The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-07
MANY PRE-LENTEN ACTIVITIES AT
 ST, JOHNS CHURCH

The young people of Saint Johns Episcopal church have arranged number Of Pre-Lenten activities, all of which will be held before Ash "Wednesday, which falls this year on Feb. 18th
 On Friday evening, Feb. 9th, the Saint Margarets Guild will give a, so- cial and dance. On the following Friday evening. the Nathaniel Wheel CT Bible Class will give a novelty dance. On Saturday evening, Feb. 14th, Miss Phyliss Tomlinsons Sun day school class will unite with MT. william Riker's class in gYvrng a Valentines social. The boys of the parish are to have their annual "Get Together Dinner on TAAsday even ing, Feb. 10th, and the Rev. MT. Greene, the assistant in the parish has arranged also for a series of de- Ightfu1 afternoon social gatherings for the children of the younger de- partments in the Sunday school.
 All these sociaIs will be held in the new parish hall, which is in the rear of the parish house, No. 768 Fairfield avenue. Recently a committee of the vestry, composed of the Senior War den, MT. E. W. HarraI, MT. Lewis B. Curtis, and MT. Charles M. Cole, rais- ed 3 sum of money to rebuild the large barns in the rear of the Parish house, so that these would be splen- didly available for all kinds of social work among the young people. These changes and alterations while not yet completed, have progressed to such point that the young people can use the buildings. They have lost no time an setztng the opportunity. In addi- tion to the soctals to be held, classes have been formed in gymnasium work for both the boys and girls, and 1t l: purposed later to hS-e moving pic tures for the young veople and anna teur theatricafs. The young peopk are now, under the direction of Dea coness Mary F. Barlow, preparing delightful Easter play entitled '~Th, Great Trail.' Individual classes ar, also to give plays after Easter.
 The troop of the Boy Scouts, whicl Es now under the direction of the Rev MT. Greene, is also busy with it's win ter work and is approaching the larg est membership in its history. / branch of the Woodcraft League ha recently been organized in the par ish under the leadership of MT. Cliff ford Appleton. This is called tn Shuukaree4a Band. The Initiation Banquet was held Saturday evenin in the parish house with visitfn members from the larger organiza tions Among those to speak were tn rector, the Rev. MT. Sherman. Rev Donald W. Greene, MT. Harvey Wen and MT. Clifford Appleton. Other or ganizatfons in the parish for boys ar The Kappa Phi Delta Society and NJ Walkers Boys club.
 New State Banner
 Mrs. Lewis B. Curtis has presente to the Sunday school Auxiliary of tn Diocese of Connecticut a new Stat Banner. This Is to be competed fc by the Sunday schools of the Dioces and that school making the best rec ord in missionary work for the yea has the privilege of holding the bar ner for the next year. Four year ago Mrs. Curtis presented a simi1a banner to the Sunday School Axuil ary. This has been fought for by 2 the large schools of the Diocese, wit > the result that Saint Johns Sunda school Bridgeport, was awarded II banner for the third successive tin Hast May, and consequently came il to permanent possession of the sam