The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-26

A regular meeting of the committee | on Juvenile Delinquency will meet at | 30 today in the office of the Meigs building. All interested are urged to attend. The Froebel Normal school opened | for children and will open for registration for Normal school | training pupils on Tuesday, October 1. The Tdberty Chorus had very good rehearsal Tuesday evening at the Y. W. c. A. rooms practising songs for the coming Liberty Loan campaign. They will sing Friday night at eight o'clock at meeting of the War Bu- reau in the Armory on Main street. Mrs. B. J. Ward, wife of E. J. Ward, who is in this city representing the United States Educational Board in regard to the community idea of schools, arrived this afternoon on the Solonial Express with Margaret Will son, daughter of the President of the United States. Mrs. Ward will remain in this city for, some time at The Stratfield Hotel.
 Dr. and Mrs. G. Hunt Wilbur and daughter Shirley of Capitol avenue spent the weekend at the home of MT. and Mrs. Henry M Danbury of "The Elms," Seymour, Conn.
 Miss Vera Curtis, the well known Metropolitan Opera star, daughter of Mrs. John c. Curtis of Coleman street, will sing in New Haven at the open ing of the American Red Cross House for convalescents at the army hospi- tai, Friday evening at o'clock.
 Mrs. James Moore, Mrs. Edward Mora, Mrs. H. c. Fairchild and Miss Lydia Northrop of this city will at tend the luncheon and meeting of the Connecticut Society, Daughters of 1872, which will be held tomorrow at the New Haven Lawn Club, New Ha- ven. An informal reception for Mrs. Robert Hall Wiles of Chicago, the president-genera of the society, who Is to be a guest of honor, will be held from 12:30 to 1880 followed by lunch con during which Mrs. Wiles will make an address. This is the first fall event of the society and many women of out of town have been in vited to attend. An unusual program has been arranged by the committee in charge.
 Announcement is made by the Bridgeport Protestant Orphan Asylum l o1 1I, In1 | for the boys and girls of the asylum. There are about SO children from the | ages of to IA that would greatly ap- preciate partly worn clothing and old | shoes that may be sent to them from homes of this city. Will the mothers of Bridgeport remember them? 1 Adam A. Troy, formerly of 1096 1 Noble avenue, has been gassed in ac- ton in France. He is at a base hos pital and is unable to see from the eff fects of the deadly fumes. Troy Is 31 years of age and enlisted in the army June 10, 1917. He has been in France for six months.
 At a meeting held at the Black Rock Ssore and Country Club of which Simon Lake is chairman, a resolution was passed by the mem bers to strictly conform to the con- servation requests of the government through it's fuel and food administra- ton.
 The Board of Governors of the Brooklawn Country Club will hold g meeting tomorrow night, and it is ex. pected that the same action will be taken by those present. Officers ot the various clubs say that it may bt probable that all country clubs vii be closed during the winter under tht present government requests.
 The Comfort club, composed O mothers and relatives, whose boys organized the 102d Ambulance O. one year ago and have gone to an swer their country's call. will com memorate the anniversary by a spe cial meeting on Friday at 2:30 at tn First Presbyterian church.
 i, Lieut.. W. T. Nagle, who has beeI wounded and gassed and who is nov recovering in Southington will atten
 the meeting and address the moth CTS. Letters received from the boy { will be read and Mrs. E. N. Sperr i will speak
 The organization which has stoo at the front on many occasions bray
 and alert has won two gold stripe
 for service, and many of the boy
 have received promotions and honor
 for valor on the battlefield.
 Announcement has been made ( 0 the engagement of Miss Helen ' n Stagg, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Jos eph H. Stagg of 151 West avenue
 Robert Rensen McKin of U. s. Nav;
 Reserves. son of MT. and Mrs. Robel y McKin of New York. Miss Stagg |. now an ambulance driver for tI l. Richmond County chapter. America h Red Cross. She is a graduate of tI if Bridgeport High school and New Tor # Academy.
 A very pretty wartime wedding toe | place at the summer home of M
 and Mrs. Hobert W. Curtis of La
 rel beach, when their daughter Mi
 Julia Elizabeth Curtis became u
 bride of Captain Robert s. Booth.
 8. Army, on Wednesday afternoo
 The home was beautifully decoratt 1t with palms. ferns, asters. roses al lr wild flowers. Only near relatives al 1t immediate families were present. Re
 Frank Kenyon, rector of the Chri
 ceremony.