The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-09
STAMFORD
Coming Lawn Fetes Handsome Photo.
 graph-Wind-1igh School Talk
 Lectures Next Winter..What We Hear

Two or three lawn fetes have been planned to come off during the next few weeks. These include the Mason ic, the Ladies' Aid of the Congrega- tional church, and one to be given by the library, on the grounds of that building. Miss Russell ever has in mind the needs of the library. in the way of new books, and it has been the custom to give an outdoor enter tainment for the purpose of raising funds for the purchase of new books. This particular r>fete will be given early in August. Father O'Conner, also tractive garden sales of vegetables and the fruits of the earth.
 There is on exhibition at the Wilson pharmacy, a handsome co1ored photo graph of the old and new Catholic Rectory. It makes a very pretty pie ture and affords all who wish to adorn their walls with a bit of home seen cry, an opportunity for so doing.
 Rev. c. s. Bullock and A. Spencer Reynolds have again gone to C1eve- land, Ohio on a business proposition.
 MT. Frederick Viner has taken his family to the beach for fortnight.
 The Woodmen of the World will meet the third Thursday of this month at the hall of the Housa tonic grange.
 The Shepherds of Bethlehem met last evening and installed officers for the next six months.
 Mrs. Geo. A. Fairchild has been en-
 
 terbury.
 It was Geo. A. Porter's automobile which hauled the chemical to the re- cent fire in double quick time
 The matter of lighting Christ church with electricity is soon to come be- fore the officials and the electric light company for consideration.
 Dea. Philo P. Haven has charge of the Congregational Sunday school to be held at Beardsley's Park on the 23rd inst.
 Visitors in town include Mrs. C. Se- gar and Miss segar of Ansonia; Chas: Rogers and family home from cruise; Miss Emma Goodwin; William Barnun, stopping with friends on Warwick avenue; and Benjamin Syr- cit of Brooklyn.
 There was some talk at the recent town meeting about putting a male principal in the the High. school and doing away with a Superintendent of Schools. One speaker said we employ a man at $2 an hour to show us how to spend other peoples money Of course this bit of humor was very wide of the mark. There must be a head to look after all the schools in town; see that the standard is main cordance with the requirements of the statet law; that the teachers are the best which can be had for the money; that children of the school age are not
  very many other things which it would be quite impossible for a teach CT to attend to if ngaged all day in the class room. The feeling in town doubtless is that some sort of high school must be maintained AS the problem of new buildings has been settled, and the grade question is therefore disposed of. there is now no school question before the public but in a year or two the High school prop osition will have to be threshed out. MT. Stanley Y. Beach will fly his ma
 chine, When tEe wind is calm and the sky
 serene. It is said that a man named Smith, from Williams college, will be the new teacher of stenography and type at the center school The Tuesday Afternoon Embroidery club has made a trip to New Haven Miss Russell of the library is in correspondence with a number of men 0f note relative to a course of lectures to be given during the coming win ter. Those of last winter were well attended and quite profitable.