The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-26
News of Fairfield County Towns
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 Fairfield, Feb. 3G-The Fairfield Bus mess Mems Association vii meet this
 aVening in their rooms. The assOcia- tion will discuss plans to bring about T monday train for the east. In ad- ditiOn to the business on hand a so- cial hour will be enjoyed. An at- tractive program has been arranged with a concert by the Hargrove School Musical Club.
 The se-ectmen today completed the personal tax list, which is due before March l.
 motorcycle club has been formed @t the Hargrove School, with Paul Strasburk of Detroit, Mich, as presi- dent On Saturday, March 2, three members of the club, Allen A. John Saginaw, Mich, and the president will make a trip on their machines to Peughkeepsie, \. Y, to visit friends at Vassar College.
 been in New York city for several Cays business, returned to his home here on Saturday.
 The manager Of the Hargrove School Baseball Association is busy arrang- ing his schedule for the coming sea- son. He expects to have at least ten games during the season, four of which are already dated, including the big game of the year. On May 25, they will play the University School at'Bridgeport, and on June 1 a return same vii be played a Fairfield. Four days later, on June 5, the team will go to New York city to play the Grof School, and on June Il, they will go to Boston for the star game of the season, when they will play Boston Technical School On that date it is expected a. large crowd of ehe supporters of Hargrove baseball will accompany the team.
 Rev F. $. ChiIds of the Congrega- tional church, accompanied by Mrs. Childs. left today for an extended trip through the South. Rev. and Mrs. Childs expect to be away for month, during which time the pulpit will be supplied by visiting clergymen.
 Miss Kathryn Galloway, former resident of the town, is spending a few days with her. sister, Mrs. E. s. Banks.
 The Fairfield Memorial Library has added a number of new books during the past month. Following is a list of the better ones, with the numbers: c 549 P, Potash and PerlmutteT, by Montague Glass; G 549 A, Abe and Mawruss, by Montague Glass; T 54, Universities of the World. by C. F. Thwing; H 83S ' ?, Young Alaskans T L, Last Lap, by A. A. Knipe; B 21, Household Sewing With Home Dressmaking, by Bertha Farmer; N S56 M, Mother, by Kathleen Norris; $ e6, Profitable Culture of Vegeta bles, by Thomas Smith; R 63, High School Debate Book, by E. c. Robbins; K 32, History Of Education, by B. L. Kemp; F 339 R, Red House Hill, by Mrs. Mary McNeiI1 Fenollosa; L 814 s, Si- mon the Jester, by w. J. Locke; R 532 $. Strawberry Acres, by Mrs. G. s. Richmond; L 478 H, Happy Island, by Mrs J. P. Lee; B 47. Leaves of the Trees, by A. C. Benson; F 236 M, Money Moon, by Jeffery Farnal; c SS3 T, Tommy's Money, by J. P. CoryelI: T 957 H, Honey Sweet, by Edna Turpin; E 9 M, Boys Life of Edison, .pyz.W H. Meadowcroft; A 62, Elements of Mechanical Drawing, by G. c. Anthony; c B c. D., Country Parish, by F. S. Childs
 The. Memorial Library loaned a rec ord- breaking number of books on Fri day, when the unusual number was 111 The average number of books loaned each day is ninety, and never till Friday has the one hundred mark been passed.
 Hearing loud reports, followed by the sight of flying manhole covers, no longer. causes any excitement in Fair field. Early Sunday evening two more of these covers blew off and went sailing through the air, from the road | way near Ash Creek. At a late hour last night one of the covers had not been found. This is the second time within the' past few weeks that gases have exploded in the sewers and caus- 1 ed the manhole covers to take wing.