The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-20
STAMFORD
to the Farmer.)

Cc@eAOI4 O1 Od1IlOS A. AO1 O license in the Hartmann building on l Linden avenue. It is understood that there is no opposition to MT. McGuin- ness personally. The petition is
 signed by the following in the order | they appear on the document: New ton J. Reed, Harry F. Saunders, H.
 l.. Bartran1, Frank R. Sammis, Philo l P. Haven, E.. N. Packard, Elliot w.
 Peck, w. S. Curtis, F. s. Converse, w. A. Stagg, George A. Porter, liar old C.. Lowell, Charles H. Peck, Wal l ter Blamey, Fred L. Palmer, Charles
 Abercrombie, Frank L. Hanson, W.
 B. Bristol, Stiles Judson, w. E. Smith,
 George T. Jewell, J.. W. Thompson,
 c. s. Smith, Dr. De Ruyter Rowland,
 " H. Crawford, David Coe, J. H.
 Brakeman, Sarah J. Thompson, s. c.
 Dickinson. Don H. Bolster.
 The F. E. ,Conine Go. is completing a large contract for landscape work
 at the handsome residence of w. &. Leigh on Waldemere avenue near Sea- side park in Bridgeport.
 | Dave Wohlgemuth dropped into
 town this morning to shake hands
 with his old friends Tomorrow he
 will leave for Florida where he will
 pass the winter. Dave has threshed
 the pumpkins, stacked his rye, fatted the turkeys on his upstate farm and l now proposes to dodge the wintry
 winds till the crocuses bloom again
 pna the hiIlsides.
 e.T The trial of the case against the
 Travis Inn for selling liquor on Sun
 day is on this afternoon before Judge
 Pulley. S...-...-r
 The. Board of Trade meeting to be
 held this evening will be of more than usual interest and full attend
 ance is desired.
 1 The library teas which the ladies i have been society events in the town
 The next is advertised for November
 21 when a display of bread, cake, can l dy and toilet articles will be offered 1 for sale. The proceeds are to be
 used by the library committee for spe- 1 c1a1 purposes.
 1 In the town meeting Monday night | States Attorney Stiles Judson told of | the action of the legislature of 1911 of
 which he, was member This surpris- ling evidence of longevity was accepted | with amusement by those present who
 pion of public utilities really meant
 1913 and that he had no idea of l claiming participation in any events which took place 500 years ago. The
 amusement which greeted the state l ment was not intended to be disre- l spectful and this may relieve the sit l uation.
 Charles Hoyt of White street has ] the champion flock of hens in this
 town. He condded to a friend the other day when he had a, basket full l of fresh eggs for the market that
 he was getting on an average, nine
 dozen of eggs every week. That's l a good record-how many hens have i you?'' I've got just nine hens.'' Fur ther comment was unnecessary. Miss Grace Parker Belden and Rob 1 ert Emmons Jones were quietly mar ried at the home of the parents of the bride, MT. and Mrs. I. L. Belden of Main street and Academy Hill at 3 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Rev.
 gregationaI church and Rev. B. N.
 Packard, the present pastor, of11ciated. The bride was given away by her
 father. She was attended by Mrs.
 Alexander Hawley of Fort Dodge, Ia., as matron of honor. William D.
 Mackenzie of Chicago was best man. The uShers were A. w. Hawley of 1 Fort Dodge and Varick c. CrossIey Of lWebster City, Ia. Miss Belden is a graduate of the Courtland school, Is tof the Brook1aWn Country club. After a wedding. tour MT and Mrs. Jones will be at home at Webster City,
 after December 1. The guests who
 numbered very few Stratford people l included Mrs. T. w. Brown, Miss Hell
 en Brown and Paul G. Brown of New 1 York; Miss Ethel Wa1bridge, New
 York; Mrs. R. M. Smanpage, Eagle
 Grove la; Mrs. F. G. Morse. New
 ton, Lanes Falls, Mass; Ralph Mac Pherran, Milwaukee; MT. and Mrs Varick c. Crossley, Webster City, Ia4;
 and MT. and Mrs. Ralph Davis, Wor- 1 cester, Mass.
 At the Congregational church, on Sunday afternoon, November 23rd, at
 4 o'clock, the choir, assisted by the quartettee from the Second Baptist church, of Bridgeport, and a number Of vnJ1 k i'm alx r
 up chorus of twenty voices, will
 render Maunder's cantata Song of
 Thanksgiving. The chorus is made up of the following singers: Sopranos,
 Mrs. Gladden. Beers, the Misses Brait- ling, Lines, Hinckley, and Allen; altos
 Mrs. Ivan Warehouse, Mrs. Wade Cook, the Misses Brait1ing, Graham and Pearsau: tenors, Messrs. Wi1mot, CIabby, Haven, Brown, and Powell;
 basses, Messrs. Hall, Saunders, Meloy, BEaitling, and Wakeman.
 Residents above Paradise Green are
 making an effort to have the Green" car leaving Bridgeport at 6:O8 p. m. I run through to Far Mill River. Un- der present conditions those who leave their place of business at D. m. are obliged to wait until 6:35 for a car They think that fnasmuch as the resi- dents along the New Haven line have 1 Q number of trippers at this time in l the evening that they should be en- titled to at least one. Petitions are being circulated for this much need ed improvement and it behooves resi- dents along the line to get busy and sign as it is understood that the Con nectieut Company is willing to put the car If there is sufficient num- l Der of signers.
 as M Me1gs R. RafsseIrswho has been ap- pointed chairman of the Progressive Service committee of the Town of 1 Stratford by the State Progressive | Service committee has already begun plans for the winter work The Pro-
 gressive Service is, while connected with the Progressive Party, practi- cally non-partisan civic organiza- ton the aim being to study problems of national, state and local nature | and present the facts regarding