The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-27
E. II. DILLON & co.

at the Auditorium Saturday night was
| one of the pleasantest affairs of the
| season. All of the Stra tford boys who
are attending Yale college came home
for the event and they brought large
! delegation Of student friends. wood
hulls orchestra furnished acceptable
| music.
: Three town meetings are billed for
! tomorrow night The first is an adj
| Journed meeting to consider the re-
port Of the charter committee. The
| for action by the voters. A special
Injecting will listen to. the report of
the mass meeting at HOLSTER Heights
concerning the annexation of that dis
trict to Bridgeport. The Bridgeport
Board of Trade will be represented.
An adjourned meeting will consider
the sale of la piece Of property on the
Honeyspot road owned by the town to
Former SeIectman Fred Nettleton who
has made an offer of $500 for the
property
Samuel, Wake1ee is slowly recover
ing from the accident in which he was
badly injured last Thursday evening.
fore he can visit his accustomed
haunts. He has had many narrow
escapes but the last was the most
serious affair in which he has figured.
Seleetman James LalIy, who had the
contract for cleaning off the sand from
the state roads, has completed his
task. The material taken from the
| road was deposited on California
street, north, and has made a great
Improvement on this much neglected
street. The street is almost inpassa,-
bic and needs immediate attention. 1t
Is the sole. outlet for residents of
johnson avenue and netghborlng
trolley. 1t is asked why work on this
section cannot, be prosecuted even if
the work on the southern part of the
street is held up. There will be a
strong protest from that part of the
town if the road does not soon receive
some attention.
ington Road school will meet at the
town clerks office this evening to re-
ceive the report of the boiling down
committee who have accepted the task
of reducing the cost of the building
to the appropriation.
A special meeting of the Stratford
VIC. T. u was held at the home of
Mrs. H. L. Hart, Park street, Friday
afternoon. Several new mem bers were
received. The following officers were
elected: President, Miss Myra Curtis;
vice presidents, Mrs. Packard, Con-
gregational church, Mrs. Emily
BatcheIler. Bethany Minsion; secre~
superintendent, Mrs. Charles Johnson.
Sunday School, Mrs. Emily Batche11er,
Flower Mission, Mrs. Herbert Hart,
press; Miss Myra Curtis, literature.
The members of the Chat Noir- club
of Stratford have just decided to give
an other of their popular informal
dances before the Lenten season be-
gins The dance will be given in the
Auditorium in Stratford on Satur-
day evening, February 1 and promises
to be an even more enjoyable affair
than any OF the dances given by the
club within the past two years.
Mrs. A. J. Krausmann and son,
George, of. Catskill, N. Y, are visiting
relatives in town. The family expects
to take up it's residence here in the
spring.
Gus johnson, the Mayor of Johnson<
vile, has commenced a new home for
himself on California street north
The barn at his present home on
johnson street has been torn down to
make room for more houses. Mr.
Johnson now has three houses in the
course of construction and will begin
seven more as soon spring opens,
The property he acquired last summer
from Samuel BeardsIee, bounded by
Rarnum avenue, Beothe street and
seven acres, will soon be covered with
houses, first on Barnum avenue and
subsequently facing the other two
streets. When this plat is covered
with houses Gus announces that he
will quit and take life easy for the
rest Of his life. Gus Johnson has
probably built more houses on his own
account than any other man in the
county if not the State. His record
is now somewhef between 60 and 20,
and a large proportion of these have
been sold to working men on easy
terms, Gus has made it possible for
tain a home of his own and pay for
it as he goes along. Gus has earned
the good win of all these buyers by
treating them on the square, and this
reputation has extended through the
town.