The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-15
OUR NEWTOWN
news LETTER
Especial to The Times.)

Newtown, Aug. 14.---The Sandy
Hook baseball team defeated the New
town team Saturday afternoon at the
Mitchell field by a high score. A re-
turn game will be played at the Sandy
Hook diamond at an early date.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Johnson received
the glad news Of the birth of grand
son on Friday, August 9, at Milford,
Conn. The parents are Mr.. and Mrs.
S. F. King. Mother and baby are do
ing well.
Mrs Mary scanlon Of Walnut Tree
Hill are entertaining Mr.. and Mrs.
Matthew Mccarthy and their three
children of New York.
Miss Constance Irwin of Washing
ton, Conn, spent the week end and
Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Adela
Irwin, Of Main street.
Miss Mary Troy, night operator at
the telephone central, is enjoying her
annual vacation.
Thomas Perkins, the Hattertown
builder, is in charge Of making the
Improvements to the buildings of
James 7. Alderman of Stepney.
Miss Agnes Collins of Vine street,
Bridgeport, is spending her vacation
with relatives on Pleasant street, Wal
nut Tree Hill.
Mrs. L. NJ. Schoonmaker, the suf-
fragist lecturer, will speak in the
Newtown Library auditorium on
Thursday afternoon at 8 o'clock on
August Is. This meeting is the in
itial one in a course of stx lectures
for women only, the tickets for which
Ia Inv LoP a
Equal Suffrage league or individual
tickets for any lecture may be OBJ
tanned by those interested. The New
town branch of the Suffragist league
hope that all women of the town
whether they are voters or not will
avail themselves of the opportunities
offered in this course of lessons and
acquaint themselves with the machin-
cry of national, state and town gov
ernments, beginning with the ele-
ments of civics to party politics, so
that when full suffrage comes they
may be able at once to take advan-
tage of the privilege or right. Most
of the topical divisions of the course
are so arranged that each is full
lesson in itself, but attendance at the
full course is highly desirable, so that
those who get a comprehensive knowl-
edge of the subject may act as teach
ers of later classes of women voters.
There are nearly 100 female voters in
| town who are qualified to vote under
the limited suffrage law and it is ex-
pected that these women, though not
suffragists, will help swell the audi
ences. Dates for the subsequent les
sons will be announced later.
Mr.. and Mrs George Britto, Miss
Helen Raymond and James G. Ben
nett of Bethel, who have been at the
Taunton camp for a week, have re-
turned home.
Matthew Quealey and family of
Hartford are spending their vacation
with Sandy Hook relatives
Second Lieutenant George Mallette
Ferris of Newtown is now stationed
at Washington, d. c., where he has
under his command 200 men in special
training. Lieutenant Ferris advance
ment has been rapid, showing what
close attention to duty will do. He
entered the second course at Platts-
burg, n. Y, in October, 1917. Grad
uating from there, he was sent as
military instructor to school in Ohio
after about three months active SER
vice in Texas. He was then assigned
to the national capital where he is
now stationed. He is the son of Mrs
Bertha Ferris of Sugar street and was
graduated from the Newtown High
school in 1872 All our citizens are
proud of his record and wish him well
in the line of duty.
Miss Marion Fitzpatrick of the Dor
ough is taking a a2mmercial course
in Booth & Bayliss's Business college,
Bridgeport
Miss Marion Fitzpatrick has been
enrolled as a student at the Booth &
Bayliss Commercial School, Bridge