The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-04

along this thoroughfare with a coat ing of cinders. This is the first i'm provement to the straets in a long time.
 The regular monthly meeting of the Stratford fire department was held in company headquarters at the center last evening.
 J. c. Lidster of Barnum avenue has just completed installing new pump ing station at his garage.
 Officers Peterson and Bfgelow, who have been laid up for the past few days, have again assumed their du-. ties and their presence is a big relief to the other officers who have been working overtime during their dis ability.
 Constable Edward Manchester has been acting as a patrolman during the illness of the members of the police department who have been laid up with the flu" Mrs. Patrick Flanagan, wife of the popular patrolman, was operated on yesterday afternoon at the Bridgeport hospital. Mrs. Flanagan was resting as comfortably as could be expected last evening.
 Miss Bertha Scranton of North Guil- ford and her sister, Miss Jessie Scran- ton of New Haven, were the guests of MT. and Mrs. Martin Knapp of East Broadway over Saturday and Sunday.
 The regular monthly meeting of the Stratford Republican club will be held in their club rooms in the Futile building tomorrow evening.
 Owing to the fact of there being no quorum no business was transacted by the School Board.
 Harold and Frederick Rauscher of Reed Park, have been transferred to the Danbury division of the Southern New England Telephone Co.,, they having formerly been connected with the Bridgeport office.
 Frank Moran of Broadbridge ave nue, is seriously i'll at his home.
 The regular monthly meeting of the Stratford Board of Public Safety will be held in their office in the town building this evening.
 A meeting of the Building Com missioners was held last evening when several plans for new residences were accepted. Mrs. Etta Baldwin of Bridgeport. was entertained by friends in Strat- ford yesterday.
  was the hostess at a gathering at her home yesterday afternoon. Supt. Thompson has made the fol- 1 lowing report of the 1919 Summer l School:
 The Summer School classes were | composed mostly of pupils who had not been successful in their work | during the Spring term and who witho the aid of the Summer term would have repeated the work during | the Fall term just closed. These l classes also contained a, few who, due to their age and ability, were permit i ted to attempt to skip a half-year's work after doing its essentials in | Summer term. | Difference or saving on 96 | Number of pupils who at tended to the class .... 13f Number promoted to new | work at close of Summer | School H. 1 Number still in Stratford l promoted again on Jan. zS Si Prompted in Summer School | School but moved away Il Proportion of the II who
 would be promoted again
 Jan 23 g.. Total pupils who saved half-year by attending Summer term .......... 9t Cost per pupil-term for
 1918-1919 ............ $20.S Total cost of Summer
 term s6s. 5
 Cost per pupil of Summer
 term, (placing total cost
 on only those promoted
 Jah. 23) ............... so
 Difference between cost per
 pupil for Summer term
 and cost to repeat work in
 Fall term ............ 11.7 ] Difference of saving on 96 pupils $1, ,l27 5