The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-18
FAIRFIELD

1t goes without saying in town
that the appointment of Hezekiah
/ Elwood. to be deputy sheriff, as made
by Sheriff Vollmer, gives very general
| satisfaction. Mr.. Elwood had the en-
! dorsement of the leading citizens Of
i all classes. Most of the town COM
/ mittee, the School Board, the secre-
! tary and treasurer of the committee,
j the clergy, and a large number of
i private citizens endorsed Mr.. Elwood.
! For six years he has been the Town
| Chairman of the Democratic commit
tee; for II years he has been a JUS
tfce of the peace, during which time
/ not one of his decisions has been re-
versed. The Grange and the Country
| Club are both in favor of Mr.. Elwood.
! He is Well known as a successful
! vegetable farmer. He has had
| telephone installed in his house. and
| that he can quickly answer any call
made upon him. In short Mr.. Ell
wood can be depended upon to at.
| tend to business and be on hand
when he is needed.
The Malcolm brothers of New York
are staying for while at the "Haw-
| thorne" cottage at the beach.
Mrs. Frances Brewer is attending
the Congress of the Daughters of the
Revolution in Washington.
The front at ST. Paul's church is
always decorated at Easter time by
Mrs William Beers of New York, in
memory of her husband, who was
prominent member of the church.
After Easter the flowers are placed
upon his grave in the Fairfield East
Cemetery.
Saturday last Miss Katherine Book
gave an Easter breakfast at 10 o'clock
to a number of her friends. including
Helen KinselIa, Frances Lahey, Olive
Burrows of New York, Helen Lahey
and May and Julia Book.
Henry Rowland and wife are spend
ing a few weeks at the Homestead"
on Main street.
Elting F. Deyo and Roger c. Smith
returned to Rutgers college today.
Next Friday at the social parlors of
the Congregational church, the Chris
tan Endeavor Society will hold a re-
union.
The best record for the year in the
Congregational Sunday school was
reached last Sunday with an attend
ance of 142 pupils.
Last evening Miss Louise Forsythe,
Of Elliott street, gave a little enter
tainment in honor of her guest, Miss
Grove, of the Yale Musical School.
Forsythe, Elsie, Annie and Ruth Jen-
nings, Elsie Smith, David and Andrew
Huntington, Morris Burr of Greens
Farms, Roger Smith. Elting and
Arthur Deyo and John Forsythe.
Miss Olive Blamey is visiting for a
week in New York.
Last night, at the Methodist church, !
there was rehearsal of the Quilting !
Party which is soon to be given to |
the public.
Banks report that trout fishing in |
Easton is good.
Miss Mary E. Wakeman recently |
entertained the Ladies' Union.
G. F. Monroe is reported to be re-
covering from a severe attack of |
pneumonia.
W. A. Seery, of Sasco Hill, recently
submitted to an operation for appen-
dicitis. He was taken to st. Vim
cents hospital
One of the most successful and
popular institutions in town is the |
Greenfield Hill Country Club. Be-
sides the fine club house, it has large |
grounds for fairs, and every year
holds Farmers Institute, besides |
giving numerous social entertain |
recent annual meetings reports pre-
sented showed the club to be in a |
prosperous financial condition, and |
that the membership is constantly In
creasing; The club is patronized by
field Hill. The following officers
have just been elected for the en-
suing year: President Simon c. Brad
ley; vice president William O. Burr;
second vice president, Mrs William
Wilson; secretary, Miss Maud Wilson;
treasurer, J. Nelson Hutchinson;
board of governors, S. c. Bradley, w. |
Q. Burr, Nellis H. Sherwood, Clar-
ence H. Bradley, Eli Wakeman, J. |
M. Wilson, Charles Gray, W. H. will |
son and wife, j. N. Hutchinson, Miss |
Maud Wilson and William G. Olds.
The two sermons delivered on Sun |
day morning and evening, by Rev. Dr.
Child. reviewing the life work of two |
former pastors, Rev. DR.. Humphrey |
and Rev. DR.. Hobart, are spoken of |
by those who had the pleasure of |
hearing them, as being very interest
ing and instructive. Mr.. Saitus, who |
placed the new windows in the |
church, sent a cablegram Of felicia |
lions from Paris, and announced that |
he wished to provide three more |
mosaic glass windows for the south |
wall of the sanctuary. When these t
are set this church will have a series |
of the most beautiful and costly win
dows of any church in this state. il |
not in the United States Mosaic /
glass windows are something quite |
new, and are taking the place of the
common stained glass windows