The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-12

An enthusiastic meeting of the Mill ford Yacht club was held Saturday evening at the house of pr. W. s. Putney. Among plans adopted were the taking of a lease of the present yacht club property. and making many improvements, preparing it so 1t could be made an all-year club, with improved heated quarters, ladies' rooms, billiard room. piano, etc.
 Formal organization of the Milford Athletic club has been completed, the club starting with an initial member ship of 55. Charley Griffin. the well known ex-pugilist, who is at present the boxing instructor at the Milford school has been selected as physical instructor and will be assisted by James Palmer. Equipment will be installed in the headquarters in the
 near future. A baseball team wiQ
 enter the field this year under the
 management of Edmond Ford and
 Capt. Wallace Works.
 Only limited number of jitney
 husses, probably ten. will be allowed
 by the Milford authorities to bring
 passengers from Bridgeport to thu
 DSSCuSS In1S summer, the lOca1 du.
 thorities said last night.
 Sheriff James Maher said that it is
 now planned to limit the number of 1 jitney busses to the number that were
 operating in all kinds of weather dur ing the winter months, protecting the regular drivers from encroachments on the part of other jitney bus men who are planning to run between ri o1on
 as soon as the season opens. The plan would put the busses on a i ten-minute headway schedule. | A report that the Connecticut Com 1 pany was to erect a high board fence along it's right-of-way at Walnut ] Beach where holiday crowds have been in the habit of surging along on
 summer nights in such members that l motormen have had to proceed with
 great caution, was denied by Manager 1 Joseph s. Goodwin of the company l last night.
 l MT. Goodwin said he had heard 1 nothing of such a plan and stated 1 that the Connecticut Company was l not contem plating the erection of any i such fence along the beach right-of- | way.
 l Mrs. Mart.>a J. Hopkins, 56, wife of | Elmer H. Hopkins, No. 43 High street, | died at her home Saturday night.
 Mrs. Hopkins was a native of New
 Haven. but lived in Milford for sew | eral years. She is survived by the 1 husband; one daughter, Miss Irene 1 Warren, assistant principal in the 1 Milford High school; two sons. How ard D. and Fred E. Hopkins of Chi ! eago; two broth CTS, Edward H. Judd i of Milford and William J. Judd of 1 New Haven.
 ] The funeral services will be held l Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and l the First church. Burial will take 1 place in Fair Haven.
 l The death of Clarence B. T1dbbal1 | 30, occurred Saturday morning follow | ing an illness of ten days with pleuro pneumonia and comfplicati ons. He 1 was a native of Milford and had been i engaged in the printing business for | several years, being associated with
 Joseph R. Clark of West River street
 He was a member of the locaI W. o. W. and Ackenash tribe of Red Men. The funeral will be held at the home ] of his father, Charles H. TBbbaH, of | the Milford Point road, Wednesday al 2:30 o'clock. The Rev. F. E. Carlson of Plymouth church will officiate. Mir. TFbbau is survived by his widow and one daughter.