The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-03
FAIRFIELD
The New Teachers No Teacher of Pen. manShip-C0st for Tuition - Book Committee Rush of Visitors s-Clnb Celebration.

The school board has made the fol lowing selections for the coming sea- son: Miss Aloysius Dempsey, of
 Stamford. will teach the 4th and 9th grades at the center school. Miss Eu- dora l.. Lowders of South Norwalk, will teach the Banks North school. Miss Catherine Fisher of Meriden, is to
 teach at Holland Hill. Miss Jennie E..
 Crotty of Danbury, will teach the 3rd and 4th grades in the Nichols Terrace school. Miss Lena M. Fanton of Wes- ton, has been engaged for the inter mediate room at the Greenfield Hill school. Miss Maud R. Russell, of New Haven, is to teach music in all the schools.
 It is understood that there will be no special teacher of penmanship for the local schools next year. MT. Prince, of Bridgeport, who has been the lec- turer to the teachers on the art of writing during the past school year, has accepted position with the American Book Company as their ex- pert in penmanship, and will leave the Bridgeport High school. The salary of Miss Lena M. Schwartz has been raised in the sum of $50 annually. Two of the towns pupils in the Bridgeport Dorothy Smith of Mill Plain, stood second in her class. A year or two her sister took the first place in her class.Sherman Porter, from Stratfeld, WOu lHc w hStlST pIlZC III lHc oI4u6S- port High school. It has been deter mined that hereafter the graduation exercises of the Sth grade scholars will be held in the school rooms where they are taught, and will be an informal affair. So the last public graduation has been held. This will be a saving of at least some $50, including the rent of a public hall. Supt Wheatley will ics, until the last of July. Meanwhile he intends to pass a week visiting in Chester, Pa It cost the town for tu- ition last school year the sum of s2,- 51S.75 to send it's boys and girls to Bridgeport to school. The transporta- tion cost $550. The state will refund
 three-f1fths of the tuition, and one- half of the transportation
 The Book Committee of the library yesterday afternoon listened to the reading of the annual report by Miss Emma F. Wakeman-
 Miss Eleanor Warehouse has plan ned to go to the beach next Monday for a few days
 town people for the beach yesterday and the night before. One local liv- eryman had his men and horses work ing until one o'clock at night, carry ing passengers from the depot and distributing baggage.
 There was a rumor in town that A. Holland Forbes balloon had landed in Bill Burrs hayffeld, and that he was SuTpTlSe0 lO see HIS IlGlo cOV6T6o WILL canvas. The truth is, according to MT. Forbes, who was in town yester- day. that he landed in Ponfret.
 MT. Jordan, of Jordan & Miller, real estate men of Bridgeport, has taken the cottage at the beach known as "The Light"
 6 The lawn of Trinity church, South port, was we'll filled on Thursday even- ing, the attraction being a strawberry festival. At least 200 gentlemen and ladies were present and the receipts are estimated at $50. <
 Monday afternoon at the Greenfield Country club, there will be an old fashioned celebration of the day. with a clam bake, refreshments and games. Rev. MT. Dillingham; will give 3 short address and there will be a | game of baseball. Mrs. Eli Wakeman hac charge of the arrangements and is invited.
 Patrick Collins of Southport has be- come a motorman on the trolley line |