The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-12
OUR NEWTOWN
news LETTER
Special to The Times.)

Newtown, Aug. 12.---The many
Newtown friends of James Flemming,
selectman of Southbury, regret the
serious illness of Mr.. Flemming. Much
official work now devolves on Select
man Mitchell in consequence of the
illness Of his confrere, and he finds
his farm work and position of time
keeper at the Zoar Bridge dam al
ready keeps him stepping a fast pace.
G. B. Johnson is looking after the
distribution of sand along the Dan
bury and Waterbury state trunk line
stretch in Newtown, to be ready to
dress the oiling of the roadway which
will be done as soon as the oil is re-
ceived from the manufacturers.
Mrs. w. B. Glover and children re-
turned Sunday from ten days So
journ at Fairfield beach. They occu-
pied a cottage together with Mr.. and
Mrs. James B. Nichols and family,
who also returned to Newtown.
Miss Christine Corbett enjoyed an
auto trip to Bridgeport Sunday with
Miss Edna Mcnamara and Miss Flora
Mcnamara of Queen street The
party were conveyed in D. W. Nc
Namaras car from Danbury, and was
uIlNGH ny Neu MSNdlQdTd.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. LIE Quatte and
children of Port Washington, Long
Island, were week end and Sunday
guests of MFR. and Mrs. A. H. Patter-
son of South Center.
The electric storm last Friday af-
ternoon was accompanied by a high
wind which Frustrated the growing
corn all over town. Coming after a
formed prostration SO soon it is feared
the stalks will not rise again. Be
sides retarding full growth and head
| ing Of the grain, the work of cutting
the stalks later is doubled by the re-
numbered growth of the plants. The
hopes of the farmers to outwit the
western grain trust by raising a large
corn crop this year seems doomed to
disappointment, and they are CORE
spondingly respondent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles D. Stilson OF
Hattertown were recent visitors with
Bethel friends
James MOrrisey of Washington ave-
nue., Sandy Hook, the village cobbler
experienced the red letter day of his
life when about a score of his friends
unannounced swept down upon him
on his birthday last week, bringing a
| load Of viands, fruits, flowers and ice
cream to properly celebrate the occa-
sion. Around the festive board the
honored host beamed upon his Wis
itors his gratitude for the unexpected
honor conferred upon him. He as
sayed a speech of thanks but his feel
ing overcame him, saying only that II
was the first recognition of his nata
day he had since he was a boy more
than a generation ago. The birth.
day cake was aglow with tapers to the
number of 40 and when the party
broke up the honored host clasped the
hand of each friend in thanks, saying
it would take more than 40 years t.
forget their kindness to him. AS hi
guests departed, the disciple of st
Crispin fell into a gentle reverie o
the past, but could find no brighte
spot in his recollections of life thai
this 1918 birthday.
Henry Bpurquenez of Botsford Hi
,. is the last poulterer on a commercia
, scale to go out of business. He sol
:, his flocks last week to others engage
in the fowl business as the food law
u will not permit of sale of laying hen
{ to butchers The high cost of graf
d brought about his retirement.
s looks as if the national governmer
a should regulate the price of wester
grain so that the eastern stock raise
poulterer and dairyman will not
forced out of business by the extol
ton Of the grain trust. The dairy
men of Newtown also feel the pine
g of trust exploitation and many hav
e. been forced to reduce the size of the
8 herds. and two local dairymen WEI
o out of the milk business last week #
!, this reason. If this withdrawal {
farmers from dairying spreads, IL
70 cities will be up against a seriol
menace. To shut off the milk ar
Z fresh egg supply of the cities woul
be a national calamity. The farme,
say the food administration can r
e move the difficulty at once by ixir
, the prices of grain and grain produc
a for the wholesaler and retailer as
- done with -four, coal and sugar. tt
'o grain profiteer must go, and go
'e once to save the eastern dairy bus
II ness from extinction, say all the ia
mers of this section of Connecticut.