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Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-04-04
METH0DISTS ANNUAL


AS is customary, the last Monday
night before Conference, the men,
bers of the Methodist Episcopal ohurcA
gathered for their annual meeting
Monday of this week.
After a brief devotional segvice con-
Quoted by Rev. A. Hamilton Nesbite
came the roll. call of the members. The
pastor reported there had been 8 menu
bers added to the roll during the yeRt,
were. transferred to other churches,
and there had been 3 losses by Sdsath,
80 children had received the ritea6f
baptism.
Church treasurer L. K. Hester them
read the financial report; something
over $500. 90 had passed through hfw
hands during the year, this he stated
did not include the amounts received
for the regular church benevolencea,
nor the money handled by the treas
urers of the various church societiaa
Mr.. Hester stated that with the ps3-
ment of few pledges due this week,
he would be able 10 meet all bills to
April |, and carry a small balance tn
the new year.
lnrouRn the use CT the duplex give.
lopes the total amount received for
church benevolences was much in en-
cess of previous years
Reports from the Sundsy sch0aa.
Epworth League, Ladies Aid Society,
Kensington Club, Woman's YHoms
Missionary Society and Queen Esther
Circle all showed gratifying increases
in the money received and balances 20
the credit of every society. THE 'Susua
increase in receipts from all souDcos
over last year was over $500.
On motion a rising vote OF thanks
was given Mr.. Hester for his efficient
work as treasurer
Mr.. Nesbitt expressed himself .zs
well pleased with the outcome OF Sssa
finances, and in doing so he voiced tho
sentiments of every member present
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-04-04
THIRTEEN SELECTIVES OFF
FOR CAMP DEVENS, MASS.
First Call of the Second Draft Takes
Thirteen Men from District,
Nineteen.

The $40 train eastbound, Central
New England train, Saturday morn
ing, carr ed thirteen men cslled to ser
vice, enroute for the concentration
point, Camp Devens. Aver, Mass.
The party was in charge of Howard
W. Altenberger, who registered from
Winsted, but of late mas made his
home in West Hoboken, n. J. The
majority of the party spent the night
at The Garfield, Canaan, but Chair
man J. Clinton Rorsback permitted
the Winsted boys to remain at home
over Friday night, joining the party
on the arrival of the train at that
place
Each of the men registering from
Canaan we're presented with hand
made sweater by the Red Gross Auxil-
iary.
The original call was for ten men
from district 10, but later, William d.
McMahon Of Winsted was ordered into
quest, Giovanni Valenti of North Ca
naan and Martin L. Roser who
registered from Salisbury. were per-
mitted to join the party.
Before leaving, the Winsted men
were provided each with comfort kit,
sweater and wristlets, by committee
from the Winsted Home Guard, Ralph
Tiffany chairman, and Mrs. Niles,
chairman of the Red Cross.
The names and occupations of the
members of the party were: Robert
Monroe, West Cornwall, farmer; Car
mello Nadotti, Pittsfeld, contractor;
Angelo Greco. Winsted, shoemaker;
Luigi Orsi, Winsted, tailor; Edward
Francis livery. Winsted, pharmacist;
Melvin Lawrence Winters, Sheffield,
farmer; Join Joseph Curtis, Norfolk.
carpenter; W. P. Hines, Falls Village,
molder; Engelo Zoffoli, Canaan, wood
chopper; Howard W. Altenberger,
Winsted, salesman; Martin l.. Roser,
Salisbury, farmer; William D Mac,
Mahon, Winsted, buffer; Giovanni
Valenti, Canaan, farmer. -.
AS the party could not reach Hart
| ford III time tor the special train, they
went by way OF Patnam on the regp
lar train, expecting to arrive at CsmI
Devens about clock in the after
noon.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-04-04
BOY SCOUTS HELP.

The kov Scouts Of our local troop
showed again what splendid spirit
they have last Friday morning. This
time their Scout Master was taken by
surprise. The boys appeared at his
home on Their first. holiday, armed with
buck saws axes and saw-horses, pre-
pared to launch an attack upon his
pile of cord wood. By strongly exc.
cuted flank movement they made a
marked advance before noon upon the
woodpile. 1t is little wonder that the
Scout Master admits that he has one of
the finest groups of boys in the State.
There are now fifteen scouts in the
troop.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-04-04
BOUCHET DEAD IN FRANCE.

Paul Bouchet. Jr., of Norfolk, who
before his enlistment in the army was
employed in Winsted died from poison
ing somewhere in France, according
to word received by his father in Nor
folk. He was cook in Company M,
102d U. S. infantry, was 81 years lid
and is the first member of the company
going out of Winsted to die in the ser.
vice. Besides his parents, he leaves a
brother, John, a member of Company
M, and two sisters.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-04-04
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE RECORDS
Pupils Strive for Good Showing for thu
Month Ending March e.

The following pupils have not been
absent, tardy, or dismissed for the five
weeks ending March %, 1918 in Grade
=, E. Ruth Strayer. teacher-Laura
Adams, Giordano Amerighi, Dorothy
Dodge, Mary Foley, Walter Lloyd,
Gerald Moore, Winslow Place, Floyd
Strattman, Christina Streck, Ann Ida
Thornton, Agnes Weaver.
Grade 3, Anna e. Waters, teacher
Guido Brazzale. Arthur Brewer, Louise
Brewer, Lizzie Gondelli. Mary Con
delli. John Malnati, James Mather,
Marguerite Mullen, Polly Perotti,
Percy Weaver.
Grades and a Martha Z. Wilbur,
teacher-Gertrude Adams, Edward
Castagna, Louis DeBarbieri, Elizabeth
Gondelli, Angel GATH, David Green,
Louis Green, Florence Hicks, Freder-
lex Reel, Kenneth Spaulding, John
Mullen, Annette Lansing.
Grades and 5, Katherine Hamer,
teacher-George Beck, Charles Belize,
Marion Drumm, Roberta Fitzgerald,
William Camel, Virginia Gondelli,
Eloise Hayes, Jennie Higgins. Magda
johnson, Isabelle Lindell, Mary Mon
TAM, Kathleen Mullen, Francis O'Neil,
Elizabeth Reel, Joseph Reel, Francis
smith. Dorothy Weaver, Ernest
Weaver.
Grades 6 and 2, M. B. George,
teacher-Franklin Adams, Charles
Beaujon, Louis Col, John Foley,
Evelyn Lindell, Francis Mcclure,
Esther Nelson Harold Scutt, Victoria
Clemson, Henry Dodge, William Fitch.
Dorothy Roberts.
Grades and 8, E. @. Lindell,
teacher-Perry I,adgley, Dorothy
Drumm, Edith Glass, Norman Hicks,
hartley Ki;lawee, James Mansfield,
John O'Neil, Isnella PectaI, Polly
Vercellini, Douglas Adam. Helen
Baird, Mabel Baird, Ellen Bartlett,
Louise Beaujon, Thomas Foley, Flor
ence Goggjn. Helen Green, Mildred
Green. Elsie Hester, Catherine Killa-
wee, Floyd Miller, Thomas ONeil,
Francis Place, Charles Rec, Huldah
Reel, Evelyn Spaulding, Mary Swee-
ney. Joseph Gatti.
High School-Anna Able, Elsa
Borg, Helen Dewey, Elizabeth Lee.
Edith Lindell, Mildred Mansir, James
Mcclure, Winifred Smith, Catherine
Sweeney, Howard Bailey, Madeline
Coe, Louise Curtiss, Walter Goggln,
Fem Minacci, Mary Stratton, Mary
Rhoades, Dorothy Daviscn, Myrtle
Deloy, Blanche Frink. Frederick
Goggin, Dora Heinz, Marjorie John.
son, Ruth Fitch, Ellen Lasher, Algott
Lindell, Kathe,ine Mansfield, Alice
Perdrlzet, Sara Reel, Rosa Reel, Philip
Rood, Catharine Sedgwick.
Pupils perfect in attendance for
month of March in outside schools.
School No. 5-Willard Beebe, Lucy
Moseley, Lyman Moseley, Ella Spen.
Ger, Minnie Spencer.
Canaan Valley-Mildred Deloy,
Howard Knight.
Sodom-Trelawney Sackett, Italia
Travezzi, Marion Sackett.
East Canaan-Melville Fuller, Clara
Minacci, Mary Sebben, Arthur STRAIT
ton, Vittore Broggi, Victoria Irwin,
John Palfini, Emily Stratton. Myron
Van Ness, Marian Condor, George
Sweeney, Martin Goggin, Eugene
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-04-04
FARM BUREAU.

Incomplete reports OF the county
farm bureau membership campaigns in
behalf of increased food production and
conservation make it certain that the
state will give generous support to its
county farm bureaus in this critical
year Of the war. Three towns in Litch-
field county, Washington, Roxbury
and Watertown, have the distinction of
doubling their quota.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-04-04

Sweeney. Ca-oline Bianchi. Andrew
Delaney, Rose Negra, Angel Compig-
lilo, Annie Cantadore, Angel Sebben.
Edward Sweeney, John Tucco, Mary
Palfni, Charles Casey, Mary Broggi,
Katrina. Georges, Agnes Casey, Elsie
Minacci, Malcolm Garfield, John
Bianchi, Annie Rass1ga, Celia Patzet-
Ia, Earl Feathers.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-04-04
ALPHA DELFT PHI.

The Alpha Delta Phi male quartette,
with Miss Elizabeth Peirce, ard &C
companied by Miss Lorraine, went to
Clayton last Sunday afternoon to assist
in the Chapel Service by rendering
Easter selections. Their numbers were
very much enjoyed.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-04-04
o. E. s. NOTES.

Esther Chapter o. E. S. Red Cross,
have completed the following for the
month Of March: "a Tri- bandages, 90
T bandages, - pr. infant socks, pr.
bed socks, s pillow slips, containers.
SO cotton cloth tapes, II yds each, 2
suits pajamas, / knitted muller, total
l72 pieces.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-04-04
SAVINGS IN SCHOOLS.

The following report shows the
standing of the War Savings campaign
in the schools:
Total No. registered 800
No. holding thrift cards or
W. s. certificates 232
Sales (cost) for week 5000
Total invested to date $500. 80
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-04-04
.CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to thank our many frienas
for their kindness shown during the
illness of our beloved husband ana
father, also for the beautiful flowers.
Mrs. III. II. Beardsley
Mrs. III. J. Dings
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-04-04
RED GROSS NOTES.

The following is the report of the
Treasurer for the month of March,
1918:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-05
ADMIRAL FLETCHER
is CALLED HOME
Head of Convoy System Is Reported
Deposed for Loss of the
Antilles.

Washington, Jan. 5,-Rear Admiral w
lB. Fletcher, formerly in charge of the
navy convoy system abroad, has been
relieved and ordered home as a direct
loutgrowth of the torpedoing of the
American transport Antilles
This fact leaked out yesterday, CON
siderable time after its occurrence, fol
lowing charges of Representative Brit.
ten of Illinois that the Antilles was sunk
through navy negligence.
Rear Admiral Fletcher-not the Fetch
'er of Vera Cruz fame did not have snfii-
lcient convoy at his disposal, it is alleged,
but it is a mooted question in navy
quarters whether Admiral Sims, chief of
European operations, provided sufficient
~.
AT any event it was held that Fetch
ler's removal was advisable. No court
martial was held, so the incident does
not stand officially against his record.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-05
Are You a Good Cook?
Are you a good cook ?

! Are you a good cook?
| 1t is probable that most of us have a
secret conviction that we are excellent
cooks. At least the children always
want second and third helpings, and Mrs
Smith is always asking us to bake one
of our chocolate cakes for tie church
fair, or TO make something for the ba-
zaar, and John has always wagered that
no other mans wife could bake loaf of
bread that could beat one of our loaves.
Oh, yes, we are sure we are good
cooks
But when we analyze it further what
is a really good cook Is it one who can
make palatable dishes, or is it more than
that
A modiste who can make a last years
gown look like an up-to-the minute crea-
ton is cleverer in her art than the one
who must always begin with whole cloth.
So a really good cook is one who can
make a dollar feed the most mouths. who
can make a tempting meal out of the
leftovers she finds in her refrigerator,
and who can see a relshable possibility
in few scraps of meat.
1t takes no art, but only practice to
make palatable dishes if we buy only the
most expensive cuts of meat use only
the top of the milk bottle, have no scru.
pies about adding large Jumps of butter
That is not being really good cook
A very mediocre one could set an excel
lent table under such conditions.
But now, in these critical times, when
not a scrap of food must be wasted, and
the lives of thousands depend on the
of America, this country has
the right to expect and does expect every
American housewife to be a good cook,
with all the ingenuity in using leftoyers,
all the skill in substituting in part other
things for meat, wheat butter and sug- |
ar, and all the art in making a small |
amount of good 90 long way, that the
term good cook" implies.
Dorothy Dexter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-05
$4,000 SLACKERS.
That Is the Estimate of Provost Marshal
General Crowder.

Washington, Jan. Am estimate of
$4,000 real sIackers in the United States
lis made by Provost Marshal General
lCrowder in his report to Secretary Bak
!er.
The calculation supposes that 10 men
lin each registration district have escaped
without being caught.
While a few more than 100000 of the
lmore than 100000 registered men failed
to report when called for examination.
General Crowder estimates that $4,000 of
them have gone into military service
without notifying local boards.
This leaves more than 100000 to be
accounted for says the provost marshal
general Were they all slackers?"
General Crowder answers his own ques-
ftion by estimating that they probably
are not real slackers because 100000
probably are aliens
The report shows that OPS Germans of
the draft age have been accepted for
service in the national army.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-05

machinery at the governments disposal,
the program cannot be carried out UNI
less the human factor is present. This
week marks the opening in Richmond
high school, Staten Island, of school
for training shipbuilders. The state de-
partment of education and the Merr
chants ASSOCIATION are working together
TO make the courses success and Ia
correate the work of the school With
the nations industries.
On Staten Island alone G,000 .men are
now employed in shipbuilding and as
many more will be needed within the
year. Thousands more will be employed
in the New Jersey establishments al
ready referred to and elsewhere in the
vicinity, to say nothing OF the distribu
tion of plants all over the country. The
training of men to work in these plants
is comparable to the drilling of soldiers
and officers in the great army schools.
A bulletin issued by the Merchants as
ISOLATION contains the following account
of the subjects covered:
Courses will be given for riveters,
mould loftsmen and shpfittcrs.
These courses arc intended TO supply
the shipbuilding contracts with the la
Dor which they must have if they are to
fulfil their contracts with the govern
ment Owing to the great demand for
these workers at this time, there is II
scarcity throughout the country and any
student who completes one of these
courses is certain of immediate employ
ment at good wages for several years to
come"
The shipping board is planning to re-
cruit and train an industrial army of
some 100000 workers in this one field
Schools will soon be opened in Manhat
tan and Brooklyn. Employers in this
industry are asked TO advise such eifee.
tive workers as they can possibly spare
TO enter the training courses. The centre
)f information is the state education de,
40 Lafayette street, New
York-New York Evening Sun.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-05
Fish Potato Pie.

Line deep creased dish with well sea-
soned mashed potatoes to the thickness
Of one inch. Fill to within one inch of
the top with creamed fish, cover with po-
tatoes, brush with melted fat, and bake
in hot oven until brown. Garnish with
parsley and lemon.
i, Two fish days week instead of one
will release much needed food, and your
patriotic elf-denal need involve no real
hardship.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-05
REMINDER OF LA TOILETTE.
"Loyalist" Candidate in Wisconsin Tele-
graphs Senator of His Success.

Milbome, Wis. Jan. 5.--Louis A. Fons
"loyalistp candidate, who defeated f. T
Melms, Socialist, for state senator from
the eighth district in Wednesdays spe-
cial election. teIegraphed Senator La
Toilette Thursday as follows;
II have sepudiated you and condemned
your I'M American attitude and the peo-
pile of the eighth district iudorsed my ac-
tion. | congratulate the American citi-
zens of the district"
Fons received 4,l69 votes and MeIms
1892
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-05

"I had Cata,vh for Mi,1y-nine years,
and I doctored with a great many
doctors and took all the patent medi-
cines that heard of. AT last, Invent to
Canada and saw " Fruit.a-tives "adver-
tised. Icommenced taking themin 1914,
and kept right on for year and my
Catarrh was entirely ,eiiesed. Thank
God for the relief as it is an awful
disease to have. The "Fruit-a-tives"
have helped me in other ways, also.
Now, if you want to publish this, you
may do SO for it is nothing but the
truth, and the whole TRUTH.
MATTE RHAPSTOCK.
Sold by all dealers at SOC. box, for
$3.50, trial size 25c. or sent postpaid
on receipt of price by Fruit-a-tives
Limited, Ogdensburg, NeW-York.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-05
Building Ships.

Within few days the Emergency
Fleet corporation inaugurated at Newark
its great program, which, when it gets
fully under way, is Ito revoIiitionize
throughout the world" The
phrase would be grandiloquent if it had
not so many facts to back it up. That
first rivet was not only a nail in the
,offin of Prussianism, it was beginning
Of new commercial structure.
But with all the raw steel and all the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-05
And Going UP.

~ NS oP'
The rose is red;
The violets blue;
Sugar is sweet,
And expensive, too.
New York Tribune.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-05
AN ICE BLOCKADE
Holds Back from New York Its Greatly
Needed Coal

New York, Jan 5.--The ice blockade
in New York harbor and adjacent wa
tiers, combined with another day of zero
weather, yesterday caused concern TO
the fuel administrators and transporta
ton officials, who have been trying to
relieve the metropolis from its alarming
shortage OF coal Barges with thousands
of tons of coal on board virtually were
icebound in the bay.
The Hudson river is frozen down 60
200th street and the Harlem river to l4th
street For the first time in years. Long
Island sound has been frozen over and
hundreds of persons skated from New
Rochelle to Execution light.
As hundreds of families, unable to get
coal, are using oil, an oil famine is now
feared
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-05

the empire to recognize the principle of
the right of peoples TO self-determina-
ton.
Political life in the occupied terrific
ries is obstructed by military pressure,
which must be removed" be said "lhe
negotiations in the east must be conduct
ed to satisfactory end, This is the will
of the German people and of the German
nation itself 2
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-05
Is Fxpecting Bunk.

4 wear from now Vermont will have
a new legislature doing business at
Montpelier and it does not take sew
enth son Of seventh son to foresee
that impassioned orators will be pro-
claiming that il Vermont Is going TO
prove loyal TO the nation 1t must give
its sanction TO the national prohibition
amendment. The usual amount u
bunk both WAYS is TO he eXpected.-St.
Alhans Messenger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-05
His Speclsity.

"If you are worried about your in
somnia. pick a quarrel with that ANA
teur prizefighter."
"whyT"
"He can put you to sleep.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-05
Topics of the
Home and
Household.


Brown breadcrumbs can be used as a
breakfast food and are really palatable
If a raineoat is beginning to show signs
of wear around the bottom, cut the de-
sired length and turn up about half an
ineh. Moisten the bottom with a wet
sponge and press with very hot IRON
Before putting salt in the salt shakers
place your salt in small pan. near a
hot stove or If your stove isn't very hot
set your dish on the top shelf OF the
stove; this will dry your salt and prevent
it forming lump in the shaker,
When it happens that there is call
for quick baking, and the oven is cold,
then an extra stove lid is very useful, for
by taking one of the covers directly over
the fire and putting il on the top CRATE
of the oven, the pie or biscuit placed ON
it will insure baking the bottom OF the
article, while if the drafts are opened, a
few kindlings put on the fire will furnish
enough heat to cook it on top, long be-
fore the oven could have been ready If
there is no extra cover, one from the
back of the stove can be used by placing
a kettle over the hole.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-05

Brown breadcrumbs can be used as a
food and are really palatable.
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Are you kicking in right along. The
War Chest fund is the agency through
which home and all possible comfort
is taken to the boys "over there"
And although the war is over, that
makes no difference. The soldiers
will be in France long time yet, and
they will need just the kind of good
cheer that they have been having.
Kick init is the one best bet today.
1t is the HUMANITY fund of the
war.
It means hot coffee, and hot choco-
late, and chocolate bars, and brown
doughnuts, and a place to rest bit,
and place to get warm, and place
to write letter home-it is those
things that will be taken to the soldier
boys with the money YOU put in the
War Chest.
This is the one best bet for you to-
day. Get warm feeling around your
heart and dig! Dig down deepl
"a - "a "a "a
Uncle Sans Police Force.
Keeping order in Europe, now that
the war is ended, is going to be the
biggest police job this old world has
ever known.
But it will have to be done
For there are about 100000
fellows scattered about the continent
right now who have acquired the fight
ing habit these last five years. They
were getting tired of the big game
before it ended but this doesn't mean
that they would hesitate to mix it
up over their own little differences.
Take the Balkans for instance.
They have been hotbed of distur-
bance for years. The immediate pre-
text for this war developed there.
And their oldtime animosities and
jealousies have not been wiped out by
their recent experiences. They are
liable to flare out again at any moment
Then there is the big question Of
Russia. There are millions of former
serfs still drunk with wine of new
found freedom. They have pillaged