Connecticut western news., 1917-07-05

rescntative and Mrs Arthur Il. Leete
Of Thoml sonv!lle. was called to New
York city and is expected Ia sail in a
short time with Il hospital unit for
France.
The final returns from the Red Cross
campaign in Pennington show sub.
scriptions totaling sol .456.35. In view
of the fact that the towns allotment
was $4,000 the results obtained are
cry gratifying.
The total appraised value of the es-
tate of the late George A. Fay. well
known corporation lawyer of Meriden.
as just fled in the probate court is
S131.352.77 The state collects an In
heritance tax of $5.SS2.S5. >
Unable to find employment in the
munition factories in New Haven. Wa
terbury or Bridgeport if known to be
striking hatters. the idle hatters OF the
fifteen factories of Danbury which DIRE
closed have turned to farming
Lloyd NJ. Salisbury, son of Mr. and
Mrs S. L. Salisbury Of Fair Haven.
has enlisted in the Fourth United
States reserve corps and has gone to
Salem, n. H.. to Join the corps. Mr..
Salisbury is a Yale man. 1911 S.
About twenty-five of the young peo-
pie of Tariffville called at the home of
Lester Knitting to wish him well and
say farewell one evening recently. The
party was complete surprise to Mr..
knitting. who has enlisted I'm the navy.
Leon Everett Taylor. Rocky Hill. has
been appointed town chairman for the
Connecticut State Council of Defense
and has appointed the following COM
mittee to serve with him: Joseph r.
| Kelly, James Donovan and Dominick
Liberia.
Former Senator Morgan G. Buckley
received the honorary degree Of doctor
of laws at Trinity college. Hartford. at
| the ninety-first annual commencement.
! The announcement of the comforting
of the degree was greeted with loud
| cheering.
The first young man to enlist in the
army from Southington for some time
was taken into the service when Ken
| meth Moore enlisted in the ambulance
corps of the army. Mr.. Moore's broth
er, William Moore, enlisted in the
naval reserve.
The medical corps of the Plainville
home guard no longer exists as far as
J name is concerned. for hereafter. nc
| cording to notice received by Lieuten-
ant L. III. Frost, the division is to be
known as the ambulance company of
the First ~egiment.
Trustees OF the Connecticut College
For Women. New London. have elect
! ed DR.. John Edwin Wells. head of the
department of English and professor
of English literature at Beloit college.
Beloit. Mich, to be professor of Eng
fish at Connecticut college.
After several weeks of indecision
the Bridgeport Fruit and Vegetable
Growers association has obtained the
lot at the foot of Wall street for their
wholesale market for the coming sea-
son. This was made known at a recent
meeting of the association.
Rev. Herbert d. Deetz, pastor OF the
Third Congregational church. Guilford,
has announced to his congregation that
he will be obliged to sever his con-
nection with that church on the last
Sunday in August. His resignation
was received with regret by many.
On the list of the naval men sta
toned on board an American merchant
ship which recently destroyed sub
marine, given out by the secretary of
the navy, appear the names of two
Connecticut men, Scebert Orr Beam of
Bridgeport and Robert Edward Hop
kins of Shelton.
Among the number accepted from
Portland for the ambulance corps be-
ing formed in Middletown and Meri-
den are: Edward Bement, Mcclure
Ellsworth. Edward f. DAILY, Jr.. Ernest
Williams. Oliver E. Ellsworth, Elmer
B. Haines. Lyman II. Payne and Ben
iamin Anderson.
Governor Holcomb announced his ap-
pointments to the social hygiene com
mission created by the last legislature.
They are: DIR. Henry F. stoll, Hartford;
DR.. Charles G. Burlingame, Manches'
TNH
ter; t. Eben Reeks, New Britain; Ell
lott Watrous, New Haven; Edith Ma
diera, Waterbury.
That the Connecticut national guard
may receive its training in Maine and
not at the divisional camp for the draft
armv at Aver, Mass, as has been re