The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-05-11
OUR NEWTOWN
NEWS LETTER
. Especial to The Farmer. }

Especial to The F'arner.)
Newtown, May 11-Friends of F.. A.
Bennett, secretary of the Bridgeport
Manufacturers association, who for
Iimerly lived here, have been notified
of his removal to a. private hospital,
stricken with appendicitis His wife
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jas
NJ. Blackin, form er1y of the Glen.
Mr.. and Mrs Turney Northrop of
Stepney are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. r.
Skidmore of the borough.
Arthur Rydel1 has moved into the
Skidmore cottage on Sugar street.
Allan We'll, a Metropolitan theatre
cal manager, was the guest this week
of Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Smith of
Janvier Farm.
Charles Hammond has resigned his
position as collector with the New
York City Gas Co. and accepted a po-
sition with the E. E. and S. B. Co,
Sandy Hook
The local high school has been ap-
Entrance Certificate Board for three
years until December 81, 1919!
Rev. Timothy ]. Lee of the Congre-
gationa1 church, preached in the
Methodist church, Sunday afternoon
very acceptajbly. "A quartet rendered
extra fine music on the occasion and
much religious enthusiasm was arous-
ed.
The library benefit at the auditori-
UNI last week netted SIS for the IL
braries.
An entertainment for the benefit of
Gray's Plain school. was held last
night at the school Miss Murphy
the teacher, presented an attractive
program which showed much pains
with the pupils, all of whom respond
l#ed we'll Many parents were in at
tendance and the proceeds will be
ssused to purchase books for the dis
trio library.
Miss Kate TomIin is -convaIescing
slowly.
Miss Rebecca wunder1ich of New
town, now a trained nurse of Brook
lyn, N. Y, is caring for her friend,
Mrs. Emily A. Bennett, Sandy Hook.
The flag pole is being painted by
the steeple-jacks who have just fin
ished gliding the weather cock of the
Congregational church. The opera
tions of these climbers have been
watched by crowds of curious Dor
oughites this week
Miss Francis Griffin of HawIeyviIle
has returned from an enjoyable va
cation spent with Miss Anna Houli-
han, teacher in the school of Water
town.
Mrs. Lulu Oakley of New Haven,
was a recent guest of her parents Mr.
and Mrs. w. A. Garfield of the boule-
ward.
Attorney James M. Belts of New
York, was in town Nhis week superin-
tending plans for improvements on
the Belts homestead.
The school in Halfway River dis
trict did not open the summer term
on schedule time, owing to the illness
of the teacher, Miss A. Creagh, who
was taken i'll at her home in Bethel
At the regular convocation of Hir-
am chapter. No. 1, Royal Arch Ma
sons, held last night at the lodge
rooms, work on the M M. degree was
exemp1if1ed. On5 Wednesday even
ing, May IT, the E. A. degree will be
conferred by Hiram lodge, No. Is, F.
and A. M, at Masonic building
The Newtown farmers are facing a.
hard problem. that of inability to get
reliable farm help. Some have given
up trying to solve the problem and
have advertised sales of stock and
| seed this past week. All blame the
business boom in the Connecticut fac
tories for the cause, the country boys
| hocking to the cities into easier and
perhaps better paid employment
Ormel E. Morgan, the Hattertown
farmer, who was sued by. Morgan
MiI1ar, executor of the estate of Da-
vid MiIlar, was awarded Judgment in
his favor by. Judge Scott in the civil
| common pleas court, yesterday The
plaintiff claimed that the defendant
had wrongfully cut down timber over
| the boundary line of neighboring
farms. but owing to deficient records
| as to boundaries the claim was not
| allowed by the court.