The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-26
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What Men Can Do-Two Aged Sisters Town Improvements Annexation Large Card Party-The Closed School

The men connected with the new Methodist church have been working for some time finishing the basement
 They have put in 8 concrete floor and divided the room into a supper room, kitchen, and 8 room for the steam heating plant. All of this has been
 done without expense to the church. There is a rumor that some of the Greens Farms residents do not like the
 notion. of having the West Long Lots school closed. Thg have petitioned to have the school reopened.
 The Herald of this town says that at the present time there are many peo- pie in Greens Farms who would be only too glad "to see that section pull ed off, that is annexed to Fairfield. The trolley company has agreed to give a. transfer to all parts of the town.
 The remains of two aged sisters, l once residents, Mrs. Orlean Lapham who died in Stamford, and Mrs. Carrie Taylor, Yoo died ine Darien, have been broHght to- town t0 De buried side by side in Willow Brook Cemetery. Mir. Robert T. Lees. who recently
 went to Florida, likes that country so we'll, he is having a bungalow built at Orlando, and he says it is June there all the time.
 Many members of Christ church par
 ish and St. Agnes Guild. were enter tained recently by Dr. and Mrs. Thos. c. Stearns. Stereopticon views.
 shadow pictures and bountfful sup per filled up the evening.
 At her home in Greens Farms Miss Barbara Ripp gave @ dance and sup per to many of her young friends, few evenings since, including the Miss es Elizabeth Walsh, Dora and Alice
 Baurger, Georgia Williams, Norma Huenerberg, and Messrs. Harry Stod- dard, Elmer Mills, Rodney Taylor. Louis McElwee, Carl Ramey. Fred Baurger, Joseph Runson and Rodney Taylor.
 and MT. Peterson of this town, have arrived at Algiers. They have gone on Mediterranean cruise.
 The Woman's Town Improvement Society has voted $100 to improve the grounds about the railroad station. At the next meeting the proposition to plant more shade trees will be consid- cred This society hopes the town, which owns Compo Beach, will forbid the erection of small shacks on the beach by parties from out of town, es- pecially since residents of the town are not permitted to do likewise The ob- ject is to clean up the beach and at- tract different class of residents.
 The officials of Willow Brook cene- tery are looking for a caretaker.
 Mr. Kenneth Mckenzie, who is now living in New York, makes frequent visits home.
 It is said that as soon as site can be found a soldiers monument will be provided to place upon it.
 A relative who recently died in Switzerland is said to have left handsome legacy to Mrs. Joseph Myers of Roseville.
 Rev. MT. Bishop has but four weeks longer to remain in town as the pastor of the Methodist church.
 The town will be glad if the state will take the turnpike. from Sasco Creek to Norwalk, and keep it in re- pair. An effort to have the state do this will be made at Hartford.
 On the 2nd of March the Selectmen will hold one of their monthly meet ings.
 MT. Allen who has been i'll with pneumonia is reported to be inprov- ing.
 A few evenings since MT. and Mrs. Orlando I. Allen gave a large card praty. The rooms were decorated with cut flowers and ferns. A few of the guests were Dr. W. $. Putney of Mill ford, MT. Lauren Allen of South Nor walk, Dr. c. B. Wheeler, Capt. Sereno Allen, Judge Joseph Morton, Miss Eva Jelliff, and the following gentlemen with their vices: Oscar, E. C.. and A. U. Smith, Merritt and Robert Gault, Burritt and Horace Wakeman, E. Sterns Wheeler, Charles Fable, Frank Dayton, Frederick Bradley and George Guyer.
 MT. and Mrs Bradley Goodsell of Greens Farms have the grip.
 MT. William Rider is home from 8 weeks vacation in Washington.
 Yesterday was a good cool day for the indignation of any person to cool off who feels indignant because the West Long Lots school has been clos ed. There are 1urid hints that town is to be called to consider the | matter.
 One who is well up in figures says it | costs the town the sum of $3,500 each | year to keep the turnpike in repair.
 Ralph Chase intends to go into bus l mess for himself. He was a clerk at 1 drug store.