The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-07
RADICAL CHANGES
 IN FIRE DEPARTMENT I
Old Members Placed on the Re- tired List and Only Active Bremen Will be Asked to Respond to Calls
Especial to the Evening Farmer.

Especial to the Evening Farmer.
 Stratford, June IA petition has been circulated in the South End ask ing the selectmen to insert in the call for the next town meeting a pro- position; to change the name of South avenue to Rurritt street. The change is suggested by the fact that the name Burritt is associated with the early history of the town. The old est residents of the vicinity however have refused to sign the petition and will cling to the name South avenue. The matter will be threshed out in town meeting however, as the re- quisite number of signerS have been obtained
 Charles Griffin, the Australian champion who has made his home in this town for three years. left this morning for New York on his way back to his old home in Sidney. New South Wales. Charlie said this morn ing it was like leaving home. During the time he has been in Stratford he made everybody his friend by his uniformly gentlemanly bearing and friendly manner People who have been naturally opposed to the boxing game have been forced to acknowl- edge that a man can be a boxer and still be gentleman. The two Aus tralian representatives, Bill Lang and nave CT0dI0u d great deal of respect for the people of the antipodean continent of which there was little intimate knowledge before. Charlie Griffin takes with him the best wishes of everyone he has met since he came to Capt. Bonds train ing quarters. The last thing he said to the boys who were gathered to bid him good bye was, "wel boys I'd like to stay with you but there's the old mother down in Sidney and she wants to see me bad. l think l ought to be there. Good bye boys, I'll be back some day"
 John Porter is puzzled over the ac- tions of valuable dog which he owns and which it is believed has been fed broken glass or some other deleterious substance. The dog will probably die and his owner will make a post mortem examination and pro ceed further if he finds that malice was the cause.
 William Dunworth of Barnum ave- nue the we'll known trolleyman is the father of a bouncing baby girl who arrived at his home last Thurs day.
 On Thursday night the members of the Pootatuck Yacht club will insti- tute a series of entertainments open to the public which will be the fea- ture of the summer days and nights. There will be music and other attrac- t1OnS to make the dnd1rS interesting.
 Ivan Morehouse recently went to Stony Brook, l.. l., where he attend ed the wedding of a college chum.
 A largely attended meeting of the fremen last night voted to make radical changes in the membership caused by the changes in the meth ods of fighting fires in the town which have come with the improved apparatus. The members voted to reduce the membership to 50. There were 96 names on the list many of whom did not remember that they were members. It was voted to place 46 names on the retired list, leaving only the active members who will be expected to respond to calls. All of the retired members have served five years in the department. The plans is to reduce the membership to the active members and organize the de- partment on a business basis.
 At the meeting of the Board of Trade which takes place at the High School auditorium on Thursday night. Charles E. Keith, superintendent of Parks in Bridgeport, will make an address Alderman Horace H. Jack son will also speak.
 Clayton K. Blakeslee left for Newark this morning on a business trip.