The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-15
OUR VIEWPOINT
 NEWS LETTER
Especial to The Earnner1

Newtown, Feb. 15-The ladies of Newtown are invited to join the Wo- mans Missionary Travel club Wed nesday afternoon, Feb. IT at 3 O clock at the home of Mrs. L. c. Morris, when they start to blaze out a new trail over a hitherto unbroken | wilderness. Suitable guides have been selected with great care. They will see that each one returns to his own camp fire in time for the even ing meal. Mrs. Minnie T. Carlson besides giving her paper on t'The In dian of Yesferday, will conduct a rapid fire government drill in which thirteen ladies take part There will also be the call of the natives, by ten girls in Indian costume. Mrs. Arthur Reynolds is arranging Indian melo- dies If weather is unfavorabIe meet ing will be postponed one week.
 Forty five young friends rendered Miss Esther Ki1bride a surprise party on the eve of St. Valentines Day.
 MT. and Mrs. Leo Bale of Fort Worth, Texas, are the parents of a daughter, Julia Elizabeth, born Jan. 2. This happy event invests MT. and Mrs. David H. Bale of Hawleyville, with the ha1os of grandparents.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Jf1lson of HawIey- vile was granted a divorce from w H. Jillson in the superior court by Judge Webb on last Friday The case was uncontested. The cause was desertion. MT. Jillson resides in flaw leyville.
 Martin J. Hourigan. of Middle dis trict and Robert D. Smith of Taun- ton were drawn as jurors for the February term of the superior court, criminal side, which comes in We'd nesday, Judge William presiding.
 The seleetmen have ordered one hundred new chairs for the town hall which are expected this week.
 Thomas J. Carey of Queen street who was confined to the house by ill., ness, a few days last week is able to return to work
 Saturday, Thomas H. Bo1mer, E.. s. Lowell and Joseph Woicehouski filled their ice houses from the EF'oundry Pond of w. c. Johnson. The latter complsted the filling of his ice houses earlier in the week.
 Mrs. Kate Ward of Bridgeport was | returned to her home after a visit with her sister, Miss Mary J. Leavy of Walnut Tree Hill.
 The announceTn ent of the death of Mrs. John F. Lynch of Bridgeport which appeared in Saturdays Even 1 ing Farmer, gave sorrow to many rel attves and friends in town. Mrs. | Lynch, nee Miss Catherine McMa- | hon was anative of Newtown where she was married to her husband, also a native Newtowner. Several years | family moved to Bridgeport where they reside at 1O9 George St. Besides her husband she@ts survived by four children, her fathe CT. one sister. Mrs. James Keating of Danbury, and one 1 brother John F. McMahon of Nor walk. The funeral will occur Tues I day from her. late home at 8:30 a. | nn- and from St. Augustine's church | at a. m.- The internent will be in St. MichaePs cemetery.
 MT. and Mrs. Robert Wootson o1 P1atts Hill received precious Valen- l tine from the stork Sunday morning in the way of a girl baby.
 Only a moderate sized crowd at tended the auction at the Sunset cot tage, Saturday. -@but@there wast brisk bidding and prices ruled far. Johnson welded the auctioneer's hammer
 I The Camp Fire Girls will produce the play Miss Fearless & Co., to- night at the Town Hall for the bene- fit of the Belgian babies.
 Mrs. Dwight c. Hough of Norwich is visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. H Patterson of South Center, Walter La Etham of Cheshire is also a guest ot his wife, the Patterson's housekeeper
 Hans P. Boyson's new barn built on the foundation of the barn de stroyed by fire five weeks ago, was finished Saturday, and the stock in stalled in the new quarters that night Edgar Northrop and Thomas Perkins
 built the building by day work, an6 it is a satisfactory job
 John Pickett is cartfng the sanC from the sand bank at Sandy Hool for the concrete foundations, ant
 Charles E. Blakennan is drawing tlr
 timbers for the model barn whicT
 Mortimer Smith will build in thu
 spring on his Mount Pleasant farm
 It is under stood that Contracto,
 Thomas F. Brew will build the fram, 1 work of the barn.
 > Josiah A. Tilson was in New Mil
 ford, Thursday, attending a horse
 sale, in which he was interested witt
 friend, the owner of the horses
 They are reported as bringing homo
 good money.
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