The Newtown bee., 1904-06-17

The singing by the quartet, especial ly in the morning, was excellent.
 THE DEERFIELD DISTRICT.
 Mrs Samuel T. Bulkley and children of Greenfield have visited at her fath- er'S.
 Mrs W. E. Nichols has entertained her friend, Miss Gertrude Van Wort, of Easton.
 Mrs Edward Brotherton of Cross Highway was guest at her old home,
 Miss Laura A. Dowd has visited her cousin in New Haven.
 Manager Wells, of the paper mill of the Diamond Match Co.,, at Southford was a guest, one day last week, of Hon J. K. Robinson at Verna Farm.
 The HOuSatOnic Grange of StratfOrd will visit the Greengeld Hill Grange, this evening, Friday June IT.
 The lecture on the 20th Century, by Dr Guilberttof Southport, which had been postponed twice, was held, We'd nesday evening, in the Country Club house and was greatly enjoyed by 8 good sized audience
 sister and child from the West.
 Mrs LOOmiS and child of Washing ton, D. O., have arrived at MT and Mrs Willis N. Bronson's, where they will spend the summer.
 Misses Helen and Verna Bronson, Bessie Jennings, Edna Warehouse and Harriett Hull all attended the reunion at Northfield, tbe past week.
 The Ladies' Union heldItheir regular meeting, Monday, at the Country club house.
 It is rumored that J. K. Robinson, Jr., has purchased or leased a place near the Southport depot.
 s. c. Bradley is entertaining friends from Easton.
 Mrs w. H. Olds, who has been suf- ferer from severe attack of rheuma- tism, is convalescing. Miss Edna Warehouse is spending several days with friends in North field, Mass.
 Miss Lulu Banks, who has been con- fined to the house tor several weeks with inflammatOry rheumatism, is much improved. A large force of men are engaged in erecting poles for the Southern New England Telephone Co.,, throughout the village, and as soon as wires can be strung our residents hope to have a convenient and permanent telephone service.
 Miss Julia Brown Banks, teacher in one of our public schools, expects to sail for Europe, about June 25, where she will spend her summer vacation sightseeing abroad.
 Contractor Charles Gray and force have commenced work on s. E. Lob- dell's new dwelling house, to be erect ed on Merwin'S Lane, near the site of the old residence, so long occupied by the late Maurice M. Merwin.
 Owing to the inclemency of the weather, last Thursday evening, as we'll as the Thursday evening previous, Rev Edmund Guilbert, rector of Trim ity church, Southport, did not deliver his lecture at the Country Club house, until Wednesday evening of this week.
 The Center Street Methodist church will observe Children's day, next Sun- day evening, June 19.
 Mrs Isaac B. Nichols is reported to be in very feeble health.
 Robert Barrymore of Black Rock is spending few days with his sister, Mrs Clarence H. Banks.
 Miss $. E. Bradley entertained a friend from Bridgeport over Sunday.
 Miss Gertrude Van Wort of Sport with w. B. Nichols.
 The many friends of Dea Charles Nichols will be pleased to learn that he has recovered sufficiently from his long and severe illness to be able to ride out again.
 Miss Jane Gray was taken to the Middletown hospital, last Monday.
 MT LOOmiS, assistant secretary of State, of Washington, D. O., spent Sunday here with his family at Willis N. BrOnSon'S.
 Frank Perry is having his house inn proved with coat of white paint.
 D. F. Brown moved the Green, Mon- day, for the Village Improvement so- ciety.
 Miss Lulu Banks is again quite ill with rheumatism.
 Franklin Banks was thrown from bicycle. last Monday, quite badly lam ing and bruising him.
 Leroy F. Partrick and family of As petuck spent Monday and Tuesday in Norwalk, the guests of Mrs Stephen Burtis.
 The public schools of this village close, Friday.