The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-01
OUR NEWTOWN
NEWS LETTER
Especial to The Times.)

Newtown, June 29 - The case of
youthful vandalism by three nlne-year
fold boys of Huntington district in
(which over $1,000 damage was done
ITO the monuments and headstones in
Huntington cemetery was heard and
determined in Judge McCarthy's JUS
Etice court Friday. The culprits,
kAbralham Rosenberg, Jacob Schtmel-
sman aid Max Feldstein, were arrested
10y State Policemen Bridgmen, Flynn
and Fein, who succeeded in getting
the boys to confess not only to the
violation and ruin in the cemetery
but to breaking into the South Center
school house last week and destroy
ling books and school apparatus to the
value of $50. They were accompan-
lied to court by their parents, but
without counsel as no attempt at de-
Tense was made. The courts decision
was to send the youths to the Con-
necticut Reformatory, but upon the
agreement of the parents to bind
themselves jointly to make good the
damages to the cemetery proporey to
the satisfaction of G. D. Stillson, the
secretary of the association; also to
pay all the costs of prosecution the
sentences were suspended and the
boys were placed on probation for
one year, under charge of H. M
Greenman.
Thomas M. Holian, station agent
at Newtown, and John J. Northrop Of
Head of the Meadow district, attend
ed the Democratic state convention
at Hartford Thursday, as the only
delegates from Newtown. When they
arrived there they found that their
credentials from the secretary of the
caucus had not been filed with the
secretary of the convention. How
ever, after being vouched for by
noted Bridgeport delegates, they
were allowed to sit in the meeting.
Jesse James OF Hawleyville, chairman
of the Newtown town committee, and
Judge P. H. Mccarthy, the other two
members of the delegation, did not
appear at the convention. This is the
first time in the history of the Demo-
cratic party locally, that Newtown
failed to be represented fully at any
state convention of the party, and the
failure Of the leaders this year is
widely criticized by the rank and file.
P. H. Carey has taken a position
/ in the Harris Wire mills at Sandy
Hook. This concern as we'll as the
Premiere Manufacturing Co. in the
village are both engaged on work for
the government, and are anxious to
secure more help. The housing con-
ditions in the village are not salts
factory to some families of workmen
who have come here, and with the
absence Of public lights and water in
most of our houses, they soon become
dissatisfied and return again to the
large cities. All these disgruntled
operatives always give Sandy Hook a
black eye when asked by would-be
corners as to conditions of life here,
and this boycott is doing the indus
trial firms here incalculable damage.
AS the owners of property here refuse
to improve conditions, it is up 10 the
corporations to take things in their
own hands, and start a movement for
the Inauguration OF, public improve
ments at once. This is the way to
get operatives for their plants.
1t has leaked out from the office OF
the Connecticut Light & Power Co
at Stevenson that the corporation
seeks to evade the making of a new
road on the New Haven side of the
dam to replace the eight miles Of
roadway along the banks of the river
to be flooded by the new lake. TheA
are trying to have the state do it
AS Roraback, the state Republican
boss, is a high mogul of the corpora
ton it is feared he will at least sue
coed in having the state agree to sid
tracking the work as not necessar!
to the war at this time. The official
of the towns of Oxford, Seymour ant
Southbury are determined, however
that the power company shall no
thus shirk it's responsibilities and ar
ready to step in at the first momen
of the cessation of road work. TIL
local papers have also sounded
warning to the water company to be
ware of arousing the populace o
Fairfield and New Haven counties b
refusing to abide by it's agreement
with the towns and people affecte
by the dam.
Thomas Lahcy of Redding ha
moved to his farm on Brushy Hill
but commutes daily to Bridgepo1
where he is employed in the Reming
ton Arms Co. James Wetmore, ais
of South Center, is a worker in tn
same plant, committing also.
The condition of Mrs. C. B. Taylo
is much improved and her family an
friends are rejoicing in anticipatio
of her return to health soon.
Otto Roemen, from Camp Deven
is home on a weeks furlough at hi
old home, Dodgingtown. He is t
go at once upon return to some south
ern camp, preparatory to an earl
move lover there"
Mrs. c. w. Pesle will be the hostes
Monday night for the whist at til
Country club. The attendance {
these affairs gr6NH with each even
ard as-all is for war work thep ubl!
Csc ordially invited. Good prizes al