The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-10
OUR VIEWPOINT
 NEWS LETTER
Special to The Tfmes.)

Newtown, July 10.---The Bugle, the annual publication of the high school, delayed much past the time of reg ular annual appearance, is now in the hands of the Bugle staff. It is a well edited number and its contents are well worth reading. Its initial ar ticle, "The Importance of Supervision , of Schools" by Leo T. Hickson, prin- cipal of the high school for the past two years, and appointed supervisor of town schools in June, presents all the arguments so vigorously put for ward by the State Board of Educa- tion for the past two decades, under which propaganda the state educa- ttonal authorities have succeeded in securing some form of supervision in 90 of the 168 towns of the state. Hart ford, Bridgeport and Waterbury are the principal municipalities which still insist that the educational prob lens may be best solved by local su- perintendencies, or district agencies. Newtown Is an important acquisition for the state.
 Thomas J. Cavanaugh, formerly a Sandy Hook business man, now in Bridgeport, has purchased the Swed- ish Baptist church on the outskirts of that city, which he will transform into business place on ground floor and with flats above. He will open. a store as soon as the alterations are made. His many friends in town will be pleased to note his activities. The farmers are the most distressed class of our population at present and i they view the future with doubt. The continued cool days and cold nights have given all vegetation a deplorable setback. Corn is way behind in growth, hay and grain promise light yields, while the scarcity of labor is deplorable. Pasturage is not keeping pace with the necessities of the herds of cattle, and graining them in the summer time is an expedient not tried before. Hitherto corn ruffage came to the rescue in July and August fur nished a part of the sustenance of the cattle. Unless the weather warms exceedingly at once there will be no green corn fodder, and scarcely a ma tured crop in the fall. they say. Milk production Is sure to fall off tn quan- tity during the rest of the seN9on un- | less the weather comes back to nor nal at once.
 Mrs. Arthur J. Smith was the hos tess at the Country club, Monday night. The winners of the prizes in the bridge games were Mrs. A. E. Hoffman, first ladies' prize, and Mrs. Wallace Mitchell, who took the part of some male absentee, won first gen. tleman's prize.
 The program of Pootatuok grange last night was rendered by local tall ent: What Constitutes Patriotism in These Days" by Rev. c. A.. Ttbballs, rector of St. Johns church; patriotic selection by the grange choir; Some Blessings which the War has Brought" by Mrs May Mclaughlin; a poem of patriotism by Miss Anna Murphy; vocal duet by Mrs. W. A. Canf1e1d and Miss Mildred Stevens; and roll call, when each member gave evidence of the faith in him, by re- spending to the inquiry, What Am I Doing to Show My Love for My Ooun- try, America?"
 Miss Constance Erwin, instructress in education at Washington, Conn.,, Is spending a. short vacation with her mother, Mrs. Adella Erwin, of Main street
 Rev. Mir Gr1sbropk, pastor of the Congregational church, Newtown, read the prayer at the funeral of Francis B. Miller, Tuesday afternoon, which took place from the home of his brother, Edmund Miller, of Glover avenue. The interment was in Woos- ter cemetery, Danbury, in the Miller family plot The funeral was by au- tomobile.
 The Child Welfare committee held a meeting at the home of Mrs. W. J. Mclaughlin, Main street, yesterday afternoon. Ways and means were considered for dispelling the apathy of our citizens in furthering the im- lportant work of this national associa- Ition of workers So far, it is said, lonly one-half of the infants and chil- ;dren up to five years 1n town have lbeen presented for weighing, meas uring and indering for future care of the little ones and instructing the pa rents. The drive will take on more vim at once, due to the work of the women of the Child Welfare com Imittee.
 The Sandy Hook school baseball club met and vanquished the Maple ton club in hotly contested game on the ball lot Tuesday afternoon. Most of the members of the former Sandy Hook baseball team are now at the front, but these young boys propose
 to keep up the name and fame of their village, and thus far have made
 a good start.
 The Red Cross Auxiliary of Bots ford will hold a lawn party at So- phys tea room on the afternoon and
 evening of Saturday. July 1S. The
 committees in charge promise a good
 time for the good cause.
 Many members of the Newtown
 FSoual Franchise League will attend
 the monthly meeting of the Fairfield lCounty Association at Ridgeheld, July