The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-09
BOOK EXCHANGE CLUB TO HAVE ANNUAL OUTING Mrs. D. H. Warner to Head Musical Club Another
 Year FORM TWO MORE
 AUXIILARIES Bridgeport Branch of Junior Republic Holds
 Meeting

The Book Exchange Club of this city has proven itself to be an 100 per cent. patriotic organization. It put aside entirely for the past sea son it's usual program and has devoted all its time to patriotic endeavor, It has bought no books Sat all but has given all it's funds for charitable pur- poses and has worked entirely for the Red Cross. Many of the organiza- tions have devoted a portion of their time to the Red Cross but not all of it, as the members of the Book Ex- change Club have done. On Tues day the members met with Mrs. J. l.. Parraga on Laurel avenue to do Red Cross work and at this time a nomin- ating committee was appointed that will report at the annual meeting to be held on Tuesday. This meeting aside from being the annual business sesscion, will be the only outing the club has had this year and will take the form of a dinner at the Black Rock Shore and Country Club. At this time officers for the coming year will be elected.
 The active members of the We'd nesday Afternoon Musical Club met yesterday afternoon in the sun parlor of The stratfeld for the annual meeting. Reports for the previous year were heard with great interest as it has been very successful sea- son for the club. The officers who have served so capably for the past year and who were reelected, are Mrs. DeVer H. Warner, president; Mrs. Harry c. Ives, vice-president; Miss Edith Proudman, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. Charles s. Cole, treasurer. Mrs. Samuel C. Shaw, who has been the recording secretary, rendered her resignation owing to the press of other duties. As chairman of the Home Economics committee, Mrs. Shaw is kept very busy and finds herself unable to properly attend to the work of the Musical Club. Her resignation was accepted and Mrs William H. Comley was elected to fill this position for the coming year.
 Members of the Wednesday After 1AOOAA GNOoANcA NIOD WILL UO 1uI0IOSl6u ito know shat Miss Grace Kerns, who has appeared here in concert, a most artistic singer with a lovely voice, and who is the soprano soloist of St. Bar tholomew's church in New York city, has been granted a leave of absence by the church until the first of Octo- fber to sing for the boys in the camps in France. Miss Kerns sailed from "an Atlantic port'' early this week.
 Members of the Bridgeport Branch of the Junior Republic met yesterday afternoon at o'clock with Mrs. Henry Blodget at her home on Park avenue. Arrangements were made for the annual meeting of the Branch which is to be held the first week in June. Owing to a difficulty in secur- ing speakers the exact date and the host has not been selected but it will be announced later.
 Through the generosity of one of the members a large tent was sent up to the Junior Branch in Ltchfield and in thanking the Bridgeport Branch for this very acceptable gift the Head Master said that it was most welcome as all their available accomm odai ons had been utilized and the fact of the warm weather had made it possible to use the tent and it had furnished sleeping accommodations for a num- Der of boys For the first time since | the inception of the Republic all the | dormitories were filled to capacity. The work of organizing auxiliaries for the Red Cross is still going for ward briskly and it is keeping the or ganizer, Mrs. Sperry, very busy. This week two more are to be added to the already long list Tomorrow after
 noon Mrs. Sperry will organize the wo- men of the W. c. T. U. into an aux Hilary and tomorrow evening the wo- men of St. Anthony's French Catholic
 church on Colorado avenue are to be banded together for Red Cross work.