The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-05
WESTPORT
Kings Highway-Town Officials-Base. ball Motormen-Music- and Ladder-PersoHaI Mention.

| All the schools in town are having a vacation until the 12th inst Every little while someone rises to
 say that the Kings highway between | this town and Southport is in pad condition, that 1t Is dusty and needs oiling. and that automobiles tear up the surface of the road bed. The road was rebuilt last year, and should be macadanized- 1t is proposed to Keep it oiled during the coming summer. The town officials now occupy their respective rooms in the new but rather small town hall. It has been publish ed that the town clerks office is so email he does not know what to do with his feet, and they are no larger than those of average men. One man suggests that the inconvenience, not
 the feet, will wear off in the course of
 time. 1t has been suggested that the clerk might put his feet upon the top of the table. Gentlemen have been
 known to do such tricks.
 The Westporter-Herald will move in-
 to the vacant Toquet block, and in its fionery for the town
 Some 30 residents of the West Long Lots school district of Greens Farms nave held a meeting at the house of Adolph Hunnerberry, to consider the situation regarding the closing of the
 school in their district. Under certain
 conditions it has been agreed to open the school
 Quite a number of local Methodists
 have been in Stamford the past week
 attending the conference.
 A number of young men in town
 have formed a baseball team which
 they call the Greens Farms baseball team. It is hoped to play a number
 of games during the season Notice has been made that the smelt
 season will close on the 18th inst. The price is now 20 cents pound, but the fishing is not very good. Some of the citizens are agitating in favor of having a large sewer laid from the town house to the river. It is stated that the motormen on the cars which run from Bridgeport to Norwalk will hereafter be obliged to make the whole trip, and not stop off
 at this town as heretofore. The statue of the Blessed Virgin which will be placed in the Church of the Assumption by Father Duggan, is now being made in Italy. There was a large crowd present at the union services to hear Rev. MT. George Bishop preach his farewell ser mon. The Congregationalists united
 with the Methodists.
 The choir of the Greens Farms church gave a cantata yesterday, as-
 sisted by a quartette from Bridge port.
 It is announced that the bridge over | the river at Saugatuck is now com pleted. This improvement has been | needed for a long time, and heretofore has called forth a. good deal of criti- cism. Now all will be quiet Flower beds are to be arranged thing to make the place more attrac- tive will he welcome.
 Persons who have recently been viS- iting in town include Mrs. William N. Smith, who has gone home to Boston; l Miss Elizabeth Dickson, to Meriden: | Master Earl Barlow, of Port Chester; Miss Minnie Huenerberg, to New York; Frederick KempeT. who has been visit Iv,cr r,f<> fof ,,Ir tO New York; Miss Florence Nichols, to Summerfield, Mass; Mrs. Theron Brown, to Boston; Mrs. William Keeler
 and family, for California; Arthur joined the police force.
 Among those who have come to this
 pretty and quiet village during the past week to visit friends, or for other purposes, are Miss Elizabeth Walsh, after a two weeks vacation: Miss Helene Kemper from Sound Beach; Mrs. Emily Beers from Bridgeport; :; l Miss Everley and Miss Nettie Peffer,
 from Florida; Dr. William tColey, of
 New York; Joseph Adams from Cali l fornia: the Misses May and Lillian Burr from a week in New York; Rev.
 M. Taylor, of New York; and William Hurlbutt, from Pfttsburg. The Musical Society meets this ev- ening at the home of MT. and Mrs.
 Willard s. Adams. portion of the
 evening will be devoted to readings by
 Rev. B. J. Craft of Bridgeport. There wiM also b a quartette composed of the Misses Emma Kemper. Edna Brad ley, Alice Smith, and Mrs. W. F. Os-
 b b.orne.
 Yesterday at Christ church "The Palms was sung by Miss Alice E.
 Smith, and in the evening the Story of the Cross was a part of the mu- sical program.
 The Colonial Club proposes to give a dance at National hall on the evening of the 29th inst.
 Mrs. Ida H. Werner, who used to live in town, writes from Texas that she is now on a ranch IA miles from Gal weston, where pears, oranges and figs grow in abundance. She will be glad to have any of her Westport friends call if they happen to be passing that way.
 The new home for the Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company. in the rear of the town hall, IS fast approaching