The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-14
OUR VIEWPOINT
 NEWS LETTER
Especial to The Farmer. ,

Newtovn, Aug. 1.-The body of Mary Repka, who died last week in Passaic, N. J., was brought to the town Friday and inferred in the family plot In the Sandy Hook cemetery. The deceased. was unmarried, 5andg lived with her brother, George Repka, who holds an important position in the N. Y. B. & P. Co. factory in the New Jersey city. She was born in Walnut Tree Hill district, her father having been one of the three pioneers in the rubber business who came here from Germany with the Poppenhausen firm in the early sos of the last century. The other two members of the trio were Jacob Wunderlick and 1T. Katz- enmeyer, all of whom settled on Wal nut Tree Hill, and reared large fam flies.
 agent of the Industrial Resources committee. spent severs1 days last week inspecting the pigs furnished the boys of the county by the com | mtttee. He found the condition of these young porkers to be uniformly good, and the boys are taking great interest in the results of their efforts to secure one of the premiums offer ed for the first. second and third best hogs in November. < Frank Kirby has taken a position in the Beardsley cafe in Glen avenue. Mrs. Bridget Collins of Bridgeport. was a Sunday guest of Berkshire | friends
 The annual meeting of the Equal Franchise league will be held We'd l nesday, Aug. Is, at 2:50sp. m., at the residence of Mrs. L. Bigelow, Main street. The annual election of of | ficers takes place and a good attend ance is requested.
 | The Misses Scudder are spending August at Freemont Lake, Freemont. Mich.
 MT. and Mrs. T. J. Corbett of Queen street, entertained Sunday, Miss Irene Daly, Miss Lois Stafford and Terrence Doran of Bridgeport
 Station Agent T. W. Holian has re- turned to his duties after fortnight's
 vacation. For few days h, was the guest of W, H. Egan, station master of the Pennsylvania railroad at New | York city, where he was impressed
 with the magnitude of the work ot
 this official. whose daily care ena.
 braces the welfare of thousands ot commuters from Long Island and New
 Jersey as well as the host of through | passengers in both directions through the tubes of the North and East rivers
 Station Master Egan is a Newtowr
 boy. oHe is the son of Edward Egar I deceased and of the Walnut Tree Hill house, known as Cedar CIiffe cotta ee
 is occupied by Mrs. W. J. Driscoll. 2
 sister. Fred Mcguire, who substituted a1 the Newtown station during the ab. | sence of Station Master Holion. has
 resumed his old position at the San. | dy Hook station.
 Miss Anna Hall of Bridgeport is the
 guest of MT. and Mrs. w. B. Glover of Glover avenue.
 MT and Mrs. T. J. Carey are enter. taining Miss May McNamara of Dan. bury and Mrs. McNamara of Shel ton.
 Dr. D. c. Patterson. pr. Edward
 Smith of Bridgeport and Henr, i Hough or Bayside, l.. l., were recen guests Of Mir. and Mrs. A. H. Patter
 son.
 Mrs. Joseph Dolan, Miss Constanc.
 Dolan and Mrs. l.. Bartlett of New | Haven are spending few days ir Newtown.
 Mr. and Mrs. | rank Brew of Kan
 sas City. Mo, are spending their va
 cation at Sandy Hook with John Brew of Dayton street.
 the guest of MT. and Mrs. P. F. Me. ] Mahon of Gas street, for couple O.
 days last week. ,