The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-04
OUR NEWTOWN
 NEWS LETTER
Especial to the Farmer.)

Newtown, Dec. 4-The cottage of H. M. Smith on North Main street was sold this week to Mrs. Nellie B. Gan non through the agency of A. w. Reynolds. MT. and Mrs. Cannon now occupy the premises as tenants.
 Mrs John Carlson and AdoIph Carl son visited Mrs. Carlson and infant son at St. Vincent's hospital today.
 Rev James H. George off1ciated at the funeral of Mrs. Russell Smith of Obtuse district, Brook1eld, which took place from the Hawleyv1lle chapel Monday.
 The following officers were elected at the seni-annual meeting of the Christian Endeavor society this week: President. Galstave w. Carlson: vice president, George W. Garfield: secre- tary, Miss Bertha Summers; recording secretary, Miss Anna RufreIls; treas urer. Gordon Gale; organist. Mrs. G. W. Carlson.
 Among the contributors to the St. vincent's fund who gave $10 each, were: Attorney w. J. Beecher, A. J. Gallagher, Edward Troy, Miss Susan Scudder and Mrs. Arthur J. Smith. Those contributing $5 were W. c. John son. William Egan and H. G. Curtis. Over eighty contributors gave $1 each. The total amount sent in was $150.
 Deputy Charles M. Beach of Masonic district No. of Connecticut, paid an official visit to Hiram lodge, No. IS. F. and A. NJ, of Sandy Hook, We'd gathering of I6cal brethren to witness the conferring of the M. M. degree on one candidate said to be prominent in Newtown street. Other visitors from St. Peters lodge, New Milford, were John Pettibone, Clifford Noble, w. w. Fell and Frank w. Adams. Follow ing the work an excellent banquet was enjoyed by all
 Miss Kathryn Li1lis, who is employ ed as stenographer in Bridgewater, is visiting her aunt, Miss Ella Lillis of Wrapping district
 Mrs. J. Nolan and Miss Laura No- Ian of the Boulevard, were visitors in Bridgeports Thursday. | A. T. NettIeton, treasurer of the NeWtown Savings bank, is in Hart ford attending the amt Il meeting of the Connecticut savings Bank asso- Eciation of which he has been sec retary for many years. The Misses Peck of the Boulevard
 had as guests this week their brother l and niece, Homer A. Peck and Miss Georgiana Peck of Derby.
 Clarence RufreIs of Mount Pleasant has decided to spend the winter in Jacksonville. Fla.
 I The Hawleyvi1Ie Whist club had a Imeeting and social session last even ling with Nr. and Mrs. Samuel A. IBlaCknnan or that village.
 John o. Pitzsehler, the Sandy Hook tonsorial artist, was on a business trip to Bridgeport yesterday. l z A special borough meeting has been l called for Thursday, December 10, al I S:30 a. m., to consider a proposition to light the borough streets by electric flights. Tt is expected that the printed lcopies of the charter, bylaws and lamendments will be ready for distri- I button this week, so that the taxpay- CTS may know what action a borough 5l meeting may legally take on it's oYFr Einitiative without authorization by the fGeneraI Assem- bly,. There is a we'll founded belief that previous actions Of the borough meetings were not war. lranted by the charter, especially in the tmatter of hydrants until the aSsuTnp. ltion of these privileges are sanctioned by the legislature. All are 1ookint
 forward eagerly for their copy of the municipal register from the hands ot Borough Clerk Charles F. Beardsley which are promised for this week A present there does not seem to lbt l oyer-mastering desire among the tax
 payers to assume any greater liabtli
 ties and the present system of light
 ing has many adherents.
 T Mrs. Frederick Sherman was hostes. for the Ladies Aid of Dodgingtow1
 and E1mwood at her home on Wed nesday afternoon.
 .4l o7 7@xAe1Ay 4NSW11ON1l 4Th5IldS nave Iec61V s ed announcement cards of the mar lriage of Arthur I. Platt and Miss EIiz babeth W. Rylands at North Adams
 Mass, on Thursday, November 2e
 The groom is the son of Mrs Chax
 S. Platt. widow Of Prof Platt. and tn
 bride is the daughter of MT. and Mrs Thomas H. RylandS of North Adams Mass.
 The will of the late Grace L. Ale
 has been confirmed by the probat
 court and William I. Allen is the ex Eecutor.
 s Miss Frances Griffin of HawIeyvil1t <. has applied for letters of a1ministra , ttion on the estate of her mother tn i. late Catherine B. Grimns The hearth is set for December 12 at II a. na a
 the probate office.
 Mrs. z. J. Corbett and Miss Lizzi Faulkner visited the latter's sister i
 Bridgeport, Thursday