The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-12

Mrs. James Coulter will be the hos
tess at her home on Hough avenue
on Tuesday afternoon for the regular
meeting of the Universalist Woman's
Club. Mrs. F. M. Hammond will
have the paper on ''Hooverizing-H Home
Economy"
The meeting of the Bridgeport Phil
osophical Society ought to prove of
great interest. 1t will be held on
January 6 in the rooms of the So
ciety, 1925 Main street. At this time
there will be a debate between the
Rev. Ernest Weise and Rev William
Wallace Rose. The subject of the
debate is to be SIS War Contrary to
the Spirit and Teachings of Christ"
Rev. Mr.. Weise is to have the affirma-
tive while Rev. William Rose will
speak in the negative.
There will. be meeting of the
executive board of the Bridgeport Art
League in the League rooms in the
Staples building on Monday morning
| at 10 o'clock
The celebration by Park Street
| Congregational church of the fiftfeth
anniversary of it's founding begins to-
morrow. The platform has been en-
larged for the special chorus and
pageant and the church is being es-
pecially decorated for the occasion.
At the morning service DIR. Beard,
the pastor of the church, will give a
historic sermon on "Fifty Years O.
Progress" Special music will be
rendered by double quartet under
direction of Clayton P Stevens. Mrs
Charles l.. Hall and Mrs. Henry L.
Bishop, sopranos, Miss Katharine H
Richards and Miss Norma L. Weber,
| contraltos, Harry Drake and John
Hall ,tenors Thomas Widdowfield and
Harold R. Knowles, BASES, will be
heard in the following music:
Prelude, VISION" Clayton P. Stew
ems, ]. Rheinberger.
Anthem, ''Jubilate in c." double
quartet, Frederick Schilling.
Soprano Solo, Jerusalem" from
"Gallia," Mrs Florence K. Bishop
Gounod.
Anthem, "God so Loved the
| WoFtu, douple quartet join oldln-
er.
Offertory, "Vision of Joan of Arc
Charles Gounod.
Contralto Solo, 1.-THE King Of
Israel" Miss Norma L. Weber, Fred,
erick Stevenson.
Postlude, March from 'Naamar,'
Michael Costa.
A special musical service is planned
for Sunday evening, when a chorus
of some forty voices, piano and orches,
ira, will assist Mr.. Stevens and the
quartet choir in rendering the follow.
ing program:
| Prelude, 'Andante sostenuto," Edu,
nard Batiste.
Anthem, 1.-THE Heavens are Telling,
from 1.-THE Creation" by Franz 10
seph Haydn.
Anthem, Unfold, Ye Portals!" from
'Srhe Redemption" by Gounod.
Anthem, Hark, Hank My Soul!'
Harry Rowe Shelley.
Offertory, 'Cantilene," Gabrie
Pierne.
Post1ude, ''Soherzo," T. Haigh.
Miss L Svendsen-Tune will assist a
the piano. Also Mr.. J. Henry Hut
zell. Mrs. Dorothy Smith Wall an
! John Stillson, violins, and Thoma
II Wall, viola.
II The public and especially resident
II of the East Side are invited to bot
l of these services and also to the his
toric pageant which is to be given o
Tuesday night.
2 1
The regular monthly meeting o
, the Parent-Teachers' association Q
= the Huntington Road school was he'll
= | Thursday at .. m. A large gath
ering of women listened with niue
interest and attention to the addres
of Mrs. C. B. Wilson, chairman c
the Girls Patriotic league on the OF
jects of that movement. Plans wer
made to form a unit of that league {
lie the Huntington Road school.
" A musicale is to be given by tt
t. association Jan. 25, the last F'rida
of this month at the school. The pre-
ident of the association, Mrs. j. I
Emmons, invites all members al
friends to be present, especially tho:
10 who have been SO generous to IL
II school and have made it possible
Is have a new piano for this occasio
ne Mrs. w. H. Comley is to arrange f
re the musicale, and Miss Gertrut
Field, the talented violin artist, HI
promised to take part.