The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-21
STAMFORD

This evening the Cupheag club is to celebrate dts 18th anniversary at the club rooms at the Center. Mir. Baker Of St. Louis, a billiard expert, will help to entertain the menab CTS by showing them some fancy shots. Be sides being the anniversary of the club, it is also the birthday of F. L. Hanson, the popular newsdealer who is one of the charter members Of the club MT. Hanson is 63 years old but he says that he thinks he can get around faster than some men of S5 and this is readily believed by those who have eyer seen Mir. Hanson de- liver1ng papers when some neWsboy fails to show up in hhe evening. Mir. Hanson has been an Odd Fellow, for q member Of his lodge longer than any others.
 Library Lecture
 The third of the series of lectures being given at the Library will take place on Friday evening at o'clock. Prof. Frederick H. Sykes, formerly of CoIumbias University but now presi- New London, will be the speaker, taking as his subject eeRudyard Kip ling. Prof. Sykes has been heard here before and is very interesting. This lecture should prove especially for the men and boys, as they are
  works.
 Basketball Game
 Basketball fans will be glad to hear that the Ramsblers intend to have a game at the Auditorium this Thurs day. They will have as their oppo- nents the All Stars of New Haven The Rambler Juniors will play a pre- lirninary game with the Trade School Of Bridgeport. There should be a. good crowd in attendance on account of having no game last week.
 Breaks Wrist
 Ernest Reed of Tory Hill, the. well known cattle dealer, had the 1nisfor- tune recently to break his wrist. He was eranking his automobile and it kicked, thus causing the wrist bone to snap. Dr. Rowland set the bone and MT. Reed is now as comfortable as could be expected under the cir cumstances.
 Cake and Food Sale
 The Stratford Women,s Suffrage as- sociation will hold a cake and food sale on Saturday afternDon in the Thomas Taylor, Mrs. De Ruyter How land and Mrs C. w. Walker. From to D. m., cake, bread, rolls, pre- serves, etc, wi1l be sold, a number of the voting ladies of the town assist ing.
 Unclaimed Letters
 Letters remaining unclaimed at the post office are for the following: Mrs. Mary Chalmers, De Francesca Donate, James H. Grindrod, Henry Ga1bromer, MT and Mrs V. Johnson, William Russell Stevenson and Wilcox and Mike walzay
 Fence Built
 A fence has been put up between the fruit store and HanSonsS news room in order to keep heavy trucks from driving through the alley way. Lately heavy trucks which have been accustomed to go through here. caused the water. pipe to burst, thus making the puddle of water which was al- ways in front of the fruit atsore- This has been drained now and the fence put which will probably put a stop to this annoyance.
 Hockey Game Postponed r The hockey game which was to have been played yesterday between the Stratford High school and the Staples High school of Westport was post poned on account of poor ice.
 Personal Notes
 William IF St John was in New York yesterday attending the A. D. s. convention there.
 Miss Catherine Carpenter is con- fined to her home with stonsidtis.
 Arthur Collins, formerly of the Bray Drug C., has been visiting in town. Mrs Frank L.. Hanson has been v1s- iting her mother in Bridgeport
 Miss Jessica Maritime is visiting her cousin, Mrs. I. Voas. of New AorK.
 At the, Alleys
 The Bed Men took two games out night in a rather interesting game EroJIfnuri T1xr are the ScTO0S: