The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
STAMFORD

STAMFORD 1 ? Last evening the members Of the 275th anniversary committee held q
 meeting in the town hall at which
 meeting definite suggestions for the
 proposed celebration were submitted
 by the subcommittee. Elliot Peck
 presided at the meeting and William Hart acted as secretary. The meet
 ing was we'll attended and much en-
 thusiasm was shown by the members of the different organizations who
 were present. The sub committee ap-
 pointed to prepare the suggestions
 are the Messrs. Frederick Starr
 Beardsley, Rollin A. Curtis, Jeremiah
 Dal1.s Elliot W. Peck and William B.
 Kelsey, who recommended the follow
 ing plans which were passed upon:
 To hold the celebration on Saturday
 and Sunday, October 3rd and 4t1l and on Saturday to have parade in the
 morning: a pageant in the afternoon
 and band concert in the evening and on Sunday to have appropriate exercises in the churches and a band
 concert and an address in the after noon.
 The parade will pf-obably consist of organizations of the town in unifoEE@ and floats suggestive of the episoue to be given in the pageant in the af
 sternoon, including representations of | Clzd1B0S H. lI4p1CEa0uIS, cIOlde4S anu customs such as contrasts between old
 and new fire engines, the minuet and tango, the sickle and the reaper Oth-l CT towns, Including Bridgeport, Hunt ington and TrumbulI will be invited
 to participate especially the children
 It is planned to have the pageant
 representative of the past, present and future of Stratford various epi- sodes in the history Of the town, be- ing represented by different organiza.- tions in town. If possible, the pa Eeant, which is really an outdoor play or pantomirne, wfH be staged in some spot where there are both woodland and seashore to form a natural back ground for the scenes. This pageant will very likely be tho main feature of the celebration and much interest should be taken in it to make it a grand success. It is a. form of cele-l bration which, many towns and cities have used with much success. The old costumes against the Background Of natural scenery and in the open air, make a. very striking picture, all the more so too, when one can see what actually happened years ago, in it's original setting. An expert in directing such affairs will be hired to- take charge of the pageant
 It was also suggested that on the Fourth of July, a. bazaar be held to help raise the required funds Other less important suggestions were also submitted concerning the celebration itself. The finance board will be asked to make an appropriation for the af fair, also the town wdH be asked to
 give the celebration committee author ity to charge a fee for concessions, all
 money from this source to become al
 eral expenses Of the celebration. The town will Of course be specially dec-a orated and very likely illuminated somewhat in the way it was iHumi mated for the Red Mems celebration All these plans and suggestions are to be submitted to the voters and cit izens at a town meeting to be held soon for their approval and for any added suggestions.
 MASS MEETING. Tonight the big su6ragette mass meeting vii Ibe held in the town hall It is expected that a. large gathering will be present to hear Mrs Hepburn and Miss Pearson talk Mrs Hep
 burn, who is the state president of
 the suffrage association, it will Joe re-
 membered, spoke last summer at the mass meeting at the home Of Mrs. David Winton on King street She is a very convincing as we'll as interest ing speaker even to those not inter ested in the cause. Miss Pearson has also been heard here and is also a fine
 speaker She is one Of the most ar dent workers for the cause, she be- T. lection will be taken up As the hall is not extra large all are urged to come early if they wish to obtain seats.
 | TAXPAYERS ENTERTAINMENT. { A most enjoyable entertainment was held at the Taxpayers Improvement club last evening All the small civic clubs of the town were invited to at tend and vocal solos and piano seIec- tions were heard besides the minstrel show which was so successfully pre- sented by the Taxpayers a short time ago.
 DOG FOUND
 A pretty little dog strayed into the fire house yesterday and is residing there temporarily until it's owner iy yellow with a white streak on his
 face and is but 8 young pup. Unless someone calls for it. Chief Judson. says the dog will remain at the engine house, which place it considers very comfortable at present. SNOW REMOVED. Men were at work today removing the large heaps of snow in the road through the center or the town. The snow was piled into deep drifts by the snow plough and it has been very hard for horses to make their way along
 HORSE DIES
 The horse owned by the Stratford 1 Steam Laundry died yesterday after 1 noon as result of exhaustion from
 hard trayeling for the animal which was at work all day, and fifteen min 1 utes after 1t reached the stable 1t l died.