The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-03
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 Newtown High School, all the dis trict schools Community school opened Monday morning after the Thanksgiving recess.
 Miss Elizabeth Stafford of Lakes vile is the new teacher engaged to teacher at the High school. She entered on her school duties Decem- Der first.
 The presentation of Polly Anna" by the noted impersonator, Miss Der tha Clark, of New York, will be at the Town Hall. Newtown, on Sat urday evening, December ', under the auspices of the New, own High School and for the purpose of riasing funds for the purchase of an electric ap- pHance for the school clock and bells.
 Miss Clark will be remembered by many people, as she presented Peg o My Heart several years ago for High School benefit. Dancing will follow the entertainment, for which NIaIones orchestra has been engaged.
 The Sunshine Society met on Sat urday at the home of Mrs. Hobart Curtis. The ladies at this meeting made plans for their Christmas Sun shine gift to many who are deprived of the blessings of health and other wise recep i've of the spirit of kind Illness for which the Sunshine branch is noted.
 The Equal Franchise League of NeWtown will meet at the home of Miss Susan B. Scudder on Wednes- day afternoon December 8, at 2:3O instead of 3, as has been the custom during the long days of summer and daylight saving.
 A meeting of the men of St. Rose parish was held on Sunday afternoon ut St. Aary's hall, Sandy Hook, for the purpose of augnenting the mem bersh. D of Nirgilius Council, K. of c. in this town. Rev. Father Sinnott made a strong plea for the organiza- ton at holy masses on Sunday both from the standpoint of a good Cath olic association and an insurance pol icy. The meeting was well attended. Twelve new names have been proposed i and plans made for an open meeting 1 to take place next Sunday afternoon.
 A chapel has been fitted up in the | Rectory of St. Rose and the 5 o'clock mass on Friday, the first Friday of | the month, will be celebrated there, also the daily parish mass.
 A private sale of some household | goods remaining at the Convent of i Mercy will be held on Friday after noon of this week.
 1 Misses Helen and Mary Keane and Francis Griffin are the volunteer teachers of Sunday School held after mass on Sunday at St. Rose. A months mind requiem mass was sung on Saturday for the late Ger
 trude Blake. On Friday of this
 week one will be said for the late
 Mrs. Jane Gallagher.
 Miss Eleanor Cavanaugh of New
 York city was an over Sunday guest of her mother, Mrs. Lucy B. Cava- naugh.
 Miss Alice Rowe was an over Sun day visitor in Bridgeport. News was received here of the death on Sunday of Sister Mary Jer- ome at the Mother house in Hart ford Sister Jerome is a native o1 NewtOwn and after receiving her edu- cation at the Sandy Hook school and Parochial schools of town entered the Convent of Mercy where for over . score of years she gave her best tc the interests of religion in the roI' of teacher in various parOChial schools throughout the state. She is survived by three sisters, the Misses Margaret Kate and Ella Blake of Sandy Hook who attended her funeral in Hart ford Sunday. Others who went are Mss NJ. Carmody, Miss Marguerite Kinery. A large circle of friends mourn the loss of the gentle nur who was one of them in childhood and reflected so much credit on he1 home town by her devotion to hel holy calling.
 The family horse was deliberately stolen from the barn of Mrs. Mary Grove in Huntington district Sunday night, some time after the family re- tired Sheriff Morris Beers recovered the horse in Bethel today, but at this writing had not located the thief Likely he will before many hours as he is close on the trail i Jewish National Home Plan A oaiy1 Taken Tr