The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-05
NATHAN HERE NEWTOWN HOME
 READY FOR USE
Built By Pioneer of New towns Diminished But
 ton Industry

#. ,Newtown Aug 1914-The probate court will be in session August B. AL A M for a hearing in the matter of the admin istrator's account of the estate of the late Bradley B. Hull FIRST HEBREW WEDDIA1R EfEzzsE Town clerk PetrochIApe eeTday iSe sued a rnarriaE incense to Samuel Rabin ovitze wrdower, aged 50 years of Newtewn and Rosa NidermaIan, widow aged 46 of New York city. The wedding occurred today at tl1e home of the groom near Cogers mill. It was attended by only the friends of the contracting parties, as the rubrics of the Jewish faith prohibit music joI1ity and feasting in all eases of second marriages. Rab bbi Iange of Bridgepors off lated at the marriage
 TFsR ING OUT 4 CAR. MT .and Mrs. W. F. stahl and daugh- ter Of Tulsa, okla; came on last week to the metropolis for their annual eastern trip. At New york they met an old c1assrnate. Tester Gilman, who that day had purchased a new touring car. An invitation to ride with hd1TI8 to Newtown WAS gladly accepted by them. All V ere guests over sunday or. old friends, Charles B. and First Se- lectrnan w. C.. Johnson. During the day M r. Gilman took Mrs. Vii liam LF'airchild, aged sA a convaIescent at [ the home Of her daughter in South
 
 Taunton, which the genial grandmoth- CT enjoyed thoroughly.
 i{ HAST LANDMARK GONE. Louis Busker has just completed a six weeks task of improvement on the old Griffin homestead and mill prop l ertys in HuntingtoWn for the new. own CT. Nathan 6. Herz of Bridgeport who Improvements include painting outside. and painting and decorating the In-5 iterior Of the residence, the erection of I a tenant house in the rear for the use building of a retaining wall for the sIoping terrace which covers the old. mill site, and the beautffying of the lold mill pond as pa1k Of the Italian garden which the owner has planned Ion the estate The property is now
 krown as tfPond Lily Farm House. ' The house was erected by John Grif-i fin in the early sos when the old part nership of PIatt. Summers and Griff1n l was dissolved, and the pioneer button shop at New Botsford station was l removed by William sPlatts to it's pres- ent position as the nucleus of the pres I entt Crow we-iSeane button Shop at Cold ISpring. John Griffin one Of the part I ners, started button making in the factory erected by him in HuIting- I town and the business was continued l here for over thirty years under the firm name of J. and c. Griffin. until
 the business WAS removed to Shelton iwhere the industry, still thrives under Bruce Griffin, son of the founder. I NEsWSY NOTES.
 Arthur V. Donahue of New York, l who is on his annual vacation. spent 1.-the week end and sunday with his mother at the Mrs J. P Corbett cot- I tage. Queen street.
 I John McAulike of Bridgeport, was a 1 Sunday guest of MT. and Mrs. E. S.
 Lowell of the borough. I Walter Ruffe1Is of Palestine, is deep | 1y concerned about the welfare of his I wife and daughter, who have been yis- I ting his wifess uncle in Ireland the ipast six weeks. They expected to take
 passage he had forwarded a draft to them about ten days ago and has re- ceived no intelligence of their move
 naents since nor learned whether the Edraft had been realized on before the war stringency came on in the British Isles. Besides wife and daughter, 9 niece from Bethel were jn the party abroad.
 Dr and Mrs. Robert Keane and lchildren of Bridgeport, motored to
 Newtown, Sunday, visiting Mrs. J. T.
 Sheehan of West street and E1r- and
 Mrs. M Honan of Taunton.
 Miss Clara sheehan returned Sunday night from a two weeks soJourn at
 Walnut Beach.
 1s Mrs. F, G Allen, Mrs. Susan Clark, As. Hea ton. MT. and Mrs. Barnes I and Mrs. Grifhths of Bridgeport were
 mem bers ef motor parties who spent
 Sunday with friends in South Cen
 ter.
 Miss Lena MeCarthy Of Danbury Is 1 e---------a---- s-