The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-19
STRATFORD

The town meeting this evening prom
ises 10 be an interesting event. as the
taxpayers will be called upon to APP
propriate considerable sums of money
for the benefit of the town. That
there ought to be street lamps goes
without saying. and at leas so should
be provided for The recommends
lions OF the committee to which was
referred the matter OF buying an auto
chemical should be needed. and the
firemen should at least have enough
money to buy an AUTO truck. or
course the school house must be paid
for The other items in the warning
can very we'll wait until the town is
in a better financial condition.
The glass christening" at the Sam
mis- store. on Saturday. was quite a
popular event. A lovely irridescent
glass dish was given to every GUS
toner.
A little play was recently given at
Red Mems hall illustrating the pretty
after consequences of a bit of neigh
borhood gossip. and how it failed to
get into print. The ladies taking part
were Mesdames Ellsworth wilcox,
Emma Langdon. Helen Graham. Lii
lie Morehouse. Aida Edwards and
Cora Doran. Miss Ruth Hoadley and
| Miss Nellie wakelee also took parts
Wigwam invita- lions from the Red
Men to assemble at their hall on the
31st inst. and dance the old year out
| big Indians
Miss BERTHA Oviatt. from Providence.
r. J.. is visiting the family Of Town
| Treasurer George T. Jewell.
On Wednesday. the 2Sth. the follow
ing officers Of the Order of the Eastern
Star will be conducted to their chairs:
Worthy matron. Miss Ruth Hoadley;
worthy patron. Herbert w. Doolittle:
| associate ma.ron. Martha Townroe;
| conductress. Flora Coulter: associate
No.
tary, Mrs. Aida Edwards; treasurer,
Mrs. Rose Townroe.
At the exercises last night. ct the
Methodist church. in honor Of the CEN
tennial, Franklin Burton read an in
teresting sketch along historical lines
and Capt. Wilson French related some
incidents which came within his own
knowledge.
The committee which will report this
evening at the. meeting regarding an
auto-chemical engine. is composed Of
A. Bedell Benjamin, Arden L. Judd,
Ar .hur Sammis and Allen Judson
Capt. John Bond. the proprietor of
our school Of fisticuffs. is having the
time of his life at Fort Pierce. Flor
ida
william H. Porter is working at
Oyster Bay this winter. and goes to
Theodore Roosevelt's church on Sun
day.
Why not have double trolley track
through Elm street and spare Judson
Place and East Broadway? If this
cannot be done run the track up Long
Brook avenue.
Prof. e. C. Moore of Yale will make
one of the addresses at the dedica-
ton of the new Franklin school house.
Sidney Beardsley is building Isaac D.
Lockwood's bungalow.
Keep in mind the dance next Friday
given by the Beta Sigma young Ia
dies.
A Christmas cantata will be sung by
the Methodist Sunday school. called
'"The King Foretold."
Prof. William Lyon Phelps and wife
have gone to New Orleans for day
or two. Afterwards they will proceed
to Texas. where the professor is to
deliver several lectures. But he will
be back in dear old Stratford in time
to lecture at the library. as has been
announced
This town was under a cloud for the
most part during November. as only
two clear days were in evidence out
Of the thirty.