The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-18
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 head of the local war bureau under designation by the State Defense Council, w. c. Sanford has appointed | chairmen of the several committees as | follows: Red Cross, Dr. w. c. Dem | ing; war. savings stamps, A. G. Bar | nett; finance, H. s. Barnes; transport | ation, D. s. Sanford; food supply, J. | E. Sanford; labor, A. G. Barnett; pub 1 | licity C. H. Plumb. These will select | associate members including a repre- | sentaion of women ons all committees. As was the case with Red Cross or ganization a separate bureau has | been formed in Georgetown as fol- lows: General chairman, Michael Connery; finance, W. H. Hunter; re- lief, Floyd Jennings; information, Rev. w. A. Tate; publicity, John Ferris; woman's work, Catherine w. Miller.
 It is estimated. that local subscrip- tions to war savings stamps now amount to- between $500 and $4OO and the appointment of the special com mittee consisting of MT. Barnett with Rev. MT. Cunningham, F. P. Sanford and John Muennich as associates is
 
 ing this sum. The post offices and rural mail carriers are subscription agents for the stamps and a number of volunteers are also exerdng their efforts in the work. The local Red Cross is spreading an appeal from headquarters which. on. account of the wool shortage, to substitute silk or cotton for all knitting work other than that for soldiers.
 The burns received by Ebba Brick son, aged 14, as the result of the ex- plosion of an~oil stove at her home in Georgetown last Saturday morning were so severe that her recovery is not expected. When Mfrs. Erickson got up that morning she lighted the stove and went to prepare breakfast and her daughter was still in bed in the room when the explosion occurred, Iigniting the bed clothes. Mrs. Brick son ran to the.girIs aid and was her self painfully although not danger ously burned before neighbprs came and extinguished the flames.
 Ienry J. Fornlan was unable to fill hiseengagement to speak at the meet . ing of the Mems club, held last Fri day evening with Judge J. B: San ford, on account of the illness of his
 wife who had just been taken to a
 New York hospital to undergo an op-
 eration- It is hoped that the expected
 address which was to tell the why . and wherefore of the Japan govern s 1nent's refusal to allow him to pro- e ceed to Russia will be given at some future meeting. Rev. MT. Coburn of l Danbury was also expected to speak 0 last Friday evening, but failed to ap- y pear. The clubs February meeting |, will be held with Dr. Smith. f Paul Connery of Georgetown re- | ceived notice this week that he had n passed the examination for admission e to the bar which he took at Hartford = last month before g, committee of the
 State Bar association. He will not, l however, become a full Aedged mem A Der of the legal profession until he V completes his collegiate course at
 Bordham University in June next a Chester Sanford went to Bridgeport & last Saturday in response to a, sum
 mons from the military board who
 wished to question him on some mat , teFS which he had failed to sufficiently
 cover in flIing out his questionnaire
 blank. He gave the additional infor- ;, nation sought and nothing further " was then required of him.
 After several postponements the lo- i' cal Home Guard went to Danbufy last l'Thursday evening and held their first .t battalion drill in combination with Il one of the Danbury companies, ac-
 quitting themselves in Q manner U which won the comnendation of Ma l. jor Ryder, the commanding officer. q A snappy game of indoor baseball be- y tween chosen up hines and the serv- B ing of refreshments followed the drill lS Fire Co. No. adopted on Monday 1t evening an amendment to the by D. laws providing that in future their IS regular meetings be held quarterly
 instead of monthly. Chief Engineer ,e Burr warned and exhorted his dep le udes to see that their engines were l. kept from freezing and that all the S- apparatus is maintained in readiness n for immediate use whenever the cal lg came.
 n. The annual parish meeting of Christ ,s Episcopal church, called for last Sat 1- urday, was postponed to Sunday next al following the morning service. i. Martin B. Burr is in Bridgeport thi:
 week on jury service in the crimina to superior court. Everett I. Gorham 70 also summoned, was excused for the TF term.
 ra Fred Wood was the subject of ar D operation for hernia at the Danbur5 I hospital a. few days ago and is con
 valescing favorably.
 ~. The watering of live stock is ont ol of the problems giving trouble tc 4o many farmers as the slippery condi IS tions make it dangerous to turn ou K, cattle~and the water pipes usually re io lied upon are mostly frozen up. S' III the pumping water from we1lssand car es rying over a glassy surface become Ill the alternative and that is no ligh ut task.
 In Charge Of the Center school was as C. stunned on Monday by Miss Rider, tl1 ke new principal. Miss Hfckock remains he as assistant. Miss Hand, the retirint
 principal. has taken a teaching en
 gagement elsewhere.
 Id Miss Nellie BartFam of Sanfordtowl ed has been attended through an Hines go of several weeks by her sister, Mis
 Dessie, who returned this week to he - home in Brooklyn.
 Seven additional Red Cross mem
 bers have been en4ol1ed since the clos
 of the recent campaign, making tn Nv towns total membership z73 outsid U of Georgetown,
 lI Mrs. Walter LI11ey is getting vel
 after an operation performed at St