The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-20
OUR VIEWPOINT
 NEWS LETTER
Especial to The Farmer.)


 | Newtown, Dec 20-Hfram lodge, No. IS, F. and A. M., at it's regular con-
 munication Wednesday night elected
 the following officers for next year:
 w. M, Gustave Carlson; s. w. N.
 Tiemann, ST.; J. w, Jesse B. Wood
 hull; treasurer, Alfred M. Briscoe;
 secretary, Herman w. Oppe; S. D., l Louis T. Briscoe; J. D., Charles G.
 Meeker; chaplain, Rev. Charles A. Tfbbals; S. s., William A. Garfield; J. s., James A. Peck; T. John O. Pitz- schler; trustees. Smith F. Glover, Ar thur T. Nettleton, pr. F. J. Gale; finance committee, Charles A. Peale, George T. Taylor, ]. O. Pitzschler. Ex-Congressman Bryan F. Mahan ! of New London, James E. McGann of New Haven and Hanford s. Weed of New Canaan, members of the Dem ocratic State committee. were appoint ed a committee to draft resolutions in the death of Judge w. J. Beecher, an associate member. at the meeting sof the State Central committee in Hart ford, Wednesday.
 Miss Dorette L: Gordon has taken permanent position as nurse at the Zion hospital Brooklyn, New York. | Borough Warden Charles G. Peck has authorized the street and side walk inspectors to enforce the ordi- nance requiring property owners to clean the sidewalks the regulation width in front of their premises on pain of paying the expenses when done by the officials.
 The Congregational church will hold their annual Christmas ire and Sun day. school entertainment, Thursday | evening, Dev. B. Trinity Episcopal church will hold its Christmas tree services on Christmas eve.
 The Y. F, S. c. E. held it's sernf-an- nuaI meeting for the election of off, | hi nIr | ident, c. ". Carlson; vice president
 G. W. Canfield; secretary, Miss Pearl
 Canfeld; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Adolph Carlson; treasurer, Miss
 Maude Summers.
 I The funeral of Mrs. Mary Foran I took place Friday and the coffin was borne by. the pail bearers to the near i est point tn hearse could reach, fol-
 lowed by the relatives and neighbors
 on foot where the coaches awaited Ithem. At St. Rose's church Rev. F.a- l ther Sinnott read the conmittal ser
 vices, and the body. of the deceased was slowly carried along the broken
 down drifts to the Catholic cemetery
 where it was at rest
 l Mrs. Foran was an estinab1e wo- man, loved by all who knew her. Her 1 husband died three years ago, and l both were among the pioneer Cath oIfes of Newtown. She is survived by. I one son, John, at home, and five daughters, Mrs Edward Keenan of I Unionville, Mrs. John Griffin of Bridge port, and the Misses Mary, Anna; and I%Nora. Foran3 .s
 On Thursday, Dec 2s, an anniver- sary high mass will be celebrated at l St. Roses church at g a. m. for the late William Donahue.
 Many relatives of the family of Mi ehaeI McMahon of Bridgeport attend ed his funeral in that city Friday, tn- | cludfng a delegation from Court Sandy Hook No; 54, F. of A., of which he 1 was a charter member.
 f- Miss Ella Li1lis, teacher of the Zoar I district school, has the unique record I of not missing session or her school 1 in this blizzard week, in. Newtown. 1 Nearly all schools closed during Tues day and Wednesday. and the High Fschool. and Sandy Hook held only
 Monday sessions, closing the rest of
 the week.
 The funeral of Patrick Larner took
 place Saturday from his late home at
 9:3o a. nl- and from St. Roses church
 at 10 a. m. Rev. Philip Coholan,. cu- rate, celebrated a High mass of re- 1 quietn, and pronounced the eonmittaI services. The palF bearers were as- sociates of the deceased: Michael N. Keane, Thomas Q. Keane, P. F. Mo Mahot, Michael J. Lynch, Bernard J. and F. F. Keating. The burial was in St. Roses cemetery,
 Mrs. Charles Beard of Monroe was week end guest of her mother, Mrs. James Partridge. of Berkshire.
 First Selectnan E. D. Briscoe and Arthur Page have purchased sIeighs of A. M. Frisco & Son.
 Patrick E. McMahon has assumed the position of head orchardfst for Newton Curtis. I The services Christmas Day at St. Roses church. are as follows: First mass at 5:3O a. n1., second mass at g: 30 a. m and last mass at 1o 30 a. n The semi-annuaI testing of the hy- drants was made last week by the borough officials. The snow made this a difficult feat. but the work shows the wideawakeness Of the fire com mittee in putting things in shape against fires. The public approval is their generous conpensation
 The funeral of Mrs. Mary Foran, whose death occurred at her home Walnut Tree Hill. on Monday, and whose obseqries were delayed by req son of the severe storm, took place on Friday morning. There was a re-
 quiern mass at St. Roses church, att | tended by many relatives and friends
 who braveds the rigors of the winter. to pay their last tribute to- the de- ceased. Mrs. Foran's death shocked many years one of the leading resi-
 dents During her last illness. much comfort was provided for her through the unceasing care of her family, es- peciaIly her daughter, Mrs Gather inc Keene. who was almost constant ly at her bedside. The burial took