Republican farmer., 1919-12-26
DEVON

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 The ladies' auxiliary of the Fort ! Trumbull Beach hose company are i to have a Christmas tree for all l the children of the beach under 12 years of age at the fire house on 1 Tuesday evening, December 30 from six to eight o'clock. An appropriate
 program of exercises is being ar
 ranged. Mrs. A. F. Healey is chair
 man of the committee of arrange 1 Jnents.
 1 The Milford high and public ! schools will close. Tuesday for the i Christmas vacation and reopen fer 1 the winter term on Monday, Jan 1 B. A Christmas entertainment viii i be given by the pupils of the gram.
 mar school on Tuesday afternoon.
 in the assembly hall of the new | building.
 1 The funeral of Mrs Emma Buck l ingham Morris, aged A years. was 1 held from her rate home 19 | Cherry street, Monday afternoon at l 2:30 o'clock. The services were ! conducted by the Rev. Leslie Briggs i of the First church.
 Ansantawae lodge, F. and A NJ. at 1 it's 60th annual communication, : election officers as follows: Worship ! full master, Earl L. French; senior warden, Nathan s. Plumb; junior warden, Harold Edgar Thomas ] treasurer. Clifford N. Gardner. secretary, Daniel A. Mulhonand: ! trustee for three years, Harold C. ! Smith. The installation will take 1 place on January 2.
 Jacob waIz of Devon, whose ] property was needed for the de velopnent of the new bridge across 1 the Housatonic river. who had been | allowed s1.50O and demanded s. ] 900, has been awarded s2,250 by a l commission appointed by the court
 The automobile purchased some
 time ago by the Visiting Nurse asso- 1 citation for the use Of the public i health nurse, Miss Helen Shiels, has been placed in commission
 Miss Catherine Brand returned l from Northampton today for a two weeks vacation and will spend part l of it in Washington, D. C., with a 1 college friend
 Mrs. Charlotte Augustus Bald vi n Nettieton, one of the oldest residents of Milford, died yesterday morning. Mrs. Nettleton was born In Milford 1 5 years ago and for the greater part of her life lived in the house she died l in, on Prospect street The funeral
 services will be held Friday after noon. The Rev. Leslie Briggs of the 1 First church will conduct the scr- vices. Burial will be in Milford cen1-
 etery. She is survived by one daugh- ter, Miss Annie D. Nettleton, and | three sons. D. Louis and Alfred of | Milford and pr. Dewitt Nettleton of Sewickley, Pa.
 The committee in charge of the ar l engagements for he third annua, ccn-
 cert and ball to be given by the Mill ford police department for tho benefit l Of the Mutual Sick Benefit Associa- ton at the Municipal hall, New Years ! eve states that all plans are pro- 1 gressing splendidly and judging from present indications the affair prom ises to he the largest social event of 1 ths seaSCn here. Thomas Chateau ! orchestra will furnish the music and Prof. Ha " McCabe of New Hag en Will Many out or IoUG guests are expected and as the local policemen are known to be real en- tertainers the success Of the event ia 1 assured.
 The Sunday school department of the Walnut Beach Union chapel will have a Christmas tree with appropri- late exercises at the chapel Saturday y evening of this week. A special mu- sical program and other features have Ioeen planned for the festivities and the children are looking forward with much pleasure to the event.
 James Conway of 20 Gulf street, a might watchnan employed by the As kam Rubber company, who was ar Iraigned before Judge J. D. Brown in the town court yesterday HEATning. charged with breach of the peace and drunkenness, was discharged upon the payment of costs of $7.10 Conway was arrested Saturday evening following an argument with another workman in the employ of the rubber company. Members of Company B, c. 5. G., are taking great interest in the elimination
 trials which are being held to deter
 mine the makeup Of the teams that are to participate in the company shoot to be held beginning January i | to IT and the regimental match from
 Jan. 1s to 31 Company B's muster roll contains a number of crack rife shots and Chester B. Swift, captain of
 the team, expects his team mates to
 make a splendid showing in the regi-
 mental shoot. It is possible that a
 civilian team may be formed to com pete with the state guard team