The Newtown bee., 1908-10-30
THE BOROUGH AND VICINITY.

THE BOROUGH AND VICINITY.
 Mrs B. D. Meeker and three children have been visiting friends in Kent.
 Miss Ursula Benedict of Seymour has been visiting friends in town.
 John P. Slack has been spending a few days at his mothers home.
 Mrs G. A. Burlow of Hackensack, N. J., has been visiting her sister, Mrs W. A. Gilbert.
 Forty Bethel people went on the ex- cursion to Pittsfield on October 15, greatly enjoying the trip as the weather was warm and clear.
 The gas mains are being extended through Wooster street.
 Mrs George Stone of Poquag, N. Y, has been spending few days in town.
 A. H. Senior is building a cottage for Mrs Masherer on the Wolf Pits road. The cellar on the lot owned by Hor- ace Hickok on Hickok Avenue has been completed and is ready for the building .f." ..l.-.Gtt
 Tiokio5, Ives & Company, cleo tricians, are arranging to open an office and salesroom in the building next to the Fay -Gorman Company, at Fountain Place. The business will be carried on for the purpose of doing all kinds of electrical work. As Bethel is to have the borough streets lighted by elec- tricity there is every reason to believe that many houses and stores will be wired for electric lights. Neil Mackenze of Chicago, the hat salesman. is visiting friends and rela- tives in Bethel.
 A number of friends of William T. Patchen of Elm street, called on him Saturday evening, October IT, and gave him pleasant surprise, remind ing him that it was his birthday. A delightful evening was spent and MT Patchen received many appropriate gifts in memory Of the occasion, and a testimonial of the esteem in which he is held by his friends.
 The Bethel football team went to Bedding Ridge, Saturday afternoon, and played the second game this sea- son with the Sanford school.
 The game was lively one and the score at the end stood 0 to 0. Prof Cunningham was referee of the game and Rev A. T. Steele umpire, while Frederick H. Judd acted as time-keep- CT.
 The new cement bridge on Beach street near Fairchild & Farnham Hat shop is completed and the street, which has been closed for several weeks, was opened to travel last week Friday.
 Daniel s. Joyce has been among the sick ones and confined to his home on Main street.
 Samuel Street of New Jersey has been visiting old friends in Bethel.
 Herman Kent of Forestvilie has talk en a position as clerk at Engish's drug store and is boarding with Willis Kyle on Greenwood avenue.
 Mrs B. R. Stevens, who has been spending few days here with MT and Mrs W. s. Bacon on Prospect street, has returned to her home at North Ad- ans.
 Will Cox of Boundbrook, N. J., who represents the home there for orphans, led the prayer meeting at Plumtrees schoolhouse, last week Wednesday evening, and gave very interesting talk about his work there.
 Robert Yahas has left his position at 1 the Baird & Undiedt Hat Co. s factory l and has taken a position at the Fair child $ Farnham that factory finishing knapped hats.
 Mrs John F. Nichols spent a few 1 days, last week, in New York with her daughter, Miss Alice Nichols.
 Mir and Mrs Jospeh Schaffer, who | have been spending several weeks with 1 Mir and Mrs w. H. Ferry in Elmwood, | have returned to their home in New | York.
 About 50 friends of MT and Mrs w. i H. Ferry gave them very pleasant | surprise at their home in ElmWood dis trict on Friday evening. October 16, the occasion being thei 18th anniver- sary of their wedding day. Games and social chat filled out very enjoy- able evening. A fine luncheon was ] served. Mir and Mrs Ferry were pre- sented with a handsome mahogany rocker by their friends. .f
 C. ii. Hurlburt has rented his house on South street and expects about Mo- vember l MT and Mrs Hurblurt will go l to Norwalk to make their home for the present and they may permanently re- side there.
 James A. Read of Beaver street has been .enlarging his stock barn by build l g on an addition, 30 X 40 feet, and has fitted it up with up-to-date swing. ing stanchions and also has one or two nice box stalls nicely fitted up. INT Read now has very fine and conven- iently arranged barn for his stock.
 Mrs Rose Macherer is having a new cottage erected on the Wolf Pits road. A. H. Senior, the contractor, is doing the work. @
 L. E. 0lmstead was in Norwalk on E business, last week, for several days.
 The Bethel High school football team went to Bedding, last week Wednes- day, when they played with the team from Sanford school. The game was an exciting one. Neither side was able to score.
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