The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-16
STAMFORD FIRE
 CHIEF BANS NEW
 SCHOOL HEATERS

The board of education of Stratford held their regular meeting last even ing After the regular business was disposed of electiour of officers took place. The officers for the ensuing year are President, Dr. William Coggs- well; vice president, George Fairchild; secretary, Philo B. Ravens.
 At the meeting last night the three new heaters which were recently in- stalled in the portable schools, two in the Center and one located on Honey spot road, were condemned as unfit for use, on the recommendatfon of Fire Chief Judson, and the members voted not to pay any bills until the heaters were properly fixed A ire broke out the other day in the portable building at the Center school and the children had to be dis missed for the rest of the session.
 Final arrangements are being made for the annual fair given by the mem bers of the St. James parish to be held in the Auditorium, October 19 to 27 A large number of valuable gifts have already been donated. There will be an entertainment every evening dur ing the fair and special entertainers have consented to make 1t a grand success. There will be dancing every evening
 The Southwest End Improvement club of Avon Park district, will hold | a public meeting Saturday evening, Oc- tober IT at o'clock. Speeches will be made by Sheriff vollmer and Attorney J. Robert Beecher, candidate for state senator for the 18th senatorial district ford, Huntington, Monroe, Easton. TrumbuIl, Westport, Fairfield, and eWston Refreshments will be served ! and the people from Surf avenue, HoI- lister Heights, and Nichols avenue are cordially invited to attend.
 These warrantee deeds have been re- corded at the town clerks office: Lam bert MouIthrop of Philadelphia to Dorr R. Whitney of Bridgeport, land corner of Booth and California streets; Paul HoIczer of Bridgeport to John and Anna Wachter of Stratford, land To- cated on Avenue A, Avon Park.
 A fund for the Red Cross work that is being carried on among the suffer CTS in Europe is to be raised by the school children throughout the whole country. Each child will be asked to contribute one cent toward the cause and in this way thousands of dollars will be realized when all returns are made.
 The Mary sil1iman chapter. D. A R. will collect the money from the Strat- ford children
 The Connecticut Woman Suffrage association will hold a convention at Hartford, Thursday, October 22. The
 
 tend the convention are: Miss Eliza beth Hastings, Miss Alice Judson, Miss William Richardson, Miss Lillian Snowden, Mrs. Stanley Beach, Mrs. Charles Day, Mrs Buck Mrs. Hession and Mrs. Sterling Fillner. Mrs. Fill mer is president of the Stratford or ganization and will deliver a short ad- l dress at the convention. Delegates to l the national convention to be held at Nashville, Tenn, will be appointed later.
 Nearly 800 people enjoyed the har- vest supper given by the ladies of the 1 Methodist church last evening. A fine i menu was arranged. Cake, pie, candy and fancy work was sold from booths in the hall.
 A meeting Of the Stratford Bowling league, will be held shortly and teams l will be organized for the winter. A new set of rules will be used by the l teams, as the ones which were used last year created much il1-feeling on | the part Of some of the teams. 1 Arthur Beers and family are mak- | ing preparations for their trip to Flor ida. in their yaw1 which is at present at the Pootatuck Yacht club being overhauled for the trip. They will stop at various points of interest on l the way down. He will remain at St Augustine for several weeks where he has a. contract for erecting a house.
 The cruiser North Carolina has been ordered to Alexandria, Egypt to take on board $75, 900 in gold for distribution in Jaffra, Palestine.