The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06
MILFORD NEWS

;lnIeFeSteu as S property nOlueE III N1ll- ford affairs, was the principal speaker. All of the Democratic candidates spoke, and much enthusiasm devel- oped during the evening. William F. iRenaud. candidate for first selectman ireceived 6 strong hand as he con- cluded his remarks with the statement that the only promise he had given or would give was ito be fair to every one; to play favorites. and to pay leo cents. on the dollar'
 Isabelle lodge of Rebecca will meet with Mrs. A. H. Bristol on Golden Hill on Tuesday evening. October ', for a social and entertainment.
 A good representation of the Ep- worth League called on Mir. and Mrs. Percy Benjamin at their home on 1 Cherry street on Thursday evening for an hour of housewarming, and brought along with them for NTr. Ben jamin's comfort, it may be assumed, a handsome mission chair. MT. Ben jamin, in behalf of himself and wife, made a becoming acknowIedg cement and a pleasant evening was enjoyed.
 Mrs. Harry c. Peck of Cherry street died at St. RahaeI's hospital on Thurs day night. Arrangements for the fu- neral had not been completed at this writing, but it will probably be on Monday.
 The electric light fixtures for the Plymouth church have arrived and TO time will be lost in applying them They will probably be ready for use by tomorrow
 The funeral of Mrs. Henry Peck, l who died at St. RaphaeIs hospital early yesterday after a brief illness, will be held at her late home on Cherry street Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The death of Mrs. Peck comes as a sudden shock to her many friends and will be a, big loss to the community. She was a very active | worker in the Episcopal church, the I'D. A. R. and otlaer local organizations and will be sadly missed in these cir cles as well as by her family Besides a husband, who is treasurer of the Milford Savings Bank, the deceased leaves one son, sister Mrs. George M. Gum, and a brother, Frank Fow- Ter, of New York
 Major Louis E. Ford, who has been in France for a short time, has re- turned and is at the home of his pa- rents here. He came over on the steamer George Washington, which also brought oyer the King and Queen of Belgium for their tour of the coun- try.
 The Downs-Skinner case, resulting
 from the shooting of a dog. will come
 up Tuesday. Incidentally, MT Downs will have a claim on his assailants for the value of his gun, a choice lowing piece, made to order and
 worth in the neighborhood of S10O
 It is utterly ruined: stock smashed
 and the barrels bent in a manner to
 indicate the extreme violence of the
 struggle
 The political campaign of the fall
 has been an unusually active one for
 an off year. As the issue is about to be decided, the Democrats claim that
 there has been a, strong drift to their
 side of the line of account of the
 excellence of their ticket, ana result ing from dissatisfaction with the ] present town government On tl-a other hand, the Republicans
 can see nothing in the political sky
 to alarm them, and anticipate a nor 1 nal vote and a normal Republican | majority.
 The weather was unfortunate for | the Drum Corps tournament at 1 Devon, only 12 organizations appear 1 ing out of the much larger number l expected. There were enough, how 1 ever, to make things lively, and for | the day, the center of the town of
 Milford, was not far from Baird's
 Corner.
 The Royal Typewriter Corps of
 Hartford won the prize for the finest
 appearance; Newburgh, N. Y, was l accorded first honors for fife, drum
 and bugle work; St. Francis T. A B.
 of Naugatuck was judged the best at
 modern fife and drum playing, and 1 YaIesville was awarded the cup for
 ancient work, Lancroft of New Haven
 and our own Grenadiers dividing sec
 ond honors.
 Walter Callahan of PeekskiIl ex-
 ceIled among the dEum majors, his
 handling of the baton exciting much | admiration.
 1 There were IS members of the
 Kayopha club about on Saturday
 evening as guests of Miss Margaretta 1 Sattig on Center street. There was a
 banquet and other features of a hap
 py evening.
 5 Methodist notes: Monday evening"
 official board; Wednesday,, Ladies' Aid
 at the parlors, and rnid-week prayer
 meeting; Thursday and Friday, after
 noon and evening" harvest festival
 supper and entertainment each even
 ing, home made candy. etc.
 Mrs. Warren A. Conover, accom-
 panied by Mrs. Stone, returned to her home in Brooklyn on Saturday, after passing the summer with Mrs. D. Platt-
 Mrs. Richard Pond, regent of the local chapter of the D. A. R., went to Windsor on Friday to attend a. meet ing of regents held at the Ellsworth Home. She was accompanied by Mrs Merritt Merwin, Miss Jennie Merwin, Mrs. Case, Mrs Morris and Miss Sa- rah O'Connor.
 A party of the young friends of Miss Janet Lyon gathered at her home on Saturday evening and nearly finished the week with games, songs and gen eral sociability.