The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-07
PRETTY WEDDING IN
 JAMES CHURCH STAMFORD
Miss Mabel Carpenter Becomes Bride of John J. Cunen-Other Strat-
 ford News.
Special to The Farner.)

Stratford. Aug. Tone, of the pret- tiest weddings held in Stratford in some months was held at St. James R. c. church yesterday 1-orning when Miss Mabel Carpenter became the bride of John J. Cullen of Bridgeport The bride, one of Stratfords most popular young ladies, wore a charm ing bridal creation, all white, and car ried a bouquet of pink and white roses.
 Miss Grace Carpenter, a sister of the bride, acted as bridesmaid and John RaWley of Bridgeport was the best man. The bridesmaid carried a bou- quet of roses as well as the bride
 The bride for some time past has resided with her family on Broad bridge road and has been employed in the Stoddard- millinery shop on Fair field avenue, Bridgeport. The groom is also employed in Bridgeport.
 Following the nuptials, which were pastor Of St. James church, the young couple left town for a brief honey moon trip. The young people were the recipients of many beautiful and use- full gifts from their friends.
 Poorly attended, illegal because it was called to order before the ap-- pointed hour, and tame throughout, was the town meeting held in the town hall last evening" The matters which came up for action, with the excep- tfon of the appropriation for addition al Improvements for the Huntington Road school, were unfmportant mat ters dealing chiefly with the changing of names on a number of streets in the town. It was voted that the sense of the meeting was that Honey as Honeyspot road and should not be given the more dignif1ed name of Park avenue, as was proposed by some of the residents of the vicinity.
 Mrs. Rosamunda Winton, the suffra- gette member of the school board who opposed the granting of an extra $1,- 900 for furnishing two rooms in the new Huntington Road school, and for grading the grounds around the school did not receive the support l-of the voters present at tue meeting for when vote was taken on the ques- ton of whether the town should ap- propriate the money, the vote was in the affirmative, the motion to appro priate the money being carried by a vote of SS to 29
 It was voted to instruct the resi- dents of Barnum avenue to get ready to construct sidewalks in front of their property along that thoreughfare. Be- fore the meeting adjourned it was vot- ed to hold the next meeting on Sep tember 3 when number of matters in regard to new streets, names of streets, etc, will be acted upon.
 Last nights meeting started alt some minutes before o'clock accord ing to the tinnepieces of a large part of the voters present and it was stat ed after the meeting that on this ac- count some of the taxpayers of the l town would protest the granting of the s1 GOO appropriation to complete the work on the new school on the grounds that it was not voted for at 1 a regular legal town meeting.
 MIR. POWELL HOME.
 George Powell of Stratford avenue, | who has been working at the Broad way theatre in Springfield, is home for a few days and has been entertain l ing number of young people from the Massachusetts city. His guests included F. O. O1Brien and the Misses Anna Caffery and Edna Shoven.
 BOARD OF TRADE
 The next meeting of the Stra tford Board of Trade will be held the l evening of Thursday, August 14. A number of important matters relating to the civic welfare and betterment' of the town will come up for discus | sion at this coming meeting.
 DIES SUDDENLY.
 Stricken with brain trouble while he was milking a goat in his back yard Tuesday evening, Lorence Destasnt, one of the welIknown Italian residents of the Avon Park district, died few : minutes after being taken i'll and was buried from St. James church this