The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-09
NEWTCWN
Special to The Times.)

1 Newtown, Oct 9.---At the annual town meeting held on Monday, the re- l port of the several town officers as i furnished in the annual report re- gently published was accepted and | favorably commented on.
 i By vote also the salary of first se- cletman was increased s10O, while that i of second and third selectmen was decreased s50 each. Now the respec- tive salaries are $500 for first, $500 for each of the others. Herman NJ 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 i female 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 1 ing. Among the guests was Richard 1 Botsford of the Naval Training Corps, member of the band who was home
 on a 4S-hour furIough.
 On Friday evening, Oct. 10, at Town Hall, the first High school event of 1 the season will take place. It is
 planned to have whist enjoyed as well as dancing throughout the evening.
 The newly reorganized High School ! orchestra will furnish music, and it is 1 hoped the opportunity for enjoying a social evening will be taken advan- i tage of by all the parents, guardians, friends and relatives of the students and the school Besides the good to be derived from these gatherings in 1 the matter of making more intimate acquaintance, the object of the effort which is to raise money for labora- tOrU aCIliTlTp ont Sh0 as it is a step in the progressive direc- ton, and the school at all times should
 be given hearty support.
 The Teachers Institute will hold a meeting on Friday at the High school. On Friday also it is expected a holi- day will be given to permit the stu idents 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-
 fore the time is ripe for picking. How eVer there will apparently be no scarcity of vinegar, as the procession
 of wagon loads of apples and barrels
 to the mills indicate an unusually
 abundant supply.
 L-1C DGl4IeI DdSeDSllI n1nG defeated the local team at Bethel on Saturday. On Sunday at the home grounds the
 married men defeated the single men
 Tn a very interesting game.
 Miss Helen Fouhhan, vice-principa1
 of the High school, was a weekend visitor in the Park City.
 Miss Christine Corbett returned on Monday from a few days visit with
 relatives in WhitneyvilIe.
 
 Mrs. M. D. Corbett and Marga ret Norbett spent Monday in Bridgeport.
 Mrs. John R. Peck, Miss Edna Lowell, Miss Mary Sallihan visited in Bridgeport on Monday
 Mrs N. Howell of Sunset Hill is , spending. few days in Philadelphia, l Pa. ---'' | Rev. Otis olny Wright, minister , emeritis of the Episcopal church. died
 on Monday at the advanced age of r
 years. It is thought from stroke o1
 apoplexy as his death was sudden and
 unexpected. MT. Wright spent many
 years in town as rector of St. Johns
 church. Sandy Hook. His residence
 covered period of fifteen years o1 3 more. About 1910 he moved to Swan.
 See' Mass, where he remained unti
 aoout year or two ago when he Tour-
 chased the pretty bungalow on Schoo
 House Hill for the express purposeN o1
 spending his last days in the town ot
 tilS special choice. He was interested
 IT. many of the towns activities. nar l ticUlarly in the free public library ,- , Sandy Hook which he was instru 3 l mental in founding, and was a direc | tor of the Beech Memorial Librar, t of Newtown.
 r In the question of schools an, O l everything educational MT. Wrigh 3 was always foremost in his opinion . and efforts. He contributed specia t articles to the local paper at variou e times which were read with great in f terest by many of his admirers. l. MT Wright is survived by his wife - whose many friends sympa thize witt e her in the passing away of her com a panion, also by two sons Senate = Howell Wright of Cleveland. Ohio y Cecil Wright of New York. on l. daughter, Miss Lucy Wright, an in l, structor in the University of Chica ge e H., one other son, who died in child ), hood, also blessed their union. Thre h grandsons of MT. Howell and Mabe J. Morris Wright also survive. y MT. Wright studied for the Baptis
 ministry at the Biblical Institute O o1 Western New York, later joining tn $ Episcopal. He was ordained by tb r. late Bishop Clark at Providence, R y l., locating at St. Johns in 1891. d The funeral took place fror e Trinity Church, Wednesday after y noon. Rev. William Cravener, pastor d officiating, assisted by Rev. Charle If Tibbals, Rev. MT. Howell of thi d town. The Episcopal conference no7 e in session flinders the presence ( d Bishop Brewster and other member J. of the Episcopal churches, from al s, tending.
 -I Interment was made in the fanil
 burial uIot in Berkshire csrneterx.