The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-18
OUR VIEWPOINT
 NEWS LETTER
Especial to The Farmer)

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 Newtown, May 1s.-Newtown was. day when a telegram was received by Mrs. Levan M. Johnson, that her son Levan Merritt Johnson of Paines- vile, Ohio, was dead and that the remains would be brought to New town for burial. Every one in town knew the deceased and his untimely death following an accident on last Friday. is greatly deplored. The de- ceased was 53 years of age, married and leaves two sons, now in man hood, besides his widow, who was a member of an old Newtown family also classed among the pioneers of the town. MT. Johnson has resided in the Middle West about twelve years where he has been the super intendent of large cattle farm. He was prominent in affairs in his adop- ted city, and his death has aroused the sympathy of the fellow-citizens of Gainesville. i.
 Seaman Mead, captain of the New town Home Guards was notified Monday that he had been called to the co1ors. Captain Mead was on the reserve force of the N. J. N. G.. now mustered into the Federal army Sergeant Herman M. Tiemann will have the charge of drilling for the local company for the present.
 4s Judge William c. Johnson and Constab1es c. B. Johnson were wit nesses Iefore Secretary Perry in the investigations of offenses against the motor vehicle laws occurring in New town in April. The former testified in the case oe J. H. Ross and the latter in the case of Frank Weage Miss Helen Mead and Miss Marguer- ite Bradley who were thrown out of their carriage when the Weage car struck them, also testified against him. Ross lost his license and Weage's appeal was indefinitely postponed. Dr. w. H. Kiernan is i'll of pneu- n1onia at his residence in Sandy Hook. Dr. D. c. Brown of Danbury is in attendance since Tuesday. The patient had chill Monday after re- turning from the country club, and pneumonia immediately developed The public meeting in the town l hall, Tuesday night in the interest of | increasing food production in New l town. called at the behest of the Fairfield County Mobilization of Re sources Commission. was we'll attend ed, hut so far as the audience was | COACSInCo gave IllI0 SdllS1dCLlOn. EV- erything the producers, should, would or might do with the foregoing ob- l ject in view was expatiated upon full l ly, but no definite plans as to fur l nishing seed, fertilizer for the work were formulated, and no one seemed willing to guarantee minimum price 1 for the excess products of the farm l at harvest time. These are what the | farmers looked for. Rev. Mr. Lee l of the Congregational church spoke 1 voicing the expectations of the agri- culturists, but no satisfactory re- | sponse came.
 | It is clear some more definite ai6 1 must be given the producers if the
 commission is to get the best results
 The adies' Missionary society was
 pleasantly entertained at the home
 of Mrs. Geo. Beers today. Mrs. s c. Morris presented two chapter.
 from World Peace and World Mis-, sion.' Miss Scudder willingly gave
 report of the annual meeting 0,
 the New Haven branch.
 The next meeting If the church
 forum will be held May 30. Mis-, | Dehuff from Idaho will be the speak l CT.
 The funeral of Michael Brennan | a resident of Hawleyville, took place "Wednesday from St. Roses church l The pallbearers were: Michael Jor 1 dan, James Farrell, William Ready
 James. McNamara, James and M. F | Coffee of Danbury.
 The meeting of the Equal Fran
 chise league scheduled for Wednes-
 day, May 16 at the home of Miss W. Glover, was postponed until to- day.
 The Newtown Village cemetery as
 sociaticn will hold its annual meeting | at the Savings bank, May IS.