The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-05
MILFORD NENIS

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 series of entertainments and e2l- hibidons will be held in the Assembly hall of the new Central Grammar school beginning Nov ,, and contln- 91ing for the next three days, the DroCeeds of which will he used for the purchase of pictures and decorations for the walls of the new building The Elson Art Publishing company will provide a varied exhibit Of pie tures The entertainments will be presented by the pupils of the differ ent grades
 The annual business meeting and banquet of the Mems Brotherhood of +be First church was held Monday evening" Officers were elected for the ensuing year. The banquet was served in the church parlors The principal speaker was W. B. Holt, or New Haven, whose subject was ''Ihe Church and tho Laboring Man" rI,bere was also an open forum, the discussions led by Simon Lake, the inventor. Music was furnished by a male quartet
 A special parish meeting for the members of St. Peters parish was held at the Parish house Monday eve ming at o'clock
 Tho Misses Jamie and Laura Mer- win, of River street entertained the members of the Riverside Recalling circle at their homo Monday evening, at which time the reading of Q new hook, "The Red signal" was con- 1inued>
 -zs-. ,,,,,,,,,-,ro7,,ant of wide Interest here is that of Miss Alice Do- 1,ar+v- Williams. of 423 Temple street, New Haven and Charles David -lToehr, son of Mir and Mrs John B. THoehr of Lafayette street, which took place at St. Mary's church, New Maven, last Wednesday mofnlhg at II o'clock The ceremony was per ,rorr7oed Inv Rev. Father Reddy. The f,y,s9e was attended by her sister, Miss >Garfo-.e B, Williams, while the Erroor7''s attendant was Ensign Wil- liam H. Shanley, of Milford, Tie JIS9ae44s were the brothers of the bf1des Ronald ana Richard Williams MT T1oehr is an ex-service man, having served with Company D, Machine Gun Battalion. 702d regiment Mir and Mrs, Foehr have taken an apartment in Portland Me, where MT, Foehr IS engaged in the insurance business
 The Milford branch of the Reose- welt Memorial association has been formally organized, with Dr, Lester ID. Lockwood chairman The town has been assigned a quota of $1,o00 as 2 part of the national drive for funds for the purpose Of establishiog g q suitable memorial m honor of former President Roosevelt at Washington that would compare fa- vorabIy with the Washington monu- 44qe4at, and the Lincoln mem orials to purchase the Roosevelt birthplace in the New York city, to provide for 9 Roosevelt park at Oyster Bay, and to esta abIish a Roosevelt Foundation on AnqeEicanisna at some college or instt- tutior. The membership fee is S1 per year and the following committee has been appointed to solicit funds during the present week: John .Hol- lop=ay, Arthur II Platt, Richard B, Tatt1a, Judge J. D. Brown, S A, Libby, pr. J. " Aahoney, William H. Woodruff, SEanIey J. Cheney, yE41G5au A. Rose, Henry c Peck, c, J, Harvey, pr ". c RaIston, Judge a0npgar ". Platt, Benjamin Tenn, Ed gar T. Clark and c O Mathews
 The Taylor Memorial Public IL bI:aTcg closed Saturday night for z period of 1en days or two weeks while the interior is undergoing 9, thorough TsedecQratiOn and renovation
 Charged with delivering coal with cut a ticket q fine of $10 and costs o1 S75.S2 was imposed upon Charles II Brown, a prominent merchant anG resident Of Woodmon1 by Judge J. b Brown in the town court Saturda a1 morning The conviction was the first in many years for an offense ot the kind
 A nolIe was entered in the case O. Ulysses Provost Of Bridgeport, charg with the theft of gas fixtures iron the cottage of Edward T. Cronin O. Silver Beach-