The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-14
$8,O00 TRACT OF LAND
 FOR 4 PARK
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Special to The Times.)
 Stratford, Aug. 14-Property valued at about $S,OOO has been of fered the town by Mrs. John Cooney of Barnum avenue for park purposes providing the town will pay the sew CT assessment which would amount to approximately $2,30o. The prop erty is located in the Hollister Heights section near the corner of Boston and Barnum avenues and has 9, frontage of about 450 feet on Bar mum avenue and about 500 feet on Boston avenue. In acreage the tract is about F acres and is high level land with the exception of a small parcel of the land near Barnum ave- nue which is low and marshy but which could be filled in with little expense to the town making the en- tire tract into ideal park. Mrs. Cooney, whose former name was Graham, stipulates in her offer that the park providing the town accept same be named Graham Park. At a meeting of the park board which was held last evening the matter was dis cussed at length and the members of the board who favor accepting the grateous offer appointed a. committee consisting of Elliott w. Peck and Thomas McQuillan who will make further investigation into the details relative to the terms of the gift and will report at a future meeting of the board of finance who will if they con- sider the offer favorably make an ap- propriation for the paying of the sewer assessment. If this board ap- propriates the money for the sewer assessment the matter would then come before a special town meeting when the final acceptance or rejec- ton of the offer would be made.
 The Rev. c. Herbert Ekins, execu- tive secretary of the Church Fedora ton of Bridgeport and vicinity will speak in Bethany church tomorrow both morning and evening. In the morning at 10:30 his theme will be Christ and the Problems of Today" and in the evening his subject will be '"The Gospel of Rest" The Sun day school will meet at the close of the morning service. The young peoples meeting will be held at 6:45 followed by the evening service at 7:30. All are cordially invited to at tend these services.
 MT. and Mrs. Hiram Smith of White street, have been spending a week in Northfield, Mass, attending the Sum mer Conference of the Moody school. They returned home today.
 Capt. B. H. Willer of East Broad street, has been spending his vacation visiting with friends in Massachusetts. He has been absent about two weeks. MT. David Walgermoth of Massa- chusetts, but formerly of Stratford, has been spending a few days in town looking up old friends
 Miss Helen Hughes is spending her vacation by touring in the Berkshires. Sue will visit friends in Great Bar | rington, and be absent from her home on East Broad street, several weeks.
 Niles Anderson of Nichols avenue, was a much surprised young man the other night when about a dozen of 1 his young friends bounced in upon l him. The affair had been previous | ly arranged by his sister and was a complete success in every sense of 1 the word. The young people parti- | cipated in games of various kind, | and a bountiful repast was served | and MT. Anderson was much inn 1 pressed with the fact that he was seventeen years of age on that very 1 day.
 very pleasant surprise was ten | dered to Miss Anna Birdsel1 of Sutton | avenue, on Tuesday evening of thi: i week, by some of her young lady | friends at the home of Miss Ethelint | Binkerman. The BirdseII family are 1 about to leave town for their new home in Pennsylvania, and the party | was rendered Miss BirdseH as a part
 ing goodbye. Among those presen ! were Miss Airline Hull. Emma Greg
 ory, Nellie Gregory. Ethelind Binker i man, Lucy Sherwood, Bertha Smith Dorothy Wilkinson. Gertrude Willzin 1 son, Florence Tomlinson, and others
 A very pleasant time was enjoyed b!
 the young ladies.
 Miss Edith Leggett formerly a resi-
 dent of this town, and graduate O
 the Stratford High school, is spending
 her vacation in town with her aunt
 Mrs. Tompkins. on White street. Mis-
 Leggett, at the present time. is hold | ing a responsible position in a larg,
 manufacturing concern in Brooklyn
 She will spend some time iu town
 For Some years back Miss Legget
 has resided in the suburbs of Brook
 lyn.
 Philo Fox and his two daughters
 the Misses Airline and PhilliS, lief
 town this week to make their futur
 home in California. They will mak
 the trip over the Northern Pacific rail
 road. MT. Fox has sold his home ol
 Blakeman Place and all of his house hold effects. and also his automobile
 His destination will be in the vicinit of Los Angeles. Cal.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Hull an daughter, Maud, of Elm street hay
 been enjoying two weeks vacation
 with friends out of town.
 :, Hank Bigeiow, sergeant Benja l min Smith and a regular clam dig ger enjoyed an afternoon in Southpor
 yesterday claiming. The regular fel low returned with a handsome cate . of round clans, Sergeant Smith a
 amateur at the game by perseverenc |. proved himself an apt scholar an