The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
ENGAGEMENT OF MRS. N. H. HEFT'S SON ANNOUNCED Lieutenant John Moore Richards to Wed Miss
 Edith Williams. CAMPAIGN FOR
 PLEDGE CARDS ON Daughter of Congress man Reilly Enlists in
 Navy.

Announcement was made yester- day by MT. and Mrs John Van S. Od- die, of No. 126 East Sixtieth street, New York city, of the engagement of Miss Edith Williams, daughter of Mrs. Oddie, to Lieutenant John William Moore Richards U. S. A., of this city, and Washington, and son of Mrs. Ma than Heft of Park avenue.
 Miss Williams was one of many de- butantes who were introduced to so- ciety in November, 1915. Mrs. T. Halsted Myers, of No. 59 West Eff tieth street, New York, gave a lunch con for her, followed by a theatre party and dance. Miss Sarah F. J. Williams, her older sister, made her debut the preceding year.
 The father of Miss Williams was the late Coleman Candy Williams. MT. Coleman H. Williams, a student at Princeton, is her brother.
 Yesterday Miss Irene Weed. Home Demonstration Agent and Mrs. F. H. Riley, secretary of the Home Econom- les Committee, spent a very busy day in the store of the D. M. Read Co. and some hundreds of signatures were obtained to the canning pledge cards to the War ureau to get more of the canning bulletins.
 The County Agents of the Home Demonstration work were in this city today arriving early this morning They visited the Farmers Market at Wall and Water streets between 6 and o'clock and breakfasted at The Stratf1eld about the middle of the morning. This afternoon at 3 o'clock there was canning demonstration at the headquarters, Sanford House, on Washington avenue, at which time the canning of corn and the conserv- ation of sugar in canning small fruits were the subjects.
 Tomorrow Miss Weed will make her headquarters at the store of the Rowland Dry Goods Go. and this will be the last opportunity to sign the canning pledge cards which will as- sure Bridgeport of it's quota of 100,- 900 quarts which will make sure of q sufficient supply of canned material for the city this winter.
 Miss Agnes Reilly, daughter of ex- Congressman and Mrs. Thomas Reil- ly of Meriden, has enlisted in the U. S. Navy as a yeowoman. Miss Reil- ly has been working on one of the Meriden papers and is a sister of Louis J. Reilly. formerly with The Times MT. Reilly is chief boatswain's mate and is stationed at Pelham Bay Miss Reilly is we'll known in this city. Under the auspices of the Sister hood of the Park avenue Temple | about 30 of the sailors stationed al the Black Rock Naval Base were en- tertained this afternoon at the sum- mer home of Isaac Moss at Fort l Trumbull Beach. The men were re- leased from duty for the affair by Captain Leonard Dyer, who is in com mand at the base. Tennis, swim ming and boating were enjoyed dur ing the afternoon and a fine supper served at 6 o'clock. Dancing will be the feature of the evenings enter. | tainment.
 | The members of the sisterhood whc acted as hostesses are Mrs. A. immer- man. Mrs. Richard Oppel, Mrs. Geo l Walder, Mrs Sigmund Loewith Mrs Harry A. Goldstein. Mrs. Henry L. Bishop. Mrs. A. A. Levy, Mrs. Bernard | Blumberg, Mrs. Benjamin Braunsteir and Mrs. Isaac Moss.
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