The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-12-06
IST COMMUNITY
CHRISTMAS TREE
FOR STRATFORD
Epedimic of Whooping
Cough Still Threatens
the Town
Especial to The Farmer)

OlA dL4OIQ, O0Cs SUNDAY
will be held in all the Stratford
churches December Is for the bene-
fit of the first community Christmas
tree in Stratford. This has been in
stttuted by the members of the Boys
and Girls Useful club and the Billy
Sunshine Juniors of that town. The
children numbering AZ, will take the
full responsibility and will be direct
ed by Mrs. Richard Howell who start
ed the clubs and who devotes a great
deal Of her time to the children Of
Stratford.
The Juniors, whose members aver
age from five to eight years, are do
ing excellent work and have already
raised $50 toward the tree fund. The
members Of the clubs will make a
house to house canvass next week
Monday. They will ask ten cents from
each house. A great big real Christ
mas tree for every boy and girl in
the children are confident that they
can do 1t. They are more than en-
thusiastic about the tree and are
spending every minute of their time
in working and planning for it. All
clergymen and prominent men Of the
town have been invited and the chill
dren are looking forward to the night
when all Stratford boys and girls and
men and women will be present at
the lighted tree to hear and enjoy mu-
sic and singing Of the carols. The mu-
steal programme Is being carefully
rehearsed by a large body of boys
and girls and will be published in a
few days.
First Game Of Basketball
The Stratford Varsity basketball
| team will open the season Saturday
Dec. 10 with the Strong T. U. s: ag-
gregation of Bridgeport as its oppon-
ents. The contest will be staged in
Tuttle's auditorium. The local quin-
tet have been practicing hard for the
past few weeks and no doubt will give
a good account Of themselves at the
opening game.
Whoopdng Cough Prevalent
Health statistics filed by Health Of
ficer George F. Lewis for the month
of November show that there were
80 cases Of whooping cough among
the schoolchildren in Stratford. At
| present but "a cases still remain. The
contagious disease is mostly confined
to the schools in the northern section
of the town. Health Officer Lewis
stated today that there is not a single
case of either diptheria or scarlet
fever in town, Very few cases OF
pneumonia have been reported.
Sandin Convalescing
| Erick Sandin, of North avenue and
King street who was seriously injured
about five weeks ago as the result OF
collision with a trolley car at Bar
mum avenue and King street is much
| improved and will be able to be about
| in a few days. Sandin sustained In
| ternal injuries. DR.. George F. Lewis
was the attending physician.
Miscellaneous Shower
Mrs. C. Wellington Walker, jr., OF
Stratford entertained delightfully."-
,, Tuesday at miscellaneous shower for
| Miss Marjorie Silliman of Stratford
whose engagement to Harvey Irving
was recently announced. The rooms
were attractively decorated with
Christmas colors and the guests knit
| ted after the excitement of the shower
was over. Red and green was the
color scheme which predominated al
the luncheon table. Invitations were
extended to the following guests: Mrs
Arthur LaField, Mrs. Howard Stone
Mrs. William Mckenzie, Mrs. Charlie:
W. Findlay, Miss Christina Wells Mrs
John Hughes Miss Ethel Logan, Mis-,
| Ella Toucey, Miss Margaret Ksterer
Mrs. Nelson Downs, Miss Doroth,
Beardsley, Mrs. Paul Gibbs and Mrs
Raymond Jones.
| $50 Realized.
| About $50 was realized from the
Christmas sale given by the parochia
society of Christ Episcopal church
Tuesday afternoon at the town hall
The sale was a grand success and the
committee wished to thank all those
who co-operated.
Rummage Sale
The senior class of the Stratfori
High school will hold a rummage sale
at the town hall, Friday, Dec. 4, Al
those who wish to donate articles viii
please notify Center school. The salt
will commence at 9 a. M, and will
continue all day.
| Personal.
Miss Gladys Merrill student II
PENNSYLVANIA college left today to re-
sumo her studies after spending few
days with her mother, Mrs. Jane:
Merrill, Main street
CORTEZ @. ROCKWELL, plumb
| ing and heating; jobbing a speciality.
ens1 Main and Hillside avenue.