The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-15
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The front of one ear 1zas demol-
 shed, and another lost a wheel in a mixup in the Milford turnpike near
 the reservoir yesterday afternoon.
 W. c. Walton of Dorchester, Mass susta ined a bruised leg when he was thrown from one of the cars. A light car had stopped beside the road to change a tire. Another owned and l driven by W. Y. Gottsman of Dor chester, was proceeding eastward | when heavS car driven and owned by Roy G. thesholm of Myrtle l Beach, attempting to pass the car which was stalled at the side of the
 road. crashed head-on into Gotts- mans car. The Gottsman car was turned on its side, and Walton thrown out Chesholm's home is in Brooklyn, and he had only been at Myrtle Beach a short time. He was arrested by the Milford police on
 charge of reckless driving, and will be arraigned in the police court this morning.
 If the required number of sigma lures are secured to the petition now being circulated by the liquor inter- ests, Milford will vote on the ques- ton of granting licenses to dispense intoxicants in the town during the intervening period when these inter- | ests hope the ban will be lifted by the government and the middle of next January, when the constitutional amendment decreeing nation, wide prohibition goes into effect.
 The petition already has hundreds of names but politicians are fighting shy of either adding countenanee to the move or openly opposing it. Milford voted yparS A delightful surprise was given Mir | and Mrs. Jac,5 Anderson of Maple avruua Friday evening in honor of their fifth wedding auniverso~y by a number of friends, most all of them ! telephone operators e~om the Milford 1 exchange, where Mrs, Anderson is l employed. IT, evening was pleas l au1lv spent ir uging. music and other indoor amusements, much ] pleasure being added to the occasion ! by Jerry IIiIey, who entertained with | baritone solos. and Mrs. Thomas J. NaTinus and Lavina Collopy with a i number Of fancy dances. During the ] evening MT and Mrs. Anderson were 1 prozantad with a beautiful salad set ] S- tha girls from the ofTbce, Late in { che evening refreshments were serv- ! cd hy Mrs. Andersen who proved a . present v-cras Mrs. Charles Selleck. . 1T-1 TrousaS J. ETar:nus, Miss Pearl ] Sutsn. HTtrs EToira Wilson. Miss Mil i t~ea Ta-sa vim. Miss Miriam Ellis, MT. 1 and NIra. Wood, NIT. and Mrs. An I tarsao and Jerry Ilrey.
 1 levi Tavav71a of the New Haven ! turnpike, cherCcd with breach of the 1 r0aro, had tha judgment suspended ! ia the town court on Saturday morn
 .ug.
 Clarke Smith, charged with fishing without a license. and having short ! lobster, was released on the payment iof tno co~ts G1Sh the charge being noMoG.
 Plans for tho drum corps field day that tz to he held at Le Chateau un- der The auspices of the Devon Boys 1 Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps, the
 First Brt5Ee0o~t City Fife and Drum i Corps. insisted by the Devon Inn
 provomcvt Association, on oct, ], are proErvss- favorab1E, and judging from the interest being shown in the ! event it is expected t will be one of
 the largest evcc held in the state,
 Tho merchants and business men of the town are Co-Ope~a ing with the l committee in charge to make the ac1d day a success, Invitations have been extended to 8 different co-pz in this statc. New York; New Jersey
 and cTassac achusatt& The program for
 the dav includes a parade in which it
 is expected more than 800 men will 1 take part. individual and corps play ing and other features A dance will
 be held at Le Chateau in the even ing at which time 12 silver cups and
 IS mells2-s VIII be awarded the win ! ners of cle various contests. The committee is confident that the fad day will be the largest Of its kind ever held in Connecticut, and the fol- lowing members appointed by the I'm ! pruvcmcnt. association. c, O, Math- evs, William O. Mathews, Walter F.
 Smith, Harold Thomas and N. F. ? Harris are working hard to make the ! event a success
 On Saturday of this week the Devon corps plan to attend the drum 1 corps field day that is to be held un- l der the auspices of the EdgewoOd Drum Corps al Westville.
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