The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-14

CSpeclal to The Il1neS) Stratford, Dec. 14---The public schools will close for the Christmas vacation on Friday, December 20, and will reopen Monday, January 6, 1919. | At the Stratford M E. church on i Sunday morning, MT. Carpenter will preach on "The Greatest Mother of 1 Them All" Red Cross Sunday. MT. Carpenter will also speak briefly in all the Protestant churches sometime during the morning service. In the evening the Methodist church will join i with the Congregational church in the
 Union Red Cross service.
 1 The building of a bridge to replace ! the Washington bridge across the Housatonic river comes up for con- sideration and a public hearing con- corning the approval of plans for the proposed highway bridge will be held in the common council chamber at City Hall, Bridgeport, next Friday morning at Il o'clock.
 Notice of the hearing has been sent
 out from the United States engineers
 office in New LonGpn, and various or
 ganizations plan h) have representa-
 tives at the hearing. In Devon the Improvement association has appoint
 ed Charles W. Evarts former sen
 ator; Judge J. D. Brown, Jr., and C.. O. Mathews to represent tt and it is also expected the selectmen and Bus Iiness Mems association of the town l will have representatives present. : It is proposei to build the new bridge without interfering with Wash iington bridge that the enormous
 amount of traffic will not he ham pered CT interfeced with in the least.
 It Is expected 70 he to the north of
 the present structure.
 Just as soon as tile necessary spec ] ificatNns can be prepared by the
 State engineers work on the new 2 bridge will be started. Traffic over
 the bridge is increasing but engineers
 say the Washington. bridge structure 7. is fit for service for another two = years if used with care. This is the
 opinion of three engineers who have
 made an inspection of the bridge. n
 1i A call for nurses has been received
 by the police department. They art L- needed to go to New Haven and nurse q some of the sick families in that city e Every returned sailor and soldie L. who went to war from Stratford i Ia being asked to report as soon as pos ss stble after his return, to the office 0 IS the selectmen and register. d
 So There will be a sale of canned veg ss etaGoles at the home of Mrs. R. M
 Lowell, 9l East Broadway, Of Mon 1- day afternoon from 2 until ). Thes a vegetables were canned in the Strat ,d ford canning kitchen and are far su al perior te anything that can be bougI CT in the stores. They will make yer
 acceptable Christmas gifts.
 in The Union Red Cross service at th :, Congregational church on Sunday eve If- ming at 7:30 o'clock, promises to be < H. unusual interest in view of the fa +o that Dr. David Hughes, Welshma od chaplain, Liberty Loan speaker, ar ,+ Red Cross worker, is to be the speal o CT of the evening. The Stratfol ,~ Chapter 'of the American Red Gro - considers itself extremely fortunate r having Dr. Hughes come to Stratfo1 ns to assist in the membership roll ca GU and much credit is due the Men
 SEluD OL lHe COIS ISIeSdLlODdl CIluTCH Il
 having secured him from Nation los Headquarters.
 Jl- pr. Hughes may be easily consi me cred one of the most distinguish ent war speakers of the present day. I lce is a WelshTnan by birth, and early ish the war joined the British Expet to tionary Forces. He was sent ule France as a chaplain, and for T It riod of three years, went through te the rife fighting especially in Flande -ith He lost four brothers who were e cen listed in the British Army. md He was brought to this country hat assist the Liberty Loan committee and the recent drive, and has rendered , a valuable assistance in the more ]
 cent United War Work Campail tod Knowing the Red Cross as he does a +ba having seen the wonderful work ,di- the organization since the beginni ,icb of the War, Dr. Hughes is in a DC o. ton to give first hand information 4L to just what has been accomplish
 and what the future demands uE ',,o. the Fed Crcss are going to be in ct
 nection with the vast reconstruct
 work ahead. The meeting will be io promptly at 7:30. The choir will r way.
 The Rev. William H. Nicholl, @ Baptist minister. of East Poetensh