Connecticut western news., 1917-05-24
FALLS VILLAGE

P1ttsneid have been Vlsltlng Mrs. M. 1 Moore
 Miss Clara E. Sabin was in New Haven Saturday and unday.
 Mrs. Arthur Wagoner, who was so ill last week is reported improving. Miss Wagoner of Hillsdale is caring fur her.
 M A. Lyman and w. K. Nolan of Bridgeport have been spending few days in town.
 Dwight E. Dean has purchased a Ford csr of c. H. Pease of Canaan.
 Charles Dean has been admitted to the county h spital aL Winsted for treatment.
 Mrs. Arthur Hart is quite sick with trained nurse in attendance.
 Falls Village was represented at the Cornwall concert by fifteen of our music lovers. They report a splendid concert.
 Mrs. Frank Carsabon and Mrs. J. A. Fernwck of Lee called on friends in town Monday.
 Mrs. Mehrlander, who has been vis1tingher son. H. B. Mehrlander has returned to her home in Brooklyn.
 0. w. Burkett spent Saturday with friends in Danbury.
 Rev. E. A. Hazeltine attended Tues day the meeting of the Litchfeld North Association at Cross Roads, the home of Rev. and Mrs. ". F. Stearns at Norfolk.
 Mrs. Edward Sanford and son Archie of Kent called on friends in town Mon. day.
 R J. Cunningham of Sheffield has a force at work cleaning the Falls Village Inn preparatory to opening about the first of June.
 pr. T. l.. Watson of New Haven spent Sunday with his parents ill town.
 W. l.. Carrikan and Walter King Stone conferred with Col. Geddes in Hartford last week regarding the local Home Guard. Definite information re- gsrding the standing of the Falls Will lage Guard is expected to be received at an early date.
 Frank Lucas is doing jury duty at New Milford this week.
 Walter Kellogg as first selectman and town clerk J. Lee Ensign were in Hartford yesterday to receive instruc. tions regarding taking the registration June of those liable for military or naval service. .--... Miss Grace O'Brien of Northampton is a guest at Edward Heinz.
 Mrs. NJ. G. Marcy returned Sunday from Lake Mahopac bringing her daughter Ruth with her.
 Four pupils from Canaan high school hiked it home Monday rather than wait for the late afternoon train.
 Rabbi M. H. Schulman of Cornwall Bridge and Oscar Sabin figured in an automobile turn over Monday thar , luckily amounted to but little except severe bruises for MT. Sabin and more or less damage to the car. The Rabbi, who was driving, apparently lost con- trol of the car and Tn making a sharp turn the machine went over, throwing both men out f.e -.s. e. Nine members of the Falls Village Equal Franchise League went to Lake. vile Friday, to attend a county meet. ing at which the county chairman, Mrs. A. E. 5. Taylor spoke and Madame. Pontou of France gave a thrilling accounG of the war and of the work of the women of France in caring for and relieving the sufterings of that country.
 Mrs. J. s. Stringer was up from New York the last of the week making preparations to open up her home for the summer.
 Dr. Ober, MT. Nichols and Dr. Teagarten of Bridgeport were among the fishermen who have visited our streams lately after the speckled beauties.
 Charles and John Sedgwick, sons of Mrs. O. B. Sedgwick, have been on the sick list the past week.
 Town Clerk J. Lee Ensign has still a supply of seed beans to dispose of to the right parties.
 Miss Jennie G. Philbrook has re- turned from Tupper Lake, N. Y., and opened her house lately occupied by the Grays.
 Sheriff Hornbeck was called Monday morning to trace some thieving parties who stripped Joseph Pickert's car of parts during Sunday night. It seems that MT. Pickert had the misfortune to break an axle on the car on the road | from Falls Village to Salisbury near M. Goggin's place. He left the car as it was, removing the part of the axle with wheel attached, a blanket and some tools to place of safety. While he was gone to Salisbury for truck to take his car tt the garage for repairs, some miscreants came along. removed the other three tires, the lamps. coil, spark plugs, electric light bulbs, in fact everything easily taken away. Farther down the road there was evi. dence of some car that had to stop to replace tire and at the Power Plant during the night party of young men stopped to replace another tire, but