The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-20
GREENFIELD GRANGE lNSTALLS OFFICERS
 WITH CERE MONIES
New Fire Alarm System Pleases Fairfield People How She System
 Works Out
Especial to The Farmer)-

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 Fairfield. Jan 2O--At the meeting of the Greenfield Grange held in Grange hall last evening, the follow ing officers were installed: Master. Fred c. Banks; Overseer. H. Martin Hull; Lecturer, Howard T. Wa.keman; Steward Lorin Jennings Assistant Steward, Walter Burr; chaplain. Mrs. Anna E. Bulkley:: treasurer, John P. Morehouse; secretary, Nellie B. Will sons gate keeper. Morris Gull; ceres Grace Burr. Pomona, Elsie Banks: Flora Mabel Jennings; lady steward, M. 1EIva Banks.
 Installation Officer Wnn. Northrop had charge of the installation and was ably assisted by Miss Olive Pease. After the installation exercises a supper was served to the nemb CTS who numbered about 65. After the supper social hour was enjoyed and various vocalists were accom- panied at the piano by Miss Ethel Merwin
 Residents Of the town are very much pleased with the working of the new fire alarm system which was installed recently by the Loper Fire Alarm company. The system will cover Fairfield, stratfieId and South port, each on the same circuit, which means that boxes ultimately will be Installed As the system is now in stalled all alarm signals will be sounded in each districts The sig nals will be sounded in the following manner. at Stratfie cid it will be sounded from al, 900 pound fire bell :; at Fairfield the whistle at the Fair field Rubber Works will sound the alarm; at Southport from the bell re- gently installed in the new headquar- ters. The alarm when sounded will be registered on paper tape and will be kept for future reference. The alarms may bs sounded from the boxes placed. at the engine houses and from the -non-interferin master box in the telephone exchange.
 Standard time will be sounded at 8 a. m., at noon. at D.. m and 8 b. m, the same as in Bridgeport. Steel bell towers have been erected near the engine houses in Southport and Etratfie1d.
 Fairfield residents have been look | ing forward to a fire alarm bell sys- tenn for the past ten years and now
 that they have got such a much needed improvement they feel that dangerous and danageable fires will be almost 1nheard or
 The young ladies of the Fairfield Congregational church wlll give an entertainment Friday evening for the benefit of tn local auxiliary of the Red Cross Herman Hagerdon. a poet from New York city, will read F. poems. After the entertainment cake and candy will be placed on sale.
 At the nnid-weeIk serpIces which will be held at the Congregations church this evening the Rev. F. s. Child, pastor Of the church will, com duet the services. starting at 7s30 O'Clock The Rev. Mir. ChiIdss topic will be.ss Christ and the Individual '' taken from the gospel of St John,
 fourth chapter, first to the twenty ninth veHses
 me delegation Of 25 members which represented Unquowa tribe, | No. 50. I. o. R. M, of this place, at the annual banquet given by the An santawae tribe No. SO last evening, l in the Oneco hotel. New Haven re- port having spent a very enjoyable | evening as the guests of their broth | CT braves. Judge John l.. Giison, of l New Haven. acted in the official ca- pacity of toastsnaster. Great Inco- honee Frederick O. Downs, of Bos- ton, Mass, was the principal speak CT. Among the other speakers were Great Sachem George A. Fairchi1d l Great Senior Sagamore1s W. G. Aus ] tin; Great Junior Saganore, Alfred 1 Wells; Great C.. of R. William Saun- l ders; Great Keeper of Wampun, A. 1 c. Kfstner, and D. G. S. George
 Barnes The 12:28 train out of New
 Haven stopped at the depot in this
 town much to the delight of the local
 tribe.