are, ' "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing, " 'The Christmas Tree," to be sung by the. children. 70 little town of Bethlehem" "Good King Wenceslas, ' to be sung by the men. "Silent Night, Holy Night, "It came upon the mid. night clear" At 7 o'clock the party will go to the Citizens hall, where all the schools of the town as we'll as Amesville will participate in a pro- gram arranged by the teachers. A Christmas tree will be nnloaded of it's fruit at the close of the exercises. Mr. W. L. Carrigan and Miss J., O. Hart will lead the singing and MT. T. Tureni will assist with his cornet.
 Arthur l.. Beebe and bride, formerly Miss Marion Spaford of South Hadley, Mass, spent few days of last week with MT. Beebe's sister, Mrs. Harry E. Dean.