The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-19
.STRATFORD NEEDS
FAIRGROUNDS, IS
PLEA OF WOMEN
PubIic-Spirited Residents Seek
improvement Of Child
Life.
Especial to The Farmer.)


Stratford, April 19.-The Child Wei
fare club met yesterday afternoon at
the High school hall and held a most
interesting mEeting. Ma w. B. 'KeI-
sey presided. In reference. to the
school gardens, it was announced that
Miss Valette would act as the chair
man of the seed and slip committee,
her helpers to be the following teach
ers: Miss Code, Miss Spoor, Miss
Avery, Miss Kinbel1, and Miss Harris.
Mrs. William Richardson is chairman
of the garden inspection committee
and her assistants Miss Alice Curtis,
Miss May Curtis, Mrs Olmstead, Mrs
Thomas Taylor, Miss Jennie Booth,
Mrs. w. L. Dunbar and Mrs. F. w.
Botsford. In the autumn Miss Alice
Curtis will act as chairman, of the
flower and vegetable exhibit and will
be assisted by Mrs. Elliot Peck, Mrs.
Louis Snyder, Mrs. W. B. Bristol and
Mrs. George Carey.
The following delegates were APP
pointed to attend the State Conference
of Mothers Clubs to be held in New.
Britain, April 81 and %: Mrs. w. B.
Kelsey, Mrs. E. C. Carpenter, Mrs.
William Richardson, Mrs. DeRuyter
Rowland and Mrs F. w. Botsford
The resignation of Mrs. Stanley Y.
Beach as treasurer of the club was ac-
| cepted and Mrs. Eugene Wells was
| elected to fill the vacancy. Interest
| ing reports of the Congress of Mothers
/ held at the Hotel Taft in New Haven,
| March ri. and of the meeting of the
| Fairfield Parent-Tea cheers association
held last week, were given by Mrs.
Kelsey and Mrs. Richardson respect
| lively.
At the close of the business meeting
an interesting talk on school play
grounds was given, and illustrated, by
| the Rev. E. c. Carpenter. 1t is a, great
| pity that more of those who are so
4 Nv init fod in 10
| not able to be present as the talk was
well worth going far to hear. Mr..
| Carpenter is the probation officer of
Stratfordl and in his dealing with
young truants has had it impressed
upon him the need of proper sur
roundings for children as a. necessary
prevention of petty crimes. His work
| has brought him in touch with the
parents and teachers as we'll as the
boys themselves, and it is his opinion
| that those children who have had a
chance to develop in normal way
| and to work off their surplus energy
| in good hea1thful out-of-door games
are not the ones who turn out GRIM
inaIs.
| What Stratford needs, he said, is not
SO much Fairgrounds for the very
young children, most of whom have
yards to play in, but Fairgrounds for
the older school children, from the
seventh grade up, who have outgrown
their own front yards. For these is
| needed a ground on which to play
baseball, basketball, a place for skat-
ing in winter and a place for swim
ming in summer; neither is it essen
tia1 that expensive apparatus be pro-
vided, but an instructor is neces-
sary feature in playground work Mr..
Carpenters talk was illustrated by
slides which showed how other cities
have solved the problem of restless
,f S-I3o ,ri1-i IL
dancing around May-poles, others ex-
ecuting a butterfly dance. while 9TH
ers were engaged in games both
streng th-enge and fun-p romot-
ing. Other slides showed boys in. the
ever popular sports of ball playing,
fencing, skating. sliding, etc. The
other side of the story was pitifully
told in those scenes which depicted
the wtstful looking children who were
compelled to spend their time out of
school, in 0heir recreation period, in
freight yards, in coal bins, and similar
places.
At a joint meeting of the sewer COM
nittee and the board of se1ectmen
held last evening at the town hall
Frank Jaynes of Bridgeport was
awarded the contract for the making
of sewer map. The map will cost
about $4,000 other firms that sub
| rnitted bids for the making of the
map were Scofeld & Ford of Bridge
port. and Palmer & Goode1l of STRAIT
| ford. Both boards viii meet this
| evening to attach their signatures to
the contract.
Arthur A. GreenhiII, aged 80, OF
Wood avenue, underwent a very deli
cate operation al. the New York city
hospital at West Sixteenth street,
recently, when he had a f1ve-inch bone
grated from his right leg onto his
right forearm. The operation was
successful. Mr.. GreenhilI is now at
his home. Mr.. Greenhill was the VIC
tim Of an automobile. accident on
Christmas eve in which one man lost
his life, and Mrs. GreenhiI1 and her
sister-in-law were injured. The auto
coIlided with g. trolley car at Connecti-
cut and Stratford avenues. Frederick
Camp of Higganum, who was with
Mr.. UnderhiI1, was instantly killed.
The Mission League of the Congre-
gational church will hold an Easter