The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-03-25
SAMUEL WHEELER BUYS
MARINE AVE. PROPERTY
Intimated at Town Meeting That He
Would Give This Land to Town
For Play Ground Site.
FAIRFIELD

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Fairfield March, 25.-As he intimat-
ed at the last town meeting Samuel
wheeler is now in possession of that
tract of land in Marine avenue on
which site many residents were of the
belief that the much discussed new
sherman school would be constructed.
AT the last town meeting Mr.. Wheeler
stated that title to the land would soon
pass to him from Wallace NJ. Buckley
and that he intended donating the
property to the town as a public play
ground for the school children. The
site has a frontage of about 200 feet
in Marine avenue and is about $50
feet in depth. The price paid is said
to be over $4,000.
The securing of this piece of land
by Mr.. Wheeler will probably end the
controversy over the site for the new
school. Mr.. Wheeler is an ardent ad-
vocate for the construction of the new
school on the present Sherman site,
removing the now crowded structure
to the rear
Discussion over the new school now
has simmered down. to arguments for
an eight room or for a twelve room
construction. The town has voted that
should the new building call for IL
rooms it shall cost no more than $780,
600 Contractors claim that the av-
about $4,000. With twelve rooms
this would be about 10000 Where
the extra amount will come from IS
to be guessed at. Should the new
school have but eight rooms, the town
will allow but $45,O0O.- The matter
committee consisting of Judge John
H. Perry, o. G. Jennings and Simon
C. Bradley.
Fairfield will soon present that
Great White Way effect which was
pictured SO well at the last town
meeting, so much SO that one hundred
United Illuminating Co., of Bridgeport.
Linemen and electricians in the en-
pioy of the. company could be seen
yesterday hopping and scaling from
pole to pole making the arrangem ents
for the flood of bright rays that will
turn Fairheld's nights into days.
More than half of the number are to
be strung from Ash Greek bridge to
the Westport town line.
While on the subject of lights it is
still noticeable that some of those IA
nous auto-reguIating gas lights persist
in the bad habit of working in the day
time and refusing to spread. their
glow in the evening. Someone should
get busy.
An extensive program has been ar
ranged by the hustling committee of
the Christian Endeavor Society which
has charge of the musical in the new
church par1ors of. the Greenfield Hill
Congregational church. The affair
will be held tomorrow evening. The
entertainment Will mark a fitting in
augural for the new piano and for the
new parlors. The talent for the ev
ening will be composed for the most
part of members of the Christian En-
Dor If he TNT-R1r nm
announced beforehand include piano
soLos by Nelson Hutchinson and Miss
Edith ProudTnan,. vocal duet, Gar
nina Waltz Song" Misses Ethel Mer-
win and Olive Pease; piano solos, the
Misses Anna Grey. blanche Wade and
E. FaIlon; piano duet by Miss Ethel
Merwin and Mrs. Everett Lobdell;
and vocal quartet by the church choir,
including the Misses Ethel Merwin
and Olive Pease and the Messrs. Geo.
Merwin and Walter Merwin.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. w. Seery, former
residents of Sasco Hill, who have been
spending the winter in the South have
been visiting friends in town for the
past few days. Mr.. Seery. intends
very shortly taking up his residence
in town and to again conduct his ken
nels.
The Help Wanted" sign has been
Underwear Co. The company reports
that because of the increased number
of orders which their statesmen have
forwarded to them they could make
arrangements for a score or more of
female help.
Charles Baker and family have re-
moved from the Hulls Farms district
to Unquowa Road.
The last of series of free lectures
by Rufus D. S. Perry of Westport con-
Quoted at the Pequot library, South
port, will be held this evening. Mr..
Perry has chosen as his theme, Char
acter Building" The lecture will start
at s O'Clock and everyone is urged and
invited to be present.
The next meeting of the Current
Events club will be held at the resi-
dence of Mrs. H. H. Perry on the Har-
Dor road.
Under the direction of the seIectmen
Main St, Southport, from the trolley
center to the fountain is undergoing
a general fixing. The road is being
scraped and the cutters cleaned of the
winters mud A coating of fine mac
adam will complete the fxings.
The Selectmen's office has advised
the state highway department to make
repairs to the Greenfield road where
the washout occurred last Thursday.
This is a state road, and fortunately
for the town treasury, will have to be
repaired at the expense of the state.
Justice of the Peace. Leroy P.
Beach is some little fxer. Last week
he just up and spoke those few words
which made Justus B. Hawley and
Eliza beth B. Ford one. Both are
the groom being the prop
rietor of the Ash Creek inn.
Local schools following the brief
Easter holidays started on the last lap
of the 1912-1913 schedule to-day. The
youngsters now have about a dozen
weeks of school ahead of them before
the big summer vacation.
The Fairfield baseball club will hold
their second annual dance at ST.
Thomas hall on the evening of April
IA.
Miss Iva King of Spring sstreet is
enjoying the Easter holidays from her
studies at the Leland Powers Dramat-