The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-18
STRATFO2D MAY GAIN POSSESSION
 0F BIG TRACT Membeo3 of 4. M. K. Club to Give Dance to Friends
 Tonight IMPORTANT SESSION
 OF LILLY CAMP NO. 6 stratford Library Associa- tion Prepares Course of Lectures
Especial to The Times.) )

] ! Peck's Mill Pond, the town of Strat- 1 ! ford may be the possessor of about 10 1 1 acres of land which has not been 1 l known as town property. A short l l time ago Geroge Webb, the local Ice | l dealer purchased tract of land from | l the Weatogue Country club, includ- ing portion of Peck's Mill Pond | which he intended to utilize for busi
 ness purP1s and was given a waE- ! ranty deed for the property by the l Weatogue club. A controversy arose | over the purchase between Mir. Webb 1 and Charles H. Wells. the latter | claiming ownership to the property. | i Mir Webb in order to retain his own | ership of the property consulted the l , Bridgeport Land & Title Go. who 1 have records showing that none of , the parties involved own the prop l l erty in question but that it rightfully 1 , belongs to the town of Stratford. According to the records of the l ! Bridgeport Land & Title Co. back in 1 ] 1870 this tract of land which involves l i between 80 and 40 aces was owned ] by the town and at that time Feat l ] Peck, a miller, erected mill at the | : pond and was given permission to | use the waters of tire pond and the l | property for which privilege he 1 | agreed to pay to the town fifteen i | cents for each bushel of grain ground | i at the mill and according to the terms l | of the contract when the mill ceased l to run all of the property should re- 1 l vert back to the town. Since the III l | ceased to operate the property has 1 changed hands several times and q few years ago was sold to the Wea- l 1 togue Country club portion of l i which was recently sold to Mir. Weeb. l E21iS nj &- now ready to give the town a guaran- teed title of the property. Leon Osborne, while at work on the Peck's Mill pond ice house yes terday afternoon h;-d the pleasure of taking an unexpected bath in the waters of the pond. MT. Osborne was changing a ladder when it hit against the limb of a tree. springing back
 and knocking him off of the bank into
 the icy waters He was rushed home where a hurried change of clothing was made and last evening felt none the worse from his experience.
 The members of Azalia Sewing
 circle were entertained by Mrs
 Emma Johnson at her home on
 North Main street yesterday. when an all day session was held. The
 
 oclocl. and following a short busi- ness session was held, this being fol- lowed by luncheon being served at 12
 o'clock. The remainder of the day
 was spent in quilting a comfortable. , Christmas packages were exchanged and all voted it a most enjoyable
 meeting.
 Basil Merrill entertained the mem ] har 1P ha 1Y1 f dist church at his home on North Main street, Tuesday evening, at
 which time Thomas Taylor of War . wick avenue, who has recently re- [ turned from overseas, where he serv- ' ed as Y. M. c. A. secretary for
 eighteen months. gave a most inter- } esting talk on his experiences while l in the service. MT. RideH and MT. ? Parsons rendered several vocal selec-
 tions and each member present was 7 called upon to make short talks, B many telling very interesting tales. A
 short business meeting preceded the t l entertainment, which was followed l by luncheon being served.
 f The members of AzaIia chapter,
 Order of the Eastern Star. will hold ! a special meeting in Odd Fellows { hall in the town building Monday E officers of the organization will be installed. A Christmas tree will be
 one of the features of the meeting E and each member will bring some present which will be placed upon the tree and later distributed among ] the members. Mrs. Afford Stacey = is in charge of the meeting.
 The semi-annual dinner of the Past
 ,S'
 tribe will be held on the evening of
 January 7, at LeArnan's Shore House
 in Bridgeport At this meeting the } annual election of officers will taka A place and several other matters of importance discussed. F. E. Wilcox
 president of the association, is in I general charge of the arrangements
 and promises a most enjoyable time
 for all who attend
 The members of the A. M K club
 will entertain a number of their
 friends with a dance this evening in
 Red Mems hall on Church street. Al.
 excellent program of music has been
 arranged for which will be rendered
 by Coles orchestra. The committee
 in charge of the event comprise E.
 Mahoney and " Knapp.
 A very important meeting Of Lilly CdIi4p, 4NO Q, :" OOuIIlen or the " OTlO,
 will be held in Grange hall this even
 ing at which time every member of
 the camp has been urgently requested d
 to be present. This will be the last
 meeting of the camp this year and
 many matters of importance must be 2 disposed of before the first of the C | year. The meeting will be called a | promptly at 8 o'clock. s The Stratford Library Association t has prepared it's winter lecture l. course, and believes that it has pre- T pared series of lectures which will IS dserve and secure the cordial support T of the patrons of this course.
 ,. The plan followed last winter of
 having the lectures come at intervals