The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-17
OUR NEWTOWN NEWS LETTER
(specia1 to the Farmer. }


 Newtown; May 1.-The case of5as- sault upon Julius Wa1tersdorf by Eli EGSFeenblatt, was brought before Jus sticesP. H Mccarthy by Grand Juror P. Fl. Cannon and prosecuted Satur- day. He was found guilty and fined S1 and costs. The accused was not represented by counsel. but took an appeal. Judge E. D Briscoe 3qua1i-- fled as bon dsnan. Constable Austin D. Hurd served Nthe papers.
 High School Independent baseball team played their initial game this season at Shelton, Saturday, with the Shelton High school team and won Il 3 to 10 The local. team is scheduled to play the Danbury High School team, Saturday, May 22, at Dan bury
 D. e. TTatter has put on another auto bus on the Bridgeport-Ne Newtown hae.
 John. Patrick and Thorhas Donohue of Walnut Tree Hill. went to Mattea-. wan. N Y, Friday, to- attend the fI- neral of. their uncle, John T. Kelly. The deceased formerly lived in New town. but removed to Matteawan more than a quarter of a century ago where he raised a. large family, and, prospered.
 Mss Anna McCartan, organist of St. Roses church. has taken a six weeks leave of absence and started today to spend her vacation with rel I atives in New Haven and New Y ork city.
 Mrs. A. H Patterson spent the week end with her relatives in Norwich, Conn Her guests, Mrs. Walters and I4atharn. of New Haven, accompanied her MT. Patterson came up from New ork to New Haven and Joined lShis wifeson the trip.
 Miss Alice HitzPatrick from New 1 Haven is spending a few days with friends in the borough.
 John Fl. Poland of Bridgeport au- I toed to his Hattertown summer home l Saturday.
 st Johns Guild will serve one of their delicious s1ppers in Glover's $ hall, Sandy Hook, Thursday, from 5 to D. m.
 Miss Henrietta Judson, who spent I the winter with her brother, Thomas .Judson of Matteawan, N-s Y, has, re9 turned for the simmer.
 t David Henderson, former resi- dent Of Newtown, is spending a week in town. He notes with apprecia- improvement in his native town
 MT. and Mrs. John H. Haugh and 4 son spent Saturday in Bridgeport. ] Rev. MT. Tyler of the Bethel Con- 4gregational church held services and 5preached Sunday afternoon at the II 1zSlIIlNOOf -Gnap0l, gJO the QG1S1I. the lgeod people of Dodgingtown in attend l anee. Il :. A surprise party was given First Se- lectman E. D. Briscoe at his home on Botsford Hill last Thursday night in i honor of the anniversary of his birth 1 Friends came from all over the town as well as from Monroe, Shelton, 4 ISouthbury and Derby. He received the fehcitations of his confreres on the town board of selectmen. Thomas F. 1 Brew and Wilson M Reynolds, who. were foremost in arranging the affair \ Music, both vocal and Instrumental; dancing and a boHntifuI repast were fenjoyabIe features of the occasion.
 Miss Louise Kelly of Sandy Hook ! who was assigned to teach the Hope well district by the principal of the State Normal sschool, Danburya spent the week end and Sunday with tFler parents, MT. and Mrs. Martin Kelly T Sandy Hook.
 The defeat of the legislative bill re- I auiring savings bank directors to be Financially responsible for any losses l the bank might suffer by reason of the oversight of the bank examiner in in Espection Is gratifying to all depositors in these institutions for thrift. If passed it would permit only the choice of capitalists for these important posts and this deprive banks of the gratl1i- tOus services of many active directors who lacked abundance of wealth Both representatives from town were ar XTGaC sdIpra 711Sf Taie Ja5 b