The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-02-16
sTRATFORD

Those members of the Mems Club
who heard the address by Rev. Mr..
Swain on Monday evening are still
discussing it's merits. DR.. Packard
said yesterday that it followed out
many of the best ideas of town life
and improvement, such as the Board
Of Trade is working towards. The
note of strength and hopefulness ran
markable address. DR.. Packard says
the future Stratford is TO be a bigger
and better than the older town. OF
course it Is not meant that Stratford
is to grow geographically larger, but
that it will increase in. population If
Bridgeport does not annex good
slice.
A supper was held at the Neigh
borhood church last night, and as the
proposition to decline to accept the
discussed, there was a larger attend
ance than usual But for the snow
storm the collation. would have been
served Tuesday evening.
Our fire laddies'' did all they could
in the matter of hauling the towns
snow, up to HOLSTER Heights and
back, Tuesday evening, but all to no
purpose, as the fire had made too
great Roadway. Wait until that auto
chemical arrives and then see how
fast Fire Chief Judson will go to the
spot. q
Many f1eshy people in town, gentle
men as we'll as ladies, are interested
in the rumor that the trolley cars
are to be provided with low steps.
Charles w. Walker and family have
returned from Westboro, Mass, where
they went to attend the funeral of
Raymond L. Walker. The funeral
was not in Boston, as has been stated,
but from the home of the young
mans father in Westboro.
C0pcfa hIo Fra6 PalrnoP hos hoan
looking after bad boys who throw
snowballs. Oh, for one hour of Sheriff
Stage.
Warren and Webster Chapman
have been visiting relatives on Long
Brook avenue. They came from Hart
ford.
Mrs. Charles Rodine, of King street
extension, is reported quite i'll. Mrs.
Porter, of Long Brook avenue, APP
pears to have wholly recovered from
her recent aggrevating sickness.
On Washington's birthday there
will be a dance at the Devon club.
Two large dead trees of the elm
species, standing not far from the
late residence of Donald Falken, were
| removed yesterday by Warden Lalley.
1t was Harry Wilcoxson who caught
the great horned owl at Peck's Mill
1t used to boot dreadfully in the
night, and thus prevented small boys
and timid girls from skating on the
pond.
William Bedell and Edward j. Bond
are somewhere on Long Island build
ing boat for the Sealshipt Oyster
company
there will be cake sale at the chapel
of the Congregational church, and the
cakes will be home made and well
worth eating.
The pail bearers on Tuesday at the
funeral of Hiram G. Ball, an old and
respected resident of this town, were
David 1. Rhoades, John Holmes,
George Brown and Ransom Burritt.
c. X. Blakeslee recently gave
chowder party to seven or eight of
his friends.
Sixty members answered the recent
roll call of the Okenuck tribe.
George Benham has given up his
position in the Mcnamara market.
James A. Wales will soon join mis-
wife in the Bermudas.
Christ Church Guild realized s35
from its recent food sale.
Joel W1lcoxson is reported suffer-
ing from appendicitis.
No gas lamps in town this winter
Gasoline Is to be used, and sometime
next summer connections will be
made with the gas mains. The posts
have arrived.
Charles Atwood, after a fine time
in the Bermudas, is home again. He
finds a difference between snow and
Easter lilies.
Homer Waterbury is now working
for the Consolidated road.
Announcement, is made that George
Wilson has married Florence Judson
of Milford.
A few of those who contributed
prizes for Father O'Conner's very
successful Valentine whist on Tues
day night, were Mesdames John Dali
ton, James Dolan. George Brod, j.
Mcdonald, c. Hughes. j. Allard, John
McQuillan, r. Maiden, John Downs,
p. Callahan, j. Evans, J. Herman, J.
Brannigan, T. Lynch, L. Grathwol.
and c. Shelley. Some of the young
ladies sending in prizes were Misses
Catherine Scherer, Julia Heeney.
Catherine Russell, K. Downey, A.
Leonard Sarah Ryan, Mary Laliey.
and Julia Holdsworth. Altogether
| the collection was interesting and
valuable. and the whist, considering