The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-29
CROWDED SCHOOLS
 FORCES FAlRFIELD'S
 PUPILS ON HALF TIME
Primary Grades in Sherman and HoI- land Heights Schools to Have
 Two Sessions.
CBy Our Special Correspondent

Cramped conditions 1n the SneFH1an and Holland Heights schools it will be necessary with the opening of school next Tuesday, Sept. 2, to place the pri- mary grade pupils in those schools cn half time. Also because of the con ditions at the Nichols Terrace school it may be necessary to open room in the old school house adjoining the present school. This building at the present time is utilized by the re- ce1-tiy organized Nichols Terrace fire department.
 Fer the past few years Fairfield has shown an increase in schoor children gre@tly in excess in propoTtion to the increase in the towns population In the past few years it has been found that the average increase is about 12O EuI)ils each year It is expected that tfie increase will be about the same this year. It has been found that a class of more than 40 pupils is too great a number for one teacher to handle with advantage to the children. It can be thus figured that with an annual increase each year of 120 chi1- dren there should be at least three new rooms added each year. This matter has been attended to this year with new rooms at Greenfield Hill, but yet the crowded conditions will not be relieved.
 It has been found necessary to place the first and second grade pu- pills at the Center school on half time. Another room in this locality would greatly benefit conditions.
 It. is expected that in the Holland Heights school there will be between TO and 80 pupils in one room, but there will be two teachers in attend ance. It is quite possible that this school will also have to go on half time.
 It does not seem probable that the temporary school in the center will be completed by next Tuesday. In the event that it does not, the pupils who are to attend there will have to re- main away from school until the rooms are ready for occupancy. The temporary school has four modern school rooms the same number as at the Sherman school, proper. Work will be rushed on the school to have it ready for the opening, but it does not seem possible. Supt. Bowman anttci- pating that the school cannot be open ed oh time will soon call a meeting of the teachers in that school when con ditions will be fully discussed.
 Next Thursday afternoon there will also be a meeting of the teachers of the east section o& the town which in cludes the Holland Hill, Mill Plain, StratheId, Jennings Woods and Mich ols Terrace schools. The meeting will be held at the latter school
 Supt. Bowman has compiled his list of teachers at the various schools as follows: Nichols Terrace, Miss Walsh, principaI; the Misses Crotty, Gillette, Doran, Roland, Robinson Drisco1l, and Hoyt; Holland Hill, Miss es Kukel1 and Boyle; Jennings Woods, Miss Peterson; Plattsvi11e, Miss Hurd: Greenfield Hill, Miss Johnson, princi- pal and the Misses Fuller, Keene and Wakeman; Mill Plain, Misses Cum mings and Shelly; North Banks, Miss Day; Southport, Miss McGarry,. prin- cfpal; the Misses Callahan, Bronson, Lawrence and Mrs. Hendricks; Sher- man, Miss Nichols. principal; the Misses Gaffney, London, Neary, Troy, Schwarz, Deyo and Smed1ey; Stratfie1d, Miss Wrinn, principal and Miss Hynes.
 Sherin H. R. Elwood yesterday brought Joseph Kozma of Southport back to Fort SlocuIn, N. Y., where he Is wanted as a deserter from the ar my. He leaves behind him in Fair field a bride of but few weeks. We'd nesday evening Kozma was arrested for intoxication- While under the i'm fuence of the old hops he boasted that he was an army man but that he had deserted When arrested he said the same thing. Fort Slocun was
  there confirmed his statement. Kozma was married on Aug. 4 by Justice of the Peace Bacon Wakeman to Ethel Bakus a girl of 19eyears. The young lady because of her age, obtained her fathers consent to the marriage. While he was being married Kozma stated that he had but few more days of grace that heshad to return to Fort S1ocum. At hDtime he was en- toying a furlough at the home of his father. He is 21 years of age.
 The members of the Girls Club of Fairfield have been meeting every ev- ening this week, in preparation for their lawn fete which will be held tomorrow at the town hall green. The fete will be of the same nature as the clubs affair of last year at the same place when almost $2OO was realized Miss Harriet Glover is the chairman of the committee of arrangements.
 Tomorrow evening at, the town hall the Connecticut players will put on their clever sketch, How the Vote Was Won.' Miss Theodore Wheeler is member of the cast
 Miss Maude Bailey has returned to her duties in the office of the Eastern cation spent at Lake Bomoseen, Vt.
 The M. g. Sunday school, of Green field Hill will hold it's annual picnic Labor Day on the church lawn.
 Miss Marion Durham has as her guest, Miss Edna Brothers of Johns lawn, N. r.
 Miss Elsie Duryea of Newark, N. J., is visiting her aunt, Mrs stephen Gif- ford.
 Miss Mabel Sherwood has as her guest, Miss Alice Roberts of Jamaica, L. l.
 William H. Burr with his family and 2. party of friends tomorrow will con- c1ude a pleasant week spent at Fair field beach.
 Clarence Bradley is engaged in pIac- ing barbed wire fences about the res ervo1r property. In all about sixteen miles of fence will be erected.
 John Bonski residing near Benson's corner was sentenced to jail for 10 days by Judge Wakeman for assault