The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-03
MONROE

All the schools in town closed last
 Wednesday for the Thanksgiving va cation.
 MT. and Mrs. Benjamin s. Hurd en-
 tertained their children and grand
 daughter, Miss Sadie, Thanksgiving Day, making a total of IS.
 Mrs. Cornelia L. Shelton is visiting her sister, Mrs. Marshall Beach.
 Edward L. Hurd and his assistant, Lewis Thompson, are kept busy now cutting corn stalks, and saving up their neighbors' wood piles. K
 The children in Monroe Center Wf O are attending school out of town, and l who spent the Thanksgiving reaeSB at their homes are Lucy J. Lord wAo Is attending school at South f<orE AIk Eleanor and Catherine Habers1tafps at Washington, Conn.,, and Phil8 FFes- man at the high school in Sneft6n. James McDermott. returp11 k5aStd y from a visit with relative8A rt- fsfoT1. ssfz ss s9s
 The Finance Committee of5 wish ington Lodge met Monday evening and audited the accounts of the Sec retary and Treasurer. l Special meeting of Harmony grange on Thursday evening of this week, to | initiate class of four. MT. and Mrs. B. s. Hurd and MT. and Mrs. Merwin W. Johnson attend 1 ed the funeral of Mrs. pr. D. A. Rich ardson of Derby on Saturday after moon.
 1 The Whist club which was recently organized with 28 members will hold its first meeting at the home of Hen ry J. Lord on Tuesday evening, Dec 9.
 l One of the most important meetings of Washington lodge will be it's an nual communication which will be held on Monday evening, Dec. 8th The officers for the ensuing year will be elected. The annual reports will be submitted and a date selected for the installation. This it is presumed will be public and is looked forward l to as the greatest event of the sea- son.
 The Town School Committee has Eaccepted the resignation of Miss Au- gusta Posner, teacher at Birdseve's Plain. Parents and scholars are con graduating them on appointing Mrs Bertha Sutherland of New Haven who was the very efficient teacher last year.
 Chicken thieves are getting to be quite numerous lately, having stolen son and 5 from Andrew J. Rau.
 MT. and Mrs. Edward L. Hurd at tended the funeral of his aunt Mrs. Stephen Nichols at Christ Church, Tashua, on Saturday afternoon at 3 30 p. m.
 The Glover Leaf Whist club will meet on Wednesday evening of this week with the president of the club, Alexander Sinclair and wife, as host and hostess.
 MT. and Mrs. So1on B. Wales have gone to Hampton, Virginia where they will spend the winter, and Hon1- CT F. Sherman and wife will have charge of their place during their ab- sence.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles B. Nichols are ents. MT. Dd Mrs. Theodore Hubben of Huntington, before taking up their residence at the Clark place in the Center.
 Mrs. Harriet Kyle will beautffy her place with a coat of paint and other general improvements.
 Miss Carrie M. French and Master Harold spent Sunday with Edwin C. Shelton and family.
 The remains of Lucy, wife of Bird sey McEwen, former resident of this town, were brought from Milford and laid to rest in the East Village ceme- tery, last Sunday. She leaves to mourn her loss a husband and one son, Fred McEwen of Milford, with whom she lived, and two grandchil- dren in White Hills.
 The young people of East Village enjoyed a straw ride recently, their destination being the home of Daniel B. Shelton on White Hills, where they spent a pleasant evening.
 Great preparations are being made by; the Changers for their drama en- titled, "The Turn of the Tide" at the town hall, Monday evening, Dec. 15.
 The town clerks office is now in the town hall, office hours from 10 to f on Tuesday and Friday of each week