The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-14
STAMFORD
Special to The Times.)

| tact that Stratford has been asked to collect the enormous sum of $200,000 in the-War Savings Stamps campaign before Jan. 1, 1919, rapid advance ment towards that goal has been made within the last few days. Elliott W. Peck, chairman is very much en- couraged and reports that the sales have been almost doubled as com pared to those of proceeding weeks.
 Tt is a big proposition to gain that amount" said Chairman Peck, but it can be done if everyone starts immediately to do his share.' It means that every family in town will have to buy s6O worth of stamps be- tween the present time and Dec. 31. There are $500 families in Stratford. Many of the school children have set a wonderful pace. The most striking is Howard w. F'airchild, who earns or has given him s3 a week. He has purchased since last summer one $50 Liberty bond contributed $10 to the Y. M c. A. War Fund and up to the present date has bought $S4 worth of Thrift Stamps. The boy told MT. Peck he intends to keep up the same rate until the termination of the war.
 Following is the appeal issued by the Stratford committee in charge of the War Stavings Stamps:
 "Stratford has a big job ahead to raise it's quota of $200,000 from the sale of War Savings Stamps by Dec. 31, 1918, but as the town has always done its part in the past, the com mittee hopes that it will do SO in this effort. The only way, however, that we can do it is for everybody to begin at once to buy all the War Savings Stamps they can afford. Buy them in Stratford and keep it up every day until the war is over.
 ELLIOTT w. PECK,
 Chairman of w. s. S. Committee"
 Laid at Rest.
 Funeral services for Myrton Paren- teau, who died in Hartford Monday, March II, were held yesterday morn ing at 10 o'clock at the home of his sister Mrs. Robert Silliman, 97 War wick avenue. Rev. Robert c. White head, pastor of the Stratford Congre- gational church, conducted the Ser vices Many s@Srowing relatives and friends attended. There was a wealth of floral tributes. Burial was in Union cemetery, Stratford.
 Harvey Rugg Buried. Attended by many sorrowing rela- tives and a delegation from the Oke- muck tribe of Red Men. funeral ser vices for Harvey F. Rugg, aged 20 years, who died Tuesday after a brief l of q afternoon at 2:3O o'clock at the bereaved residence, 1898 Hillside ave- nue. Rev. Ernest c. Carpenter, pas tor of the Methodist church, off ciated. Six members of the Okenuck tribe of Red Men acted as pail bear 5 CTS. Many beautiful floral tributes were in evidence. Burial was in Union cemetery.
 Annie E. Tomlinson Dead.
 After an illness of four days with heart trouble.~ Annie B. Tomlinson, aged 35 years, died Tuesday at the family residence, OTonoque. Miss Tomlinson was widely acquainted in the section of the town where she re- . sided. She was the daughter of the late George Tomlinson. Two broth CTS, E. Mills Tomlinson, deputy sheriff of Stratford, and J. Hunting , ton Tomlinson, and one sister, Mrs. !, John Wheeler of Cambridge, Mass, survive. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon.
 F Rehearsal Largely Attended. , More than 50 persons were present at the Liberty chorus rehearsal on 7 Tuesday evening at Red Mems hall, . Church street. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney 5 Colbourne widely known singers, have been added to the chorus. Sev-
 eral popular war time songs were rehearsed. The next rehearsal will be held Tuesday evening, March 19, ! at the same hall. Mrs. Edmund H. " Judson is the director.
 Still Missing.
 The police departments of Strat- ford and Bridgeport have not been t successful in locating Miss Hilda Hill S aged 23 years, of California street 7 reported missing from her home f since Tuesday. She is said to have -- left her home early Tuesday morning e to go to work in Bridgeport but fail e ed to return at the usual hour. The l. girl is described as being about five 1 IT She wore a, navy blue suit with hat l. to match.
 -e PinochIe Tournament. I A pinochle tournament betweeT e the Dingbat club and the Twelfth District Republican club of Bridge !, port will commence Friday evening III at the latter's club rooms.
 Id Receives New Gift.
 At a recent meeting of the Men D. club of the Congregational church ; al silk flag made by the women of tn h. Congregational church was presentet F. to Chairman George Carey. The fla 10 will be unfurled and placed in iron so of the Congregational church. f, Mrs. Lowell Recuperating.
 Mrs Harold c. Lowell of Kin - street who underwent an operatio, *s for appendicitis at the Bridgepor ' hospital several weeks ago, is recu # perating at Atlantic City. She wi Y remain there for a few weeks. < CORTEZ c. ROCKWELL, plumbin E and heatino. iObbinp a SDecialtV S05