The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-08
FAIRFIELD

Fairfield, July S-Mrs Hiram Kelly
 of the Lenox Heights district was be- l fore Justice Bacon Wakeman on Sat-
 urday, charged with assault and | drunkenness. She was arrested OH | Friday by Constable Hedberg. Mrs. 1 Kelly pleaded not guilty to the charge but the court decided otherwise, sen tencing the woman to 90 days In jail and imposing a fine of $2 and costs
 of $15.86. Mrs. Kelly. is an old of- fender. When the court asked her how many times she had been arrest ed she stated that she really could not tell Mrs. Kelly took an appeal under bonds Of $50 to the next term of the criminal Common Pleas court. There is such a scarcity of farm. help around Fairfield and vicinity that
 many families who could well afford to hire men have been compelled to
 work in the fields themselves to save
 the crops and to harvest those already
 grown Daughters are not overlook
 ed when the help is needed, for it Is
 a common sight to see the young la
 dies in the fields with rake or fork
 in hand. Farmers state that never
 before have they had such trouble in
 securing help.
 The season at Fairfield Beach is
 tages are filled and will remain so
 for the rest of the season, while daily
 at both the public and private bath
 houses there is always jolly
 crowd.
 MT. and Mrs. Hardie Thistle of
 Washington Heights, New York, have
 taken the "Red Gables cottage for
 the season. In their party are their
 daughter, Ruth, and two sons, Ken
 neth and Dudley.
 Another Washington Heigbts. New
 York, family who are at the beach %1a<N (Nn0TTv
 man" cottage, are MT. and Mrs. Ar thur P vermilya, their daughter,
 Jeane, and two sons. Wallace and Howard They have as their guests the Schmidt family of New York,
 Stanley Della Montanye and Louis A. Wagner.
 The beach is popular for Washing
 ton Heights folks, for there is another
 family from that place stopping at "Sedah Viua.'' They include MT. and
 Mrs Arion Allen and daughters, the
 Misses Marion, Helen and Adele AL l len.
 The Hahn family from Astoria, N. r., are now housed at the "Walzeman'' cottage for the season. The party | includes Mr. and Mrs Edward Hahn
 and three sons, Carley, Edward and
 Roland Hahn.
 r. Mr and Mrs. Warren Becleley and
 daughter, Miss Dorothy, and son. | 1 Cliffe" cottage for the season. l p Frederick c. Banks led the meeting | of the Christian Endeavor at the Greenfield Hill Congregational church | last evening.
 l Patrick OConnell, chief of the po- lice department of Lee. Mass, spent | the week end with friends in town. 1 He intends going to Bermuda for sew eral weeks.
 Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rogers and daughter, from Winsted, are among the campers at the beach.
 The lawn festival for the benefit of
 the Fairfield Fresh Air Home will be
 held Thursday afternoon, July il, at the Sherman parsonage. The home has undertaken a humane work giv- ing a vacation to scores of children each summer. The home is sustained by the free gifts of friends and has an annual expenditure of over $600. Last year 120 frail children from swell tering New York romped and played
 taNtheir little hearts content. They
 were supplied with a fine home, aprons, hats, bathing suits and other garments, Their annusements con sisted in walks, rides. games, excur- sions to the beach, bathing, picnics and many other sources of dnnocent play The home after close figuring places the cost of living for one child | for two weeks at $5. The work Of the home is a noble undertaking and needs
 support. Within the past twenty
 years it is estimated that over 2,00O children have enjoyed the vacation.