The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-26
STAMFORD
Especial to The Farmer )


 | was a participant in the cornplin1 ent- ary dinner rendered s. z. Pou at the Stratf1ead. Monday night
 John Ringe of King street was caI-
 ed to Philadelphia this week by the
 sudden death of his brother. The widow, who gave birth to child the day before had not ebeen notified of the removal of her helpmeet, and the Stratford brother was called upon to break the news to her.
 Tonight the children of the members of the Taxpayers Improvement Club will enjoy a Christmas tree and a. sur-. felt of the good things of the sea- The recently elected officers of Gen. Walker Council, Junior O. U. A M-, will be installed this evening before a large gathering of members and invit- | The barn and shop in the rear of the residence of W. A Stagg is being restored by a force of men. MT: Stagg has shown his appreciation of the efforts of the hremen who worked hard at the fire two weeks ago, and he has sent them check calling for bers of the department designate. Postmaster W. B. Bristol is a.wait- ing his final instructions from the de- partrnent before opening the parcels post for the pJtlic. The instructions so far are incomplete.
 The Christmas festival of Christ and a large number of young hearts
 Miss Mildred F,reyer.-- who is a teacher of music in the Milford public with friends in. New Haven.
 Mrs. Julia. Thompson win leave to- morrow for three months visit in
 selectnan Lai1y haa purchased a mate for his old grey goose and II the residents of the Ferry road are formerly. The goose will be raff1ed off and her fine soprano voice will not be heard tn the east after Jan 2. It is hoped that the robust tenor of the
 male will compensate for the loss of the prfna donna
 me electric switch at the Center able trouble. and is so far the only one in the whole system which has failed to operate properly. Mrs. Richard King will sail on Sat- will meet her husband MT. King Is 50 much pleased with Florida that he proposes to make a permanent home there. The largest congregation in the s1is- tory of St. James parish was present at the service on ChristmaA morning. masses and preached appropriate ser mons at all. A special musical pro gram prepared by Miss Catherine by a full schoirs The difficult music of La Hache's beautiful mass was per-
 fectly rendered. The augmented choir l WAS H1Sa<1S up Oi en1IS~ hR A. 1ae4nS OA Shelton, Mrs. Andrew Crevey, Miss Mary McQuilIan. Miss Lou O'Connor, sopranos; Miss Mabel MccA1illan, Miss May Brennan, altos: William Wilson, John Castel1ot, Joseph Castellot, ten 1 OTIS; Paul Castellot, John Woods, Wal- ! Iian Fisher, John Crevey. passes. | Marjorie Austin Is i'll with a very
 bad cold.
 Miss Amy Gaines is visiting Mrs. Charles Blakeslee in King street, and will remain after the holidays are over.
 The Ramblers and All Stars Of Bridgeport will play at TS1ttleS hall tonight. If reports are true there will be some game
 The joint committee on the Hunting I ton road school will meet Friday even ing, Dec. 27, to open bids.
 l Several young ladies in town will give a select dance at Red Mems hall, l Friday evening.
 The Stratford library Association will hold a New Years reception at | the library from 4 until g.: 30 on Jan l uary 1st. The committee will invite some of the friends Of the library to contribute cake and other articles of l food in order to have a sale of cake and food and also to serve a. light
 supper and cup of tea to all who l desire it. The object of the recep- ! tion is to give an opportunity to all who attend to have a. pleasant time,
 as we'll as to contribute by purchases | of food to the support of the instttu- and informal. Those who attended the reception last year will recall how | pleasant and enjoyable the informal I cr9t thaT