The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-27
NEWTOWN.

| appear at the Town hall under the
 auspices of the Automobile Club wish
 to make a special announcement that
 this important event will take place
 next Friday evening July 1. By mis- l take the tickets were misprinted Tues 1 day instead of Friday. The plan for reserved seats which opened Saturday at R. H. Beers & Go. is fast filling
 up. A crowded house is assured. | The Town hall was packed to the | doors last Friday evening the occa-
 sion being the annual commencement I exercises of the Newtown High school.
 The hall was very tastefully decorat- | ed with Blue and White, the school
 colors. The class motto Victory
 Crowns the Faithful in gilt letters
 on blue back ground appeared over
 form complete ceiling of lattice work | in blue and white was arranged with
 very pretty effect, underneath were | seated the graduates and teachers,
 while on either side were the members | of the Board of Education and High
 school committee. Rev. P. Fox open
 ed the program with the Invocation.
 then as follows, Song of Greeting by | the chorus; Salutatory, Rychie Eliza
 yeness; S.z1sss;, Essay; Our Stars and Grafton, Civilization and the News I | grim's chorus" school. Essay Dolly
 Madison Nora Cecilia Blake. Essay ''The Call of the City, Ruth Emma
 Ruffles. Valedictory, Mary Hagen Fairchild. Presentation of diplomas by
 Allison P. Smith. chairman of the High school committee. Address to 1 graduates, Howard De Forest Widger | of Yale. Song School Days are Ger. chorus. Benediction Rev. Thomas N. | Laine. The graduates were Nora Ce- 1 celia Blake, Clarice Eliza Botsford | Mary Hagen Fairchild, Catherine Catherine Amanda James, Catherine Veronica Lynch, Jennie Loretta Lynch, Mary Winnifred Lynch, Earle Curtiss Peck, Percival Camp Platt, Ruth En-
 ma Ruffles, Rychie Eliza veness. Prizes were awarded as follows. Sen- for English $5 in gold, Miss Mary
 Fairchild; 2d French s5 in gold, Rychie veness; Washington Essay s5 in gold 1st Catherine Lynch, 2d Catherine James $2.50 in gold. Latin $5 in gold Mary Fairchild Scholarship 1st $5 in gold, Rychie Veness, 2d $2.5O in gold
 Mary Fairchild who in turn offered it
 to the one making the most material
 progress Miss Anna Houlihan being the lucky one. Prize for scholarship in three lower classes was awarded to Miss Jessie Whitlock $5 in gold. Algebra $2.50. Frank Johnson; Geometry $2.50, Edith Northrop. For highest average in eSub-Freshmen class $2.50 in gold to Miss Frances Griffin.
 Prize for spelling in sub-freshmen class, Book of Lowell's Poems given by Miss Lester was awarded to AL bert Rasmussen. Prize offered by MT.
 Cook for 2d German, Book each of Longfellow's and Burns poems Earle Peck and Arthur Fairchild. Prize for 1st German, Irving Sketch book, Viola Kutcher
 Library memberships offered as fol- lows, Mrs. Wallace Mitchell 8; Allison P. Smith 8; Another Friend g.; Arthur J. Smith 1; Arthur T. Nettleton 1; Levi c. Morris l; were awarded as follows: Junior class-Mary Northrop,
 Anna Carlson, Mayla Botsford, Sopho- more class-Jessie Whitlock, Helen Keane, Edith Northrop. Freshmen class Frank Johnson, Helen Kilbride, Bes- sic Ruffles. Sub Beers, Marion Summers, Robert Fair
 child. The Graduating class presented the school with handsome book case. A pleasing surprise to the departing teachers, Miss Roberts and Principal Curtis B. Cook was the presentation to the former of a gold chain, and to | the latter a watch Fob with Masonic emblem. The exercises in every de- | tail were very successful.
 Congregational Notes-Rev. Alexan- der Steele preached from St. John 1, | AT, the subject being ''Nathan1ep. The annual meeting of the Mems Fedora tion will be held this evening. Pray CT meeting Thursday evening. Holy Communion will be celebrated next Sunday at the Il o'clock services. St. Roses Notes-Prayers were of fered for the repose of the soul of Pat | rick Hayes of Bridgeport who was buried during the week. Next Satur day at g a. m. a months mind re- uuiem mass will be celebrated for the repose of the soul of Martin Keating Instructions for the children preparing for the 1st Holy Communion will be held Saturday morning at 10. Friday the 1st in the month masses will be celebrated at 5:30 and o'clock. Con- fessions will be heard Thursday after noon and evening and before the 8 o'clock mass Friday. Next Sunday will be the 1st Sunday of the July quarterly pew rents.
 The annual Parish Picnic will be held on July 4th an entertainment will also be given in the evening"
 Miss Alice Allen of Brooklyn is a guest at Hillbrow the summer home of MT. and Mrs. W. L. Allen.
 D. c. Bacon at the age of 82 en- loved an auto trip to Bridgeport Fri day through the courtesy of H. w.. Wright attending the circus.
 Misses Florence and Marguerite
 Beecher have entertained Miss Edna
 Morgan of Bridgeport.
 SCARED INTO SOUND HEALTH.