The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-03
MEEKER BOYS RETURN HOME DiSillusiOned, Their Home Com ing Not Unlike The
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NEWTOWN
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Newtown, Sept. 3-Miss Anna Bren- ner, a graduate of Newtown High school, 1913. has been engaged to teach the Yellow school in Easton, and be- gan her duties yesterday.
 CrestfaIlen, meek, disi1lusionized and repentant the runaway Meeker boys re- turned to their home today. They spent the three days in Bridgeport, varied by one round trip to Port Jeff ferson, L. l., by boat. They slept in an empty box car in the freight yards the first night, were taken into a boat at dock the second night to sleep, and Monday night was spent in roaming g around. They spent every available cent in patronizing the moving picture shows, and lived on bread, crackers, cheese, varied by an occasional ice cream cone. They tried newspaper selling on Labor Day, but this business venture was unsuccessful, and the crisis in their affairs came that night. Both cried all night. How they paid their carfares home is not explained by the boys, satisfa ctorily, and it looks to the villagers that the return trip was hike up the pike" from Bridge port in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Mrs. Meeker is overjoyed, the boys are around as usual today, and everybody hopes it is an incident closed.
 A marriage license was issued by Town Clerk Pitzschler last week to Lincoln Valentine of Brookf1eld and Fanny M. Andrews of Newtown-
 LABOR DAY FESTIVITIES
 There was a large influx of visitors and home corners in Etown for the holi- day, and nearly every home had it's gathering. In the. afternoon the best baseball game of the season was play ed at the Knoll Fields which was pat ronized by many of the visitors as well as by the local fans. The contesting team was the Athletics of Bridgeport who were defeated by Sandy Hooks by a score of 5 to l. In the evening the Sandy Hook band rendered a special programme of up-to-date music at Post Office Square in that village which was enjoyed by an appreciative audi ence. The pleasures of the day receiv- ed a fitting climax in the very success full whist and soc1able at St. Mary S Hall under the auspices of the sodal- ity of the Children Of Mary, which was a huge success socially and financially.
 Miss Mary Troy returned from the St. Mary's hospital, Waterbury, last week, and is now at her parents home E. W. Troy's car brought the patient safely. and she is rapidly gaining strength.
 Master John F. Keating of Sandy Hook has gone to Brooklyn, where he will enter as a student in St. Johns Academy. He went away in company with MT and Mrs P. Griffin of that city with whom he will live.
 Fishing in Taunton Pond was en- joyed greatly last week. Among those who reported good catches were: Town Clerk Oscar Pitzschler, pr. Marron, M. K Donohue and Ed Camp, the lat ter taking twenty bass in one visit. p
 The Parochia1 school opened this week with a. good attendance.
 Henry W. Blakeman of New Bri- tain was a visitor for week with his man of Mt. Pleasant, returning Labor Day.
 Mrs. F. c. Allen and daughter, Mar garet of Bridgeport, were recent guests of MT and Mrs Edward T. Clarke.
 Samuel E. Speed, General Electrical Engineer for the New York Central railroad, with headquarters at Albany, was a recent guest of MT. and Mrs. C. B. Johnson.
 returned Saturday from pleasant. auto trip of three days along the Hudson River and Eastern New York.
 MT. and Mrs. John K. Corbett of Lancaster, Pa, and Miss Irene Corbett of Bridgeport were week end and holi- day guests of MT. and Mrs. T. J. Cor bett.
 THE EXODUS BEGINS
 From among our summer colony, the first to pull up stakes and depart as reported are: MT. and Mrs. T. F. Mur- ray and family to. Bridgeport, and MT. and Mrs M K. Donohue and family to Flushing, L. l., all departing Labor Day.