The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15
IGNORED BY CONVENTION
John Sherwood Receives Honors Seldom Offered Laymen by the Conven- tion of the Episcopal Church.
fspecial to the Farmer.)


 Southport. June 15.-A signal hon or was paid to John Sherwood at the convention of the Episcopal church held at Waterbury this week; Win pr B. Sturges he was delegate from Trinity church to the conVen- ton Sixty years ago MT. Sturges was a delegate to the convention neio at Waterbury at which Blshop WIT. Hams was elected. By a vote or corted to a seat beside the bishop on the rostrum and while the ceremony took piace the whole aSSemblaSe arose. MT. Sherwood is an octogen- arian and he has been prominent III the church since he arrived al naLl- hood The honor paid to him is the more interesting from the fact that never has an ordinary layman recelV- ed such an honor in the convention. The delegates were entertalneo oy their brother churchmen in water bury in a manner which oemonstral- ed that f5ere is still a spirit of broth erlv love in the church in spite or the many denials and controversies which have assailed It.
 Rev. w. H. Holman, pastor of the Congregational church entertained the members of the choir and the singing class at his home on Pequot avenue Tuesday night. The even ing was most enjoyable. A program Of music was followed by reIresn- ments and all present are leud III their praises of the manner Tn "hich the affair was carried out.
 R B Jennings has the contract for building the new residence of Stuart E R. Pirkham.
 Mrs. Joseph Wheeler is passing two weeks with friends at Calacoon ana Liberty, N. Y , Herbert Sherwood is having walk Ibid iy front of his residence.
 Josiah Hawkins has sold his fast catboat to Fritz Bedford and the smaller craft about this section will have to take his dust
 Mrs. R. E. Penny, formerly Miss Grace Bulkley is expected here next saturday to spend a short time at her old home here. MT. Penny will reach here about the Fourth of July and his old friends are waiting to give him a grand welcome with fireworks. Nr and Mrs. Penny have been in the oil district of California and have seen the ups and downs of frontier life.
 June is the month of weddings and Southport is not behind Tn the pro cession On June Fist Theodore Carl Miller of Bridgeport will take as his bride Miss Margaret Elizabeth Williams, daughter of Christian Will Hams Miss Williams is all that T bride should be and her friends here
 
 will reside in Bridgeport after the honeymoon. On the 2sth inst. Charles w. Post will wed Miss Ada Estelle Walker daughter of Andrew Walker at the family home at Rose hill. The couple will occupy the house recent iv vacated by MT. McCaffrey.
 Mrs. Dr. Guilbert has had a mod ern telford driveway constructed at her residence on Pequot avenue.
 If you can't find the pair of shoes you are locking for at Wood Broth CTS store you may rest assured that they were in a consignment to the firm which was lost in the wreck at Fairfield last week.
 A carload of cattle arrived here yesterday consigned to Lloyd Gris- com at the Bronson place on Green field Hill.
 Ralph Cole is driving a new Ford motor car recently purchased.
 Stephen Royak of the Round House cafe is extending his bottling busi- ness to Fairfield Beach and makes a trip there twice every week.
 F. H. Bedford has arrived at his Greens Farms home for the season