Connecticut western news., 1917-03-01
CANAAN

Miss Clementine Butler, daughter 'of the founder of Methodist missions in Mexico, and who was also a prominent missionary to India, where Miss Butler was born, spoke in the Methodist church on work in India last Thursday night.
 Brewer Bros. have just unloaded a new lot of Rec cars; one going to A. H. Herriman. another to Walter Board man of l ime Rock, and third to John Griffith.
 Miss Helen Obsorne of Wallingford visited friends in town over Sunday.
 The Business Mems Association will meet tonight at 8 o'clock at Odd Eel lows hall. A full attendance is de- sired.
 Charles Rodemeyer of The News force spent the week end with relatives and friends in TCrrington.
 Martin Buckbee is once more on the milk route after laying off with an at- tack of neuralgia.
 The Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist church meets tomorrow after noon with Mrs. Theo. Baird.
 The News is asked to correct a state ment made last week. Miss Foley is not to do dressmaking at Miss Collins hat shop, but comes there to take Miss Iindell's place as trimmer.
 A. H. Herriman has just purchased a seven-passenger Rec car in which, so he says, one of his first trips will be down into Pennsylvania, to see his old friend Jerome Holcomb, a former Ca- naan resident.
 The mite boxes of the Woman's s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church, are not to be received and open ed at the next meeting, but will be kept for later meeting.
 Next Sunday morning the sacrament of the Lords supper will be adminis- tered at the Methodist church and a class of young people will be received into church membership.
 Next Thursday afternoon group of workers, who are making a tour of the state, under the auspices of the Con necticut Sunday School Association, will speak at the Methodist church. They are Rev. William J. Slye, of Hartford, who will talk on temperance instruction in the Sunday school; mis sionary instruction will be presented by Miss Clara E. Wells, who is mem Der of the American Board of Foreign Missions, W. I. Woodin, secretary of the Connecticut Sunday School Associa- tion, will talk on teacher training. The service begins at ? o'clock; an in vitation is extended to all interested to be present.
 Peabody, optometrist, at Mrs. M. A. Halls, Falls Village, March and 6. Adv.
 Mrs. F. F. Stevens conducted the af ternoon service in Clayton chapel last Sunday.
 Dr. F. $. Parsons of Thomaston spent Monday with relatives in town.
 The Hawthorne Club has invited the Cranford Club to join them this after noon at Miss s. W. Adams, to lister to Dr. Valelia Parker. who will speal Women. The meeting is to begil promptly at 2:30.
 Last Wednesday evening several o the men of the Methodist church me in the social rooms for the election O. officers of the Brotherhood and for { genreal goodtime. Refreshments were served and the evening went all too quickly. The new officers are E. R. Atwood, president; G. W. Parsons secretary; Oliver Garter, treasurer The executive committee consists of E. A. Creevey, J. c. Roraback, c. E Badgley, W. N. Decker, O. Garter, F. N. Glass, E. R. Atwood, Rev. L. E. Travis.
 Last Friday morning one of pail horses attached to load of logs, driver by Edward Warner of East Canaan caught the calk of hind shoe between the rail and planking on the crossing near Dempsey's store. It was caugh' in such away that the horse wal thrown and sustained simple fracture of the ankle. The plank had to bt taken up to release the foot. The horse was taken to the Thorton 6 Laitiner stables, where it is being treated by the veterinarians.
 Mrs. John German has returned from the House of Mercy hospital il Pittsfeld, where she recently under went an operation.
 The local fisherman have been mak ing the best of the last few days O. fishing through the ice. The close sea son on pickerel began today.
 Another carload of Ford autos is be ing unloaded by O. H. Pease.
 Mrs. Walter Goggin still continue to slowly improve. Mrs. Sarah Warne is still with her.