The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-03
Lack Of Heat Causes POstponeInent
 Of Big Concert At High School
Charitable Society En-. tertained by Mrs. Goodsell Local Red Cross Nurses Bring Miss Moves Here Bennett McCarty Wedding.

The effect of the coal shortage is being felt by everybody and the latest result is that the Bridgeport Oratorio society has decided not to attempt to give it's big concert on January 29, as it had intended. Announcement to this effect was issued today by the society. The members have been meeting on Tuesday evening of each week in the auditorium of the Bridgeport High school. It is felt that owing to the shortage of coal and the necessity for conserving every bit of it at the pres ent time, it would be better to dis continue the rehearsals now and re- l sume them later on when conditions become more favorable. It is i'm possible to be assured of heat ana dangerous to spend a couple of hours in cold room. The society had se- lected for it's big concert this year Horatio W. Parker's flora Novissi- ma,' and was making splendid pro- gress, greatly satisfactory to the conductor, Dr. Arthur Mees. The concert will be given at a later date but this cannot be definitely an- | nounced now
 Mrs. Zalmon Goodsell entertained
 the members of the Bridgeport La dies Charitable society yesterday af-
 ternoon at their regular meeting at
 her home on North avenue.
 Through the efforts of Miss Elise
 Evers, chairman of the Red Cross
 Nurses Association in this city, Miss
 Clara B. Noyes who is director of
 the Red Cross Nursing Service, has
 been prevailed upon to come to this
 city to make an address. Miss Moves
 is making a tour of the Second Dis
 trict which is comprised of Fairfield
 and Litchfield counties, speaking in
 the interest of the Red Cross Nursing
 Service, endeavoring to enlist the ser
 vices of graduate nurses who can full } fl the requirements for a Red Cross 7 Nurse. The meeting here will be on Saturday evening and will be held in the ball room of The Stratfield at 8 o'clock. There is to be no admis-
 sion charged and the public is cor
 dially invited to attend The invita- ton will be extended only through the columns of the press. The officers of the local Red Cross chapter are
 especially bidden to attend. Miss Moves will depict the great necessity for nurses to carry on the work this
 splendid body of women have under
 taken.
 A very quiet, pretty wedding occur
 red on the first day of the New Year, ] \ Miss Gertrude o: McCarty of this city, became the bride or Homer G. Bennett of Eagle Harbor, N. Y. Rev. 2 Alexander Allison, Jr., rector of the ] Presbyterian church, officiated at the
 ceremony, which took place in 'The
 Manse."
 5 The bride wore Q very handsome travelling suit of beet-root chiffon l broadcloth trimmed with Hudson seal , and a large black picture hat with = jet trimmings. They were the recipi- ents of many handsome wedding gifts
 They will spend their honeymoon with 5 relatives of MT. Bennett in Eagle Har- bor, N. Y, and on their return vii make their home in Bridgeport for the present.
 On New Years Eve, Miss Ethe Stanley entertained party of young
 people at her home, 2294 East Mair
 street. The house was decorated il , colors appropriate to the season and {
 huge Christmas tree hung with varied :, colored lights, graced the living room :, around which the guests played man! jelly games. Dancing was also en
 joyed Miss Irene Stanley officiateC a at the piano and George Giltrap play
 ed the violin. Many pleasing solo
 were rendered by the Misses DonneIly F Lawson, Stanley and Dowd and tn a. Messrs. Rooney and De Veux. A s midnight a delightful luncheon wa y served and the guests presented wit, n favors. The guests departed earl
 in the New Year. Among thos
 present were the Misses Mary Stone
 Francis Carroll, Anna Dowd, MiIdre
 and Veronica Donne1ly, Helen Raw B. son, Marion, Ethel and Irene Stanle in and the Messrs. George Giltrap, Je1 e- ome Rooney, Fred and Nelson Bot " tome, Michael Murtogue, John an ss Nathan Stanley, Frank Donlon an r. MT and Mrs S N Stanley