The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21
BRIDGEPORT FRUIT DEALER RUNS DOWN
 3 SHAREHOLDERS
David Musante Is Held for Trial In Town Court for Reck-
 less Driving.
Special to The Farmer.)

Special to The Farmer)
 Stratford, Nov. 21.-David Musante, of the firm of Musante & Past1me, wholesale fruit dealers. Bridgeport, arrested at 7:ao o'clock by Deputy Sheriff B. Mills Tomlinson for running down Nicholas Babey, aged IS years. of Freeman avenue. Eugene Denzel, aged IS years, of Nichols avenue, and Nicholas Labas, aged 20, of Nichols avenue, while they were alighttng from a trolley car last evening at Paradise Green, will be arraigned before Judge Howard M. Curtis in the Stratford town court Wednesday morning, charged with reckless driving and passing a standing trolley car. Labas | is the most seriously injured. He suf- fered a few decorations about the face and his left arm is fractured. Both Babey and Denzel received minor cuts about the face and hands Immedt- ately after the accident the three were placed in Musantes machine and con- veyed to the office of pr. Edward H. lJ. Hennessey, Main street, where med- ical attention was given.
 According to the story told to Sheriff Tomlinson by the injured men, they were coming from work. They had just alighted from the trolley car when the auto truck looned up, pro- ceeding at fast rate of speed towards Bridgeport. Before the men had a chance to step back, the truck s1de- swiped them, throwing all three heav- I fly to. the ground. Musante stopped his machine and rendered all assist ance possible. He is at liberty on his own recogn1zance.
 | MT. and Mrs. Morris Lebas of Eleanor street celebrated the 35th an- niversary of their wedding Sunday evening. About 20 persons were pres 1 ent. The evening was marked with much merrymaking. MT. and Mrs. Lebas were the recipients of many beautiful and costly gifts. Late in the evening, a dinner was served.
 Under a bower of laurel and chry-
 santhemums in the front parlor of the I home of MT. and Mrs. George Bots
 ford, Huntington road, Miss Emma Adele ,tsford became the bride of l George Oliver Smith of Milford yes l terday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Rev.
 Chauncey c. Kennedy, rector of Christ Episcopal chnrch, solemnized l the marriage Miss Lillian Botsford l. sister of the bride and George Jagoe l an uncle of Miss Botsford. were l the attendants. The bride was
 charmingly attired in white georgette l crepe over white silk. She carried 3 bouquet of bridal roses. The brides maid was gowned in yellow silk and carried a bouquet of yellow chrysan- themums. Following the ceremony a
 wedding supper was served at the home of the brides parents. Later
 in the evening MT. and Mrs. Smith left on their honeymoon for Willi- mantle where they will be the guests l of the bridegroom's relatives for 8 l week. On their return they will re-
 side in Milford. Both persons are
 widely known in Stratford and Mill
 ford. The bride was formerly em- p1oyed at the newsroom' of Frank L.
 Hanson, Main street. MT. Smith is I connected with the Walk-Over Shoe store in Bridgeport.
 l In the presence of many relatives
 and friends, Miss May Beardsley
 daughter of MT. and Mrs. Frederick
 Starr Beardsley of Judson Place, be-
 came the bride of Roy Yeungs o1
 Bridgeport Saturday evening at 6:30 o'clock. The ceremony was perform
 ed by Rev. George w. Judson ot
 Winsted at the Stratford Congrega-
 tional church. Miss Dorothy Boards
 ley, sister. of the bride. acted as
 bridesmaid and George Youngs
 brother of the bridegroom, was the
 best man. Miss Marion Hunt was
 the flower girl. The ushers were
 Charles Kellogg, Fred Damtoft, Ray. mond Beardsley, Harold De Lacour 1 vl IIa
 Following the ceremony a wedding
 supper was served at the home o1 l the brides parents. MT. and Mrs
 Young are spending their honeymoon l touring the South. On their return
 they will take up their residence al
 258 Salem street, Bridgeport, where
 the bridegroom has fitted up a cosy l home for his bride.
 Twenty cases were tried before
 Judge Howard M., Curtis in the Strat. l ford town court during October. O1 these 10 were for breach of the peace; for incorrigible, 4; theft, 3 illegal hunting, 4. Six offenders were sentenced to jail and four were bound
 over to the Superior court The
 amount of money turned over te Town Treasurer Walter s. Curtis was $81.34.
 The Cutler football team was de.
 feated by the Arrows Saturday after.
 mon, Is to 12.
 I The annual reception which the
 members of the Child Welfare club
 hold for the teachers of Stratford and
 the parents will be given Thursday l.evening of this week from o'clock till 10 in Red Mems hall on Church street. It is to be distinctly under
 stood that this is most informal oc-
 casion and is arranged for the sole purpose of giving parents and teach
 CTS an opportunity of becoming bet
 ter acquainted, and to further this
 end it is hoped that all who possibly
 can will come. Mrs. Thomas, Tayor is
 the chairman Of the arrangements
 and has as her assistants Mrs. B. w. Peck, Mrs. Homer Baldwin, Mrs. AL fred Merrill, Mrs. DeR. Rowland
 Mrs. Louis Snyder, Mrs McL Steven
 son, Mrs. J. L. Dunbar, Mrs. H. L.
 Lewis and Mrs. William Richardson A fine musical program, including
 vocal and instrumental numbers, has
 been arranged.