The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-28
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 Newtown. July 2S-At the special town meeting held on Saturday at town hall a unanimous vote was passed to apply to the state road commissioner for funds to improve the state road through Newtow'n to Danbury and Bridgeport. SelectmaE Pitzschler, clerk.
 Friday afternoon the committee on bylaws and plans of action for the newly organized District Nurses as sociation of the town of Newtown," ;" held meeting and will be prepared in the near future to have the or ganiZat ton ready for actual work. Sev- enteen women pledged them selves to mem bership and expect to more than double their number of charter mem- bers. opportunity for which will be given a the next meeting only. Those already named are Mrs. w. B. Glover, Mrs. Thomas F. Brew, Mrs. Leo T. dickson, Mrs. W. A. Kiernan, Mrs. W. c. Cole, Mrs. Louise Gibson, Mrs. AdeIia Irwin. Mrs. NJ. D. Corbett, Mrs. John o. Pitzschler, Mrs. M. Payne, Miss Jennie Robberts, Mrs. A. B. BIakeman, Mrs. Sullivan, Miss Kate Tibbals. Miss Edith Irwin, Mrs. Ezra Hall, Mrs. Frank Mitchell, Mrs. Wal lace Mitchell.
 The Boy Scouts held field day or Friday, joined by troop from Beth el. A creditable parade of the youths with floats, amateur drum corps and on, was made from the head of Newtown street to the Country club where exercises were held by courtesy of the club. Scout Masters E. O. Getsbrook of Newtown, and D. Ogel- man of Danbury, accompanied the boys. Winners in the various races were Jacob Schock, Harvey Miller, James Corbett and John Rave. The boys thoroughly enjoyed the experi- ence and are grateful to their scout master, Rev. F. o. Grisbrook
 Misses Kate and Josephine Me Mahon of New Haven were Sunday guests of Mrs. M. D. Corbett aid family.
 George Drew of Bridgeport, MT. and Mrs. c. Craft of Norwalk were week end and Sunday guests of MT. and Mrs. William Drew.
 Dr. Marcus of Brooklyn, N. Y, spent Sunday with his family at the Cor bett cottage, their summer home.
 A party Of young people from New town enjoyed a trip to Lake Kenocia on Friday evening.
 Eli B. Beers family picnicked at Lake Maopack, N. Y, on Sunday.
 Misses Catherine Sheehan, Mildred Wellington and Gertrude Grove vls- ited in Danbury on Thursday and later took a trip to Lake Kenosia.
 Miss Anna McCartan is entertaining her nieces. Alice and May Fitzpatrick, of New Haven.
 Miss Alice MacNamara of Danbury is visiting her sister. Flora and MT. and Mrs. Thomas Carey of Queen street
 Mres. Lydia B. Glover, Mrs. Louise Gibson, Miss Kate Tibba1A Mrs. Ade- 1ia Irwin, Mrs. A B. Blakeman at tended the suffrage convention held in Ridgefield on Thursday.
 Rehearsal for the children's enter tainment of St. Rose parish will be Tuesday afternoon at town hall.
 In the most severe thunder storm of the season which visited Newtown Saturday night the telephone service was badly impaired. Local manager MT Case was kept busy all day Sun day repairing the several lines.
 MT. and Mrs. z. W. F'lemning and daughter Arzana of Pittsburgh, have been recent guests of their aunts, Mrs James Elliott and Mrs. J. Farrell of South Center.
 The entire community were shock ed at hearing of the death by auto mobile accident to Thomas Keane of Botsford. which occurred in Bridge port Sunday morning, doubly so by recalling the very decent death of his brother Edward in a similar ac- cident in Waterbury less than three months ago The condition of third brother, who was injured in the ac cident of Sunday morning, Is improv- ed and hopes of his recovery are en- tertained
 MT and Mrs Edw. Martin ana