The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-08
RONALD IS FORECL0SED UPON
 BY ITS CREDITORS
Taylor 6 Buckingham, Con tractors of New Milford,
 Acquire Property.
Especial to The Farmer )

Especial to The Farmer.)
 Newtown, June 8-Castle Ronald, one of the show places of Connecticut, has come into the possessioR of Tay- Tor & Buckingham, contractors of New Milford, by foreclosure. Taylor & Buckingham had brought action for recovery of $9,00O, the cost of re- modelling the interior when promot- CTS induced the owner to make a san atoriun of the building.
 Miss Elizabeth Blake, former social secretary to Pierre L. Ronald. who built the castle, has been the owner of the structure. It was built at cost of approximately $125,0o0 and form any years was a terminal for tally-ho parties from New Y ork. The building contains many valuable paintings.
 The funeral of Mrs. Emily A. Ben nett took place privately Wednesday afternoon from her late home. Many villagers went to the Methodist church at 8 o'clock in the expectation that the funeral would be in the church was announced It was found, however, that the stairway of the old church leading to the meeting room was in such precartous condition as to render it unsafe for the passage of the funeral procession. So the plan was reluctantly given up, and the last dying wish of the deceased could not be complied with.
 Rev. MT. Peet of Bridgeport, who occasionally supplied the pulpit and the Reverends Dent 4and Munson of New Haven read the services, and a volunteer quartet sang the favorite hymns of Mrs. Bennett Assembled in the parlor were the intimates of the deceased, and members of the order of deaconesses of the Methodist faith, in the institution of which Mrs Ben nett was greatly interested as a founder. Rev. MT. Peet read the brief committa1 service at the grave, | while the neighbors stood tearfully nearby and prayed. The pa1Ibearers were Alfred M. Briscoe, Herman H. Oppe, Josiah A. Tilson and Ezra J. Hall. Mrs. Bennett leaves no near ! relatives and though she made a will | it is believed that the bulk of her per sonaL estate, as well as the property | of Rev. and Mrs. H. L. Wheeler, her parents, which she inherited, will pass into the control of the church | corporation.
 l The body of Mrs. Mary A. Burns of Bridgeport, was brought to Newtown 1 Wednesday by automobile cortege
 and buried in St. Roses cemetery. Many relatives from Newtown went to the home yesterday and later join l SQ III the sTeuS1OuS S0TV1C0S WHICH were held in St. Mary's church, East l Bridgeport, Wednesday morning
 The pail bearers were intimate friends l of the family residing in the city.
 All the school children who will l take part in the U- s. A. March or
 Flag Day are expected to meet at the
 town hall at 2:3O Saturday afternoon
 June 10, for final rehearsal. Princi- I pal F. H. Mccarthy is the general di-
 rector for the pageant, and tn. assist
 ants and patronesses are Mrs. James w. Gordon, Mrs. A. w. Reynolds
 Mrs. J. B. Nichols, Miss Mary Kelly I and Miss Annie Murphy.
 Tn funeral of Michael J. Collins 1 took place this morning from the
 undertaking par1ors of B. w. Troy
 The intefment followed in St. Roses l cemetery. A number ,of family friends from Danbury, New York and nearby towns attended.
 1 A marriage license was issued yes terday to Edward w. Twist of Mon
 roe and Mary Botsford of Newtown The bride-to-be is the daughter o1 Mrs. Della Botsford.
 The residence of Thomas c. Keane of Gas stret will be painted.