Connecticut western news., 1917-04-05
NEWS BREWT|ES
 OF CONNECTICUT,
Happenings of Interest From
 Around the State.

Events of All Kinds Gathered From Various Points In the State and So Reduced In Size That They Will Ap- peal to All Glasses of Readers. At a meeting brimful of patriotism | the Plainville home guard was formed Quite a number of the farmers in 1 Granby will raise primed tobacco this year.
 | James Carroll of Hartford has gone to Port Slocum, N. T., to join the Unit ed States cavalry. l A1bertus Jones has joined the home ! guards, and Watson Vibert of South l Windsor the militia.
 Former State Attorney John P. Kel- logg of Waterbury has been sworn in as judge of the superior court.
 William Lynch of Portland is in New Haven to take the examination for service in the United States navy.
 '. Elmer Watrous, seventy-five, one of the most respected citizens of Ches- ter, died of apoplexy after a short ill., ness.
 Enfield had its first war" meeting in many years recently to consider the organization of a home guard com pany.
 | Principal Truesdall has announced that the Suffield school military com pany will hold regular drills twice a week.
 Several ministers, pastors of leading churches in Waterbury, have enrolled as members of the Connecticut home guard.
 Mayor Anthony Sunderland, Demo crat, was reelected for his third con- election.
 The new road machine which Step ney recently purchased has arrived. consigned to Selectman Edward S. Beardsley.
 Henry and Frank Roberts are on duty at the Forestville engine house day and night by order of the fire com missiOners.
 The death of Esther Rogers Patter- .~n occurred at her late home in Ham, den after lingering Illness of nearly two years. 4.
 Miss Josephine T. Houghton, daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. Joseph T. Hough- ton of Stratford, enlisted in the naval reserve corps.
 William A. Brow, Wallingford, has been awarded the contract to carry the railroad station. The members of the Augur Mansfield Woman's Relief corps have presented a large American flag to the Florence Crittendon home Daniel Kline, with his gasoline saw mill outfit, is kept busy converting the woodpiles of Stepney farms into siza. ble stove lengths. At a spirited meeting in Grange hall William Foran was chosen as the Plain vile delegate to the Foresters' conven- tion in New Haven. A machine gun company was formed ! ImA %hn Of high school by some of the members of prominent Bridgeport clubs. Albert Stephen Anthony, second son of Henry B. and Laura B. Anthony of Farmington. died. aged nineteen years He had been ill for some time. William F. Sullivan of New London, an aviator, received an order to pre- pare two hydroplanes, which he uses. for shipment to Palm Beach, Fla. James P. Moran, a former policeman and fireman, died at St. Francis hos pftal, Bristol He suffered a shock five months ago and had failed steadily. The Rev. Walter T. Aiken. teacher of ] English at the Suffolk school, has re- signed to accept the pastorate of the First Baptist church in Torrington.
 At the recent benefit of the Polish Falcon alliance. where war pictures were shown, the collection amounted to $85 for the war sufferers of Poland.
 George D. Munson of WaIlingford was chosen second vice president of the International Silver company in Meriden at meeting of the company