The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-22
POOTATUCK YACHTSMEN PLANNING FOR NEW HOME
Birdlnan Leaves For New Zealand to Organize Aviation School For
 Antipodeans.
STAMFORD
Special to The Farmer. ]

StratfOrd. Oct. 22The PoCtatuck yacht club went out of commission on Saturday afteD the most successful season in its history. Under the capable and intelligent direction of Commodore E. H. Beers the club has grown in numbers and the treasury shows a satisfactory, balance on the right side of the ledger. The attend at the club house has been large this season and members have shown a greater disposition to. congregate there. The increase in desirable craft which have been added to the; fleet is a, matter of congratulation among the members. Additions of large vessels clubs is promised for next year and the prospects of the club are bright. The committee on new club house has been busy during the year and the goodly proportions. At the present rate Of increase. there will soon be enough to warrant the beg1nnins of of the club than the building now oc- cupied- During the winter the club will keep up it's social functions and not allow the members to lose touch with each other.
 Two cases of non-support came be-. fore. Judge Charles H. Peck in the ton was required to pay s4.50 per week for the support of his three minor chHQf0n. 'IhG W1IG5 TeceIVoOE no dWdTQ. The family lived on East Main street. John Mazak was ordered to pay his wife s per week towards the support of five children who have not reached an age which would allow them to. support themselves. The family lives on Hollister Heights.
 Chief Alan Judson is constantly add ing to the efficiency of his department by installing call bells and alarm boxes at different points where they will aid him in his work of making the town
 l. l. the picture theatre in Tuttle,s block, and also in the pool rooms about the town, and other places where firemen may eongregateii si,oz Alarm il 5fee. boxes ,a are and they will aid materially in send ing in quick alarms As the town makes no appropriation for this work the expense is heavy drain on the chiefs pocket and he is entitled to consideration for his @disinterested work. 15Oth anniversary in 1915, and the. Ma sonic Building Association promises that a fine new Masonic Temple will be ready for occupancy on this event. At a recent meeting held at the resi- dence of E. H. Beers, president of the association, the board of directors of the association roughly drafted plans for the continuance of the work. The association now owns a desirable site in Main street, and there is enough money in the treasury to wararnt the
 
 build. Plans for ornate structure will be submitted to the members of the association soon. It is the wish of the members of the association that the structure be the handsomest build l ing in the town =-'s
 A pool table was installed in the | fire house yesterday for the benefit of | the members during the long winter | evenings.
 Hugh M Sergeant, the bird man who | has made his hornA here for several | hS fo11nUir1c accident at Min l cola, has gone to New. Zealand where 1 he will remain indefinitely. In July | at the Mineo1a aerodrome and sus- tained desperate injuries. Since then 1 he has been recuperatlng at. the home of E. s. Birge in this town. While 1 who will regret his departure for the MT. Sergeant will estab- fish a school for birdmen at Aucleian nd; New Zealand. He will travel by rail 1 to Vancouver and the. remainder of, the Journey will be made bysswaterf andst air if the flyers plans 1naterialize. Zealand and the people there are deep Iy interested in aerona utics.
 At 9:30 last night a. trolley car on East Broadway struck a carriage in which MT. and Mrs 5Orin. Pratt of Mil ford and their infant son were riding. The vehicle was overturned and wreck ad andathe occupants thrown out. pr. De Ruyter Howland was called and he found a varied 4assortmentS of cuts and bruises awaiting his attention Both MT. and Mrs Pratt were serious jy injured. The infant escaped in l111-v5 entirely. The motorman claims that MT. Pratt drove on the track ahead of the car and that the co1lis- on was unavoidable. MT. Pratt claims he was deliberate1y run down
 Maurice Baker of King street is filling a role at the Lyric theatre in Brid He has shown a remark I bIe aptitude for the work.
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