Connecticut western news., 1917-05-24


 Many children of East Berlin are be ing vaccinated because of the small pox epidemic in Berlin.
 The semiannual meeting of the Far mington valley conference of Congre- gationai churches will be held in Bur lington May 9.
 A government order for 100000 feet of lumber for boat building pur- poses has been received by the Mil ford Lumber company. Miss Josephine Murray of Kensing ton is at the Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, where she will receive 1 treatment for several weeks.
 The summer schedule of the Rock vile police department has gone into effect. which calls for an extra patrol man doing duty on Sundays. The Connecticut State Medical soci- ety will hold it's one hundred and twen- | ty-fifth annual meeting in New Haven at the Hotel Taft on May g and 24.
 The employees of the American Thread company, Willimantic, have 1 leased a large tract of land for those who desire to do gardening on their own account
 Captain Seaman NJ. Mead of the Newtown home guard has been called to Madison barracks for three months duty. The home guard will be under new command.
 The organization of the Boy Scout garden company in Windsor has been perfected, putting the movement on a substantial business basis, with F. N. Taylor in charge.
 Arthur Babcock died at the residence of his mother, Mrs. Lorenzo Ransome in Barkhamsted. MT. Babcock had been in failing health for some time with tuberculosis.
 Lawrence Williams, twenty-five years old, ticket agent for the New Haven road in Stratford, was arrested in Bridgeport charged with theft of tick cts from his station.
 Two military companies have been formed at Loomis institute, Windsor, and are drilling regularly. An appli- cation has been made to the govern ment to furnish guns.
 | Edward Butler has enlisted in the engineering corps of the United States army. and Joseph Kiltonic. has enlisted in the United States navy. Both men are from Southington.
 Kingsley Birdsall has enlisted in the officers reserve of New York which is drilling at Fort Totten, N. Y. Mr. Birdsall is the son of MT. and Mrs. D. K. Birdsall of Wilton.
 Fritz Durraese left Milford for New port News, Va, to enter the United States aviation corps as a mechanic He passed the examinations for this branch a short time ago.
 Oscar Benson, president of the Mil drum Jewel company, returned to East Berlin from Boston, where he signed & $10,000 contract to manufacture jewels. The shop is running day and night.
 Waterbury is to have a noiseless Fourth in conjunction with New Ha- ven, Bridgeport and New Britain. Mayor Scully said that he had re- solved to grant no permits this year.
 Captain Jenkin made fine showing with his company of home guards when they marched through the prin. cipal streets of Unionville headed by the Pennington Fife and Drum corps
 Dwight l.. Recor, Unionville, messen- ger on the trolley express, who has been laid up for some time, the result of being struck by an automobile in J West Hartford, has resumed his duties.
 Five empty icehouses in New Lon don were destroyed by fire and a sixth was badly damaged. Flying embers set fire to the roofs of five dwelling houses, but the department saved them.
 Canning schools will be conducted in June at Storrs to provide Connecticut people with knowledge of canning so that they may return to their homes and act as instructors for their neigh bors.
 Gage Kent, who aided in organizing the medical division of the home guard of Plainville, has been approved as sergeant, first class, of the Plainville section of the Hartford medical divi- sion. ~-.
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 Brewer Bros. of High street, Hocka- mum, expect to start transplanting to- bacco soon. They will be the first in this locality to start the work They