The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-03
NEWTOWN

An item of interest to alfN will os the Athletic meet to be held under tho sanction of the Metropo1itan Assocfa-
 tion of the Amateur Athletic Union
 or the United States on the grounds
 of St. Roses church On July 4th. be- ginning at 12 o'clock (noon). The games will begin at 1 o'clock Various com mittees have been appointed and the affair will without doubt be carried out in every detail with pleasure to large number have shown great inter- est in the matter of races and the promises are fine for a good day for all. The baseball game between t1e
 renowned Walnut Tree Hill nine and
 an independent team of Bridgeport
 will be of great interest to baseball enthusiasts. A dance will be held sf-
 ter the fireworks, at Sandy Hook trs
 St. Mary's Hall. All are cordially ln- vited
 One of the most enjoyable entertain ments given in some time was ths Mock Court trial with breach Of promise case at the Town hall Frf- day evening. The many clever and ludtcrous speeches from beginning to end created much fun and Laughter all through the evening. Perhaps a prfn- cipal feature was the appearance of many prominent and popular local men on the jury and as the prosecuting attorney termed them the handsornest lot of men he had ever seen together. The testimony of the witnesses fin ths case on either side was decidedly we'll given although the rehearsfns Of the various parts could not be done on account of the manager being an out of town party. The cross questioning did not seem to phase one of them, Mrs. William s. Hawley as the widow and plaintiff and Charles c. Peck as the defendant in the case carried out their parts as well as ever and calm ly took the scourging accorded their es were perfect. Mrs. A. BlakesIee, Miss M. Barnett, also Charles F. Beardsley, Dr. F. J. Gale, H. N. Tie- mann, ST. The handsome jurors: AL lison P. Smith, Eli B. Beers, Frank Wright, Frank Blackman, William Honan, Rodney Shepard. John c. Beers, B. B. Camp. H. v. Tiemann Jr. Elmer Fairchild. R. H. Beers, Harry Rupf. Charles Meeker very capably took the difficult part of the judge. Oscar Pitzschler, clerk attorney for defendant, Rev. Alexander Steele, prosecuting attorney. Col. A. V. New ton, Worcester. Mass, officer. A. B. Blakeman, crier, Charles B. Johnson. The affair was under the auspices of the Hillside club and was very suc- cessful. All the various phases of s real trial being carried out and thes entertainment proved to De 1nstruc- tive as we'll as amusing. Col. A. V. Newton who personally conducted ths affair seems to be we'll adapted to his work making the trial replete with funny situations and bright local hits.
 Miss Lena Blake of Brooklyn. V. '. is the guest of her parents, MT. and Mrs. Michael Blake.
 Misses Lena Mccarthy, Marguerite. Mccarthy and Anna Keane of Dan-. bury, MT. and Mrs. John J. Finnell and Miss Mayme B. Finnell of Bridge port are guests over the 4th of MT. and Mrs. Patrick Finnell.
 Mrs. F. C. Briggs has returned frorr a few days visit in the Park City.
 A most enjoyable supper of the New town High school Alumni associations was held at the Newtown Inn SatuT- day evening with 50 members and teachers present After supper tno past prophecies of the different class es were read by Miss May Egan and the Histories of all preceding classes were read by Miss Nora Blake. Miss Augusta Campbell who graduated this wear from Syracuse University with honors and has shown fine ability in dramatic art gave great pleasure in recitations Speeches were made by q representative of each class. It was one of the most delightful occasions of the kind.