The Newtown bee., 1909-08-20
A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

A SUCCESSFUL EVENT
 The lawn party held last week
 Tuesday evening in Elmwood for the
 benefit of the chapel fund was suc-
 cess in every way. The evening was decidedly cool, but no one seemed to
 mind this, for there was so much fun going on under the two large tents
 which were erected in the grove ops
 posite the Van Volkenburgh resi- dence, that the weather was forgot
 ten. A large party from this place
 vas in attendance. A number of the
 a'scarded street lamps were secured
 and furnished light for the affair
 Eckerts orchestra enlivened the oc-
 casion with excellent music. The
 barkers who were advertising the
 various things on sale made plenty of noise and kept things lively. Re-
 treatments of ice cream, cake, wat ermelon, candy and soft drinks met with ready sale, and also the fancy work, of which there was fine dis play. Nearly everything was dis posed of and the fund for the build ing of a chapel in that district will have fully $65 more. This will bring it up to $500 or about half the sum it is proposed to secure before start ing the building. By way of attrac-
 ss there was a picture taken while you waited, by the we'll known car tocnist, A. E. Bevans, and fortune telling by young lady who is visit ing in this vicinity from New York. Both of these booths were oyerrun with business and were unable to supply all the demands for their services.
 BIG BOOM IN RAFTING CIRCLES,
 The Cuff hat factory on Beaver street is one of the busiest places in town, being run to it's fullest capaci- ty, although the firm is one of the newest to start business here. The hum of the machinery has been heard daily since the factory was started on March 6, and not only has busi ness gone on during the day, but of- ten far into the night. The night work has been necessary in the form ing department in order to keep ahead of the sizers. A new former and an eight section blower have re- gently been installed in the factory by the New Machine Co.,, of Danbury, and these were started last Thursday. It is expected that the new machin- cry will do away with much of the night work, although the mill is still being run until 10 o'clock every night. Two new additions have just been added to the plant and also good sized store house. One of the new additions S 92x22 feet; the lower floor is used for forming and stock and the second floor for stock. The other addition is 20X20, and the first floor of this is for sizing and while the remaining floor IS utilized as shaving and bouncing room. A new boiler and engine are to be put in plce for the factory use and VII necessitate still anHther ad- lition. The factory is not orly we'll eQuipred and yrost convenient. but is a most comfortable one Tn which to work, so much so that only one day this season has it been ne 'essary to stop work owing to the heat. At present about F men are e:":: 'syed in the factory and over 100 dozen day are being shipped. In the ii e months the factory has been working 10000 dozen hats have been made and sold. Not only are the hats sent out in the rough but many of them are finished and curled The latter are for the retail buyers who employ girls to trim and bind the hats. The factory is preparing to go into the manufacturing. of soft hats and as soon as this is begun there will be for 15 or 20 more hands. Not only are the hats turned out sold to local factories in this vicinity, but many are shipped to far distant places, such as Kansas City, Omaha, Nebraska and some even to the Pa cific Coast.-[ Danbury News.
 J. A. Birge of Shelton, MT and Mrs William l.. Barber and daughter, Grace, of Milford were guests, last week of Dr and Mrs A. E. Barber on Nopfor Cfroof