The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-24
Stratf0rd
RETREATS PLAY WHIST
 AND INCIDENTALLY EAT

The members of Oronoque lodge of Rebekahs met at Odd Fellows hall last night and enjoyed one of the social affairs for which this lodge is famous. Twenty tables were filled with enthusiastic whist players. The Rebekahs are always on hand with the eats and the tables were loaded with the best the town affords. J. P. Iale and Zip Johnson tended the lpron table and their explanations of
 he uses of the different patterns for ale would have made an ordinary dressmaker enviOus. Mrs. Julian Clinton managed the affair which ac- counts for it's success. She was as sisted by Mrs. A. l.. Holmes. The prizes were fancy articles, aprons, hand painted plates, and home made cakes The winners were Mrs Julian H. Kemp, c. c: Curtis, Mrs: A. l.. Holmes, Lewis Pierce, Moss I Holmes, Mrs. E. Kendall, Miss Nellie Wheeler. The scorers were Albert Wright, and and Theodore Hines. The Rebekahs will give a ''Valentine whist on Feb. 13.
 sTRATFORD BRIEFS.
 isIrs. $. c. Dickerson who was talk en i'll in Howland's yesterday and taken to her home on Church street, Stratford is resting more comfortable today.
 Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Shirley en- tertained at dinner Saturday evening MT. and Mrs. Bishop and MT. Horace Works of Bridgeport. Mrs. Bishop
 Babe Cozier has taken a posi- ton with E.. Rideout and is showing the boys what a days work for 70 On Thursday afternoon of next week the sewing circle of OronOque lodge of Rebel1ahs will meet with street The annual election of offic- CTS will take place at this meeting.
 Mrs. William T. Hincks of Bridge port, president of the Connecticut leaRIIa in town yesterday arranging for the coming trolley campaign which includes with the progress the movement is meeting in this town and the pros pect for the meeting on Monday night is encouraging.
 in an almost impossible condition on account of the ice. Mrs. Herbert Sniffen drove valuable horse to the Centre from her home in the South End yesterday, and was obliged to telephone for her husband to come 10 town and drive the animal home. The road was so slippery that it was travelling was dangerous both to horse and driver.
 Mrs. Maggie Bogot who has made friends in town by her accommodat- ing attitude, has returned from New Haven where she attended reunion of relatives.
 Harold LoveH. Jr., is recovering from a succession of convulsions which have created the greatest anxiety among the friends of the family.
 school and has taken position with the Baird Machine company where he will learn the trade of toolmaksr.
 Miss Helen Phillips is very i'll at her home on North Main street.
 Jeremiah Kenny who is in the enl- ploy of the Am erican Bridge com panys in New Jersey, is passing a
 William Smith has returned from a business trip to Waterbury
 Ralph Park. Louis Spencer, Lee Flood all basketball fans, witnessed interesting games in Bridgeport on Monday night.
 The Ne Plus Ultra club met at the home of Frederick Stevens on King street last night for it's weekly pino- chle contest. There was a full at tendance.
 At the regular weekly prayer meet ing of the Congregational church to- night there will be on exhibition connplete outfit of clothing for a fam by the Home Missionary society of the church. Tomorrow the Woman's s Aid society of the church will pack and ship the outfit to Florida.
 On the afternoon of Washington's birthday the members of<the Wo- mans Aid society of the Congrega- and supper in the chapel of the church from to o'clock. All the ladies taking part in the affair will be dressed in colonial costume and there will be a general ransacking of the garrets in the town until that time.
 Herbert Jennings, postmaster at Southport. was in town yesterday an q. inspected the new post office. He thinks it is about the neatest and best arranged in the state It Is expected that Southport will have 8, new of flee outfit soon. Postmaster Jennings has many friends in town and his an nual visits are welcomed here
 Miss Frances Robinson is passing week with friends in New York.
 The Masonic Building Association will hold a whist party at Odd Eel the proceeds of which will be added to the found for a new masonic build ing in this town.
 Yesterday morning there was born to Mrs. H. I.eRoy Lewis a daughter whose name will be Kate Lewis. Mrs. Lewis and Miss Kate are both pro gressing very well and there Is joy not only among the members ot- the whole Lewis family but also among the large circle of acquaintanceS which Mrs. Lewis has made in the two years ago. The mother was Miss Helen Edwards, daughter of Col Ed wards L. S. A, of Washington, DC Mrs. Lewis is very democratic Ill her ways and her many charities have a particular turn which has caused much comment. Miss Kate Is named after Kate Lewis. slSter or lhe 1dlner, whose death five years ago brought sorrow to many hearts in this town. No child in the history of the town has been born to greater wealth as the father and mother are both pos sessed of large fortunes.
 The North End Improvement Club. with 40 members, has planned to give the co-operative principle a thorough trial in the purchasing of household supplies A clubhouse is to be built on Huntington Road, ground to be broken in the spring, where the plan will be put into effect.
 E. c. Demen, today, announced that he has perfected a tape winding ma chine and would offer 1t to the cor set nlanufactory in Bridgeport, where he is employed. The devise is said to be a great time saver and a long sought for invention.
 Tn accordance with their pan for a trolley campaign. the members of the Connecticut Women's Suffrage AssO- cia ton will hold a meeting i'll the town 1 hall Stratford, next Monday evening. MT and Mrs. Edward Porrftt and Miss