The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22
NEWTOWN STIRS
WITH PATRIOTIC
AIM and WORK
Town Plans Complete Ambu-
lance for Red Cross and Men
and Women Aid Alike.
Especial to The Farmer)

nation if all the portents come true,
and all its festivities will be tinged
with the hues of war, war relief work,
while the grange work, equal suffrage,
and the food conservation and house
hold economy projects will fill the
lives of our people.
So far this month the few 'flurries
of festivities conferred around the
soldier boys in our midst. They have
been invited into our homes, the Hill
side club left the latch string on the
outside for them at all hours of the
day and night, and the good people
of Sandy Hook and Hawleyville took
turns In the work of hospitality.
The Country club is the only social
center where the devotees of fashion
may still gather, play bridge, and talk
of other matters than the war and the
weather, but the managers of the club
predict that the coming summer will
be most unusual one for society.
While the influx of members of the
summer colony now just opening their
country homes may retard the change
the general tendency is towards seri-
GUS things. Two scores of the prom
inent women in town are identified
with war relief work and incidental
projects, so that it is expected by mid
summer society in Newtown will be
heels over head in the serious work
of the nation.
Among the men the same serious
ness prevails. NewtoWn early tooA
up the problems of war and prepared
ness. Instantly on the call of Cover
nor Holcomb Tor the oIsaniza.ion ~
a Home Guard TOT the state, NeWtowH
responded with company OF OBJ, VINO
are faithful in drilling and have long
since passed the raw ''rookey stage
Seaman M. Mead was organlzns
sergeant, anad was elected captain py
the company. He served 10 years IN
the Connecticut National guard. and
was a retired officer. He also saw
nine months service IN the spanish
American war.
Last week he received an order sum-
moning him to the United States ser
vice, and left Immediately for Madt-
son Barracks for three months stay
| or an indefinite period as might be
| found necessary 10y the government.
He Immediately resigned from the
Home Guards, but the work of drilling
goes bravely on under Lieutenant
Herman M. Tiemann and Corporal
Harry M. Greenman.
| The guards are impatiently await
| ing the promised military equipments
/ hit In the mGanClnG- are pTdCIIClLl5
the manual Of arms assiduously. They
are ready for active guard duty. and
will take up the work as soon as
planting is over; or when the National
Guard are withdrawn from town.
In the work Of the Farm Bureau and
the associated activities of the Fair
geld county Resources Mobilization
committee, Newtown is officially rep
/ resented by Judge William G. John
son, director Of both the Farm Blu
reau and of the County Committee or
Mobilization OF Resources, and by
Professor Leonard M. johnson, grad
uate of the Massachusetts Agriculture
College. and former principal OF the
4 high school. Both are earnest WORKERS
in these movements for prepafedn
end lost no opportunity to arouse TINS
farmers to the importance OF increased
|production OF all farm products thi'
/ year.
The farmers wish to know iron
some men In authority wnetner tner'
Is likely to be a surplus OF potatoes
this rail-. Whether, Wnen the crop u
harvested the price VIII laii oeioV
normal. They wish TO know why the1
are being urged TO plant more oats
4 rye, arley, wheat ana pucKWheat
4 Ihey. wish TO Know now they are go
ing TO get LABOR 70 cultfVaIe ana mar
Z vest the crops OF an increased acre
age, IN the race OF posstoie oehnaho