The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-23
WORK IS STARTED
 ON WAKEMAN MEMORIAL
Contract Has Been Awarded to Dow. ling & Bottomley of Bridgeport To Be Finished Jan. 1,
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SOUTHPORT

Southoprt, Aug 23-WOrk on the Wakernan Memorial building in Harbor
 road will be started either tomorrow or Monday. The contract has been
 let to Bowling Bottomley. general contractors of Bridgeport. Charles A
 Bottomley, secretary of the concern
 was in town yesterday stalking off the plot of land with a gang of surveyors preparatory to starting the work to- morrow. He stated that the building | would be completed and ready for oc- cupancy by the first of the new year The contract calls for a semi -fireproot
 construction of red brick facings. The floors will be of reinforced concrete. Red slate will be laid on the roof. The Bowling & Bottomley Co. have sub- let the carpentry contract to Schwartz Bros of Bridgeport.
 The new building is intended as a
 gathering place for the young men of
 the town. It's donors are interested in the we'll fare of Southport young men and considered that such a gath ering place would tend greatly to their advancement. For the young men there will be 8. spacious gymnasi- um. reading rooms. card rooms and recreation rooms. There will also be erected for several ladies' societies of the town. For them have been pro- vided meeting room and kitchen.
 Architect Ernest G. Southey of Bridgeport is preparing plans for a new stock barn to replace the barn burned in Greenfield Hill. The new stock barn will be a model of it's kind containing quarters for horses and all sorts of cattle.
 Two barges loaded, with barrels ot asphalt docked at the Jennings dock
 Wednesday evening. The asphalt Is consigned to the Warren Bros. Go
 of the permanent pavement through from Ash Creek to the Westport town line. There are 1,500 barrels on the two barges. which. are now being un- loaded.
 Walter Babcock of Brooklyn is ex pected to arrive today or tomorrow al the home of Dr. A. B. Sturges. Douglas Seeley of Meriden is visit ing Henry Perry Of Harbor road | Harbor blues are biting as strong these days as they ever did. Daily the waters leading into the harbol finds many fishers angling for the finny creatures.
 Mrs. Frank Jenning of New York is the guest of her cousin, Mrs. Johr Conway.
 Bainard Rooney has returned te New York after spending two weeks at the home of his cousin, Miss Mary Russell
 MT. and Mrs. Fred Disbrow have as their guest, their son Dr. Edward F Disbrow.
 Report comes from St vincent's hospital that Miss F1ossie Giza of this place who was recently operated upon for appendicitis Is gaining rapidly. After enoying a cruise on Long Is
 land sound in their motor launch, MT and Mrs I. A. Parcell and son have returned to their home here. Carpener Charles Gray has the con- tract for the construction of new house for George P. Britt in Greenfield Hill.
 Miss Edna Hall is continuing her stay at the home Of her aunt, Mrs Clara. wildman of New Britain.
 There were large crowds in attend ance yesterday afternoon and last evening at the bazaar given by the Greenfield Grange at the grange hall
 The bake shop' proved novelty and was well patronized. Because of the great amount of work entailed and in which to complete that work and do it rightly, the local f1renen have decided not to hold carnival this wear. Instead they will formulate plans for a monster carnival next sea-
 Funeral services over the remains of Harv T. Flint were held from his late residence this afternoon at 2;30 o'clock Interment followed in Mountain Grove
 Mrs. N. l.. Gills and Miss l.. M. Gills of Petersburg, Va. are guests of MT and Mrs. J. H. Cobb in Spring street.