The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-08
STAMFORD BOARD FTRADE MEETS
 THIS EVENING

l BaeSS V HHS &S4 l Stratford. May s-The Stratford l Board of Trade will hold it's regular meeting in the Town hall this evening
 and as several matters of interest and l importance are to come before the
 meeting 1t is hoped and expected that there will be a fine attendance at the 1 meeting. Several committees twill
 make their reports and 1t is under committee, and committee on parks
 and public places will have especially l interesting reports to make.
 The committee on legislation and taxation will probably have a report l to make, and as this is tho busiest 1 season of the year for the board, it is expected that the meeting will be a 1 finely attended one.
 A Petition For Miss Cleveland.
 It will no doubt be of interest to large number of Stratford people to know that there is a petition circu- latfng in town requesting Miss E1ea- nor Cleveland to play stock again in Bridgeport.
 Miss Cleveland's friends are not warm admirers in this town and they will no doubt take advantage of this plan to show their loyalty to her.
 Mrs. David Midd1ebrook has charge of this petition which is being clrcu- lated, and while she will do her best E to reach everyone, it will be hard. It will help out greatly if people desirous of. signing the petition would call 1412-5 on the telephone and leave their names so that Mrs. MiddIebrook could call and get their signatures. Of they could call at Mrs Middle brooks home on Melville street
 This petition which is being circu-l lated in Stratford Is only one of many similar petitions. There are a num- Der being circulated in Bridgeport and they are fast being filled with nam es. It is desired to get 5000 signatures to show Miss CleveIand's managers that the general public wants to keep this little lady in Bridgeport.
 Gone to Canada.
 Willard Baldwin and Kingsley Hf1I. two of Stratfordss popular young men have left town for the northwestern coast of Canada to be gone for an in definite length Of time. They will seek employment with the Northern Pacific Railroad, MT. Hill in the block map department and MT. Bald win with the construction department MT. Baldwin for some years past was employed as a pattern maker for the Singer company and MT. Hill worked for Southey, the Bridgeport architect The young men have a host of friends in Stratford who oin in wishing them every success in their new field.
 The Country Club. t Work has commenced in earnest at Know1ton park on the Improvement of the grounds for the new country club. Men were busy yesterday and today laying out two tennis courts and it is expected that they will be ready by the first of June A golf course was laid out today and the grass will be moved so that prospective golf players may begin to practice up on the game
 The full list of officers of the new l club is as fellows: President, John M. l Otis; vice. president, William H. Hart; trea surer. Edmund Fl. Judson; secre- ia Howard " eE1rtis.s The execu- tive board is made up of the follow ingz Attorney A M Cooper. Rev. E. c. Carpenter, Harold l.. Delacour, U M 1 Wooster, and Harvey Irving. It will | be noticed that the president of the club and several members of the exe- cutiVe board come from the Mill Hill Country club and will therefore bel able to give the local club the benefit of their experience in starting the club.
 Milford Pool
 At the Cupheag club Friday even- ing there is going to be an interesting pool contest, two representatives of the Milford Wheel club playing two members of the local club Represent ing Milford will be Messrs Ballard and Wilcox, and representing strat- ford will be Messrs- Dosch and Booth.
 Old stratfords Play.
 Every Sunday afternoon the old Stratford baseball tea1ny the team which represented Okenuck tribe of Red Men five years ago, at. that time considered to&be one of the best teams in the state, plays at Avon Park. Tho Stratford boys have lost none of their speed and put up a fine game of base ball at the Park every Sunday.