The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06
FAIRFIELD
(special to the Farmer. }

l Fairfield, July 6--The resignation of Edward J. GrahanI superintendent of schools of Fairfield, Southport and Westport has been presented to the school board. Supt Graham resigns to accept a position of like capacity with the Norwich, Conn. public schools. MT. Grahadn's position will
 be hard filling for since his advent here two years ago last January, the schools of the town have reached a
 high standard of efficiency. Norwich will offer MT. Graham much wider
 fields to display his ability as an in
 structDr The school board will soon
 meet to act on the resignation. It is probable that a joint meeting will be held with the committees from Southport and ,Westport in, a very short while
 Considerable damage was done by fire to the house intfle Stratf1eld dis trict owned by the Scheitinger family of Bridgeport Thursday afternoon. But for the good work of neighbors
 who formed a bucket brigade and as- sisted in removing the furniture and the Fairfield chemical, the house might have been completely destroy ed. When the fire was first discov- cred word was sent the fire officials in
 Bridgeport but they refused to send aid stating that the fire was out of
 their territory The Fairfield fire lads
 were then called, the request being
 ney King. When they received the
 message, the informer stated that 1t was the Stratfeld church on fire. When
 the machine was made ready for. the
 run, 1t was found that there was not
 any firemen to man the car. The firemen volunteers were out on one
 of the lots playing ball. Enough men to man the car were rounded up and
 with Joe Carroll at the wheel the chemical was sent on its long trip, ar 1 irving in time to be of material aid in extinguisiling the flames.
 1 James J. Brown, the garage man on Thursday saved an unknown man from watery grave off Fairfield
 beach Tl1e unknown was in. bathing | at the time and out a. considerable dis 4taneea He4Was caught in aNstrong@ etr= sent and was being carried out into
 the Sound. He battled long against the current when he gave up and called 1 for assistance. MT. Brown went to l his aid in a rowboat and took him ashore He thanked Mr. Brown and
 then disappeared without giving his name.
 Several of the young. Lady students l at the Union Business College,
 field beach, Thursday. They were the
 guests of John D. Boyle at his cot tage, the Press.
 Frank Sherwood of Greenfield Hill. is
 quite i'll with pneumonia Reports
 from his home yesterday were quite favorable Miss Marcie Delbrfdge entertained a
 score or more of her friends with a
 narshmallow toast at her home in
 Fairfield beach Wednesday evening.
 The gathering was in honor of Miss
 Doris l.. Mohr, formerly of Baltimore, Md The patronesses were Mrs. F.
 Wilson and Mrs J. Nichols. Early 1 the morning of the Fourth about 8: 90
 o'clock, Miss Delbridge and Miss Mohr were serenaded in true Romeo style l by a party of Fairfield young men.
 The young men serenaded with music
 and song.
 A party of sportsmen gathered
 Thursday at the home of F. w. Seery in Sasoo Hill and enjoyed a clay pig con sh oot. Most of the gun-Inen were from out of town.
 1 Fairfield, like all the neighboring ! towns and cities enjoyed the safest and sanest Fourth'P in it's history.
 There was not an accident reported
 neither. was there any complaint made l to the authorities.
 The Board of Selectmen have decid- l ed to oil the main road through the l town at the present time the state is watering the road the expense being
 borne by the state. After seeing the
 good effects of the oil as put on the
 road near the library by Groceryman Betts and Druggist Boyle other resi-
 dents have come to the conclusion that 1 they also want oil. There is money
 enough on hand for the work, which 1 will be started within a few days. Andrew Huntington left to-day for | the Berkshirt Hills where he expects | to spend the summer.
 1 Mrs. J. Edgar Wells of Southport is entertaining her daughter Mrs. H. F. Boynton and two children from New Milford
 Harry Sherwood of Boston is spend+ ing. the week at his home on Harbor
 road, Southport.
 Mr. and Mrs R. Edward Penney left for their home in Lancaster, Pa., yes terday after a visit with relatives in Southport. rgte .7'ssssts,g