The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-04
CHANGERS HOLD LARGE. MEETING
 IN STRATFORD
Representatives of Count,z Hold Interesting
 Gathering.
Especial to the TimesN

Stratford, March About 40 Grangers, representing all of the. Grange organizations in Fairfield county, were present at the Fairfield County Pomona Grange meeting which was held in Grange hall in Stratford yesterday. The morning session which was called to order at 10:30 was given over to reports of the various committees and the conferring Of the degree of the order which was conferred on 23 candidates. At the afternoon session Senator s. w. Wood. ruff of Orange, who has recently re- turned from a trip overseas, made the address of the afternoon. Senator Woodruff, who while abroad, spent much of his time in France and Bel gium where he visited about all of the battlefelds of the recent World War made a most interesting talk on his trip overseas. dwelling at length on the conditions in the war-stricken countries in which he travelled, giving considerable time to the ruins caused by the war. State Forester Walter Fflley of New Haven was also one of the speakers of the afternoon and spoke at length on the state parks about the state. MT. FiIley, who is in charge of the work of the state parks told of several places which are now under consideration to be laid out by the state, the nearest to Stratford being at ,Sherwood's Island in West port The meeting was a very success full one and during the afternoon the visitors were entertained by the mem bers of Housatonic Grange, who gave a play for their entertainment. At the lunch hour the local members of 
 hot roast beef dinner in Grange hall
 A report from the committee which was appointed at the recent meeting of the Stratford Board of Public Safety regarding the investigating of a call system for the fire department of the town was made at the meeting of that board which was held in the town court room last evening by Com missioner Edward Birge, chairman of the committee Commissioner Birge who has given considerable time ir Investigating thee all system. suggest ed that if the plan be adopted thai about eight call men be added to the force He also stated that this could be done at a cost of about $500. He also stated that a siren which could be heard when needed be installed, claiming that at the present the town could not install alarm boxes owing to the large amount of money which they would cost. After consi derafble discussion this matter was laid over until the next meeting of the board. The board voted to purchase a pump and jack for Chemical No. 2. An in- vftation was received and accepted from the Nichols avenue company in viting the members of the board to attend the next meeting of their con- pany which will be held on Thursday evening, March Il, atawhich time ac- cording to the invitation several i'm portant matters will be up for con sideration-
 Chief Nichols appeared before the board requesting that in cases of first time minor violations of the motor vehicle law that the offenders be sum- moned to appear before him instead of being placed under arrest and brought into the town court. The members of the board, a majority of whom were in favor of trying the plan, voted to give it a trial. Chief | Nichols also complained of jitney busses passing through the town over. crowded, citing one case where a bus with a seating capacity of IS was car rying 30 passengers. He informed the board that he had warned the drivers of the busses to discontinue this prac~ l tice.