Republican farmer., 1919-10-10
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l Especial to The TimeS.)
 Newtown, Oct. 9.---At the annual town meeting held on Monday, the re- port of the several town officers as
 furnished in the annual report re-
 gently published was accepted and Ifavora5hly commented on.
 By vote also the salary of first se-
 cletman was increased $100, while that of second and third selectmen was
 decreased $50 each. Now the respec-
 tive salaries are $6O0 for first, $30O for each of the others. Herman M. Tie
 man presided. Judge Pitzschler was clerk. An unusually large num- Der of voters turned out and notice ably the newly mades and returned soldier boys of both parties. About 1G ifenale voters exercised their thus far limited franchise some of these also for the first time.
 | The Girls Friendly society held the
 first social and dance Of the season at
 Trinity Guild room on Saturday even i ing. Among the guests was Richard | Botsford of the Naval Training Corps, member of the hand who was home
 on a 48-hour furlough.
 1 On Friday evening, Oct. 10, at Town Hall, the first High school event of i the season will take place. It is [ planned to have whist enjoyed as well as dancing throughout the evening. i The newly reorganized High School orchestra will furnish music, and it is | hoped the opportunity for enjoying social evening will be taken advan-
 tage of by all the parents, guardians, friends and relatives of the students
 and the school. Besides the good to i be derived from these gatherings in
 the matter of making more intimate
 acquaintance, the object of the effort
 which is to raise money for labora- tory equipment should appeal to all,
 as it is a step in the progressive direc-
 ton, and the school at all times should l be given hearty support.
 | The Teachers Institute will hold
 meeting on Friday at the High school. On Friday also it is expected a holi- day will be given to permit the stu dents to attend the Danbury Fair From what can be learned the po- tato crop of the town has been greatly affected by the continuous rainy and
 damp weather In many fields from a third to half the expected crop is destroyed. For some reason. difficult
 to determine, apples are falling be- lore the time is ripe for picking How i ever, there will apparently be no iscarcity of vinegar, as the procession | Of wagon loads Of apples and barrels i to the mills indicate an unusually abundant supply.
 1 The Bethel baseball nine defeated
 the local team at Bethel on Saturday. On Sunday at the home grounds the
 married men defeated the single men
 in very interesting game.
 1 Miss Helen Houihan. vice-principaf
 of the High school, was a weekend visitor in the Park City
 Miss Christine Corbett returned on 1 Mg0day from a few days visit with
 relatives in WhitneyvilIe.
 i Mrs. N. D. Corbett and Margaret Forbett spent Monday in Bridgeport. | Mrs John R. Peck. Miss Edna Lowell, Miss Mary SaIihan visited in i Bridgeport on Monday.
 Mrs. N. Howell of Sunset Hill is spending few days in Philadelphia. Pa. -1-'''
 Rev. Otis Olny Wright, minister 1 emerltls of the Episcopal church. died on Monday at the advanced age of 75 years It is thought from a stroke of i apopIeXy as his death was sudden and
 unexpected MT. Wright spent many
 years III town as rector of St Johns | church, Sandy Hook. His residence
 covered period of fifteen years or
 more. About 1910 he moved to Swan
 see, Mass, where he remained un+iI l about year or two ago when he mr. chased the pretty bungalow on School i House Hill for the express purpose of | spending, his last days in the town of
 :l1s special choice. He was interested
 IF many of the towns activities. par
 tlcularly in the free public library .,f ! Sandy Hook which he was fnstrr- 1 mental in founding, and was a direc- 1 tor of the Beech Memorial Library 1 of Newtown.
 In the question of schools and
 everything educational MT. Wright
 was always foremost in his opinions i and efforts. He contributed snecis1 l articles to the local paper at varfous | times which were read with great in
 terest by many of his admirers.
 MT. Wright is survived by his wife | whose many friends sympathtze with 1 her in the passing away of her con-
 panion, also by two sons, Senator
 Howell Wright of Cleveland, Ohio, Cecil Wright of New York, one daughter, Miss Lucy Wright, an in 1 structor in the University of Chicago. | H., one other son, who died in child
 hood. also blessed their union. Three 1 grandsons of MT. Howell and Mabel | Morris Wright also survive
 | Mir Wright studied for the Baptist
 ministry at the Biblical Institute of | Western New York, later joining the | Episcopal. He was ordained by the | late Bishop Clark at Providence, R.
 l., locating at St. Johns in 1891.
 The funeral took place from | Trinity Church, Wednesday after l noon. Rev. William Cravener, pastor, | officiating, assisted by Rev. Charles Tibbals, Rev. MT. Howell of this l town. The Episcopal conference now | in session flinders the presence of 1 Bishop Brewster and other members l of the Episcopal churches, from at- l tending.
 l Interment was made in the family X burial plot in Berkshire cemetery.