The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-03
CONNECTICUT co.
 NOT RESPONSIBLE
 FOR POOR GRADES
Special to The Farmer.)

for the trolley tracks was furnished by the engineers of the state highway commission The engineers of the trolley company knew that there would be a dip at the cemetery gate and that catch basins or some other plan must be adopted to remove the water. It is claimed that there is ten feet or more fall between Avon park and Bruce's brook and that this would be enough if properly utilized to re- move all the surface water from the entire distance on Stratford avenue. There is considerable criticism over what is regarded as an unfair loca- ton of the trolley tracks by the high way department and that there is evil dence of favoritism to save the trees of some of the property owners while those of others have been sacrificed. It is believed that some day the curve between Beardsley lane and Hard's corner will be entirely eliminated and that it would be much better to do 1t now than to wait another generation when property has increased in value and buildings have been erected on the street line.
 SelectInan La11y is today putting in the toIes which will widen the cul- vert on Boothe's hill. The street will then be filled the whole width between the fences and the result will be the greatest improvement seen in this
  Selectnan Lal1y favors the straighten- ing of Bothe street beginning a few hundred feet west of it's junction with Nichols avenue. If strengthened Boothe street would pass through the grove at the five points made by King street, Nichols avenue and Boothe street and would strike Barnum ave- nue at King street. It might be necessary to buy a short flat iron piece of the point from Gus Johnson but it would leave room for one of the finest little parks ever seen-
 Ice formed for the first time Friday night on shallow ponds where the radiation was rapid.
 Jordan & Selleck, real estate deal CTS who are developing Barnard place on the Canaan and Broadbridge roads have removed the old slaughter house which has been an eyesore to the resi- dents of the vicinity and have made the place attractive in other ways. Brush on the fence rows and on the roads have been cut and the lots cleaned up.
 Former Deputy Sheriff John J. Williams has purchased a new Staver four cylinder motor car and is not compelled to take anybody's dust. He has also been appointed agent for the company in this town.
 The dance given by the Chat Noir club Saturday night at Autt1e'S Audi toriun1 was the largest of the season Most of the 200 people who had re- ceiVed invitations were present. Un- behagen's orchestra furnished a pro gram of music for the Is numbers which has never been excel1ed in the town The committee in charge was composed of E1nmet Beardsley, Vim cent Sexton, Frederick Garry, Louis Bristol and Charles Andrews.
 Rev. M. J. O'Connor has accepted for St .Tan1aS' n9riSh the offer of Mrs A. Garfield of New York to install an altar rail of Italian marble in the new church edifice. The rail will probably be the handsomest in the state and will conform to the other fittings of the church. Mrs. Canfield was form erly a resident of Stratford.
 The pupils of the High. school en- joyed a Halloween party in the As sembly hall of the Center school building Friday night. There was a large attendance and the affair was one of the pleasantest in the history of the present classes.
 November 18th has been announced as the date of the wedding of Miss Grace Parker Belden of Main street and Robert B. Jones of Webster, Ia. The ceremony will take place at the home of the brides parents. MT. and vitations have been issued for the 4 o'clock ceremony. MT. and Mrs. Jones will leave the same evening for Iowa and will make their home in Webster.
 The Stratford Woman Suffrage as sociation will hold it's regular month ly meeting at Bethany Mission next Wednesday afternoon beginning at 3:3O. At this meeting arrangements will be made for the series of mass meetings to be held this winter. What few bets have been made here favor the election of F. c. Mullins for mayor of the city of Bridgeport at to- morrow's election. If the choice lay with Stratford voters there would be no 'tknifing'' of the regular candi- date.
 The reorganized Stratford football team played the Lafayettes yesterday at Avon park as a sort of, try-out but the Stratfords were too heavy for their opponents and scored 6 to the Lafay- cites nothing. A big crowd watched the game and demonstrated that Sun day games are relished by the people.
 A team attached to a. dump cart walked into George Lines automobile Saturday and demolished the wind shield and upper works of the ma chine. The car had been left, in front l of the 1Wakelee Bros. coal office and ] the team which had been left on the street by it's driver did some inVesti- gating on it's own account The own CT of the team will pay the damage.
 November 6 has been selected for the demonstration of the Everybody in Church. idea in this town. Frank R. Sammis is a member of the com nittee which has taken up the move ment and he is making efforts to get every soul in town inside church doors on that[day. The movement is not den onina eiona1 and. aims only to get people to attend any church they choose on the day. The plan began in the west and at Cleveland the churches were not half large enough to a.ccommo odate those who wished to attend.
 RUGGIES MAY SEEK