Connecticut western news., 1920-05-27

| The Woman'S Home MlSSlonary society and Queen Esther Circle met with Mrs. J. D. Clemans on Monday
 Clayton Benjamin has sold bort touring car to J. K. Mackie of Falls Village.
 David Dempsey of Millerton, N. Y was in town on business Tuesday.
 Display your flags on Memorial Day, at half mast.
 The baseball season opens on Monday with two games between Canaan and Norfolk. The first game will be played in the morning at Norfolk and the other here in the afternoon.
 Miss Belle Roger has accepted a position at Brewer Bros.' garage.
 Rev. R. M. Timberlake is spending few days in Canaan. MT. Timber i lake was one of the speakers at the Brotherhood Banquet held in Pill grim church parlors Monday night. Miss Mary Rhoades has accepted a position as clerk in the Cash Grocery.
 Harold Wright of Thomaston is spending few days in town.
 A new line of birthday booklets. The Canaan Printing Company. MT. and Mrs. L. E. Hester spent Sunday in Hartford. Decoration Day needs filled at Shaw's Plant Shop.-adv.
 MT. and Mrs. Walter King Stone have returned from Ithaca, N. Y, where they spent the winter.
 Mrs. Fred Slaughter is entertain ing her sister from New York for a few days.
 Don't forget the Community Ser vice Entertainment at the town hall on Friday evening at 7:15 standard time. Dancing after the entertain ment.
 J. c. Roraback has secured several thousand perch fry through the County Game Warden I. P. Horn beck from the Federal government.
 Misses Ebba and Ellen Lindell, MT. and Mrs. F. M. Brewer, Mrs. J. D. Clemans, and Misses Gather inc Roraback and Glayds DeHart motored to Grand Gorge, N. Y. last week, where they visited Rev. L. E.. Travis, former Methodist pastor here
 The quarterly meeting of the pas tors of the Litchfeld Northwest Association was held at Pilgrim church on Tuesday.
 Miss Annie G. Bartlett, who has been spending the winter in Flori- da, has opened her cottage at Twin Lakes for the summer.
 Mrs. F. F. Stevens was home for a few days this week.
 William T. Wallace of Torrington spent the weekend with friends in East Canaan.
 Mrs. s. A. Bennett, who spent the winter with her daughter, Mrs. L. F.. Burpee, in Hartford, is at The Naples.
 John A. Bianchi is having, his house re-shingled.
 A large number from here wit messed the complication of the third degree of the K. of c. at Great Burlington, Tuesday night.
 Mrs. G. W. Ford spent Sunday in Torrington.
 The last rehearsal of the Canaan Choral Society was held on Tuesday evening, MT. Kasschau conducting.
 MT. and Mrs. A. w. Mitchell of Woodbury called on Mrs. George A. Dodge Monday.
 Miss Helen Osborne of Waterbury was an over Sunday visitor at Henry Neeling's.
 The marriage of Miss Anna Matilda Hakkinen and Gordon Wal lace Mansir will be held at the home of the groom next Tuesday after noon at 2 o'clock, daylight saving time. Following the ceremony the couple will leave for Gardiner, Mass, where they will be rendered a reception at the brides home. The first installment of the equip ment for the new fire truck arrived by express yesterday. It should have been here by March 18th, but owing to the freight embargo it was thought best to have it sent by ex- press in small lots.
 Frank Johnson has purchased a new Chevrolet touring car.
 The newly organized band meets for practice Saturday night.
 The Garvin O'Connell Post will send a detail to Falls Village Sunday afternoon to decorate. Howard Egleston's grave and to place a marker there.
 A son, John Norman, was born on May 18th to MT. and Mrs. John T. Hubbard of Butte, Montana.
 MT. and Mrs. Fred Egleston who recently returned from Los Angeles, will sell their property at East Ca- naan, including about 40 very desir- able pieces of antique furniture, etc. with a view of moving to California.
 Miss Catherine Fitzgerald has been spending a few days in Bridge port.
 Douglas Hatch, son of Horace Hatch, spent the weekend in Corn