The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-14
STRATFO!RD
A Delightful Trip-Some School Mat +ers-Church Services-A Political Ser,Aon-A Celestial Robbery-No License-Personal Notes

A party of towns people, plan soon to take a trip up the Hudson. to Al bany. then trolley rlde 10 Lake A,s George. and returning to New York go to Boston by way Of the Sound on the Yale or Harvard. and thence on to Old Orchard beach. in Maine. where they will close the season.
 Rev. c. s. Bullock returns to CIeve- land on Mon1ay-
 The Hotel Astor in New York is be- ing fitted with the thermoStat ire an- nunciator which was invented in this town and is now being manufactured
 The School Board has made a pro- position to the trustees of the Nelgh- borhood Church looking towards rent ing the school room of that building for the coming school year. It will be impossible to add the new rooms to the center school ready to be oc- cupied much before the coming ofs spring. and 170 children must be pro- yided for or there will be tremend- ous amount of criticism on the part Of parents whose children have to remain at home. While the plans for the addition have been completed for some time as yet no contracts have been let. At the last meeting of the Board, a number of bids were received. put all were rejected And it is under stood that no definite location for the cided upon- There are still some peo- ple in town who think building an addition to the center building is great mistake. especially as the cost will, be considerable. and the crowd of children already drawn to the build ing will be largely increase. when it is admitted that on account of the many troIleys passing by the door the situation is a dangerous one-
 Mrs. P. H. Troy and family are the guests of Mrs. W. H. Benjamin.
 Miss Beatrice Bullock of Cold Spring, New York. has been visiting relatives in town. the guest of Rev. and Mrs. c. s.. Bullock She will soon return home and Miss Evelyn Bullock will go with her.
 Mrs. David O'Conner. of Brooklyn. is spending a week with Mr. and Mrs. David Hughes of East Broad street
 A gentleman recently travelling be- tween Rochester and Buffalo. met Donald Fallzen. of this town. who was on business tour of north western New York state
 Letters from Frederick Lewis, who went to Pittsburg. to engage in the manufacture of electrical appliances, in a large plant in that city. announce that he likes the place and is con tented.
 This being the off season. regular services will not be held in all the churches tomorrow. While MT Far rar is away a substitute breaches at the Methodist church The Congrega- tiona1 church remains closed. There will be morning prayers at Christ church, and at the Neighborhood church the subject of the sermon will \ be: f'The Mark on the Forehead" The pastor will call down some of our modern politicians who have betrayed the people. He says this state and Rhode Island are the two rottenest states, politically. in the Union- The various co1ored Baptist churches VIII be open usual.
 Considerable Surprise was manifest ed among wise citizens when 1t was announced that John Sing. the Celes- tial who runs a laundry near the Ia rnouS When restaurant, had been rob- bed Of $90 in the night Few suppoEed n nc leandFy- Up te dete no elqe