The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-31
OUR NEWT0WN
NEWS LETTER
Especial to The Farmer. }

Newtown, Jan. 31-Mrs. E. L. John
son left for the west to be gone till
spring. She will visit her sons. Bish-
op Frederick F. johnson of ST. Louis
and Levan M. johnson at gainesville,
Ohio. She will also spend some time
in Chicago.
Miss Mary Rafferty, has accepted
a position with the Warner Bros Co.,
Bridgeport. For the winter she will
board in that city.
DR.. Henry E. Waite of Howick
lodge, Dodgingtown, who suffered a
shock of appop1exy while at his New
York Office several days ago and was
covered as to be removed to his sons
home on Long Island. He hopes to
be able to return to his own home in
a few days.
| Charles e. White of Danbury, was
in town, Saturday, making arrange
ments to resume his taxicab business
in town within a few weeks.
Mrs. Jesse Woodruff was able to
visit the Center last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Digney of
Bridgeport, are staying at the Inn.
Mr.. Digney is conva1escing from a Sc
we're illness
Principal Havi1and of the Hunting
town school spent the week end at
his home in Stamford.
Carl johnson has returned to his po-
sition as assistant at the store of r.
H. Beers & Co., after fortnight
tussle with the grip.
Charles E.~Beers of Palestine made
a trip to- Bridgeport. Saturday.
Miss Gertrude Bradley assistant at
from a severe sickness, at the home
of Mrs. S. F. Scherne rhorn where
she was welcomed when taken ill sud-
denly a, few weeks ago.
Mrs. Leo Braun and daughter of
New Haven are guests of her mother,
Mrs. M. F. Kelley of West street.
John Rafferty,, nurse at st. Vim
cents hospital was week end and
Sunday guest of his parents on Wal
nut Tree Hill.
Mass at St, Roses church on the
Feast of the Publication, will be at 8
a. M, and the masses on the first
Friday of February will be at and
s a. m. st. Blaise's day services at
a. m. and 1880 p. m.
Miss Mary J. Leavy and her nurse,
Miss Catherine Ward of Bridgeport,
both victims of the grip, are much
improved, and Miss Ward expects to
return to her home in few days.
While nursing her aunt, Miss Leavy,
she was attacked by the, same Illness
and both patient and nurse had to
call in another nurse for BOTH
A. p. Smith, w. C. Johnson, F. A.
Blackman. w. B. Glover, H. H. Peck
and George B. Beers, motored to
New Haven. Saturday night, and at
tended the Mckinley memorial meet
ing in the hotel Taft
Mrs. Dora Metelfts, aged IS, who
lived with her daughter, Mrs. Louis
Busker, died last week and her body
was sent by Undertaken Morris to
Brooklyn, N. z. for burial in the Mon
tefore Jewish cemetery. Thursday. Be
sides Mrs. Rusker, the deceased is
survived by her husband Levi Mete-
Its of Huntingtown and one son,
Samuel Mete1its of Washington, D. c.
julius Ltnan, aged Fl, son of Julius
Litnan of Blanket Meadow district,
died suddenly of pneumonia, Monday,
and the body was taken by Undertaken
L. C. Morris to the Stepney depot for
removal to New York. He was a
promising young man in the Jewish
settleme nt in this town and his de-
mise is greatly deplored.
Many Newtown relatives attended
the funeral Of Mary Blake, wife of
Michael Tierney Of Passaic, N. J., last
Thursday Besides her husband a. 8
year old son, the deceased is survived
by her mother, Mrs. M. Blake, two
sisters Miss Bridget Blake, Mrs. M
j. Casey and four brothers, Michael.
Martin, John and Thomas Blake. The
family removed from Newtown about
Is years ago.