The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-14
Personal Mention

The National Conference of Cath ollie Charities will be held at Wash ington. D. C., on Sept. 15 to IS, in- elusive. A program has been ar ranged for each day, in which repre- sentatives of the different charity or ganizations of America who will be present will take part.
 On Sept. 15, Miss Marguerite Boy Ian of the Catholic Charitable Blu reau of Bridgeport will present some of the phases of the Housing Prob lem in War Conditions. On Sept. IT, George L. Warren of this city, who represents the Charity Organization society, will take part in a discussion on Committee on Children"
 This is the fifth biennial public meeting f the National Conference of all Catholic Charities. Miss Mar guerite Boylan has been serving on the Committee on Families, and Mrs M. H. Ford of this city is a member of the executive committee of the Committee on Women's Activities.
  avenue and Miss Edith Hastings ot Stratford attended the meeting ot Fairfield County Woman Suffrage Association held yesterday afternoon in Greenwich.
 The annual exhibit of the Fairfield School Gardens was held at Sher man school today. The Judging O. the exhibits by William H. Burr O. Greens Farms, and MT. Bevan of the Fairfield County Farm Bureau tool place in the morning. The prizes which were given by the Fairffelt Garden Club, under the direction O the president, Mrs. J. O. Wright, were awarded at that time.
 The gardens this year were carried on mainly under the supervision O Miss Dick, and a great deal of inter est was shown by the children in thu various districts of the town of Fair field.
 Greetings to their many friends i Bridgeport are extended by the O'Ne | brothers from New Orleans. Tn boys are sons of John J. O'Neil, prom inent in labor and fraternal circle. They are enjoying good health an | carrying out an extended souther and western trip in vaudeville. MT. and Mrs. Frederick Haigh ( | 927 State street, have announced tn marriage of their daughter, Miss Lii Haigh, to Captain Brown, which too place at the Church of the Holy Con munion in New York on Saturda! l August 24. Captain Brown is sts toned at Camp Merritt, N. J., and wi leave for overseas duty very shortl 1 Mrs. Brown is doing government wor at Camp Merritt with the W. H. Fiji sell Co.
 Miss Henshaw of Black Rock av' nue, who has succeeded Miss Eliz; beth Bassick of Fairfield avenue, chairman of the jam committee,
 sending out an urgent appeal to evel woman in this city who can spare tin
 to come and help make jam for Il
 soldiers in the Allied hospitals. |
 quiry may be made at the Sanfol
 Home, 221 Washington avenue, or
 calling Noble 936. Miss Elizabe
 Bassick of Fairfield avenue, resign' from the jam committee as she making preparations to return Smith college to resume her studi there.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank A. Ballard
 Wood avenue, have as their week-el
 guests at their summer home, at Bal
 Pond, Dcnbury MT. and Mrs. A.
 Pinkham, of 56 Petrie street.
 Mrs. H. Willard Fleck of Lafayet
 street, has returned from Hartfol
 where she had attended the meeti
 of the Woman's Division of the Co ; necticut State Council of Defen e which took place on Wednesday. M k T. Belknap Beach, the new preside, g presided at the meeting.
 Mrs. M. P. snifren and her daug