The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-20
STAMFORD
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lSpeclal 10 the IlmeSl
 Stratford, April 2o,-Rev. Robert c. Whitehead, pastor of the Congre- gational church, has prepared twelve interesting lectures to be given at the Sunday evening services during the months of April. May and June. Many of the lectures will be illustrated. The programe is as follows; April 21, 'The Organization of the Pilgrim Move ment in Holland and America" (Il- fustrated); April 2s, 'NThe Pilgrims at Plymouth" (Illustrated); May 5, 'The Astronomy of the Bible,"; May 12, ''The Rivers of the Bible;" May 19, "The Mountains of the Bible;" May 26, '"The Birds of>the Bible;" June 2, Special Address; June g, Remote Places in the Phillipines;' tIllustra- ted) June 16, Service for the Gradu- ating Class of the local High school; June 23, 'The Lureof Alaska" (Ii- lustrated) June 30, Tn Pagan Africa" !" (IlluStrated.)
 To Repeat Play
 The Evening Star Rebecca lodge, No. 22, will repeat the play, 'Hunkers' Corner" Thursday evening, April 25 by special request. The play will be staged at Red Mems hall, Church street. A local orchestra will furnish the music. Dancing will follow the play. Fifty per cent of the proceeds will be given to the local branch of American Red Cross.
 Subscriptions Now Total $1OO,OO
 The official total subscriptions re- ported at the Stratford Trust Con- pany this noon have reached the s10o,000 mark. Announcement of this was made by Assistant Chairman Walter E. Goddard There was great rejoicing among the Minute Women | of the town when this news was given out as it was their one desire to gain 1 the above mentioned amount by Sat- | urday night. Subscriptions totalling | $8,000 were handed over to MT. God dard this noon. This amount comes from the employees of the Housatonic Shipbuilding company. It is expected that the town will double it's quota by | the end of. next week. The original quota for the town was set at s57,- | 400.
 | Given A Shower
 1 Miss Helen Upton of Stratford gave a shower Wednesday for Miss Elsie | Jamieson. When the guest of honor entered, she was greated by a fiutter | of snowy white linen for each guest was hemstitching tea napkin for her Miss Jamieson was also the recipient 1 of many beautiful and costly gifts Later in the afternoon luncheon was served. A mong those present were Miss Vida Stearns, Mrs. Charles Find l ley Miss Florence Lewis, Mrs Frank | Whitman, the Misses Sannie and Har- riette Bassett, Mrs, c. Virgil Calvin Miss Elizabeth Krehlrel, Miss Marion Plumb and Mrs. Howard S. Upton. Unclaimed Letters
 Unclaimed letters at the local post office are addressed to; Coporal James Brown, Mrs. B. Barlow, Mrs. Theresa Barreni, Mrs. H. c. Ferris, Alice Elan agan, Sister Honorata, Mrs. Frank Holden, Morrell E. Hu1se, Margaret Hyndman, Walter Johnson, George Kringting, F. W. Lawrence, c. S. Nc Keowner, MT. O'Connor, Mrs. Minnie Ross, Mrs. E. W. Rogers, S. Rain szer, Joseph Smith, Beatrice Smitl and J. B. Williams.
 Parade Tonight
 The parade scheduled for last Sat urday evening but posponed on ac count of indictment weather will talk, place this evening. The roll of homo bill board containing the names O more than 800 drafted and enlisted men will be officially presented to th' town with much .pomp and ceremony George H. Bateman, chairman of tht Citizens committee will make the pre- sentation speech. The speaker, of the evening will be Deputy Judge FranE E. Wilder of Bridgeport. The parade will commence promptly at z o'clocl and will traverse the principal thor. oughfares of the town. Several de, tachments of the Naval Reserves vii be in the line of march.
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