The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-21
WESTPORT

The annual election of officers of the westport lodge. Knights of Pyth-- ias will be held on the evening of December 31. A special program has been arranged for the social time which will follow the business part of the meeting. This meeting was to have taken place last Tuesday even ing, but was postponed.
 MT and Mrs. William Walsh have as their guests some friends Erom Dan bury
 A meeting of the Knights of King Arthur was held Thursday evening with Rev. Henry Blacklock presiding. Routine business was in order.
 Miss Julia Blackburn, Miss Mary McCiuc1en, Mics Pauline Smith and Miss Alice LeDau have gone to their homes in Danbury, where they will are teachers in the Westport schools Miss Marion Jennings has been the recent guest Of friends in Norwalk. Christmas exercises were observed in all of the public schools yesterday af- ternoon. Special programs had been l arranged which were well presented by the various scholars. Each school had g, we'll laden Christmas tree and was visited by Santa Claus. John Dunnigan, one of Weatpcrt's 8 oldest residents, is seriously i'll at the
 home of his daughter, Mrs. Owen Fee ney, in the RoeeviIle district. The hydrants about town have all been cleaned and put in order for the winter.
 The funeral of Mrs. Frank Mills was held yesterday afternoon at 2:S0 from the Chapel of Strangers in State street.
 A number of weetport's younger ele- nnerst went to Crarh-ry, Tuesday ev- e1ljnR, where they attended the dance at the 7aorae of Fred Clark All re- ported @ very pleasant evening. Robert Baker, the local butcher, has presented the members of the West
 port Gun Club with a toilet set @or use at the new club house.
 YnAAfinR of the Westport fire department. Lucius
 FNanIling was reelected as chief of the
 chosen again to act in the capacity of president The other officers elected
 were: First assistant chief. Fenry
 Iln1weiier:; second aAaststarlt, Joseph Morton; vice president, George Glover; l secretary, John F. Coy1e; departn. ent
 physician, pr. J, M Nolan; treasurer,
 John GasuIt. Reports were read by the secretary and treasurer and were
 Mrs Caarlotte Nasn and Mrs Fran els Day went to Norwalk, Thursday, where they attended meetang or Cne Miss Gertrude Fable has returned from a visit with friends in Norwalh- 8. B. Williamson has purchased
 MT. and Mrs. Roger williams of Bennington, vt., are in town visiting relatives for the weekend.
 tinrore where she will be the Christ
 mas guest of her grandu1other. Rev. w. c. Moe of North Chelrne- | ford, Ma,ss>, the newly appointed pas- 1 tor of the Westpout Congregational l church, will preach his first sermon
 Sunday, Jan s. MT. Moe was born in Canastota, ". r., in 1s7e,@ and was educated in the public schools of Gro ton, E. r., and also attended the
 Moody Btble Tnstftrte in Chicago He ts a graduate of Dartmouth college and of Bangor Theological Seminary. The Bridge street school was closed
 few days earlier than the other schools owing to the fact that there have been several cases of humps end scarlet fever among the pupils. This school was closed Monday by t1s health officer, who has since had the hlIfidirnaec f11unigahed