The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-31
NEWTOWN

TH4 RnK4K8K18nT 2kkS DSCA c1A1AO044C- ed of Miss Elizabeth Egan, daughter Of Mrs. Margaret Egan, and Martin J. Donohue of Flushing, L. l. The
 marriage is expected to take place be.
 Niss Hettie Way, who has been spending some weeks with Mrs Wm A Leonard. has returned to Brook
 Tne Menis Literary and Social Club held an enjoyable session. Tuesday ev- Seiectman Wm. e. Johnson as host. Carlos D. Stilson read a very fine and Interesting paper on Federal Govern as@ po,e ~ wss z1 also held when it was vo6ed on account of the late season to defer the purchasing of the new $o leave the placing of the new pole, in regard to location etc, to the bor- otagh officials.
 "A very successful meeting of the Mary's hall. Sandy Hook, Tuesday ev- enins- Oyer 40 men. pledged 1a so at 8ridgeport @ in November It is ex- Sscfed a large humber will decide on sunday to swell the number:
 A dance w'n be given at sf- Mary's ls ths young men of Sandy Hook. Music will be furnished by Danbury or chestra- Come one, come all A pleasant evening Is promised
 The following gentlemen attended the Republican rally at Bridgeport. "wednesday evening: selectrnan Wn. B. Johnson, Eugene Peck, William R. Curtis. R. H- Beers. George Beers:
 If interested residents will stand at 4he foot of Church Hill Just east or wakelee's garage, and take survey westward and up the grade, they can then realize what is being done by the State through its highway commits srfoner. looking toward public improve znent and a better Newtown. The hill. which at times has been impossible owing to heavy grade, ice or mua' p tas mas and a fill made of over feeI, eilm, mating to a large extent the hill which has put many true d ana daltha tl1a auto engine to back up for another plunge Six double teams and 30 men are on the job. 2. | Crosby or or the the gang and co-operates with First Se- Iectrnan Johnson. who is looking after the interests of the town and ad join is to be laid with leaders or leak off: This drain Is to be feet deep and three feet wide, and is expected to It viii extend from the top of the R1iil down distance of about 5O0 feet. The roadbed is to be 26 feet in width and at no place less than a feet and finished with 12 inches of gravel This road is part of great trunk line, and careful count made TeC9nIIV passed over this hill in one week. This showing with the pleasure wagons and team trucks makes 1t busy street, and we believe Commissioner Macdon- aId crfI lnake no mistake to hasten the building of State road on the Mt Pleasant road to Danbury, thus mak- ford, Waterbury, through Newtown to Danbury New York State, and north- ward to Massachusetts line The 8 inch main O. the Newtown Water Tsornpany has been laid bare by the ex- oavatinr and will have to be relaid to d depth of about 4 feet.
 Nothing in the way Of Sease ro.as woTk and the highway commissioner has been generous in attending to neces- Eary repairs, and through selectman S Iaaa1 ener1 and teams, turning many hum ilreds of dollars back to the town treasury or the pockets of the towns E,ors1te builders and taxpayers. Over ko GOO gallons of oil has already been a,uIoaded at Newtown, and the fifth carload of s;eo0 gallons is now being rnloaded for patchwork on the trunk line and Sandy Hook road. As the piI Is thick and cold B. B. Peck of Hattertown has been engaged to mFske S<eern boiler The above items of Interest serve to subs tantiate the fact Rhat First Selectman Wn1. c. John poy7 feeIs that it is each ones duty to make the town that made them. and khe large ma jority over all which the First selectinan received at the an- nual town election proves that the kowr is back of him and will support any town official when it appears that fhat officials greatest interest is to make this town better to live in for everybody. New problems always spring out of the solution of the old pnes. and public affairs generally go wrong to the man who makes no effort fo help them: but the man who helps gets more than he gives" Such men Ere considered among the best assets of civilization
 A social dance was enjoyed at the town hall, Tuesday evening, by a par fys of young people from Bridgeport and Danbury Large auto trucks were nged for conveyance and the music of th ehorns as they left forsshoH1e =SRe dp the siumbering residents.
 The new beard of seiectn1en met last