The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-22
STAMFORD
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Especial to The F,armer.)
 Stratford, March 22-Alleging tha
 William Smith, plumber, owes $35 for merchandise purchased and fo
 work done for which he has heve
 paid, The Wellington Go. of Bridge
 port, has brought suit. The suit i returnable to thu common pleas court Tuesday, April 10. Deputy Sherif
 D. Mills Tomllnson served the pa pers.
 German Eichenger and Frank Tic key of Bridgeport brought sui against Fred Grawngas of Stratford to recover damages of $500 for worl done which the plaintiff alleges ha never been paid.
 The will of Edward Breyer has beer filed at the Stratford probate court The widow is the chief beneficiary The estate consists of house and lan( in Johnson avenue. {.
 Nearly $1,500 has been procured by the Stratford branch of the Red Gross which recently conducted town cam paign for the purpose of obtainins funds for the furtherance of the work
 The condition of Rev. Edward N Pacard, D. tD., former pastor of the Stratford Congregational church, who has been suffering from a genera breakdown, is critical. Dr.. William B. Cogswell. family physician, Is ir constant attendance.
 The Stratford High school senior class basketball team will play the Cutler club of the Congregational church, Friday evening in Tuttle's auditorium. The preliminary contest will be staged between the High school girls team and the All Stars of Bridgeport. The first contest will be- gin at o'clock.
 A subscription dance will be given by Henry B. Wells and Allan Wilson in Red Mems hall, Church street, Sat urday evening, March 24.
 Several out of town speakers will address the meeting this evening for the permanent formation of a coast artillery company. The meeting will be held on the second floor of the town hall.
 The March meeting of the Stratford Child Welfare club was held Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. w. B. Bristol oc- cupying the chair in the absence of the president, Mrs. Thomas Taylor, who was in attendance at the board of the Connecticut Congress of Mothers held at the Hotel Taft in New Haven.
 The feature of the afternoon was the practical talk on Dental Hygiene given in a very able manner by Mrs. Kingsley Hill, who has been connected with that work in the Hartford public schools. 1t is the intention of the Stratford club to take up this work, or to devote enough of its time neces- sary to the starting of this work in the Stratford schools. and the. talk Tuesday afternoon was the preim- mary step to this end.
 The club will also furnish a course of lectures on practical and inspiring subjects for the High school pupils. It is gratifying to the members to learn that the next annual meeting of the Connecticut Congress- of Mothers, which will be held April 12 and 13, will be in session in Bridgeport, and very large percentage of them will ibe pres ent to represent the local club.
 St. James church choir will give '.The Seven Last Words of Christ" in the church Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. The choir will be assisted by many Bridgeport voices and the work will be rendered by a quartet and chorus of 30 voices. The leading solos will be taken by Miss Katherine Rus sell, soprano; William Chew, tenor, and Louis Serre, bass; Mrs. Charles Ogran, organist and choir director, is directing the production of the work. At the conclusion of the singing of 'The Seven Last Words of Christ" Mrs. Agnes Lane McNamara, formerly of Danbury. who possesses a very beautiful soprano voice, will sing the "Inhammatus," from the "Stabat Mater"