The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-07
MILFORD

The possibility of giving Free text books in the public schools was taken l up at the meeting of the Board of Education held on Monday night but no definite action was taken Mil ford is in the minority of towns of the state as 160 of the 168 owns fur nish text books to the pupils free of charge. The matter will be taken up | at the next town meeting They voted to offer to re-engage most of | the teachers for the coming year at
 an increase of salary. It was report ed that the furniture for the new school house had been contracted for. The baseball game scheduled be- | tween Milford high school and Fair field for this afternoon and between | Milford high and Branford for Fri day have been cancelled, An auto truck will leave the cen ter at 6:30 Friday evening with the 1 members of the Epworth league who | are to go to Seymour to attend the big rally of the league there. At the Colonial theatre last night
 after an address by Simon Lake, sub scriptions to $1,1o0 victory bonds were obtained from the audience. It will be necessary for the loan | committee to do some great work ; between now and Saturday if the
 amount of the towns quota is to be
 realized.
 Everett Mead of Orange is plan ! ming to make another trip across the continent in an automobile. He has
 made several trips previously and be- lieves it Is the only way to enjoy the scenery.
 The Rostand Manufacturing com
 pany is doing it's bit by employing all I AL
 merly employed by it and also taking in some returned soldiers who did not formerly work there. Yesterday they employed Raymond Smith. a re- 1 turned soldier who was sent from the governn ent employment service in | New Haven.
 The Plymouth Circle meets tomor- | row afternoon at the home of Mrs.
 Walter M. Irving on Broad street. A large meeting of returned sol diers and sailors is expected on Thurs | day night at the town hall when ar l engagements will be made to take part in the Memorial Day exercises. 1 Personal invitations have been sent | to 176 men in the town and there are many more whose addresses the 1 committee could not obtain. These | are also invited as it is the intention l to get every returned service man in | line if possible.
 The rifle team from Company B will go to Branford next week and | try and repeat the victory they SCOT | ed over Ansonia last Saturoay night | where the Milford team won by IT l points. The scores made by the Mill | ford men show that they are some | shooters. Private Palmer made s9 Private White 96. Mechanic Burns | 92, Private Charters 95, Corporal 1 Taylor 06, Corporal Swift 96, Ser
 geant Gottsegen 97 and Captain liar
 rison 99.
 l Mrs. Patrick McCarroll. aged 66 | years died Monday at her home on 1 West Town street after a short ill., ness The deceased was a native ot l Ireland and her maiden name was ] Margaret Nurtagh. She had resided
 in Milford for a long time. She is sur vived by one son and two daughters. | Funeral was held from her late resi-. dence this morning at 9:30 and at 10
 o'clock from St. Mary's church | where a high mass of requiem wa. 1 celebrated. Burial was in St. Mary's i cemetery.
 1 Mrs. Charlotte Porter was fined $1so and costs on two different