The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-08
STAMFORD
Special to The Farmer)

Stratford, Jan. 8.-The people of Stratford living on the outskirts of the town have been without mail for the past week. This is, however, not due to any fault of Stratford's postmaster, William B. Bristol. Many complaints have been received and much gossip is being heard about the supposed negligence of the local post office.
 Francis Moore, who has been the rural letter carrier ever since Benjam- in Smith resigned to become a patrol man nearly three months ago, is very i'll at his home, Nichols avenue suffer ing from a cold. He will be confined to his home for a few weeks. The rural delivery district of Stratford embraces a territory of 28 miles and it is the duty of the rural letter car rier to at least reach all the boxes once a day. The territory extends from Putney to Lordship Meadows. Of late many of the towns roads have been impossible and it is impossible during such extreme zero weather that has just left us to cover any such district
 Postmaster Bristol has been en- deavoring for the last few days to pro- cure a man to act as a temporary mail carrier until Moore's return but up to the present writing has been unsuccessful.
 Water Main Bursts
 One thousand pupils of the Center and Stratford High school were fore ed to take an extended vacation yes terday and today as the result of the four-inch water main freezing on Sat urday night and the water pipes in the school bursting. The entire lower floor was flooded. A score of plumb CTS were at work yesterday making repairs and patching up the bursted pipes. Supt. c. Claire Thompson of the public schools said today that the school would be closed until further notice, The damage done will be in the neighborhood of $500. Okenuck Installation | The annual installation of officers of the Okenuck tribe of Red Men took place Monday evening at the wigwam, | Church street District Deputy O'Hara of Milford and the degree team of the Ansantawae tribe of Milford of ficiated. An entertainment and SUD- i per followed the installation cere- monies at which about 100 were pres ent despite the indictment weather The following officers elected a week ago were installed; Sachem, William Hart; senior sagamore, Howard Dill lon; junior sagamore, Wesley More house; prophet, Arthur Dennison; chief of records, Herbert DoolittIe; collector of wampum, Andrew Eaton; keeper of wampum, Everett L. Beardsley; trustee for three years John O'Brien, chief of music Harry Baldwin. The other trustees who vii serve with MT. O'Brien are George Fairchild and George Spall.
 High School Five Defeated
 In a one-sided contest, the Alumn quintet of the Stratford High schoo defeated the Varsity school five Sat. urday evening at Tuttle's auditorium by the score of 43 to IT. Risberg start ed for the Alumni and FolIett ant Carpenter for the losers. The fineuI of both teams was as follows:
 ALUMNI S. H. S. Clinton Left Forward Wilson ! Hale Right Forward Carpente Riseberg Center Taylo Richardson Left Guard Follet Wheeler Right Guard Graham
 Goals from the floor: Alumni, Gin ton ', Hale 3, Risberg 8, Wheeler 2 S. H. S., Wilson 8, Carpenter A.. Fouls Alumni: Clinton 2, Hale l; s. H. S. Wilson 2, Taylor 1,
 In the preliminary game, the Strat ford High school Girls team defeat ed the second team by the score of 2 ,, to 16. Both games were poorly at tended, about 50 persons being pres ent.
 t3e:ular Meeting The regular meeting of the Wo men's Foreign Missionary society o
 the Methodist church will be hel
 Friday afternoon at the home of Mir:
 Sarah Smith, Main street.
 Ill With Tonsilitis
 Mary Rowland, daughter of Dr. an
 Mrs. DeRuyter Rowland is i'll at he t home East Broadway and Main stree
 with tonsifiitis
 Personals
 MT. Edward P.- Bullard and sor
 Edward have left to spend the winte c in Florida.
 Theodore Braitling has enlisted i : the Naval Reserves at City Island, U Y.
 h Court Cases
 Frank Detasco of Stratford was al
 raigned before Deputy Judge Fran s E. Blakeman in the Stratford tow
 court Saturday evening charged wit hunting game without license. H
 was assessed $22.
 CORTEZ C.. ROCKWELL, plumbin
 and heating; jobbing a speciality, 305
 Main and Hillside avenue. Phon
 Stratford 1142 or S114-S. B10"tf