The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-01
STAMFORD

Private Paul Carpenter of the 30th Service company, Signal Corps, New York who recently underwent an op- eration for appendicitis, is spending two weeks fur1ough at the home of his parents on Main street.
 Red Cross work will be taken up at the regular meeting of the Wom- ans Aid society of the Congregational church to be held Thursday, October 8, at 80 p. m. There will be plenty of work and a large attendance 's desired.
 Notice for the annual town meetmg has been posted. to be held on Mon- day, October ', at the time of the town election. The meeting will be called at o'clock.
 J. Edwin Carroll was elected presi- dent of the Epworth League of the Methodist church at the last busi- ness meeting. Miss Marian Carpen- ter was elected first vice president, Miss Esther. Carpenter, second vice president, Miss Helen Thompson third vice president, Miss Helen Dun bar fourth vice president, Miss Mill dred Frederick, treasurer and Miss Catherine Carpenter, secretary. The members of this society intend to at- tend the group rally meeting at Eas- ton on October IS. A large bus having been engaged to transport those who attend.
 Mrs. Baldwin of Housatonic avenue, is very i'll at her home.
 The Republicans of the town vii! caucus on Friday evening and elect delegates to the senatorial conven- ton of the 18th district.
 The selectmen will be in session Saturday, Oct. 5, from g a. m. to p. m. for the purpose of making voters. This will be the last chance to be made a voter before the town election Monday, Oct, '.
 The Stratford Chapter of the Amer ican Red Cross is collecting garments to send to Europe and will do its best to make a showing for Stratford that will compare more than favorably with the results obtained in other towns of equal size
 The American Red Gross chapters throughout the United States will make an effort during a period of one week to collect at least 5000 tons of clothing for the use of the 10,000,000 people in the occupied parts of Bel gium and northern France. An equal amount of clothing was gathered by the Red Cross for the same purpose last March, This has already been distributed, but the additional apparel is needed to guard the destitute peo- pie from the rigors of the coming win ter.
 Garments of every size for both sexes, but only those of strong mate iral is needed. F1imsy materials, fam cy dresaes, high hats, straw hats, der bies and high-heeled slippers will not be accepted. Many such articles, ab- solutely useless for the intended pur- pose, we're received in the last cloth ing driveA An idea of the extremes to which all classes in the occupied re- zion have {been reduced will be con veyed by the following letter to the Red Cross from well-to-do woman of Brussels:
 Perhaps Hou will laugh when you hear that wear cloak made from my i1usband'k guarde ctvique over coat, waist from his football shirt and a skirt made of dyed bedsheet Mother hes a suit made of the table cloth, J. and M. hsxes scloaks made of woAlsn Alank ets- and s. dress made of burlap But all this is only amus- ing in. comp rason with the wretched- ness of the isopulation After all, we remain calm and confident of vic tory"
 
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