The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-13
FAIRFIELD
Lincoln Exercises-The Birthday Social Need of Fire Escape Cars Derail. ed Schoolmasters' Meeting.

1 All tll0 SCuOOlS III IOWn were ClOSeu
 yesterday in honor of the centennial
 anniversary of the birth of Lincoln.
 Exercises appropriate to the occasion l were held in the schools on Thursday,
 and consisted of recitations, the read
 ing of the Gettysburg address, extracts
 from both inaugurals, and the singing
 of patriotic songs. There was a gra-
 cious display of flags throughout the
 town, and the library and post office
 were closed during business hours. Last night large audience filled the
 the program which had been prepared | by Rev. Frank s. Child, in honor of l the day. Judge Perry did not deliver an original oration. as some papers had announced, but read the second l inaugural. Walt Whitman's> poem,
 "Oh. Captain. My Captain" was ef- Actively read by MT. Deyo. supt. Wheatley read a we'll prepared syn opsis of the historical or rather bio graphical events in the life of Lin coin. There were other appropriate exercises, and the services closed with the singing of Mrs. Howes Battle Hymn of the Republic f" T At least forty young people attend ed the Birthday Social" given at the
 Congregational church on Thursday evening. A delightful social hour was
 enjoyed, with games, music, and re-
 treatments. The proceeds which
 amount to considerable are for some charitable purpose. A few of the la
 dies and gentlemen present were MT. Benjamin Betts, MT. Edward Osborn,
 MT. J. Biting Deyo, Howard Thomas,
 Winfield and Earnest Thomas, John
 Donaldson, Roger Smith, the two Mis-
 ses Dorothy Smith, the. Misses Glover,
 David and Andrew Huntington, Mar
 ion Donaldson. John and Louise For
 sythe, May, Grace and Willie West,
 Miss Amy Child, Arthur and Biting Deyo, Iva King, Amy Jennings, Roger
 Sherman Child, Eddy Ryker,. Miss Ryk-
 CT, Grace Rich, Helen eForsythe and
 others.
 The ladies of the sewing society had
 very pleasant afternoon yesterday at the house of Mrs. Smith, wife of the Assistant Postmaster. After an hour or two of sewing they enjoyed a bas- ket picnic, as thescustom is. In the company were Mrs. Ollie Jennings, Mrs. J. Biting Deyo, Mrs. John For sythe Miss Sinclair and Miss Loretta Perry.
 The fact that the town of Westport has voted to place a fire escape on the Bridge street school, calls renew ed attention to the fact that there are five schools in this. town which need a fire escape. All the school houses in Westport are now. supplied with them. The schools of this town which should be so provided are the South port. the Center, Greenville, new Mich ols Terrace and Stratfield. These are all wooden buildings and not one of them has as good a protection against danger from fire had the Ceiling. wood school in Ohio, where last year so many children lost their lives.
 At 2:30 p. m. Thursday afternoon the | local way freight headed west while 1 pulling out of the siding near. the de- | ,4oI, s>- line, the rear truck of the third car from the engine left the rail, pulling l the head truck on the fourth car off, 1 thus derailing two cars. This caused | the blocking of one of the east bound ! main lines. Traffic was diverted at l once to the other east bound track, 1 known as No. 2. without any delay | to the other east bound trains. The | way freight was in charge of Con- l ductor Stunpf and Engineer Longley. 1 The New Haven steam wrecker was 1 sent for arriving at o'clock, re-rail | ing the cars at 4:25. The wrecker and the way train then proceeded east l ward. The cars were loaded with | merchandise for Bridgeport and West | Haven.
 MT. John Cusack, who recently gave up his position at the depot, has secur- ed a position as conductor with the traction company of Bridgeport.
 The St. Thomas Athletic club hav- | ing challenged the Oneido club for 8 foot race, the boys are practicing and l the route has been measured off 1 around what is known as the l square" which is 8 little less than a mile. Exactly when the race will be pulled off has not been announced.
 The teachers of this town are en- toying very much the lectures of Prof. Judd which are being delivered in So. | NorWalk.
 There will be meeting of the Round Table on the | 2Oth inst, at Stamford. at which time the Executive Committee of the Fair field County Teachers Association will be called. to meet, by the Chair man, Supt. William A. Wheatley for the purpose of preparing a program for the May meeting. ; The local School Board will hold a meeting a week from next Monday.
 MT. Moses s. Banks who is now with his wife in North Carolina, is ex- pected home some day next week.
 Through the thoughtfullness of Mrs. Ma bel Osgood Wright the teachers of}N this town were presented with an efasj borate Lincoln supplement of a daily illustrated New York paper.
 Miss Mary Russell, Smith. daughter of MT. William H. Smith, of Mill Plain, is now a student at Syracuse Uniyer- sity Her sister, who is student at. IL