The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-23
JOINT COMMITTEE MEETS
 TO DISCUSS SCHOOL SITE
Effort Will Be Made to Obtain Creevey Property For Proposed
 Huntington Road Building.
STAMFORD
Special to The Farmer)


 purchase of site for school hous
 on the Huntington road met last nigh
 at the town clerks office and dis cussed the matter. subcommittee
 was appointed to get the lowest tg
 ures on the Creevey property and alst to ascertain whether the offer report ca to nave been made by Elliot w Peck to buy the excess not needed bJ
 the town was bona fide This commit l tee consists of Supt. W. B. Kelsey | William Simendinger and Frank Sam nie and represents all the interests in | vOlved Should it be possible for tnt | committee to find some one to take half of the four acres in the. tract the ! committee will favor this site rather l than the one first selected. Should Il be impossible to induce any one to take this portion the committee vii | close with D. C. Wood and take, the
 two acres he offered the town for $500
 and use as much of the $4S0 appro- l priated as is necessary to clear It. The plot contains two acres well adapted | to the purpose butisthe Creevey prop erty is deemed more desirable. The price is double that of the Wood prop erty but it requires no clearing. The committee will make strenuous o6tec- 1 tions to any plan by which any in- l dividual may make a good thing by the transaction. On this occasion there will be no sharp practice by which | off. The town, will deal first handed and not allow unearned profits to stick to the fingers of middle men in the deal, a practice which has been l the time honored in municipal and 1 town matters. There is now pros- pect that the people win get what they are asking in the Huntington
 road school matter and that the self
 constituted hierarchy will submit with as much grace as poseibleTto the spub- l lie will
 The bazaar and lawn fair given by 1 the Ladies Auxiliary of the Taxpayers Improvement club last night was the
 most interesting event in the history of the club and easily puts the ladies ahead of the men by a large margin 1 in the contest b ythe sexes to out do each other in social events at the club house. The spacious grounds were brilliantly lighted and Japanese lan- ing and flags were literally used in the decorations Many different ar ticles were offered for sale in gorge ously decorated booths. Mrs. Arthur
 Dennison and Mrs. John Casey in charge of the ice cream booth cooled
 Marion London and Helen Wilkinson were in charge of a booth entirely de- voted to cake The display has never
 been equalled in the town. The ladies of the hill pride themselves on their ability in this difficult art and the display last night Demonstrated that they are masters of it. s. R. Adams. the Bridgeport baker sent oven an enormous fruit cake with elaborate decorations which occupied the posi- tion of honor at the booth Miss Ma bel Wilkinson was awarded the cake in the contest. Home made candies in great variety and immense quan- titles were offered in a separate booth by Mrs. s. W. Wurtz and her depart
 ment was liberally patrorized. The sweetmeats were displayed in fancy baskets and the variety was a sur prise to everyone. Mrs. Frank Smith presided at the booth devoted to fam cy work and her stock included al-
 most everything needed in the decora- ton of the home NeedIework, decor ated china and srumber1ess articles were quickly taken by eager purchas- CTS. Mrs. William Richardson as "Re- becca at the Well'' quenched the thirst drawn from the depths of the earth where a spring of this delicious bev- craze had been discovered. Miss Ma bel McQuillan furnished the novelty
 of the evening in booth constructed by herself uraided. A brick furnace
 and girdle was used by the: enterpris- ing damsel in roasting frankfurt sau- sages and her stock was completely exhausted before the evening was over. A big pot of Jhot sweet corn flanked the oven and almost every individual on the lawn was seen, at
 tached to a big ear of the toothsome vegetable. Dancing was in progress during the evening in the hail of the club house. Arthur Dennisoia's or chestra furnished the music which was complimented on all sides The affair was an indication of the in- creasing popularity of this organiza- | tion ~ A valuable setter dog owned by Rob- ert W. Higgins of South Main street was run over by a flying motorcycle, yesterday afternoon, and barely escap- ed with his life. The motorcycle was travelling at the rate of mile or more minute when it struck the dog amid ships. The rider was not unhorSed but kept right on, not even stopping to look at the damage he had done. Constable Palmer is looking for the scorcher. He was travelling at so high rate that his number was not obtained.
 The fifth anniversary of the organi- zation of Star of Stratford lodge, Shepherds of Bethlehem, was cele-l brated with appropriate exercises at Odd Fellows hall, last night A vocal quartet, consisting of Misses Ruth and Frances Lockwood, George Lockwood anu O0OFSe UT, was hearQ m several selections. Mrs. c. Simons was the accompanist. Mrs. Nellie Wheeler in reading and recitation was, received with applause. Miss Mildred Cliborn Tn piano solos, Miss Florence Richard son in popular songs, and others con-. tributed to the success of the affair. The guests of the evening were Mrs. Nellie LL Teller of Bridgeport past supreme commander, and John F. Balyntine of Ansonia, supreme mar shal of the order. Both made ad- dresses complimentary to the Strat- ford Shepherds. An interesting part of the program were the tableaux en- titled -Four Generations, presented by Mrs. Nellie Wheeler, Miss c. Wright, Harold Frederick and Will Ayles. Past commander sashes were bestowed upon Mrs. Carrie Payne, Mrs. William Perry. Mrs. l. Cliborn and c. FL Leavenworth, who were all entitled to the decoration. Mrs. Mary Richardson, delegate to the supreme convention, and Mrs. Carrie Payne, alternate, are preparing to go to Bal timore in October Ten charter mem bers were among the hundred or more in the hall. Bountiful refreshments were served after the exercises
 The residents of Academy Hill were given a free exhibition by the active firemen who held their regular drill on that historic spot last night. Over 30 men participated and the work was very satisfactory to the chief and the members. The next drill will be held August 29 at o'clock
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