The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
MISS WILCOXSON'S ESTATE IS VALUED
 AT OVER $23,0O0
Appraisers Report to Pro. bate Court-Library Lee
 lures Begin Soon.
(Special to The Farmer)

(SpeC1al to The F aIH1eTj
 Stratford, Dec. 2S.-The inventory of the estate of Miss Albertine Will coxson, one of the most widely known residents of the town and for years a Sunday school teacher at the Christ Episcopal church, was filed for probate today. The estate is estimated at $23,- 1s5.O2. It consists of real estate and mortgages listed at $22,355.21. Per sonal property is assessed at $S29.Sl. Walter and Charles Wilcoxson were appointed the appraisers Alice M. Wilcoxson is the executrix.
 Suit to recover a coal bill amounting to $500 has been brought against Jo' seph Rundecker by the Wheeler & Howes Coal Co.,, Bridgeport. The coal concern alleges that Rundecker bought coal for which he has never pa1d. Deputy Sheriff E. Mills Tomlinson served the papers.
 The case of Theodore York, charged with creating disturbance at his home, Sachs street, was nolled by Judge Howard W. Curtis in the town court today. More than 25 members of the Past
 
 tribe of Red Men attended the banquet given last evening at the Stradneio hotel, Bridgeport. George Spa1 acted as toastmaster.
 The members of the Weatogue club will hold a masquerade Friday even | ing at the club rooms.
 Tn & game replete with many fast and exciting plays the Stratford Hlgn school alumni defeated the varsity five last evening at the town hall by the score of 27 to 25. It was any hodv's game until the last few seconds of play. In the preliminary contest 1 the Stratford Alumni Girls team de- fested the Varsity team. The games were played in Tuttle's auditorium. | The following announcement was is- sued by the Stratford Public Library association as regards the series or winter lectures which will take place | in a few weeks. 1 "The time of year has again arrived when the Stratford Library associa- 1 tion presents to the people of Strat- ! ford a course of lectures and request support. The association has provided program of six lectures, which. 1S believes to be well balanced and htghly attractive. The continued liberal sup port of this course will assure it's con- tinuance year after year. which is surely desirable and creditable thing | for the town. "The course opens on Friday even ling. January 18th, with a lecture by Dean Brown. We all have learned to | look forward to a lecture by Dean Brown as an unusual treat that we would be unwilling to lose. On Fri- lday. January 1c''- MT. Cruikshank re- turns to give one of his delightful and instructive illustrated lectures He has recently written that he has Just returned from a trip to Porto Hoco with slides and material for an un- usually interesting lecture, and has requested that he be permitted by substitute this new lecture for the one on Walking that we had selected. We have agreed to the change. We will have Walking some other year. On Friday. January 2sth, Henry War ren Poor gives an illustrated lecture on Famous Paintings and on Fri- day, February 2d, Mir. st. c. Ostrander gives an illustrated, lecture on Mex ico, the Egypt of the New World
 "These gentlemen are new names in our Library course. Each, however, comes highly endorsed as a lecturer of great interest. The subject of each promises illustrations of unusual at- traction.
 "on Friday, February 9th, Arden L.
 Judd gives his masterly lecture on
 Americas great naval hero,- John Paul Jones' This will be one of the treats of this course.
 l "On Monday evening, February 18th, Prof. Phelps returns to give one of his fascinating literary lectures. Prof. Phelps, owing to throat trouble, has not been able to come to us for sew
 eral years. He writes that he is
 honnesick' fof an appearance in the Stratford Library course"