The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13
Y. G. SOON TO OPEN
 FOR SEASON
Mrs. Dunn DieS-Runaway on StratfOrd Ave.-Other News
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 Stratford, May 13.-The formal I opening of the Pootatuck Yacht club will take place Decoration Day, May SO@ The members are already making preparations for the event and it is anticipated that there will be some Interesting motor boat races there on that day. Open house will prevail at the club on that day as on July 4 and Labor Day, and 1t is expected that there will be a great number of visit ors present as guests of the members.
 Most of the members have already launched their boats and taken an chorageS for them out in front of the club house. The floats are now in the water and the beach is being cleaned up so the club house presents quite busy scene these days.
 Miss Rogers Visitor.
 Miss Helen Rogers is visiting at the home of her grandfather, Henry Stagg, on East Broadway. Miss Rog- ers' home is in Merchantsville, Pa, 8 suburb of Philadelphia
 Mrs. Mary Dunn Dies.
 Mary Cuneen, wife of John Dunn of No. 1e2 Bruce avenue, died at her home yesterday afternoon after an ill., ness of several months duration. Mrs. Dunn was born in New Haven but had been a resident of Stratford for about 16 years. She was a com municant of St. James R. O. church and was well liked and highly re- spected by all who knew her. Her husband John Dunn is employed at the U. M. c. Company's plant and his fellow vvorknen will be grieved to hear of his bereavement. Besides her husband Mrs. Dunn is survived by her mother, eight sisters, and one broth CT.
 Runaway of Truck Horses.
 A big double team of truck horses belonging to James Nichols, the local mason contractor ran away on Strat- ford avenue shortly after o'clock this morning and came near doing serious damage in their mad dash down Stratford avenue from Avon Park to the city line.
 The truck or dump cart which the horses were attached to was loaded with heavy stones, and the stones were strewn right and left along the thoroughfare. After t'side-swiping'' trolley car and neagly tumbling down into a ditch near Bruce avenue the frightened horses were finally brought to a stop.
 MT. BIakeslee's Funeral.
 Funeral services for Charles w. Blakeslee, the we'll known mason com tractor who succumbed to an attack of pneumonia at his home on King street, Saturday, were held last even ing at o'clock at the late home on King street. The burial which was private took place this morning.
 MT. Blakes1ee was one of the best known mason contractors in this vicinity He did many large contract ing jobs fin this town, in Milford, Bridgeport and New Haven, among other jobs being a large part of the work on the U. M. c. company's big factory in Bridgeport.
 He took an active interest in the town affairs and in fact it was while attending the recent hearing on the East Broadway double tracking mat ter that he caught the cold which de- veloped into the fatal attack of pneu- monia-
 MT BIakes1ee was born April 8, 1s42 and spent the greater part of his life in this town. He is survived by his wife and one son, Clayton K. BIakes1ee, prominent in the affairs of the Republican party in Stratford.
 Stratford At the Ball Games.
 Stratford Is always well represent ed at the baseball games played at Newf1eld park and g particularly large delegation of local fans was seen at the Springfe1d-Bridgep game yes-I terday afternoon. The Stratford fans always root for the Bridgeport team and are as jubilant as any of the Park City boys when the home team wins
 Advertised Letters.
 Advertised letters remaining at the local post office for the week ending Saturday are addressed to the follow ing persons: John August Anderson. Robert Abbott, Mrs. Fred Baker, ''Chronicle," Jack Claire, L. Distasen, Harry Dtnna, H. F. Jones (2), Mrs Charlotte Judson. Lewis Johnson, Catherine and John Krievy, Thomas Kennedy, MT. and Mrs. Ralph Lewis, Otto Madsen, Mrs. J. Peterson. Miss Faith Reed, Mrs Conc Tuzzio, Mrs Ritter Vargo, ''Victor.''s