The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-20
VOTERS
 TO DISCUSS PLANS
 TO AMEND CHARTER
Special Town Meeting Called for this Evening -Samnlis Is
 Fire Commissioner.
(specIal to The Farmer. ,


 Stratford. Jan. 2o.-At the town cial town meeting for the purpose Of the town charter One of the mat ters to be taken up will be in regard to having fhezo offices of Justice of the peace and representatives, made elec-l tive under the direct prrniary. Other matters to be considered are: to con sider the advisability of amending the act creating board of finance for the town of Stratford, of increas- ing the powers of the se1ectmen and providing for election by direct pri- mary as per petition on file; to con- l.sider the limitations of the so-caIled first district, so as to include a tract of land bounded on the north by Stony Brook road, on the east, by land of Miller & Jordan, Pn the south by Ca naan road and on the west by land of John Bosld and Martin Engelhardt: also to include in the powers of the selectmen the right to order the re- moyal of underbrush and under growth on the streets in the first dis trict and to consider the advisability ofSaccepting the streets known as Ging's College Place and High Park avenue.
 The estate of John J. Booth valued at $6,75ot in real estate and $915.87 in personal property has been distribr1t- ed to his widow. Jane 0. Booth and his children Jennie and Georgianna Booth by order of the probate court. Mrs Booth receives life use of the homestead and one-third Of the per- sonal estate, which amounts to $3O3.- 29. Jennie and GeorgIanna Booth each receive undivided one-third in- terest in the property on Booth St, and Nichols avenue and also $2OS.5S each in personal property r5Y.iv3fa meeting of hoe of seIectmen@ Arthur Samnlis was ap-i pointed fire commissioner to fill the vacancy left by Charles Snyder who was forced to resign owing to his bus mess which will not allow him to car ry on his functions as a fire commits sioner properly A On Saturday afternoon in the Boys Club, Bridgeport the Stratford High school five will play the Bridgeport High quintet The locals have been expect to give the Bridgeport five a stiff battle. The line up:
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 Eight Forward,
 R. wheeler, Pious Left Forward,
 Converse, Mallett Murphy Center
 Risberg, Light Luce Marshall
 Left Guard,
 E. Wheeler, HurIburt The homes of Dr. George Lewis and MT and Mrs. James Wilson of South Elm street are now under quarantine as the result of their daughters Miss Florence Lewis and Miss Esther Will son having contracted scarlet fever. It is thought that the Wilson girl caught the disease in the library and as a result the library was fufnigated to-day and all the books which any of the children were suspected of us- ing were burned. Rev. C. c. Kennedy and the other children who are af- flicted with ther mafady are' doing well. E
 Over s75 was realized at the roast beef supper last evening in the Red Mems hall. The committee headed by Mrs Clinton wish to thank all those who helped in any way to make the affair a grand success The profits are to be used for charity.
 The flood waters of the Lys and Ypres rivers cover all the lowlands of Flanders
 Good naiddling cotton at Hamburg and Bremen is quoted at about IS cents a pound.
 At the annual meeting of the Le- high Valley railroad in Philadelphia, President B. Thomas and the retir- a A..