Connecticut western news., 1917-10-25
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 Congregational parsonage at Sheffield. Mrs. Rowe will continue to teach for he present. MT. Rowe is signal direc. or for the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad.
 Mrs. W. H. Mills has accepted the position as organist at Christ Church
 F. A. Baker has been spending a few days in Livermore Falls, Maine.
 James Keenan, Sr., is off duty Rt the union station on account of an injury received while at work. Micnael Kane is assisting at the station during his absence.
 John Smith has accepted a good position in Syracuse, N Y. and will move his household goods this week. Mrs. Smith is spending few days with Mrs Nora McCarty before leav- ing for Syracuse.
 Mrs. Howard Rood has returned from the Reidy Sanitarium in Winsted where she recently underwent an operation and is spending few days with her parents. MT. and Mrs. H. D. Humphrey.
 Miss Lonise Hotchkiss of Collinsville is visiting Miss Sarah Holley.
 The first meeting of the Cranford club was held Thursday at Mrs N. A. Preston's home Among the contribu. ting readings were Maeterlinck's "The Life Invlsible'', Mrs. F Hitchcock; City Mothers, Miss Charlotte Beck s~S1 Mrs. G. Roger.
 Mrs. Frank Hitchcock was the first woman in Canaan to sign the Hoover pledge as she was the first to receive the Hoover cards, also she was the first to introduce into town a woman speaker on food conservation and the Connecticut woman's council of de- fense.
 The Canaan National Bank will be open on Saturday afte rnoon to receive subscriptions to Liberty bonds.
 David Hatmaker of Egremont is assisting at he Garfield.
 Miss Mary E. Roger of Winsted was the over-Sunday guest of her sisters.
 Jerome Root is back on duty at The Canaan Mercantile Co.'S. store after a two weeks vacation.
 MT. and Mrs. J. 0. Thomson who spent the summer at Twin Lakes have returned to New York city for the swinter.
 The Cranford Club will meet this afternoon with Miss Charlotte Beckley. The topics are, Efficiency" by Mrs. N. A. Preston, Mrs. s. c. Camp, and Mrs. H. H. Scutt, and "Psul W. liar. rison" by Miss Mary Ferguson.
 MT. and Mrs. A. W. Ho1sapple and Mrs. o. J. Decker motored to Hartford and New Britain, and visited relatives last Thursday and Friday. "
 The candidates for office at the re-. cent election, who have filed their statements with the town clerk, as re. quired by law spent no money in se- curing their election to office.
 The remnants of Old Glory, which hung across Main street, have been removed. % E. On Nov. 8, g, 10, IT. Farnum & Go. will hold their first, but we'll known Rexall one cent sales, in Canaan. It will be exactly the same as those held in larger places, prices, assortm snt 4 and goods identical. Descriptive circu- lar will follow this notice. adv.
 No better investment in the country today, than Liberty bond
 Miss Ellen Kane of Great Burlington was in town last Friday. Miss Kane with 8 party of Great Burlington friends motored to Aver, Mass, two weeks ago to visit Camp Devens. Crawford Drumm has returned from the House of Mercy hospital in Pitts field. where he underwent an opreation about month ago.
 Mrs. Burton Tripp of Philadelphia, Pa, is visiting her mother Mrs. H. M. Adams on East Main St.
 MT. and Ms. A. H. Herriman, Mrs. F. A. Baker, Mrs. B. l.. Roberts and Dr. E. B. Dudley motored to Spring. field last week to attend the state fair.
 Mrs. E. T. Rowe entertained the 500 Club at her home last week.
 Charles Laffargue has just drilled a we'll, for Roy Johnson, on his grounds. on West Main St. The we'll is 94 feet deep, there is 25 feet water and flow of about 20 gallons minute.
 E. A. Creevey and Mrs. Creevey have gone. to Bridgeport to make their future home.
 Henry and Weston Barnes spent 8 couple of days last week in New Haven.
 Miss Nettie Barnett of Lakeville has been visiting Miss Sarah Holley.
 Mrs. s. A. Eddy has closed her cottage at Twin Lakes and returned to New York city for the winter.
 Horace D. Humphrey is treating his & house to a new metal shinkled roof.