The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-10
NEWTOWN
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Especial to The F'armer)
Newtown, Feb. 10-James Coles, of
Hawleyville, is spending the winter
with his son, Joseph NJ. Coles, at
Bridgeport, and is enjoying very good
health for one of his years.
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest Hawley have
returned from their wedding trip. and
are now dopiciled in their home in
HawIeyville.
Cutting ice has begun at Hawleys
pond. Six inches of clear ice is the
maximum thickness so far found
| there. This thickness answers for
farmers use, and also for private con-
sumption, but marketable ice requires
ten or twelve inches. Hence the BoT-
| den's Creamery and Dealer w G.
Johnson will wait till later in the week
before beginning work on the + Foundry
POND, which so far is less than six
| inches thick. John Keane of Zoar dis
trict is also cutting six inch ice on
| Berkshire pond 81
- Letters from Mr.. and Mrs. e. L.
| johnson, who are spending the winter
in st. Louis, Mo, with their son,
| Bishop F. F. Johnson, state that the
thus far than in Connecticut. Both,
however are enjoying good health,
and are interested in the ways and
of that metropolis on the Mississippi.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Carter Of West
Stockbridge, Mass, came last Tuesday
to make an extended visit with Mrs.
Lowell, Queen street. A family party
consisting of Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell and
sop Louis, and the visitors Tnotored
to Bridgeport, Thursday, in Mr.. Low
els car, and enjoyed themselves.
greatly. Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs. Car
ter spent with Mr.. Carriers parents 6in
Bethel. The rest of their vacation
win be spent at the hospitable home
on Queen street.
Hymen Block started last night from
Botsford on a three months business
f0 Detroit H6ohiQaY the
est of the Bridgeport firm which en-
ploys him The assistant foreman of
the concern accompanies hdm. Mr..
Blocks wife will make her home with
her husbands father, Jacob Block, of
Botsford, during the absence of her
spouse. 80
The Newtown High School male bas-
ketbal1 team played a game, Saturday
afternoon, at the town hall with a
team from the Union Business College
Of Bridgeport, winning by score Of
"a to- 49, The lineup for the Newtown
team was the same as before, although
some opposition was shown on the
part of the visitors to the placing of
some members of the Newtown team.
Previous to this game, the local. High
School girls basketball team. played
interesting game with the girls. of
the Bethel High School, and lost the
game by the close margin of one tally,
the score standing 10 to 9: A good
crowd of interested friends of this
rather strenuous sport attended both
games, and at times the contest was
said to have been very exciting, es-
pecially when the boys game was
played.
The publication in the news columns
of Saturday nights Farmer of the de-
cision OF tIe-Public Utilities Commits
sion in the New Canaan water works
matter brought before that august
tribunal by the warden and burgesses
Of that enterprising borough, seeking
relief from intolerable conditions, was
read with interest by the long-suffer-
ing victims OF the Indifference of the
Newtown Water Company to equally
bad conditions of the water here. It
proceeding in that appeal was made
by private petitioners; and it was
knowrr fact Of the alliance of inter
eSts between the focal borough Off
GERS and the Water Company, that a.
petition of the patrons of the corpora
ton would be entertained by the COM
mission. A truthful presentation OF
all the conditions here. would result,
it is believed, in a drastic order to the
Water Company to- purify and clean
it's water forthwith ire such a way as
to render it fit for, use, and no longer
menace to the public health and
and it is to be hoped the interested
water users will avail themselves at
once of the way to relief pointed out
in the news article alluded to.
Miss Mary McNerney, a highly re-
spected parishioner Of st Roses par
ish died Sunday morning shortly af-
Ter 11lQn1St1L. she was d Qdl1R0 O1
ireland, and spent all her life since
d8ming to THIS country in Newtown,
where she was employed in the capac-
ity of cook in families OF the Dor
ougih, retiring from active labor a year
or two ago. Since then she roomed
with friends in town. A short while
ago she met with a. fall, injuring her
limbs. Finally she sought the care
and attention of the good sisters at
the Convent Of Mercy, Everything
was done for her but without avail,
-,
her resigned and hopeful She is sur
vived by two sisters, unmarried, who
reside in Bridgeport The funeral will
take place Tuesday from ST. Roses
Church Undertaken E. W. Troy has
charge of the funeral arrang enents.
Interment will be in st. Roses ceme-
terry.
Friday with his friend, Thomas F.
returned to their duties in Rochester,
N. Y, Saturday
St Roses ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
day evening at 7:45 Lenten devottons
consisting of rosary, sermon by Rev.
Joseph Daily of Danbury, benedfction
of the Blessed Sacrament; Friday ev-
ening at the same hour, Stations of
the Cross and benediction of the
Blessed Sacrament. Wednesday, Fri
AT Trinity Church, Wednesday even
ing at 1880, there will be evening pray
er and sermon by Rev George w.
Davenport rector of st. James
church, Danbury, and in the after
noon of the same day at $3.50 Litany
and reading in the Guild room by |
Rev James H George, rector of Trim