The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-25
OUR NEWTOWN
 NEWS LETTER
Last Tribute Paid to Mrs. Su- san L. Hall, Honored Mem bere of Methodist Church. Other News Items.


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 Newtovpn, July 25-FuneraI ser vices were held Friday afternoon at 2:S0 over the remains of Mrs. Susan. L. Hall at-her late home before a large concourse of relatives and sympathizing neighbors- Rev. q. N. Lame of the Methodist church and Rev. Charles A Hbballs of St. Johns church, Sandy Hook, were the off,. ciating clergymen. Hobart Warner, Vim. Tarbox, Misses Florence and Mary Warner sang the favorite hymn of the departed lady, Asleep in Jesus.' The funeral discourse followed loving the text, ''She rests from her labors and her works do follow her" A profusion of flowers. spoke, eIoquently of the donors re- gard for. this much beloved woman. Mrs Hall was a consistent Christian, an .honored member of the Methodist church for 5S. years, during many years of which she had been a mem Der of the official board of that chupch. Six of her grandsons acted as paIlbearers. The interment was in the family plot in Berkshire cem- etery. Attending the funeral were relatives and friends from Danbury, Oklahoma, Brooklyn, New York and Southville. Ct
 Catherine Wheeler, wife of Hobart Booth. of Southford,. died this week
 
 town by Undertaken B. w. Troy, Thursday, and buried in the Berk- shire cemetery The deceased was a. native of Monroe and was 60 years of age at the time of her death. Her husband survives her. He is a broth CT of Edward Booth of Sandy Hook.
 Trinity Guild Sale The sale of fancy articles and things useful at Trinity Guild rooms Thursday afternoon and evening was e well attended affair, and the finan- cial results were satisfactory. Re- freshm ents were for sale, and the lit tie ones as well as the children of a larger growth had much merriment in watching and promoting the an tics of the fElephant,'' a surprising g feature of the occasion. The women of the guild are thankful for the pat ronage given them.
 New Doctor to Come. It is given out that pr. Baldwin of Derby will locate in the borough. and l that he has secured apartments and office in the flat in the post office building owned by Henry Rupf of which he will take possession as soon as the rooms are fitted up. With his advent there will be four practicing physicians in town, three of whom there. are two more doctors who are members of our summer colony, but who have offices elsewhere Farmers New Outlook Mortimer Smith of Mount Pleasant has joined the class of progressive farmers who see a. future for New England by eschewine the dairy bus mess and embarking in the raising of beef eattleA The pioneer in this movement is A. w. Reynolds of Cur rituck who more than a year ago started a herd of the Angus-Aberdeeu breed of cattle. fan.ou. the world 1 over fer their beef FroductnG charac- teristics. He is carefully building up a herd to a commercial standard that is attracting the attention of tine kfarmers of the state, many of whom are aYailing themselves of the ser vice of his registered males in breed ing their Cattle up to grade MT. Smith is following in the fec tsteps of l ris neighbor, and has recently pur- chased the entire herd of Angus i Aberdeen stock of James M. Osborne | of Butler, H., with a view to soIv- l the high cost of beef by providing a 1 local supply Both men believe this plan is feasible, and that there, is money in 1t for the average farmer. 1 They prophecy that New England n a. few years will he independent of the West in the matter of feef for food if the movement spreads as they be- lieve it will. Area dys mary farmers here who are dissatisfied with the dairy business and the almost unsur- mountable difficulties of general farming due to the labor problem are l discussing the outlook from the point of view of Messrs. Reynolds ana Smith, and everybody hopes good may come of it.
 In the Churches
 k At St. Roses, masses at and 10 a. m. Sunday will be the feast in honor of St. Ann, mother of the Bles- sed Virgin.
 At Trinity at II a. rn., litany. and communion with sermon by Rev F. w. Barnett; evening. prayer at 7:3O o'clock.
 Sunday services at St. Johns, morn ing worship with sermon by the rec tor. Rev. c. A. Tibballs at 10:45 | o'clock.
 The Congregational church, at Il a. m. morning service with sermon by the pastor, Rev. T. J. Lee; at 7:3a p. m., meeting of the Y. P. S. C. E., topic: Good News from. the Mis- sion Fields" Reference Pslam 66:1-s