The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-12
FAIRFIELD
Committees for the Coming Fair-Gift to the Library-NIrs Burr's Musical A Fresh Air Festiyal-Personal Mention.

A special meeting of the Hook and LaGder Company was held on Friday evening to perfect arrangements for the coming old fashioned. open air fair
 which is to be given on the school house grounds. MT. Frank Seiggel is chairman of the committees and the Following gentlemen were appointed chairmen of the several committees as 1ollows: Platform committee. Robert Dalling. This is to be something like 100 feet by 50 and will be placed under the trees. where the young folks can nave merry dance. For the com
 m1ttee on light. MT. Joseph Carroll is chairman: cane stands. MT. Ambrose smith: soda water and refreshments MT. William Mullitt: canvassing for subscriptions and prizes. MT. Fife; on
 music, MT E. Bennett; on printing. MT. John Dunleavy; on frankfurters,
 Thomas Griffin: on dolls, Fr&nk Smith;
 on ice cream. William McGarry: on
 tickets, James Furniss: and the treas
 urer is George Johnson. As is well known in the community, the object Of the fair is to raise funds for the
 purchase of an Ajax chemical engine. A meeting .,f the members of the | committee will be held tomorrow
 evening to report progress.
 Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wright's new book has been published. e Mrs. Harry Glover has just present. ed the library with above 100 volumes of all kinds. many of which are new and interesting. Saturday last quite a number of peo-
 pie stopping at the beach for the sum
 mer. subscribed to the library as read | CTS.
 Mrs. Gill and children are visiting Mrs. John McGarry.
 MT. G. H. Baldwin, of Brooklyn, is | visiting Mrs. Day at the beach, Mrs. J. J. Moffitt arrived at the
 beach on Saturday.
 The young people who sang or play | nS7 of hn oo1 crixy I~x, Mrs. Alice Bright Burr. included the | Misses Frances Pease. Blanche Wade
 Etta Brothwell. Ruth Mackenzie. Lydia | Beardsley. Lois Brothwell. Dorothy | kiss. Aretta Burr. Alice Bulkley. Annie l Mortensen, and Lillian Grumman | Others who assisted were Mrs. William
 E. Hulse and Ellsworth Grumman.
 Mrs F. E. Lane has gone to New Canaan to assists at the celebration ot | her mothers S7th birthday.
 MT. Hill of Reading. who has beer visiting Miss Carrie Warehouse. has
 returned home.
 | MT. and Mrs. Perry have returned
 to Orange. N J.. after a visit to Mrs | Thomas Callan.
 Next Thursday afternoon. on the | lawn of the Sherman parsonage. there | will be held a festival for the benefit | of the Fairfield Fresh Air Home. Gifts | of money. provisions. clothing. etc. will be gratefully received. and there | will be on sale ice cream. cakes, can- | dies, aprons. toys, fancy articles, an6 | lemonade. It costs about $500 a year | to maintain the Fresh Air Home | Last year 120 children had a two
 weeks vacation at the home. During | the past IT years the home has giver vacations to 2.000 children. The presi- | dent of the home is Rev. Frank s | Child: vice president. pr. William H | Donaldson. and treasurer. Amory E | Rowland.
 l The Misses Wells of Pequot avenue | are entertaining Miss Jeannette Will | son of New York.
 Miss Anna Callahan, of New York l has been visiting her mother in town | Miss Pickett. daughter of the post | master. has been entertaining Mis- | Marguerite Zeff of Port Chester | Miss Erma Lounsbury is at Cannon l Station for few weeks l Mrs Fisher and family are hom from a weeks outing at the beach