The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
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Special to The Farmer)


 Newtown. Aug. 29.-In what was the Southport baseball team defeated the Sandy Hook nine Sunday after noon on the Knoll field, by score of 6 to D. A good crowd attended. Over $100 was netted by the Ladies' Aid society of the Congregational church at their annual sale, Thursday afternoon.
 John F. Keane of Bridgeport, is spending his vacation with his par ents, MT. and Mrs. John l.. Keane, of Gas street.
 w. E. Rathbun was visitor in Bridgeport today.
 M.Gordon of Bridgeport, has brought suit in the superior court for $5,000 damages against Mrs. J. Whitehead, who recently purchased the Ormel E.. Morgan place in Hattertown, and ac- cording to Gordon she now refuses to convey title of the property to the lat- ter. who says he purchased it in good faith.
 | Miss Marguerite Kilbride and Miss Mary Roche were guests at the shore cottage of Mrs. W. A. Canfield for a day last week.
 Miss Loretta Northrop of Bridgeport Is passing her vacation with her moth- CT. Mrs. Alice Northrop of Sugar street.
 Among the students at St. Thomas college, Hartford, who have qualified as seminarians under Bishop Milan. is Newtown.
 MT. and Mrs. Thomas C. Keane en- | loved a sail up the Hudson yesterday 1 by boat from Bridgeport. P. F. Griffin of Brooklyn, spent the
 week end and Sunday with his family
 who are summering with Mrs. Peter | Bradley of Curtis Hill. l A. J. Gallagher's building is now | complete, and is an imposing struc-
 ture architecturally, and gives to the neighborhood of the New England sta- ton an air of business solidity which
 must impress all who come. to town,
 or view it from passing trains. Tho Interior is admirably arranged for business, ornately finished and mod ern in every respect. The plan was worked out by the owner and carried l out by Contractor T. F. Brew, al- l of Robert Christopher. carpenter, and though the finishing of the interior and the work of painting were in charge | W. E. -Rathbun, painter. All the work
 and all materials, 50 far as could be
 done from the foundation up, were supplied by local people. thus encour-
 aging town enterprise. Mr. Gallag- I her deserves commendation for his stand in favor of homo industry. Ev- cry cent thus paid out helped the com munity at large. ! Newtown. Aug. 29-Miss Vina Mo- Il Laughlin of New Haven is the guest l of MT. and Mrs. P. H. Mccarthy. I John o. Pitzschier spent Monday in Bridgeport.
 Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Curtis of
 Bridgeport have returned home after passing a week with Mr. and Mrs Henry G. Curtis of Berkshire. |. George Couch of Brooklyn is pass- ing part of his vacation with MT. and
 Mrs. Levi c. Morris.
 Mrs. Robert D. Smith has as guest
 his sister. Miss Cornelia Cokey of
 Washington, D. c.
 Miss Gertrude Bradley is the gues. of Mrs. Kohler of Long Hill. Monday, evening. Sept. the Sep
 timo club will sbve another of their
 popular, dances at the town hall. | SpeidelTs orchestra of Bridgeport will furnish music for the dancing. MT. and Mrs. Charles Betts of New York are guests at the Betts | homestead.
 Daniel T. Corbett of Danbury mo- | tored to Sandy Hook Monday and called upon relatives. A valuable collie dog owned by Mrs. Margaret Egan was struck by an auto recently, and so badly injured that it had to be killed. Attorney w. H. Loughran of New York city spends the week end and Sunday at his country home in Zoar this season. Owing to the press of business in the tax department of News city government of which he fig an official ho is unable to commute daily as formerly.