The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-20
JOUR VIEWPOINT
 l NEWS LETTER
Special to The Times)


 ] Newtown, Dec. 2O-The funeral of l Patrick F. Carey of Sandy Hook took place Monday morning from St. Roses church where a high mass of requiem was celebrated by Rev. Father Sinnott, pastor, at which large number of relatives and neigh | bors of the deacesed were present The interment was in St. Roses cem- etery, the pallbearers being Patrick F. McMahon of Newtown, John Dris- coll of New York, Patrick and Owen | McMorrow of New Jersey, John Car roll of Ossining, N. Y, and Matthew Carroll of Bayonne, N. J. Coroner Phelan came to Newtown 1 Saturday afternoon and visited the l Harris Wire mills where P. F. Carey an employe met death Friday. After l thorough investigation personally l and examination of the office force | and the employees, he rendered his decision that the death of Patrick F. Carey was not caused by the crim- | inal negligence of any person, thus agreeing with the previous finding of Medical Examiner Dr. Walter H. | Kiernan in the case.
 James Leavy of Mile Hill is i'll of 1 pneumonia at the home of his father, John Leavy of Botsford Hill. Miss Elizabeth Keane of Gas St., | is convalescing from an attack of pneumonia
 The selectmen and town treasurer will pay all current town bills for De- cember on Saturday, Dec. q from g a. m. to p. m., thus making it pos 1 sible for many to enjoy the holiday season Happily.
 The public and high schools close for fall term, Friday, Dec. 20 and | will reopen Monday, January 6, 1919. Patrick Larner and Frances Troy are among the local military men who are at home, honorably discharged from the service. +
 MT. and Mrs. J. L. Mclaughlin of New York spent a couple of days this week at their summer home "The Films" at Hanover Springs.
 Miss Kathryn Blake is able to be about her home following an attack of the grip.
 William Gordon of Bridgeport is a guest this week of Francis Keane of Botsford.
 Mrs. Joseph Orman of Danbury ] a guest at the Newtown Inn. Mrs. Henry Madigan has closed her home for the winter, and with the other members of her family will take up her residence in Hartford with her daughter, Mrs. James Kelly
 Thomas Reilly of Bridgeport was a recent visitor in town, looking after his property near the station, deeded 1,, 1I- I,s liam Latham, who now lease the premises.
 Walter Leroy Glover, son of First
 Selectman and Mrs. w. B. Glover
 who is a radio operator at Fire Is.
 land, has been transferred to the Brooklyn barracks, from which insti.
 tuition he will have a 10 days fur
 tough for the holidays, beginning to.
 day.
 The pupils of the senior grade o1
 St. Roses parochiaI school will pre-.
 sent a literary entertainment in the
 study hall on Friday afternoon, Dec
 20. The participants are: Heller
 Kenivy, Margaret Corbett, Helen ant
 Philomena Godische, Florence Harris
 Dorothy Corbett and Frank Godische
 The building in Sandy Hook occu.
 pied by the Golden Peach Bazaar is
 undergoing extensive Improvements
 both inside and outside which give
 it a metropolitan aspect. Carpenter 5 W. Kline has the work in hand.
 Miss Madeline Bale of Hawleyvil1e has resumed her school work at the BootN and Baylis college, Bridgeport following an absence of severa- weeks at her nome.
 Edward Sherman the retired black. smith of Walkers Farms district who lately was domiciled at James Nor. risey's home ill the Glen, died at st Vincents hospital last week HI! s funeral occurred this week with in. torment in Newtown. He was 7t 5 years old at his death and is sur. 9 Yived by Q son in Monroe. Miss B. c. Keane, teacher of Jun s for grade in Sandy Hook school whc < has been sick for a week is convalesc ing, and hopes to resumer her position 3 this week.
 w. H, Egan, station master at thu s Pennsylvania railroad, Manhattan enjoyed the hospitality of the olt 5 home on Walnut Tree Hill. Monda. 9 and Tuesday, the guest of his sister 5 Mrs. W. J. Driscoll
 Simon Corey has so far irnprov < ed in health as to visit the vilIag s Monday, driving his team unaided.