The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-28
STAMFORD
Especial To The r1mes)

Stratford, June 4S-An interesting case and one which will probably call into court a number of the older resi- dents is the suit brought against James and Ellen Macdonald of Cut Spring by Carl B. Stendah1 and Axel F. Thornberg. This suit Is to- deter mine possession of a small rectangu- lar strip of land which both the defen- dant and the plaintiffs claim. The case Is to be heard in the town court on July 2.
 It Is claimed in the writ served on the MacDonalds that the plaintiffs were and are still in possession of a certain piece of land on Gut Spring road, the boundaries being given and that on May 15, 1919 and divers times to date the defendants unlawful1y en- tered upon said land and threw down a stone wall there standing. dug up the earth. thereon. constructed a duck house, damned up the brook flowing across the properly of the plaintiffs and constructing stone wall on the property. The sum of $100 is claimed as damages.
 MT. Macdonald claims that this small piece of land belongs to the property purchased a few years ago by him and that the stone wall re- ferred to is one put up by the plain
  existence and well remembered by the older residents. This little bit of land which takes in part of the brook was a watering place for cattle and went with the original land. Referring to the charges that he tore down the stone wall Macdonald says that he simply strengthened the line as it was originally He also says that the digging up earth was simply in order f, 1ox y,fv &< ', oil %, on the street.
 MT. Macdonald claims that he only wants what Is right and just and is sure that the deed for the property h held by him includes this rectangular piece of land and he will have wit nesses ready when the court opens to testify to that effect.
 Ralph G. Griswold sof New Haven, special agent of the Home Fire and Marine Insurance company was a wis., itor at the office of Louis B. Peck yes- terday.
 The rain yesterday was welcomed by all owners of gardens and grass plots as evertffhg had become pretty dry during the past two weeks. MT. and Mrs. Raymond Munson and child of State College, Pennsylvania, have been recent visitors of MT. Nun son's grand parents. MT. and Mrs. Charles Mills, Main street.
 The funeral services over the re- mains of Frederick D. Alvord, a tor mer resident of Stratford. who died at his home on Freeman street, Bridge port, Thursday morning after a brief illness, were held last night The IHD<7r <1J~ <> Q>lA for interment.
 Deceased, who is survived by a wife and one child, had lived in this town for a number of years, being the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jerome AL word, who lived on Stratford avenue near Beardsley avenue.
 Christ Episcopal church, has been visitor at Washington, D. c. Tn picnic of the members of the Sunday school of Christ church is an. nounced for July 2.
 1 Several books including some fic- tion, writings on thrift and on South America have been added to the shelves of the public library.
 Stratford, June 28. Especial to
 The Times F,armer) = Mrs. Mabel | Puglet of Walnut Beach, 8 passenger
 in the Ford jitney owned and driven | by Zayken Dorchian of 146 Holly street, Bridgeport, who was thrown
 out of the machine when it was | wrecked on Barnum avenue, Strat-
 ford, yesterday afternoon is now at
 the Bridgeport hospital Mrs. Pug
 let was taken to the hospital by the I rd dr;xv arrested, later being released under bonds of $250 for appearance in court
 on Monday morning.
 | The machine was badly damaged by the force of the collision with the
 bank on the side of the road Run
 ming one of the wheels of the machine
 into the ditch being dug for the curb, was the cause of the driver losing
 control of the jitney.
 ! The graduating exercises of the
 class of '1s, Stratford High school, held at the Congregational church on II Thursday evening were attended by a
 large crowd of friends and relatives who witnessed the presenting Of the
 diplomas to the 19 young people by Dr. DeRuyter Rowland, president of
 the Board of Education. The address of the evening to the graduates was delivered by the Rev. C. Y. Kennedy,
 pastor of Christ Episcopal church of
 Stratford. Selections were rendered by the members of the glee club. U The prize essays were delivered by
 Benoni Rowland, who won the first
 prize of five dollars his subject being , Effect of War on Education" Miss
 Margaret Beach, second prize winner , of three dollars, subject, Our Flag r and Stanley Curtis, the third prize
 of two dollars, his subject being "The American Indian
 ] Falling to warn the residents in the vicinity of the Lebas property A1 [ Stratford avenue and Eleanor street
 John Hamesder. who was blasting : l some of the rocks for the excava- , ton of the new building was arrest s ed by the Stratford police yesterday