The Newtown bee., 1909-06-18

Flower drill, Six girls. When we're men,"
 William Deitz and William Pagan. Blessing others"
 Three girls and two boys Lullaby, Emma Deitz, Bessie Burr. "Tne conceited grasshopper,"
 Mamie Pagan. "The new dress" Ten girls, one boy. Baby and the dandelion,"
 Elsie Nichols. Quilting party" Seven girls. "The Slumber Boat" Grace Burr
 and Edna Jennings When I'm a man." Jessie Metcalf This is the way" School. Dialogue, That Dreadful Boy"
 MT Ford, George Jennings. Mrs Ford, Grace Burr.
 Rose Ford, Edna Jennings.
 Augustine Baker, Tneo. Nichols.
 Dick Fcrd ohm Pagan. Flower and children" Elsie Deitz. "Garlands of Gladness," Mabel Sher-
 wood, Sarah Jennings, Mary Deitz,
 and Sadie Raymond. Dialogue, What we leave at school" Five girls. 'The Bee," School. America" All. BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY OF
 GREENFIELD'S OLDEST WOMAN QUIETLY OBSERVED BY REL.A-l
 1lfES.
 On Tuesday, June 15, Mrs Abram Banks quietly celebrated the 9ith anniversary of her birth by holding a family reunion at her home ir Banks South district. This venerable lady enjoys the distinction of being the oldest woman in the town of Fairfield and bids fair to attain an age corresponding to that which made the late Deborah Silliman a conspicuous and remarkable example of longevity. She is physically sound as a dollar, is hale and hearty and appear to enjoy life to the uttermost. One remarkable feature about Mrs Banks is the retention of her memory which enables her to recall wildly scenes of her girlhood as well as re- collections If busy past intermin- gled with the joys and cares of mo herhood and the stern conditions of New England rural life before the marvellous development of our coun- try which has taken place during later generations. Mrs Banks is the last surviving members of her fam fly. Out of a family of nine children she has reared eight to manhood and womanhood and tEey are all alive and were able to be with her at their parental home last Tuesday. The children are: Mrs Emeline Raymond of Cross Highway; Mrs Ann D. Brush and Mrs Clara Selleck of Danbury; Mrs Marietta Smith of Greenfield Hill; Mrs Hattie E. Raymond of Black Rock; Talcot, Curtis and Franklin Banks of Greenfield Hill. Like all who are well advanced in years she loves home the best of all and here, she continues to live in the peaceful serenity of grand cid age.
 The Children Day exercises which were to have been held at the Con- gregational church, last Sunday evening, have been ,,nStpLned to next Sunday evening, June 20, on account of the roin.
 Tie Greenfield Hill friends of Miss Alice May Grumman, daughterof Mrs Alice Grumman of this place will be interested to learn of her engagement to Lieut. Edward w. Putney of Mill ford. wht is connected with the Coast Artillery Corps, U. s. A. The we'd ding will take place in the late sum- mer.
 MT and Mrs George Sherwood of Lyon Plain, Weston, were Sunday guest, at J. c. T.obdelrs.
 H. M. Smith of Newtown, was in town Tuesd:,y, calling on his numer- ous friends in this vicinity.
 MT and Mrs Harry Edwards have returned from their wedding trip and will soon occupy 'helr newly fur nished house in Stratfeld.
 J. B. Nissan and MT Beecher have returned to their summer residences in town.
 Mrs J. N. Hutchinson of Bridge port is a guest this week of Mrs w. S. Merwin at the latter's home on Merwin's Lane.
 D. Frank Brown, MT and Mrs Fred Thorpe, Miss Jernie Terhune, Mrs B. Wesley Burr and daughter, Miss Luella Burr, were among those who attended the graduating exercises of the class of 1909 of the Bridgeport hospital at the Park street Congre- gational church in Bridgeport, last Monday evening.
 Nr and Mrs J. M. Blackford re- turned, Tuesday, from few days stay with friends in New York City.
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