The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-08
OUR NEWTOWN
NEWS Letter

Especial to The Times and Farmer.)
Newtown, Jan. S-Cards from Flor
ida were received today by friends,
announcing the safe arrival there #
Selectman Newton Curdss and his
sister, Miss Jennie Curtis. They will
remain the rest of the winter in the
southland, but contemplate trips to
ether Gulf states.
William H. Conger of the Avia-
ton Corps of the National Army at
Mineola, N. Y, spent Sunday with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs, Homer
Conger of Sandy Hook.
Among the teachers of nearby cities
who spent their vacation holiday with
parents or relatives in town were
Miss Helen Kilbride, Watertown, Miss
Helen Keane, New Britain, Miss <.
Harriet Read, Pennington, and Miss
Louise Kelly, Hartford.
X, The Bridgeport Hydraulic Co., has
over 1000 cords of wood cut down
and racked in the lower part of New
town and Easton. An effort is being
made by the city to have the wood
carted by rail to Bridgeport to help
out the fuel situation, but the scarcity
OF LABOR and teams here about Will
prevent an early realization of this
bopt. George Evans. who is engaged
on a wood Job in the section has Of
fered to carry the wood by motor
trucks direct from the first to the city
and to practical woodmen this seems
the proper way to do the work
Florence A. Glover has been APP
pointed Administrative on the estate
of the late Birdsey Glover OF North
Newtown; by Judge of Probate VIM
c, Johnson.
Levi c. Morris has applied for let
tiers of administration on the estate OF
the late Betsey A. Nash Of the bur
rough of Newtown, and the hearing Is
set for Jan. 10, 1918, at IL a. m. In
the probate Office.
An accident to the engine Of the
Harris Wire Mills last Saturday has
caused a cessation of work until re-
nairs are made This is vexatious to
Manager Harris as the concern Is
rushed with orders for its products
The economical loss to the farmers
of the state, it is feared, will prove
enormous, due to the arctic weather
prevailing last week. All farmers IN
town. despite heroic efforts at heat
ing their cellars during the cold snap,
find some of their potatoes, turnips
and other edible root crops to have
been severely chilled, and in many
cases frozen. Those only chilled
NAV be eaten but are not reliable for
seed examination in the spring, while
the CONCEALED ones must be sold al a
great sacrifice when they are IN
loaded on the market in March
Thousands Of dollars have been LOST
by the farmers of this vicinity, and
every one is pessiraistic as to the out
look. 1t Is predicted potatoes viii
retail at less than a dollar bushe
IN the spring when the boarded crops
are rushed to market in the cities
Adam Cervanansl1y of Walnut Tree
Hill ~ employed by Section Foreman
Thomas c. Keane of the Highland
Division
Thomas Lynch of Bridgeport, spen
the week end and Sunday with hi'
parents Mr.. and Mrs NJ ]. Lynch o.
!. Gas street, returning yesterday.
Both public schools in Newtow1
Center, the High school, Parochia
school. Sandy Hook, and Pohtatuci
district schools opened for the win
ter term yesterday despite the storn
and ice.
leo is % inches thick on Taun
ton pond, and the work of harvest
\ Ing the crop is much retarded by thl
fact