The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-19
LADIES AUXILIARY
 OF FAIRFIELD FIRE DEPARTMENT ELECT
Mrs. John A. Worthey, Pres. ident, Entertains Members
 at Social Evening
Special to the Farmer.)

(Spec4al to the Farmer
 Fairfield. Feb. 19.-The Ladies' of the Fairfield fire depart ment. No. 3, held a meeting Tuesday 4 evening ,and elected the following fl officers for the year: President, Mrs. Oscar Nelson; treasurer. Mrs Sloat; secretary, Mrs. Will liam Busser. The gathering was held in the home of the newly elect ed president, Mrs. Worthey, and an enjoyable evening was spent. At the close of the executive session, re- treatments wer eserved. Tn next i meeting will be held at the home l of the treasurer, Mrs. Howard Sloat, i on the evening of March 1. The ! Auxiliary will give a whist and pin 1 tochle in fire department headquar- ters< tomorrow evening. The. pro- ceeds of the entertainment will be donated to the department.
 Mrs. Josephine Chase of .Tunxis Hill road, and George GorhaTn. were
 arrested Wednesday afternoon by Dep uty Sheriff Elwood and Constable made after the finding of the for mer's two children wandering along the Stratheld road last Friday eve ming. M J. Krause. of the Stratfeld district, who found the children wan dering aimlessly and sparsely clad, z port Charities Department were then 1 notified and the children removed -to Lakeview home in Bridgeport. The town of Fairfield will have to bear 1 the expense of harboring the chill 1 dren. The Bridgeport authorities ] then notified the local police depart ment and in consequence the arrest 1 of the couple followed. They are now held in bonds of $500 and will face a serious charge before Justice l of the Peace Bacon Wakeman, in I the local court, Saturday,.
 Local young men who took the civ ] il service examinations in Bridgeport fi Saturday were William Sherwood, II Howard I. Wakernan, Allison Hull and William P. BuIk1ey. If success full they will be placed upon the eligi- il Ib1e list for appointment as clerks in I the post office:
 The Junior Christian Endeavor so- ciety of the Congregational church l will give a historical concert in the | parIors 3of the church, this evening l Refreshments will be served.
 The funeral of Edgar Riker was ] held Wednesday afternoon at 2:3 ! o'clock from his late home on Ben l son road. MT. Riker has been a, pa
 tient at the New Haven general hos 1 pftal for the past year, suffering from i intestinal troubles. He passed away Monday. in that institution. He was empIoyed in Philadelphia until. sick ness set in and then he was removed 1 to the New Haven inf1rmary. He i is survived by a daughter, Edna, one son, Edward and a brother, Albert, i neral services were conducted by Rev. F. s. Child. Internent follow ed in Oaklawn cemetery.
 ! The regular meeting of the Green 1 field Country club, which was to have been held on next Tuesday eve 1 a Martha Washington reception ana CoIonia1 dance will be given Monday evening. Invitations have been sent to members in the surrounding towns Cards must be presented at the door in order to gain admission. This will be one of series Of dances.
 Lenten services will be held in St. Thomas R. c. church this eve hing at 7:30. The services will open i with the Way of the Cross, followed by the rosary and litanyl and will be | concluded with benediction of the most blessed sacrament. Sunday services will be held at the usual hours. low mass at o'clock and high mass at 10:30. Rev. William A.
 Blake, pastor, will deliver a Germon at both masses.
 The Parent Teachers Association of Fairfield are planning an entertain ment to be given by the pupils of 1 Sherman school on the evening of Friday, April in Sherman hall, Fair field. /
 So far the association has been very successful in it's efforts to raise money
 for the equipment of a Kindergarten
 and have at the present time nearly
 two hundred dollars for that purpose. A whist and dance will be given by
 the association shortly after chill l dren's entertainnent.
 A very interesting program has
 been arranged for tthe next meeting.
 the association in Sherman school
 Friday afternoon, March 5, at 3:45.
 At a suffrage rally to be held by the
 members of the Equal Franchise
 league in the auditorium, of the Fair
 field Memorial library on the evening
 of Washin gton's birthday, one of the
 principal speakers of the evening will
 be Mrs. Katherine Hepburn, of Hart
 ford. Mrs. Hepburn is the president of the state body, and her talk will no
 doubt prove to be interesting. One of
 the other prominent suffragists of Connecticut who will address the
 gathering is Mrs. Carlos Stoddard, of
 New Haven The meeting will be
 called to order at 8 o'clock, and a good attendance is expected
 SOUTHPORT LITTLE
 FOLKS ENJOY PRETTY