The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-05
CnTTLT PERSONAL,
 H II OOO1hA MU SICAL
Especial to the Farmer9

Special to the Farmer.)
 New York, June 5.-Quite number of Bridgeport boys, once school-fel- lows, members of polo teams, base ball clubs, wheel clubs, Sc, Sc. and
 chums altogether, in their happy boy
 hood days are now prosperous citizens of the great metropolis. Last evening Julian Sterling entertained some of the number at his residence on 94th street, Central Park West MT. and l Mrs. Sterling received their guests under a large floral design in which the June roses were clustered to form | the words Welcome to the boys from home." and under were arranged Ill., | lies of the valley to read Made in | Bridgeport" It was the first reunion | since the leaving of dear old Bridge port some years since and it proved to be a happy event, as Teddy would say | "chock full of spirit and bully" All l of those present have prospered, are men of meanS-with wives and chfl-
 dren and met last night to ''reminis'
 over school days and 'loquate' up to
 the present time. The evening began
 ory of Bridgeport and ended in a sup
 per prepared by the son of Nose Hayes once cook for Minor Smith and
 was a veritable replica of one of Mi nor's famous shore dinners. Many a | one of which all those present had | devoured years before at Minors old
 stand on the borders of the Housa- tonic river. With crabs, split eelS, holsters, steamed clans and various
 side dishes prepared after Minors | best menu, the feast progressed to | the delight of the boys from home al | though the surroundings and table furniture was far from the style of table garniture always in evidence at | the resort on the banks of the Housa- | tonic.
 Those present were Robert French, travelling representative for Marks and
 company; Luther Allen, general man ager for Ronalds and Johnson. Brook | lyn; Charles Allen, New York mana ger for Thomas P. Taylor; Dr. Harry Beers, (son of Judge A. B. Beers) spe-
 cialist of ear and throat and fast ap- preaching a leading place in the pro- fession as he has been very success | full; L. c. Parker, N. Y. manager Of | Rogers, travelling representative of l The Charles Parker Company; Fred w. To1ley. vice president and general | manager of The Sterling Bronze Com
 pany; Preston H. Aspeu. manager G. P. sPutnam Co.,, 23rd St., N. Y.; Will liam Dench, manager of The Elliott | Fisher Co.,, 329 Broadway; Sterling H. Bunnel1, with the James Reilly Auto Supply and Repair Cos, 90 West St.; Perry MacNeille, consulting engineer
 of Maine & MacNeille; Walter Mac Nellie, auditor for Interstate Railroad commission; Robert MacNeille, con- per Co.,; Theodore I. Coe, with Novels l and Stokes, Arehitects; Paul Sterling,
 Division engineer. New York and Bos- ton Railway Company; Maxwell Ster- ling, civil engineer, New York and | Stamford Electrical Division Consoli- | dated R. R. and John w. Howes Of Wheeler and Howes, Bridgeport, col l league of the host in years past, when | Wheeler and Howes of Bridgeport. Fred Tolley was invited by the host | to preside as toastnaster upon this oc- casion, mentioning the fact that MT.
 To1ley represented the Sterling Bronze | Company in which commodity there
 was large percentage of brass, which sentiment was so vociferOusly cheer ed that it appeared to the walters as | if that alloy was nearly evenly dis tributed. However, MT. To1ley mod estly accepted and in silvery tones touched up his audience as one by lone they were called upon to sing a song or speak,
 MT. Toliey's "reminiscences of the
 Adams Express business in the old
 depot where now is elevated that classic runway of Bridgeport's pride
 '"The Coles Express passenger sta
 tion," was an elaborate eulogy of Henry Sanford, Prof. Samuel s. San
 ford, Victory Curtis and David Foote. Between steamed clans, bluefsh and prawns Syd Lockwood was toasted and as an absent member the story was retold of how he draped Minerva
 in the High School buildings when | Prof. Bartley was Principal. Then a
 solemn murnur went up when it was recalled how the now Rev. Charles
 Smith, (then Charlie Snith) let snakes | loose under the female teachers desk. | Also frogs that he had captured in Moody's pond to see if they would I swallow the snakes captured at Samp | Mortar or if the snakes would swallow
 the frogs. And then all the diners blushed when they recalled how that l teacher jumped upon her desk reefed her skirts and shrieked. A resume was gone over of swimming at Sea-
 side Park and the chasing cops, the
 old wheel club and the old polo team of which Syd Lockwood. Ben Miller,
 Harry Seeley, Fred Halligan, Ed.
 Hutchinson and Edward Bradley were
 the spirited members. Then some one
 told of Al Tones 4th of July celebra- tions and how the State street gang
 were better sports then than any on that treeless thoroughfare to-day.
 John W. Wheeler spoke with feel ing of the old baseball teams. "The
 Stars' and '"The Crescents.'' He was pitcher of the latter club and he be- lieves baseball is deteriorating. En- friends such as Frank Hastings. Tom JDeForest, Tim Cummings, Anderson Brothers, the Wren boys, Henry Cur tis, Rob Johnson. Syd Wood, Ferris
 the close of the dinner a silent toast, standing was in memory of Shelton Stevenson, "Fen'' Spencer and Elmer
 Wright. in the old days playmates and companions of those present There were songs as well as speeches and the evening closed with "Auld Lang Syne." J. H. S.
 Invitatio will shortly be issued by
 the Bridgeport hospital for commence
 ment exercises of the Bridgeport Hos
 pital Training School for Nurses, which ! this year will be held in the Park
 Street Congregational church, June IA.
 The address will be delivered by John $. Pullman of this city, and diplomas
 will be awarded by Horace H. Jack
 son. The music will be furnished by Prof. Harry H. Whitaker, organist of
 the Park Street church, and Miss Ada
 M. Tuck, the popular soprano. The public as usual is cordially invited to
 these exercises, which will be partic-
 ularly interesting as the class numbers