Connecticut western news., 1917-05-03
FALLS VILLAGE

 spent Sunday at their summer home on Sugar hill.
 Mrs. Clarence Gillette Of Hartford has been visiting relatives in town the past week.
 Fred Wilms accompanied Walter King Stone to New York city recently.
 Miss Dora Heinz and Miss Catharine Sedgwick were at home from the Canaan school the first of the week. The former with the german measles, the latter with a severe cold.
 Theodore F. Watson returned Monday from visit to New Haven.
 Mrs. Susan Tobey, who has been with her brother, F. E. How'd, has re. turned to her home in Salisbury.
 E J. Hornbeck has received his 1917, 5 passenger Buick touring car.
 The talk by County Agent Manches. ter at the Amesville schoolhouse last Thursday evening was greatly enjoyed by those present.
 John T. Bartle has been spending a few days in Hartford.
 Engineer H. E. Russell has been off duty and at home for few days.
 H E. Dean received a carload of grain at this station Tuesday which was bought early in March.
 The Ladies Aid society of the Con- gregational church will meet with Mrs. James McCrory Tuesday, May 8.
 Miss Annie Weiner returned home iron, New Haven Monday where she has been visiting for couple of weeks. Miss lsnella Rectal of Canaan visited Grace Russell the first of the week.
 The body of Michael Boylan, who was Killed by the cars at Derby, was brought here and the funeral held at St. Patricks church Monday. Inter- ment was in the Catholic cemetery.
 MT. Meyerlander of Amesville is entertaining his mother from New York city.
 Alexander Leverty and Harry Taylor have returned to Bridgeport after spending few days in town.
 The Bluebirds were out Monday evening presenting May baskets to their friends.
 field to take course of training as nurse at the House of Mercy.
 Miss Poppel, the nurse, has returned to Dr Shannon's after several days vacation.
 The Honorable Robert Scoville ot the Connecticut Oommitte on Food Supply will address an open meeting in the town hall, Falls Village Saturday even- ing, May 5th at 8 o'clock, to explain n n: 1R atoAa ,r, hn of greatly increasing crops of all kinds this year.
 The annual meeting of the Grassy Hill Cemetery Association resulted in the election of the following officers: w. R. Hubbell, president; J. Lee Ensign, secretary and treasurer; Wallace Dickinson, superintendent. The trustees are D. E. Dean, T. F. Watson, A. F. Gibbs, F. E. Egleston, W. I. Kellogg, F. E. How'd. The in vested funds of the Association now amount to $10, ,600.
 MT. and Mrs. A. w. Gray with Mrs. Burns of Fairfield were weekend visi. tors in town. During Mrs. GIay's stay the campfire girls hel1 a council at which Mrs. Gray resigned as guardian and Mrs. T. w. Haven was elected her successor.
 Pledge blanks are now ready for tural Army.
 For the town of Canaan, the Con- necticut Committee of Food Supply has appointed J. Lee Ensign as local agent, and he has arranged for putting the pledge blanks at the post office, and at the town clerks office, Falls Village, where any and all who will sign them may obtain them without difficulty.
 herewith, to the article on the first page of this issue, regarding the filling out of these blanks.
 Early last Friday morning Edward Dickinson was awakened by someone trying to gain entrance to the railroad station, at an outcry from him the would-be burglars fled. At daylight it was revealed that at least three places in the village had been entered. The visitors were evidently interested only in securing what money was available TOT With lew exceptions nothing was taken except the contents of the cash registers.
 At Hunt Library small sum was taken from the librarian's desk, very carefully the coin was sorted so that several foreign pieces were not molested. At Frink's and at Bartle Bros. stores entrance was gained by boring holes around the fastenings of the doors. A little cash in the cash registers was all that was missed at either place, probably not over $1O.00 was taken from all the places visited.
 Mrs. Cosgrove, nurse, who has been caring for H. D, Smith for several weeks has been summoned to care for