The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-15
MILFORD NEWS

One of the interesting features of Saturdays ball game was the guying contest between the visiting players and the bleachers reinforced by James Phalen and James Rose of the grand stand. With the odds against them the Bridgeport players held their own at least, and scored heavily at times.
 Miss Anna Kennedy will be the. sal utatorian and Miss Esther Carpenter the valedictorian at the High school commencement of Thursday evening.
 The Selectmen have gang spray ing the elms, and the work is being done in a thorough manner. Memory easily goes back to the time when the trees were nearly down and out under the ravages of the beetle, and the inn provement during the past three or four years has been marked and grat- flying.
 Miss Helen Smith after completing her freshman year at Smith college is home for the summer vacation.
 Miss Katherine Brand, also of Smith college. and at the conclusion of her third year, has returned to her home in Milford.
 John T. Howes continues to open up prospective streets on the newly ac quired land on. Gulf street and has filled in some sizeable depressionS in his development of that property.
 A town meeting has been called for Thursday evening at o'clock, the main busin ess being in connection with the. remaining of streets. There lco nf mcnts between the four corners and Walnut Beach.
 The first step toward the establish ment of a hospital in Milford has been taken ty the Milford Medical society, that. has obtained an option on the Beardsley property, formerly the Pond place, just west of the Mill ford green, as site for the purposed new building. The Medical society will hold a meeting tomorrow night to further plans for the project. Superintendent of Schools H. T.. Mathewson5 announced yesterday that Miss Esther Carpenter, honor pupil of the class of 19.O, had been chosen val edictorian and Miss Anna Margaret Kennedy salutatorian for the High school graduating exercises to be held Friday night in the Central school assembly hall George M. Gum will present diplomas to the 9 grad uates. This will probably be MT. Gunns last appearance in that ca pacity, as he will soon retire from the Boarding of Education after a mem berShip lasting over a score of years. Norman, Elliott Platt was announced yesterday as the winner of the appro- bation prize.
 
 i William Peet, 26, of Wheeler s 1 Farms. suffered a badly crushed left ] foot, yesterday afternoon, when an 800 pound blanling press fell on it. To- gether with workmen, Peet was un- loa ding machinery from a truck that had jpst arrived from New Haven. A plank, down which the pres was slid ing, collapsed, the ore falling on Peet's foot. He was attended by Dr. 1 H. D. Carpenter, who said last night anputation of the foot may be neces- sary.
 l Ellsworth Henderson 2, son of MT. and Mrs A. R. Henderson of Hoot Owl cottage. Silver Beach, narrowly escaped death at 6 o'clock last night when he was struck a glanciug blow by a Bridgeport bound street car, and hurled across the street in front of his home. He suffered severe lacera tions | of the back, legs and thighs, as we'll as many painful bruises, but Dr. H. D. iCarpenter, who attended him, said no l bones were broken.
 1 The lad was in padding, and was l dressed only in his bathing suit. Run ming from the beach to his home, he stopped to allow street car bound | for New Haven to pass. When the way appeared to. him clear, he con- :, tinued his run. The second car hit him, and he was thrown clear across i the roadway. Witnesses marveled l that the little boy was not instantly 1 killed.
 T like vaudeville" remarked a girl