The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-17
.DEPEW KNAPP
 WEDDING APRIL 22
15.O0O Motor Trucks Pass Through SHaford
 Tn Week
fSnerial to The Tmes-l

Stratford AprM 17.---A pretty home wedding will take place on Thursday evening of next week when Miss Alice Knapp, daughter of Mrs. M. Mac Monagle of Ferry boulevard will be come the bride of Ernest Depsw of New York. The ceremony will be performed at the home of Miss Knapp's mother. Miss Knapp, who is well known in Stratford, has been employed as assistant to tDT. Rosen- bfuth for the past il years, having offices in the FTrst-Brdigeport Ma tional bank Mir. Depew, who is now engaged in business in New York, up to a short time ago held a responsible position with the Remington Ar1ns company in Bridgeport.
 i The present week has seen one of the biggest weeks on record for motor ' tracks passinE through SHraffford, which fsoct is perhaps due to Ehe dezIp ! of freight resulting from the present strike of railroad switcbnlen. On Monday for eight hours more than 5000 motor trucks passed over Wash inebon bridge and for 56 during the week 15,oG9 trucks have passed the
 bridge This is only one mans rec
 orts, the other guard at the bridge reporting about the same number during the week Last evening one
 of the longest trains of trucks ever passing through StFatford wended
 their way from Devon towards
 Bridgeport. About 100 trucks in aN ! passed along the streets. The trucks
 according to reports were headed for
 Akron, Ohio, with a cargo of goods for the Fisk Tire company
 The society of WAais1g Workers tS <,<- 1o<7 %n n1 the classes of the, Sunday school o1 Bethany church, were entertained bS
 their teacher, Miss Bertha Bartram
 at her home on East Broadway or
 Thursday evening. This society is
 quite a, unique one, composed of some
 nine or ten of the girls who meet a:
 each others homes once a month ant
 engage themselves in some kind ot
 occupation that will benefit others
 At the present time this class is sup
 porting a girl in one of the mission
 schools in British East Africa. The!
 are not only willing workers as thei name signifies, but they are enthu siastic in other lines of benefcia
 work Luncheons are served at thei:
 gatherings and various kinds Of rec
 reatfon are engaged in.
 William IT. St. John, who underwear d S4tSliI OEJS5f2a1Odl OIles oTA1SSPOT hospital Thursday, is well on the .roas to recovery.
 : Fred DeForest of King street, win has been i'll for some time, was taazea l to the office of Ir. I1aFde7d in Bridge port Thursday for treatment when h, tbecome suddenly worse and had to b ] taken to the Bridgeport hospfta where he is now confined in seriou condition.
 ) The members of Co. F under com { rland Of Captain G. w. SpaM attenda a the review of the Fourth Regimen
 at the Bridgeport Arupory last evenfnI . when they were inspected by Gov , ernor EoleorrEb and Major Genera Bfurpee.
 A largely attended meeting 0 : Oronod1e lodge of Odd Fellows wa
 held in their haI1 in the town brfldin
 last evening. MT. and Mrs Frederick Aufford ar . Frejoicing ever the arrival Of a youn daughter which arrived at their hom this week.
 Mrs. Robert Buher and son of Yves s Broad street will leave town soon fo !. a trip to England. They will leav on the Baltic which will. sail aIbou \ Il1iy 19 and will be gone about si