The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-01
MILFORD

The coming trolley zone system has already affected Milford real estate. One large holder at Myrtle Beach has
 lost ten tenants and another receiv- ed notice yesterday from three of his that they are going to move to Bridgeport at once.
 The annual meeting of the direct ors of the Milford branch of the | Needlework Guild Of America was held at the D. A. R. chapter house on Wednesday afternoon. It was re- ported that 76S garments had been collected. These had been received on Monday and arranged on exhibi- | tion on tables in the Chapter house.
 There are IT directors, namely, Mrs. Wilbur Abbott, Miss Josephine Beach, Mrs John H. Brown, Mrs. Clifford E. Clark, Mrs. Edgar T. | Clark, Mrs. Walter Cooper, Mrs. i Ernest Hyatt, Mrs. Walter M Irving,
 Mrs. H. I. Mathewson, Miss Laura Merwin, Miss Sara O'Connor, Mrs Harriett Parsons, Mrs. R. c. Peck, Mrs. George A. Roberts, Miss Louise Thompson, Mrs. Carrie TibbaIs, and Mrs. MoFten Tibbals.
 The officers elected to serve the coming year were: President, Miss Sara E. O'Connor; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. George A Roberts; superintendent of reserve fund. Mrs R. c. Peck; superintendent of sewing class, Mrs. Clifford E. Clark The afternoon was pleasantly and
 proftably spent in giving and reeeiv- -7g suggestions for the work of the
 coming year. Thursday reing stormy not many attended the exhibition of garments. Friday morning the di- rectors distributed the garments as follows:
 First to local eases as far as tI- } directors could learn the need, 195
 pieces. To institutions as follows: Cancer hospital, X Y, 25 pieces; Grace hospital, New Haven, 25 pieces; Church Home, Hartford, 25 pieces; St. Agnes Home, Hartford, 3s pieces;
 Danbury Home. 20 pieces; Mt. Yer non hospital. p pieces; Kennedy
 Settlement, N. Y, 50 pieces; Home
 for the Aged. New Haven, 20 pieces; Children's Home. Newington, 100 pieces; placed in the reserve fund for
 future use locally, PAS pieces; total, 76s pieces.
 It is hoped that many more of the
 Milford people will join the Needle
 work Guild. that more work may be accomplished another year. The Woodmont people had a fine community affair last evening, the
 same being a Halloween party ar ranged by MT. and Mrs. Fred Green and MT. and Mrs. Trubee Doolittle, and held at the fire house, which was handsomely decorated with Dennison paper for the occasion. There were games and exercises suitable to the time, and the special Halloween .I, was read by Mrs. Fred Green. The peculiar but good -humored spirit of the mystic evening pervaded the
 gathering, and young and old had delightful time.
 At the Methodist church on Sun day there will be reception of mem bers and administration of commun- ion in the morning and in the even ing will commence the first of a ser les of revival services. There will be special singing, and the subject will be The Man in Milford Who Is Worse Than Judas Iscariot." Continuing the special meetings on Tuesday evening Rev. Leslie Briggs will preach. and there will be special music. On Wednesday even ing Dr. Simonson will deliver the 1 sermon, on Thursday afternoon and evening Miss Elsie Stowe, deaconess, of New Haven, will speak, and on Friday evening Rev. Frank Carleson will conduct the service. At the First church on Sunday there will be reception of members l and communion in the morning. At noon 50 men who are to make the every-member canvass later will pass l the hour together. In the evening the last picture service for the time ! will be held.
 Voices Still and Tumultous'' will be MT. Carleson's morning theme at Plymouth church and continuing the 1 interesting series on amusements 1 "Friendship" will be his subject in l the evening.
 The ladies of the Red Cross will have sewing at the chapter house on
 Monday and Friday afternoons through the month of November, and | need the assistance of the well dis posed.
 Miss Elinor Yates of New Britain has been spending few days as the
 guest of Mrs. E. J. Hungerford. Thomas J. Falls is planning exten- sfve alterations and additions to his l shore place at Fort Trumbull Beach. The Milford Police Department was out in full force last evening and before their regular weekly 1 meeting. they voted a half hour in l resumption of the Right by Squad" I drills under the command of Ser geant Hubbard.
 A new society has been formed by 1 the ladies of St. Peters church, to be
 known as "The Parish Evening l Guild' which will hold weekly meet
 ings in the Parish house Tuesday ev- | enings.
 i It is understood that owing to the | sugar scarcity the local grocers are
 to require a $2.00 purchase in order
 to obtain any of this valuable com | modity.