The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-30
NEWTOWN

Miss Mabel Gilbert of Huntingtown returned today from a. visit with Mrs. Carrie E1lwen of Easton
 Mrs Harry Walker of New Haven is with her parents, MT. and Mrs. P. W. Campbell of Sandy Hook
 James LArner of New HaveI3 visited his parents, MT. and Mrs. Patrick Earner. Curtis Hill, Tuesday.
 Some Of the schools in town will be closed Friday to permit the teach CTS to attend the Fairfield County Teachers association meeting at South
 Corbett and Grove have a new car of which both the senior and junior partners are slowly mastering the in tricacies. Wednesday the refusal to act of the brakes coming down the steep hill to the village caused them some alarm. but after the machine lost it's momentum at the bridge, the partners arrayed in jumpers and arm ed with the necessary tools soon tink- cred it's domestic economy with such effect that the junior partner took it on a jaunt to Danbury Wednesday, night and was back to business this morning bright and early. His friends are batting him on the back, and the general public of Sandy Hook are satisfied thai the firms auto will prove to be one of the village institu- tions.
 Pootatuck grange met Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. $. F. Schermerh9rn of the borough for the first time since the fire burned their meeting room in the Morris building A very large number of the mem bers were present, and the temper of the organization is reflected in their ac- tions. It was voted to instruct com mittee consisting of John J. Northrop, A. P. Smith and Mrs. F. H. Mitchell to use plenary powers to establish the grange forthwith Today they hired the old Fireman's hall in the Sanford block for quarters; ana am other ,cornmittee under the direction of Mrs s. F. Schermerhorn were au- thorized to furnish the rooms com plete for work of the order.
 Miss Ida Ruffels of Palestine is now in New York where she has a. good position
 Mrs J. B. Nichols and children re- turned last night from a visit with friends in the oity.
 The Sandy Hook band have resumed practice at their rooms in the Sandy Hook school building. They expect to appear publicly on Memorial Day
 The High School baseball team played the Danbury H. s. team on the Glover fields Wednesday afternoon and were defeated by the score of 12 to 2.
 Philanthropist George FairchiId of 
 kindly heart by a gift of $25 to de- serving parties in town this week.
 M. Ki1bride, the enterprising truck man of Sandy Hook has added a new six passenger cab to his equipment and the public may now rest satisfied that weddings, funerals, and other society events will be attended to eff ficientIy by the ex-representatfve.
 Miss Phi1omena Bale of Haw1eyville will be graduated from the Danbury Normal school in June. Ser course of study has been along the lines of general teaching and she expects to win her way in our country schools and is already considering choice of several positions offered her.
 Among the young ladies of New town who will be graduated from the. Danbury Normal school at the end of the year. none come out with better records behind them than the Misses Mary and Jennie Lynch, daughters of MT and Mrs. Michael Lynch of Sandy Hook. The former has had six years ex GssccazKfu1 teaching in town in