The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-10
POLICE CHIEF OF.
STRATFORD WILL
have A MOTOR
j. III. Thompson's Automo-
bile Turns Turtle and
Is Damaged
AZ E. LAVERY TO
MAKE ADDRESS
Special Meeting of STU ohn's
n Lodge to Be Held
9 Tuesday
Especial to The Farmer.)

etratford, Nov. 9-At the regular
4 meeting of the board of selectmen
I held Thursday evening at the town
hall it was voted to purchase the
motorcycle owned by Chief William
1 B. Nichols of the STAFFORD police de-
J partment for $375. " The motorcycle
! is practically new and will be used
for police purposes. 1t has side
car attached and will be stationed at
fire headquarters
1t was also voted to pay for the
special election expenses, which
amounted to ss4 filed by the registrars
of voters
Escapes Serious Injury.
In an attempt to take too short a
4 turn at White street and East Broad
way. an automobile owned and driven
Iby j. Huntington Tomlinson, who car
| ries the mail from the Stratford post
\ once to the Oronoque post Office,
turned turtle this morning ats o'clock
catapu1ting Tonlinson onto the pave
ment- Tomlinson was uninjured ex-
/ capt for the shaking up he received
1he car was slightly damaged. Harry
(. Cook, who happened to be passing,
assisted Tomlinson and carried him
+, home in his machine. There was no
HELL III LILO AAAuNAAAAO CT SAAS ~AAAAS ~
the accident
Lavery to Speak.
Albert E. Lavery, of the Bridgeport
IEydraufic Co., will be the speaker at
| the monthly meeting of the Mems
/ club of the Congregational church to
be held Monday evening, Nov. IL, at
| Packard hail. Broad street. His SUBJ
/ 1ect will be MEMS Opportunity for
4 Service"
Unclaimed Letters.
Unclaimed letters at the local post
, ONCE are addressed to .Anebal B.
/ .Amado, Miss Ruth Babcock. Joe Ber-
.nard, Mrs. Blema Bias, Mrs. Connell,
4 Miss Edith Davis. Mr.. Hirstman,
Garage Hansons, o. B. Hadsell, Fred
/ Hopson. Joseph Kernay. Giuseppe
! Iaccone, Miss Helen Lock and Fran
lAc1s Wheeler.
More than 500 was realized at the
/ food sale given by the Ladies' Aid
\ society of the Stratford Congrega-
Y tional church held Thursday at the
town hall The affair was a grand
/ success.
Special Communication.
St. Johns lodge. No. SIS and A.
M. win hold special Communication
I Tuesday, evening, Nov. 13. at which
time the entered apprentice degree
win be as thee andidates and officers
for that night will comprise men from
the Bridgeport Brass Co. A lunch
will follow the initiation.
Announces Engagement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Motel of
i North Main street, Stratford, have is
sued cards announcing the engage
/ Tnent of their daughter, Miss Elsie
Motel. to william Melville Mandy,
son of Mrs. J. w, Mandy of New
York,
Miss Motel is a graduate of the
EtratfoFd High school and has a
4 host of friends in town and in Bridge
port. Mr., Mandy is connected with
the Lecomebile Company of America.
Mod ate has been set for the wedding
Personals,
Mrs. Il. d, August of King street,
Strafford, Left yesterday to spend a
few days with friends in Hartford,
Clarence Dillingham; of South Main
street, StFatferd, has gone On a TIVE
weeks vacation in Maine. While
there he will enjoy hunting in the
+ Maine woods,
Morse-Smith,
very quiet wedding was solemn
( lied Wednesday, Nov, 8, when Miss
MeaviHa e, Smith, aged 10 years,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur E
1 Smith of Huntington road became
the bride of Roswell A. Morse, aged
423 years, son of MF. and Mrs. Albert
I Morse of Huntington road, Rev.
/ Ernest c. Carpenter, pastor of the
<. 6tratford Methodist church. per-
forEaed the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs
Morse are widely acquainted in Strait
ford. MIR. Morse is carpenter by
trade.