The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-28
STAMFORD
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 Stratford, Dec. Wallace Bemis and wife of Sachs street were fined $10O and costs for neglecting their children. The case was heard in the town court yesterday morning. The sentence was suspended. Louis Sachs of Stratford avenue Bridgeport, was arrested yesterday for cruelty to animals.
 stephen Dorosky of Berkshire ave- nue, Bridgeport was arrested for ped ding without license. He was re- leased on bonds.
 Edward E. Lewis died yesterday, aged 57 years. Funeral services will be held at the Methodist church on Sunday at p. m. Interment will be in the Union cemetery.
 At the Stratford M. E. church Rev. Ernest c. Carpenter, the pastor, will preach in the morning, and every member of the Stratford Methodist church is urged to be present. In the evening the Sunday school will give its Christmas praise service. The scholars will make their offering for the poor children of Armenia and Syria. On Tuesday night, beginning at 10 o'clock, the annual watch night service will be held.
 The services in Bethany church to- morrow will be as usual. In the morning at 10:3O Rev. IA. M. Baggett, of Nyack N. Y, will preach The Sunday school will meet at the close of the morning service. The Young Peoples meeting will be held at GAS, followed by the evening service at 7:30 at which time Rev. MT. Baggett will preach. All are invited to attend these services.
 Services in Christ church will be as follows: Holy Communion at B. Sun day school at 9:3O; morning prayer and sermon at 10:45.
 At the Congregational church on Sunday morning, the pastor will preach on the theme, "Is the World Growing Better?" At the evening ser vice in Packard hall at 7:3O, the pas tor will give an address based upon some of the poetry of the war, with especial reference to Robert Service's work, Rhymes of a Red Cross Man. The Sabbath school meets at twelve o'clock, and the Young People hold their service at 6:30, with the topic Happy New Year---Its Rules" The annual meeting of the First Ecclesi- astical society comes on January 9th and the annual meeting of the church for the hearing of reports comes or January 18th.
 There has been an unusually large sale of Christmas trees in town thi: year. Those of our town merchant! who dealt in them were unable to SC cure enough of them to supply the demand, even though the price fol trees was much higher than in previ ous years. So many of our youn: men spent Christmas at home thi year that the Christmas tree sureI, became the popular thing, thus tn, great demand for them.
 A memorial service will be held il Bethany church on Sunday afternoon at o'clock for the late Mrs. Jenni Mitchell Guiding, daughter of MI and Mrs. John Mitchell of Broadbridg avenue. Mrs. Guiding had been en gagged in missionary work in Britis East Africa for the past few years and on the first of December of thi present month she passed away suf fering from an attack of influenza Mrs. Guiding had many friends i town, and was a graduate of tn Stratford High school.
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