The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-16
TWO WOMEN NEARLY DROWN IN H0USAT0NIC Stratford Club Presents En-
 joyable Movie
 Show. HEARING ON FERRY
 DOCK TOMORROW Mador Will Suffer About $1.0O0 Loss From Sun
 days Fire.


 days Fire.
 Stratford. July 16--Mrs. Andrew Barber, wife of Dad" Barber, a Bridgeport cartoonist. proved that in an emergency a woman can be de- pended upon to do the right thing and although she was unable to swim previous to Sunday afternoon, she was able to rescue Miss Fannie Meg 20, Q school teacher of this town, who was in row boat with her and which upset. The accident hap pened while the women were rowing about on the bosom of the Housaton- ic rivsr and both of the women were thrown overheard. Mrs. Barber, who is a newspaper writer and has told of many times when the proper strokes were to be used, and these writings and what she had read came into her mind, making it possible for her not only to save herself, but Miss
 Tezzo.
 After the women got to shore and had a chance to change their clothes they were none the worse for their experience.
 The Lordship fire department base ball team defeated the fast South End team at Lordship on Monday evening by the score of to '.
 MT. and Mrs. Ernest G. Fiield of New York city, are guests of Mrs. Fifeld's parents, MT. and Mrs. Philo r. Haveb of Main street.
 A large and very appreciative au- dicnce greeted the presentation of ,E,+,, yt,-at ,1I, grounds, Nichols avenue, on Monday evening. The pictures, which in cluded all that go to make a good movie show, were shown by Lewis Corbitt. It is the intention of this club to show motion pictures each Monday night during the summer.
 The hearing on the matter of the navigability of Ferry creek, which has 1 been called by Col. Roesller of New London, will be held in the town l court room on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
 Prompt work on the part of the | Stratford fire department prevented | a serious blaze in the rear of the l Abercrombie news roms at the cen | ter yesterday afternoon. Some rub l bish being burned spread in the yard | and the buildings were threatened | for a time.
 The loss to the residence of John Mador, Hubbell Terrace which was burned Sunday noon will amount to about $1,000, according to Chief Judson of the fire department. This fire started from the explosion of a kerosene oil stove.
 Sunday evening there was a fire in the rear of a barn on Wells Place which --as extinguished before any damage was done.
 First Lieutenant Frederick L. Pax rner arrived in town on a IS day furlough from camp. Lieutenant Palmer who was in command of butchery company, a company that cut up meat for the soldiers of number of regiments spent a year in France and has many interesting tales to tell of things he has seen and heard. He entertained a number of the men of the town at the truck house last night with stories of Paris and other cities and towns of France. One of the children of Mrs. James Cannon of Surf avenue was bitten by dog belonging to Alonzo Pettitt of the same street yesterday. A phy- scician was called and the child treated and the dog taken into GUS tody by Dog Warden Manchester.
 Dog Warden Manchester has six dogs in She pound at the present time awaiting owners. If the owners of the dogs appear this week they may rescue the canincs by paying the fees otherwise the dogs will be shot Owing to q number of the members of Okenuck Tribe of Red Men being in attendance at a meeting of the Haymakers at Milford last evening there were only about 30 present at the regular meeting of the Red Men at their hall on Church street and the session was concluded at an early hour. During the meeting there was some discussion over proposed changes in the Red Mems building and at the next meeting Monday evening a fur ther report will be made.
 Howard Wdlcoxson, senior sagamore of the tribe. acted as Sachem last night, owing to the absence of Sa- cham James Pronovost, who is on a vacation.
 | Flahaven Arsenault of Curtis place and Robert I. Peck of Main street. two of the young men of this town, spent Sunday at the Skinner cottage S1lVer Beacn, MiIIOru.
 Howard R. Lacy and family of Main street went to Port Jefferson, Long Island, Sunday.
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