The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
OUR VIEWPOINT
 NEWS LETTER
(snecia1 to rhe Farmer)

Newtown, Jan. 2-Two games of asketba1l at the town hall last night reW out a large number or enChus1- sts. The High school boys were ar ayed against the Sandy Hook Jun DTS for the first game. It was fast anne by both teams, but the team rom the valley was outclassed by the High school team, the score being "A 9 ' in favor of the latter The sec 5nd bout was between the NewtoWn l. c. five and the Bethel A. c. az gregation This game was the star ,erformance of the evening, the con estants being more evenly matched. The local team outcIassed the visitors 10th in basket work and passing the 3alI, but the latter had the advan- age in guard work. The score was B to 22. Joseph Keane referred the inst, and John c. Leavy the second eame. Dancing was enjoyed after he games.
 The children of Mary Sodality and Il the children of the parish, will 70 to confession. Saturday, Jan 2, and receive Holy Communion at the 3 o'clock mass, Sunday morning, at St. Roses church.
 Harvesting ice engages the atten- ion of the dairymen hereabouts. nosts of whom fill their own ice houses Among those business men vho have already secured their sup ply are noted: A. J. NTa11aBn0Ep [A. Ti1son and Corbett and Grove from he Pohtatuck; Michael Klbride has ,ecured from Taunton pond a supply or the families of Al. Smith and Hiss Susan Seudder while F.. H. Gan
 on is filling: the ice house of Mrs. Iareus tHawley from the same ,ource. Futile Brothers of Haw1ey- vile Creamery secured their supply early in the week. w. c. Johnson who is the public ice dealer has made Arrangements to fill his ice houses from the Foundry Pond, work to be- gin Monday next.
 Floyd H. Haviland teaches the Huntington school, and is the much loved ruler of a cosTnopolitet state His scholars are descendants of those who formed the Exodus from Strat- ford town in 1705, of the Celt and ITeuton who trace their lineage to Castle Garden and of those later emil grants who first saw this land of promise from Ellis Island under the Statue of Liberty. Although no polyglot he is successfully teaching children who speak Hungarian, S1a- vonian, Polish and Yiddish the eIe- nents of English and above all Amer ican principles and ideals. so that some day these various strains may be welded into and form a worthy component part of the future Ameri- can.
 Mrs. Henry G. Curtis was so un- fortunate as to slip on an icy walk near her home, Thursday and dislo- cate her wrist and also fracture 8 small bone.
 MT. and Mrs. Thomas wickins o1 Glen avenue entertained for the hoIi- day, James Morrissey and Michae Keane.
 Miss Catherine sheehan spent New Years with her aunt, Mrs, Charle: Miller, Bridgeport.
 Mrs. John B. Hubbe11 and ehi1dre1 returned yesterday from a visit il Springfield Mass.
 Mrs W. B. Glover and chi1dre1 returned from White Plains. N. r. where they passed a few days visiting relativ es.,sa sz. - s9s =
 i Miss Regina Bale of LakeviHe | passing the holiday vacation with he. parents, MT and Mrs. David Fl. Ba1tl Hawleyville.
 Miss Christine Keane of New Ha I ven is passing a few days with he cousin, Miss Christine Corbeft, Queer l St Master Sylvester Keane also Q 1 New Haven is the guest of relatives l The family of William Ingraham o Bennett's Bridge have moved into tn l Carroll cottage on Cemetery avenue 1 Mrs, Mary Kilbride of the Glen va a New Years visitor with her daugh ters, Mrs M. A. CoFbett and Mrs. n F. HouIfhan.
 Arthur J. Kennedy of Waterbur is a guest of pr. and Mrs, w. C 1 Kennedy.
 Miss Winnifred Paetsch and Mis- May Keane of Sandy Hook spen New Years in sDanbury. 1 MT. and Mrs. Herman H. Oppe an infant son, and Herman H. Oppe, Jr
 have been spending the holiday sea | son with relatives in their forme I home, New York City.
 Mrs. E. U. Hall is spending alwee i in New Haven I Miss Mary Harrigan was in Wa
 terbury this week and called on he
 cousin, John Kelly, who is a patien i in St. Mary's hospital. She foun
 the latter very comfortable. l The First Ecclesiastical society wi hold it's annual meeting at the Con
 gregationaI church, Jan. B. 1915. a 8 p. m. At this meeting church off
 cers will be elected, and reports au
 dited-
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