The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-03
OUR VIEWPOINT
 NEWS LETTER
Special to The Farmer,


 Newtown, June 3-Miss Irene War ren of Westvil1e, who has been in struetress in mathematics the last two years at the Highs choo1 has declined reappointment- She has accepted position in the Milford High school for next year. With the exception of Miss Helen Houlihan, teacher of languages, who will remain. the stu dent body of 1917 will face a new faculty in September
 Mrs. Catherine Mahon, aged 86, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert Logan, of Taunton dis trict, Wednesday. The body was taken to Astoria, Long Island, today, where interment was in Cedar Grove cemetery. Besides Mrs. Logan, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. T. Murphy, and one son, James Mahan, of Astoria.
 Miss Elizabeth Callahan of Bridge port has been the guest this week of her aunts, the Misses Callahan of Sandy Hook.
 Miss Sarah E. Fairnan and Miss Grace Osborn. who spent the winter in Bridgeport, have opened their home on North Main street for the summer
 The Misses Peck of the Boulevard have as guest Miss Eunice Pendleton of Bridgeport.
 Charles Geddes has resigned his po- sition with the D. B. & S. B. Co., and has gone to Norwich Mr. and Mrs. Richard Egan have recently entertained Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Egan, Jr-, of Woodside, L. T., and MT. and Mrs Hans F. Boyoon of Bethel
 Herbert S. Clark of New York was +TaTs. T,5x- Robert A Clark. Hawleyville- Her son-in-1aW, Mortimer B. TerriH of Ansonia, was a visitor at the Clark home Memorial Day
 A number of active farmers of the borough enjoyed day at the field meetings of the Fairfield County Farm bureau, which were held at the farm of John T. Hunt, Ridgefe1d, through the favor of ". c. Johnson, a director of the bureau Besides MT. Johnson w. B. Glover, Eli Green b1att Horace Smith, H. M Greenu1an and E. H. Peck. were in the party.
 James Lynch of Hawleyvi1Ie spent the holiday with Mrs William Hogan of Southford-
 The concert of the Sandy Hook band which was to have been given at post office square, Sandy Hook, on evening of Memorial Day, was post poned on account of weather, to Tues day evening, June 6, at 8:15 o'clock Hiram chapter, No. 1, R. A. NJ, conferred the M- E. degree on six candidates Wednesday night On Wednesday evening, June 14, the Royal Arch degree will be conferred on one candidate Miss Alkaline Hurd has returned from a trip to New Milford, where l shew as the guest for few days of friends.
 Mrs. M J. McMahon of PassaIc, N. J., with her daughter, Helen, has been the guest of MT. and Mrs. Homer Conger-
 Edward Corning of stepney was 1 a guest of his uncles, Robert and Frank Banks. of Sandy Hook, on Me moria1 Day.
 place on the Bethel line to New York real estate agents. A. E. Brinton has the plumbing place on Mile Hill, which is being l nodernized by Contractor T. F. Brene.
 Mrs. John Haugh of Shelton died l suddenly Thursday. The body was brought to Newtown today by auto l mobile cortege, and buried in St. Roses cemetery. The deceased was l the daughter of Timothy Costel1a, a. former selectman of Newtown and thef amily lived here for many years l before removing to Shelton. The de- ceased is survived by her husband, a son and two daughters