Connecticut western news., 1917-05-17

military division of 1s0 young men that are being trained daily in the rudi- meuts of the war same is the chief contribution that thc Chnate school. Wal 'ingf, rd. is giving to the govern ment.
 Representatives of the United States department workers and of the Con necticut Chronological bureau have erected on the Fort Hill farm ,Thomp- son, screen intended to catch gypsy moths.
 Frank J. Horan of New Haven. who was taken to St Raphaels hospital after having fallen from a telegraph pole upon which he was working, died as a result of his injuries at that in stitution.
 Earle Moore of Brooklyn has been appointed as assistant light keeper at Faulkner's island. Guilford, to fill the vacancy made by the resignation of Herbert Meek and has taken up hia new duties.
 Meriden high school students have become so thoroughly imbued with the patriotic spirit of waste prevention and food production that they are setting stiff pace in this line for high schools of the state
 The acreage that will be planted i'll will hn than usual. Not only are the farmers to plant more, but many who have not had garden for years are having their plots plowed
 Work Is progressing rapidly on the new postof1ice building in Rockville, which is being erected at the corner of Park and School streets. The cellar has been dug, and the masons are lay ing the foundations.
 During the last few weeks several real estate transactions have taken place in the vicinity of Congamond lake by out of town persons, who are intending to build summer homes this summer for their families.
 The home of Raymond ]. Hayes in Granby was entirely destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $3,O0O, one third of which is covered by insurance. The blaze is supposed to have started from defective chimney. Permanent headquarters for the Fair field county resource mobilization con- mittee have been established on the second floor of the Bridgeport National Bank building, whence all information will emanate in the future. The National Marine Lamp company, Forestville, has been awarded con- tract by the government for material amounting to $175,000 The company, it is claimed, now has orders enough to keep it busy for two years. | Captain William E. Smith has an. tsnoumced the appointments of William I A. Van Kirk of Southport as first lieu | tenant and Henderson Holdsborough of l Fairfield as second lieutenant of Com 1 pany NJ, Fairfield home guard. The annual borough election in Nau- gatuck resulted in complete election of the Republican ticket, headed by Senator Harry B. Futile for the office 1 of warden. Mr. Futile has been elect ed to this office four times consecutively
 Mrs. George G. Williams, secretary Of the board of directors of the Good Will club, Hartford, twenty-five years, de. l clined a reelection at the annual meet 1 ing of the board. Mrs. Ernest Walker Smith was elected to succeed Mrs. Will Hams.
 Numerous inquiries are being made of the officials of the Birmingham Ma tional bank in Derby relative to the new government liberty loan, and the officials already report that many ap plications for subscriptions have been made.
 John B. Edgarton, who was for some time yardmaster at the WillimantiC station of the New Haven road, has been appointed night freight yardmas ter MT. Edgerton has worked at rail. roading almost continuously for twenty years.
 Mayor Quigley has been informed that New Britain is the only city 1T the country which has made an ap propriation for the conservation of the food supply by the planting of a mu