Connecticut western news., 1921-06-30
"Reminiscences by Former Editors

step on the others toes. We were i eth giving to Th@ Canaan Printing Company our best efforts, each work ing for the success of the business and the welfare of the village and town.
 As those years appear to me in retrospect, it gives me much pleas ure to say that my relations with every member of the company W2rc most cordial and from each and every one of them 1 receiv2d only the most courteous and friendly treatment. Indeed 1 think l 'nay broaden this statement and include practically every resident of Cana2n and, so far as l came in contact with them, the residents of the surround ing villages I formed many friend ships that have endured during the | thirteen years since l left Canaan ! and which l highly prize.
 However, as enc recalls the personnel of The Canaan Printing | Company in those days, and c0Hsld-
 CTS the calibre of the men, he could
 but expect fair treatment. Included
 among the stockholders were such
 men as J. Henry Roraback, the late
 George l.. Parsons, Samuel A. Eddy,
 A. V. A. Felton, Geo. s. Fuller, the
 late Dr. H. L. Ross, H. E. Lyles, MT.
 Pease and others who were interest
 ed in Canaan's welfare.
 Agreeable to their edict in 1906
 The News began to shout for Ca
 naan and I have been particularly
 pleased to note that it continues to
 shout along the same lines. The paper beween 1906 and 1909 took an active part in obtaining an enlarged school building for Canaan, 2 something that was greatly needed. l It was a factor in a campaign for a sewer system for the village, a pro ) ject to which there was considerable l opposition but I am informed that l nearly all those who voted against t the proposition reversed their opin- r ions soon after the system was con- e pleted.
 0 The paper also assisted in bring
 ing to Canaan The Reliable Manu- e featuring company |whose knitting l. plant was located in the Whitforc d building. This concern afterwarc e moved to Great Harrington because Il of certain local conditions whlcf l. were unfavorable to their business e and which, at that time could no
 be remedied.
 n When the Canaan National Banl ,e project was instituted, the paper wa I with the vanguard of those wh g. favored such an institution. To-da in this is one of the strongest and mos .v prosperous country banks in the nut ot meg state.
 ct Tn 1906 Canaan was almost with
 Out protection against fire. It ,e equipment consisted of one o1t-o1 n- date hose cart and a few hundre ze feet of hose that had outlived ii an usefulness. The News called alter ot tion to the need of apparatus an
 I an increased number of hydraD is- and was successful in arousing pQI as lie opinion to the point whete tE mt residents participated in nov ,n- ment to supply what was necessar
 It is my belief that Canaan's exec
 q lent and well-eqUipped fire con'pal we is the indirect, if not the direct, r an suit of The News agitation a doz' ITS. or more years ago.
 nd The paper advocated improv sh- highways and 1 can but believe tf ca aovocacy, at least in a small mea 7,u ure, was a factor in obtaining | ges much OetCer roaos 1H all" iie'i < lad village.
 It was The News that advo>at dor the Housatonic Valley baseball ie ino gue that provided much sport, p; ,,ns ticularly in 1907 and 1908, a leag 1di- that endured until professional ,oee began to enter it's ranks. o,,r The paper has been, and is, tho friend of the churches and the "a >h11 ous other local organizations and o11v worked with them to further tn Q oe aims, it has been, and is, of as' ,sed tance in a multitude of minor 10 c Q matters and, during the war, ga 1o,I1 in common with other newspapt nro- liberally of its space toward p o,,os floating of the several Liberty Loa and and assisted in the various other ' rhis activities that benefited by pr +ha+ cooperation and support.
 +bo I trust those who read this CT ner- and hastily written resume ot
 ad- News as I knew it during my ( col nection with it, will not draw ness conclusion that I am claiming
 myself the credit for what the ,lant per accomplished. Such an infere treet would not be in accordance with pub facts. I was simply a co-Wo1 Seek with the owners Tn an eHorC' Rail- said before, to assist in brinl 1ting about further progress In me IN, were field and to return prolt to u form who invested thelr money Tn four newspaper enterprise.
 } the The News to-day, under the l ad- ance of Editor Krouse, is cou
 paper that is much better than saw average. He and the men ass'
 4ol ,,rith him accnmnlished n