The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
C. 0. S. FINDS IT
MUST DO DOUBLE
WORK THIS YEAY
Successful Bridge Yesterday
for Junior Red Cross
Benefit
SHAW-LYFORD
WEDDING HELD
Animal Rescue League
Votes to Buy 500
Liberty Bond

Organization society at which the new
president, William F. Severn, presid-
ed, was held yesterday afternoon and
members of the board of directors
listened with much interest to the re-
port of the general secretary, George
Warren. He brought out number
of important points that impressed
the directors with the need for a
greater effort this coming year.
There were really four points on
which he laid the greatest stress.
These were that the work has
doubled; the staff is now inadequate
to meet the demands that are made
upon it; necessity for a larger office;
and that immediate expansion is
necessary.
For the executive committee it's
chairman, Rev. John R. Brown, re-
ported the tentative budget of $4,000
as needed to carry on the work for
the coming year. He compared the
size of the organization in this city
with similar societies in other cities.
He showed that although the growth
had been rapid the society should
double in size the coming year in or.
der to meet the needs of Bridgeport
After hearing the remarks of Rev
Mr.. Brown the society voted to adopt
the budget as suggested by President
Severn made brief address. He
said: GAS in every business there
comes a time when the firm must
we as society cannot afford to fail
the community of Bridgeport in neg
lecting to provide the service to the
poor which it asks of US. Therefore,
we must expand to meet the increas-
ing demands Immediately.
The matter of raising the increased
budget was referred to the finance
chairman, James G. Ludlum, with
power to act. The board of directors
is composed as follows: William F.
Severn, Rev. John R. Brown, Freder-
lex Rhodes, Mrs. W. H. Day, James
G. IJudlum, Albert e. Lavery, John A
Kingman, Sigmund Loewith, William
A. Redden, Rev. Matthew Judge,
John S. Sullivan, George H. Edwards,
Mrs George W. Wheeler, Mrs. D. H.
Warner, Mrs. W. H. Griffith. Mrs
Samuel S. Hawley, Mrs. Frank Kins-
| ley and Mrs. Benjamin Oelsner.
Mrs. Gerard Neefus was the chair
man of the committee that arranged
for the very successful bridge given
yesterday afternoon in the Ninth Dis
trict Republican club rooms on East
Main street, under the auspices Of the
Parent Teachers Association of Hunt
ington Road school There was a
very large attendance and it is est
mated that about $50 was cleared
This money is for the Junior Red
Cross of the school to enable it to
meet its quota There were IS tables
filled with players and those who held
the high scores were: MRS. A. L.
Delaney, Mrs. F. C. Sanford, Mrs. c.
10. Lane, Mrs. e. R. Roswell, Mrs. E.
H. Smith, Mrs. A. H. Cone, Mrs. J.
Lambert, Mrs. William Bowman, Mrs
J. Corhss, and Mrs. Helmet. Assist
ing Mrs. Neefus was the following
committee: Mrs. Mark Holmes, Mrs
Augustus Leberum, Mrs. D. r. Whit
ney, Miss Mary "A. Ford, Miss Loretta
Walsh, and Miss Gertrude Curnias.
On Wednesday evening at the home
of Mrs. Gertrude M. LXford on Park
street there was very pretty we'd
ding when her daughter Miss Merna
Lyford, became the bride of T. Ed
ward Shaw, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Shaw of New Haven. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. E
A. B1rnes of the Washington Park M
| N nd 4ha
attractfvely decorated.
+ Miss Uyford, who made charming
bride, was gowned in white satin and
carried a shower bouquet of roses and
lilies of the valley. Her matron O
honor was her sister, Mrs. G. W. Lin
nell, and she wore a peach coloret
gown and carried Ophelia roses. Mis-
Alice Shaw, sister of the groom, wak
the bridesmaid and Donald Warner
acted as best man. After the cere
mony a wedding breakfast was servet
after which Mr.. and Mrs Shaw lief
on a wedding trip that wall be spen
in New York and washington, ID. c
Mr.. Shaw is with the lake Torpedo
Boat Company.
The formal opening of the patriots
Y food exhibit at the state orinory wa
!, attended last evening by about $50
f people who listened with the create
= interest to the splendid address b.
f State Food Administrator Robert SEQ
e vile of Hartford. He laid great EN-
= phasis on the fart that owing to tn
a great withdrawal of men from thei
d customary pursuits the families lef
behind must take up the burden an,
that one of the best ways to he'll
would be by way of the garden tn
great importance Of food conservation
came in for a large share Of his at
tention.
ID. Fairchild Wheeler, local food ad
ministrator, introduced the speaker
d of the evening and made a brief ad
d dress in which he complimented tn
e Minute Women of the city very high
IS " for the splendid work that the
have done. He was followed by A. F
Lavery, who spoke on somewhat tn
same subject. Mrs. S. c. Shaw, tn
chairman of the Home Economic
committee under whose direction tn
exhibit is being given, also spoke.
In the afternoon interest centere
IS around the awards in the War Brea
a contest The winners in the differer
le classes were announced as follows
3 In class one, for quick corn breat