The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-06
STAMFORD


 the late MT. Booth during his sickness
 as a trained nurse, will pass the re-
 malnder of the winter with Miss Jen-
 nie Booth, on Booth street.
 A map of the town is to be made
 showing the different fire districts.
 These will be printed on a card and
 should be carried in ones hat, in case
 the Congregational bell rings.
 If a fire breaks out in your ch1m-
 ney, or under the stairs. telephone at
 once to Chief Judson. If you have no
 telephone, rush to one of the neighbors
 who has one.
 The School Board has just held a
 plans for the Hollister Heights shool
 have been adopted.
 Miss Nellie London is home from
 visit to New York city.
 It is announced that there is not
 much enthusiasm about the proposed
 trolley line on Barnum avenue. The
 subject has been worn threadbare. William St. John has been visiting
 in New York.
 It is said that Jack Park is to reside in Kansas City.
 The Woman's Aid Society held a meeting this afternoon in the chapel of the Congregational church. A number of the friends of Daniel Williams, who is a student at the Storrs Agricultural college, gave him a surprise party a few days ago.
 Those included Hattie Johnson. Rhoda King. Rose Swanson. Irene. Keefe, Katherine Wood, George Wood, Gene vieve Niver. George Dahlin. Stanley Teller. Richard King, Arnold Oster- lund and Ludwig Cassel. MT. and Mrs. B. A. Condict of Wa terbury, have been in town. A freight train recently ran off the track near the Sexton stone yard. and I,,,t rto ed havoc with MT. Sexton's fine nonu-
 ments and head stones. AS it was, it took several hours to put things to rights. When the wrecker came down from New Haven it's appearance caus- ed quite a flutter of excitement in town. Hardly anything escapes the watchfuI eyes of those to the manner born. Harold Lowell has given up his posi- l tion with the Bridgeport Trust Com pany What with a hardware store and the office of the town clerk, he has all a.narried man wishes to attend to right at home.
 The little village of Devon is grow | ing apace. and new houses are going
 up. A number have also been pro- jected for Lazy. Bank. The wife of our postmaster, Mrs. William B. Bristol. is on the commit r tee for the luncheon to be given on the
 
 A. R.
 All the box seats for Dr. Potterton' s lecture at the library tomorrow night have already been taken. Constable Rowe Wheeler has so far recovered from his recent illness as to
 be able once more to look after law breakers.
 | William Beard and Charles Brenn, from Scotland, have been visiting in Southport.
 Oil lamps continue to explode in houses in various parts of the town, and then there is a rush to put out the fire. As soon as those gas pipes
 are laid. people can do away with dangerous oil, and save their houses. The last explosion was on Warwick avenue. at the residence of William B. Booth.
 Sometime this week Paul Goodell and Miss Celia Wells will take a spin down l to New York to view the automobile show.
 Tomorrow afternoon Miss Augusta l Wheeler will entertain the w. c. T. ID. Association.
 1 A night or two ago MT. and Mrs. 1 Walter Wheeler of Academy Hill, gave l ing. The guests were MT. and Mrs. D. Fiarchild Wheeler. Miss Gladys Beardsley, Miss Celia Wells. Gregory Bryan, Kenneth Weeks. Wakeman Sherwood of Southport. who soon sails for Europe to meet his wife, Thomas DeForest and MT. Barlow of Water bury.
 All the young men and ladies who came home for the holidays return this week to their respective colleges-Ruth Haven, Frances Blakeman. Mara Fall
 ken. Eliot Cogswell, Fred Lewis. and Daniel Williams. Dorothy Beardsley has returned to Troy. A few days since. at their residence
 on Broadbridge Road. MT. and Mrs Peter Albrecht celebrated their golden wedding. Thirty of their descendants were present. who made the grandfaA ther and grandmother present of five s10 gold pieces. Other presents were received and a very enjoyable supper was served.
 The late John J. Booth left three ] sisters-Miss Addie Booth, Emily Booth, and Mrs. Fowler, who lives in l Texas.
 Frederick Townroe is soon to go on a commercial trip for the F. H. H. Smith Silver Company. He may be absent two or three months. The Neighborhcod church holds it's