The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-25
CHILDREN OF MARY OF ST. TH0MAS' TO
 PRESENT PROGRAM
Entertainment for Two Nights to Be Planned To
 morrow Evening
1special to The Farmer.)

Special to The Farmer.) Fairef11d, Jan. 25.-There will be a meeting of the Children of Mary or St. Thomas church in the parish hall tomorrow evening for the purpose or l making arrangements for an enter l tainrnent in the near future. The en- i tertainment will be given on two sue cessiye nights but it's exact nature mas 1 not yet been determined. The meet 1 ing will be called at 8 o'clock. A large attendance is expected The storm of last night. was one of the worst of it's Kind in this vicinity in many years. A trolley wire aC F'Ent,s corner snapped in two this morning about 10 o'clock and held up | the trolley service for about forty rnln lItes. The emergency crew connected 1.-the wires.
 The newly organized Fairfield Boys 1 club will hold their regular meetings l on Thursday evening of each week. John Bonney, secretary of the club, IS unable to be about owing to an attack 1 of grip.
 Joe Cavanaugf, one of the prorni- nent young residents Of the town, has 1 left for Washin gton where he will spend the winter with his parents who have a permanent residence there | Gamaliel. Infant son of Patrick and Ina Smith of Spring street, near Fair i field place, was laid to rest in St. Thomas cemetery this afternoon at I 3.ao. The child died of infantile trou- bles
 The funeral of John w. Meeker of Greenfield Hill was held yesterday af- ternoon from his late home on Bron- son avenue. About fifty members of the Greenfield grange of which he was a member attended the funeral in a body. Rev. Edward H. Thompson, pastor of the Greenfield Full; Congre- gationa1 church, assisted by Rev Dwight Prentice retired pastor of the church, of1ciated at the funeral ser vices. The most beautiful among the floral tokens was a standing wreath from the Greenfield grange Miss liar riet Parker and MT. Woodruf of Nor walk, rendered two duets and one solo each. Miss Parker,s solo was Lead Kindly Light" and MT. Woodruff sang Face to Fsace.'' Interment was l in Oak Lawn cemetery.
 A large gathering of young men
 met at the Faith chapel Thursday levening for the purpose Of forming a mems league in connection with the church John Worthy, Leander He'd burg, Frank Smith, Herbert Bernard and B. D. Akers were appointed a l con1Tnittee to submit a list of names l of those desiring to hold office in the new association. A set of bylaws | will be submitted at5the next meeting A hearing will be held on Wednes- day afternoon in the local probate court before Judge Bacon Waluernan at 2:2O o'clock for the purpose of hear 1 ing a. formal petition of Lloyd c. Gris- 1 com, of New York, with regard to the will left by his late wife, Elizabeth Bronson GriscoTn, of Greenfield Hill. 1 Lloyd c. Griscom was at one time I United States ambassador to Italy and very prominent in Republican poll ties, at one time managing the presi- l dentiaI campaign of Theodore Roose- welt
 At the regular meeting of the Un- Iq11owa tribe, No 50, T. Q. R. AE., held
 Friday evening in the Pickett building. 1 Senior Sagamore Ray Randall was 1.-the installation the business session began. Harry Henderson was elected l degree master and B. L. Tar1eton was lchosen as his assistant. sThe degree will be worked on class of candi- dates on Feb. when the local tribe will tender a banquet to Wowompon tribe of Bridgeport. The Wowompon tribe degree team will dorl the de- gree.
 Il Rev. D. D. A41ers. pastor of Faith Il chapel North avenue extension, has issued call to worship dn the form of a circular with very interesting se- ries of sermons on practical topics The sermon topics and dates are as follows: Jan M, s.Wanted-A Good Leader Only; Jan. s1, Wanted Men
 
 2. A Father Who Spoilt His ChiI-
 drens'; Feb. IA, HA Son of Good Pa rents Who Ruined His Whole Lafes
 Feb. 21, .sWhy Some Fairfield People
 Are Not In The Church.; Feb. 2S
 Why All Fairfield People Ought Tc Be In Church; March 2, @Do You q Know gGod2''; March A. "A Divine
 Man March 21 "A Human God'';
 March 2s, Palm Sunday, The Heart.
 break Of Jesus''; April f. Easter Sun. day, The Quest of Immortality.'
 The Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girl. of the Congregational church will hold
 their meetings in their respectivs quarters this evening. The girls vii meet in the church parIors and tn. scouts will gather in the old aead em1 on Main street.
 MT. and Mrs. Fred Meeker of New
 Haven are guests of relatives il
 Greenfield Hill district. They xer, tcalled here by. the death Of MT. Meek
 CTS Brother, John W. Neeker, of Bron son avenue. 1 Mrs. Dwight M. Banks substituted as teacher in the Dwight school, Fri tday in place of Miss Sylvia Johnsol
 while Miss Helen Prentice acted in tn, same capacity in place Of Miss Ids Keane.