The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-27
Ice This Season :, Thickest In Years
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\OPCSAd1f U IAS dIHtcI.J Stratford, Jan. 27-George Webb, who recently purchased the ice busi- ness of Frank Rideout of Stratford, will, before the end of next week, have stored away nearly 800 tons of ice from the local ponds. One ice house with a capacity of 400 tons has al- ready been filled. Since last Tuesday MT. Webb has had a gang of Is men emplyed on lRecks Mill pond. Work on this pond will be completed by Sunday night. On Monday, a gang will be set at work at the Webbs pond, Paradise Green. Provided the weather remains fair, this house will be filled within a week.
 ''The ice this year is the thickest and clearest it has been in years" said the owner. Last year it varied from six to eight inches in thicness. This year it has depth of 1 3 inches.
 The Cutler club of the Congrega- tional church and the. Laymen of Christ Episcopal church, are planning to have their basketball teams play each other in the near future. The Cutler team is composed of Howard w. Curtis, Henry Wells, Allan Will son, Rev. Robert C.. Whitehead, Rob- ert Wheeler and Ario Walker. Those on the Laymen's five are Harry A. Burnes, Edwin Spall, Allan Beardsley, Emmett Beardsley, Paul Goodell, Harold c. Lowell, Ivan L. Morehouse, Vernon Morehouse and Arthur Beardsley. The contest will be stag ed in Tuttle's auditorium.
 A poverty dance will be given this evening by the members of the Wea- togue Country club at the club rooms. Prizes will be distributed for the per sons who appear the most poverty stricken. Charles H. S.lliman is chairman of the entertainment com mittee. Following the dancing lun- cheon will be served.
 The lecture delivered by Prof. James Warren Poor at the Stratford Public library last evening on .Fa- nous Paintings was most interest ingly delivered. There was a large atterNance. The speaker at the next lecture to be given Friday evening, Feb. 2, will be Prof. R. c. Ostrander of New York. His subjects will be Mexico, The Egypt of the New World" The lecture will be illus trated.
 The Ozanam club basketball five of Bridgeport defeated the Stratford High school quintet last evening at the town hall by the score of "A to 12.
 At the Stratford M. E. church, Sunday, Rev. Ernest c. Carpenter, the pastor, will preach in the morning at the Stratford M. E. church. The topic will be "The~%End' In the evening the monthly praise service will be held in charge of Miss Eu1a Toucey. A fine program has been Miss Edna Boiler; quartet; soprano solo, Miss Elsie Nobbs; violin solo, Miss Boiler; double quartet. The Sunda school is held at 12 o'clock. Epworth League at 6:30.
 An interesting and important mes sage will be heard in the Congrega- tional church Sunday morning when Rev. George w. Ray of Piedmont college will preach. MT. Ray is a man of wide experience imp astoral and evangelistic work, having been instrumental in organizing and building two $25,O0O churches in the West. At present, MT. Ray is en- gagged in extension work for Pied mont college. the only institution of college rank that ministers to more than 4,50O.000 Scotch-Irish High flanders in the Southern mountains. In the evening Rev R. G. Whitehead will conclude the series of addresses on Abraham with the subject Fail ure and Faith" On Monday night the young people will join with the Bridgeport Union, in a rally at the First Baptist church. The topic for the meeting Sunday evening: Fruits From the Christian Endeavor Tree" and will be discussed in copneotion with the Christian Endeavo- cay program.