Connecticut western news., 1917-05-10
FALLS VILLAGE

| LdhCFiAiC was pIeSenl and mustered in the local Home Guard company. 49 members were present to take the required oath. The hall was filled with friends of the members to witness the ceremony. Following the gathering in the hall, Captain Rudd conducted a drill on the lawn in front of the hall.
 R. P. Smith, who now has a good position with the Gilbert Clock O. in
 Winsted, was home Saturday afternoon and Sunday.
 B. A. Creevey, R. D. Peirce, H. E. Lyles and J. c. Roraback were down from Canaan to witness the mastering
 ill of the Falls Village Home Guard
 Sunday afternoon.
 The East Canaan Social Club are to give a play, "The Prairie Rose" at
 Citizens hall tonight.
 A. W. Holsapple of Canaan was
 visitor in town Monday.
 MT. and Mrs. Miles Hanchett of East
 Orange, NIL, were in town over Sun. day.
 Edward c. Heinz is home from
 Northampton for vacation.
 Robert Scoville of Salisbury and
 Rev. F. H. Bigelow of Lime Rock
 addressed the gathering tC consider the
 food situation at the hall Saturday
 night. A group of the scholars of the
 town led the assemblage in singing
 patriotic songs.
 W. l.. Carrigan, Walter King Stone
 and E. l.. Ferguson attended the Home
 Guard drill at Lakeville Monday night.
 Harold Russell was home from Pitts.
 field over Sunday.
 Rev. T. W. Haven will preach on a
 topic appropriate to Mothers Day next
 Sunday and there will be special music
 for the occasion.
 Averille Hubbell of Hartford was at
 his home here over Sunday.
 Mrs. Eula Frear Olcott of Hartford
 has been visiting her parents in town
 the past week.
 f At the annual meeting of the Ep-
 worth League Monday night, the
 following officers were elected: Rev
 T. w. Haven, president; Mrs. J. S.
 Tracy, lst vice. e-president; Mrs. H. N.
 Wright, 2d vice president; Mrs. W. c.
 Hart, 3d ce-president; Miss Belle
 Hanchett, 4th vice. .president; Mrs.
 Nellie Sanford, secretary and treasurer. . These new officers will be installed at
 the service next Sunday evening. | MT. and Mrs. Lyman Finkle, who !. have been spending few days at Mrs. | Mary Blake's, returned to Bridgeport 1. Saturday evening.
 | .. Rev. T. W. Haven has purchased a ]. Ford touring car of c. H. Pease of | Canaan.
 1. Ken1eth Sommers was called home | to Wingdqle, Sunday by the illness of 1. his father.
 | Mrs T. w. Haven went to Pittsfield l. last Thursday with Miss Olive Morse | whc has entered the House of Mercy l. for course of training. | Ralph Sedgwick spent Sunday at his I. home in town.
 | Mrs. Bertha Rice was taken to the | Winsted hospital Thursday for treat !. ment.
 i Mrs. Webb of Pittsfeld is keeping !. house for F. E. How'd. Miss Katie Boyle has gone to New | Haven for an indefinite stay. T. A baby boy, weighing II pounds, !. was born to MT. and Mrs. Meh lander [ of Amesville on Wednesday morning. Dr. Peterson of Lakeville and Mrs. l. Mehrlander of Brooklyn the attending 1. doctor and nurse
 That there is abundant opportunity 1. to do bit of gardening is evidenced [ by the offer made by Father Donahue, 1. of the plot of ground adjoining St. ]. Patrick's church; this to be divided 1. into plot of 20x40 feet, to be cultivated !. by the school children under the dlrec. 1. tion of a committee consisting of W. l.. l Carrigan, Miss Mary Shannon and Miss Margaret O'Hara. John T. Bartle [ has also made similar offer of 5 acres r to anyone who will cultivate a whole or part of it.
 Repairs are being made at the Con. gregational church so that there will ! be no services there next Sunday. J. s. Tracy was in Bridgeport Mon day and Tuesday. f The local committee on Food Supply, 1. urge everyone in town to make room f in their gardens for the planting of at ! least enough white beans for their own f use for the ensuing year, and would !. like to bring to the attention of any | who would like to raise for market. !. the fact that there is no crop which can f be sold more readily or will return a I handsomer profit than beans. So many f will be required for the armies now in i. service and those which are to be | formed that unless everyone "puts his ! shoulder to the wheel" and helps by f raising at least enough for himself and l. his family the supply for next season 1. will not be sufficient. With these facts I in mind and in order to help and en- | courage everyone to raise more beans, T tha local comm ittaa has haen varv for.