The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-16
CALL ON RESIDING
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 BRIDGE BULL DING
Heriditary Genius Shines in Young Mansfield's School
 Dramatic Performance.
Especial to The Farmer.)

dicap of continuous bad weather the Sanford school commencement last Thursday and Friday exceeded in size and interest any of it's predecessors. The production of '"The Merchant of Venice" on Friday evening would have taken place outdoors, the terrace serv- ing for a stage, had it not been for the rain, but conditions compelled a shift to the gymnasium. A large audi ence of invited guests witnessed the performance which was surprisingly good both as regards the acting and the settfng- The ceiling of the hall had been underlaid with greAn boughs, giving a novel and pretty effect. The costumes, which came from Boston, were new and rich. The cast was wholly made up of the schools pupils, Richard Mansfield, End, being the Shy lock and Miss Marion Archer, niece of H. s. Barnes, the Portia. MT. Mans fields personation, was in power tenn pered by restraint, in elocution and in play of facial expression admirable piece of work and gives promise that his future may bring him as high dis tinction in the dramatic profession as that won by his father. Some of those present had seen the elder Mansfield in the same character and were struck by many points of resemblance in the presentations of father and son. The mother of the youthful star, profes-
  was witness. of his success. Young Mansfeld's honors were fairly shared by Miss Archer whose portraiture of Portia was graceful, well poised and appealing. Praise is also due Charles; Dole and E. Whitman for excellence'in minor roles. ss 4F
 The commencement comprised a number of other interesting features. On Friday the school presented Herr Emil Schoch, the retiring instructor in modern languages, with a fine easy chair bearing a silver plate suitably engraved. With the Sanford school this particular gift means certificate of all-rightness as we'll as expres- sion of affectionate regard, the part of the donors It is the third testino- niaI of the kind the school has given. In the afternoon the ball team defeat ] ed the Ridgefield school 10 to 4, Thompson striking out IS of the wis itors- The dance in8 the evening was a brilliant affair, the gymnasium be ing gay with a profusion of pennants, which with the greenery overhead and the gowns of the ladies made an at tractive color comb1nation Bentley s orchestra furnished the music. About I 30 of the lady guests were from out of town.
 l The iron bridge put in about thir- teen years ago on the State road near the Gilbert & Bennett shops in George | view of the heavy traffic over it and will fbe replaced during the present tseasOn at the expense of the town. l At the instance of the selectmen En- Igineer Albert Hill of New Haven in 1 tSpected the bridge on Monday and subsequently reported a recommenda- ton that the new structure be of the arch type. This will cost more than another structure of the present pat tern, but last much longer. In a few f5Vfa H14 cost of an arch bridge. It is expected tthat the figures will be between $1 900 land $1, 800. The holding Of a special town meeting to vote the required ap- propriation will be necessary 1 Clinton Sanford left his car on Gold street, near Main, in Bridgeport about .f9 o'clock last Saturday evening and Iwhen he returned a few minutes later it had disappeared. He reported the loss at police headquarters and was I there cheered by the assurance that 1 probably the car had been only infor- Their forecast proved correct as the machine was found about 2 o'clock l Sunday morning near the corner of Stratford avenue and Kossuth street. It had not been dana ged The van liShment between whileS of five gallons of gasoline from the tank showed that the borrowers had taken quite a ride Contracto Banks has bought two single team road machines and placed them in service with the purpose of filling ruts fast as they appear This would seem to be an excellent I idea and a step in advance of former methods. Not in all respects, however, are there being employed the means best adapted to the desired end A lease in example is the recent treat ment of the Sunset Hill road. There l the selectmen last year carted from the surface a lot of gutter wash ma ter1al and replaced it with gravel. Re gently this gravel was overlaid with gutter wash and cIods, making a bad mess. Under the present arrangement the cutting Of roadside brush devolves upon the selectmen and a job of that kind calling loudly for attention is in evidence on the Putnam Park road 1 This highway is narrow, curves into bends, and it's heavy traffic includes a large auto percentage. The conditions are none to good at the best and they should not be impaired through negli- gence in the matter of keeping the roads borders clear.
 The local milk situation in it's rela- ton to the Bridgeport market con- tfnues very unsatisfactory. An over supply causes price cutting to some extent and a summary cancel1ing of existing contracts by the purchasing retailers eager to secure better rates If they paid what they owed under the
 
 so bad, but quite frequently they don't. For this reason E. M. Sanford is a loser to the amount of $6S and Bartlett Sanford a loser to the amount of $40. Mention was made last week of another local producer who has $4OO owing him with scant prospects of realizing. All of A. G. Barnett's sup ply has been turned back, but this does not greatly bother him as he has a first-class equipment for butter mak- ing.
 Mrs Raymond Cunningham and Miss Emma Reid were among the guests attending the wedding of Rhys North and Miss Arnold which oc- cured last Saturday evening at Sum- init, N. J. The groom is well known on the Ridge from his visits there MT and Mrs. North are to make their homo in FvaiT-feId