The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-14
NEWTOWN

Newtown, March 14Rev P L Dolan, curatel of St. Roses. preached "Wednesday evening on the theme: .sThe Soul: Its Divine Origin and Eternal Destination 2 to an apprecia- tive audience at the church
 Rev. J. Hardin George of Daniel son occupied the pulpit at Trinity church at the Lenten praise service Friday nj ight. Rev. MT. Morehouse Of Shelton will officiate at evening pray CT and sermon next week.
 The Christian Endeavor society Of the Congregations church are plan ming for Ia. sociab1e to be held at tho church par1ors Friday evening Mar 20th- The church is being wired for electric lighting in anticipation Of from Danbury, which is promised as soon as spring opens.
 A-B. Klein the fish dealer has built a commodious market at Bulls Head, Idays a week. he will keep open even ings for the Accommodation of the pubIic-
 The latest purchaser Of at car is Newton M. Curtis, the proprietor of the Curtis Peach orchards. new five passenger Buick. Following pre- cedents locally the Gas street road must be made a bouIevards for every purchaser of a car immediately sets up howl for an improved road bed to his home as soon as his car Is de- llivered and gets it And still they wonder why roads are costing the town so much but the ordinary tax 1 payer is beginning to see light Recent visitors in town were Mrs l IAmbrose H. Wells 1of Waterbury at | Mrs. John T.. Sanfords and Mrs Chas. Payne of New Haven at Hrs. J. O. Pitzseh1erss Miss Jennie Roberts has been s11f- fering severely from an attack Of i1- Indigestion, and was under the care of l Dr. W. H. Kiernan this past week. At this writing she is gaining
 1 The local basketball team beat the Thursday night at Town Hall by 8 score of 57 to IF. The Newtown ners outc1assed the visitors both in shoots I and passes By this victory they from a former contest.
 The bad condition Of the road bed lat the subway Of the station caused l by bursts in the water main has been complained of all winter and yet nothing seems to be done to, remedy I the trouble It is positively danger ous for child. man or beast to pass l over the sheet of ice on this dec1fvity on any of these frosty nornihgs The lselectmen have been appealed to, but T without results so far. Being now T a part of the state trunk line it would
 
 Bennett would have some representa- tive here with power enough to abate 1 the nuisance before some one is hurt. or other damage done to beast and l property. The matter is respectfully Iy sI put up to the Mems club for their solution. with the hope that some in- fuential ones therein may cajoIe the Water cpmpany into fixing thefr Il pipes
 The latest move Of the non-tax- payers. to buy the Borden's ice-house and move 1t onto the High school grounds for a gymnasium and audi torfun, has stirred up the taxpayers to white heat While the possession of this building might prove of ad- I vantage to the school it could serve no other useful purpose to the town, unless we could dispose Of the Town Hall and lookup in the center or the borough and move both undesir abIes to this spot Doubtless the most of 1 the denizens Of MiIlfonairefs Row 1 would gladly vete for this to thei1 l great desiderafum, but the voters l from Hattertown, Haw1eyviIIe and Taunton would decidedly object to pass any further to the eastward thau