The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-05
MONROE
Special to the Farmer.
(By Arthur ". French

ing band soon to be bound around 1 the map of East Village, because a cloud of sadness is pervading that 1 bailiwick. Why? Simply, just be- cause Mayor Frank L. Rice of New Haven and a popular summer resi- dent of our "eastern divide,'' has giv- en out that he and family are to sail for Europe. to pass the summer or some of 1t anyway His walking smile genial ways, and hearty greet ings, will be missed, as well as his presence as umpire or at the bat, at ball games and all social gatherings. As mixer, the mayor has it down to anything on the mix card, believe me. Monroe townspeopIe and others, are saying some pretty hard says, be- cause the town of Trumbuu has re- fused to have constructed the con- tinuation of the Monroe center state road, @ distance of less than one mile, to join the trunk road on the so-caII- ed Newtown turnpike. This route includes the heavy grade of Haw1ey's hill, which has besn the bugbear of teamsters for. years, as we'll as users of all kinds of vehicles. The hill is dirt is being scraped off and any old thing put in ruts and Impressions, while thang-you-marms are patted down and shoveled smooth. Mud clods, muck and dead leaves, with weeds are cheap O you TrumbuIl.
 
 eral of our poultry producers are grievously complaining that their in cubated- chickens do not do we'll, this spring, both as to mortality and up bringing. The funny man has but ted in to say that the kerosene used in the brooder lamps is so poor that it gasphyxiates'' the chicks Some too, have only had their incubators hatch out but a third of the usual input. Still, one guess is as good as
 
 it all. Even motor cars have acted so. Lots of things in life, have what is called the ffoff'' year-even apples. Why not chicks, or incubators, or breeders or kerosene or gas. Next
 The Civic club is not asleep by any means. They are all the time on the job of framing up and carrying out some betterment of things for public use. Last year they made good in this respect and are at it again. They wanted some improvement at the Stevenson railroad station and kept on urging, until they got it done. Later there will come some more urg- ing. for betterment of certain things there. Also, the club is, or will. make a try to have passenger and package carrier run between East Village, White Hills and Shelton and Derby.
 The stepney depot schoolhouse has been in a state of nothing doing in the way of school purposes, for several years, because there were not pupils enough in that district to pay for running, the depletion being caused by removal, or race suicide or something else, maybe, well. 1t is now possible that enough young ones are over there to warrant the reopening of said school house with beginning of the fall term. Anyway, that is the propagation. that the school com rnittee is considering.
 A pretty reliable report gets about that a new building is to be erected in the near future, right in the center, and at some cost too. As this has the past fifty years, it is worth while to sit up and take notice. Also the aforesaid building is not going to be a dwelling house, a church, a pub lie hall, a barn, factory, a hennery. a Schoo1houSe, a, garage, or even a horse shed. Don't worry in guess ing what. Ere long, there is a strong possibility that the plans will be made known and most assuredly, a1E will be pleased with the addition of this useful and welcome new --S
 Mrs. Harry c. Morgan, formerly Mabel L. Hayes of Stepney. teacher of the Center School, closed for the summer vacation on Tuesday, has rounded several consecutive years there. She seems to belong. to the
 
 efficiency and Hkeab1e attributes, has never been equalled in the center, or the town for that matter. As has been her custom for several years, she gracious1y arranged and gave her score or more of pupils an enjoyable picnic, held in the center park, with a. surfeit of games and bountifuI re- treatments, even to number of adults
 Charles B. Nichols has put in some 1-s. AL all to the neat and pretty his late purchase, the former Clarke home in the center. MT. Nichols has made the major part of the improvements, repairs and painting, all by his lone some and it's all right. The color. scheme is pale pea green and white trimmings. The out buildings are now being renovated and improved. Trees and walk in front of the house are to be attended to later. Very appropriate indeed, is the name he has chosen for his new home, as over shines the metal letter nomenclature of Park View.''
 Something of. a large event is to be worked by Washington Lodge on the evening of June 8. District Dep uty Theodore Benedict of New Can aan will pay the annual visit Of in spection. Among a. number of invit- ed guests are former deputies Hal lock, Wilder, Andrews and others. After business and a, social session. supper is to be served in the ban quet hall.
 A Monroe young married lady has written play, or playlet, of three scenes and ten characters. The text and action is of a semi-hurnorous vein, and it appears as if the pro- duction would prove entertaining when enacted. There are also some frills and interIudes attached. It is probable that this home made'' pro- duction will be staged for public To- cal representation during the sum mer. The name of the playwright or author, is-weI, watch the Far mer, later.
 Our south end poet, who by the way, mostly goes about on "shank's