The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-06
FAIRFIELD

wafbchman to spatrsol the center of the
 village. The selectmen have decided to meet the wishes of the majority
 and appointed George Mullin, a for
 mer resident of Bridgeport. to fill the 1 position Although the position is
 not 8 political one, MT. MuIlin secured
 the appointment through the influence
 of Postnaaater simon Bradley and Rep
 resentattve Clttus King. MT. Muffin 1 is well known locally and holds the of-
 fee of junior sagamore in the UnqEBo- wa tribe, No. 60, I. O. R. M.s He wdM I assume the duties of his position to-
 night at o'clock.
 Miss Marion Buckley of Southport, ] wil1dle skating on Mill River, Sunday fell and received q. severe scalp wound. i She was hreabed by Dr. Donaldson and
 will be back at school on Monday next.
 l terday for Hartford where he will
 represent the town of Fairfield in the i incoming. legislature.
 l s. Randall, father of Druggist Ran, l da.ll, is suffering from @ severe attack i of pneumonia and is unable to be
 about. While his case was very seri-
 cqSs a week ago he is now recupera&- 1 ing rapidly.
 TNhe Fairfield polo team are now
 booking games for the coming season l and arc ready to meet aaa corners:
 They have r4gged up Mill river pond f with regulation cages and arc prac- ticing nightly. The beam will line
 up as follows: E. Mills C. Wells, G.
 Miller, P. Lucas, C. Serup, F. Valde- rouy, L. Lespdnard.
 l The regular meeting of the Green 1 eiId Hill grange was held last even ing dn Grange hall A Christmas tree festival was held for the children of 1 the district. The meeting was the first of the New Year.
 The annual meeting of btle Green VpU1 held on Friday evening of t11As week ! In the church parlOrS Refreshments l will be served in the form of tea, ice cream and cake.
 John Donaldson left Monday to re- bllrn to Ithaca where he is pursuing a course of study at Cornell University.
 He has been spending the Christmas
 vacation with his parents. Dr. and Mrs Dona1dson, on Spring street. Mrs. Frank Lockwood, who two months ago, underwent a, very serious operation dn New York city, is pro- gre2sing favora1bIy at her home on Tsunxis Hin road.
 The Boy Scouts of Troop 1, held their regular meeting in the academy,
 Monday evening T1re boys did fur
 ther work toward the coming exam tnatdon for the second class degree. The Camp Fire Girls held a meeting Monday evening in the parIogs of the Congregational church.
 | Ss est fnhabatanhs of Fairfield. died Mon
 day at her home at the age of 70 years. She had lived in this bown for upwards | of 50 years. As a member of St. Thomas R. c. church, she was well known and highly respected The deceased is survived by four daugh-
 bers. Rose, of this. town. Mary and Jennie of New York city, and Mrs.
 John J. Cavanaugh, wife of Chief In-
 spector John Cavanaugh of the con- lnecticut company of Bridgeport. The funeral will be held tomorrow morn l ing from her late home at S:30 and from St. Thomas. church a,t@9 o'clock.
 IntermeGat will be in St T'hpmas' scem-
 etery.
 While che flrenaen of No com lpany were in meeting last evening word was brought in of a fire down towards Southport. Chauffeur Me Garry and several of the members of I the company immediately started for I the blaze. Further inquiry brought out the fact that the fire was in a loffering their services to the West iport company, returned to their. head iduarters.
 The Ladies Aid society of the Faith tchapel met this afternoon at the chap te1 on North avenue extension at D.. I'm. Rev. MT. Akers has been asked by the ladies to address the society on Itheir first session in the new year. The Fairfield Civic Association and Board of Trade began the New Year fright, Monday, when about 50 attend ed the January get-together and ban Iquet at the Unquowa hotel. Land Ilord A. L.. Donovan served one of his T Characteristic menus and the post lprandial exercises were well divided between addresses, musical numbers land story telling. For once, Post
 master Simon c. Bradley, best of
 F1airs1eld's toastnasters, was allowed Ia night off and allowed to do fuH jus ttce to the good things before him and hear some one else talk. Dr. tVVilaam H. Donaldson, retiring health ioffcer, served as an excellent toast master. Col Va1ery Havard, former assistant surgeon general of the Unit ed States army and pr. Donaldson s successor as health officer, was the speaker. of the evening. His address
 was a combination of wit and wis. dom. conn bination of vaudeville
 features was given by Everett L. Farl- ton and William Middlebrook of
 Southport that brought forth rounds
 of applause. Mixed in with selections
 by a four-piece orchestra were vocal fselections by Loren Delbridge and
 Frank D. Hotchkiss, a quartet direct ed by MT. Delbridge, comprising Jos ephs T. SF'1int, Simon c. Bradley, Will
 Mann MiddEebrooE1s and Everett l.. Tarlton and piano selections by Chas. i S. Fox. The next business meeting N of the organization will be the even II ing of January IS. It is planned to have a number of Interesting speakers
 during the winter with local topics
 Of profit down for discussion
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