Connecticut western news., 1916-10-26


 Hugh Corcoran was home from Waterbury over Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. c. E. Badgley and SCH - Perry motored to Salt Point, N. Y., and spent Sunday.
 Miss Marion. E. Currier, one of the high school teachers was given sur prise party last Friday evening by the teachers and pupils at Walter Goggin' &.
 Mrs. Eugene T. Rowe has been visit. ing friends in Great Burlington.
 Miss Hazel Whitford gave farewell party to her friends last Friday eve- ming. Miss Whitford leaves for Mil. ford, where she will make her future home.
 Miss Catherine Belden of Hartford is a guest of Mrs. George Hall.
 William T. Stone of Rochester, N. Y., is visiting his son Walter King Stone at Twin Doors.
 Manuel Trigerios of Norfolk called on friends in town last week; he ex- poets to go to Millerton, N. Y, for the winter.
 The Cranford Club meets today with Mrs. s. J. Hamm. There will be a reading by Mrs. Freeman Dempsey.
 John Armstrong, clerk at The Fuller Hardware store, is on his annual vaca. tion.
 O.. O. Callendar of Jordon, N. Y., was in town for few days last week on business.
 Mrs. Carrie A. Kasson visited in Springfield last week and attended the fair.
 MT. and Mrs. George Wood Jr., and children Mrs. George Wood ST., and daughters motored from Newburgh and called on friends here Sunday.
 Clarence E. Vroman is the republi- can nominee for representative from Brookfeld.
 The supper served by the ladies of the Epworth League at the Methodist church last Wednesday night netted the league $25.
 The Odd Fellows will work the second degree Monday night for the benefit of two candidates. Every member should be present.
 E. A. Creevey, Charles Laffargue and John Rodemeyer are attending the an- nual meeting of the state Chamber of Commerce in Middletown.
 Tickets for the lecture by Mrs. E. L. Nettleton of New Haven on "Sense and Nonsense'' to be given in the town hall next Thursday are on sale at F. R. Collins store. The lecture is given under the auspices of the Cranford Club.
 Freeman Dempsey and W. A. Wright motored to the dairy show in Spring field last Thursday.
 Mrs. James Burns of Plainville is visiting her sister, Mrs. E. R. Atwood.
 After an eight weeks absence John Flynn and daughter Miss Margaret re-. turned home on Tuesday evening from Portsville, California, where they visit. ed MT. Flynn's brother, and family.
 Joseph l.. Parsons is in New York for few days on business trip for the firm.
 Seven voters were admitted to the  selectmen and town clerk last Friday. An adjourned meeting will be held to. morrow at the same place. The new names added were W. F. Beilke. Daniel Brennan, William Kane. Edwin F. Laitinen, W. E. Rectal, J. A. Stein hilder, Hyatt Tripp.
 Mrs. Edward E. Thomas of Stratford has been guest of Mrs. E. P. Williams the past week. Mrs. Thomas will be remembered by Canaan friends as Miss Daphne Stickles and at one time con- nected with The News.
 Miss Mary Fitch was home from South Kent over Sunday.
 Miss c. H. Roraback and Miss M. w. Manvel are the official delegates from the Methodist Sunday school to the state convention in Hartford next week.
 The town assessors have an import. ant notice in another column which should be read by every taxpayer.
 The hand lettered posters, advertis. ing the dance for the benefit of the visiting nurse association, in the var. ious store windows are the work of George Slye. They show unusual ability in the way of decorative work which should be cultivated.
 "Jack" Garvin, member of the New Jersey cavalry, is spending few days with his parents at Anketel farm. He is just home from the Mexican border.
 Miss Hazel Clark of Chelsea, Mass. is visiting Miss Sarah Holley.
 John Armstrong, who is on vaca tion, reports that last Friday he dis tinctly heard the siren fire alarm; he was then about two miles south o1 Sandisfield.
 F. F. Stevens is taking few days vacation from his duties at Dempsey drug store.