The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-21
StratfOrd
B. H. S. CLASS OF '97 HOLDS
 A BRILLIANT REUNION.
Odd Fellows Hall Scene of Whist Party at Which old Associations
 Are Renewed.
Special to The Farmer)

was the scene of a brilliant function ' last night when the Commercial class, I of the Bridgeport High school held | a reunion and played whist. Forty
 two tables were devoted to play, the largest number ever seen at a simi- |
 lar affair in the hall. Thee lass ap- l peared in full dress and the many | handsome costumes worn by the la- l dies was tie subje@- Of much com
 ment. The committee in charge was composed of w. F. Goddard, chair | man, and Mrs. George Cornwall, Miss |
 Mabel Hale, Mrs. Fred Holmes, Mrs. |
 c. Curtiss and Mrs. H. Brewer. The | winners chose from large display of
 very handsome prizes as follows: c.
 w. Connor, silk umbrella; Mrs. Mead, |
 pickle fork; Mrs. E. B. Wilcox, meat
 fork M. Cook, percolator: Mrs. Gris-
 doiley; M. F. Ivers, doll; Mrs B.
 Judson, bread box; Henry Vogel,
 pipe; Miss H. Hart pin cushion; Mrs.
 R. Goddard, water color painting; Mrs. H. Wakeman, bon bon dish; E.
 B. Wilcox, cream ladIe; Mrs. Grady, salad dish; Mrs. F. Russell, sugar
 bowl and milk pitcher: A. l.. Steiner,
 brass candle sticks; Mrs. Hayward. porcelain tea strainer; Mrs. Gould, box candy; E. H. Morse, bottle per
 fumery; P. Castlot, pocket light; Miss
 Mrs Johnson. decorated plate; c. F.
 Judson, doiley and roll; Miss Webb, Star of stratford lodge, Shepherds of
 
 meeting tomorrow night at which the l first degree will be conferred on | number of candidates. Washington's l birthday will be recognized in the ex- I ercises.
 Town Clerk H. c. Lowell was called | to IIion N. T., today by the death | of his uncle, George A. Lowell which | occurred yesterday. For twenty-five years the deceased was a foreman in l the works of the Remington Arms Co. l During all this long service he never I ET1cr1 Ia | day. He was a skilled machinist and l one of the most valued of the em- | ployes of this cid manufa curing firm. He was identified with the typewriter | many of his ideas are incorporated in 1 that famous writing machine. The Ramblers will go to Seymour | tonight and play the local five re- | turn game The last game between | the two teams was close and exciting | and the Ramblers are looking for | hard struggle as they were put to theit
 mett1e to beat the Seymour boys at l the game here
 . Ernest Seaman of stratford avenue \ won the fourth prize in the Book | Lovers contest held by the Evening l Standard. MT. Seaman submitted 67
 correct answers ont of 280 which was | only two behind the winner of the l first prize. MT. Seaman receives 1f- 1 brary set valued at $150 Mrs. Cath | crime s. Hunt of Harris street was | No. 24 the list winning a Columbia | graphophone outfit Miss Mary c. | FairchiId, North Main street, won H. | brary set as No. 2S in the contest. Miss | Margery M. Sammis of East Broadway 1 was NO. 34 and won library set. l Stratford has made good showing | in this contest where int diligence was | the principal factor. George A. Fair
 child of King street was one of the l judges of the contest.
 The High school five will play the l team from the South church in Bridge | port as a preliminary to the game be- | tween the Ramblers and the New | Haven Consolidated team tomorrow | night at the Town Hall. Between the | first and second halves of the latter l game a new feature will be introduced | which will interest not only the play | CTS but heir friends in the town. | John Trait and Lawrence Beaver | were arrested last night for carrying | concealed weapons and Justice Peck
 fined Trait s15 and costs, total S26 s9 | and Beaver $25 and costs, total $SS.96.
 They carried guns.
 | Oronoque lodge, I. O. O. F.. will in- | vite it's friends to play whist next | Tuesday evening at Odd Fellows han. | Not a small part of this anno 4cement | is the fact that one of those famous
 feeds which made a reputation for | the lodge will be served. The whist | fans of the town will look forward to | the affair with pleasure as they are
 sure to meet foemen worthy of their l mettle.
 | A. c. Blakeslee, who operates an ex-
 press wagon between Milford and | Bridgeport was thrown from his wag- | on at Broad and Main streets early | last evening by a trolley car which l ran into him from behind The wagon was wrecked but fortunately MT. | Blakeslee escaped with a few scratch
 es- The horse was uninjured- MT: | BIakeslee just escaped the wheels of | the trolley car by a few inches.
 l Lilley Groves ladies entertained | with a dance at Grange hall last night | and the room was filled with jolly | crowd of Woodmen and their friends | Shaw's orchestra furnished the music. | Mrs R. Maiden was heard in comic 1 recitations among them, Mrs. Hoo l ligan's Letter to Her Nephew" Miss H Hennessey sang a solo accom- | Hanford Bigelow was chairman of the. l committee which so successfully con- l ducted the affair.
 | At the special town meeting held i last night $650 was appropriated to | improve Honeyspot road. Contrary to l in the hall and unexpected opposi- 1 ton developed which carried 13 votes | with it. There were two blanks in the l 66 votes cast. The work must be done | before May l.
 | Miss Edith Turner, instructor in l eIocution of the public schools is con- l ducting the reharsals for the play | Dombey & Son to be given by the So- | phomore class of the high school in | the near future. The proceeds will l be added to the piano fund.
 | The Stratford public schools will | suspend sessions tomorrow in honor Of
 the first president of the United States l but the regular sessions will be re-
 stunned on Friday.
 AN EPIDEMIC OF COUGHING Is sweeping over the town. Old and ali affa6tn6