The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
SUFF RACISTS WILL MEET AT
 THE STRATF|ELD Huntington School Parent Teachers Association
 Postpones Meeting. PROGRAM FOR
 CHILDREN'S MOVIES Annual Meeting of Bridge port Protestant Widows Society.

OAIDo huuIZ-ReeS, cna1rmaQ for Fair field county and also chairman of the Women's Committee for National De- fence for Connecticut, will preside. The Stratford and Bridgeport Equal Franchise League are to unite as hosts for the members of the out of town leagues who will be present. According to the reservations that haev been made it is expected that between 65 and 70 will attend.
 There will be a, business session at Il o'clock at which a number of re- ports from all over the county will be read At 1 o'clock there will be a luncheon and at the business session will be resumed. At this time all new business will be discussed and a num- Der of important matters which have been brought before the state board will be presented to the assembly for action. The different leagues that will be represented will be two from Stamford, Riverside, Greenwich, New Canaan, Wilton, Norwalk, Westport, Newtown, Fairfield, Danbury, Strat- ford and Ridgefeld.
 Owing to the fact that the schools are closed all this week the meeting Iof the Parent Teachers Association of Huntington Road school of which Mrs. J. IF. Emmons is president, which was to have been held on Thursday afternoon at the school has been post poned until further notice.
 An excellent program has been ar ranged for the children's motion pic- ture performance at the Lyric theatre on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. A great deal of time and money has been expended by those in charge in their effouts to bring suitable films for children to this city. On Saturday the feature picture will be dainty Mar guerite Clark in 'SBab's Diary" Then there is to be a Fatty Arbuokle com edy, Reckless Romeo" a South American Travel picture and the Mu- tual Current Events.
 The 68th annual meeting of the Bridgeport Protestant Widows so- ciety was held yesterday afternoon at the Sterling Widows Home on Prospect street. A large proportion of the board of managers were pres ent and three new trustees were elected-Mrs. G. H. Edwards, Miss Harriett Flames and Mrs. Robert Wheeler. Miss Susan Sanford, as | chairman of the nominating commit | tee, presented the following list of officers, who were unanimously elect ed: Mrs. George Comstock, presi- dent; Mrs. F. B. Hawley, Mrs. Chas. | G. Sanford, Mrs. Edward Ives, vice. presidents; Miss Fannie Wordin, re- cording secretary; Mrs. Henry W, Hincks, corresponding secretary, and Miss Charlotte Peck, treasurer. It was the eleventh time that Mrs. Com stock has been chosen to head the society.
 | Miss Fannie Wordin read a very | comprehensive report of the year s work. She mentioned the changes that had been brought about from the individual housekeeping by the resi- dents at the home to the system of general table board now in vogue. To meet the requirements in admitting applicants to the Home an examining physician was necessary. Dr. F. w Pyle was asked to take this position and he not only accepted but offered to give his services. The society purchased a Liberty Bond, and in re- sponse of advice increased the insur. ance on the building.
 Miss Wordin's report was in par as follows:
 'The high cost of living has brought many problems to our ma tron, Miss Darling, and she asked ad, vice in the matter of providing fol the table Mrs Charles Sanford anG Mrs. Glover Sanford were appointed committee to confer with the ma. tron on this subject. After inquirie:
 they brought back the report tha
 they could not improve on Miss Darl
 ing's methods.
 ''To a. great extent the society de
 bends upon the gifts that come to i1
 from time to time. In a general way resources of this kind may be divided
 into two classes: Those which gc
 into the treasury and become part ot
 the income or are useful in conduct.
 ing the home and those which gC
 more directly to the residents.
 Among those in the former clas:
 may be mentioned gifts of money ol it's equivalent or membership fees
 proceeds from the annual sale ant
 legacies from friends no longer witt
 us.
 'eThe last annual sale held in May
 at the home of the Misses Fitch wa. successful financially and was also
 very attractive and enjoyable affair
 Funds from three legacies were re ceived from the Philip Conrad estate
 $500; from the Sarah F. Marsh es
 tate, $500, and s5SO.6o was added tt the Crapo fund"
 A number of gifts of flat silver fol
 table use were noted and mention wa:
 made of the fact that three new life
 members were added to the list, Mrs
 Ralph N. Sperry and MT and Mrs
 Charles D. Davis. According to the treasurer's report the receipts for the past year amounted to s12,4S5.5S, ant the expenditures to s11.7S1.2O. leaving
 balance on hand in the bank o. $754.3S.
 The Bridgeport Branch of the Ma