Connecticut western news., 1917-02-01
CoNNEC TICUT WESTERN NEWS, THURSDAY FEBRUARY l. s17

Joseph Blair has been off duty at the Canaan Lumber yards for the past two weeks on account of illness. Mrs. Louis Smith and son visited Mrs Smiths parents, MT. and Mrs. Fred Bartholomew, ill Lakeville last week.
 MT. and Mrs. E. W. Tweedy have been spending few days in New York city.
 Miss Sarah Adam is in New York city, where she is spending couple weeks as the guest of Mrs. $. H. Elm merson.
 Mrs. W. N. Decker has returned 1 from New Britain. Her mother, Mrs. Thomas MacKirdy accompanied her home and will spend the rest of the winter here.
 Miss Harriet Ensign of Lime Rock is visiting at Miss Emma Lawrence's.
 F. A. Creevey and daughter, Mrs. Ivan Cam spent Tuesday in Hartford.
 Mrs. Wade Sleighter and son Howard of Kent were over Sunday guests at Fred E. Dewey's.
 The meeting of Pilgrim church this evening will be held at the parsonage. The topic will be "The Chris ian as an idealist.''
 The topic for the Pilgrim young peoples meeting Sunday evening will be "Visions and Tasks" the leader, Willard Peirca After the meeting number of sacred selections will be given on the Victrola. Anyone is ill. vited who cares to come.
 At the Pilgrim church Brotherhood class last Sunday, Miss Edith Howes of Boston gave most interesting talk about various philanthropics in which she is interested, including the con- sumers' league, making girls clubs, trade school and the Placement Bureau, which is an organization to assist young people to get advantageously placed in industry. There was large attendance and all present greatly en- loved the talk. Miss Howes is in Ga naan as the guest of her cousins, the Misses Brown. The topic for the Brotherhood class next Sunday will be Protecting the worker" and the 1 leader will be Charles Laffargue. To the men of Canaan Don't make Lany other date for the fifteenth of Feb ruary. That's the nlght of the Bro- therhood supper at Pilgrim church.
 The ladies of the Womans Home Missionary society of the Methodist church shipped nearly two tons of pa pers and magazines to Pittsfeld, Tues day.
 G. L. Parsons & Son are busy taking inventory this week.
 Marcus A. Barnes has bought the o. E. Bailey, property oD South street in Great Burlington. i Tonight the ladies of the MethodisU church are serving their annual chicken pie supper The Bible study class meets at 2 :3O at Mrs F. F. Clemans
 The Board of Relief holds its first meeting today at the town hall at 10 o'clock.
 Mrs. F. R. Collin has been spending several days in Hartfrod.
 John Pease and Edward Mulford were guests of Charles Fellows ill Stockbridge over Sunday. They play. ed their violins at the morning service at St. Joseph's church and ill the eve ming played duet at a secred concert at the town hall for the benefit of the organ fund of the church. The kensington Club will meet next Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. F. H.. Lice.
 "Oh! Oh! Deplhine," the musical comedy booked for the Mahaiwe Thea. tre for tonight, has cancelled it's en gagement because of the illness of several members of the company.
 The Queen Esther Circle will meet with Mrs. Leonard Caldwell xt Mon- day night. The Circle are to hold candy sale Thursday night at the chicken pie supper. News has been received in town of the illness and death of Charles Tread. we'll, Big Charlie" who has spent so many summers at the Twin Lakes camps. N
 The Mission Circle of Pilgrim church will meet tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. John Adam.
 Mrs. Mary Sewart is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Frank Brown, in New York city.
 Miss Caroline Camp has class in dancing at the Canterbury schools at New Milford on Saturday afternoons. 1 Mrs. Sarah Conway is caring for Junius Rhoades who remains about the same.
 A. w. Nicoll of Great Burlington visited his brother John Nlcoll last Sunday.
 Mrs. Fred Brewer has been visiting relatives in Winsted.
 Miss Annie Landers attended the Southern New England Telephone