Connecticut western news., 1918-05-02
Connecticut
State Briefs

are now buying thrift stamps.
The brick yards at Berlin are getting
ready to commence operations for tha
season, but owing to the falling OFF IL
the building line no great activity is
anticipated. The help problem is still
serious one with the brick men.
The. late Horace Johnson of Middle
Haddam was the first man in the Unit
ed States to receive money under an
accident insurance policy In June,
1864, Mr.. Johnson was struck by II
train while walking on the tracks OF
the old New York, New Haven and
Springfield railroad, and under Trav-
elers' policy received benefit'of $50
The committee of farmers under the
craftsmanship of Edward w. Lowray,
which is in charge of the survey of the
farm lands of Southington, is well
started with it's work. The report OF
the work when finished will be for
warded to the State Council of De-
Tense, under whose auspices the work
throughout the state has been under
taken.
Over thirty of the boys who are stu
dents at the Suffield School, between
the ages of sixteen and twenty-one
years, have enlisted in the United
States Boys Working Reserve, which,
by so doing, agreed to spend the larger
part of their summer vacation either
farming, shipbuilding or in munition
factories or some other industry essen-
tial to the winning of the war.
Announcement is made that the
Rockville Fair Association this year
will distribute the sum of $4,000 in
stakes at the annual race meet which
will take place in connection with the
fair on September II, IS and 10. This
liberal and attractive purse money Will
surely bring to Rockville some of the
fastest horses in the country, and thus
boost the reputation of this fair one
notch higher.
J. Peters Pelton, who died last week
at Middletown, was direct descendant
on his mothers side of Rev. air. Peters,
who wrote the remarkable history OF
early Connecticut which held the COT
ony UP to ridicule in many ways. The
historian Peters is accorded i'll some
quarters with having been responsible
have attracted so much attention. IN
England Mr.. Peters book won wide AT
tention. The original edition of the
book is now of almost priceless value.
Up to the present time IL boys of
Rockville have filed out formal papers
OF enrolment in the Boys Working
Reserve, and will work on farms dur
ing the coming summer These boys
are as follows: Harold Forrest, Tl4eu-
dore Reichard, Robert Skies, Clarence
Burke, Isadore Chanin, George IL.
Bowers, Edward Stein, Everett Skilt-
Her, Allen MiddletOwn, Raymond Els
worth, Edwin Pease, Solomon Chauin,
Fred Wilhelm and Morris Miller. Some
OF these will work for their own folks,
but the others will hire out
Connecticut women who have recriv-
ed invitations from the Woman's Ma
tiCnal League at Washington to be-
come founders of local branches are
being advised by the Connecticut State
Council of Defense to have nothing To
do with the proposition. The council
has received q letter from the Ma
tional Committee of Patriotic Societies
information when the matter Of the
Woman's National League came to its
attention, containing the statement
that the Woman's Committee of the
Council of National Defense has said
that this Woman's National League is
unworthy of support.
Several tobacco farms at Suffield
changed hands last month, which goes
TO show that the real estate market is
still active in Suffield. The Guy place
in South street has been sold to the
Alfred Spencer Company; the Cryton
Eanchett place in West Suffield, con-
sisting of 100 acres, has been sold TO
Nellie NJ. Carney; the Robert Cakes
place in Grand street, West SuffieId, 10
Fred E. Sparks; the Walter S. Pease
place, consisting of about eighty acres
of land in the north part of the town,
TO Fred M. Wilcox, and the GeOree
Phelps place in Boston Neck street TO
John and Katherine Broderick, COLI
sisting of 80 acres of land
From present indications it would
appear that Rockville is in for a no.
license campaign, or at any rate the
subject is to be looked into thoroughly
by IL committee of nine appointed for
that purpose. Two public meetings
have been held to informally discuss
the subject, and it was finally decided
that the chairman of the meeting,
Prot. 2. III. Howe, appointed commit
tee of three with power to enlarge the
committee to nine. these three men
are Rev. Edward T. Mathison, William
*. Sumner and Waldo e. Tillinghast,
and they will shortly announce Tie
other six, after which they will get to-
gether and thoroughly discuss plans
and methods for no-license campaiSn.
In order to make the Necessary
changes in the fire alarm system o.
the South Manchester fire distirct the
district commissioners have found that
the cost OF the proposed changes will
hn