The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-16
Especial to The Farmer.)

home Of Mrs Ada Blakenan, New,
town. street, Wednesday, July IS, at
2:3O p. m. A. full attendance Is ex-
pected. +.: a..
The medal speaking contest under
the auspices Of the w. c. T. U. will
be held at Taunton schoolhouse Tues
| day evening, July IS, at O'Clock.
The program is as follows: 90 ~
Marching song, Battle Hymn OF
the Republic" by Taunton school
children. a..
Gath Psalm Gin concert).
Recitation, what Can do?"
Grace olmstead, Matte Olmstead. Jo-
/ sephine Klingler.
| Solo, Allan Olmstead.
Recitation. Temperance Boys" by
Frederick Luf, Louis KHngler, Ray
mond Davis, Elwood Logan. .Jr.
Recitation. 'My Flag" children.
| Salute to the Flag.
Song, How Betty Made. the Flag"
Mildred and Frederick Luf
First Contestant. Salute to the
Flag" Melissa Lee.
Solo, "All, Hail to the Flag" James
Nelson.
Chorus. 'The Star spangled Ban.
| ner."
| Second Contestant, me NoDleS
| Men, Laura Ruffles.
| Solo, selected. Robert Camp.
! Third Contestant" Two Fortunes"
I Henry Nichols.
Solo, Message Of the Flowers
Mildred Luf.
| Fourth Contestant, MARY Eliza
BETH" May Sturges.
Solo, selected, Este11e Lyons.
| Fifth Contestant, IA Knot Of White
Ribbon" Rebecca Rockwell.
| Song, '.Columbia, the Gem of the
/ Ocean," children
/ Sixth Contestant, Barbara
1 Fritchie.'' Ernest Hawley.
Song, Tramp, Tramp. the Boys
Are Marching
/ Seventh Contestant" els the Young
Man safe?" Birdyth Edmonds.
Solo, selected.
4 Eighth Contestant, Jeremiah and
| His Pa Estelle Lyons.
i Chorus Are You Helpfng?"
4 judges decision.
4 Collection taken for Red Cross.
| Address by A. P. Smith.
Closing hymn, America"
Lawrence Linquist of Sandy Hook
entertained the Misses Martha and
Florence Linquist- of New York for
the weekend and Sunday.
Recent visitors from Newtown in
the Park City were: Mr.. and Mrs
Herman Oppe and Frank oppe. Mr.
and Mrs. John Haugh and son Ken
meth, Miss Margaret Kilbride. Mrs
Frederick Leiss, the Misses Anna
Carmody and Helen Houlihan.
Miss Christine Corbett returned
Saturday from visit with relatives
at Walnut Beach and Bridgeport.
p. j. Kelly has reopened his black
smith shop in Glen avenue.
Miss Winifred Patsche Of Bridge
port was a Sunday guest OF Mis-
Mary Harrigan Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Blake Of Wal
nut Tree Hill are entertaining Mis-
! Eleanor Halty Of Bridgeport.
Frank Collenburg manager of tn
Townsend shops in New Haven, spen
|, Sunday in Sandy Hook.
Manager William T. Cole OF tn
Fabric Fire Hose Co. Of Sandy Hool
who was injured on Friday by tn
recklessness of two autoists on tn
state road near Stepneey, has bee
! | taken from his sons home to hi
own home on Castle Hill. His man
friends hope for his speedy recovery
Miss Marion Scanlon Of Bridgepor
= is the guest of the Misses Roach Q
= Sandy Hook.
Henry A Goulden has bought GU
the grocery business of Lawrenc
{ Taylor at Botsford. and will handl
groceries, gasoline, oils and aut
supplies Mr.. Goulden was for l
r years in business in Montreal, Canals
+ and for g. year and a, half has bee
. in the employ Of the d. M. Red c.
:. His friends wish him success in h
I new undertaking, as this store is
end of the town.
Miss Mildred Corbett. N. III. o. '1
= has been the guest OF Miss Nal
. Clark of Bridgeport.
u Trinity church began Saturday whs
= kthe parishioners hope will be lift
q Hong rectorship of its newly chose
q priest, Rev. William c. Cravner, VIII
ofdciated for the FIRST time at divir
q service amid preached a moving sel
o mon Hills text was: "And Jes.
II Wept." The theme was presented
d new way, and the salient points
70 his sermon were the emotional ar
a human Christ. mourning over the lo
of a departed brother, a broken hom
4, and a destroyed family circle. I'll
l. summary of what a real Christia
he should be was considered also 1
Is etrikingly original 10y all OF his hea;
lg ers There are followers of Kali
" who assert that the highest element
80 natural religion is the will; there a.
: followers OF Hegel who maintain tn
,e religion hnfHi its best expression
Is the intellect, while the adherents I
Schledrmacher believe that the grea
D. est element In religion Is feeling. II
,e the Christian of today he best e;
al preston of religion is p com inatie
q of the cultured mind the indomitab