The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-16
CHlLDREN'S DAY AT M. E..
 CHURCH IN STAMFORD
Stratford Residents Kick Over Dust in Stratford Avenue-Young
 Holmes Injured.
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Special to The Farmer.)
 Stratford, June 16-At the Methodist church yesterday Children's Day was observed with appropriate exercises. Mrs. Harry Fairchtld, Miss Yelling ton. Mrs. Wallace, Miss Mill, Mrs. Clinton. Mrs. Olrnstead, Miss Louise Barnum and Mrs. Walter Curtis. There was a solo by Myrtle Bretsford and -a aInarks by Rev. E. c. Carpenter, pas tor of the church. MT. Strout presid- cd at the orgar, Mss Marguerite Thompson played the 'ano, and Basil Merrill and Henry Anderson assisted with violin selections.
 CUTS FOOT AND WDECKS BOAT
 Wendell Holmes, soa of SeIectman John Holmes of South Main str4et, received a nasty cut on his foot Sat urday when he slipped on a broken bottle. The sharp frayed edge of the broken bottle cut through his shoe and severed a small crtery in the mem Der. A temporary Dandage was tied around his foot and he was assisted to his home, where it was re oorted toGay he was resting comfortably a! though much weaks ned by loss of blood.
 house boat on the salt meadows at the rear of the Henry Meachen home on South Main street when he met with the accident. The boat which he was launching caught on the edge of the creek bank as the tide was going out and as a result 1t broke in two, splitting in the middle when the water which had been supporting it sank away from under the end of it. So what with receiving the bad cut on his foot and having his house boat wreck ed Saturday proved a bad luck day for Holmes.
 S. N B. T.-MONARCHS. Tn one of the best baseball games played in town this season the S. N E. T. team from Bridgeport defeated the Monarchs of this town by the score of to 8. The game was the Monarch's until the beginning of the last inning. The score at that time stool to in favor of the Stratford boys but the telephone players rallied strongly. and managed to bring in two runs thus winning the contest when the Monarchs had it all but won. BROKEN WIRE DELAYS TRAFFIC.
 The working people of Stratford enn- p1oyed in the shops, factories and of fees in Bridgeport were held up for near1y an hour Saturday afternoon as they were returning home from work when the trolley wire in front of the car barns on Stratford avenue broke and fell to the track. There was 9 lot of 'freworks'' when the live wire made a connection with the metal parts of one of the cars which tried to pass beneath 1t while it was hanging in the air and so apparent was the danger of trying to run by the break in the wire that the crew of ethe car de- cided to wait until the wire had been repaired before trying to continue on the trip As result all the cars which followed were blocked and 1t was some time before the repair crew arrived from Bridgeport and cleared the track
 DUST ON STAMFORD AVENUE.
 The people residing along Stratford avenue continue to complain bece 11se nothing is done to relieve the dust nuisance on that thoroughfare. Strat- ford avenue which is undoubtedly used more than any other street in Strat- ford has not had a drop of water or oil sprink1ed upon it this season. As result the dust is ankle-deep all along the avenue from the city line to Hard's corner. It is a menace to the lives of the people having occa- sion to use the thoroughfare and 1t was only a few days ago that little girl, blinded by the dust failed to note the approach of a trolley car was struck by the car and badly i'm tured Barnum avenue, Main street, and many other streets in the town have been oiled and 1t is the concen- sus of opinion of the residents or Stratford avenue that 1t is about t1me the selectmen took un the matter of having the street treated to coat of road oil
 NERVOUS BREAKDOWN. Mrs J. A. Hines is confined to her home on Stratford avenue as result of a nervous breakdown
 MONTHS MIND MASS. A months mind mass of requiem will be said at St.. James R. c. church tomorrow morning at 7:30 o'clock In memory of the late Mrs. John Dunn of Holster Heights.
 SICK LIST.
 Miss Sadie Meek of Holster Heights is suffering from an attack of the grippe.
 VISITOR IN TOWN.
 Joseph Hines, a former resident ot Stratford but now of Schnectady, N. Y. was a visitor in town yesterday renewing acquaintanceS with his many friends here.