The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-11
STAMFORD

The school Board of the town met on Friday evening at the center school to reorganize for the coming year and to transact necessary business. MT. Hen Grickson of Hollister Heights, was present for the first time, he being the newly elected memebr of the board. Dr. Cogswell, the president was absent. Mr. F. $. Beardslee was elected vice. chairman. MI. Frank Blakeman was elected secretary of the board. ME. Benjamin R. Underhill, of Boston, was present and addressed the board III connection with a new sanitary ar engagement for school houses. No ac- tion was taken on the matter, put probably two members of the board will visit some near by town where the new arrangement has been Installed.
 Something like 150 people were serV- ed with supper at the recent Devon Club harvest supper.
 The fire house has got new Janltor Chester Donaldson.
 William Miles, a well krown bakers driver, has lost son in New York from appendicitis.
 Last year it cost s1,757 to run the stratford library. There is cash bal ance on hand of $13S.
 lecture in town this winter, writes that he thinks England the most interesting country to lecture about, and he pre- fers his lectures on .Beautlful DeVon- Shire.' and "LOndOn.
 Mrs Herbert Bartram, who once lived in town, recently lost her hus- band in New Rochelle, who sustalned a fracture of the skull, as the result or being hit by an automobile. l. The work of moving back the annex to the center school, that the ground may be broken for the addition, has begun, and will be pushed with vlgor. Frank Plumb and Frederick Judson are two of our citizens who LOOK ID the Danbury fair.
 During the last Sunday of October the memorial exercises of the Red Men will be held.
 The Woodmen of the World are plan ing social events for the winter Mrs John Benjamin is back from a summer in Saratoga.
 MT. and Mrs. Henry Meachen are home from a very enjoyable trip to Michigan and Canada. All the old folks were at the tMetho- tdist church on Sunday.
 The Grange has been discussing the following question: Resolved, IhaI the various occupations should be open to Women on the same terms as men. Among the clergymen who are ex- pected in town to attend the seml7 church are Samuel Harvard Dana, Joel S. Ives, Cyrus F. Stimson and George ". Judson.
 The talk of having fire alarm sys- tenn for the town has begun once more. It is sometimes difficult to find the keys of the various churches, and the bell rope stands inside the tower. Rev. E. N. Packard expects to go to Minneapolis this week. Mr. D. Falkland Falken is in Ro- chester, N. Y., for an indefinite perlod | of time.
 Lewis Policy and John Wilkinson saw the attractions of the Danbury Fair
 James J. Corcoran. charged with | taking a bicycle belonging to samuel i Wakelee, was placed in charge of | Sheriff Stagg. He thought he had
 found the machine, and it was con | cluded he did not intend to steal It: | Quite a long list of subjects issued | by Prof. William Lyon Phelps, of Yale, 1 for lectures the coming winter, is now | in the hands of the lecture committee | of the Library, from which it will make ! a selection. It is thought two of the i lectures will be upon English ana 1 American contemporaneous authors.
 The Peterson place has a new we'll
 Mrs H. J. Lewis house is much inn
 proved in appearance since it received i a new coat of paint.
 | Earl J. Brownen and William Blam-
 ey are two more of our good folks | who went to Danbury last week. | Rev George~D. Egbert, of Norwalk will speak this evening to the Men's