The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-13
MAYORS CHOICE OF AN INSPECTOR
 MUCH CRITICISED
Large Attendance at Install. 1ation of Okenuck
 Officers
Especial to The Times.)

mayor is receiving conS1deraDle cfil- cism following the appointment of Miss McMannus of Bridgeport 1n- spector of charities, which duties she assumed yesterday at a salary of $1,- 900 per year. The criticism is not l because of the appointment being | made, as all conceded that such an office should have been created some years ago, but because of the fact that the mayor chose an outsider to fill the position. It has been runor- ed that there was no one in Stratford qualified to take the job but this is not considered true by those who feel that the appointment should fall to a local person. Some say that a local person was solicited to fill the posi- ton and after every effort had been made to locate a qualified Stratford person without avail Miss McMannus was then appointed. However, Miss McMannus is filling the position and ] Abraham Wellington is mayor and | that ends the story.
 | At well attended meeting of Oke- l muck tribe, which was held in their l hall on Church street, last evening, 1 the nef1y elected officers of the tribe were installed into office by Deputy i Great Sachern Nelson J. Ahlstrom Of l Stamford, who was assisted by l delegation of the past sachems of the 1 Stamford tribe. The work was most l impressively done. Following the work of installation addresses were l made by the visiting members and ] corn and venison was served. The 1 following were the officers installed. l Sachem, William Howard Wilcoxson; l senior sagamore, Harry W. F. Bald 1 win; junior sagamore, Horace T. 1 wellington; prophet, Wesley More | house; chief of records, George A. l F'airchild; collector of wampum, An- l drew T. Eaton; keeper of wampum, l Evert l.. Beardsley; first sanap, Louis Reiners; second sanap, Raymond l Coe; guard of wigwam, Charles Booth; guard of forest, Louis Todd; l braves, J. W. Pegg, John Chandler Alex Abercrombie and J. Dugan. The large and appreciative au- l dience which attended the concert l given in Packard hall last evening by 1 the Royal Welsh Concert Co.,, was | treated to something in the way of an | entertainment that will long be re- 1 membered. The address of Risca | Williams who told of the sinking of l the Lusitania was also som ething that l will long be remembered by all who heard it. The meeting was under l the auspices of the Mems club of the i church and was a most successful 1 one.
 r The young son of MT. and Mrs 1 Alonzo Beers of North Parade is con- | fined to his home with scarlet fever. 1 W. F. Booth of Cambridge, Mass, was a guest of Charles Abercrom- | bic yesterday.
 John Barton was a visitor in town l last evening. MT. Barton was very
 much impressed with the new Lowell building and spoke of buying 1t. l Frederick P. Beardsley is i'll at his home on Sutton avenue.
 The new Ford Sedan purchas- ed for the services of the Stratford
 Visiting Nurse arrived yesterday. The
 machine is fully equipped with all
 the latest improvements and will i greatly assist Miss Olsen in her work
 Ernest l. Cox of Milford was a vis-
 itor with friends in town last even-
 ing.
 The new house which is being
 erected for Judge Howard Curtis on l Main street is nearly ready for occu-
 pancy.
 Waiter Theis, a well known resi-. A dent of Stratford, and his two sons Walter Jr and Melvin, spent Sunday at the home of his father, Charle! < Theis, California street.
 The friends of Miss Mildred Lan, .. are glad to hear of her recovery iron
 a severe sickness which kept he l from her work for some time. The Ladies' auxiliary of the Argu club will meet at the home of Mrs
 Edwin Curtis Broadbridge avenue } Friday evening. January 16. to dis -s cuss the plans for the dance whic
 will be held at the Argus club room 2 on West Broad street Saturday even - ing, January F. All members ar
 requested to be present.
 MT. and Mrs. Allen Beardsley (
 Elm street will move into their newl
 completed home Maple street tn :, latter part of the week.
 6. The funeral of Mrs. Caroline Re - berge, wife of Stephen Roberge, :> 43 Avon street, was held this morr II ing frotn her late home at S:3o an Il from St. James church at 9 o'c1ocl H the Rev. M. J. O'Connor, pastor Il the church, officiating. The buri Il took place at St. Michaers cemeter , Il Mrs. Roberge, who had been sick f. : Il a number of years, was well know in Stratford where she has lived f. y many years. She is survived by fo1 - daughters, Mrs. Flora Dewhurst al .i Mrs. Celina Vallancourt of Bridg
 port, Mrs. Re1lar Courture of Ne
 York city, and Mrs. Lydia Rice, all
 of New York; four sons. Charles al
 Alfred Roberge of Stratford F'ral lg. Roberge of Jacksonville, Fla, al N William Roberge of Auburn, N. Y.
 John Geary, one of the we'll knov
 residents of Hollister Heights d