The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-10
OUR VIEWPOINT
 NEWS LETTER
Special to The Farmer.) )


 New York, Feb. 1O-Probate Judge w. c. Johnson has granted letters of administration to Miss Julia Kilbride upon the estate of her father, the late Edward Kilbride of Cemetery ave- nue; als letters of administration to John B. Judson upon the estate of the late Henrietta J. Judson of New town. n
 Sanford Mead is he first Newtown farmer this year to report a batch of chickens from incubator. This event occurred last week and the young chicks are said to be standing up well in the breeders. Mrs. A. Osborne of South Center has a clutch of strong chickens from wide awake breeding hen, since February 1 This is the first auth entic report of hatch in 1917, in. the good old fashioned way, and Mrs. Osborn is being impor- tuned to get her biddy busy again upon settings for the neighbors. The N. H. s. basket ball team will go to Stratford this Friday night to play the Stratford high school team. A number of the students will accom- pany the team, all going by bus.
 w c. Johnson, local supervisor of state roads is in Boston this week at- tending the good roads convention in company with A. c. Innes, district supervisor of New Milford.
 Clarence Blake of New York and Emil Clapp of Dayton, O., are new employees of the Premiere Mfg. Go.
 Herbert Beers and Robert Fairchild have given up the farm and taken up commercial pursuits. Mr. Beers is employed by the filling Rubber Co. of New Britain, while MT. Fairch.ld is employed in Bridgeport.
 Charles J. O'Neil, assistant super. intendent of freight transportation in New York office of the New York Central R R., was a weekend and Sunday guest of Jack O'Neil of the Golden Peach.
 John Leavy resigned his position in the Remington Arms works last week and has accepted another with the Premier Mfg. Co. of Sandy Hook. He makes his home with his father, Morris Leavy of Walnut Tree Hill.
 The Suffrage league meeting at Mrs. E. J Halls, Wednesday after noon, was much enjoyed. The work of revising the list of Newtown citi- zens who we're open to conviction upon the merits of the suffrage ques- ton was proceeded with. An active canvass of these prospects was out lined, and the work turned over to volunteer members.
 Miss Gertrude Cary, teacher of the Halfway River district school, at tended the teachers meeting in OK ford last week.
 The date of the February meeting of the Newtown teachers has been changed to Wednesday afternoon, Feb 21, instead of the 23rd, as scheduled A representative of the state board of education will be present and address the teachers on Methods"
 Rev. Timothy J. Lee, pastor of the Congregational church, will preach on the theme, Safeguarding Democ- racy," at the morning service on next Sunday His sermon will be ap- propriate for Lincoln Sunday and cover the world crisis of today, and the outlook for America.
 The master Mason degree was cons ferred on one candidate Wednesday night, at the regular communication of Hiram Lodge, No. IS, F. & A M. in Masonic hall. At the next stated communication of the lodge, Feb. 21, the E. A. degree will be worked on two candidates.
 MT and Mrs. Robert Hausin and son. were weekend and Sunday wis., itors with friends in the metropolis
 MT. and Mrs. Samuel Susman are rejoicing over the birth of a son, born Feb. l.
 A dance for the benefit of the treasury of the Sandy Hook baseball team will be given at St. Mary's hall, Friday, Feb. 16 Good music and good time are promised all who at tend.
 George E. Pearsall is now in charge of the teams of the s. N. D. T. Co at Sandy Hook.
 Newtown, Feb. 10-Raymond Car roll has been appointed substitute carrier from the Newtown postoff1ce to serve in the absence of R. F. D. Carriers Frank Blackman and James B. Nichols.
 w. c. Cooper will move his family to Newport, R. l., where he has taken a position in the munitions factory, where he was employed for several years before coming to the Premiere Manufacturing Go. of Sandy Hook.
 Frank Banks carried two large parties of young persons from Sandy