The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-19

view to getting a good team to play here Labor Day. They report the outlook promising.
 Mrs. M. F. Donohue returned from a visit with Doctor and Mrs. O'Neil of Ansonia.
 MT. and Mrs. Arthur J. Smith and children have returned from a 10 days motoring trip, spent mostly in Vermont, where their son is recuper- ating from a long illness.
 . Pres A. T. Hadley of Yale left yes- terday for Tobyhanna, Pa, where he will present a flag to the Yale bat tery in camp there. President Had ley's son, Morris, is a member of the battery. The flag is a gift from New Haven admirers of these stalwart de- lenders of the nation.
 Robert Banks is acting as traffic policeman at the Junction of Day. ton street and West street, Saturdays and Sundays.
 Mrs. Frederick Lockwood spent Thursday in Bridgeport.
 The Misses Maray and Kathryn Kelly are spending part of their yaca- ton with Mrs. J. Moroney of Dodg- ingtown.
 The Democratic town committee, A. J. Gallagher, M J. Houlihan and Jesse James. have issued the call for a caucus to elect delegates to the con- gressional, state and senatorial con- ventions The meeting will be at the stown hall, Thursday evening, Aug. 24 at 7:30 o'clock. An hour later the republicans will convene in the hall to perform similar work.
 Ex-Sergeant John Quinlivan of Bridgeport is recuperating from re- cent attack of neuritis at the home of John Brew of Dayton street.
 The high school alumni associa- ton has selected for early presenta- ton on the local stage the play, "The Time of His Life" The cast win in- clude many graduates who have be- come footlight favorftes here.
 w. Axel of Wallingford, formerly of Sandy Hook met with an accident to his motorcycle near Bennett's bridge Sunday. The cycle with side car att tached in which a lady rode turned turtle, badly damaging the equipage, but fortunately no one was injured. Miss Anna Carlson. bookkeeper at R. H. Beers store is enjoying a vaca- ton this week. Her brother, Adolph Carlson, head clerk at Morris and Shepards store returned Thursday from his summer. vacation. Miss Helen Keane of Gas street won first prize, a silver cup for doubles in the tennis tournament now going on at Dr. c. H. Peck's tennis court on Mount Pleasant. The singles have not been completed.
 An equal suffrage club has been organized in town. The temporary officers elected are: President, Mrs. Adela Irwin; vice-president, Mrs. Cora Pierce; directors, Miss Kate Tibbals
 Miss Susan J. Scudder, Mrs. w. A. Honan and Miss Louise Bigelow. An | invitation has been extended to all
 women in town who have qualified | by taking the electors oath, to join the new organization. to work for full suffrage.
 | The State Board of Education has vacated it's order of last spring with
 holding Newtown's share of the school fund, some $1,350, and the comp troller has forwarded the necessary papers.
 The proprietors of the Newtown Garage company, Lawrence Taylor and Clark Blackman, have dissolved partnership. Taylor has withdrawn, but Blackman expects to continue the
 business, using automobiles instead of
 buses when the traffic Is light or
 where patrons request the jitneys. MT. and Mrs. H. S. Lang entertain-
 ed Captain Keller and Lieutenant James Sinclair of the Hoboken Fire department for a few days this week. K Hiram Hanlon of Zoar stepped on | a rusty nail few days ago, but | thought nothing of 1t. The foot be-
 came infected so that tetanus was feared. Dr. w. H. Kiernan was call- ed who promptly removed the patient to the Danbury hospital where serum
 was injected at once. He is expected to recover.