The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-14
STAMFORD

P was held last evening IT th.: rown 1 hall and although it was an irnper-
 taht one, not many were present The
 first business before the meeting was l the election of officers The following g were submitted by the committee on
 President, Elliot w Peck : vice-presi- dents, Samuel w. Hubbell Everett E.
 Sniffen. Thomas M. McQuillan, Chas. s. Smith; treasurer. George A. Fair child: secretal-ys William IIart; auditor, Frank R Safnnlis The question: then came up of the l site for thes neWs school in the recent
 town meeting it was voted to erect one of the buildings on Nichols ave-
 aue- This site, however seemed to ! members of the board to be too far 1 eastward and after some lively discus ] sion it was voted to call a special l town meeting to refscind the vote "a ! the last meeting and select another l site farther west for the school build ing.
 It was also voted to hold the an-
 nual banquet some time in March ana. a committee was ap pointed to ara ngse
 matters Those on the committee are Fred N ettieton, Frank samn1is and one, other gentleman to be named by President. Elliot Peck The board also decided to hold some Sort Of enter taiIWnent ali the fpture meetings, also to serve coffee and sandwiches or clam chowder or something of that nature to increase the attendance which Of late has fallen rather low
 CoNGREG ATIONAL CHURCH.
 There win. be services at the Con- grega tional church tomorrow both morning and evening, cond ucted by the patStor. Rev. N Packard. In the morning. the subject will be the Changed Attitude Toward the Ne gro,' and. what our missionary and educational systems are doing to re- leve the situation. Several southern states have annulled the I4th and 18th a1nendments to the constitution, by laws disenfra nchising the. negroes. and there iss.a revival of the old note of bitter hostility to him. There are echoes of slave holding talk before the war; But. there are many enco urag- ing signs. In the evening there will be a. song service with a short ser mon.
 ST JAMES R e CHURCH
 There will be regular masses at tEe5 St. James church at 80 aIDd s1O: 30 in the morning. The pastor, Rev M. J. OConnor. will deliver a sermon at both services.
 BETHANY MISSION.
 At the Bethany mission tomorrow there will be pEeaching by the pastor 1n the morning followed by the Sun days school services In the eveningsE the young people will meet at 6;45 af-.I ter which the pastor, Rev. Spencer Bray will talk on Lincoln.
 ;. sTRATFORDSM E. CHURCH.
 The pastor, Rev Ernest earpen. ter. will preach both morning and eNenihg at ghe Methodist church to - risorroNaza In15ti g morning fhe topic; VIII be Sincerity Of Character" The evening topic will be Turning tho World Upside Down
 SUCCESSFUL WHIST.
 The recent whist held at the Tax pss51erT Improv enent club under. the auspices of the Ladies' Altar society Of St James church was a very sr1c-s cessful one. about $50 having, been London was the hostess This will help considerably toward the fund be- i Ing raised for the new church build ing. ]:
 CHURCH CANTATA. On Thursday evening of next week the.as can ia, E The CrowJ1irag Of the : Rose, will be sung by the members ] of the Methodist church choir Bridge 1: port soloists will aeeistSand the affair ! been working hard for many weeks to ! have. it so.
 PERSONALS
 Miss May Kennedy of Bridgeport ! was a recent visitor in town
 Miss Gertrude Batty is spending the week end in N orWich Rev. F z. Carpenter has returned been assisting in eyangeIstsc ser-.s. vices
 MI9- Norman Bucking gbam of Mil ford gave a dinner party at her home on Wednesday evening at which number from Staples bank in Bridge were Mrs- Georgiana Greeley and Ralph Parks from town. Miss Alice Windsor is visiting Miss i Ruby Reed of BIakeman place. E2ss-TIlNEx DANG
 All iss in readiness for the Valentine 4 dance to be held in the Auditorium tonight. About s158 invita- tions have ! been sent out and a fine crowdssfs ex-: pected Fred "A unord and Roger Beers who. are giving the 4dance, have- planned for several pleasant sur prises.
 2 TAXPAYERS CLUB
 ! On Monday evening, the Taxpa yeI,s, Improvement club will entertain ali the small civic clubs in StospT NH sical se1ectIens will Ee enjoyed and the mInstreIs givsR by the club re- gently will be repeated.
 sELksCTMEN M EFT
 The Stratford sshoard ei sseIect n1e1l met Friday evening and several mat F ters Of importance were disc dsesed l. | Park soInflfssIon CTS were abPoIla ted zassl follows: Elliot Peek. three years; F. f WsE0e tfeton, two year, and F. E. Co., f. pine, one year. The commissioners i. duty will be to.take charge of the nu- lnerous small parks about the town and see that they are kept up in gooei-i shape Another matter which v tIssfi or dered attended to was the survey ing of sBarnum avenue which fas not been laid out since it was extended. This will be attended to .saortIy and |. sidewalks and fence lines will be laid 1 put
 POINTS OF INTEREST.