The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-20
FAIRFIELD

Falrneld,a June 2O.-J0hn Sail, telgnt years of age, was committed to the Meriden School for boys yesterday by Justice Bacon Wakeman. Sall is the youth whom Sherif Ellwood had been on the search for the past week. He was located sleeping at his home late Tuesday evening. Sail was accused of entering the home of Charles Ma honey early last week getting off With a clock, watch, $96 in bills and $lb III gold. The youth told the court that in company with another lad about the same age, he could not remember the name, he went .straW berrylng lase towards home they passed the Maho- ney residAnce. They tried the front door and finding no one at home pr1ed off theslatchi with a large nail, enter ing and taking the, money, clock ana watch. Sheriffs Nlwood soon traced the theft to. thes young lad, but the little fellow was too alert for that of ffcial, and whenever the sheriff ap- preached the house the lad would run away. ' The lad admitted in court that after one of these runaways he had entered another house in Greenfield hill and had gotten off with a. watch. ported to the authorlties.s.e sss
 \. The boy lives in Gresnfleld with his mother Hts father is an inmate of the Norwich Insane Asylum. The mot her earns a Mvelihood by going out washing and ironing Each morning she prepares her boy for school, but that the lad has not attended seS- sion for the past five weeks.
 The Hamburg a. thirty foot motor racing boat belonging to q New York CT grounded on Pen6eld Reef Tuesdny afternoon and has not asyet been pull ed off, though several high tides have passed It's owner and only passen- ger has not made any efforts to se- cure help. Ee will either have te charter a tug or motor boat to set his craft free again.. In the mean- while the boat is in danger of being pounded to pieces should there be heavy sea or storm arise. The craft when she grounded. It's owner has been stopping with cottagers along Fairfield beach since the accident. st
 The Bridgeport Gas Light Co.,, has completed laying it's mains to Fairfield Beach. The Ivy cottage, owned by Francis MacNamara is tho first to De installed with the artificial light and through that means. The large gas mains were laid from Fairfield through Danbury Road to the beach, the work being Started about four weeks ago. Illuminating gas thus is another .Ad- vantage possessed by EAixdeld beachs d fact which, few other Beaches In tnas
 Stopping, at thel1Vy cottage FairAeM Beach are Jack Martin of Los Angeles. Cal. Maurice B. Flynn of Syracuse, IN. Y.; Mr. and Mrs- John Perrigo ot Montreal, Canada; MT. and Mra E. Adams, of BdnghanpeDnss N. Y lAsnes7 Johnson of OnWeeos H '. illfaTq Fl and Mrs Charles Schulting df Fassaic, N. J. Messrs. Martin and Flynn are Yale men, the former yestArday grad uating with his class from the Shef-. field Scfenti1c school.
 Dudley Thistle of New York, stoD- ping at Red Gables" landed not without difficulty. . four and. three beach yesterday morning This is tho largest nsh of that specfes cad9ht. fh these waters in many years. onng Thistle, who is but twelve years o6 age, was in his boat at the time, The ash gave his captor such a battle that the boat was almost upsef. =, '. the Dwight School, Greenfield Hill, Will hold their closing exercises to-mor- row evening at 8 o'clock at the grange hall. Their teachers, the Misses Syl- via Johnson, A. Maria Wakeman and Caroline Grif3tha have prepared for an Interesting program Of recitation and song. Parents and friends of the pu-s pills are requested to attend the ex- Eoycasas sAssSs- ssza-
 l.. u Hopkins and family. of New York have arrived at the Chaptn house in Greens Farms for the sum mer.
 Henry sherwped Of Southport has returned to Boston after a visit to his home in Harbor Road. s
 The bathing pavilion at the beach has been extensively repaired being In the hands of painters and carpenters for many days. New awnings have been placed on. the private hath house.
 The following pupils of the seventh grade are exempt from heir aL efs' fs aminations: Lllion Cuiley, Carl Carl son, May Dooley,: Catherine Jennings,s John Leahey. John sDunleavy. William. Burr, Benjamin Wyrtzen, Walter Fen ton, Helene Collins. John smith and Kitty Peterson.
 school will close Friday in all the public schools of the town and will Esr open around the hrst week in sepfem-. ber. s4S ,.ss