The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-15
WESTPORT
Closing tue Allen SchoOl-The Annexa'
 tion Agitation on-Farmer's Institute
 Case of IIIness-Red and Green Lights

IlOD AgllaIiOn-rarmeT inStItute
 Case of Illness-Red and Green Lights
 All the schools in town were closed Friday in honor of the day and yes terday memorial services were held in l all the Protestant churches. l There will be hearing next Thurs day night, at 7:15 in the School Com mittee Rooms, to consider whether to keep open the Allen district school. There are but 12 children of school age in that district, all the same the 60 in- habitants residing within it's bounds have sent petition to the school l board praying that the school may be kept open. It seems the old district school system dies hard. It will cost l at least $50 month to run the school, l and considering how economical the | town has recently shown itself to be | Tn the matter of two or three tele- l phones for schools, at an annual cost l Of SIP for each school, it does not look as if the school board will vote to | spend $50 a month for F scholars. At | all events it is expected that consid- l erable opposition will be manifested at | the coming meeting.
 A fire escape Is to be placed upon the | Bridgeport street school house. 1 about annexing a part of Greens Farms to Fairfield, is an old story, which breaks out every few years. They do not take the matter serious | ly. The bulk of the population is con- | servative and does not believe in dis turbing old boundary lines. l Mr. John A. Holden, a summer res- | ident of Company, wished to marry Miss Mydia, daughter of Alfred M. Maddock of Saugatuck, but was re- fused a license in Bridgepo1- on the ground of want of consent of the pa- rents of the young woman who was under age. Subsequently the parents consented and all went as merry as a marriage bell
 MT. D. c. Godfrey has returned to Portchester.
 MT. and Mrs. Neil Mitchell and daughters are home from New York, where they went to attend the funeral of MT. Mitchells father.
 The new town house will be occu- pied about the 1st of April. As has long been known the room designed for the Town clerk, is much too small
 There are 293 telephones in town, and every little while the number Is being increased. The private citizens seem to think a telephone is 8 good thing to have in any place but a school house.
 Miss Alice Hayden of Compo has pneumonia.
 Miss Martha Mills has been visiting her mother on Dingee's Hill.
 Two hundred and sixteen gentlemen and ladies took dinner at the chapel of the Greens Farms church on Lin coln's birthday, being in attendance upon the Farmers Institute. Rev. MT. Strayer made a very good address about Abraham Lincoln. Some of the speakers advertised as expected failed to appear and others had to be substi- tuted. All in all a good time was had and the tillers of the soil departed with much new wisdom and reinforce ed courage.
 It is said that son of MT. and Mrs. John Allen, of Compo, also has pneu- monia.
 MT. William Burr and daughters are home again from Bermuda.
 Miss McCauley has been visiting her parents in Danbury.
 The young people of the Methodist church gave a Lincoln social few evenings ago.
 Mrs. Samuel Elwood has been visit ing in Bridgeport.
 A lady living in the Cranberry dis trict, Miss Mary Phillips. is on the sick list.
 The late MT. Cornelius Mitchell, who died few days ago in New York, used to spend the summer months at the home of Miss Julia Wakeman at Greens Farms. He was we'll known in town.
 A large number of the friends and acuuaintances of the late Frank Brady attended his funeral at the church of the Assumption. He was known as an honest, cheerful, hard working man and although occupying. an humble station, was much thought of.
 The pupils of the East Saugatuck school gave the play of Uncle Toms Cabin" on Friday last.
 The Misses Peffers of the Farms have arrived at St: Augustine, Flor ida. They are domiciled at the hotel Valencia.
 Architects have drawn plans for five new cottages to be built at Compo and Sound beaches when the season opens.
 Naturally no one fin westport has seen the petition MT. Bedford is cir culating in Greens Farms for the an- nexation of that district to Fairfield. The petition is being signed by resi- may all have blown off the petition tree, but if they have it only shows that the next thing in order is fruit.
 MT. William Petrie has so far re- covered from a recent illness as to be able to resume his duties at Browns business college in Norwalk.
 Yesterday Rev. George E. Bishop preached on Abraham Lincoln and Re- ligious Thoughts During His Time.
 If it is true that there is no annexa- tion proposition before the people the Civic Club will not have to wrestle with the proposition. The good folks of Greens Farms cannot annex them selves to Fairfield; that has to be done by the legislature.
 The red and green lights have been placed on the bridge over the Sauga- tuck and now both trains and ships can pass in safety, if those in charge discriminate between the two colors.
 MT. P. L. Dolan has returned to Boston.
 MT. Frank Mendez of Greens Farms is having a fire proof garage built.
 MT. George Everetts has closed his market. It was just across from the railroad station.
 There is a rumor that a number of people in town say the times are so hard they cannot scrape up enough money to pay taxes. So they will apply to the Board of Relief.
 Mir. Eugene McKenna, a clerk at the Salmon store, is reported to be ill with Brights disease.
 New York parties have rented the 0@.nEfA yNIoaa in .uon,c 1oip