The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-16
PUBLIC HEARING 70 ESTABLISH
 BUILDING LINE Sale of Red Cross Christmas Seals Progressing Satis-
 factorily OKENUCK LODGE
 GETS SURPRISE Citizens Soliciting Funds to Purchase Automobile for
 Visiting Nurse

Stratford, Dec. 16-(SpeciaI to the l Times)-The members of Okenuck tribe of Red Men, while in session last evening, received a very delight | fuI surprise when about fifty mem i ters of the Ansantawe tribe of New Haven, accompanied by the drum corps of the New Haven organization, descended upon the local members of the order without warning, filed into their council chamber with music and song and gave the large delegation of the Stratford members who were in session, a great surprise. Each member Of the New Haven tribe car ried q box containing lunch, which was enjoyed by the gathering after the meeting. An excellent program of entertainment was also given dur ing the meeting. the entertainers , all coming with the visiting Red i Men. Addresses were made by Past Great Sachem o. s. Culver, of New Haven. and Past Great Sachem Geo. A. Fairchild of the Stratford tribe, besides several others of the visitors and local members. The visitation was complete surprise to the local members and one which will long ba renem bered.
 
 | of the town are soliciting funds so | that an automobile may be purchased 1 for Miss Beatrice Olsen, the Com | rnunity Nurse, whose work is consid- 1 erably handicapped by the difficulty i of reaching the outlying districts | where her services are in great de- 1 nand. When enough money has been 1 raised to purchase the car 1t will be | presented to the Red Cross nursing I-,, A1.. l standing that it be used to forward | the work of that organiza ton through | Miss Olsen.
 At the regular weekly meeting of 1 the Stratford chapter of the Ameri- ! can Legion, which was held in the 1 Red Cross rooms of Christ church 1 last evening the nomination of off, 1 cers for the ensuing year took place l besides other routine matters beinc l discussed. The local chapter is l growing very fast and will soon move into new quarters where they will
 have a club room, a place at which l the members may gather at any 1 time. These new quarters will either 1 be in the new Lowell block or in the ! Christensen building over the post l office.
 Arrangements for the coming dance l of the chapter are nearly completed. The event will be given in Red Mems hall on the evening of December 30. 1 kearns orchestra will furnish music The committee in charge comprises 1 Martin Sheehan, chairman; Arthur
 Beardsley and Charles Wood. The public hearing, which will be l held in the town hall this evening l when the matter of esta blishing a 1 building line on Rarnum avenue from
 King street westerly to Franklin Hill { will be discussed, gives promise of 1 being a very interesting meeting. The reason for the hearing is due to the | desires Of one of the residents to -srt | his building too near the curb line ! in which endeavor he was stopped by l the selectmen pending the hearing. It
 is reported many feel that 8 building line should be established on the l street, while others are opposed to
 the proposition, both sides of which
 will be heard at this evenings meet
 ing.
 Mrs. Frank Paterson, who is in
 charge of the sale of Red Cross
 Christmas seals in Stratfo reports
 that the work is progressing quite
 successfully. The seals have been | placed in the stores and distributed
 among the fraterna1 orders of the
 town. It is now being planned to
 devote one day to canvassing the
 schools where it is thought the cIot
 dren will respond freely. To = ,
 something over $20O has been realized q
 from the sales.
 II 4 special meeting of St. Johns lodge
 No. 8, A. F. & A. NJ, will be held in
 their rooms in the town building this
 evening.
 George R. Fryer of Water street,
 was entertained by friends in Bridge
 port yesterday.
 Ernest E. Wilcox of Ansonia, a
 former resident of this place, was in
 town last evening renewing old &C., quaintances.
 Marcus Garry of East Haven, spent
 yesterday afternoon and last evening
 with his parents, MT. and Mrs. Ed
 ward Garry, on White street. F. M. Beardsley, who had the mis-
 fortune to break his wrist recently
 is improving slowly at his home on Linden avenue.
 
 l went an operation at St. Vincent g 7 hospital, is able to be out again. Horace Wellington of Nichols, was 5 a visitor with friends in town last
 evening.
 ] A. H. Dean eE Bridgeport, spent last evening as the guest of friends I in Stratford.
 About 50 of the members of Or : onoque lodge accompanied the de- l gree team of the organization ta . 1 Bridgeport last evening where they ' | conferred the second degree on a class of candidates for Samuel H. Harris | lodge of that city. The work was done in excellent manner and the r local members highly complimented c Following the meeting refreshments |, | were served and a social time en | joyed.
 Clouds of smoke issuing from g at 4