The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-10
SENIOR CLASS CELEBRATION
Eighty Members of the Ac-'
ademic Department OF
the Bird geport High
School Visit Miss Forsyth
Especial to the Farmer.)

Fairfield, June 10-About 80 mem
bers of the senior class OF the Acd-
demic course of the Bridgeport Hlgfi
School visited the home OF MISS
Eloise Forsyth on Elicit street yes
terday afternoon and held the an
nual voting contests. The party en-
joyed the afternoon. Music and otn-
er diversions were on the program
and refreshments were served. IL
was undoubtedly the JolheSt com
pany that ever visited the old town:
An old fashioned circus is bllled
to given performances on the lot In
the rear of the Hotel Fairfield next
Wednesday afternoon and evening:
The show halls from Bridgeport and
is the successor of the old Goodrich
show.
Miss Anna Jennings and a retinue
of servants arrived at noon yesterday
and the big house on Main street Will
be opened for the season.
The rumor of the marriage of Har-
nv Nichols of Benson's corner and
Miss Mary Stark has been confirmed:
The couple slipped away to New
York where the ceremony took place
on Sunday. Both are we'll known
and popular here.
Edward Seggal of Parlin, n. j., is
visiting old friends and relatives In
this town.
Andrew Graham Of Stratford was
in town yesterday.
The repairs to the Greenfield Hill
road made under orders of DR.. L. De
Yer Warner will be a great improve
ment and will be enjoyed by travel
ers who have occasion to pass that
way. DR.. Warner bears the ex-
pense which will be upwards of $500.
The selectmen met yesterday af-
ternoon and settled outstanding &C
counts and the men in the employ
of the town carried home full
wallet last night.
E. w. Ensign of the Fairfield
Printing establishment closed his
shop for a week today and will visit
South Haadley, Mass, where his
daughter graduates from the Mt. Hol-
yoke seminary.
John Kealey who is accused of as
sault by Charles Archer in the west
ern part of Southport on Wednes-
day night has disappeared. The story
of the affair is rather vague but the
physical evidence of, the struggle is
a broken arm which Archer is now
carrying in a sling. No arrests have
yet been made.
The students at Hargrove school
have engaged the little German band
which has been heard about this vi
cinity for several days to give a con-
cert on the lawn in front of the
school next "Wednesday afternoon and
evening.
The Fairfield baseball team will
play the Bengals of Bridgeport at
the McGarry field Sunday afternoon
beginning at 3:15.
A whist party given by Mrs Hen
ry s. Burr Thursday evening the fol-
lowing were present: Mr.. and Mrs
w. o. Burr, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer S.
Grammar, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Burr, Miss Helen Grammar and Miss
Louise Burr.
Peter Wineski, whose leg was
Snake Hill will not suffer any per-
manent injury unless unlocked for
complications arise. He was taken
to his home after the accident.
William o. Burr who lives near the
scene of the wreck on the railroad
tells an interesting story of the ca
tastrophe. He was awakened by
engine of the train which stopped to
make repairs. The train was get
TING under way when the second
train from the west ploughed into it.
The crash was deafening. 1t was a
and splintering accompanying the i'm
pact of the other two trains as they
ran into the wreckage and was i'm
mediately followed by the explosion
of the boiler of one of the locomo-
tives. It is believed here by some
that engineer Beach of the west
bound train was dead when he pass
ed the signals.
There is still a large amount of
wreckage at the scene of the acci-
dent. Representatives of the COM
pany have sold grain, coal and 9TH
er merchandise with which the trains
were loaded to residents in this vi
cinity. The broken cars have also
been sold for firewood. The fields
in the neighborhood which were
planted with growing crops have been
ltrampled down and the crops in por-
lions of the fields have been ruined
Yesterday some members of the fire
department made evident their dis
pleasure at the delay in getting the
If the machine is not soon delivered
the firemen threaten to make an at
tempt to abrogate the contract under
which it is being built.