The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-28
OUR NEWTOWN
NEWS letter
Especial to The Farmer.)

Especial to The Farmer.) =
Newtown,, March 28.-The Newtown
quintet at the Town hall, Friday night
and won the game, thus tying the Sc
ries. Another game will be played to
settle championship honors.
Sam, the italian shoemaker, has re-
moved to the store in the Rupf block,
formerly occupied by A. S. Green,
DR.. WI. Mclaughlin is enjoying a
few days respite from business in
New Jersey.
Howard Bassett has opened a. black
smith shop in his barn, which was
saved from the fire that destroyed his
carriage and auto repair shop last
week.
Leonard J.. Wright, Sanford Beers,
students at the Massachusetts, Poly
technique school, Worcester, and Cor
don Gale from Wesleyan school, are
spending the spring recess with their
parents in town. Monday was spent
by them in visiting the high school,
their first Alma Mater.
John Lynch, from the University
school, Bridgeport, is spending the
spring vacation with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Patrick lynch, of Berkshire.
The inter-cIass' spelling contest of
High school, Friday afternoon, was
won by the seniors. The school cham
pionship in photographed feats will
sophomores and the seniors in the near
future.
The Interstate Dairy Lunch Co., a
New York corporation, has procured
the contract to furnish the Rem. Arms
Co. Of Bridgeport with a minimum of
SO cans of milk daily during the work
week. NeWtoWn producers quota of
cans daily for filling the order is Is
cans. These are supplied by farmers
living along the old Danbury and
Bridgeport turnpike, along which the
contractors truck comes daily from
Danbury where so cans more are fur
nished to- the Bridgeport distributing
station of the contractors.
A. E. Brinton has installed a large
coa1-burnfng heater in the judge of
probate Office; The old stove has been
taken to the police department quar-
ters in the town hall, and set up for
the benefit of both the voluntary and
Involuntary inmates of the cells in
cold weather ~
George Garfield has accepted a po-
sition as field agent for Connecticut of
the local B. P. Co., with headquarters
Lenten devotfons Wednesday and
Friday evenings at st. Roses church,
at 7:45 o'clock. Wednesday night
Rev. Father Casey, a noted preacher,
will deliver the sermon.
Rev. Mr.. Peet, an unattached clergy
11Ac4A VI bridgeport, mas Q6Gn SUDDlY-
ing the pulpit Of the Methodist church.
pending regular appointment of a;
church pastor by the conference
which convenes soon.
The Republicans have called their
caucus to elect delegates to the state
convention for this week Inquiry
among prominent party leaders dis
CLOSES that there is very little enthu-
sfasm manifest in the outcome, and
nobody is out looking for the Jobs of
delegates.
Miss Kate Tomlin is recovering slow.
ly from severe attack of grip.
Edward Conger is employed in a
Waterbury factory. He expects to re-
move his family there as soon as the
weather let's up.
Allan Joyce was a. recent visitor here
from Bridgeport.
Dairyman Herman H. Peck has lust
completed the task of filling his ice
house, work interfered with by the
snow of the month.
Richard Iarner, an engineer on the
New York and New Haven road, spent
a couple of days last week visiting his
mother, Mrs. Patrick Larner, of Cur
tiss Hill.
Charles Durand, son of Joseph Du-
rand of Palestine Hill, is assistant
chef on the French liner Patria, which
was attacked but uninjured, by a tor
pedo boat, in the Mediterranean sea