The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-05
STAMFORD


 Very many people in town express satisfaction over the announcements, first made in the Farmer. that at the next town meeting the question Of consideration. If those who favor this proposition will work as hard as Judge Peck and Clayton Blakeslee did at the last election to obtain their results, then the lights will be quickly forth coming. The people can depend upon Father CConnor and MT. Conine to help the cause along. .
 Only "a small growth on the leg" is the strange announcement made re- garGing the why and wherefore Sher- if Stagg went to the Bridgeport hos pitaI for an operation. Let us hope then statement is true.
 The fine new house on Barnum ave- nue. close by the new Franklin school house, belongs to Capt. Edward H. Sturdevant.> He has set good exam pie for the neighborhood to follow, put everybody cannot afford to build such
 Rev. T. H. Robinson preached at the Bethany Mission yesterday. Rev. MT. Simpson. connected with mission work in Bridgeport, occupied the pulpit of the NeighbOrhood church, last night. Miss Alice Gamblin was the preach CT at the Methodist church yester- day.
 Thomas Wilkes and family has nov ed into one of the new cottages OH Wood avenue.
 The Women's Home Missionary So- ciety of this town has elected the fol- lowing officers: President, Mrs. Ihom- as Taylor; vice president. Mrs. William B. Coggswell; secretary. Mrs. pr. Packard: treasurer, Mrs. P. F. Haven; MrS. | Margaret DeLacour.
 As the thieves got nothing when they broke into the house Of stanley Y. Beach. no clues have been followed up.
 Miss Lilla Judson has been suffer ing from a sevehe cold.
 Some one says it is well to patron ize local stores and keep the money in town. But the local stores keep bank accounts in Bridgeport. and send
 the money out of town as fast as they get it. On Dec g a play is to be given at Red Mems hall for the Masonic build- ing fund.- If one is not Mason. he will be just as welcome to help on the cause
 Where Ralph Sherwood got his new artesian well. which he has had 1n- = stalled" on his place. is the puzzle of the season. It was probably dug, in- stead of being installed.
 A daughter has recently been born to Herbert F. Allen. and son to W1l- liam Soloman.
 The dance given by the Beta Epsilon people on Friday evening was largely attended by the younger element Of society. The music was by Finkle- stones orchestra. There was grape juice and lemonade for the thirsty Most of the music had love Tor US theme-Love is like a red. red rose; Come over and love me some more; All that I ask is love; Honey I will long for you. etc. Some of thesyoung ladies present were Agnes and Mar raret Dosch. Mabel and Helen Havens Evans, Beulah Thompson. Anna Heig, Myriel Baldwin. Marguerite Garry, Ruby Reed. Isabelle Hoyt. Ruth Br1s- tol., and Frances George. The young men included Harold Nothnaele or Bridgeport. Art Arthur na ano,,r and Emmess nanrge Keeier Wilson. Radford and Judson Smith. c. W. Walker. IT,. Louis Bris- toI. Roger Beers. Donald Sammis. Stanley Meachen Harold Lees. Donald Berdsey. and Thomas Conine.
 It is said the Stratford braves will take their wives to the theatre party wh oh is to be given at the Empire. A few papooses will also go.
 Our fire laddies have had a meet ing and nominated officers for the en- suing year. as follows: Preslaent. eAat, Judson; treasurer. Frank Evitts: sec retary, Town Clerk Lowell; trustees, Harry Plumb, James Lalley and Louis Burritt
 i, Walter Wheeler and wife went to New York to attend the ThaW-Brao- ley wedding.
 All Mrs. Sidney Mills wants from tn etown for an accident caused by defective sidewalk is $500:
 Friday evening the informal dance given by the Beta Epsilon society, Finklestont furnished the music for the evening The program was as follows: Two step, Honolulu Rag; waltz, Take Chance With Me; two step, Somebody Else; waltz, Waltz Me Till I Am Weary Dearie; caprice, ster I will Miss You Grille Mine; waltz, My Cavalier; two step, Come Over and Love Me Some More; waltz All That I Ask is Love. Intermission. Waltz, Any Old Town is Lonesome Old Town; two Step. I'll Make Ring Around Rosie; two step, Honey I Will Long for You; barn dance, By the Light of the Silvery Moon; two step, Mix on the Glow Worm Lena; waltz, Swing Me High, Swing Me Low; two step, Medley, Selected. There We're at least three encores to each dance. The Paul Jones'' took the place of the barn dance and this was enjoy ed very much by the young folks Also the Serpentine dance was pret- tily done. Just before the dance, the couples were given coils of colored paper, which they threw over wires across the hall. The dancers then
 danced through this mass of colored
 paper and it was very amusing sight to see them in their efforts to
 go through it without becoming en- tangled. The chaperons were Miss
 Ida Grimshaw, Miss Margaret Cur tis, Miss Eloise James and Miss Bes- sic Day, teachers in the High school. | Among those who attended were Miss l Nina -Aufford, blue messaline; Marcia
 Phillips, red silk; Margaret Dosch. white; Agnes Dosch, lowered bat1st',; Juanita Hines of Bridgeport, pink l chiffon over pink silk with pink roses as trimmings; Josephine Houghton. white chiffon accordion plaited; Olive Clapp, white; Susan Bennetto, white lingerie en princess; Ruth Bristol, 1 copper colored satin en hobble; Anna Hieg, pale blue satin with silver trim | mings; Ruby Reed, white batlste; 1 Florence Lewis, white batiste; clari- | bel Lewis, lowered batiste; Alice Seeley of. Bridgeport, lavender messa- l line with silver trimmings; Mabel l Ravens, Bridgeport, pale blue messa- | line: Helen Havens, blue chiffon with marabout trimmings; Isabelle Hoyt of Danbury, white point d'esprit; IBeula Thompson, old rose; Beatrice 1 Derby yellow: Miss Evans of Bridge