The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-03
STRATFORD
Especial to The Farmer.)

| Especial to The Farmer)
! Stratford, March 3-The funeral of
! Henry w. Van Voorhis was held at
| the home of his cousin Meigs B. Rus
sci on Elm street this morning at 1O:3 80
The Rev. Ellsworth Cornwall of Christ
i Church OBLIGATED. The remains were
| taken to Seymour for burial where
| the committal service. was held by the
Rev. W.. A. Woodford of that town.
Mr.. Van Voorhis was born in Fish
kill, N Y, 81 years ago came to
| Stratford with his parents the late
| Lamson and Susin Van Voorhis and
| lived South Elm street He was
| with G. w. Fairchi1d & Sons a num-
Der of years. About three weeks ago
| he was taken to Bridgeport hospital
and died there on March first He
| in this town
| At the trial of Dudley Stafford on
! Saturday morning it was found that
| the colored waiter Jones who gave
out the liquor to the state policeman,
Howard, was missing. Ivan i. More
| house issued warrant for his arrest
| as Jones could snot be found at that
/ time but has been since, the prosecu-
| tor has not fixed a date for his trial
yet but said it would come up some
| time next week.
The monthly meeting and chicken
| supper of the fire department will be
postponed until Thursday evening in
stead OF Tuesday on account of the
town meeting.
Andrew Riege and Emmett Boards
| ley received injuries while playing
| basket ball at Eagles hall on Thurs
| day evening. Hiege broke his toe
and Beardsley hurt his hand. Those
who went from town saw the rough
est game ever played in Bridgeport.
There seems to be some misunder
| standing about the date of the town
| meeting. It is called for March the
at o'clock which time the report
Of committee on numbering and nam
| ing the streets will be given. This
committee has worked most every
evening since the last town meeting
and if the report Is not completed it
| will not be their fault One of the
committee said he wished that the
| people of the town would accept this
| report as it is gotten up with the idea
of pleasing everyone. The committee
| have spent lots of time and consider
| alton over it, and it would only cause
unnecessary delay if not accepted.
The Ramblers will hold their sec
ond annual ball in the auditorium on
| Tuesday evening, March Is.
Miss JunitsL Hines left Sunday for
| Washington, D. c., to visit her grand
mother, z. P. Hines. Miss Hines will
stay in Washington one week and
| take in all the ceIegrations.
The report from the home of J. J.
Ringe and his daughter Mildred who is
| suffering from scarlet fever is she is
| doing fine Her little friends will
be pleased to hear this.
| SeIectman James L1aHey was inter-
viewed last evening. He said he had
and California streets and that it
would cost about 5000 to put the
streets in first class order. There
! would be a lot of blasting and filling
and survey would have to be made.
| These streets are the only outlet for
| a large number of taxpayers and now
| it will be up to them to get busy and
| ask for this appropriation at the ad-
| Toured town meeting.
The mems club of the Congregation
al church gave another social at the
home of their pastor, Rev. E. N
| Packard on Judson Place last Thurs
day evening which was enjoyed by
the members and their friends. There
was good speaking, singing, and a
| light refreshment was served.
From the number of tickets that
i have been sold for the Fairfield
| County Bull Moose dinner to be held
| at the Atlantic hotel some time this
| week shows that there are still a
number of the party in town alive
A special meeting of the Stratford
w G. T u will be held Tuesday,
three O'Clock, at the home of Mrs E.
N. Packard, Broad street Mrs Buell.
/ the state president will be a guest
| Last Thursday evening the Second
! Troop of Stratford, Boy Scouts of
America, was officially recognized
| through the visit of Scout Commits
sfoner Went. The patrol had been
| organized for month or more, how
ever. Five boys passed the required
| tests for the tenderfoot degree. They
| were: Roy Farrar William Foley,
| Kingdom Hale, Raymond Peaee and
Holger SchIuntz. Edgar Lee was in
| charge of the patrol. John H. H. Lee
| is the scout master. By a unanimous
vote, the boys decided to change the
| name of the patrol from Mohawk to
Fox There are ten troops, numbering
| altogether some hundred and sixty